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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
Schools: 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
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Standard Batting

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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 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 Seasons 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

Postseason Batting

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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
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 Seasons (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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 SDP NL 26 P 31 10 105.0 31 7 24 0 3 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.66 1.00 .948 1.96 0.70
1983 SDP NL 27 P 28 28 183.2 43 7 35 1 3 .977 0.0 0.0 2.06 1.50 .951 1.92 0.68 AS
1984 SDP NL 28 P 50 14 156.2 25 5 19 1 1 .960 0.0 0.0 1.38 0.48 .952 1.88 0.67
1985 SDP NL 29 P 34 31 214.2 46 13 30 3 2 .935 0.0 0.0 1.80 1.26 .954 1.92 0.68
1986 SDP NL 30 P 26 26 161.1 38 10 27 1 0 .974 0.0 0.0 2.06 1.42 .955 1.94 0.66
1987 TOT NL 31 P 48 28 191.1 48 16 30 2 2 .958 0.0 0.0 2.16 0.96 .954 1.91 0.62
1987 SDP NL 31 P 30 10 79.0 17 5 11 1 1 .941 0.0 0.0 1.82 0.53 .953 1.91 0.62
1987 SFG NL 31 P 18 18 112.1 31 11 19 1 1 .968 0.0 0.0 2.40 1.67 .955 1.91 0.62
1988 SFG NL 32 P 7 7 37.0 10 0 8 2 0 .800 0.0 0.0 1.95 1.14 .960 1.97 0.69
1989 SFG NL 33 P 2 2 13.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.08 1.50 .933 1.87 0.65
8 Seasons P 226 146 1062.2 244 58 176 10 11 .959 0.0 0.0 1.98 1.04 .953 1.92 0.67
8 Seasons TOT 226 146 1062.2 244 58 176 10 11 .959 0.0 0.0 1.98 1.04 .912 1.92 0.67

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--143rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
Career--8.198--180th

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--188th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 12 (1370), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 8 (1023), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 16 (424), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Wally Bunker (953)
  2. Jim Turner (953)
  3. Hugh Bedient (951)
  4. Joe Boehling (948)
  5. Dave Rozema (946)
  6. Bernie Boland (945)
  7. Jack Kralick (944)
  8. Jimmy Lavender (944)
  9. Ferdie Schupp (943)
  10. Bert Gallia (942)
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  1. Tippy Martinez (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Hesketh (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Mark Thurmond (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ad Brennan (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bryn Smith (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Dolf Luque (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Mike Cuellar (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jimmy Lavender (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 21st round of the 1978 amateur draft.

April 5, 1981: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Diego Padres for Bobby D. Mitchell (minors).

July 5, 1987: Traded by the San Diego Padres with Craig Lefferts and Kevin Mitchell to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brown, Keith Comstock, Mark Davis and Mark Grant.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985San Diego Padres$240,000
1986San Diego Padres$350,000
1987San Diego Padres$575,000
1988San Francisco Giants$700,000
1989San Francisco Giants$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,615,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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