Dave Cochrane

David Carter Cochrane

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 31, 1963 in Riverside, CA
High School: Troy HS (Yorba Linda, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1986
Teams (by GP): Mariners/WhiteSox 1986-1992

Final Game: July 30, 1992
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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
1982	19	NYM-min	A-	70	309	269	51	81	16	2	22	62	3	0	39	117	.301	.388	.621	1.009		167		0	0	1	7		LFA · NYPL
1983	20	NYM-min	A	120	520	445	73	117	16	1	25	102	4	2	71	146	.263	.365	.472	.837		210		2	0	2	11		LBG · CARL
1984	21	NYM-min	AA	129	519	454	66	121	29	3	22	77	2	3	61	133	.267	.353	.489	.842		222		1	1	2	9		JAC · TL
1985	22	NYM-min	AA	33	127	103	14	23	1	0	4	20	0	2	20	45	.223	.341	.350	.691		36		0	1	3	3		JAC · TL
1986	23	CHW-min	AA,AAA	131	557	473	81	123	30	5	23	90	4	5	72	147	.260	.355	.490	.845		232		2	2	8	5		BIR,BFL · SOUL,AA
1986	23	CHW	AL	19	68	62	4	12	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	22	.194	.254	.274	.528	42	17	2	0	1	0	1	5/6

1987	24	CHW-min	AAA	129	499	451	60	122	23	3	15	66	7	7	35	121	.271	.331	.435	.765		196		8	0	5	2		HAW · PCL
1988	25	SEA-min	AAA	120	461	406	55	116	27	3	15	61	4	5	49	96	.286	.365	.478	.842		194		2	3	1	8		CGY · PCL
1989	26	SEA-min	AAA	32	139	125	22	34	10	0	6	35	2	1	11	36	.272	.331	.496	.827		62		1	0	2	0		CGY · PCL
1989	26	SEA	AL	54	117	102	13	24	4	1	3	7	0	2	14	27	.235	.333	.382	.716	99	39	2	1	0	0	0	6/35472
1990	27	SEA-min	AAA	69	288	262	43	72	14	4	8	36	2	0	23	62	.275	.333	.450	.784		118		1	0	2	1		CGY · PCL
1990	27	SEA	AL	15	20	20	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.150	.150	.150	.300	-15	3	0	0	0	0	0	/6352
1991	28	SEA-min	AAA	47	202	190	25	61	11	0	3	37	2	0	8	36	.321	.347	.426	.773		81	5	1	0	3	1		CGY · PCL
1991	28	SEA	AL	65	190	178	16	44	13	0	2	22	0	1	9	38	.247	.286	.354	.640	77	63	3	1	1	1	0	725/39D
1992	29	SEA	AL	65	167	152	10	38	5	0	2	12	1	0	12	34	.250	.309	.322	.631	78	49	3	1	2	0	0	275/936D4
5 Yrs				218	562	514	43	121	24	1	8	43	1	3	40	129	.235	.294	.333	.627	74	171	10	3	4	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	418	382	32	90	18	1	6	32	1	2	30	96	.235	.294	.333	.627	74	127	7	2	3	1	1

SEA (4 yrs)				199	494	452	39	109	22	1	7	41	1	3	35	107	.241	.299	.341	.640	78	154	8	3	3	1	0
CHW (1 yr)				19	68	62	4	12	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	22	.194	.254	.274	.528	42	17	2	0	1	0	1

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
1986	23	CHW	AL	19	68	-5	0	-0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.467	.496	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	5/6

1989	26	SEA	AL	54	117	0	-1	0	-4	1	-4	-0.4	4	-0	0.0	.492	.497	0.5	-0.3	4	$	6/35472
1990	27	SEA	AL	15	20	-3	-0	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.3	0.2	-3	$102,000	/6352
1991	28	SEA	AL	65	190	-6	-0	0	-4	-0	-11	-1.1	6	-4	-0.5	.483	.493	0.0	-0.4	-0	$108,000	725/39D
1992	29	SEA	AL	65	167	-5	-1	-0	-5	-0	-12	-1.2	6	-6	-0.6	.481	.492	-0.2	-0.4	-1	$162,000	275/936D4
5 Seasons				218	562	-19	-2	-1	-12	1	-34	-3.3	18	-15	-1.6	.484	.496	-0.3	-1.0	-3	$372,000

