Dave Dravecky
David Francis Dravecky
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 14, 1956 in Youngstown, OH
School: Youngstown State University
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 21st round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1982
Final Game: August 15, 1989
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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
1982 26 SDP NL 5 3 .625 2.57 31 10 11 0 0 2 105.0 86 37 30 8 33 3 59 1 1 0 426 135 1.133 7.4 0.7 2.8 5.1 1.79
1983 27 SDP NL 14 10 .583 3.58 28 28 0 9 1 0 183.2 181 78 73 18 44 4 74 3 1 2 756 99 1.225 8.9 0.9 2.2 3.6 1.68 AS
1984 28 SDP NL 9 8 .529 2.93 50 14 17 3 2 8 156.2 125 53 51 12 51 0 71 4 2 3 631 123 1.123 7.2 0.7 2.9 4.1 1.39
1985 29 SDP NL 13 11 .542 2.93 34 31 1 7 2 0 214.2 200 79 70 18 57 5 105 1 2 2 876 121 1.197 8.4 0.8 2.4 4.4 1.84
1986 30 SDP NL 9 11 .450 3.07 26 26 0 3 1 0 161.1 149 68 55 17 54 7 87 1 1 0 677 119 1.258 8.3 0.9 3.0 4.9 1.61
1987 31 TOT NL 10 12 .455 3.43 48 28 8 5 3 0 191.1 186 82 73 18 64 7 138 5 1 2 801 114 1.307 8.7 0.8 3.0 6.5 2.16
1987 31 SDP NL 3 7 .300 3.76 30 10 8 1 0 0 79.0 71 39 33 10 31 4 60 3 1 1 335 105 1.291 8.1 1.1 3.5 6.8 1.94
1987 31 SFG NL 7 5 .583 3.20 18 18 0 4 3 0 112.1 115 43 40 8 33 3 78 2 0 1 466 121 1.318 9.2 0.6 2.6 6.2 2.36
1988 32 SFG NL 2 2 .500 3.16 7 7 0 1 0 0 37.0 33 19 13 4 8 0 19 0 2 0 151 104 1.108 8.0 1.0 1.9 4.6 2.38
1989 33 SFG NL 2 0 1.000 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 8 5 5 2 4 0 5 1 0 1 50 97 0.923 5.5 1.4 2.8 3.5 1.25
8 Seasons 64 57 .529 3.13 226 146 37 28 9 10 1062.2 968 421 370 97 315 26 558 16 10 10 4368 115 1.207 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.77
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .529 3.13 41 27 7 5 2 2 194 177 77 68 18 58 5 102 3 2 2 798 115 1.207 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.77
SDP (6 yrs) 53 50 .515 3.12 199 119 37 23 6 10 900.1 812 354 312 83 270 23 456 13 8 8 3701 115 1.202 8.1 0.8 2.7 4.6 1.69
SFG (3 yrs) 11 7 .611 3.22 27 27 0 5 3 0 162.1 156 67 58 14 45 3 102 3 2 2 667 115 1.238 8.6 0.8 2.5 5.7 2.27

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1984 28 SDP NL NLCS W CHC 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 19 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 7.5
1984 28 SDP NL WS L DET 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 16 0.857 5.8 0.0 1.9 9.6 5.00
1987 31 SFG NL NLCS L STL 1 1 .500 0.60 2 2 0 1 1 0 15.0 7 1 1 0 4 0 14 0 0 0 53 0.733 4.2 0.0 2.4 8.4 3.50
2 Seasons (3 Series) 1 1 .500 0.35 7 2 1 1 1 0 25.2 12 1 1 0 5 0 24 0 0 0 88 0.662 4.2 0.0 1.8 8.4 4.80
2 NLCS 1 1 .500 0.43 5 2 0 1 1 0 21.0 9 1 1 0 4 0 19 0 0 0 72 0.619 3.9 0.0 1.7 8.1 4.75
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 16 0.857 5.8 0.0 1.9 9.6 5.00

