Dave Boswell
David Wilson Boswell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 20, 1945 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Calvert Hall (Baltimore, MD)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1964
Final Game: September 17, 1971
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1964 19 MIN AL 2 0 1.000 4.24 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.1 21 11 11 4 12 1 25 0 0 1 101 85 1.414 8.1 1.5 4.6 9.6 2.08
1965 20 MIN AL 6 5 .545 3.40 27 12 1 1 0 0 106.0 77 43 40 20 46 0 85 5 0 1 435 105 1.160 6.5 1.7 3.9 7.2 1.85
1966 21 MIN AL 12 5 .706 3.14 28 21 3 8 1 0 169.1 120 66 59 19 65 2 173 5 0 12 691 115 1.093 6.4 1.0 3.5 9.2 2.66
1967 22 MIN AL 14 12 .538 3.27 37 32 1 11 3 0 222.2 162 84 81 14 107 5 204 7 0 7 923 106 1.208 6.5 0.6 4.3 8.2 1.91
1968 23 MIN AL 10 13 .435 3.32 34 28 0 7 2 0 190.0 148 79 70 19 87 2 143 7 0 9 799 94 1.237 7.0 0.9 4.1 6.8 1.64
1969 24 MIN AL 20 12 .625 3.23 39 38 0 10 0 0 256.1 215 105 92 18 99 2 190 8 0 10 1070 115 1.225 7.5 0.6 3.5 6.7 1.92
1970 25 MIN AL 3 7 .300 6.42 18 15 1 0 0 0 68.2 80 55 49 12 44 3 45 2 0 3 325 59 1.806 10.5 1.6 5.8 5.9 1.02
1971 26 TOT AL 1 2 .333 4.66 18 1 7 0 0 0 29.0 35 19 15 4 21 1 17 0 0 1 143 73 1.931 10.9 1.2 6.5 5.3 0.81
1971 26 DET AL 0 0 6.23 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 3 3 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 22 58 2.077 6.2 0.0 12.5 6.2 0.50
1971 26 BAL AL 1 2 .333 4.38 15 1 6 0 0 0 24.2 32 16 12 4 15 1 14 0 0 1 121 77 1.905 11.7 1.5 5.5 5.1 0.93
8 Seasons 68 56 .548 3.52 205 151 13 37 6 0 1065.1 858 462 417 110 481 16 882 34 0 44 4487 100 1.257 7.2 0.9 4.1 7.5 1.83
162 Game Avg. 13 11 .548 3.52 39 29 2 7 1 0 203 164 88 80 21 92 3 168 6 0 8 857 100 1.257 7.2 0.9 4.1 7.5 1.83
MIN (7 yrs) 67 54 .554 3.49 187 150 6 37 6 0 1036.1 823 443 402 106 460 15 865 34 0 43 4344 101 1.238 7.1 0.9 4.0 7.5 1.88
BAL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.38 15 1 6 0 0 0 24.2 32 16 12 4 15 1 14 0 0 1 121 77 1.905 11.7 1.5 5.5 5.1 0.93
DET (1 yr) 0 0 6.23 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 3 3 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 22 58 2.077 6.2 0.0 12.5 6.2 0.50

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1965 20 MIN AL WS L LAD 0 0 3.38 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 1.875 10.1 0.0 6.8 10.1 1.50
1969 24 MIN AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 0.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 7 1 1 0 7 1 4 0 0 1 43 1.313 5.9 0.0 5.9 3.4 0.57
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 1.35 2 1 0 0 0 0 13.1 10 2 2 0 9 1 7 0 0 1 56 1.425 6.8 0.0 6.1 4.7 0.78
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 0.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 10.2 7 1 1 0 7 1 4 0 0 1 43 1.313 5.9 0.0 5.9 3.4 0.57
1 WS 0 0 3.38 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 13 1.875 10.1 0.0 6.8 10.1 1.50