SEA (4 yrs)				199	494	-14	-2	-0	-11	1	-27	-2.7	16	-11	-1.2	.485	.496	-0.0	-0.9	0	$372,000
CHW (1 yr)				19	68	-5	0	-0	-1	0	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.4	.467	.496	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$

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
1986	23	CHW	AL	68	53	4	2.0	104	.282	.194	.266	.254	.335	.274	.415	.528	.750	42	.178	-5.3	-0.5	.423	.161	.081	.0

1989	26	SEA	AL	117	82	13	4.2	96	.292	.235	.264	.333	.330	.382	.389	.716	.718	99	.490	-0.1	-0.0	.634	.265	.147	.0
1990	27	SEA	AL	20	17	0	0.0	95	.250	.150	.259	.150	.328	.150	.388	.300	.715	-15	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.176	.000	.000
1991	28	SEA	AL	190	140	18	3.5	97	.302	.247	.260	.286	.329	.354	.395	.640	.724	77	.378	-5.8	-0.6	.522	.152	.107	.0
1992	29	SEA	AL	167	119	16	3.6	94	.310	.250	.259	.309	.328	.322	.385	.631	.713	78	.412	-4.8	-0.5	.538	.158	.072	1.3
5 Yrs				562	411	51	3.3	97	.299	.235	.261	.294	.329	.333	.393	.627	.722	74	.368	-19.1	-1.9	.522	.171	.097	1.8
162 Game Avg.				418	305	38	3.3	97	.299	.235	.261	.294	.329	.333	.393	.627	.722	74	.368	-19.1	-1.9	.522	.171	.097	1

SEA (4 yrs)				494	358	47	3.5	96	.301	.241	.261	.299	.329	.341	.390	.640	.719	78	.396	-13.8	-1.4	.537	.173	.100	1.8
CHW (1 yr)				68	53	4	2.0	104	.282	.194	.266	.254	.335	.274	.415	.528	.750	42	.177	-5.3	-0.5	.423	.161	.081	.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
1986	23	CHW	AL	68	1.5%	32.4%	7.4%	4.4%	25%	4.40	2.8	62.0	31.0		1.73	57%

1989	26	SEA	AL	117	2.6%	23.1%	12.0%	6.8%	33%	1.93	3.8	34.0	14.6	0.68	0.80	62%	19%	8.1%	16%
1990	27	SEA	AL	20	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5			0.71	0.80	60%	8%	0.0%	29%
1991	28	SEA	AL	190	1.1%	20.0%	4.7%	7.9%	34%	4.22	4.7	89.0	8.1	0.76	1.22	73%	19%	2.8%	10%
1992	29	SEA	AL	167	1.2%	20.4%	7.2%	4.2%	18%	2.83	4.5	76.0	12.7	0.59	0.93	69%	25%	3.1%	12%
5 Yrs				562	1.4%	23.0%	7.1%	5.9%	27%	3.23	4.0	64.3	12.0	0.68	1.06	67%	21%	3.9%	13%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.74	5.9	41.3	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.2%	22%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1986	23	CHW	AL	-5.3	-0.5	70	-0.6	0.8	-1.4	1.03	-0.5	-0.1	-5.2	-0.5	0.88	-4.7		0

1989	26	SEA	AL	-0.1	-0.0	120	-0.5	2.0	-2.5	1.08	-0.2	-0.3	-6.2	-0.6	0.92	-3.9	1.34	17
1990	27	SEA	AL	-3.2	-0.3	20	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.16	-0.3	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.88	-3.8	1.56	9
1991	28	SEA	AL	-5.8	-0.6	192	-0.7	2.7	-3.5	.97	-0.8	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.90	-7.9	2.01	16
1992	29	SEA	AL	-4.8	-0.5	170	-0.1	2.6	-2.7	1.01	-0.4	0.3	-3.5	-0.4	0.93	-4.3	2.11	17
5 Yrs				-19.1	-1.9	572	-2.4	8.2	-10.7	1.02	-2.3	-0.1	-19.3	-1.9	0.91	-24.6	1.78	59

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1986	23	CHW	AL	1	0	19%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1