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1983 SDP NL 27 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0

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
1982 26 SDP NL 31 426 383 37 86 9 4 8 5 5 33 59 .225 .288 .332 .619 .247 127 8 1 9 0 3
1983 27 SDP NL 28 756 692 78 181 34 8 18 14 7 44 74 .262 .307 .412 .719 .270 285 17 3 13 4 4
1984 28 SDP NL 50 631 563 53 125 23 1 12 12 9 51 71 .222 .289 .330 .620 .233 186 14 4 9 4 0
1985 29 SDP NL 34 876 802 79 200 28 1 18 15 5 57 105 .249 .299 .354 .653 .267 284 20 1 13 3 5
1986 30 SDP NL 26 677 605 68 149 28 3 17 10 10 54 87 .246 .307 .387 .694 .261 234 9 1 12 5 7
1987 31 TOT NL 48 801 719 82 186 30 1 18 20 10 64 138 .259 .321 .378 .699 .295 272 18 5 7 6 7
1987 31 SDP NL 30 335 296 39 71 11 1 10 9 2 31 60 .240 .315 .385 .700 .266 114 6 3 2 3 4
1987 31 SFG NL 18 466 423 43 115 19 0 8 11 8 33 78 .272 .325 .374 .699 .315 158 12 2 5 3 3
1988 32 SFG NL 7 151 136 19 33 6 1 4 1 1 8 19 .243 .279 .390 .669 .250 53 4 0 4 3 0
1989 33 SFG NL 2 50 44 5 8 2 0 2 0 0 4 5 .182 .265 .364 .629 .162 16 1 1 1 0 0
8 Seasons 226 4368 3944 421 968 160 19 97 77 47 315 558 .245 .302 .369 .672 .263 1457 91 16 68 25 26
162 Game Avg. 41 798 721 77 177 29 3 18 14 9 58 102 .245 .302 .369 .672 .263 266 17 3 12 5 5
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
1982 26 SDP NL 31 10 4 2 4 1 0 6 4 .600 1 0 0 0 6 60% 55 84 35 14 7 0 5 3.5 3.5 6.8
1983 27 SDP NL 28 28 14 10 4 3 4 15 13 .536 1 3 9 1 16 57% 53 85 22 13 5 0 8 4.0 4.0 6.6
1984 28 SDP NL 50 14 5 5 4 0 3 9 5 .643 1 2 3 2 8 57% 54 85 11 17 8 2 6 5.2 3.6 5.9
1985 29 SDP NL 34 31 13 10 8 1 6 14 17 .452 1 2 7 2 24 77% 56 85 12 11 7 6 8 3.5 3.8 6.8
1986 30 SDP NL 26 26 9 11 6 1 2 13 13 .500 2 1 3 1 14 54% 53 82 23 18 7 3 10 3.5 3.8 6.2
1987 31 TOT NL 48 28 10 8 10 3 2 14 14 .500 2 4 5 3 13 46% 54 84 23 26 7 3 8 4.3 4.3 6.0
1987 31 SDP NL 30 10 3 3 4 0 1 3 7 .300 1 2 1 0 5 50% 53 77 23 13 3 1 2 3.5 3.2 5.4
1987 31 SFG NL 18 18 7 5 6 3 1 11 7 .611 1 2 4 3 8 44% 54 84 25 13 4 2 6 4.7 4.9 6.2
1988 32 SFG NL 7 7 2 2 3 0 0 2 5 .286 1 1 1 0 3 43% 53 79 29 0 0 0 5 3.5 5.0 5.3 71 4 2 1 0 106
1989 33 SFG NL 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 57 66 48 1 1 0 1 3.7 4.8 6.5 79 1 1 0 0 92
8 Seasons 226 146 59 48 39 10 17 75 71 .514 9 13 28 9 85 58% 54 85 11 100 42 14 51 3.9 3.9 6.3 73 5 3 1 0 106
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
1982 26 SDP NL 31 21 11 1 1 2 2 0 100% 4 1 18 1 6% 7 1.112 6 4 11 5 2 14 10 11 12 5 12 8 5.3
1984 28 SDP NL 50 36 17 4 3 10 8 2 80% 13 2 17 2 12% 7 1.114 15 12 9 17 8 11 9 27 24 5 25 5 6.1
1985 29 SDP NL 34 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 100% 8 0.984 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 3.7
1987 31 TOT NL 48 20 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 16 8 50% 0.948 5 9 6 3 4 13 9 11 8 5 8 8 3.7
1987 31 SDP NL 30 20 8 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 16 8 50% 6 0.880 5 9 6 3 4 13 9 11 8 5 8 8 3.7
4 Seasons 145 80 37 5 9 12 10 2 83% 19 5 53 13 25% 1.029 28 26 26 26 15 39 29 51 45 15 47 21 5.2

