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Dave Freisleben

David James Freisleben

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 31, 1951 in Coraopolis, PA
High School: Sam Rayburn HS (Pasadena, TX)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1974
Teams (by GP): Padres/BlueJays/Indians 1974-1979

Final Game: September 30, 1979
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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
1974 22 SDP NL 9 14 .391 3.66 33 31 1 6 2 0 211.2 194 100 86 13 112 9 130 7 2 12 932 97 1.446 8.2 0.6 4.8 5.5 1.16
1975 23 SDP NL 5 14 .263 4.28 36 27 2 4 1 0 181.0 206 102 86 11 82 9 77 7 0 8 825 82 1.591 10.2 0.5 4.1 3.8 0.94
1976 24 SDP NL 10 13 .435 3.51 34 24 5 6 3 1 172.0 163 73 67 10 66 7 81 5 3 7 736 93 1.331 8.5 0.5 3.5 4.2 1.23
1977 25 SDP NL 7 9 .438 4.61 33 23 1 1 0 0 138.2 140 86 71 21 71 9 72 2 0 6 608 78 1.522 9.1 1.4 4.6 4.7 1.01
1978 26 TOT MLB 1 7 .125 6.72 24 14 2 0 0 0 71.0 93 59 53 7 46 4 35 2 0 6 343 54 1.958 11.8 0.9 5.8 4.4 0.76
1978 26 SDP NL 0 3 .000 6.08 12 4 2 0 0 0 26.2 41 22 18 3 15 3 16 0 0 2 131 55 2.100 13.8 1.0 5.1 5.4 1.07
1978 26 CLE AL 1 4 .200 7.11 12 10 0 0 0 0 44.1 52 37 35 4 31 1 19 2 0 4 212 53 1.872 10.6 0.8 6.3 3.9 0.61
1979 27 TOR AL 2 3 .400 4.95 42 2 26 0 0 3 91.0 101 57 50 5 53 3 35 2 1 6 407 88 1.692 10.0 0.5 5.2 3.5 0.66
6 Yrs 34 60 .362 4.30 202 121 37 17 6 4 865.1 897 477 413 67 430 41 430 25 6 45 3851 83 1.534 9.3 0.7 4.5 4.5 1.00
162 Game Avg. 7 13 .362 4.30 43 25 8 4 1 1 182 189 100 87 14 91 9 91 5 1 9 811 83 1.534 9.3 0.7 4.5 4.5 1.00
SDP (5 yrs) 31 53 .369 4.04 148 109 11 17 6 1 730.0 744 383 328 58 346 37 376 21 5 35 3232 86 1.493 9.2 0.7 4.3 4.6 1.09
CLE (1 yr) 1 4 .200 7.11 12 10 0 0 0 0 44.1 52 37 35 4 31 1 19 2 0 4 212 53 1.872 10.6 0.8 6.3 3.9 0.61
TOR (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.95 42 2 26 0 0 3 91.0 101 57 50 5 53 3 35 2 1 6 407 88 1.692 10.0 0.5 5.2 3.5 0.66
NL (5 yrs) 31 53 .369 4.04 148 109 11 17 6 1 730.0 744 383 328 58 346 37 376 21 5 35 3232 86 1.493 9.2 0.7 4.3 4.6 1.09
AL (2 yrs) 3 7 .300 5.65 54 12 26 0 0 3 135.1 153 94 85 9 84 4 54 4 1 10 619 73 1.751 10.2 0.6 5.6 3.6 0.64

