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 (Fullerton, 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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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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
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

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	-16	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	275/9364D
5 Seasons				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: 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
1986	23	CHW	AL	68	-5	0	0	-1	-1	0	2	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$	5/6

1989	26	SEA	AL	117	0	-1	0	0	-4	0	4	-1	-0.1	3	0.3	-0.4	$	6/35472
1990	27	SEA	AL	20	-3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$102,000	/6352
1991	28	SEA	AL	190	-6	0	-1	0	-4	0	7	-5	-0.6	0	0.0	-0.6	$108,000	725/39D
1992	29	SEA	AL	167	-5	-1	-1	0	-5	0	6	-5	-0.6	-1	-0.1	-0.5	$162,000	275/9364D
5 Seasons				562	-19	-2	-2	-1	-12	0	20	-15	-1.8	-4	-0.4	-1.4	$372,000

SEA (4 yrs)				494	-14	-2	-2	0	-11	0	18	-11	-1.4	0	0.0	-1.4	$372,000
CHW (1 yr)				68	-5	0	0	-1	-1	0	2	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$

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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	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1986	CHW	AL	23	3B	18	18	16	155.1	47	10	31	6	1	.872	-0	-3	2.38	2.28	.948	2.74	2.71
1986	CHW	AL	23	SS	1	0	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-51	0.00	0.00		4.50	4.50
1989	SEA	AL	26	SS	30	4	2	78.0	42	14	24	4	9	.905	-2	-35	4.38	1.27	.971	4.79	4.74
1989	SEA	AL	26	1B	9	6	6	56.2	62	57	5	0	4	1.000	-2	-34	9.85	6.89	.993	9.80	9.69
1989	SEA	AL	26	3B	9	6	5	64.1	9	1	7	1	0	.889	-0	-2	1.12	0.89	.943	2.73	2.70
1989	SEA	AL	26	2B	4	1	0	13.0	9	4	5	0	1	1.000	-0	-28	6.23	2.25	.981	5.26	5.18
1989	SEA	AL	26	LF	3	2	0	16.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-15	1.12	0.67	.975	2.14	2.13
1989	SEA	AL	26	OF	3	2	0	16.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-15	1.12	0.67	.980	2.42	2.40
1989	SEA	AL	26	C	2	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		6.30	6.15	0	0	0	0		0
1990	SEA	AL	27	SS	5	0	0	5.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	24	1.80	0.20	.970	4.68	4.68
1990	SEA	AL	27	1B	3	1	1	10.0	8	7	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	7.20	2.67	.992	9.63	9.53
1990	SEA	AL	27	3B	3	1	1	16.0	9	1	8	0	0	1.000	2	142	5.06	3.00	.944	2.76	2.73
1990	SEA	AL	27	C	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		6.30	6.40	0	0	0	0		0
1991	SEA	AL	28	OF	26	18	8	160.2	32	31	0	1	0	.969	-0	-4	1.74	1.19	.983	2.37	2.37
1991	SEA	AL	28	LF	23	17	7	141.0	29	28	0	1	0	.966	0	2	1.79	1.22	.978	2.17	2.16
1991	SEA	AL	28	C	19	6	4	77.1	53	42	10	1	0	.981	-1	-16	6.05	2.74	.990	6.48	6.48	6	6	0	3	100%	0
1991	SEA	AL	28	3B	13	12	4	97.0	30	11	14	5	1	.833	-3	-35	2.32	1.92	.955	2.79	2.79
1991	SEA	AL	28	1B	4	3	1	20.0	22	21	1	0	2	1.000	0	6	9.90	5.50	.992	9.76	9.75
1991	SEA	AL	28	RF	3	1	1	19.2	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-43	1.37	1.00	.980	2.20	2.20
1991	SEA	AL	28	DH	1	1
1992	SEA	AL	29	OF	25	16	8	132.0	33	26	3	4	1	.879	-4	-33	1.98	1.16	.983	2.47	2.46
1992	SEA	AL	29	C	21	7	4	87.0	63	58	5	0	1	1.000	-1	-14	6.52	3.00	.989	6.20	6.18	1	4	10	3	23%	0
1992	SEA	AL	29	LF	16	11	3	83.0	18	17	0	1	0	.944	-0	-6	1.84	1.06	.981	2.29	2.28
1992	SEA	AL	29	3B	10	7	2	61.0	23	1	20	2	2	.913	0	6	3.10	2.10	.950	2.77	2.77
1992	SEA	AL	29	RF	9	5	5	49.0	15	9	3	3	1	.800	-3	-78	2.20	1.33	.982	2.22	2.22
1992	SEA	AL	29	1B	3	3	2	26.0	20	20	0	0	1	1.000	-0	-18	6.92	6.67	.993	9.69	9.63
1992	SEA	AL	29	SS	3	0	0	8.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	0	15	3.38	1.00	.970	4.73	4.70
1992	SEA	AL	29	2B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		5.40	5.20
1992	SEA	AL	29	DH	1	1
	3 Seasons			OF	54	36	16	308.2	67	59	3	5	1	.925	-4	-17	1.81	1.15	.983	2.41	2.41
	5 Seasons			3B	53	44	28	393.2	118	24	80	14	4	.881	-1	-3	2.38	1.96	.950	2.76	2.74
	4 Seasons			C	43	13	8	168.1	116	100	15	1	1	.991	-2	-14	6.15	2.67	.989	6.33	6.32	7	10	10	6	38%	0
	3 Seasons			LF	42	30	10	240.0	49	47	0	2	0	.959	-0	-2	1.76	1.12	.979	2.21	2.20
	4 Seasons			SS	39	4	2	98.0	46	16	26	4	9	.913	-2	-29	3.86	1.08	.971	4.76	4.72
	4 Seasons			1B	19	13	10	112.2	112	105	7	0	7	1.000	-2	-20	8.95	5.89	.993	9.75	9.67
	2 Seasons			RF	12	6	6	68.2	18	12	3	3	1	.833	-4	-68	1.97	1.25	.982	2.22	2.22
	2 Seasons			2B	5	1	0	14.0	9	4	5	0	1	1.000	-0	-26	5.79	1.80	.981	5.27	5.18
	5 Seasons			TOT	213	111	64	1095.1	468	308	136	24	23	.949	-12	-13	3.65	2.08	.977	4.14	4.42	7	10	10	6	38%	0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Transactions

June 8, 1981: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the 1981 amateur draft.
July 16, 1985: Traded by the New York Mets to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Paciorek.
December 10, 1987: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Floyd Bannister to the Kansas City Royals for Chuck Mount (minors), John Davis, Greg Hibbard and Melido Perez.
February 3, 1988: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Seattle Mariners for Ken Spratke (minors).
April 4, 1991: Granted Free Agency.
April 8, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Seattle Mariners.
December 19, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
January 6, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

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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
1990	27	Seattle Mariners	$102,000	USA Today
1991	28	Seattle Mariners	$108,000	USA Today survey
1992	29	Seattle Mariners	$162,000	4/2/92 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$372,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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