Dave Eilers

David Louis Eilers

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: December 3, 1936 in Oldenburg, TX
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1964
Teams (by GP): Astros/Mets/Braves 1964-1967

Final Game: September 26, 1967
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Standard Pitching

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
1959	22	ATL-min	D	14	9	.609	4.10	29	19					182.0	210	112	83	12	34								1.341	10.4	0.6	1.7			MDL · SOPH
1960	23	ATL-min	C	15	8	.652	3.46	44	19					190.0	188	94	73	26	54								1.274	8.9	1.2	2.6			BOI · PION
1961	24	ATL-min	B	10	4	.714	3.07	36	6					132.0	128	56	45	10	48								1.333	8.7	0.7	3.3			YAK · NORW
1962	25	ATL-min	C,AA	12	11	.522	4.11	46	19		9	2		173.0	159	92	79	17	58	7	125	1	1	4			1.254	8.3	0.9	3.0	6.5	2.16	EAU,AUS · NORL,TL
1963	26	ATL-min	A	15	3	.833	1.50	50	0					102.0	69	21	17	6	23								0.902	6.1	0.5	2.0			YAK · NORW
1964	27	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	6	1	.857	2.28	55	0		0	0		71.0	53	22	18	5	22	5	36	1	0	0			1.056	6.7	0.6	2.8	4.6	1.64	TTO · IL
1964	27	MLN	NL	0	0		4.70	6	0	3	0	0	0	7.2	11	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	37	80	1.565	12.9	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.00
1965	28	ATL-min	AAA	11	2	.846	1.12	45	0		0	0		80.0	62	15	10	3	14	4	39	2	0	5			0.950	7.0	0.3	1.6	4.4	2.79	ATA · IL
1965	28	TOT	NL	1	1	.500	5.40	17	0	9	0	0	2	21.2	28	16	13	3	4	3	10	2	0	0	100	67	1.477	11.6	1.2	1.7	4.2	2.50
1965	28	MLN	NL	0	0		12.27	6	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	8	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	32	2.182	19.6	2.5	0.0	2.5
1965	28	NYM	NL	1	1	.500	4.00	11	0	8	0	0	2	18.0	20	11	8	2	4	3	9	2	0	0	80	90	1.333	10.0	1.0	2.0	4.5	2.25
1966	29	NYM-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.38	24	0		0	0		39.0	37	21	19	5	18	8	26	0	0	3			1.410	8.5	1.2	4.2	6.0	1.44	JCK · IL
1966	29	NYM	NL	1	1	.500	4.67	23	0	12	0	0	0	34.2	39	18	18	7	7	2	14	1	0	0	147	79	1.327	10.1	1.8	1.8	3.6	2.00
1967	30	HOU-min	AAA	7	2	.778	1.88	24	0		0	0		43.0	29	10	9	3	10	4	34	0	0	0			0.907	6.1	0.6	2.1	7.1	3.40	OKC · PCL
1967	30	HOU	NL	6	4	.600	3.94	35	0	13	0	0	1	59.1	68	29	26	3	17	7	27	3	0	1	257	84	1.433	10.3	0.5	2.6	4.1	1.59
1968	31	HOU-min	AAA	3	3	.500	5.59	45	0		0	0		66.0	84	44	41	4	14	4	56	4	0	6			1.485	11.5	0.5	1.9	7.6	4.00	OKC · PCL
1969	32	HOU-min	AAA	1	4	.200	6.05	26	0		0	0	1	55.0	79	38	37	4	13	4	23	3	1	1			1.673	12.9	0.7	2.1	3.8	1.77	OKC · AA
4 Yrs				8	6	.571	4.45	81	0	37	0	0	3	123.1	146	68	61	14	29	13	52	7	0	1	541	79	1.419	10.7	1.0	2.1	3.8	1.79
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.571	4.45	68	0	31	0	0	3	104	123	57	51	12	24	11	44	6	0	1	454	79	1.419	10.7	1.0	2.1	3.8	1.79

NYM (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	4.44	34	0	20	0	0	2	52.2	59	29	26	9	11	5	23	3	0	0	227	82	1.329	10.1	1.5	1.9	3.9	2.09
MLN (2 yrs)				0	0		7.15	12	0	4	0	0	0	11.1	19	10	9	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	57	53	1.765	15.1	1.6	0.8	1.6	2.00
HOU (1 yr)				6	4	.600	3.94	35	0	13	0	0	1	59.1	68	29	26	3	17	7	27	3	0	1	257	84	1.433	10.3	0.5	2.6	4.1	1.59

