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Dave Engle
Ralph David Engle

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 216 lb.

Born: November 30, 1956 in San Diego, CA
High School: Crawford (San Diego, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1981
Final Game: July 28, 1989
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Tom Brunansky
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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	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1981	MIN	AL	24	RF	77	64	575.1	151	144	4	3	0	.980	2.6	5.4	2.6	3.1	-0.5	0			2.32	1.92	.980	2.16	1.75						RoY-5
1981	MIN	AL	24	OF	76	64	575.1	151	144	4	3	0	.980	2.6	5.4	2.6	3.1	-0.5	0			2.32	1.95	.983	2.48	2.16						RoY-5
1981	MIN	AL	24	3B	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.00	0.00		2.70	2.50						RoY-5
1981	MIN	AL	24	DH	1																											RoY-5
1982	MIN	AL	25	OF	34	23	231.2	67	63	3	1	1	.985	4.2	21.8	4.2	3.8	0.3	0			2.56	1.94	.982	2.47	2.15
1982	MIN	AL	25	RF	33	23	230.2	66	62	3	1	1	.985	4.2	21.8	4.2	3.8	0.3	0			2.54	1.97	.980	2.27	1.90
1982	MIN	AL	25	DH	20
1982	MIN	AL	25	LF	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0				0.00	0.00		2.70	1.90
1983	MIN	AL	26	C	73	66	582.2	334	299	26	9	3	.973	-5.0	-10.3						-5	5.02	4.45	.986	5.70	4.76	7	13	48	17	26%
1983	MIN	AL	26	DH	29
1983	MIN	AL	26	OF	4	4	34.2	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-0.7	-24.2	-1.7	-0.6	-1.2	1			1.82	1.75	.986	2.49	2.15
1983	MIN	AL	26	RF	4	4	34.2	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-0.7	-24.2	-1.7	-0.6	-1.2	1			1.82	1.75	.971	2.26	1.85
1984	MIN	AL	27	C	86	80	711.1	418	376	34	8	3	.981	0.0	0.0						0	5.19	4.77	.987	5.96	5.05	3	19	52	25	32%	AS
1984	MIN	AL	27	DH	22																											AS
1985	MIN	AL	28	DH	38
1985	MIN	AL	28	C	17	12	98.2	62	58	3	1	1	.984	-1.0	-12.2						-1	5.56	3.59	.987	6.05	5.03	0	5	4	1	20%
1985	MIN	AL	28	LF	3	2	18.0	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	0.8	53.3	0.8	0.8	0.0	0			4.50	3.00	.978	2.25	1.77
1985	MIN	AL	28	OF	3	2	18.0	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	0.8	53.3	0.8	0.8	0.0	0			4.50	3.00	.978	2.45	2.10
1986	DET	AL	29	1B	23	21	177.2	186	173	13	0	20	1.000	0.9	6.1	0.9	0.3	0.6		0		9.42	8.09	.991	9.42	8.62
1986	DET	AL	29	DH	5
1986	DET	AL	29	OF	4	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.1	20.0	0.1	-0.2	0.3	0			1.50	0.25	1.000	2.40	2.05
1986	DET	AL	29	C	3	1	13.0	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	8.31	4.00	.992	6.65	5.43	0	1	2	1	33%
1986	DET	AL	29	LF	2	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.1	-30.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0				0.00	0.00		2.25	1.75