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 Awards
1974 22 SDP NL 211.2 33 31 100 4.25 4.31 -0.54 0.13 98.4 4.90 14 1.6 1.1 -0.1 3.1 35 .549 .510 $
1975 23 SDP NL 181.0 36 27 102 5.07 4.25 -0.28 0.08 96.9 4.47 -14 -1.5 .6 -0.1 -0.1 4 .459 .491 $
1976 24 SDP NL 172.0 34 24 73 3.82 4.06 0.12 0.09 90.3 3.63 -5 -0.6 1.9 -0.1 0.7 12 .484 .497 $
1977 25 SDP NL 138.2 33 23 86 5.58 4.42 -0.18 0.11 91.8 4.32 -21 -2.1 .7 -0.1 -1.1 -6 .438 .487 $
1978 26 SDP NL 26.2 12 4 22 7.43 4.15 -0.24 -0.00 97.3 4.26 -10 -1.0 1.5 -0.1 -0.9 -7 .416 .494 $
1978 26 CLE AL 44.1 12 10 37 7.51 4.09 -0.14 0.07 101.5 4.36 -15 -1.5 .3 0.0 -1.1 -11 .376 .491 $
1979 27 TOR AL 91.0 42 2 57 5.64 4.82 0.07 -0.35 101.7 4.48 -12 -1.2 1.1 -0.2 -0.5 -1 .472 .493 $
6 Seasons 865.1 202 121 477 4.96 4.30 -0.20 0.05 95.9 4.37 -62 -6.1 1.1 -0.6 0.1 26 .470 .495 $
SDP (5 yrs) 730.0 148 109 383 4.72 4.25 -0.24 0.10 94.8 4.36 -35 -3.5 1.2 -0.5 1.7 38 .476 .496 $
CLE (1 yr) 44.1 12 10 37 7.51 4.09 -0.14 0.07 101.5 4.36 -15 -1.5 .3 0.0 -1.1 -11 .376 .491 $
TOR (1 yr) 91.0 42 2 57 5.64 4.82 0.07 -0.35 101.7 4.48 -12 -1.2 1.1 -0.2 -0.5 -1 .472 .493 $

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
1974 22 SDP NL 33 932 803 100 194 30 8 13 25 9 112 130 .242 .338 .347 .685 .273 279 14 7 5 4 9 14
1975 23 SDP NL 36 825 713 102 206 25 5 11 14 9 82 77 .289 .366 .384 .750 .310 274 17 7 18 5 9 16
1976 24 SDP NL 34 736 658 73 163 32 4 10 16 5 66 81 .248 .320 .354 .674 .269 233 15 5 5 2 7 13
1977 25 SDP NL 33 608 526 86 140 31 1 21 25 11 71 72 .266 .353 .449 .801 .272 236 10 2 4 5 9 8
1978 26 TOT MLB 24 343 287 59 93 9 5 7 9 6 46 35 .324 .413 .463 .877 .343 133 3 2 2 6 4 4
1978 26 CLE AL 12 212 174 37 52 3 3 4 5 5 31 19 .299 .405 .420 .824 .312 73 1 2 2 3 1 2
1978 26 SDP NL 12 131 113 22 41 6 2 3 4 1 15 16 .363 .427 .531 .958 .392 60 2 0 0 3 3 2
1979 27 TOR AL 42 407 344 57 101 22 3 5 4 5 53 35 .294 .388 .419 .807 .313 144 17 2 5 3 3 6
6 Yrs 202 3851 3331 477 897 149 26 67 93 45 430 430 .269 .355 .390 .745 .290 1299 76 25 39 25 41 61
162 Game Avg. 43 811 701 100 189 31 5 14 20 9 91 91 .269 .355 .390 .745 .290 273 16 5 8 5 9 13
MLB Averages .260 .326 .381 .707 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1974 22 SDP NL -2.9 -0.3 982 0.2 18.4 -18.2 1.17 -0.3 0.4 -0.9 -0.1 1.17 -2.2 1 0 0
1975 23 SDP NL -18.2 -1.8 855 -1.6 14.7 -16.3 1.13 -1.4 0.0 -15.0 -1.6 1.13 -16.2 1 3 5
1976 24 SDP NL -2.6 -0.3 769 0.6 14.5 -14.0 1.14 -0.2 0.7 -0.1 -0.0 1.14 -2.0 5 1 3
1977 25 SDP NL -20.6 -2.0 650 -1.9 11.5 -13.5 1.11 -2.1 0.4 -22.5 -2.3 1.11 -22.6 1 2 7
1978 26 TOT MLB -24.8 -2.4 368 -2.3 5.0 -7.4 1.00 -1.7 -0.7 -25.5 -2.5 1.00 -19.9 3 0 6
1978 26 SDP NL -9.6 -1.0 142 -1.1 1.8 -2.9 .98 -0.9 -0.3 -11.6 -1.2 0.98 -10.1 3 0 4
1978 26 CLE AL -15.2 -1.5 226 -1.3 3.2 -4.4 1.01 -0.8 -0.4 -13.9 -1.3 1.01 -9.9 0 0 2
1979 27 TOR AL -6.6 -0.6 422 -1.0 6.2 -7.2 .90 -0.3 -0.8 -10.4 -1.0 0.90 -6.5 11 10 17
6 Yrs -75.8 -7.5 4046 -6.2 70.3 -76.5 1.10 -6.1 0.5 -74.4 -7.5 1.10 -69.4 22 16 38