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 19 MIN AL 4 101 89 11 21 3 1 4 1 0 12 25 .236 .327 .427 .754 .283 38 2 0 0 0 1
1965 20 MIN AL 27 435 378 43 77 5 1 20 1 3 46 85 .204 .298 .381 .679 .209 144 10 5 6 0 0
1966 21 MIN AL 28 691 609 66 120 18 4 19 8 7 65 173 .197 .279 .333 .612 .241 203 7 5 10 2 2
1967 22 MIN AL 37 922 801 84 162 19 3 14 9 10 107 204 .202 .301 .286 .587 .253 229 13 7 5 2 5
1968 23 MIN AL 34 799 694 79 148 20 1 19 15 7 87 143 .213 .305 .327 .632 .240 227 15 7 6 5 2
1969 24 MIN AL 39 1069 952 105 215 31 7 18 14 10 99 190 .226 .303 .330 .633 .264 314 15 8 7 3 2
1970 25 MIN AL 18 325 274 55 80 16 3 12 6 1 44 45 .292 .390 .504 .894 .309 138 8 2 2 3 3
1971 26 BAL AL 15 121 105 16 32 5 0 4 2 1 15 14 .305 .388 .467 .855 .318 49 2 0 0 1 1
1971 26 DET AL 3 22 15 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 .200 .409 .200 .609 .231 3 0 0 0 1 0
1971 26 TOT AL 18 143 120 19 35 5 0 4 3 1 21 17 .292 .392 .433 .825 .307 52 2 0 0 2 1
8 Seasons 205 4485 3917 462 858 117 20 110 57 39 481 882 .219 .309 .343 .652 .254 1345 72 34 36 17 16
162 Game Avg. 39 857 748 88 164 22 4 21 11 7 92 168 .219 .309 .343 .652 .254 257 14 6 7 3 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1964 19 MIN AL 4 4 2 0 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 2 50% 53 75 39 3 2 1 2 4.2 4.3 5.8
1965 20 MIN AL 27 12 5 3 4 2 0 9 3 .750 0 3 1 0 5 42% 56 72 32 19 4 7 4 4.8 4.3 5.9
1966 21 MIN AL 28 21 12 5 4 4 2 14 7 .667 3 1 8 1 12 57% 61 95 36 14 9 12 7 4.9 5.1 7.3
1967 22 MIN AL 37 32 14 12 6 1 3 18 14 .563 2 3 11 3 18 56% 58 84 26 26 8 15 6 3.9 4.1 6.5
1968 23 MIN AL 34 28 10 13 5 2 4 13 15 .464 1 3 7 2 16 57% 56 89 26 24 8 12 7 3.5 3.2 6.4
1969 24 MIN AL 39 38 20 12 6 3 1 23 15 .605 1 4 10 0 21 55% 56 86 21 26 4 29 4 4.9 5.0 6.7
1970 25 MIN AL 18 15 3 7 5 2 0 5 10 .333 0 4 0 0 2 13% 41 68 23 16 6 7 6 5.2 4.0 4.4
1971 26 TOT AL 18 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50 50 19 5 0 1 2.0 0.0 5.7
1971 26 BAL AL 15 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 50 50 50 17 4 0 1 2.0 0.0 5.7
8 Seasons 202 151 66 53 32 14 10 84 67 .556 7 19 37 6 76 50% 56 95 21 145 45 83 37 4.4 4.3 6.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1965 20 MIN AL 27 15 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 9 1 11% 5 0.995 4 4 7 3 1 11 5 10 12 2 12 0 7.1
1966 21 MIN AL 28 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 4 0.984 1 2 4 0 1 6 3 4 6 1 6 0 6.4
1967 22 MIN AL 37 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 4 1.025 0 2 3 0 0 5 3 2 3 1 3 1 8.2
1968 23 MIN AL 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 6 1.064 0 4 2 0 0 6 3 3 4 1 4 0 6.0
1969 24 MIN AL 39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 12 1.095 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1970 25 MIN AL 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 0.928 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 1 2 1 0 2.7
1971 26 TOT AL 18 17 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 0.517 1 4 12 1 1 15 6 11 8 5 9 2 4.1
1971 26 DET AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.315 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 4.3
1971 26 BAL AL 15 14 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 7 0.554 1 4 9 1 1 12 6 8 6 5 7 2 4.1
7 Seasons 201 54 13 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 39 12 31% 1.016 7 16 31 4 4 46 22 32 34 13 35 3 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1964 19 MIN AL 101 37% 4.0% 24.8% 11.9% 7.9% 38% 1.14 59% 15 2 13%
1965 20 MIN AL 435 38% 4.6% 19.5% 10.6% 6.0% 34% 0.92 63% 68 10 15%
1966 21 MIN AL 691 42% 2.8% 25.0% 9.4% 5.9% 34% 0.97 61% 111 7 6%
1967 22 MIN AL 922 46% 1.5% 22.1% 11.6% 3.9% 22% 0.84 63% 167 13 8%
1968 23 MIN AL 799 40% 2.4% 17.9% 10.9% 5.0% 27% 0.85 67% 141 15 11%
1969 24 MIN AL 1069 47% 1.7% 17.8% 9.3% 5.2% 26% 0.87 70% 190 15 8%
1970 25 MIN AL 325 51% 3.7% 13.9% 13.5% 9.5% 39% 0.99 68% 60 8 13%
1971 26 TOT AL 143 43% 2.8% 11.9% 14.7% 6.3% 26% 0.82 71% 21 2 10%
1971 26 DET AL 22 27% 0.0% 13.6% 27.3% 0.0% 0% 0.43 59% 6 0 0%
1971 26 BAL AL 121 45% 3.3% 11.6% 12.4% 7.4% 28% 0.90 73% 15 2 13%
8 Seasons 4485 44% 2.5% 19.7% 10.7% 5.5% 29% 0.89 66% 773 72 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1964 19 MIN AL 101 21 4 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 37 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1965 20 MIN AL 435 77 20 1 5 11 9 14 6 9 4 0 44% 5 1 2 141 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1966 21 MIN AL 691 120 19 0 10 11 8 12 7 31 16 11 52% 8 12 1 233 8 7 53% 7 4 0 2 1 1 1 0 18 0
1967 22 MIN AL 922 162 14 0 15 4 10 7 7 39 17 4 44% 7 7 2 315 9 10 47% 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0
1968 23 MIN AL 799 148 19 0 17 14 5 9 10 28 11 6 39% 12 9 1 295 15 7 68% 13 7 2 0 0 0 2 0 15 0
1969 24 MIN AL 1069 215 18 0 20 11 7 14 4 58 22 15 38% 15 10 2 365 14 10 58% 11 9 3 0 0 1 2 0 19 0
1970 25 MIN AL 325 80 12 0 9 3 9 2 10 22 10 4 45% 4 3 0 126 6 1 86% 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1971 26 TOT AL 143 35 4 0 3 3 1 0 4 6 4 0 67% 2 1 2 57 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1971 26 DET AL 22 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1971 26 BAL AL 121 32 4 0 2 3 1 0 4 5 3 0 60% 2 1 1 45 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
8 Seasons 4485 858 110 1 80 59 51 60 50 195 84 41 43% 53 44 10 1569 57 39 59% 50 34 6 3 1 2 5 0 86 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1964 19 2 0 1.000 4.24 4 4 0 0 0 0 23.1 21 11 11 4 12 1 25 0 0 1 101 85 1.414 8.1 1.5 4.6 9.6 2.08 85
1965 20 8 5 .615 3.55 31 16 1 1 0 0 129.1 98 54 51 24 58 1 110 5 0 2 536 101 1.206 6.8 1.7 4.0 7.7 1.90 101
1966 21 20 10 .667 3.31 59 37 4 9 1 0 298.2 218 120 110 43 123 3 283 10 0 14 1227 108 1.142 6.6 1.3 3.7 8.5 2.30 108
1967 22 34 22 .607 3.30 96 69 5 20 4 0 521.1 380 204 191 57 230 8 487 17 0 21 2150 107 1.170 6.6 1.0 4.0 8.4 2.12 107
1968 23 44 35 .557 3.30 130 97 5 27 6 0 711.1 528 283 261 76 317 10 630 24 0 30 2949 104 1.188 6.7 1.0 4.0 8.0 1.99 104
1969 24 64 47 .577 3.28 169 135 5 37 6 0 967.2 743 388 353 94 416 12 820 32 0 40 4019 107 1.198 6.9 0.9 3.9 7.6 1.97 107
1970 25 67 54 .554 3.49 187 150 6 37 6 0 1036.1 823 443 402 106 460 15 865 34 0 43 4344 101 1.238 7.1 0.9 4.0 7.5 1.88 101
1971 26 68 56 .548 3.52 205 151 13 37 6 0 1065.1 858 462 417 110 481 16 882 34 0 44 4487 100 1.257 7.2 0.9 4.1 7.5 1.83 100

