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 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	19	CHC-min	AA	12	7	.632	3.78	24	24					150.0	170	72	63	12	37								1.380	10.2	0.7	2.2			MDL · TL
1975	20	CHC-min	AA	8	5	.615	4.02	35	14		4	1	5	132.0	149	67	59	8	44	5	75	4	0	2			1.462	10.2	0.5	3.0	5.1	1.70	MDL · TL
1976	21	CHC-min	AA,AAA	7	12	.368	4.13	29	24		7	1	0	157.0	164	92	72	8	70	4	86	3	0	3			1.490	9.4	0.5	4.0	4.9	1.23	MDL,WCH · TL,AA
1977	22	CHC-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.40	28	12		3	0	1	94.0	95	49	46	9	62	1	57	1	0	4			1.670	9.1	0.9	5.9	5.5	0.92	WCH · AA
1978	23	CHC-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.96	19	18		1	1	0	107.0	102	68	59	10	65	0	62	4	0	3			1.561	8.6	0.8	5.5	5.2	0.95	WCH · AA
1978	23	CHC	NL	1	0	1.000	4.24	18	1	4	0	0	0	23.1	27	12	11	0	11	4	15	0	0	1	109	96	1.629	10.4	0.0	4.2	5.8	1.36
1979	24	CHC-min	AAA	5	5	.500	2.51	45	1		1	0		79.0	76	29	22	4	47	4	49	1	1	3			1.557	8.7	0.5	5.4	5.6	1.04	WCH · AA
1979	24	CHC	NL	0	0		0.60	7	0	3	0	0	0	15.0	10	1	1	0	4	1	5	1	0	0	58	709	0.933	6.0	0.0	2.4	3.0	1.25

1980	25	CHC-min	Rk,AAA	5	0	1.000	3.42	21	0		0	0	5	50.0	34	27	19	1	40	2	49	3	0	3			1.480	6.1	0.2	7.2	8.8	1.23	CBF,WCH · GULF,AA
1981	26	CHC-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.50	28	1	15	0	0	1	38.0	38	24	19	2	31	2	43	0	0	2			1.816	9.0	0.5	7.3	10.2	1.39	IWA · AA
1981	26	CHC	NL	2	0	1.000	0.56	11	2	4	0	0	0	16.0	11	3	1	0	10	1	7	0	0	0	66	675	1.313	6.2	0.0	5.6	3.9	0.70
1982	27	TOR-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.90	21	10	3	3	1	1	80.2	74	38	35	11	38	1	43	1	2	1			1.388	8.3	1.2	4.2	4.8	1.13	SYR · IL
1982	27	TOR	AL	1	1	.500	3.98	16	2	6	0	0	0	31.2	32	15	14	6	17	2	22	2	1	0	142	114	1.547	9.1	1.7	4.8	6.3	1.29
1983	28	TOR	AL	0	3	.000	4.64	47	0	16	0	0	5	52.1	47	28	27	4	31	5	50	2	1	2	230	94	1.490	8.1	0.7	5.3	8.6	1.61
1984	29	SEA-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.88	26	7	11	0	0	4	72.0	81	41	39	4	40	2	52	2	0	0			1.681	10.1	0.5	5.0	6.5	1.30	SLC · PCL
1984	29	SEA	AL	1	1	.500	4.15	20	3	9	0	0	3	43.1	47	22	20	2	9	3	28	2	0	0	185	96	1.292	9.8	0.4	1.9	5.8	3.11
1985	30	SEA-min	AAA	5	7	.417	5.75	20	19	1	2	0	0	114.1	153	92	73	12	45	0	69	1	0	3			1.732	12.0	0.9	3.5	5.4	1.53	CGY · PCL
1985	30	SEA	AL	0	0		6.33	12	0	1	0	0	0	27.0	35	21	19	3	15	3	17	0	1	0	128	67	1.852	11.7	1.0	5.0	5.7	1.13
1986	31	TEX-min	AAA	1	5	.167	6.34	18	6	6	0	0	2	55.1	76	42	39	10	18	0	31	0	1	3			1.699	12.4	1.6	2.9	5.0	1.72	OKC · AA
7 Yrs				5	5	.500	4.01	131	8	43	0	0	8	208.2	209	102	93	15	97	19	144	7	3	3	918	105	1.466	9.0	0.6	4.2	6.2	1.48
162 Game Avg.				2	2	.500	4.01	64	4	21	0	0	4	102	102	50	45	7	47	9	70	3	1	1	449	105	1.466	9.0	0.6	4.2	6.2	1.48

