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David Clyde

David Eugene Clyde

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 22, 1955 in Kansas City, KS
High School: Westchester HS (Houston, TX)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1973
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Indians 1973-1979

Final Game: August 7, 1979
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Standard Pitching

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
1973 18 TEX AL 4 8 .333 5.01 18 18 0 0 0 0 93.1 106 63 52 8 54 1 74 4 1 5 426 74 1.714 10.2 0.8 5.2 7.1 1.37
1974 19 TEX AL 3 9 .250 4.38 28 21 4 4 0 0 117.0 129 64 57 14 47 0 52 4 0 8 512 81 1.504 9.9 1.1 3.6 4.0 1.11
1975 20 TEX AL 0 1 .000 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 2 0 6 0 2 0 0 1 29 154 1.714 7.7 0.0 7.7 2.6 0.33
1978 23 CLE AL 8 11 .421 4.28 28 25 1 5 0 0 153.1 166 80 73 4 60 3 83 3 1 11 670 88 1.474 9.7 0.2 3.5 4.9 1.38
1979 24 CLE AL 3 4 .429 5.91 9 8 1 1 0 0 45.2 50 33 30 7 13 0 17 1 0 4 195 73 1.380 9.9 1.4 2.6 3.4 1.31
5 Yrs 18 33 .353 4.63 84 73 6 10 0 0 416.1 457 243 214 33 180 4 228 12 2 29 1832 81 1.530 9.9 0.7 3.9 4.9 1.27
162 Game Avg. 8 14 .353 4.63 36 32 3 4 0 0 180 198 105 93 14 78 2 99 5 1 13 793 81 1.530 9.9 0.7 3.9 4.9 1.27
TEX (3 yrs) 7 18 .280 4.60 47 40 4 4 0 0 217.1 241 130 111 22 107 1 128 8 1 14 967 79 1.601 10.0 0.9 4.4 5.3 1.20
CLE (2 yrs) 11 15 .423 4.66 37 33 2 6 0 0 199.0 216 113 103 11 73 3 100 4 1 15 865 83 1.452 9.8 0.5 3.3 4.5 1.37

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1973 18 TEX AL 93.1 18 18 63 6.08 4.26 -0.49 0.13 95.8 4.68 -15 -1.5 -0.1 -0.8 -5 .416 .491 $
1974 19 TEX AL 117.0 28 21 64 4.92 4.10 -0.19 0.06 98.5 4.29 -8 -0.9 .3 -0.0 0.1 4 .468 .495 $
1975 20 TEX AL 7.0 1 1 3 3.86 4.20 -0.08 0.12 98.0 4.32 0 0.0 -0.0 0.1 1 .540 .500 $
1978 23 CLE AL 153.1 28 25 80 4.70 4.31 -0.13 0.10 98.0 4.45 -4 -0.4 .2 -0.1 0.9 12 .486 .498 $
1979 24 CLE AL 45.2 9 8 33 6.50 4.91 -0.25 0.15 103.1 5.48 -5 -0.5 .0 -0.0 -0.1 0 .444 .497 $
5 Seasons 416.1 84 73 243 5.25 4.31 -0.24 0.10 98.2 4.57 -32 -3.3 .2 -0.2 0.2 12 .461 .496 $
TEX (3 yrs) 217.1 47 40 130 5.38 4.17 -0.32 0.09 97.3 4.46 -23 -2.4 .3 -0.1 -0.6 -0 .450 .495 $
CLE (2 yrs) 199.0 37 33 113 5.11 4.45 -0.16 0.11 99.2 4.69 -9 -0.9 .2 -0.1 0.8 12 .476 .497 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1973 18 TEX AL 18 426 362 63 106 24 4 8 5 10 54 74 .293 .388 .448 .835 .346 162 10 4 3 3 1 5
1974 19 TEX AL 28 512 451 64 129 18 3 14 3 8 47 52 .286 .355 .432 .787 .295 195 9 4 5 5 0 8
1975 20 TEX AL 1 29 22 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 6 2 .273 .429 .273 .701 .300 6 2 0 1 0 0 0
1978 23 CLE AL 28 670 592 80 166 21 10 4 10 7 60 83 .280 .345 .370 .715 .316 219 15 3 7 8 3 7
1979 24 CLE AL 9 195 179 33 50 15 0 7 1 1 13 17 .279 .330 .480 .810 .276 86 6 1 1 1 0 2
5 Yrs 84 1832 1606 243 457 78 17 33 19 27 180 228 .285 .358 .416 .774 .311 668 42 12 17 17 4 22
162 Game Avg. 36 793 696 105 198 34 7 14 8 12 78 99 .285 .358 .416 .774 .311 289 18 5 7 7 2 10
MLB Averages .259 .326 .380 .706 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1973 18 TEX AL -15.8 -1.5 451 -2.1 7.0 -9.1 .99 -2.2 0.1 -20.0 -1.9 0.99 -22.5 0 0 0
1974 19 TEX AL -10.6 -1.1 531 -2.2 7.9 -10.1 .94 -1.6 -0.7 -11.0 -1.1 0.94 -16.2 0 0 7
1975 20 TEX AL 0.8 0.1 31 -0.3 0.7 -1.0 1.40 -0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 1.40 -0.1 0 0 0
1978 23 CLE AL -7.6 -0.8 700 -0.8 10.7 -11.5 .99 -0.4 -0.5 -8.5 -0.9 0.99 -4.4 0 0 3
1979 24 CLE AL -7.8 -0.7 202 -0.3 3.2 -3.5 .88 -0.3 -0.1 -6.8 -0.6 0.88 -4.1 0 0 0
5 Yrs -41.0 -4.0 1915 -5.7 29.6 -35.2 .97 -4.5 -1.4 -46.4 -4.6 0.97 -47.2 0 0 10