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1964 19 1 1 .500 4.91 22.0 22 13 12 4 13 24 0 1.591 9.0 5.3 9.8 1.85 1.6 4
1965 20 5 6 .455 3.96 100.0 82 49 44 21 49 80 5 1.310 7.4 4.4 7.2 1.63 1.9 27
1966 21 10 8 .556 3.57 164.0 128 72 65 20 69 168 5 1.201 7.0 3.8 9.2 2.43 1.1 28
1967 22 12 11 .522 3.84 211.0 171 100 90 15 113 193 7 1.346 7.3 4.8 8.2 1.71 0.6 37
1968 23 8 11 .421 4.40 176.0 166 96 86 21 98 132 8 1.500 8.5 5.0 6.8 1.35 1.1 34
1969 24 15 12 .556 3.55 246.0 222 108 97 19 102 182 8 1.317 8.1 3.7 6.7 1.78 0.7 39
1970 25 2 5 .286 7.06 65.0 83 57 51 12 46 43 2 1.985 11.5 6.4 6.0 0.93 1.7 18
1971 26 1 2 .333 6.00 27.0 39 20 18 4 23 16 0 2.296 13.0 7.7 5.3 0.70 1.3 18
8 Seasons 54 56 .491 4.12 1011.0 913 515 463 116 513 838 35 1.410 8.1 7.5 1.63 1.0 205

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1967 AL--14--10th
1969 AL--20--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1966 AL--.706--1st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1966 AL--1.093--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 AL--6.378--2nd
1967 AL--6.548--2nd
1969 AL--7.549--10th
Career--7.248--20th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1966 AL--9.195--2nd
1967 AL--8.246--3rd
1968 AL--6.774--10th
1969 AL--6.671--8th
Career--7.451--54th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1969 AL--256.3--9th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1966 AL--173--8th
1967 AL--204--7th
1969 AL--190--4th

Games Started s c a p y
1969 AL--38--5th

Complete Games s c a p y
1967 AL--11--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1967 AL--107--4th
1968 AL--87--5th
1969 AL--99--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1966 AL--2.662--6th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1967 AL--.566--8th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1966 AL--12--2nd
1968 AL--9--8th
1969 AL--10--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1967 AL--7--8th
1969 AL--8--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1969 AL--1070--9th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 26 (626), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (876), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 14 (541), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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