CHC (3 yrs)				3	0	1.000	2.15	36	3	11	0	0	0	54.1	48	16	13	0	25	6	27	1	0	1	233	188	1.344	8.0	0.0	4.1	4.5	1.08
SEA (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	4.99	32	3	10	0	0	3	70.1	82	43	39	5	24	6	45	2	1	0	313	82	1.507	10.5	0.6	3.1	5.8	1.88
TOR (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	4.39	63	2	22	0	0	5	84.0	79	43	41	10	48	7	72	4	2	2	372	101	1.512	8.5	1.1	5.1	7.7	1.50

AL (4 yrs)				2	5	.286	4.67	95	5	32	0	0	8	154.1	161	86	80	15	72	13	117	6	3	2	685	92	1.510	9.4	0.9	4.2	6.8	1.63
NL (3 yrs)				3	0	1.000	2.15	36	3	11	0	0	0	54.1	48	16	13	0	25	6	27	1	0	1	233	188	1.344	8.0	0.0	4.1	4.5	1.08

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
1978	23	CHC	NL	23.1	18	1	12	4.63	4.10	-0.11	-0.27	112.1	4.40	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	0.1	2	.495	.499	$
1979	24	CHC	NL	15.0	7	0	1	0.60	4.33	-0.30	-0.34	113.4	4.86	7	0.8	.6	-0.2	0.8	9	.617	.505	$

1981	26	CHC	NL	16.0	11	2	3	1.69	4.14	-0.57	-0.04	105.5	4.91	6	0.7	1.5	0.1	0.9	7	.561	.504	$
1982	27	TOR	AL	31.2	16	2	15	4.26	4.88	0.13	-0.26	106.3	4.77	2	0.2	.7	-0.1	0.4	5	.513	.501	$
1983	28	TOR	AL	52.1	47	0	28	4.82	4.75	0.23	-0.38	107.1	4.44	-2	-0.2	1.6	-0.2	0.1	3	.495	.499	$
1984	29	SEA	AL	43.1	20	3	22	4.57	4.57	-0.30	-0.18	96.5	4.53	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.0	0.3	4	.500	.500	$
1985	30	SEA	AL	27.0	12	0	21	7.00	4.66	-0.17	-0.36	98.8	4.41	-8	-0.8	.7	0.1	-0.5	-5	.437	.495	$
7 Seasons				208.2	131	8	102	4.40	4.57	-0.08	-0.28	104.6	4.57	4	0.6	1.2	-0.4	2.1	25	.505	.501	$

CHC (3 yrs)				54.1	36	3	16	2.65	4.17	-0.30	-0.23	110.5	4.68	12	1.4	1.0	-0.1	1.8	17	.539	.503	$
SEA (2 yrs)				70.1	32	3	43	5.50	4.60	-0.25	-0.25	97.4	4.48	-8	-0.8	1.1	0.0	-0.2	-1	.476	.498	$
TOR (2 yrs)				84.0	63	2	43	4.61	4.80	0.19	-0.34	106.8	4.56	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.2	0.5	8	.500	.500	$

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
1978	23	CHC	NL	18	109	97	12	27	6	1	0	5	0	11	15	.278	.352	.361	.713	.329	35	0	0	1	0	4	1
1979	24	CHC	NL	7	58	53	1	10	2	0	0	1	0	4	5	.189	.259	.226	.485	.208	12	1	1	0	0	1	0

