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Dave Cash

David Cash

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: June 11, 1948 in Utica, NY
High School: Proctor HS (Utica, NY)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 5th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1969 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Pirates/Expos/Padres 1969-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 32)
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #602. George Selkirk… #603. Roy Smalley… #604. Arlie Latham… #605. DAVE CASH… #606. Jeff Conine… #607. Oyster Burns… #608. Snuffy Stirnweiss… 

Standard Batting

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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
1969 21 PIT NL 18 74 61 8 17 3 1 0 4 2 0 9 9 .279 .371 .361 .732 108 22 2 0 4 0 0 4
1970 22 PIT NL 64 230 210 30 66 7 6 1 28 5 2 17 25 .314 .365 .419 .784 113 88 9 1 0 2 3 4
1971 23 PIT NL 123 532 478 79 138 17 4 2 34 13 5 46 33 .289 .349 .354 .703 98 169 10 0 5 3 0 45/6
1972 24 PIT NL 99 452 425 58 120 22 4 3 30 9 9 22 31 .282 .316 .374 .690 98 159 7 0 3 2 1 4
1973 25 PIT NL 116 479 436 59 118 21 2 2 31 2 5 38 36 .271 .328 .342 .669 88 149 8 0 3 2 0 45
1974 26 PHI NL 162 745 687 89 206 26 11 2 58 20 8 46 33 .300 .351 .378 .729 101 260 11 9 1 2 4 *4 AS,MVP-14
1975 27 PHI NL 162 766 699 111 213 40 3 4 57 13 6 56 34 .305 .356 .388 .744 104 271 8 4 0 7 5 *4 AS,MVP-13
1976 28 PHI NL 160 727 666 92 189 14 12 1 56 10 12 54 13 .284 .337 .345 .683 92 230 16 2 1 4 3 *4 AS,MVP-16
1977 29 MON NL 153 709 650 91 188 42 7 0 43 21 12 52 33 .289 .343 .375 .719 97 244 15 2 4 1 5 *4
1978 30 MON NL 159 703 658 66 166 26 3 3 43 12 6 37 29 .252 .291 .315 .605 71 207 16 0 5 3 2 *4
1979 31 MON NL 76 203 187 24 60 11 1 2 19 7 4 12 12 .321 .358 .422 .781 114 79 6 0 2 2 0 4
1980 32 SDP NL 130 437 397 25 90 14 2 1 23 6 5 35 21 .227 .287 .280 .567 64 111 16 0 2 3 5 *4
12 Yrs 1422 6057 5554 732 1571 243 56 21 426 120 74 424 309 .283 .334 .358 .692 93 1989 124 18 30 31 28
162 Game Avg. 162 690 633 83 179 28 6 2 49 14 8 48 35 .283 .334 .358 .692 93 227 14 2 3 4 3
PIT (5 yrs) 420 1767 1610 234 459 70 17 8 127 31 21 132 134 .285 .338 .365 .702 98 587 36 1 15 9 4
PHI (3 yrs) 484 2238 2052 292 608 80 26 7 171 43 26 156 80 .296 .348 .371 .719 99 761 35 15 2 13 12
MON (3 yrs) 388 1615 1495 181 414 79 11 5 105 40 22 101 74 .277 .322 .355 .677 88 530 37 2 11 6 7
SDP (1 yr) 130 437 397 25 90 14 2 1 23 6 5 35 21 .227 .287 .280 .567 64 111 16 0 2 3 5

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
1969 21 PIT NL 18 74 1 1 -0 4 0 7 0.8 2 10 1.1 .544 .505 0.5 0.5 5 4
1970 22 PIT NL 64 230 5 -0 -1 1 1 6 0.6 7 12 1.3 .509 .504 1.2 0.3 11 4
1971 23 PIT NL 123 532 1 3 -1 -2 4 5 0.7 16 21 2.2 .505 .504 2.3 0.3 22 45/6
1972 24 PIT NL 99 452 3 0 0 12 3 18 2.2 13 31 3.5 .521 .513 2.0 1.8 19 4
1973 25 PIT NL 116 479 -2 0 -0 2 3 3 0.3 14 17 1.6 .503 .502 1.4 0.5 15 45
1974 26 PHI NL 162 745 5 -0 0 12 4 22 2.4 22 43 4.5 .515 .515 3.1 1.9 31 *4 AS,MVP-14
1975 27 PHI NL 162 766 11 0 2 9 4 26 2.9 22 48 5.0 .517 .517 4.0 1.5 39 *4 AS,MVP-13
1976 28 PHI NL 160 727 -4 -2 0 -0 4 -1 -0.1 21 20 2.0 .499 .499 1.9 0.5 20 *4 AS,MVP-16
1977 29 MON NL 153 709 -3 2 -1 -2 4 0 0.1 20 21 2.0 .500 .500 2.2 0.2 23 $300,000 *4
1978 30 MON NL 159 703 -20 2 -1 4 4 -10 -1.1 21 10 0.9 .493 .493 0.3 1.0 6 $300,000 *4
1979 31 MON NL 76 203 3 0 0 -1 1 3 0.4 6 9 1.0 .504 .502 1.1 -0.0 10 $300,000 4
1980 32 SDP NL 130 437 -17 -1 -1 -2 3 -18 -2.1 13 -5 -0.7 .484 .487 -0.5 0.1 -3 $300,000 *4
12 Seasons 1422 6057 -15 5 -2 37 35 60 7.2 177 237 24.4 .505 .503 19.5 8.7 200 $1,200,000
PIT (5 yrs) 420 1767 9 4 -2 18 11 39 4.6 52 91 9.7 .510 .505 7.4 3.4 73
PHI (3 yrs) 484 2238 13 -2 2 21 12 46 5.2 65 111 11.5 .511 .510 9.0 3.9 91
MON (3 yrs) 388 1615 -20 4 -1 1 9 -7 -0.6 47 40 3.9 .498 .498 3.6 1.2 39 $900,000
SDP (1 yr) 130 437 -17 -1 -1 -2 3 -18 -2.1 13 -5 -0.7 .484 .487 -0.5 0.1 -3 $300,000