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1964	27	MLN	NL	7.2	6	0	5	5.87	4.10	-0.12	-0.17	99.6	4.04	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-1	.470	.499	$
1965	28	MLN	NL	3.2	6	0	5	12.27	4.68	0.33	-0.19	97.8	4.06	-3	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.440	.498	$
1965	28	NYM	NL	18.0	11	0	11	5.50	4.07	-0.08	-0.17	99.0	3.94	-3	-0.3	.7	0.0	-0.2	-1	.469	.498	$
1966	29	NYM	NL	34.2	23	0	18	4.67	4.19	-0.23	-0.17	102.0	4.33	-2	-0.2	.7	-0.0	0.1	2	.491	.499	$
1967	30	HOU	NL	59.1	35	0	29	4.40	3.90	-0.56	-0.15	98.5	4.24	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.2	5	.494	.499	$
4 Seasons				123.1	81	0	68	4.96	4.04	-0.34	-0.16	99.6	4.20	-12	-1.3	.9	-0.0	-0.2	2	.484	.498	$

NYM (2 yrs)				52.2	34	0	29	4.96	4.15	-0.18	-0.17	101.0	4.20	-5	-0.5	.7	-0.0	-0.1	1	.484	.498	$
MLN (2 yrs)				11.1	12	0	10	7.94	4.29	0.02	-0.18	99.0	4.04	-5	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.455	.498	$
HOU (1 yr)				59.1	35	0	29	4.40	3.90	-0.56	-0.15	98.5	4.24	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.2	5	.494	.499	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1964	27	MLN	NL	6	37	33	5	11	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	.333	.351	.515	.867	.303	17	1	1	0	2	1	2
1965	28	TOT	NL	17	94	92	16	28	4	0	3	0	0	4	10	.304	.343	.446	.789	.313	41	3	2	1	1	3	2
1965	28	MLN	NL	6	14	19	5	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.421	.421	.579	1.000	.412	11	0	0	1	0	0	1
1965	28	NYM	NL	11	80	73	11	20	4	0	2	0	0	4	9	.274	.325	.411	.736	.286	30	3	2	0	1	3	1
1966	29	NYM	NL	23	147	136	18	39	7	1	7	0	1	7	14	.287	.326	.507	.834	.278	69	6	1	3	0	2	3
1967	30	HOU	NL	35	240	230	29	68	10	1	3	3	3	17	27	.296	.349	.387	.736	.322	89	8	3	5	2	7	4
4 Yrs				81	518	491	68	146	22	3	14	3	4	29	52	.297	.342	.440	.782	.307	216	18	7	9	5	13	11
162 Game Avg.				68	435	412	57	123	18	3	12	3	3	24	44	.297	.342	.440	.782	.307	181	15	6	8	4	11	9
MLB Averages																.247	.310	.371	.680	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1964	27	MLN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	37	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.20	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	-0.0	0.20	-1.9	0	0	6
1965	28	TOT	NL	-4.8	-0.5	94	-1.0	0.9	-1.9	.68	-0.4	-1.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.68	-3.5	1	3	11
1965	28	MLN	NL	-3.1	-0.3	14	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.14	-0.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.14	-0.7	0	1	3
1965	28	NYM	NL	-1.7	-0.2	80	-1.0	0.9	-1.9	.77	-0.3	-1.0	-4.2	-0.4	0.77	-2.8	1	2	8
1966	29	NYM	NL	-2.9	-0.3	148	0.1	1.7	-1.6	.58	-0.3	0.5	-3.7	-0.4	0.58	-5.1	3	5	14
1967	30	HOU	NL	-4.1	-0.4	249	-0.0	3.5	-3.5	.91	0.1	-0.1	-4.0	-0.4	0.91	-2.4	10	4	18
4 Yrs				-12.8	-1.3	528	-0.8	6.2	-7.0	.73	-0.7	-0.5	-12.1	-1.3	0.73	-12.9	14	12	49