1989	26	SEA	AL	1	0	28%	47	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	33%	10	7	3	2	1	1	3	2	1
1990	27	SEA	AL	0	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1991	28	SEA	AL	1	0	27%	57	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	29%	10	10	0	2	1	1	9	4	5
1992	29	SEA	AL	0	0	16%	66	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19%	10	9	1	1	1	0	5	3	2
5 Yrs				3	0	22%	203	1	3	25%	1	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	11	27%	31	27	4	6	4	2	19	10	9

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
1986	23	CHW	AL	68	100%	12			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	7	2	29%	5	1	20%	29	1	3%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1989	26	SEA	AL	117	100%	24	1	0	17	5	0	1	1.34	3	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0		24	2	8%	9	2	22%	69	4	6%	6	2	33%	4	2	50%	0
1990	27	SEA	AL	20	100%	3	0	0	9	2	0	0	1.56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		11	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1991	28	SEA	AL	190	100%	44	12	0	16	4	0	1	2.01	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	32	3	9%	14	4	29%	96	20	21%	11	5	45%	1	1	100%	0
1992	29	SEA	AL	167	100%	38	12	0	17	4	0	2	2.11	2	0	7	1	1	0	2	0	2	2	100%	31	3	10%	12	6	50%	95	11	12%	6	4	67%	4	2	50%	0
5 Yrs				562	100%	121	25	0	59	15	0	4	1.78	8	0	15	7	1	5	3	0	4	4	100%	95	10	11%	40	13	33%	300	36	12%	27	11	41%	10	5	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			10%			35%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	26	SEA	AL	112	429	3.83	271	63%	20%	21%	31%	27%	80%	0%	50%	73%	50%	3%	3	0	5%	6	3	6%	7	6	31%	5	0	1
1990	27	SEA	AL	20	69	3.45	50	72%	16%	36%	24%	24%	84%	0%	61%	57%	55%	0%	0	0	5%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1991	28	SEA	AL	190	681	3.58	427	63%	20%	22%	25%	33%	80%	0%	50%	72%	41%	2%	3	1	14%	27	17	7%	13	8	32%	0	0	0
1992	29	SEA	AL	167	676	4.05	419	62%	20%	20%	31%	29%	80%	0%	49%	75%	38%	5%	8	0	11%	19	8	11%	18	16	24%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				489	1855	3.79	1167	63%	20%	22%	28%	30%	80%	0%	50%	73%	43%	3%	14	1	11%	53	29	8%	38	30	26%	5	0	1
MLB Averages						3.62		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

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
1986	23	19	68	62	4	12	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	22	.194	.254	.274	.528	42	17	2	0	1	0	1
1987	24	19	68	62	4	12	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	22	.194	.254	.274	.528	42	17	2	0	1	0	1
1988	25	19	68	62	4	12	2	0	1	2	0	0	5	22	.194	.254	.274	.528	42	17	2	0	1	0	1
1989	26	73	185	164	17	36	6	1	4	9	0	2	19	49	.220	.304	.341	.646	77	56	4	1	1	0	1
1990	27	88	205	184	17	39	6	1	4	9	0	2	19	57	.212	.289	.321	.610	68	59	4	1	1	0	1
1991	28	153	395	362	33	83	19	1	6	31	0	3	28	95	.229	.288	.337	.625	72	122	7	2	2	1	1
1992	29	218	562	514	43	121	24	1	8	43	1	3	40	129	.235	.294	.333	.627	74	171	10	3	4	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1986	23	19	67	61	4	11	2	0	1	2	0	5	22	.180	.242	.262	.505	4	19

1989	26	54	119	103	14	25	4	1	3	8	0	15	27	.243	.345	.388	.733	14	54
1990	27	15	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
1991	28	65	192	180	17	46	14	0	2	23	0	9	38	.256	.293	.367	.660	19	65
1992	29	65	170	154	11	40	5	0	2	13	1	13	34	.260	.321	.331	.653	16	65
5 Yrs		218	568	518	46	122	25	1	8	46	1	42	129	.236	.296	.334	.630	53	218
162 Game Avg.		162	422	385	34	91	19	1	6	34	1	31	96	.236	.296	.334	.630	39	218

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