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Dave Engle

Ralph David Engle

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 30, 1956 in San Diego, CA
High School: Crawford HS (San Diego, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1981 (Age 24)   vs. SEA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Twins/Expos/Tigers/Brewers 1981-1989

Final Game: July 28, 1989 (Age 32)   vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Tom Brunansky
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Career Home Runs

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Dave Engle: 31 Career Home Runs

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 3 tying, 9 go ahead
3 Tms
MIN28
MIL2
MON1
 
vs LHP19
vs RHP12
 
Home17
Away14
 
Leverage
High Lev2
Medium Lev8
Low Lev21
13 Opps
KCR4
DET4
CHW4
OAK3
TEX3
NYY3
CLE2
SEA2
BAL2
MIN1
PHI1
CAL1
TOR1
26 Pitchers
Frank Tanana3
Britt Burns3
Dennis Leonard2
Danny Jackson1
Ron Guidry1
Floyd Bannister1
Neal Heaton1
Doyle Alexander1
Rick Honeycutt1
Geoff Zahn1
John Butcher1
Dave Tobik1
Tim Birtsas1
Dave Beard1
Matt Young1
Jerry Koosman1
Frank Viola1
Chuck Rainey1
Mike Jones1
Dennis Martinez1
13 Parks
MIN0313
DET044
NYC162
MIN022
KAN062
MON021
ARL011
CHI101
OAK011
SEA021
BAL111
ANA011
MIL051
Where Hit
Unk18
711
81
91
General field locations when available.
 
1 Inside the Park
 
Pitches
Unk29
41
7+1
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms31
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
3rd9
5th5
6th5
2nd4
7th3
4th2
9th2
8th1
Outs
112
210
09
 
