Dave Frost
Carl David Frost
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 235 lb.

Born: November 17, 1952 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Millikan (Long Beach, CA)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 18th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1977
Final Game: October 3, 1982
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Standard Pitching

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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
1977 24 CHW AL 1 1 .500 3.04 4 3 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 9 8 0 3 0 15 1 0 0 101 135 1.394 11.4 0.0 1.1 5.7 5.00
1978 25 CAL AL 5 4 .556 2.58 11 10 0 2 1 0 80.1 71 24 23 6 24 3 30 2 0 3 330 141 1.183 8.0 0.7 2.7 3.4 1.25
1979 26 CAL AL 16 10 .615 3.57 36 33 2 12 2 1 239.1 226 108 95 17 77 4 107 5 0 5 1001 114 1.266 8.5 0.6 2.9 4.0 1.39
1980 27 CAL AL 4 8 .333 5.29 15 15 0 2 0 0 78.1 97 53 46 8 21 1 28 2 0 3 343 74 1.506 11.1 0.9 2.4 3.2 1.33
1981 28 CAL AL 1 8 .111 5.51 12 9 1 0 0 0 47.1 44 30 29 3 19 0 16 1 0 1 200 66 1.331 8.4 0.6 3.6 3.0 0.84
1982 29 KCR AL 6 6 .500 5.51 21 14 4 0 0 0 81.2 103 53 50 7 30 0 26 3 0 4 368 74 1.629 11.4 0.8 3.3 2.9 0.87
6 Seasons 33 37 .471 4.10 99 84 7 16 3 1 550.2 571 277 251 41 174 8 222 14 0 16 2343 96 1.353 9.3 0.7 2.8 3.6 1.28
162 Game Avg. 12 14 .471 4.10 37 31 3 6 1 0 205 212 103 93 15 65 3 82 5 0 6 871 96 1.353 9.3 0.7 2.8 3.6 1.28
CAL (4 yrs) 26 30 .464 3.90 74 67 3 16 3 1 445.1 438 215 193 34 141 8 181 10 0 12 1874 100 1.300 8.9 0.7 2.8 3.7 1.28
KCR (1 yr) 6 6 .500 5.51 21 14 4 0 0 0 81.2 103 53 50 7 30 0 26 3 0 4 368 74 1.629 11.4 0.8 3.3 2.9 0.87
CHW (1 yr) 1 1 .500 3.04 4 3 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 9 8 0 3 0 15 1 0 0 101 135 1.394 11.4 0.0 1.1 5.7 5.00

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 26 CAL AL ALCS L BAL 0 1 .000 18.69 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 8 10 9 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 24 3.000 16.6 0.0 10.4 2.1 0.20
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 18.69 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.1 8 10 9 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 24 3.000 16.6 0.0 10.4 2.1 0.20

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1977 24 CHW AL 4 101 93 9 30 5 0 0 3 1 3 15 .323 .343 .376 .720 .375 35 2 1 2 2 0
1978 25 CAL AL 11 330 296 24 71 12 0 6 6 2 24 30 .240 .298 .341 .640 .247 101 6 2 5 3 3
1979 26 CAL AL 36 1001 900 108 226 45 4 17 25 5 77 107 .251 .311 .367 .677 .266 330 24 5 10 9 4
1980 27 CAL AL 15 343 315 53 97 11 2 8 10 2 21 28 .308 .352 .432 .784 .316 136 8 2 2 3 1
1981 28 CAL AL 12 200 176 30 44 7 4 3 5 1 19 16 .250 .323 .386 .710 .258 68 6 1 2 2 0
1982 29 KCR AL 21 368 329 53 103 15 3 7 7 4 30 26 .313 .372 .441 .812 .320 145 10 3 2 4 0
6 Seasons 99 2343 2109 277 571 95 13 41 56 15 174 222 .271 .327 .386 .714 .284 815 56 14 23 23 8
162 Game Avg. 37 871 784 103 212 35 5 15 21 6 65 82 .271 .327 .386 .714 .284 303 21 5 9 9 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1977 24 CHW AL 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 .333 1 0 0 0 3 100% 51 52 49 3 1 0 3 4.5 5.4 7.0
1978 25 CAL AL 11 10 5 4 1 0 1 5 5 .500 0 1 2 1 7 70% 58 77 41 13 2 2 4 2.5 2.3 7.7
1979 26 CAL AL 36 33 16 9 8 1 3 20 13 .606 0 3 12 2 21 64% 54 81 18 22 9 20 7 5.9 6.0 7.1
1980 27 CAL AL 15 15 4 8 3 0 1 6 9 .400 0 1 2 0 6 40% 43 80 12 12 7 0 7 4.1 4.1 5.2
1981 28 CAL AL 12 9 1 7 1 0 0 2 7 .222 0 0 0 0 2 22% 44 75 30 11 5 1 4 2.7 2.5 4.2
1982 29 KCR AL 21 14 3 6 5 1 1 7 7 .500 1 0 0 0 4 29% 42 62 22 11 4 2 4 4.8 5.0 4.9
6 Seasons 99 84 30 35 19 2 7 41 43 .488 2 5 16 3 43 51% 49 81 12 72 28 25 29 4.6 4.7 6.2
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1977 24 CHW AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.930 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 8.0
1978 25 CAL AL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0.973 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 11.0
1979 26 CAL AL 36 3 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 2 0.952 1 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 4.0
1981 28 CAL AL 12 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1.027 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 9.3
1982 29 KCR AL 21 7 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 50% 5 0.961 3 0 4 2 2 3 3 4 5 0 5 1 5.6
5 Seasons 84 15 7 3 2 1 1 0 100% 2 1 11 3 27% 0.964 6 1 8 4 4 7 7 8 11 2 12 1 6.5