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%
1982 26 SDP NL 426 74% 1.9% 13.9% 7.8% 4.9% 24% 1.18 74% 82 8 10%
1983 27 SDP NL 756 82% 2.4% 9.8% 5.8% 7.9% 33% 0.93 80% 100 17 17%
1984 28 SDP NL 631 82% 1.9% 11.3% 8.1% 5.7% 29% 0.88 77% 103 14 14%
1985 29 SDP NL 876 89% 2.1% 12.0% 6.5% 5.4% 24% 1.13 78% 160 20 13%
1986 30 SDP NL 677 86% 2.5% 12.9% 8.0% 7.1% 32% 1.00 75% 95 9 9%
1987 31 TOT NL 801 85% 2.3% 17.2% 8.0% 6.1% 26% 1.26 71% 134 18 13%
1987 31 SDP NL 335 82% 3.0% 17.9% 9.3% 6.6% 31% 1.32 68% 52 6 12%
1987 31 SFG NL 466 88% 1.7% 16.7% 7.1% 5.8% 24% 1.23 73% 82 12 15%
1988 32 SFG NL 151 83% 2.7% 12.6% 5.3% 7.3% 33% 0.51 0.82 77% 18% 8.2% 38% 25 4 16%
1989 33 SFG NL 50 100% 4.0% 10.0% 8.0% 8.0% 50% 0.73 1.13 74% 15% 10.5% 14% 8 1 13%
8 Seasons 4368 84% 2.2% 12.8% 7.2% 6.3% 29% 0.55 1.04 76% 17% 8.8% 33% 707 91 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 32 SFG NL 144 499 3.47 322 65% 23% 11% 30% 37% 77% 0% 50% 86% 54% 5% 7 5 18% 26 15 0 44% 4 2 7 0 0
1989 33 SFG NL 50 158 3.16 96 61% 27% 9% 22% 42% 73% 0% 44% 87% 54% 2% 1 0 16% 8 4 0 60% 0 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 194 657 3.39 418 64% 24% 10% 28% 38% 76% 0% 49% 87% 54% 4% 8 5 18% 34 19 0 48% 4 3 7 0 0
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
1982 26 SDP NL 425 86 8 0 9 7 1 5 3 13 6 2 46% 9 0 2 152 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1
1983 27 SDP NL 756 181 18 0 2 17 1 12 6 35 16 6 46% 5 2 3 261 14 7 67% 14 7 0 0 0 0 4 3 10 0
1984 28 SDP NL 630 125 12 0 11 11 1 6 6 25 5 8 20% 7 3 2 213 12 9 57% 10 8 2 0 0 1 1 1 11 1
1985 29 SDP NL 876 200 18 0 9 17 1 11 7 36 18 5 50% 6 2 3 311 15 5 75% 12 5 3 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1986 30 SDP NL 677 149 17 0 8 16 1 9 8 29 11 5 38% 10 0 1 229 10 10 50% 9 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1987 31 TOT NL 799 186 18 0 15 15 3 10 8 30 14 9 47% 7 2 1 290 20 10 67% 17 9 2 1 1 0 3 0 11 2
1987 31 SDP NL 335 71 10 0 7 8 2 6 4 14 9 2 64% 3 1 0 115 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 31 SFG NL 464 115 8 0 8 7 1 4 4 16 5 7 31% 4 1 1 175 11 8 58% 8 7 2 1 1 0 3 0 6 2
1988 32 SFG NL 151 33 1 0 4 0 1 4 0 1 3 11 7 1 64% 4 0 0 49 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 33 SFG NL 50 8 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 Seasons 4364 968 2 0 97 0 55 89 8 55 42 180 77 37 43% 48 10 12 1517 77 47 62% 67 45 9 1 1 1 10 5 65 4
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+
1982 26 5 3 .625 2.57 31 10 11 0 0 2 105.0 86 37 30 8 33 3 59 1 1 0 426 135 1.133 7.4 0.7 2.8 5.1 1.79 135
1983 27 19 13 .594 3.21 59 38 11 9 1 2 288.2 267 115 103 26 77 7 133 4 2 2 1182 109 1.192 8.3 0.8 2.4 4.1 1.73 109
1984 28 28 21 .571 3.11 109 52 28 12 3 10 445.1 392 168 154 38 128 7 204 8 4 5 1813 114 1.168 7.9 0.8 2.6 4.1 1.59 114
1985 29 41 32 .562 3.05 143 83 29 19 5 10 660.0 592 247 224 56 185 12 309 9 6 7 2689 116 1.177 8.1 0.8 2.5 4.2 1.67 116
1986 30 50 43 .538 3.06 169 109 29 22 6 10 821.1 741 315 279 73 239 19 396 10 7 7 3366 117 1.193 8.1 0.8 2.6 4.3 1.66 117
1987 31 60 55 .522 3.13 217 137 37 27 9 10 1012.2 927 397 352 91 303 26 534 15 8 9 4167 116 1.215 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.76 116
1988 32 62 57 .521 3.13 224 144 37 28 9 10 1049.2 960 416 365 95 311 26 553 15 10 9 4318 116 1.211 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.78 116
1989 33 64 57 .529 3.13 226 146 37 28 9 10 1062.2 968 421 370 97 315 26 558 16 10 10 4368 115 1.207 8.2 0.8 2.7 4.7 1.77 115

