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Dave Dravecky

David Francis Dravecky

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 14, 1956 in Youngstown, OH
School: Youngstown State University (Youngstown, OH)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 21st round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1982
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants 1982-1989
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: August 15, 1989
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All-Star

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 26 SDP NL 32 28 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .130 .167 .130 .297 -14 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1983 27 SDP NL 28 70 61 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 19 .098 .141 .131 .272 -23 8 1 0 6 0 0 1 AS
1984 28 SDP NL 50 49 41 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 8 .098 .159 .146 .305 -13 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
1985 29 SDP NL 34 79 69 5 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 20 .116 .164 .159 .324 -8 11 0 0 6 0 0 1
1986 30 SDP NL 35 57 50 3 7 0 0 1 7 1 0 1 16 .140 .157 .200 .357 -1 10 1 0 6 0 0 1
1987 31 TOT NL 49 64 56 3 8 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 27 .143 .200 .161 .361 -1 9 0 0 4 0 0 1
1987 31 SDP NL 31 21 18 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .167 .211 .167 .377 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1987 31 SFG NL 18 43 38 3 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 18 .132 .195 .158 .353 -3 6 0 0 2 0 0 1
1988 32 SFG NL 7 13 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .100 .100 .100 .200 -41 1 0 0 3 0 0 /1
1989 33 SFG NL 2 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 179 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Yrs 237 365 313 20 38 6 1 1 14 2 1 18 95 .121 .169 .157 .326 -8 49 2 0 34 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 249 214 14 26 4 1 1 10 1 1 12 65 .121 .169 .157 .326 -8 33 1 0 23 0 0
SDP (6 yrs) 210 304 262 15 31 5 1 1 14 1 1 13 75 .118 .160 .156 .316 -11 41 2 0 29 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 27 61 51 5 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 20 .137 .214 .157 .371 4 8 0 0 5 0 0

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
1982 26 SDP NL 32 28 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1983 27 SDP NL 28 70 -8 -0 0 0 8 -0 -0.1 2 2 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 2 $ 1 AS
1984 28 SDP NL 50 49 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1985 29 SDP NL 34 79 -11 -0 1 0 9 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 $240,000 1
1986 30 SDP NL 35 57 -8 -0 -0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $350,000 1
1987 31 SDP NL 31 21 -3 -0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $575,000 1
1987 31 SFG NL 18 43 -6 -1 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1988 32 SFG NL 7 13 -2 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .488 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $700,000 /1
1989 33 SFG NL 2 5 0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .565 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $750,000 /1
8 Seasons 237 365 -46 -3 2 0 44 -3 -0.3 11 8 -0.4 .498 .500 -0.5 0.1 8 $2,615,000
SDP (6 yrs) 210 304 -38 -2 1 0 36 -3 -0.3 9 7 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.4 0.1 7 $1,165,000
SFG (3 yrs) 27 61 -8 -1 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $1,450,000

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
1982 26 SDP NL 28 24 1 1.1 91 .150 .130 .261 .167 .323 .130 .379 .297 .702 -14 .082 -3.5 -0.4 .200 .043 .000
1983 27 SDP NL 70 62 1 0.4 94 .143 .098 .260 .141 .328 .131 .385 .272 .713 -23 .015 -10.2 -1.1 .196 .082 .033
1984 28 SDP NL 49 42 1 0.6 94 .121 .098 .263 .159 .328 .146 .383 .305 .711 -13 .031 -6.2 -0.6 .243 .122 .049
1985 29 SDP NL 79 67 2 0.8 94 .163 .116 .259 .164 .327 .159 .386 .324 .712 -8 .047 -10.3 -1.1 .246 .101 .043
1986 30 SDP NL 57 50 2 1.1 96 .182 .140 .259 .157 .329 .200 .391 .357 .720 -1 .073 -7.1 -0.7 .273 .100 .060 1.0
1987 31 TOT NL 64 53 3 1.5 102 .276 .143 .264 .200 .333 .161 .412 .361 .745 -1 .110 -8.1 -0.8 .265 .089 .018 .0
1987 31 SDP NL 21 18 1 1.5 102 .333 .167 .264 .211 .333 .167 .412 .377 .745 4 .107 -2.5 -0.2 .188 .000 .000
1987 31 SFG NL 43 35 2 1.5 102 .250 .132 .264 .195 .333 .158 .412 .353 .745 -3 .112 -5.6 -0.6 .303 .132 .026 .0
1988 32 SFG NL 13 12 0 0.0 86 .111 .100 .252 .100 .315 .100 .370 .200 .684 -41 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
1989 33 SFG NL 5 2 1 13.5 88 .500 .333 .250 .600 .317 .333 .373 .933 .690 179 .900 0.6 0.1 1.500 .667 .000
8 Yrs 365 312 11 1.0 95 .171 .121 .260 .169 .328 .157 .390 .326 .717 -8 .059 -46.6 -4.8 .245 .096 .035 1.3
162 Game Avg. 249 213 8 1.0 95 .171 .121 .260 .169 .328 .157 .390 .326 .717 -8 .059 -46.6 -4.8 .245 .096 .035 1
SDP (6 yrs) 304 263 8 0.8 95 .161 .118 .260 .160 .328 .156 .387 .316 .715 -11 .047 -39.8 -4.1 .231 .088 .038 1.0
SFG (3 yrs) 61 49 3 1.6 98 .226 .137 .261 .214 .328 .157 .401 .371 .730 4 .136 -6.8 -0.7 .318 .137 .020 .0