Starting Pitching*

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
1973 18 TEX AL 18 18 4 8 6 1 2 7 11 .389 1 2 0 0 8 44% 45.1 73 16 17 5 1 5 4.4 3.8 5.2
1974 19 TEX AL 28 21 3 9 9 0 2 8 13 .381 1 3 4 0 7 33% 44.8 69 20 30 11 8 7 4.0 4.0 4.9
1975 20 TEX AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 51.0 51 51 1 0 0 1 2.0 2.6 7.0
1978 23 CLE AL 28 25 8 11 6 1 3 12 13 .480 1 3 5 0 13 52% 47.9 77 13 30 9 4 12 4.0 3.9 5.8
1979 24 CLE AL 9 8 3 4 1 0 0 3 5 .375 0 0 1 0 4 50% 43.8 71 23 8 5 1 3 4.6 4.3 5.6
5 Yrs 84 73 18 33 22 2 8 30 43 .411 3 8 10 0 33 45% 46 77 13 86 30 14 28 4.1 3.9 5.4
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1974 19 TEX AL 28 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 6 .937 0 0 7 0 0 7 3 4 5 1 5 1 6.4
1978 23 CLE AL 28 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 .987 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 8.7
1979 24 CLE AL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .878 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
3 Yrs 65 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% .953 0 0 10 1 0 10 5 6 8 1 8 1 6.7

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1973 18 TEX AL 426 19% 1.9% 17.4% 12.7% 8.5% 34% 1.17 66% 97 10 10%
1974 19 TEX AL 512 25% 2.7% 10.2% 9.2% 6.8% 27% 0.76 76% 107 9 8%
1975 20 TEX AL 29 38% 0.0% 6.9% 20.7% 0.0% 0% 1.25 69% 7 2 29%
1978 23 CLE AL 670 23% 0.6% 12.4% 9.0% 5.2% 21% 1.88 77% 128 15 12%
1979 24 CLE AL 195 17% 3.6% 8.7% 6.7% 11.3% 44% 0.90 80% 39 6 15%
5 Yrs 1832 22% 1.8% 12.5% 9.8% 7.0% 28% 1.19 74% 378 42 11%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.0% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1973 18 TEX AL 426 106 8 0 14 7 1 3 5 29 17 3 59% 5 5 1 172 5 10 33% 5 10 0 0 0 0 5 4 15 0
1974 19 TEX AL 512 129 14 0 6 13 1 9 5 27 17 0 63% 8 8 2 195 3 8 27% 2 8 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 0
1975 20 TEX AL 29 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 11 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1978 23 CLE AL 670 166 4 1 9 4 0 2 2 36 27 4 75% 7 11 1 261 10 7 59% 8 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 27 0
1979 24 CLE AL 195 50 7 0 0 7 0 2 5 9 4 2 44% 2 4 0 74 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Yrs 1832 457 33 1 29 31 2 16 17 103 66 9 64% 22 29 4 713 19 27 41% 16 23 2 2 1 2 5 4 71 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1973 18 4 8 .333 5.01 18 18 0 0 0 0 93.1 106 63 52 8 54 1 74 4 1 5 426 74 1.714 10.2 0.8 5.2 7.1 1.37 74
1974 19 7 17 .292 4.66 46 39 4 4 0 0 210.1 235 127 109 22 101 1 126 8 1 13 938 78 1.597 10.1 0.9 4.3 5.4 1.25 78
1975 20 7 18 .280 4.60 47 40 4 4 0 0 217.1 241 130 111 22 107 1 128 8 1 14 967 79 1.601 10.0 0.9 4.4 5.3 1.20 79
1976 21 7 18 .280 4.60 47 40 4 4 0 0 217.1 241 130 111 22 107 1 128 8 1 14 967 79 1.601 10.0 0.9 4.4 5.3 1.20 79
1977 22 7 18 .280 4.60 47 40 4 4 0 0 217.1 241 130 111 22 107 1 128 8 1 14 967 79 1.601 10.0 0.9 4.4 5.3 1.20 79
1978 23 15 29 .341 4.47 75 65 5 9 0 0 370.2 407 210 184 26 167 4 211 11 2 25 1637 83 1.549 9.9 0.6 4.1 5.1 1.26 83
1979 24 18 33 .353 4.63 84 73 6 10 0 0 416.1 457 243 214 33 180 4 228 12 2 29 1832 81 1.530 9.9 0.7 3.9 4.9 1.27 81

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1973 18 3 6 .333 6.32 84.0 113 66 59 9 58 66 4 2.036 12.1 6.2 7.1 1.14 1.0 18
1974 19 4 7 .364 5.69 106.0 140 74 67 15 51 47 4 1.802 11.9 4.3 4.0 0.92 1.3 28
1975 20 0 0 3.00 6.0 6 2 2 0 6 2 0 2.000 9.0 9.0 3.0 0.33 0.0 1
1978 23 5 10 .333 5.26 142.0 177 92 83 4 64 77 3 1.697 11.2 4.1 4.9 1.20 0.3 28
1979 24 1 3 .250 6.14 44.0 50 33 30 7 13 16 1 1.432 10.2 2.7 3.3 1.23 1.4 9
5 Yrs 13 26 .333 5.68 382.0 486 267 241 35 192 208 12 1.775 11.5 4.9 1.08 0.8 84

* 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

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1978 AL  11 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1973 AL  born 1955-04-22 (1st)
1974 AL  born 1955-04-22 (2nd)
1975 AL  born 1955-04-22 (2nd)

                           

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