Dave Edler

David Delmer Edler

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 5, 1956 in Sioux City, IA
High School: Eisenhower HS (Yakima, WA)
School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 21st round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1980
Team: Mariners 1980-1983

Final Game: June 9, 1983
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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
1978	21	SEA-min	A-	69	248	248		67	12	4	6						.270	.270	.423	.694		105							BLH · NORW
1979	22	SEA-min	A	138	508	508		152	28	7	14						.299	.299	.465	.764		236							SJO · CALL
1980	23	SEA-min	AAA	140	552	458	79	132	25	6	10	72	9	14	82	84	.288	.399	.434	.833		199		4	5	3			SPO · PCL
1980	23	SEA	AL	28	99	89	11	20	1	0	3	9	2	3	8	16	.225	.289	.337	.626	71	30	3	0	2	0	1	5
1981	24	SEA-min	AAA	66	269	224	31	57	9	0	6	30	6	4	32	52	.254	.350	.375	.725		84		3	6	4	1		SPO · PCL
1981	24	SEA	AL	29	94	78	7	11	3	0	0	5	3	3	11	13	.141	.250	.179	.429	24	14	1	1	2	2	0	5/6
1982	25	KCR-min	AAA	71	304	262	40	80	11	6	9	51	8	8	33	53	.305	.382	.496	.878		130		2	3	4	0		OMA · AA
1982	25	SEA	AL	40	117	104	14	29	2	2	2	18	4	2	11	13	.279	.345	.394	.739	101	41	3	0	1	1	1	5/D79
1983	26	SEA-min	AAA	64	288	245	49	75	14	5	7	53	5	2	40	45	.306	.403	.490	.893		120		1	0	2	3		SLC · PCL
1983	26	SEA	AL	29	72	63	2	12	1	1	1	4	3	3	5	11	.190	.257	.286	.543	47	18	2	1	2	1	0	5/D39
4 Yrs				126	382	334	34	72	7	3	6	36	12	11	35	53	.216	.291	.308	.599	65	103	9	2	7	4	2
162 Game Avg.				162	491	429	44	93	9	4	8	46	15	14	45	68	.216	.291	.308	.599	65	132	12	3	9	5	3

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
1980	23	SEA	AL	28	99	-5	-2	-0	1	0	-5	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.481	.497	-0.3	0.2	-3	$	5
1981	24	SEA	AL	29	94	-8	-0	0	-4	0	-12	-1.3	3	-9	-1.0	.455	.492	-0.5	-0.4	-4	$	5/6
1982	25	SEA	AL	40	117	-1	-1	-0	-3	0	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.485	.496	0.1	-0.3	1	$	5/D79
1983	26	SEA	AL	29	72	-4	-1	-0	-2	-1	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.470	.495	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$	5/D39
4 Seasons				126	382	-17	-4	-1	-9	-0	-31	-3.2	12	-19	-2.0	.474	.495	-1.1	-0.9	-10	$

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
1980	23	SEA	AL	99	77	8	2.8	100	.243	.225	.270	.289	.333	.337	.401	.626	.734	71	.287	-4.0	-0.4	.493	.191	.112	2.4
1981	24	SEA	AL	94	75	4	1.4	92	.164	.141	.261	.250	.326	.179	.379	.429	.705	24	.128	-7.4	-0.8	.366	.179	.038	.0
1982	25	SEA	AL	117	82	14	4.6	101	.300	.279	.268	.345	.332	.394	.408	.739	.740	101	.500	-0.1	0.0	.675	.240	.115	2.7
1983	26	SEA	AL	72	59	4	1.8	101	.212	.190	.270	.257	.333	.286	.408	.543	.740	47	.158	-4.8	-0.5	.429	.175	.095	1.5
4 Yrs				382	293	30	2.8	99	.237	.216	.267	.291	.331	.308	.399	.599	.730	65	.292	-16.2	-1.7	.500	.201	.093	8.0
162 Game Avg.				491	377	39	2.8	99	.237	.216	.267	.291	.331	.308	.399	.599	.730	65	.292	-16.2	-1.7	.500	.201	.093	10