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
1970 22 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 2 9 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .125 .222 .250 .472 2 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 PIT NL NLCS SFG W 4 19 19 5 8 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 .421 .421 .526 .947 10 0 0 0 0 0
1971 23 PIT NL WS BAL W 7 33 30 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .133 .212 .167 .379 5 1 0 0 0 1
1972 24 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 5 19 19 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .211 .211 .211 .421 4 0 0 0 0 0
1976 28 PHI NL NLCS CIN L 3 14 13 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .308 .286 .385 .670 5 1 0 0 1 0
4 Yrs (5 Series) 21 94 89 9 21 5 0 0 6 2 1 4 3 .236 .266 .292 .558 26 2 0 0 1 1
4 NLCS 14 61 59 7 17 4 0 0 5 1 1 1 2 .288 .295 .356 .651 21 1 0 0 1 0
1 WS 7 33 30 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 .133 .212 .167 .379 5 1 0 0 0 1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1969 PIT NL 21 2B 17 17 16 148.2 98 37 60 1 9 .990 4 35 5.87 5.71 .974 5.19 5.15
1970 PIT NL 22 2B 55 53 50 474.1 311 147 156 8 46 .974 1 3 5.75 5.51 .979 5.32 5.30
1971 PIT NL 23 2B 105 92 85 850.2 539 228 304 7 80 .987 2 3 5.63 5.07 .978 5.47 5.46
1971 PIT NL 23 3B 24 22 15 181.1 56 25 29 2 2 .964 -3 -22 2.68 2.25 .949 2.80 2.80
1971 PIT NL 23 SS 3 0 0 5.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0 -120 1.80 0.33 .970 5.22 5.13
1972 PIT NL 24 2B 97 95 93 873.0 607 260 342 5 81 .992 12 16 6.21 6.21 .978 5.36 5.38
1973 PIT NL 25 2B 92 85 78 775.0 514 227 276 11 46 .979 0 0 5.84 5.47 .980 5.52 5.52
1973 PIT NL 25 3B 17 17 15 143.0 53 17 35 1 3 .981 2 16 3.27 3.06 .946 2.88 2.88
1974 PHI NL 26 2B 162 162 155 1433.1 937 396 519 22 141 .977 12 10 5.75 5.65 .973 5.47 5.47 AS,MVP-14
1975 PHI NL 27 2B 162 162 152 1424.0 898 400 481 17 126 .981 9 7 5.57 5.44 .975 5.54 5.54 AS,MVP-13
1976 PHI NL 28 2B 158 157 145 1388.0 841 407 424 10 118 .988 -0 -0 5.39 5.26 .975 5.48 5.47 AS,MVP-16
1977 MON NL 29 2B 153 153 138 1358.2 797 343 443 11 73 .986 -2 -2 5.21 5.14 .977 5.24 5.24
1978 MON NL 30 2B 159 159 96 1316.2 773 362 400 11 91 .986 4 4 5.21 4.79 .977 5.30 5.25
1979 MON NL 31 2B 47 35 34 348.0 204 88 110 6 18 .971 -1 -5 5.12 4.21 .979 5.42 5.40
1980 SDP NL 32 2B 123 107 89 958.2 624 290 326 8 72 .987 -2 -3 5.78 5.01 .980 5.49 5.49
12 Seasons 2B 1330 1277 1131 11349.0 7143 3185 3841 117 901 .984 38 4 5.57 5.28 .977 5.42 5.41
2 Seasons 3B 41 39 30 324.1 109 42 64 3 5 .972 -1 -5 2.94 2.59 .948 2.84 2.83
1 Season SS 3 0 0 5.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0 -120 1.80 0.33 .970 5.22 5.13
12 Seasons TOT 1374 1316 1161 11678.1 7254 3228 3905 121 906 .983 37 4 5.50 5.19 .976 5.35 5.33
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1986 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1974 *
1975 *
1976 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 NL (14, 2%)
1975 NL (13, 8%)
1976 NL (16, 4%)
0.14 Career Shares (836th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1975 NL  5.0 (7th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1972 NL  1.8 (4th)
1974 NL  1.9 (7th)

