Dave Geisel

John David Geisel

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 18, 1955 in Windber, PA
High School: Tonawanda HS (Tonawanda, NY)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 5th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Signed August 24, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1978
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Cubs/Mariners 1978-1985

Final Game: May 18, 1985
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1974	19	CHC-min	AA																										MDL · TL
1975	20	CHC-min	AA	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MDL · TL
1976	21	CHC-min	AAA,AA	30	24	19	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4	9	.105	.261	.263	.524		5		0	1	0			WCH,MDL · AA,TL
1977	22	CHC-min	AAA	28	29	27	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.148	.148	.148	.296		4		0	2	0			WCH · AA
1978	23	CHC-min	AAA	19	13	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.182	.250	.182	.432		2		0	1	0			WCH · AA
1978	23	CHC	NL	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	24	CHC-min	AAA	45	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286		1		0	0	0			WCH · AA
1979	24	CHC	NL	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1980	25	CHC-min	Rk,AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			CBF,WCH · GULF,AA
1981	26	CHC-min	AAA	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		IWA · AA
1981	26	CHC	NL	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-25	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	27	TOR-min	AAA	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
1982	27	TOR	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	28	TOR	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	29	SEA-min	AAA	28	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143		0		0	2	0	0		SLC · PCL
1984	29	SEA	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	30	SEA-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CGY · PCL
1985	30	SEA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	31	TEX-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
7 Yrs				131	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	0	0	0	0	0

CHC (3 yrs)				36	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (2 yrs)				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
TOR (2 yrs)				63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				36	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1978	23	CHC	NL	18	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1979	24	CHC	NL	7	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1981	26	CHC	NL	11	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1982	27	TOR	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1983	28	TOR	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1
1984	29	SEA	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1985	30	SEA	AL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
7 Seasons				131	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$

CHC (3 yrs)				36	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
SEA (2 yrs)				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
TOR (2 yrs)				63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1978	23	CHC	NL	3	3	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.274	.000	.344	.000	.404	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1979	24	CHC	NL	1	1	0	0.0	108		.000	.280	.000	.347	.000	.416	.000	.763	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1981	26	CHC	NL	4	3	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.267	.250	.333	.000	.383	.250	.716	-25	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.333	.333	.000
7 Yrs				8	7	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.272	.125	.339	.000	.396	.125	.735	-63	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.143	.143	.000
162 Game Avg.				10	9	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.272	.125	.339	.000	.396	.125	.735	-63	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.143	.143	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	23	CHC	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			0.00	33%
1979	24	CHC	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1981	26	CHC	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	25.0%	0.0%		2.00	1.5			0.00	25%
7 Yrs				8	0.0%	62.5%	12.5%	0.0%		5.00	1.4			0.00	25%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.56	6.8	44.3	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1978	23	CHC	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.10	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.14	-0.8	0
1979	24	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.28	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0

1981	26	CHC	NL	-0.5	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.32	-0.1	-0.0	-1.5	-0.2	1.32	-0.8	0
1982	27	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	28	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1984	29	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1985	30	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0
7 Yrs				-1.6	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.11	-0.2	-0.0	-2.5	-0.2	1.16	-1.9	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	23	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	24	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1981	26	CHC	NL	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 Yrs				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

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1978	23	CHC	NL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1979	24	CHC	NL	1	100%	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

1981	26	CHC	NL	4	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
7 Yrs				8	63%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	9	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					57%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1978	23	18	3	3	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1979	24	25	4	4	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1980	25	25	4	4	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100
1981	26	36	8	7	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63
1982	27	52	8	7	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63
1983	28	99	8	7	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63
1984	29	119	8	7	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63
1985	30	131	8	7	1	5	.000	.125	.000	.125	-63

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	23	18	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	18
1979	24	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7

1981	26	17	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	11
3 Yrs		42	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	36
162 Game Avg.		162	42	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	23	.000	.182	.000	.182	0	36

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