Dave Goltz
David Allan Goltz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: June 23, 1949 in Pelican Rapids, MN
High School: Rothsay (Rothsay, MN)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1972
Final Game: June 22, 1983
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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
1972 MIN AL 23 P 15 11 91.0 23 8 14 1 0 .957 2.18 1.47 .948 1.86 0.75
1973 MIN AL 24 P 32 10 106.1 25 7 17 1 4 .960 2.03 0.75 .952 1.86 0.86
1974 MIN AL 25 P 28 24 174.1 43 14 27 2 3 .953 2.12 1.46 .947 1.81 0.83
1975 MIN AL 26 P 32 32 243.0 61 20 38 3 4 .951 2.15 1.81 .939 1.87 0.85
1976 MIN AL 27 P 36 35 249.1 56 18 35 3 3 .946 1.91 1.47 .950 1.87 0.85
1977 MIN AL 28 P 39 39 303.0 66 20 41 5 4 .924 1.81 1.56 .950 1.95 0.84 CYA-6
1977 MIN AL 28 DH 1 CYA-6
1978 MIN AL 29 P 29 29 220.1 54 24 28 2 2 .963 2.12 1.79 .954 1.90 0.85
1979 MIN AL 30 P 36 35 250.2 52 16 34 2 3 .962 1.80 1.39 .948 1.92 0.81
1980 LAD NL 31 P 35 27 171.1 36 11 24 1 1 .972 1.84 1.00 .950 1.91 0.69
1981 LAD NL 32 P 26 8 77.0 20 6 14 0 1 1.000 2.34 0.77 .955 1.98 0.68
1982 TOT MLB 33 P 30 8 89.2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.10 0.37 .955 1.81 0.73
1982 LAD NL 33 P 2 1 3.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.91 1.00 .950 1.96 0.70
1982 CAL AL 33 P 28 7 86.0 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 0.94 0.32 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 CAL AL 34 P 15 6 63.2 13 4 8 1 1 .923 1.70 0.80 .962 1.80 0.73
12 Seasons P 353 264 2039.2 460 152 287 21 26 .954 1.94 1.24 .949 1.89 0.80
1 Season DH 1
12 Seasons TOT 353 264 2039.2 460 152 287 21 26 .954 1.94 1.24 .903 1.89 0.80

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
1972 MIN AL 23 15 11 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIN AL 24 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIN AL 25 28 0 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MIN AL 26 32 0 1 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIN AL 27 37 0 1 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 MIN AL 28 41 1 2 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1978 MIN AL 29 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MIN AL 30 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 LAD NL 31 35 27 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 LAD NL 32 26 8 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CAL AL 33 28 0 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 LAD NL 33 2 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 34 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 356 48 83 353 353 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2
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%
1972 MIN AL 23 374 83% 36% 18 89% 0 8 0 7 16 14 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 MIN AL 24 494 80% 28% 21 95% 1 7 4 2 17 10 4 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 3 1 3 67%
1974 MIN AL 25 773 82% 29% 34 88% 1 14 2 8 27 24 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 67%
1975 MIN AL 26 1066 81% 34% 41 95% 0 20 3 17 37 28 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 4 4 0 5 100%
1976 MIN AL 27 1113 79% 33% 36 94% 2 18 3 12 34 26 2 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 2 1 2 50%
1977 MIN AL 28 1305 79% 30% 46 91% 1 23 4 12 44 28 5 5 1 3 1 3 4 1 4 0 3 67%
1978 MIN AL 29 942 80% 31% 34 91% 0 24 1 18 27 22 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
1979 MIN AL 30 1097 82% 30% 36 97% 0 16 2 8 33 27 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 3 3 0 2 100%
1980 LAD NL 31 773 81% 30% 28 82% 1 11 1 9 23 18 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 100%
1981 LAD NL 32 335 78% 35% 15 93% 1 5 0 5 16 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1982 CAL AL 33 377 78% 33% 6 83% 0 4 0 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1982 LAD NL 33 17 82% 41% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CAL AL 34 314 79% 30% 13 85% 0 4 1 1 8 7 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 100%
12 Seasons 8980 80% 31% 330 92% 7 154 21 102 289 221 25 21 1 11 9 9 26 15 23 3 30 87%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 90% 88%

* 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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