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 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
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 95 1.629 10.4 0.0 4.2 5.8 1.36
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 58 692 0.933 6.0 0.0 2.4 3.0 1.25
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 66 658 1.313 6.2 0.0 5.6 3.9 0.70
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 0 142 113 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 93 1.490 8.1 0.7 5.3 8.6 1.61
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 AL 0 0 6.33 12 0 1 0 0 0 27.0 35 21 19 3 15 3 17 0 1 0 128 66 1.852 11.7 1.0 5.0 5.7 1.13
7 Seasons 5 5 .500 4.01 131 8 43 0 0 8 208.2 209 102 93 15 97 19 144 7 3 3 918 104 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 1 449 104 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 1 233 184 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 2 372 100 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 91 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 1 233 184 1.344 8.0 0.0 4.1 4.5 1.08

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
7 Seasons 131 918 808 102 209 42 5 15 20 6 97 144 .259 .342 .379 .720 .297 306 10 7 2 4 19
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
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
1978 23 CHC NL 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43 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% 53 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% 37 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 50 29 7 2 0 3 4.2 5.6 5.2
4 Seasons 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

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
1978 23 CHC NL 18 17 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 12 7 58% 8 0.778 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 0.429 2 0 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 1.108 2 2 4 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 0.619 3 2 9 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 0.987 20 10 17 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 0.790 5 3 9 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 0.510 2 2 8 1 2 9 10 2 9 1 11 1 6.8
7 Seasons 131 123 43 4 3 12 8 4 67% 31 13 122 45 37% 0.772 38 20 64 38 12 73 78 45 46 53 55 32 4.2

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%
1978 23 CHC NL 109 62% 0.0% 13.8% 10.1% 6.4% 26% 0.93 75% 25 0 0%
1979 24 CHC NL 58 62% 0.0% 8.6% 6.9% 3.5% 20% 0.60 83% 11 1 9%
1981 26 CHC NL 66 76% 0.0% 10.6% 15.2% 1.5% 9% 1.00 74% 15 1 7%
1982 27 TOR AL 142 70% 4.2% 15.5% 12.0% 8.5% 38% 0.73 67% 31 0 0%
1983 28 TOR AL 230 62% 1.7% 21.7% 13.5% 6.1% 30% 0.91 62% 41 3 7%
1984 29 SEA AL 185 66% 1.1% 15.1% 4.9% 6.5% 26% 0.56 78% 41 3 7%
1985 30 SEA AL 128 66% 2.3% 13.3% 11.7% 10.9% 40% 0.66 73% 20 2 10%
7 Seasons 918 66% 1.6% 15.7% 10.6% 6.8% 30% 0.74 71% 184 10 5%
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1978 23 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 95 1.629 10.4 0.0 4.2 5.8 1.36 95
1979 24 1 0 1.000 2.82 25 1 7 0 0 0 38.1 37 13 12 0 15 5 20 1 0 1 167 144 1.357 8.7 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.33 144
1980 25 1 0 1.000 2.82 25 1 7 0 0 0 38.1 37 13 12 0 15 5 20 1 0 1 167 144 1.357 8.7 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.33 144
1981 26 3 0 1.000 2.15 36 3 11 0 0 0 54.1 48 16 13 0 25 6 27 1 0 1 233 184 1.344 8.0 0.0 4.1 4.5 1.08 184
1982 27 4 1 .800 2.83 52 5 17 0 0 0 86.0 80 31 27 6 42 8 49 3 1 1 375 147 1.419 8.4 0.6 4.4 5.1 1.17 147
1983 28 4 4 .500 3.51 99 5 33 0 0 5 138.1 127 59 54 10 73 13 99 5 2 3 605 120 1.446 8.3 0.7 4.7 6.4 1.36 120
1984 29 5 5 .500 3.67 119 8 42 0 0 8 181.2 174 81 74 12 82 16 127 7 2 3 790 114 1.409 8.6 0.6 4.1 6.3 1.55 114
1985 30 5 5 .500 4.01 131 8 43 0 0 8 208.2 209 102 93 15 97 19 144 7 3 3 918 104 1.466 9.0 0.6 4.2 6.2 1.48 104

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
1978 23 1 1 .500 4.30 23.0 28 12 11 0 11 15 0 1.696 11.0 4.3 5.9 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 0.78 23.0 17 2 2 0 15 10 0 1.391 6.7 5.9 3.9 0.67 0.0 11
1982 27 1 2 .333 4.20 30.0 32 16 14 6 17 21 2 1.633 9.6 5.1 6.3 1.24 1.8 16
1983 28 2 3 .400 4.59 51.0 46 29 26 4 30 49 2 1.490 8.1 5.3 8.6 1.63 0.7 47
1984 29 2 2 .500 4.50 42.0 48 23 21 2 9 27 2 1.357 10.3 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 Seasons 9 10 .474 4.09 209.0 217 105 95 15 101 143 7 1.522 9.3 6.2 1.42 0.6 131

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