1986	DET	AL	29	RF	2	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	120.0	0.2	-0.1	0.3	0			4.50	0.50	1.000	2.25	1.80
1987	MON	NL	30	OF	11	9	70.1	20	19	1	0	0	1.000	3.5	59.7	1.5	-0.8	2.2	2			2.56	1.82	.980	2.19	1.83
1987	MON	NL	30	LF	9	8	63.0	21	20	1	0	0	1.000	3.6	68.6	1.6	-0.7	2.2	2			3.00	2.33	.981	2.04	1.58
1987	MON	NL	30	C	6	0	19.0	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	5.68	2.00	.983	6.96	5.92	0	1	2	1	33%
1987	MON	NL	30	1B	2	0	3.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-40.0	-0.1	0.0	-0.1				9.00	1.50	1.000	9.90	8.45
1987	MON	NL	30	RF	2	1	7.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-16.4	-0.1	-0.1	0.0	0			1.23	0.50	1.000	1.96	1.70
1987	MON	NL	30	3B	1	0	1.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.3	360.0	0.3	0.0	0.3		0		9.00	1.00	.900	2.70	2.30
1988	MON	NL	31	C	9	2	26.0	22	21	1	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	7.62	2.44	.986	6.58	5.58	0	0	4	1	20%
1988	MON	NL	31	OF	4	2	16.1	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	-0.1	-7.3	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	0			2.20	1.00	.975	2.26	1.98
1988	MON	NL	31	RF	3	1	7.1	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0.2	32.7	0.2	0.3	-0.1	0			2.45	0.67	1.000	2.09	1.73
1988	MON	NL	31	3B	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0.1	-60.0	-0.1	-0.1	0.0				0.00	0.00		2.70	2.40
1988	MON	NL	31	LF	1	1	9.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-0.3	-40.0	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	0			2.00	2.00	1.000	2.10	1.80
1989	MIL	AL	32	1B	18	15	118.0	149	133	12	4	11	.973	0.5	5.1	0.5	0.8	-0.3		0		11.06	8.06	.993	9.79	8.35
1989	MIL	AL	32	C	3	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0.0	0.0						0	2.25	0.33	1.000	6.30	5.20	0	0	0	0
1989	MIL	AL	32	DH	3
7 Seasons				C	197	161	1454.2	861	777	66	18	7	.979	-6.0	-4.9						-6	5.22	4.28	.987	5.89	5.00	10	39	112	46	29%
7 Seasons				OF	136	104	952.1	259	246	9	4	1	.985	10.4	13.1	7.4	6.4	0.7	3			2.41	1.88	.982	2.45	2.12
6 Seasons				RF	121	93	857.1	228	217	7	4	1	.982	6.4	9.0	5.4	6.4	-1.2	1			2.35	1.85	.980	2.19	1.79
7 Seasons				DH	118
3 Seasons				1B	43	36	298.2	338	309	25	4	31	.988	1.3	5.2	1.3	1.1	0.2		0		10.06	7.77	.992	9.57	8.50
5 Seasons				LF	16	11	95.0	32	30	2	0	0	1.000	4.0	50.5	2.0	0.0	1.9	2			3.03	2.00	.981	2.10	1.67
3 Seasons				3B	3	0	4.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.2	60.0	0.2	-0.1	0.3		0		2.25	0.33	.900	2.70	2.40
9 Seasons				TOT	379	301	2709.2	1459	1332	101	26	39	.982	5.9	2.6	8.9	7.4	1.2	3	0	-6	4.76	3.78	.969	5.08	4.34	10	39	112	46	29%
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzrd	Rtzhm	Rof	Rdp	Rctch	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards