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
1984 28 SDP NL NLCS CHC W 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 28 SDP NL WS DET L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 31 SFG NL NLCS STL L 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 7 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 5 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1983 SDP NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1982 26 SDP NL 28 0.0% 10.7% 3.6% 0.0% 0% 3.00 7.7 11.5 5.00 71%
1983 27 SDP NL 70 0.0% 27.1% 4.3% 2.9% 33% 6.33 3.2 61.0 1.86 60%
1984 28 SDP NL 49 0.0% 16.3% 6.1% 4.1% 50% 2.67 5.1 13.7 3.86 67%
1985 29 SDP NL 79 0.0% 25.3% 5.1% 2.5% 25% 5.00 3.5 69.0 2.13 62%
1986 30 SDP NL 57 1.8% 28.1% 1.8% 1.8% 14% 16.00 3.1 50.0 7.1 2.50 58%
1987 31 TOT NL 64 0.0% 42.2% 6.3% 1.6% 13% 6.75 2.1 2.25 45%
1987 31 SDP NL 21 0.0% 42.9% 4.8% 0.0% 0% 9.00 2.0 43%
1987 31 SFG NL 43 0.0% 41.9% 7.0% 2.3% 20% 6.00 2.1 1.25 47%
1988 32 SFG NL 13 0.0% 7.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 10.0 2.00 4.00 69% 17% 0.0% 0%
1989 33 SFG NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 3.0 0.00 40% 50% 0.0% 0%
8 Yrs 365 0.3% 26.0% 4.9% 2.2% 21% 5.28 3.3 313.0 22.4 1.50 2.58 59% 21% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.4% 8.5% 6.8% 29% 1.69 6.2 40.9 8.4 0.81 1.07 73% 20% 6.8% 29%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1982 26 SDP NL -3.5 -0.4 28 0.0 0.6 -0.5 1.16 -0.2 0.2 0.9 0.1 1.04 -1.8 0
1983 27 SDP NL -10.2 -1.1 72 -0.8 0.6 -1.4 1.06 -0.9 0.1 -11.0 -1.2 1.02 -9.4 0
1984 28 SDP NL -6.2 -0.6 49 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 .84 -0.7 0.2 -6.2 -0.6 1.00 -7.0 0
1985 29 SDP NL -10.3 -1.1 79 -0.9 0.5 -1.4 .87 -1.1 0.0 -11.1 -1.2 0.91 -11.1 0
1986 30 SDP NL -7.1 -0.7 58 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .89 -0.7 0.2 -5.0 -0.5 0.96 -6.8 0
1987 31 TOT NL -8.1 -0.8 66 -0.6 0.4 -1.0 .74 -0.7 -0.1 -9.4 -0.9 0.92 -8.1 0
1987 31 SDP NL -2.5 -0.2 22 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .77 -0.2 -0.0 -2.2 -0.2 0.86 -2.5 0
1987 31 SFG NL -5.6 -0.6 44 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .72 -0.5 -0.1 -7.3 -0.7 0.94 -5.6 0
1988 32 SFG NL -1.8 -0.2 13 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .60 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.81 -1.4 0
1989 33 SFG NL 0.6 0.1 5 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .52 0.1 -0.0 0.2 0.0 0.67 0.6 0
8 Yrs -46.6 -4.8 370 -3.2 3.2 -6.4 .89 -4.4 0.7 -41.8 -4.4 0.96 -45.0 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1982 26 SDP NL 2 0 0% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 27 SDP NL 3 0 44% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1984 28 SDP NL 0 0 43% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1985 29 SDP NL 0 0 42% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1986 30 SDP NL 0 0 29% 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
1987 31 TOT NL 0 0 25% 17 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 40% 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 1
1987 31 SDP NL 0 0 0% 6 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 31 SFG NL 0 0 38% 11 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 50% 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1
1988 32 SFG NL 0 0 200% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 5 0 35% 91 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 28% 16 12 3 3 1 1 6 1 3

