Rob Dressler
Robert Alan Dressler
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 2, 1954 in Portland, OR
High School: Madison (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1975
Final Game: October 1, 1980
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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
1975 21 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 1.10 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.1 17 3 2 0 4 2 6 0 0 1 67 346 1.286 9.4 0.0 2.2 3.3 1.50
1976 22 SFG NL 3 10 .231 4.43 25 19 2 0 0 0 107.2 125 68 53 8 35 4 33 2 0 1 480 82 1.486 10.4 0.7 2.9 2.8 0.94
1978 24 STL NL 0 1 .000 2.08 3 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 3 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 49 171 1.231 8.3 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
1979 25 SEA AL 3 2 .600 4.93 21 11 6 2 0 0 104.0 134 61 57 11 22 3 36 0 0 1 458 89 1.500 11.6 1.0 1.9 3.1 1.64
1980 26 SEA AL 4 10 .286 3.98 30 14 9 3 0 0 149.1 161 75 66 14 33 7 50 3 1 1 624 105 1.299 9.7 0.8 2.0 3.0 1.52
5 Seasons 11 23 .324 4.17 82 48 18 6 0 0 390.1 449 210 181 33 98 17 129 5 1 4 1678 97 1.401 10.4 0.8 2.3 3.0 1.32
162 Game Avg. 6 12 .324 4.17 43 25 9 3 0 0 204 235 110 95 17 51 9 67 3 1 2 878 97 1.401 10.4 0.8 2.3 3.0 1.32
SFG (2 yrs) 4 10 .286 3.99 28 21 3 1 0 0 124.0 142 71 55 8 39 6 39 2 0 2 547 91 1.460 10.3 0.6 2.8 2.8 1.00
SEA (2 yrs) 7 12 .368 4.37 51 25 15 5 0 0 253.1 295 136 123 25 55 10 86 3 1 2 1082 98 1.382 10.5 0.9 2.0 3.1 1.56
STL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 2.08 3 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 3 3 0 4 1 4 0 0 0 49 171 1.231 8.3 0.0 2.8 2.8 1.00
NL (3 yrs) 4 11 .267 3.81 31 23 3 1 0 0 137.0 154 74 58 8 43 7 43 2 0 2 596 95 1.438 10.1 0.5 2.8 2.8 1.00
AL (2 yrs) 7 12 .368 4.37 51 25 15 5 0 0 253.1 295 136 123 25 55 10 86 3 1 2 1082 98 1.382 10.5 0.9 2.0 3.1 1.56

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
1975 21 SFG NL 3 67 62 3 17 1 0 0 6 0 4 6 .274 .318 .290 .609 .304 18 2 0 1 0 2
1976 22 SFG NL 25 480 430 68 125 22 3 8 11 6 35 33 .291 .343 .412 .755 .297 177 10 2 8 5 4
1978 24 STL NL 3 49 45 3 12 2 1 0 0 0 4 4 .267 .327 .356 .682 .293 16 3 0 0 0 1
1979 25 SEA AL 21 458 430 61 134 20 2 11 10 0 22 36 .312 .344 .444 .788 .319 191 14 0 4 2 3
1980 26 SEA AL 30 624 576 75 161 20 10 14 7 3 33 50 .280 .318 .422 .740 .283 243 18 3 4 8 7
5 Seasons 82 1678 1543 210 449 65 16 33 34 9 98 129 .291 .332 .418 .750 .298 645 47 5 17 15 17
162 Game Avg. 43 878 807 110 235 34 8 17 18 5 51 67 .291 .332 .418 .750 .298 337 25 3 9 8 9
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
1975 21 SFG NL 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 1 0 2 100% 59 75 43 2 0 0 2 4.2 3.6 7.7
1976 22 SFG NL 25 19 2 10 7 0 3 4 15 .211 2 1 0 0 9 47% 44 64 15 18 7 2 7 2.8 3.2 5.1
1978 24 STL NL 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 .500 1 0 0 0 1 50% 53 61 44 0 0 0 2 3.0 1.6 5.5
1979 25 SEA AL 21 11 3 2 6 0 0 4 7 .364 3 1 2 0 5 45% 47 71 27 17 4 0 5 4.1 4.3 5.9
1980 26 SEA AL 30 14 4 7 3 0 3 5 9 .357 3 0 3 0 9 64% 49 66 25 18 11 0 8 4.1 4.0 6.9
5 Seasons 82 48 10 20 18 0 7 16 32 .333 9 2 6 0 26 54% 47 75 15 55 22 2 24 3.5 3.7 5.9
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
1975 21 SFG NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.237 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1976 22 SFG NL 25 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 6 4 67% 3 1.097 3 0 3 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 3 1 5.7
1978 24 STL NL 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.191 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1979 25 SEA AL 21 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 2 0.734 1 1 6 0 1 9 7 3 10 0 10 1 11.6
1980 26 SEA AL 30 16 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 35% 5 0.740 1 4 11 0 1 15 8 8 15 0 15 1 10.0
5 Seasons 82 34 18 1 3 1 0 1 0% 2 1 34 17 50% 0.873 6 5 21 2 4 28 18 16 29 1 29 3 9.4

