Dave Geisel
John David Geisel
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: January 18, 1955 in Windber, PA
High School: Tonawanda (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
Final Game: May 18, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 CHC NL 23 P 18 1 23.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.16 0.17 .933 1.89 0.72
1979 CHC NL 24 P 7 0 15.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.29 .950 1.80 0.66
1981 CHC NL 26 P 11 2 16.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.27 .967 1.97 0.68
1982 TOR AL 27 P 16 2 31.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.85 0.19 .967 1.79 0.73
1983 TOR AL 28 P 47 0 52.1 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0.69 0.09 .950 1.81 0.73
1984 SEA AL 29 P 20 3 43.1 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.83 0.20 .950 1.79 0.70
1985 SEA AL 30 P 12 0 27.0 3 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.00 0.25 .967 1.87 0.70
7 Seasons P 131 8 208.2 22 7 15 0 1 1.000 0.95 0.17 .955 1.83 0.71
7 Seasons TOT 131 8 208.2 22 7 15 0 1 1.000 0.95 0.17 .955 1.83 0.71

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 CHC NL 23 18 1 18 18 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CHC NL 24 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 26 11 2 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TOR AL 27 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOR AL 28 47 0 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SEA AL 29 20 0 1 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SEA AL 30 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 131 3 37 131 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1978 CHC NL 23 114 77% 28% 3 67% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 CHC NL 24 59 83% 24% 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 26 70 76% 37% 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 TOR AL 27 144 72% 22% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOR AL 28 238 65% 19% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 SEA AL 29 191 80% 18% 3 100% 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SEA AL 30 135 76% 17% 3 100% 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
7 Seasons 951 74% 22% 15 93% 1 7 0 4 14 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 92% 90%

* 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.

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