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
1982 26 SDP NL 28 36% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 7 0 0% 5 1 20% 23 4 17% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1983 27 SDP NL 70 26% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 6 100% 13 1 8% 15 3 20% 51 2 4% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 0
1984 28 SDP NL 49 35% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 8 0 0% 11 3 27% 37 3 8% 0 0 0 0 0
1985 29 SDP NL 79 23% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 86% 13 0 0% 14 3 21% 47 1 2% 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1986 30 SDP NL 57 46% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 6 75% 12 1 8% 11 4 36% 36 6 17% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1987 31 TOT NL 64 34% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 7 0 0% 8 1 13% 36 1 3% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1987 31 SDP NL 21 29% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 10 1 10% 0 0 0 0 0
1987 31 SFG NL 43 37% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 5 0 0% 26 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1988 32 SFG NL 13 46% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 2 2 100% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 5 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 365 32% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 41 34 83% 65 2 3% 67 17 25% 237 17 7% 10 2 20% 8 3 38% 0
MLB Averages 59% 78% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

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
1988 32 SFG NL 13 38 2.92 32 84% 28% 6% 28% 38% 72% 0% 61% 91% 62% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 5 19 3.80 10 53% 20% 20% 40% 20% 80% 0% 42% 75% 60% 20% 1 0 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2 Yrs 18 57 3.17 42 74% 26% 10% 31% 33% 74% 0% 54% 87% 61% 6% 1 0 6% 1 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.60 62% 24% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 47% 81% 32% 6% 15% 8% 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
1982 26 32 28 23 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .130 .167 .130 .297 -14 3 0 0 4 0 0
1983 27 60 98 84 4 9 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 22 .107 .148 .131 .279 -21 11 1 0 10 0 0
1984 28 110 147 125 7 13 4 0 0 6 0 0 7 30 .104 .152 .136 .288 -18 17 1 0 15 0 0
1985 29 144 226 194 12 21 5 1 0 7 0 0 11 50 .108 .156 .144 .300 -15 28 1 0 21 0 0
1986 30 179 283 244 15 28 5 1 1 14 1 0 12 66 .115 .156 .156 .312 -12 38 2 0 27 0 0
1987 31 228 347 300 18 36 6 1 1 14 2 1 16 93 .120 .165 .157 .321 -10 47 2 0 31 0 0
1988 32 235 360 310 20 37 6 1 1 14 2 1 16 94 .119 .163 .155 .317 -11 48 2 0 34 0 0
1989 33 237 365 313 20 38 6 1 1 14 2 1 18 95 .121 .169 .157 .326 -8 49 2 0 34 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1982 26 32 29 24 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 .167 .200 .167 .367 1 32
1983 27 28 70 61 4 6 2 0 0 1 0 3 19 .098 .141 .131 .272 1 28
1984 28 50 49 41 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 3 8 .098 .159 .146 .305 1 50
1985 29 34 79 69 6 8 1 1 0 1 0 4 20 .116 .164 .159 .324 2 34
1986 30 35 58 51 4 8 0 0 1 9 1 1 16 .157 .173 .216 .389 2 35
1987 31 49 64 56 3 8 1 0 0 0 1 4 27 .143 .200 .161 .361 2 49
1988 32 7 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1989 33 2 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .600 .333 .933 1 2
8 Yrs 237 367 315 20 39 6 1 1 18 2 18 95 .124 .171 .159 .330 10 237
162 Game Avg. 162 251 215 14 27 4 1 1 12 1 12 65 .124 .171 .159 .330 7 237

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1983 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1989 ML Hutch Award

                           

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