Starting Pitching*

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
1974 22 SDP NL 33 31 9 14 8 3 7 12 19 .387 1 3 6 2 17 55% 52.0 95 23 27 13 7 7 3.4 3.2 6.7
1975 23 SDP NL 36 27 5 14 8 0 5 7 20 .259 1 4 4 1 13 48% 45.5 77 19 32 17 7 6 2.8 2.9 6.0
1976 24 SDP NL 34 24 8 12 4 0 4 10 14 .417 0 3 6 3 14 58% 52.7 81 21 19 4 17 3 2.5 2.5 6.6
1977 25 SDP NL 33 23 6 8 9 2 1 11 12 .478 2 5 1 0 11 48% 46.5 84 22 12 4 8 7 4.5 3.6 5.5
1978 26 TOT MLB 24 14 1 6 7 1 1 4 10 .286 2 5 0 0 2 14% 0.0 68 15 28 13 2 6 4.1 3.5 4.1
1978 26 SDP NL 12 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 4 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 36.2 53 15 13 5 1 1 3.2 2.8 4.8
1978 26 CLE AL 12 10 1 4 5 1 1 4 6 .400 2 4 0 0 2 20% 41.6 68 19 15 8 1 5 4.4 3.8 3.9
1979 27 TOR AL 42 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32.5 38 27 24 10 1 1 2.7 6.4 3.5
6 Yrs 202 121 29 55 37 6 18 44 77 .364 6 20 17 6 57 47% 48 95 15 142 61 42 30 3.4 3.1 5.9
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1974 22 SDP NL 33 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.169 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
1975 23 SDP NL 36 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 2 40% 6 1.128 1 3 5 1 1 7 3 6 5 1 8 2 6.1
1976 24 SDP NL 34 10 5 2 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 10 3 30% 7 1.142 5 1 3 2 2 6 6 4 5 4 5 5 4.1
1977 25 SDP NL 33 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 7 64% 4 1.110 1 2 7 0 2 8 5 5 2 2 3 7 3.8
1978 26 TOT MLB 24 10 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 13 6 46% 1.002 3 0 6 2 1 7 7 3 5 3 6 1 4.0
1978 26 SDP NL 12 8 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 6 55% 8 .981 3 0 4 2 1 5 6 2 3 3 4 1 2.9
1978 26 CLE AL 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 1.015 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 8.5
1979 27 TOR AL 42 40 26 2 2 5 3 2 60% 6 1 42 16 38% 8 .903 11 10 17 7 7 26 27 13 27 7 28 3 6.3
6 Yrs 202 81 37 5 5 7 4 3 57% 10 3 81 34 42% 1.103 22 16 38 12 14 55 48 33 46 17 52 18 5.4

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1974 22 SDP NL 932 51% 1.4% 14.0% 12.0% 5.5% 26% 1.02 71% 166 14 8%
1975 23 SDP NL 825 56% 1.3% 9.3% 9.9% 5.0% 20% 0.89 76% 166 17 10%
1976 24 SDP NL 736 57% 1.4% 11.0% 9.0% 6.3% 28% 1.03 77% 148 15 10%
1977 25 SDP NL 608 61% 3.5% 11.8% 11.7% 8.7% 38% 1.10 72% 94 10 11%
1978 26 TOT MLB 343 52% 2.0% 10.2% 13.4% 6.1% 23% 0.99 73% 69 3 4%
1978 26 SDP NL 131 57% 2.3% 12.2% 11.5% 8.4% 27% 0.97 74% 26 2 8%
1978 26 CLE AL 212 50% 1.9% 9.0% 14.6% 4.7% 19% 1.00 73% 43 1 2%
1979 27 TOR AL 407 57% 1.2% 8.6% 13.0% 7.4% 30% 1.27 75% 104 17 16%
6 Yrs 3851 55% 1.7% 11.2% 11.2% 6.3% 27% 1.03 74% 747 76 10%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