DefPos
C10
Unk9
RF8
1B2
PH2
Bases
---24
1--4
--31
-2-1
1-31
 
39 RBI
RISP3
0 on24
1 on6
2 on1
Any on7
Inning
14
22
32
47
53
66
72
83
92
 
1-38
4-616
7-end7
RelScore
+4..1
+24
+13
Tied9
-13
-23
-33
-4..5
 
Ahead8
Tied9
Behind14
Before event, for batter
Count
Unk29
0-21
3-21

Play By Play

View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation
1981 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1981-09-11 MIN CHW Britt Burns tied 2-2 b 7 2 -2- 2 2 9 0.312 88% Home Run; Ward Scores
2 2 2 1 1981-09-18 MIN @ TEX Rick Honeycutt tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 9 0.112 59% Home Run
3 3 3 1 1981-09-23 MIN @ KCR Mike Jones tied 0-0 t 1 1 --- 1 2 9 0.108 59% Home Run
4 4 4 1 1981-09-24 MIN @ KCR Dennis Leonard behind 1-9 t 8 0 --- 1 3 9 0.002 0% Home Run
5 5 5 1 1981-09-28 MIN KCR Dennis Leonard behind 0-3 b 4 1 --- 1 3 9 0.091 27% Home Run
1982 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
6 6 1 1 1982-04-06 MIN SEA Floyd Bannister tied 0-0 b 1 2 --- 1 3 9 0.102 61% Home Run
7 7 2 1 1982-05-16 MIN @ DET Dave Tobik behind 5-6 t 6 0 --- 1 7 9 0.163 50% Home Run
8 8 3 1 1982-06-20 MIN TEX Frank Tanana tied 0-0 b 3 2 1-- 2 2 DH 0.212 74% Home Run; Washington Scores
9 9 4 1 1982-07-06 MIN @ DET Jack Morris behind 1-8 t 5 2 1-- 2 3 9 0.027 4% Home Run; Washington Scores
1983 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
10 10 1 1 1983-04-22 MIN @ NYY Doyle Alexander ahead 2-0 t 5 1 --- 1 7 2 0.091 83% Home Run
11 11 2 1 1983-05-16 MIN OAK Dave Beard behind 0-7 b 9 0 --- 1 9 PH 0.002 0% Home Run
12 12 3 1 1983-05-23 MIN @ BAL Storm Davis ahead 2-1 t 5 1 --- 1 8 2 0.121 74% Home Run
13 13 4 1 1983-06-10 MIN TEX John Butcher behind 1-4 b 8 2 --- 1 3 DH 0.051 9% Home Run
14 14 5 1 1983-07-03 MIN CHW Jerry Koosman tied 0-0 b 2 0 --- 1 5 DH 0.104 66% Home Run
15 15 6 1 1983-07-20 MIN @ NYY Dave Righetti behind 3-4 t 8 1 --- 1 3 DH 0.261 45% Home Run
16 16 7 1 1983-08-10 MIN @ CAL Geoff Zahn ahead 2-1 t 4 0 --- 1 5 DH 0.108 73% Home Run
17 17 8 1 1983-09-15 MIN TOR Dave Stieb tied 2-2 b 4 2 --- 1 7 2 0.135 65% Home Run
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
18 18 1 1 1984-04-25 MIN NYY Ron Guidry behind 0-2 b 3 2 --- 1 3 2 0.107 39% Home Run
19 19 2 1 1984-06-19 MIN CLE Bert Blyleven behind 1-7 b 7 0 1-- 2 4 2 0.040 7% Home Run; Hrbek Scores
20 20 3 1 1984-07-04 MIN BAL Dennis Martinez behind 0-3 b 4 1 --- 1 4 2 0.091 28% Home Run
21 21 4 1 1984-07-23 MIN OAK Chuck Rainey ahead 7-1 b 6 2 1-- 2 3 2 0.011 100% Home Run; Jimenez Scores
1985 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
22 22 1 1 1985-06-29 MIN @ CHW Britt Burns tied 0-0 t 4 1 --- 1 6 2 0.125 60% Home Run
23 23 2 1 1985-07-03 MIN CLE Neal Heaton ahead 2-0 b 6 0 --- 1 5 DH 0.067 91% IPHR Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
24 24 3 1 1985-07-12 MIN @ DET Frank Tanana tied 0-0 t 1 2 --- 1 3 DH 0.101 56% Home Run
25 25 4 1 1985-07-29 MIN @ SEA Matt Young behind 0-5 t 6 2 --3 2 5 DH 0.059 10% Home Run; Brunansky Scores
26 26 5 1 1985-08-05 MIN @ OAK Tim Birtsas behind 0-2 t 4 1 --- 1 5 DH 0.108 34% Home Run
27 27 6 1 1985-09-28 MIN KCR Danny Jackson ahead 2-0 b 2 0 --- 1 6 2 0.073 82% Home Run
28 28 7 1 1985-09-30 MIN CHW Britt Burns ahead 3-1 b 6 0 1-3 3 6 2 0.059 97% Home Run; Brunansky Scores; Funderburk Scores
1987 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
29 29 1 1 1987-04-20 MON PHI Dan Schatzeder behind 2-4 b 9 1 --- 1 9 PH 0.069 12% Home Run
1989 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
30 30 1 1 1989-04-08 MIL @ DET Frank Tanana ahead 2-1 t 4 1 --- 7,(3-2)  1 6 3 0.116 72% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
31 31 2 1 1989-04-24 MIL MIN Frank Viola behind 1-2 b 6 1 --- 4,(0-2)  1 6 3 0.195 54% Home Run

About the SABR Home Run Encyclopedia

Much of the data on Baseball-Reference.com's Home Run Logs comes from the Tattersall/McConnell Home Run Log, a database of all homers hit in the major leagues since 1876. This project was begun in the 1940's by John C. Tattersall and was continued after Tattersall's death in 1981 by Bob McConnell, one of SABR's original 16 members. David Vincent, another SABR member, has since assumed the leadership of the project. Baseball-Reference.com has licensed this remarkable database from the Society for American Baseball Research. All credit for the data therein goes to the intrepid researchers who digitized this data from archival sources.

For years from 1916 to 2013, RetroSheet play-by-play data has been used whenever the home run occurred in a game for which we have complete play-by-play data.

There are a handful of cases where the home run logs totals do not agree with the totals on our player pages. We are working to reconcile all of those differences, but believe that in all cases the Home Run Encyclopedia is correct.