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1980	23	SEA	AL	99	3.0%	16.2%	8.1%	4.0%	20%	2.00	5.6	29.7	9.9	1.15	71%
1981	24	SEA	AL	94	0.0%	13.8%	11.7%	3.2%	27%	1.18	6.0		15.6	1.64	71%
1982	25	SEA	AL	117	1.7%	11.1%	9.4%	5.1%	21%	1.18	8.0	52.0	5.8	1.39	77%
1983	26	SEA	AL	72	1.4%	15.3%	6.9%	4.2%	25%	2.20	5.7	63.0	15.8	1.10	72%
4 Yrs				382	1.6%	13.9%	9.2%	4.2%	22%	1.51	6.3	55.7	9.3	1.32	73%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.0%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.56	6.9	45.6	8.6	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1980	23	SEA	AL	-4.0	-0.4	105	0.2	2.0	-1.8	.98	-0.5	0.7	-4.5	-0.4	0.92	-6.6		0
1981	24	SEA	AL	-7.5	-0.8	101	-1.0	0.8	-1.8	.93	-1.0	-0.1	-6.9	-0.7	0.94	-9.4	0.81	3
1982	25	SEA	AL	-0.1	0.0	122	0.2	2.2	-2.0	.98	-0.0	0.2	-0.8	-0.1	1.01	-0.9	1.23	5
1983	26	SEA	AL	-4.8	-0.5	78	-0.8	0.7	-1.5	.95	-0.6	-0.3	-7.5	-0.7	0.89	-6.2	0.26	4
4 Yrs				-16.3	-1.7	406	-1.5	5.7	-7.1	.96	-2.0	0.5	-19.7	-2.0	0.95	-23.0	0.80	12

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	23	SEA	AL	0	32%	17	2	3	40%	2	3	0	2	1	1	2	75%	2	1	1	0	2	0	2
1981	24	SEA	AL	1	30%	21	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	40%	3	3	0	0	2	0	2
1982	25	SEA	AL	0	32%	43	4	2	67%	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	36%	10	6	4	1	3	2	1
1983	26	SEA	AL	2	6%	34	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	17%	4	4	0	0	2	1	1
4 Yrs				3	27%	115	12	11	52%	10	11	2	3	2	3	7	38%	19	14	5	1	9	3	6

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
1980	23	SEA	AL	99	37%	20			0	0	0	0		3	0	2	1	2	3	0	0	5	2	40%	22	3	14%	10	2	20%	55	6	11%	6	1	17%	1	0	0%	0
1981	24	SEA	AL	94	37%	11			3	1	0	0	0.81	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	12	1	8%	8	5	63%	60	5	8%	6	3	50%	7	3	43%	0
1982	25	SEA	AL	117	74%	29			5	2	0	1	1.23	2	1	5	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	100%	22	3	14%	18	9	50%	84	16	19%	11	5	45%	8	5	63%	0
1983	26	SEA	AL	72	76%	12			4	0	0	0	0.26	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	10	2	20%	6	3	50%	35	3	9%	1	1	100%	6	3	50%	0
4 Yrs				382	56%	72			12	3	0	1	0.80	6	1	13	2	4	5	1	0	10	7	70%	66	9	14%	42	19	45%	234	30	13%	24	10	42%	22	11	50%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			83%			11%			36%			15%			52%			54%

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
1980	23	28	99	89	11	20	1	0	3	9	2	3	8	16	.225	.289	.337	.626	71	30	3	0	2	0	1
1981	24	57	193	167	18	31	4	0	3	14	5	6	19	29	.186	.270	.263	.533	49	44	4	1	4	2	1
1982	25	97	310	271	32	60	6	2	5	32	9	8	30	42	.221	.298	.314	.612	69	85	7	1	5	3	2
1983	26	126	382	334	34	72	7	3	6	36	12	11	35	53	.216	.291	.308	.599	65	103	9	2	7	4	2

Neutralized Batting

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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
1980	23	28	99	89	11	20	1	0	3	9	2	8	16	.225	.289	.337	.626	9	28
1981	24	44	145	119	12	18	5	0	0	9	5	18	20	.151	.268	.193	.461	6	29
1982	25	40	118	105	15	30	2	2	2	19	4	11	13	.286	.350	.400	.750	15	40
1983	26	29	73	64	2	13	1	1	1	4	3	5	11	.203	.268	.297	.564	5	29
4 Yrs		141	435	377	40	81	9	3	6	41	14	42	60	.215	.295	.302	.597	35	126
162 Game Avg.		162	500	433	46	93	10	3	7	47	16	48	69	.215	.295	.302	.597	40	126

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