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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 (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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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 7:59PM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #847. Rafael Soriano… #848. Kyle Lohse… #849. Eric Milton… #850. DAVE BOSWELL… #851. Dixie Davis… #852. Eric Plunk… #853. Francisco Liriano…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #847. Rafael Soriano… #848. Kyle Lohse… #849. Eric Milton… #850. DAVE BOSWELL… #851. Dixie Davis… #852. Eric Plunk… #853. Francisco Liriano…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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-min	A,AA	11	13	.458	3.67	29	28					201.0	154	94	82	22	116		37						1.343	6.9	1.0	5.2	1.7	0.32	BMA,CHR · NORL,SOUL
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	86	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	95	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	BAL-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	3.00	4	4		2	1	0	21.0	12	7	7	0	19	0	22	0	0	1			1.476	5.1	0.0	8.1	9.4	1.16	ROC · IL
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	75	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	64	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	78	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	78	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	64	2.077	6.2	0.0	12.5	6.2	0.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1964	19	MIN	AL	23.1	4	11	11	0	1.0	0	0.0	$
1965	20	MIN	AL	106.0	12	43	49	5	1.0	6	0.6	$
1966	21	MIN	AL	169.1	21	66	85	6	1.0	19	2.0	$
1967	22	MIN	AL	222.2	32	84	119	-4	1.0	35	4.0	$
1968	23	MIN	AL	190.0	28	79	89	-1	1.0	10	1.2	$
1969	24	MIN	AL	256.1	38	105	132	4	1.1	27	3.1	$
1970	25	MIN	AL	68.2	15	55	35	3	.9	-20	-2.2	$
1971	26	DET	AL	4.1	0	3	3	0	.3	0	0.0	$
1971	26	BAL	AL	24.2	1	16	11	1	.5	-5	-0.5	$
8 Seasons				1065.1	151	462	534	14	1.0	72	8.2	$

MIN (7 yrs)				1036.1	150	443	520	13	1.0	77	8.7	$
BAL (1 yr)				24.2	1	16	11	1	.5	-5	-0.5	$
DET (1 yr)				4.1	0	3	3	0	.3	0	0.0	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1964	19	MIN-min	A,AA	40	68	67	0	14	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	6	.209	.221	.313	.534		21						BMA,CHR · NORL,SOUL
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	61	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	BAL-min	AAA	4	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393		1		0	2	0		ROC · IL
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1964	19	MIN	AL	10	-1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1965	20	MIN	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	5	0.5	5	0.5	0.0	$	1
1966	21	MIN	AL	66	-8	0	0	0	0	5	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$10,000	1
1967	22	MIN	AL	79	-3	0	2	0	0	6	2	7	0.7	7	0.8	-0.1	$19,000	1
1968	23	MIN	AL	68	-1	0	0	0	0	5	2	6	0.6	6	0.7	-0.1	$	1
1969	24	MIN	AL	103	-10	0	-1	0	0	9	3	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	1
1970	25	MIN	AL	25	-3	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$40,000	1
1971	26	BAL	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1
8 Seasons				395	-26	0	3	0	0	32	11	20	1.8	20	2.2	-0.4	$69,000

MIN (7 yrs)				390	-26	0	3	0	0	32	11	20	1.8	20	2.2	-0.4	$69,000
BAL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

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 Seasons (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

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1964	MIN	AL	19	P	4			23.1	7	2	5	0	0	1.000	2.70	1.75	.957	1.89	1.90
1965	MIN	AL	20	P	27			106.0	20	5	14	1	1	.950	1.61	0.70	.951	2.04	2.03
1966	MIN	AL	21	P	28			169.1	41	10	29	2	0	.951	2.07	1.39	.952	1.99	1.98
1967	MIN	AL	22	P	37			222.2	35	11	24	0	2	1.000	1.41	0.95	.957	1.96	1.96
1968	MIN	AL	23	P	34			190.0	35	17	15	3	1	.914	1.52	0.94	.957	1.89	1.88
1969	MIN	AL	24	P	39			256.1	42	9	31	2	2	.952	1.40	1.03	.951	1.88	1.88
1970	MIN	AL	25	P	18			68.2	11	6	5	0	1	1.000	1.44	0.61	.951	1.86	1.85
1971	TOT	AL	26	P	18	1	0	29.0	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	2.48	0.44	.959	1.96	1.97	3	1	25%	0
1971	DET	AL	26	P	3	0	0	4.1	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	4.15	0.67	.960	1.87	1.97	1	0	0%	0
1971	BAL	AL	26	P	15	1	0	24.2	6	2	4	0	0	1.000	2.19	0.40	.958	1.97	1.97	2	1	33%	0
	8 Seasons			P	205	1	0	1065.1	199	62	129	8	7	.960	1.61	0.93	.954	1.93	1.93	3	1	25%	0
	8 Seasons			TOT	205	1	0	1065.1	199	62	129	8	7	.960	1.61	0.93	.954	1.93	1.93	3	1	25%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1967 AL 4.0 (7th)	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 (62nd)	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 0.566 (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 1,070 (9th)
Youngest s c a p y 1964 AL born 1945-01-20 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 35 (692), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 12 (868), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Oyster Burns (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Denny McLain (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bob Moose (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Petry (965) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Coleman (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Mark Gubicza (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jose Rijo (981) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent.
April 9, 1971: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
April 9, 1971: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
May 28, 1971: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
May 28, 1971: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
April 2, 1972: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1966	21	Minnesota Twins	$10,000	3/14/67 TSN
1967	22	Minnesota Twins	$19,000	9/23/67 TSN	1/7/67 TSN: $9,500

1970	25	Minnesota Twins	$40,000	3/27/71 TSN
1971	26	Minnesota Twins	$32,000	3/27/71 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$101,000

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