1981	26	CHC	NL	11	66	54	3	11	1	0	0	3	1	10	7	.204	.318	.222	.540	.224	12	1	0	0	2	1	2
1982	27	TOR	AL	16	142	123	15	32	6	0	6	0	1	17	22	.260	.359	.455	.814	.274	56	0	2	0	0	2	1
1983	28	TOR	AL	47	230	196	28	47	9	1	4	3	2	31	50	.240	.349	.357	.706	.303	70	3	2	1	0	5	1
1984	29	SEA	AL	20	185	172	22	47	9	1	2	2	2	9	28	.273	.314	.372	.686	.313	64	3	2	0	2	3	2
1985	30	SEA	AL	12	128	113	21	35	9	2	3	6	0	15	17	.310	.391	.504	.895	.344	57	2	0	0	0	3	1
7 Yrs				131	918	808	102	209	42	5	15	20	6	97	144	.259	.342	.379	.720	.297	306	10	7	2	4	19	8
162 Game Avg.				64	449	395	50	102	21	2	7	10	3	47	70	.259	.342	.379	.720	.297	150	5	3	1	2	9	4
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.387	.711	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	23	CHC	NL	-0.2	-0.0	114	0.1	1.4	-1.4	.76	-0.1	0.2	-5.1	-0.5	0.76	-3.2	4	1	12
1979	24	CHC	NL	5.5	0.6	59	0.2	0.4	-0.1	.40	0.5	0.1	7.1	0.7	0.40	6.2	1	1	5

1981	26	CHC	NL	4.6	0.5	70	0.1	1.1	-1.0	1.11	0.3	-0.2	2.6	0.3	1.11	2.5	2	1	5
1982	27	TOR	AL	2.0	0.2	144	-0.8	1.4	-2.2	.62	-0.2	-1.1	-1.4	-0.1	0.62	-1.4	3	2	8
1983	28	TOR	AL	-0.8	-0.1	238	-0.8	3.2	-4.1	.97	0.3	-1.1	-3.1	-0.3	0.97	3.8	19	10	18
1984	29	SEA	AL	-0.5	-0.1	191	0.5	2.9	-2.5	.77	0.4	0.3	-3.0	-0.3	0.77	2.8	5	3	8
1985	30	SEA	AL	-6.2	-0.6	135	-0.6	0.9	-1.5	.49	-0.7	-0.6	-7.9	-0.8	0.49	-6.4	2	2	8
7 Yrs				4.5	0.6	951	-1.4	11.3	-12.7	.76	0.4	-2.3	-10.8	-1.0	0.76	4.3	36	20	64

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
1978	23	CHC	NL	18	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43.0	43	43	8	1	1	0	4.0	6.0	3.0

1981	26	CHC	NL	11	2	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	52.5	63	42	6	0	1	1	5.0	4.5	4.7
1982	27	TOR	AL	16	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	36.5	46	27	11	2	1	0	4.0	2.6	3.5

1984	29	SEA	AL	20	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0%	41.3	50	29	7	2	0	3	4.2	5.6	5.2
4 Yrs				65	8	1	2	5	1	0	2	6	.250	1	2	0	0	0	0%	43	63	27	32	5	3	4	4.3	4.8	4.4
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

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
1978	23	CHC	NL	18	17	4	1	0	0	0	0		2	2	12	7	58%	8	.759	4	1	12	2	3	12	6	11	6	6	6	3	3.6
1979	24	CHC	NL	7	7	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	1	20%	7	.401	1	1	5	0	1	6	2	5	6	1	6	2	6.4

1981	26	CHC	NL	11	9	4	1	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	8	1	13%	8	1.111	2	1	5	2	1	6	5	4	1	5	1	3	2.2
1982	27	TOR	AL	16	14	6	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	11	2	18%	8	.616	3	2	8	4	0	10	9	5	8	4	8	3	5.3
1983	28	TOR	AL	47	47	16	0	3	8	5	3	63%	22	9	47	15	32%	8	.967	19	10	18	24	3	20	33	14	11	27	17	17	3.3
1984	29	SEA	AL	20	17	9	1	0	3	3	0	100%	3	0	24	11	46%	9	.766	5	3	8	5	2	10	13	4	5	9	6	3	4.9
1985	30	SEA	AL	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	15	8	53%	5	.486	2	2	8	1	2	9	10	2	9	1	11	1	6.8
7 Yrs				131	123	43	4	3	12	8	4	67%	31	13	122	45	37%		.755	36	20	64	38	12	73	78	45	46	53	55	32	4.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	23	CHC	NL	109	38%	0.0%	13.8%	10.1%	6.4%	26%	0.93	75%	25	0	0%
1979	24	CHC	NL	58	38%	0.0%	8.6%	6.9%	3.5%	20%	0.60	83%	11	1	9%

