Dan Gakeler

Daniel Michael Gakeler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 1, 1964 in Mount Holly, NJ
High School: Rancocas Valley Regional HS (Mount Holly, NJ)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1984 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1991
Team: Tigers 1991

Final Game: October 5, 1991
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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
1984	20	BOS-min	A-	4	6	.400	4.11	14	13	1	0	0	0	76.2	67	47	35	9	41	3	54	7	2	2			1.409	7.9	1.1	4.8	6.3	1.32	ELM · NYPL
1985	21	BOS-min	A	7	5	.583	5.50	23	16	2	3	1	0	108.0	135	86	66	8	54	0	51	3	0	4			1.750	11.2	0.7	4.5	4.2	0.94	GBO · SALL
1986	22	BOS-min	A	7	6	.538	3.32	24	23	1	5	1	1	154.1	158	73	57	6	69	1	154	4	2	11			1.471	9.2	0.3	4.0	9.0	2.23	GBO · SALL
1987	23	BOS-min	AA	8	13	.381	4.63	30	25	3	5	1	0	173.0	188	112	89	14	63	5	90	7	3	7			1.451	9.8	0.7	3.3	4.7	1.43	NBR · EL
1988	24	BOS-min	AA	6	13	.316	3.69	26	25	0	5	2	0	153.2	157	74	63	4	54	1	110	5	3	9			1.373	9.2	0.2	3.2	6.4	2.04	NBR · EL
1989	25	WSN-min	AA,AAA	8	10	.444	2.71	25	25	0	3	1	0	153.0	123	60	46	2	67	2	117	6	1	10			1.242	7.2	0.1	3.9	6.9	1.75	JCK,INA · SOUL,AA
1990	26	WSN-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.22	22	21	0	1	1	0	120.0	101	55	43	2	55	1	89	7	0	7			1.300	7.6	0.2	4.1	6.7	1.62	INA · AA
1991	27	DET-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.50	23	2	12	0	0	4	43.2	44	22	17	0	13	1	32	1	0	3	187		1.305	9.1	0.0	2.7	6.6	2.46	TOL · IL
1991	27	DET	AL	1	4	.200	5.74	31	7	11	0	0	2	73.2	73	52	47	5	39	6	43	1	0	7	331	73	1.520	8.9	0.6	4.8	5.3	1.10
1992	28	DET-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	6.14	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.2	17	10	10	3	5	0	12	1	0	2	66		1.500	10.4	1.8	3.1	7.4	2.40	TOL,LON · IL,EL
1993	29	BOS-min	A+,AAA	3	4	.429	2.82	36	0	22	0	0	9	54.1	52	24	17	4	20	0	36	2	1	4	228		1.325	8.6	0.7	3.3	6.0	1.80	LBG,PAW · CARL,IL
1994	30	BOS-min	AA,AAA	9	13	.409	4.54	28	27	0	2	0	0	168.2	182	103	85	10	56	0	117	5	0	7	733		1.411	9.7	0.5	3.0	6.2	2.09	NBR,PAW · EL,IL
1995	31	BOS-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.10	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.2	24	14	14	2	9	1	13	2	0	3	97		1.597	10.5	0.9	3.9	5.7	1.44	PAW · IL
1 Yr				1	4	.200	5.74	31	7	11	0	0	2	73.2	73	52	47	5	39	6	43	1	0	7	331	73	1.520	8.9	0.6	4.8	5.3	1.10
162 Game Avg.				2	7	.200	5.74	55	13	20	0	0	4	132	131	93	84	9	70	11	77	2	0	13	592	73	1.520	8.9	0.6	4.8	5.3	1.10

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
1991	27	DET	AL	73.2	31	7	52	6.35	4.44	0.32	-0.11	102.0	4.09	-18	-1.8	1.3	-0.3	-1.4	-10	.441	.489	$125,000
1 Season				73.2	31	7	52	6.35	4.44	0.32	-0.11	102.0	4.09	-18	-1.8	1.3	-0.3	-1.4	-10	.441	.489	$125,000

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
1991	27	DET	AL	31	331	285	52	73	12	1	5	7	1	39	43	.256	.345	.358	.702	.283	102	3	1	3	3	6	4
1 Yr				31	331	285	52	73	12	1	5	7	1	39	43	.256	.345	.358	.702	.283	102	3	1	3	3	6	4
162 Game Avg.				55	592	510	93	131	21	2	9	13	2	70	77	.256	.345	.358	.702	.283	183	5	2	5	5	11	7
MLB Averages																.256	.323	.385	.708	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1991	27	DET	AL	-12.6	-1.2	345	-1.0	5.0	-6.0	1.03	0.1	-1.1	-8.5	-0.8	1.03	-0.9	10	5	9
1 Yr				-12.6	-1.2	345	-1.0	5.0	-6.0	1.03	0.1	-1.1	-8.5	-0.8	1.03	-0.9	10	5	9

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
1991	27	DET	AL	31	7	1	3	3	0	0	2	5	.286	3	0	0	0	2	29%	39.7	70	22	26	15	0	3	4.3	5.3	4.9	79	3	3	1	0	106
1 Yr				31	7	1	3	3	0	0	2	5	.286	3	0	0	0	2	29%	40	70	22	26	15	0	3	4.3	5.3	4.9	79	3	3	1	0	106
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	101	-4					4.3	4.3	6.1	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1991	27	DET	AL	31	24	11	0	1	4	2	2	50%	6	2	25	6	24%	7	1.033	10	5	9	9	2	13	13	11	12	5	15	6	5.0	27
1 Yr				31	24	11	0	1	4	2	2	50%	6	2	25	6	24%		1.033	10	5	9	9	2	13	13	11	12	5	15	6	5.0	27

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%
1991	27	DET	AL	331	59%	1.5%	13.0%	11.8%	5.4%	25%	0.77	0.99	73%	25%	4.3%	15%	72	3	4%
1 Yr				331	59%	1.5%	13.0%	11.8%	5.4%	25%	0.77	0.99	73%	25%	4.3%	15%	72	3	4%
MLB Averages					40%	2.1%	15.2%	8.7%	6.7%	30%	0.80	1.08	72%	20%	6.2%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1991	27	DET	AL	331	1200	3.63	720	60%	25%	13%	27%	34%	75%	4%	45%	83%	53%	8%	25	8	18%	60	35	8	16%	9	12	0	0	0
1 Yr				331	1200	3.63	720	60%	25%	13%	27%	34%	75%	4%	45%	83%	53%	8%	25	8	18%	60	35	8	16%	9	12	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.67		61%	25%	14%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				27%

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
1991	27	DET	AL	331	73	17	2	5	1	17	3	2	2	3	26	12	2	46%	4	7	0	117	7	1	88%	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
1 Yr				331	73	17	2	5	1	17	3	2	2	3	26	12	2	46%	4	7	0	117	7	1	88%	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
MLB Averages																		55%							67%

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+
1991	27	1	4	.200	5.74	31	7	11	0	0	2	73.2	73	52	47	5	39	6	43	1	0	7	331	73	1.520	8.9	0.6	4.8	5.3	1.10	73

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1991	27	2	6	.250	6.00	72.0	74	53	48	5	40	42	1	1.583	9.3	5.0	5.3	1.05	0.6	31
1 Yr		2	6	.250	6.00	72.0	74	53	48	5	40	42	1	1.583	9.3		5.3	1.05	0.6	31

* 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.

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