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
1974 22 SDP NL 932 194 13 0 22 10 3 5 8 50 21 11 42% 14 12 0 358 25 9 74% 24 7 1 2 0 0 1 0 21 0
1975 23 SDP NL 825 206 11 0 19 7 4 3 8 42 18 4 43% 16 8 0 346 14 9 61% 12 8 2 1 0 0 1 1 14 0
1976 24 SDP NL 736 163 10 0 12 6 4 7 3 47 19 5 40% 13 7 1 284 16 5 76% 12 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 18 0
1977 25 SDP NL 608 140 21 1 22 14 7 9 12 34 17 9 50% 8 6 3 206 25 11 69% 21 11 3 0 1 0 1 0 21 0
1978 26 TOT MLB 343 93 7 1 9 5 2 2 5 29 18 2 62% 4 6 2 131 9 6 60% 9 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
1978 26 SDP NL 131 41 3 0 4 3 0 0 3 10 7 1 70% 2 2 1 55 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1978 26 CLE AL 212 52 4 1 5 2 2 2 2 19 11 1 58% 2 4 1 76 5 5 50% 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1979 27 TOR AL 407 101 5 0 25 2 3 3 2 38 18 5 47% 6 6 0 172 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
6 Yrs 3851 897 67 2 109 44 23 29 38 240 111 36 46% 61 45 6 1497 93 45 67% 82 42 9 3 2 0 4 1 105 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1974 22 9 14 .391 3.66 33 31 1 6 2 0 211.2 194 100 86 13 112 9 130 7 2 12 932 97 1.446 8.2 0.6 4.8 5.5 1.16 97
1975 23 14 28 .333 3.94 69 58 3 10 3 0 392.2 400 202 172 24 194 18 207 14 2 20 1757 90 1.513 9.2 0.6 4.4 4.7 1.07 90
1976 24 24 41 .369 3.81 103 82 8 16 6 1 564.2 563 275 239 34 260 25 288 19 5 27 2493 91 1.457 9.0 0.5 4.1 4.6 1.11 91
1977 25 31 50 .383 3.97 136 105 9 17 6 1 703.1 703 361 310 55 331 34 360 21 5 33 3101 88 1.470 9.0 0.7 4.2 4.6 1.09 88
1978 26 32 57 .360 4.22 160 119 11 17 6 1 774.1 796 420 363 62 377 38 395 23 5 39 3444 83 1.515 9.3 0.7 4.4 4.6 1.05 83
1979 27 34 60 .362 4.30 202 121 37 17 6 4 865.1 897 477 413 67 430 41 430 25 6 45 3851 83 1.534 9.3 0.7 4.5 4.5 1.00 83

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
1974 22 10 12 .455 4.19 202.0 203 104 94 14 117 124 7 1.584 9.0 5.2 5.5 1.06 0.6 33
1975 23 7 12 .368 5.05 171.0 218 107 96 12 87 73 7 1.784 11.5 4.6 3.8 0.84 0.6 36
1976 24 7 10 .412 4.50 160.0 178 89 80 11 72 76 5 1.563 10.0 4.1 4.3 1.06 0.6 34
1977 25 5 9 .357 5.48 128.0 147 87 78 22 75 66 2 1.734 10.3 5.3 4.6 0.88 1.5 33
1978 26 1 6 .143 8.72 64.0 100 69 62 8 49 32 2 2.328 14.1 6.9 4.5 0.65 1.1 24
1979 27 3 6 .333 5.29 85.0 101 56 50 5 53 33 2 1.812 10.7 5.6 3.5 0.62 0.5 42
6 Yrs 33 55 .375 5.11 810.0 947 512 460 72 453 404 25 1.728 10.5 4.5 0.89 0.8 202

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1974 NL  112 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1974 NL  14 (9th)
1975 NL  14 (8th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1974 NL  12 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 NL  7 (3rd)
1975 NL  7 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1862), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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