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1977 24 CHW AL 101 58% 0.0% 14.9% 3.0% 5.0% 17% 1.00 79% 20 2 10%
1978 25 CAL AL 330 52% 1.8% 9.1% 7.3% 5.5% 25% 1.25 80% 56 6 11%
1979 26 CAL AL 1001 50% 1.7% 10.7% 7.7% 6.6% 29% 0.94 78% 173 24 14%
1980 27 CAL AL 343 57% 2.3% 8.2% 6.1% 6.1% 22% 1.01 82% 86 8 9%
1981 28 CAL AL 200 48% 1.5% 8.0% 9.5% 7.0% 32% 1.64 80% 42 6 14%
1982 29 KCR AL 368 55% 1.9% 7.1% 8.2% 6.8% 24% 0.84 82% 87 10 11%
6 Seasons 2343 52% 1.8% 9.5% 7.4% 6.4% 26% 1.02 80% 464 56 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1977 24 CHW AL 101 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 1 57% 2 0 0 45 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 25 CAL AL 330 71 6 0 3 0 6 2 4 15 7 1 47% 4 3 0 119 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1979 26 CAL AL 1001 226 17 0 24 5 12 9 8 50 25 2 50% 6 5 1 345 25 5 83% 24 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 22 0
1980 27 CAL AL 343 97 8 0 10 3 5 3 5 25 14 3 56% 5 3 0 136 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1981 28 CAL AL 200 44 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 15 11 0 73% 1 1 1 68 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1982 29 KCR AL 368 103 7 0 1 3 4 1 6 25 13 2 52% 3 4 0 162 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
6 Seasons 2343 571 41 0 40 12 29 17 24 137 74 9 54% 21 16 2 875 56 15 79% 54 15 2 0 0 0 4 0 55 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1977 24 1 1 .500 3.04 4 3 0 0 0 0 23.2 30 9 8 0 3 0 15 1 0 0 101 135 1.394 11.4 0.0 1.1 5.7 5.00 135
1978 25 6 5 .545 2.68 15 13 0 2 1 0 104.0 101 33 31 6 27 3 45 3 0 3 431 139 1.231 8.7 0.5 2.3 3.9 1.67 139
1979 26 22 15 .595 3.30 51 46 2 14 3 1 343.1 327 141 126 23 104 7 152 8 0 8 1432 120 1.255 8.6 0.6 2.7 4.0 1.46 120
1980 27 26 23 .531 3.67 66 61 2 16 3 1 421.2 424 194 172 31 125 8 180 10 0 11 1775 108 1.302 9.0 0.7 2.7 3.8 1.44 108
1981 28 27 31 .466 3.86 78 70 3 16 3 1 469.0 468 224 201 34 144 8 196 11 0 12 1975 102 1.305 9.0 0.7 2.8 3.8 1.36 102
1982 29 33 37 .471 4.10 99 84 7 16 3 1 550.2 571 277 251 41 174 8 222 14 0 16 2343 96 1.353 9.3 0.7 2.8 3.6 1.28 96

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
1977 24 1 1 .500 3.27 22.0 30 9 8 0 3 14 1 1.500 12.3 1.2 5.7 4.67 0.0 4
1978 25 5 3 .625 3.24 75.0 76 30 27 6 26 28 2 1.360 9.1 3.1 3.4 1.08 0.7 11
1979 26 13 12 .520 3.91 230.0 233 111 100 18 79 103 5 1.357 9.1 3.1 4.0 1.30 0.7 36
1980 27 2 6 .250 6.16 73.0 100 56 50 8 22 26 2 1.671 12.3 2.7 3.2 1.18 1.0 15
1981 28 2 5 .286 6.95 66.0 72 57 51 5 31 22 2 1.561 9.8 4.2 3.0 0.71 0.7 12
1982 29 2 6 .250 6.28 76.0 105 59 53 7 31 24 3 1.789 12.4 3.7 2.8 0.77 0.8 21
6 Seasons 25 33 .431 4.80 542.0 616 322 289 44 192 217 15 1.491 10.2 3.6 1.13 0.7 99

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1979 AL  16 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  8.499 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  .639 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Ron Romanick (975)
  2. John Stuper (975)
  3. Albert Williams (973)
  4. John Tsitouris (971)
  5. Sam Gibson (970)
  6. Silvio Martinez (970)
  7. Greg Mathews (967)
  8. Paul Mitchell (967)
  9. John Danks (967)
  10. Joe Cowley (966)
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  1. Bob Sadowski (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bob Carpenter (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jim Gardner (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Marv Breuer (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Albert Williams (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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