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1967	30	HOU	NL	35	0	0	1	-1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		10.0	10	10	10	6	1	0		0.0	3.7
1 Yr				35	0	0	1	-1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		10	10	10	10	6	1	0		0.0	3.7
MLB Averages											.500						55%	53	116	0					4.0	3.9	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1964	27	MLN	NL	6	6	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	0	0%	8	.201	0	0	6	0	0	6	1	5	2	1	2	0	3.8
1965	28	TOT	NL	17	17	9	1	1	3	2	1	67%	3	5	1	20%		.677	1	3	11	3	0	12	4	11	6	5	7	5	3.8
1965	28	MLN	NL	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	0	0%		.140	0	1	3	0	0	4	2	2	0	4	0	3	1.8
1965	28	NYM	NL	11	11	8	1	1	3	2	1	67%	3	2	1	50%	7	.771	1	2	8	3	0	8	2	9	6	1	7	2	4.9
1966	29	NYM	NL	23	23	12	1	1	0	0	0		0	26	9	35%	7	.582	3	5	14	1	3	19	11	12	13	6	13	4	4.5
1967	30	HOU	NL	35	35	13	6	3	3	1	2	33%	3	27	13	48%	8	.909	10	4	18	3	7	22	15	17	19	8	18	8	4.9
4 Yrs				81	81	37	8	5	6	3	3	50%	6	61	23	38%		.724	14	12	49	7	10	59	31	45	40	20	40	17	4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1964	27	MLN	NL	37	65%	2.7%	2.7%	2.7%	8.1%	27%	1.20	89%	11	1	9%
1965	28	TOT	NL	100	67%	3.2%	10.6%	4.3%	7.5%	25%	0.86	85%	25	3	12%
1965	28	MLN	NL	20	57%	7.1%	7.1%	0.0%	7.1%	13%	0.13	121%	4	0	0%
1965	28	NYM	NL	80	69%	2.5%	11.3%	5.0%	7.5%	30%	1.14	79%	21	3	14%
1966	29	NYM	NL	147	68%	4.8%	9.5%	4.8%	10.2%	39%	1.67	78%	29	6	21%
1967	30	HOU	NL	257	68%	1.3%	11.3%	7.1%	5.8%	21%	1.24	84%	47	8	17%
4 Yrs				541	68%	2.7%	10.0%	5.6%	7.5%	27%	1.26	83%	112	18	16%
MLB Averages					47%	2.2%	15.8%	8.0%	6.2%	28%	1.11	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1964	27	MLN	NL	37	11			1	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	67%	2	0	0	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1965	28	TOT	NL	94	28			3	0	2	3	0	1	2	7	4	1	57%	2	0	0	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6
1965	28	MLN	NL	14	8			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6
1965	28	NYM	NL	80	20			2	0	2	2	0	0	2	7	4	1	57%	1	0	0	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1966	29	NYM	NL	147	39			7	0	12	4	3	4	3	11	7	0	64%	3	0	0	49	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	30	HOU	NL	240	68			3	0	11	1	1	1	1	15	6	2	40%	4	1	1	101	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	17
4 Yrs				518	146			14	0	26	8	5	7	6	36	19	3	53%	11	1	1	216	3	4	43%	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	23
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1964	27	0	0		4.70	6	3	0	7.2	11	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	0	37	80	1.565	12.9	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.00	80
1965	28	1	1	.500	5.22	23	12	2	29.1	39	21	17	4	5	4	11	3	0	137	70	1.500	12.0	1.2	1.5	3.4	2.20	70
1966	29	2	2	.500	4.92	46	24	2	64.0	78	39	35	11	12	6	25	4	0	284	75	1.406	11.0	1.5	1.7	3.5	2.08	75
1967	30	8	6	.571	4.45	81	37	3	123.1	146	68	61	14	29	13	52	7	1	541	79	1.419	10.7	1.0	2.1	3.8	1.79	79

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
1964	27	0	0		4.50	8.0	11	4	4	1	1	1	1	1.500	12.4	1.1	1.1	1.00	1.1	6
1965	28	1	1	.500	6.00	21.0	29	16	14	3	4	10	2	1.571	12.4	1.7	4.3	2.50	1.3	17
1966	29	1	2	.333	5.18	33.0	40	21	19	7	7	13	1	1.424	10.9	1.9	3.5	1.86	1.9	23
1967	30	2	4	.333	5.17	54.0	74	34	31	3	18	25	3	1.704	12.3	3.0	4.2	1.39	0.5	35
4 Yrs		4	7	.364	5.28	116.0	154	75	68	14	30	49	7	1.586	11.9		3.8	1.63	1.1	81

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