Appearances

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	1B	3B	LF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1981	MIN	AL	24	82	64	82	78	0	0	1	0	77	77	0	13	1
1982	MIN	AL	25	58	42	58	34	0	0	0	1	33	34	19	14	0
1983	MIN	AL	26	120	93	120	76	72	0	0	0	4	4	23	25	0
1984	MIN	AL	27	109	98	109	86	86	0	0	0	0	0	18	6	0
1985	MIN	AL	28	70	47	70	20	17	0	0	3	0	3	33	21	0
1986	DET	AL	29	35	27	35	29	3	23	0	2	2	4	5	5	0
1987	MON	NL	30	59	9	59	19	6	2	1	9	2	11	0	45	0
1988	MON	NL	31	34	4	34	14	9	0	1	1	3	4	0	26	0
1989	MIL	AL	32	27	17	27	21	3	18	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
9 Seasons				594	401	594	377	196	43	3	16	121	137	100	162	1

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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					Pitching Stats						Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	ERA	RAvg	Fld	F2O%	XI	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	SO	Tot	1B	2B	3B	K23	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	263	n23	GB	bFld	bF2O%
1983	MIN	AL	26	2647	4.53	5.05	33	91%	1	1	301	20	2	10	268	25	5	0	0	2	9	2	4	3	1	3	0	0	1	2	100%
1984	MIN	AL	27	3113	3.81	4.08	28	100%	0	0	379	21	0	16	341	33	6	1	0	2	8	1	1	6	0	3	0	0	0	3	100%
1985	MIN	AL	28	425	4.20	4.47	3	100%	0	0	58	1	0	1	56	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	100%
1986	DET	AL	29	67	6.23	6.23	1	100%	0	0	11	1	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1987	MON	NL	30	83	0.47	0.47	0		0	0	11	0	0	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	MON	NL	31	124	4.85	5.19	0		0	0	21	0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	MIL	AL	32	18	4.50	4.50	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons				6477	4.12	4.49	65	95%	1	1	781	43	3	29	704	64	12	2	0	5	18	3	5	10	1	7	1	0	2	8	100%
MLB Averages					3.86	4.32		95%																							89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PB	WP	SBO	SB	CS	CSctch	CS%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	RBA	RK	SBlev	CSlev
1983	MIN	AL	26	8	13	1007	48	17	16	26%	40	13	7	2	1	2	0	0	85	18	1.37	1.00
1984	MIN	AL	27	3	19	1100	52	25	22	32%	42	21	9	3	1	1	3	1	96	26	1.35	1.31
1985	MIN	AL	28	0	5	142	4	1	0	20%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1	1.17	0.29
1986	DET	AL	29	0	1	28	2	1	1	33%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	1.28	0.23
1987	MON	NL	30	0	1	28	2	1	1	33%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1.04	0.07
1988	MON	NL	31	0	0	32	4	1	0	20%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	0.95	0.53
1989	MIL	AL	32	0	0	10	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons				11	39	2347	112	46	40	29%	94	38	16	5	2	3	3	1	209	49	1.33	1.11
MLB Averages										32%											1.29	1.27

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1981	MIN	AL	24	3	0	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	1	30	10	1	15	4	1	10	8	0	9	3	0	11	8	0	75	33	44.0%	40	2	2.7%	2	2595	53%	80%	25%	296	50%
1982	MIN	AL	25	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	5	0	0	6	5	0	18	8	44.4%	10	0	0.0%	3	1051	58%	76%	29%	76	83%
1983	MIN	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	3	100.0%	0	0	0.0%	0	169	70%	85%	25%	15	47%
1986	DET	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	7	100%	71%	43%	1	100%
1987	MON	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0%	2	0	0.0%	0	36	28%	78%	31%	3	33%
1988	MON	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	39	56%	59%	31%	6	33%
6 Seasons				4	0	4	0	2	7	0	1	2	1	33	11	1	20	6	1	13	10	0	14	3	0	18	14	0	98	44	44.9%	52	2	2.0%	5	3897	55%	79%	27%	397	56%
MLB Averages																															43.7%			2.9%			56%	78%	30%		58%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1986	DET	AL	29	775	53%	76%	27%	45	98%	0	172	7	162	3	26	13	8	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	0	1	1	18	2	2	1	1	3	100%
1987	MON	NL	30	12	75%	67%	25%	0		0	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	MIL	AL	32	521	51%	81%	37%	26	96%	0	132	5	127	0	11	12	7	4	0	0	4	2	0	2	1	11	0	0	1	10	1	1	0	0	2	50%
3 Seasons				1308	52%	78%	31%	71	97%	0	307	12	292	3	37	25	15	8	0	1	4	2	0	2	1	31	0	1	2	28	3	3	1	1	5	80%
MLB Averages					56%	78%	28%		95%																											89%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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				Errors					Assists					Single w/ Runner on 1st			Single w/ Runner on 2nd			Double w/ Runner on 1st			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd			Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd			Baserunning Totals
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	1B	2B	3B	Hm	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Kill	Opp	Held	Held%	Adv	Kill	Kill%	Aother	PA	RHB%	BIP%	FBIP%	Fld	F2O%
1982	MIN	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	67%	67%	33%	0
1985	MIN	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	78	38%	85%	28%	8	100%
1986	DET	AL	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	13	69%	77%	46%	0
1987	MON	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	3	0	5	2	1	4	4	0	2	1	0	3	3	0	17	13	76.5%	3	1	5.9%	0	299	57%	74%	25%	44	48%
1988	MON	NL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	50	34%	70%	30%	5	40%
5 Seasons				0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	3	3	0	5	2	1	4	4	0	2	1	0	3	3	0	17	13	76.5%	3	1	5.9%	1	443	51%	75%	27%	57	54%
MLB Averages																															58.9%			2.7%			56%	78%	30%		55%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1981	MIN	AL	24	5	40%	80%	0%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1987	MON	NL	30	3	33%	100%	33%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	MON	NL	31	8	50%	75%	13%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Seasons				16	44%	81%	13%	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages					56%	78%	28%		90%																								72%

* 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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