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1982 26 7 4 .636 3.09 99.0 92 38 34 9 35 56 1 1.283 8.4 3.2 5.1 1.60 0.8 31
1983 27 9 10 .474 4.24 172.0 191 90 81 19 46 69 3 1.378 10.0 2.4 3.6 1.50 1.0 28
1984 28 9 7 .563 3.34 148.0 130 61 55 12 53 67 4 1.236 7.9 3.2 4.1 1.26 0.7 50
1985 29 13 9 .591 3.39 202.0 209 84 76 19 60 99 1 1.332 9.3 2.7 4.4 1.65 0.8 34
1986 30 10 7 .588 3.45 154.0 156 66 59 18 57 83 1 1.383 9.1 3.3 4.9 1.46 1.1 26
1987 31 11 9 .550 3.73 181.0 188 83 75 18 65 131 5 1.398 9.3 3.2 6.5 2.02 0.9 48
1988 32 1 2 .333 4.11 35.0 37 18 16 4 9 18 0 1.314 9.5 2.3 4.6 2.00 1.0 7
1989 33 1 0 1.000 3.75 12.0 8 6 5 2 4 5 1 1.000 6.0 3.0 3.8 1.25 1.5 2
8 Seasons 61 48 .560 3.60 1003.0 1011 446 401 101 329 528 16 1.336 9.1 4.7 1.60 0.9 226

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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

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1987 NL--3.434--8th
Career--3.134--215th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1983 NL--1.225--9th
Career--1.207--146th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--8.198--181st

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 NL--2.156--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1983 NL--9--4th
1987 NL--5--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1984 NL--2--8th
1987 NL--3--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL--4--10th
1987 NL--5--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1985 NL--121--10th
1987 NL--114--10th
Career--115--190th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1479), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1030), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (431), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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