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Dave Boswell

David Wilson Boswell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 20, 1945 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Calvert Hall College HS (Baltimore, MD)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1964
Teams (by GP): Twins/Orioles/Tigers 1964-1971

Final Game: September 17, 1971
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1964 19 MIN AL 4 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 24 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1965 20 MIN AL 36 39 38 7 12 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 .316 .333 .368 .702 96 14 1 0 0 0 0 1
1966 21 MIN AL 32 66 63 4 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 .143 .156 .159 .315 -11 10 2 1 2 0 0 1
1967 22 MIN AL 44 79 73 12 16 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 26 .219 .250 .315 .565 60 23 2 2 3 0 0 1
1968 23 MIN AL 37 68 60 9 14 3 1 1 4 0 0 2 24 .233 .254 .367 .621 82 22 1 0 5 1 0 1
1969 24 MIN AL 40 103 94 7 16 2 1 2 9 0 0 2 29 .170 .196 .277 .472 29 26 3 1 6 0 0 1
1970 25 MIN AL 20 25 25 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .160 .160 .200 .360 -2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 26 TOT AL 18 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1971 26 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1971 26 BAL AL 15 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 231 395 367 41 74 10 4 4 22 0 0 6 119 .202 .222 .283 .506 42 104 9 4 17 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 277 257 29 52 7 3 3 15 0 0 4 83 .202 .222 .283 .506 42 73 6 3 12 1 0
MIN (7 yrs) 213 390 362 40 73 9 4 4 21 0 0 6 116 .202 .223 .282 .504 41 102 9 4 17 1 0
BAL (1 yr) 15 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .400 .600 68 2 0 0 0 0 0
DET (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 19 MIN AL 4 10 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .530 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1965 20 MIN AL 36 39 -1 0 -0 0 4 4 0.5 1 5 0.5 .513 .503 0.5 -0.0 5 $ 1
1966 21 MIN AL 32 66 -8 -0 -0 0 7 -1 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 1 $10,000 1
1967 22 MIN AL 44 79 -1 0 -0 0 9 7 0.9 2 10 0.9 .520 .505 0.9 -0.1 10 $19,000 1
1968 23 MIN AL 37 68 -2 0 0 0 7 5 0.6 2 7 0.6 .518 .504 0.7 -0.0 7 $ 1
1969 24 MIN AL 40 103 -10 0 -0 0 12 2 0.2 3 5 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 -0.0 5 $ 1
1970 25 MIN AL 20 25 -3 -0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $40,000 1
1971 26 DET AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1971 26 BAL AL 15 5 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
8 Seasons 231 395 -25 0 -0 0 44 19 2.1 11 30 2.2 .510 .502 2.3 -0.2 30 $69,000
MIN (7 yrs) 213 390 -25 0 -0 0 43 18 2.1 11 29 2.1 .510 .502 2.2 -0.2 29 $69,000
BAL (1 yr) 15 5 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $
DET (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1964 19 MIN AL 10 8 1 3.4 97 .286 .222 .257 .222 .325 .222 .399 .444 .724 24 .396 -1.0 -0.1 .286 .000 .000
1965 20 MIN AL 39 27 4 4.0 96 .375 .316 .256 .333 .327 .368 .393 .702 .720 96 .495 -0.5 -0.1 .556 .079 .053
1966 21 MIN AL 66 58 1 0.5 95 .200 .143 .256 .156 .324 .159 .394 .315 .718 -11 .020 -9.4 -1.0 .196 .016 .016
1967 22 MIN AL 79 62 5 2.2 91 .326 .219 .253 .250 .324 .315 .379 .565 .703 60 .271 -4.1 -0.4 .441 .110 .096 .0
1968 23 MIN AL 68 53 6 3.0 84 .361 .233 .244 .254 .315 .367 .362 .621 .676 82 .435 -1.6 -0.2 .511 .167 .133 .0
1969 24 MIN AL 103 87 5 1.6 98 .222 .170 .259 .196 .336 .277 .391 .472 .727 29 .138 -9.8 -1.0 .358 .128 .106 .0
1970 25 MIN AL 25 21 1 1.3 100 .286 .160 .261 .160 .336 .200 .399 .360 .735 -2 .098 -3.6 -0.4 .238 .040 .040
1971 26 TOT AL 5 4 0 0.0 91 .500 .200 .254 .200 .326 .400 .377 .600 .702 68 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .200 .200
1971 26 BAL AL 5 4 0 0.0 91 .500 .200 .254 .200 .326 .400 .377 .600 .702 68 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .200 .200
8 Yrs 395 320 23 1.9 94 .286 .202 .255 .222 .327 .283 .385 .506 .712 42 .216 -30.1 -3.2 .377 .098 .082 .0
162 Game Avg. 277 224 16 1.9 94 .286 .202 .255 .222 .327 .283 .385 .506 .712 42 .216 -30.1 -3.2 .377 .098 .082
MIN (7 yrs) 390 316 23 2.0 94 .284 .202 .255 .223 .327 .282 .385 .504 .712 41 .219 -29.9 -3.2 .376 .097 .080 .0
BAL (1 yr) 5 4 0 0.0 91 .500 .200 .254 .200 .326 .400 .377 .600 .702 68 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .200 .200

