Dave Cole
David Bruce Cole
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 29, 1930 in Williamsport, MD
High School: Williamsport (Williamsport, MD)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1950
Final Game: June 6, 1955
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Standard Pitching

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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
1950 19 BSN NL 0 1 .000 1.12 4 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 7 2 1 0 3 8 1 0 0 32 342 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 9.0 2.67
1951 20 BSN NL 2 4 .333 4.26 23 7 4 1 0 0 67.2 64 43 32 3 64 33 2 1 2 320 86 1.892 8.5 0.4 8.5 4.4 0.52
1952 21 BSN NL 1 1 .500 4.03 22 3 10 0 0 0 44.2 38 21 20 2 42 22 3 0 3 207 90 1.791 7.7 0.4 8.5 4.4 0.52
1953 22 MLN NL 0 1 .000 8.59 10 0 8 0 0 0 14.2 17 14 14 1 14 13 0 0 1 75 46 2.114 10.4 0.6 8.6 8.0 0.93
1954 23 CHC NL 3 8 .273 5.36 18 14 3 2 1 0 84.0 74 56 50 7 62 37 1 0 5 379 78 1.619 7.9 0.8 6.6 4.0 0.60
1955 24 PHI NL 0 3 .000 6.38 7 3 4 0 0 0 18.1 21 15 13 3 14 0 6 0 0 1 88 62 1.909 10.3 1.5 6.9 2.9 0.43
6 Seasons 6 18 .250 4.93 84 27 31 3 1 0 237.1 221 151 130 16 199 0 119 7 1 12 1101 79 1.770 8.4 0.6 7.5 4.5 0.60
162 Game Avg. 4 11 .250 4.93 51 17 19 2 1 0 145 135 93 80 10 122 73 4 1 7 674 79 1.770 8.4 0.6 7.5 4.5 0.60
MLN (4 yrs) 3 7 .300 4.47 59 10 24 1 0 0 135.0 126 80 67 6 123 76 6 1 6 634 83 1.844 8.4 0.4 8.2 5.1 0.62
PHI (1 yr) 0 3 .000 6.38 7 3 4 0 0 0 18.1 21 15 13 3 14 0 6 0 0 1 88 62 1.909 10.3 1.5 6.9 2.9 0.43
CHC (1 yr) 3 8 .273 5.36 18 14 3 2 1 0 84.0 74 56 50 7 62 37 1 0 5 379 78 1.619 7.9 0.8 6.6 4.0 0.60

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1954 23 CHC NL 18 379 308 56 74 10 4 7 0 2 62 37 .240 .365 .367 .732 .250 113 6 1 4 4
1955 24 PHI NL 7 88 69 15 21 2 1 3 0 1 14 6 .304 .412 .493 .905 .290 34 1 0 3 2 0
2 Seasons 25 467 377 71 95 12 5 10 0 3 76 43 .252 .374 .390 .764 .258 147 7 1 7 6 0
162 Game Avg. 40 756 610 115 154 19 8 16 0 5 123 70 .252 .374 .390 .764 .258 238 11 2 11 10
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1954 23 CHC NL 18 14 3 8 3 0 1 3 11 .214 1 1 2 1 5 36% 43 77 22 13 10 6 7 4.0 3.5 5.0
1955 24 PHI NL 7 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 39 29 4 4 1 2 3.7 3.0 4.1
2 Seasons 25 17 3 11 3 0 1 3 14 .176 1 1 2 1 5 29% 41 77 22 17 14 7 9 4.0 3.4 4.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1954 23 CHC NL 18 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0.840 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 3 4 0 4 1 10.3
1955 24 PHI NL 7 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.718 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 1 4.5
2 Seasons 25 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0.814 0 0 8 0 0 8 1 7 6 0 6 2 7.4

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1950 19 BSN NL
1951 20 BSN NL
1952 21 BSN NL
1953 22 MLN NL
1954 23 CHC NL 379 37% 1.9% 9.8% 16.4% 5.5% 28% 0.90 71% 58 6 10%
1955 24 PHI NL 88 33% 3.4% 6.8% 15.9% 6.8% 29% 1.67 70% 17 1 6%
6 Seasons 467 36% 3.4% 25.5% 42.6% 5.8% 12% 1.04 71% 75 7 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1950 19 BSN NL 7 0 0
1951 20 BSN NL 64 3 2
1952 21 BSN NL 38 2 3
1953 22 MLN NL 17 1 1
1954 23 CHC NL 261 74 7 0 6 5 2 3 4 15 10 2 67% 3 5 0 118 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 118
1955 24 PHI NL 69 21 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 0 33% 1 1 0 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19
6 Seasons 330 221 16 0 8 6 4 4 6 18 11 2 61% 4 12 0 149 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 137
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1950 19 0 1 .000 1.12 4 0 2 0 0 0 8.0 7 2 1 0 3 8 1 0 0 32 342 1.250 7.9 0.0 3.4 9.0 2.67 342
1951 20 2 5 .286 3.93 27 7 6 1 0 0 75.2 71 45 33 3 67 41 3 1 2 352 94 1.824 8.4 0.4 8.0 4.9 0.61 94
1952 21 3 6 .333 3.96 49 10 16 1 0 0 120.1 109 66 53 5 109 63 6 1 5 559 93 1.812 8.2 0.4 8.2 4.7 0.58 93
1953 22 3 7 .300 4.47 59 10 24 1 0 0 135.0 126 80 67 6 123 76 6 1 6 634 83 1.844 8.4 0.4 8.2 5.1 0.62 83
1954 23 6 15 .286 4.81 77 24 27 3 1 0 219.0 200 136 117 13 185 113 7 1 11 1013 81 1.758 8.2 0.5 7.6 4.6 0.61 81
1955 24 6 18 .250 4.93 84 27 31 3 1 0 237.1 221 151 130 16 199 0 119 7 1 12 1101 79 1.770 8.4 0.6 7.5 4.5 0.60 79

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1950 19 0 0 1.29 7.0 8 1 1 0 3 7 1 1.571 10.3 3.9 9.0 2.33 0.0 4
1951 20 3 4 .429 4.85 65.0 67 39 35 3 67 32 2 2.062 9.3 9.3 4.4 0.48 0.4 23
1952 21 2 2 .500 4.93 42.0 41 26 23 2 45 21 3 2.048 8.8 9.6 4.5 0.47 0.4 22
1953 22 0 1 .000 8.40 15.0 18 16 14 1 15 13 0 2.200 10.8 9.0 7.8 0.87 0.6 10
1954 23 3 6 .333 5.13 86.0 76 54 49 7 64 38 1 1.628 8.0 6.7 4.0 0.59 0.7 18
1955 24 1 1 .500 6.16 19.0 22 14 13 3 15 6 0 1.947 10.4 7.1 2.8 0.40 1.4 7
6 Seasons 9 14 .391 5.19 234.0 232 150 135 16 209 117 7 1.885 8.9 4.5 0.56 0.6 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1954 NL--5--7th

Youngest s c a p y
1950 NL--born 1930-08-29--6th

                           

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