1981	26	CHC	NL	66	24%	0.0%	10.6%	15.2%	1.5%	9%	1.00	74%	15	1	7%
1982	27	TOR	AL	142	30%	4.2%	15.5%	12.0%	8.5%	38%	0.73	67%	31	0	0%
1983	28	TOR	AL	230	38%	1.7%	21.7%	13.5%	6.1%	30%	0.91	62%	41	3	7%
1984	29	SEA	AL	185	34%	1.1%	15.1%	4.9%	6.5%	26%	0.56	78%	41	3	7%
1985	30	SEA	AL	128	34%	2.3%	13.3%	11.7%	10.9%	40%	0.66	73%	20	2	10%
7 Yrs				918	34%	1.6%	15.7%	10.6%	6.8%	30%	0.74	71%	184	10	5%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	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
1978	23	CHC	NL	109	27			0	0	6	0	0	0	0	8	3	2	38%	1	1	0	49	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	24	CHC	NL	58	10			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	0	0	0	20	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1981	26	CHC	NL	66	11			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	50%	2	0	0	22	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
1982	27	TOR	AL	142	32			6	0	6	5	1	3	3	7	1	1	14%	1	0	0	54	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1983	28	TOR	AL	230	47			4	1	7	3	1	3	1	15	8	2	53%	1	2	0	87	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1984	29	SEA	AL	185	47			2	0	7	0	2	1	1	15	7	3	47%	2	0	0	80	2	2	50%	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	0
1985	30	SEA	AL	128	35			3	0	2	3	0	2	1	12	7	2	58%	1	0	0	60	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7 Yrs				918	209			15	1	33	11	4	9	6	65	30	11	46%	8	3	0	372	20	6	77%	20	5	0	1	0	0	2	1	12	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1978	23	1	0	1.000	4.24	18	1	4	0	23.1	27	12	11	0	11	4	15	0	0	1	109	96	1.629	10.4	0.0	4.2	5.8	1.36	96
1979	24	1	0	1.000	2.82	25	1	7	0	38.1	37	13	12	0	15	5	20	1	0	1	167	147	1.357	8.7	0.0	3.5	4.7	1.33	147
1980	25	1	0	1.000	2.82	25	1	7	0	38.1	37	13	12	0	15	5	20	1	0	1	167	147	1.357	8.7	0.0	3.5	4.7	1.33	147
1981	26	3	0	1.000	2.15	36	3	11	0	54.1	48	16	13	0	25	6	27	1	0	1	233	188	1.344	8.0	0.0	4.1	4.5	1.08	188
1982	27	4	1	.800	2.83	52	5	17	0	86.0	80	31	27	6	42	8	49	3	1	1	375	150	1.419	8.4	0.6	4.4	5.1	1.17	150
1983	28	4	4	.500	3.51	99	5	33	5	138.1	127	59	54	10	73	13	99	5	2	3	605	122	1.446	8.3	0.7	4.7	6.4	1.36	122
1984	29	5	5	.500	3.67	119	8	42	8	181.2	174	81	74	12	82	16	127	7	2	3	790	115	1.409	8.6	0.6	4.1	6.3	1.55	115
1985	30	5	5	.500	4.01	131	8	43	8	208.2	209	102	93	15	97	19	144	7	3	3	918	105	1.466	9.0	0.6	4.2	6.2	1.48	105

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
1978	23	1	1	.500	4.13	24.0	27	12	11	0	11	15	0	1.583	10.1	4.1	5.6	1.36	0.0	18
1979	24	1	0	1.000	0.64	14.0	10	1	1	0	4	5	1	1.000	6.4	2.6	3.2	1.25	0.0	7

1981	26	2	0	1.000	0.82	22.0	18	2	2	0	16	10	0	1.545	7.4	6.5	4.1	0.63	0.0	11
1982	27	2	1	.667	3.77	31.0	31	14	13	6	16	22	2	1.516	9.0	4.6	6.4	1.38	1.7	16
1983	28	2	3	.400	4.86	50.0	47	30	27	4	31	48	2	1.560	8.5	5.6	8.6	1.55	0.7	47
1984	29	2	2	.500	4.71	42.0	49	24	22	2	9	27	2	1.381	10.5	1.9	5.8	3.00	0.4	20
1985	30	0	2	.000	6.92	26.0	36	22	20	3	15	16	0	1.962	12.5	5.2	5.5	1.07	1.0	12
7 Yrs		10	9	.526	4.13	209.0	218	105	96	15	102	143	7	1.531	9.4		6.2	1.40	0.6	131

* 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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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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