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 20 MIN AL WS LAD L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 24 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 19 MIN AL 10 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.5 9.0 1.50 70%
1965 20 MIN AL 39 0.0% 15.4% 2.6% 2.6% 8% 6.00 6.3 38.0 1.75 82%
1966 21 MIN AL 66 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 1.5% 11% 3.5 21.0 1.60 68%
1967 22 MIN AL 79 1.3% 32.9% 1.3% 5.1% 25% 26.00 2.8 73.0 24.3 1.67 58%
1968 23 MIN AL 68 1.5% 35.3% 2.9% 7.4% 36% 12.00 2.5 60.0 15.0 0.93 53%
1969 24 MIN AL 103 1.9% 28.2% 1.9% 4.9% 31% 14.50 3.2 47.0 10.4 1.48 61%
1970 25 MIN AL 25 0.0% 44.0% 0.0% 4.0% 25% 2.3 0.29 56%
1971 26 TOT AL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 1.7 5.0 0.00 40%
1971 26 BAL AL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 1.7 5.0 0.00 40%
8 Yrs 395 1.0% 30.1% 1.5% 4.6% 24% 19.83 3.1 91.8 16.7 1.34 62%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.3% 8.3% 6.1% 28% 1.85 5.8 43.0 9.2 1.12 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 19 MIN AL -1.0 -0.1 10 0.1 0.2 -0.1 1.00 -0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 1.12 -0.2 0
1965 20 MIN AL -0.5 -0.1 41 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 .78 -0.0 -0.2 -1.6 -0.2 0.95 -0.5 0
1966 21 MIN AL -9.4 -1.0 67 -0.7 0.4 -1.1 .76 -0.9 0.0 -9.1 -1.0 0.95 -9.5 0
1967 22 MIN AL -4.0 -0.4 80 -0.3 1.1 -1.4 .91 -0.4 0.1 -6.1 -0.6 0.94 -4.6 0
1968 23 MIN AL -1.6 -0.2 70 -0.2 1.0 -1.1 .97 -0.3 0.1 -3.2 -0.4 0.92 -2.8 0
1969 24 MIN AL -9.8 -1.0 105 -1.2 0.9 -2.1 .87 -1.0 -0.4 -10.6 -1.1 0.98 -10.5 0
1970 25 MIN AL -3.6 -0.4 25 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .93 -0.3 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.83 -3.0 0
1971 26 TOT AL -0.2 -0.0 5 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.12 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.0 1.12 0.4 0
1971 26 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1971 26 BAL AL -0.2 -0.0 5 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.12 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.0 1.12 0.4 0
8 Yrs -30.1 -3.2 403 -2.8 4.2 -7.1 .88 -2.8 -0.4 -33.3 -3.5 0.95 -30.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 19 MIN AL 1 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1965 20 MIN AL 0 0 54% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 44% 7 4 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
1966 21 MIN AL 2 0 40% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 25% 5 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 1
1967 22 MIN AL 4 0 61% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 46% 7 5 2 1 0 1 5 2 3
1968 23 MIN AL 0 0 53% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1969 24 MIN AL 0 0 29% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57% 5 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1970 25 MIN AL 1 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 26 TOT AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1971 26 BAL AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Yrs 8 0 46% 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 11 40% 28 20 8 4 2 2 13 4 8

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1964 19 MIN AL 10 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0 0% 2 2 100% 9 1 11% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1965 20 MIN AL 39 28% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 1 14% 9 0 0% 24 1 4% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1966 21 MIN AL 66 26% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 14 2 14% 14 1 7% 42 3 7% 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 0
1967 22 MIN AL 79 24% 16 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 15 2 13% 19 1 5% 48 2 4% 9 1 11% 3 1 33% 0
1968 23 MIN AL 68 21% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 5 100% 9 1 11% 14 4 29% 35 3 9% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1969 24 MIN AL 103 45% 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 1 1 1 1 0 7 6 86% 18 3 17% 21 5 24% 79 7 9% 7 2 29% 6 2 33% 0
1970 25 MIN AL 25 60% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1971 26 TOT AL 5 60% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1971 26 BAL AL 5 60% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 1 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 395 32% 74 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 2 2 2 2 0 19 17 89% 70 9 13% 82 13 16% 254 18 7% 27 7 26% 16 6 38% 0
MLB Averages 53% 77% 11% 30% 13% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 19 4 10 9 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 24 2 0 0 1 0 0
1965 20 40 49 47 8 14 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 8 .298 .313 .340 .653 82 16 1 0 1 0 0
1966 21 72 115 110 12 23 1 1 0 5 0 0 1 26 .209 .223 .236 .460 29 26 3 1 3 0 0
1967 22 116 194 183 24 39 3 2 1 8 0 0 2 52 .213 .234 .268 .502 41 49 5 3 6 0 0
1968 23 153 262 243 33 53 6 3 2 12 0 0 4 76 .218 .239 .292 .531 51 71 6 3 11 1 0
1969 24 193 365 337 40 69 8 4 4 21 0 0 6 105 .205 .227 .288 .515 45 97 9 4 17 1 0
1970 25 213 390 362 40 73 9 4 4 21 0 0 6 116 .202 .223 .282 .504 41 102 9 4 17 1 0
1971 26 231 395 367 41 74 10 4 4 22 0 0 6 119 .202 .222 .283 .506 42 104 9 4 17 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 19 4 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1965 20 36 40 39 7 13 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 .333 .350 .385 .735 5 36
1966 21 32 68 65 6 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 18 .169 .182 .185 .366 2 32
1967 22 44 80 74 14 17 2 1 1 3 0 1 26 .230 .260 .324 .584 6 44
1968 23 37 70 62 11 16 3 1 1 5 0 2 24 .258 .277 .387 .664 7 37
1969 24 40 103 94 7 16 2 1 2 9 0 2 29 .170 .196 .277 .472 5 40
1970 25 20 26 26 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 .192 .192 .231 .423 1 20
1971 26 18 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18
8 Yrs 231 402 374 45 78 9 4 4 22 0 6 119 .209 .229 .286 .515 26 231
162 Game Avg. 162 282 262 32 55 6 3 3 15 0 4 83 .209 .229 .286 .515 18 231

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1967 AL  5.2 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1964 AL  born 1945-01-20 (4th)

                           

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