Games Played s c a p y
1974 NL  162 (2nd)
1975 NL  162 (1st)
1976 NL  160 (4th)
1978 NL  159 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1974 NL  687 (1st)
1975 NL  699 (1st)
1976 NL  666 (1st)
1977 NL  650 (2nd)
1978 NL  658 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1974 NL  745 (2nd)
1975 NL  766 (1st)
1976 NL  727 (2nd)
1977 NL  709 (2nd)
1978 NL  703 (3rd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1975 NL  111 (2nd)
1976 NL  92 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1974 NL  206 (2nd)
1975 NL  213 (1st)
1976 NL  189 (5th)
1977 NL  188 (6th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1975 NL  271 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1975 NL  40 (2nd)
1977 NL  42 (2nd)

Triples s c a p y
1974 NL  11 (3rd)
1976 NL  12 (1st)

Singles s c a p y
1974 NL  167 (1st)
1975 NL  166 (1st)
1976 NL  162 (2nd)
1977 NL  139 (5th)
1978 NL  134 (10th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1974 NL  261 (6th)
1975 NL  273 (4th)
1976 NL  245 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 NL  9 (3rd)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 NL  16 (9th)
1980 NL  16 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1972 NL  9 (8th)
1976 NL  12 (5th)

SB % s c a p y
1971 NL  72.22 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1971 NL  14.5 (9th)
1974 NL  20.8 (5th)
1975 NL  20.6 (2nd)
1976 NL  51.2 (1st)
1977 NL  19.7 (1st)
1978 NL  22.7 (1st)
Career  18.0 (165th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1974 NL  503 (3rd)
1975 NL  507 (2nd)
1976 NL  510 (2nd)
1977 NL  494 (3rd)
1978 NL  522 (1st)

Assists† s c a p y
1974 NL  519 (2nd)
1975 NL  481 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1972 NL  12 (4th)

Def. Games as 2B s c a p y
1974 NL  162 (1st)
1975 NL  162 (1st)
1976 NL  158 (1st)
1977 NL  153 (1st)
1978 NL  159 (1st)
Career  1,330 (55th)

Putouts as 2B s c a p y
1974 NL  396 (2nd)
1975 NL  400 (1st)
1976 NL  407 (2nd)
1977 NL  343 (3rd)
1978 NL  362 (1st)
1980 NL  290 (4th)
Career  3,185 (50th)

Assists as 2B s c a p y
1974 NL  519 (1st)
1975 NL  481 (2nd)
1976 NL  424 (3rd)
1977 NL  443 (2nd)
1978 NL  400 (3rd)
Career  3,841 (52nd)

Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y
1973 NL  11 (4th)
1974 NL  22 (2nd)

Double Plays Turned as 2B s c a p y
1971 NL  80 (5th)
1972 NL  81 (4th)
1974 NL  141 (1st)
1975 NL  126 (1st)
1976 NL  118 (1st)
1978 NL  91 (2nd)
Career  901 (39th)

Total Zone Runs as 2B s c a p y
1971 NL  2 (5th)
1972 NL  12 (1st)
1974 NL  12 (1st)
1975 NL  9 (3rd)
1978 NL  4 (3rd)
Career  38 (31st)

Range Factor/9Inn as 2B† s c a p y
1971 NL  5.63 (5th)
1972 NL  6.21 (1st)
1973 NL  5.84 (3rd)
1974 NL  5.75 (3rd)
1980 NL  5.78 (3rd)
Career  5.46 (15th)

Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y
1972 NL  6.21 (1st)
1973 NL  5.47 (3rd)
1974 NL  5.65 (3rd)
1977 NL  5.14 (3rd)
Career  5.28 (90th)

Fielding % as 2B s c a p y
1971 NL  .987 (3rd)
1972 NL  .992 (1st)
1975 NL  .981 (4th)
1976 NL  .988 (1st)
1977 NL  .986 (2nd)
1978 NL  .986 (1st)
Career  .984 (51st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 8 (285), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 33 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 39 (491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (809), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Second Base (69th), 24.4 career WAR/20.8 7yr-peak WAR/22.6 JAWS
Average HOF 2B (out of 19) = 66.0 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  3. Johnny Temple (956)
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  5. Ron Hunt (927)
  6. Bucky Harris (925) *
  7. Tom Herr (924)
  8. Tito Fuentes (923)
  9. David Eckstein (920)
  10. Woody English (918)
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  1. Bucky Harris (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Bucky Harris (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bucky Harris (971) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bucky Harris (949) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Bucky Harris (952) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Bucky Harris (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bucky Harris (946) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Felix Millan (935)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Felix Millan (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197729Montreal Expos$300,0001977 TSN Guide5 yrs./$1.5 million; 4/23/77 TSN says $185K
197830Montreal Expos$300,0001977 TSN Guide5 yrs./$1.5 million
197931Montreal Expos$300,0001977 TSN Guide5 yrs./$1.5 million
198032San Diego Padres$300,0001977 TSN Guide5 yrs./$1.5 million
198133San Diego Padres$300,0001977 TSN Guide5 yrs./$1.5 million; retired after 1980
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,500,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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