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%
1975 21 SFG NL 67 61% 0.0% 9.0% 6.0% 1.5% 6% 2.82 84% 8 2 25%
1976 22 SFG NL 480 42% 1.7% 6.9% 7.3% 6.9% 26% 1.77 82% 105 10 10%
1978 24 STL NL 49 37% 0.0% 8.2% 8.2% 6.1% 25% 2.78 84% 9 3 33%
1979 25 SEA AL 458 49% 2.4% 7.9% 4.8% 7.2% 25% 1.63 84% 93 14 15%
1980 26 SEA AL 624 47% 2.2% 8.0% 5.3% 7.1% 27% 1.60 83% 117 18 15%
5 Seasons 1678 46% 2.0% 7.7% 5.8% 6.8% 25% 1.72 83% 332 47 14%
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
1975 21 SFG NL 67 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 0 1 0 22 6 0 100% 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
1976 22 SFG NL 480 125 8 0 7 4 4 3 5 34 20 3 59% 11 1 2 190 11 6 65% 11 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 0
1978 24 STL NL 49 12 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 25 SEA AL 458 134 11 0 5 4 7 4 7 26 17 1 65% 7 1 0 193 10 0 100% 10 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0
1980 26 SEA AL 624 161 14 0 12 4 10 7 7 41 28 2 68% 9 1 1 212 7 3 70% 7 2 0 1 0 0 3 0 15 0
5 Seasons 1678 449 33 0 26 12 21 14 19 107 68 6 64% 27 4 3 629 34 9 79% 32 8 1 1 1 0 9 0 31 0
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+
1975 21 1 0 1.000 1.10 3 2 1 1 0 0 16.1 17 3 2 0 4 2 6 0 0 1 67 346 1.286 9.4 0.0 2.2 3.3 1.50 346
1976 22 4 10 .286 3.99 28 21 3 1 0 0 124.0 142 71 55 8 39 6 39 2 0 2 547 91 1.460 10.3 0.6 2.8 2.8 1.00 91
1977 23 4 10 .286 3.99 28 21 3 1 0 0 124.0 142 71 55 8 39 6 39 2 0 2 547 91 1.460 10.3 0.6 2.8 2.8 1.00 91
1978 24 4 11 .267 3.81 31 23 3 1 0 0 137.0 154 74 58 8 43 7 43 2 0 2 596 95 1.438 10.1 0.5 2.8 2.8 1.00 95
1979 25 7 13 .350 4.29 52 34 9 3 0 0 241.0 288 135 115 19 65 10 79 2 0 3 1054 92 1.465 10.8 0.7 2.4 3.0 1.22 92
1980 26 11 23 .324 4.17 82 48 18 6 0 0 390.1 449 210 181 33 98 17 129 5 1 4 1678 97 1.401 10.4 0.8 2.3 3.0 1.32 97

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
1975 21 1 0 1.000 1.20 15.0 17 2 2 0 4 6 0 1.400 10.2 2.4 3.6 1.50 0.0 3
1976 22 4 7 .364 5.07 103.0 131 64 58 8 37 32 2 1.631 11.4 3.2 2.8 0.86 0.7 25
1978 24 1 0 1.000 2.45 11.0 11 3 3 0 4 3 0 1.364 9.0 3.3 2.5 0.75 0.0 3
1979 25 4 7 .364 4.94 102.0 134 62 56 11 22 35 0 1.529 11.8 1.9 3.1 1.59 1.0 21
1980 26 7 8 .467 4.25 142.0 162 74 67 14 33 48 3 1.373 10.3 2.1 3.0 1.45 0.9 30
5 Seasons 17 22 .436 4.49 373.0 455 205 186 33 100 124 5 1.488 11.0 3.0 1.24 0.8 82

* 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.

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