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Dave Goltz

David Allan Goltz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 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
Teams (by GP): Twins/Dodgers/Angels 1972-1983
Agents: LaRue Harcourt [*]
Final Game: June 22, 1983
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:07AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #412. Roy Face… #413. Billy O'Dell… #414. Cy Falkenberg… #415. DAVE GOLTZ… #416. Francisco Cordero… #417. Don Gullett… #418. Ed Killian… 

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
1972 23 MIN AL 3 3 .500 2.67 15 11 2 2 0 1 91.0 75 30 27 5 26 3 38 0 1 1 368 121 1.110 7.4 0.5 2.6 3.8 1.46
1973 24 MIN AL 6 4 .600 5.25 32 10 11 1 0 1 106.1 138 68 62 11 32 1 65 2 0 5 477 76 1.599 11.7 0.9 2.7 5.5 2.03
1974 25 MIN AL 10 10 .500 3.25 28 24 1 5 1 1 174.1 192 81 63 14 45 1 89 7 0 4 746 116 1.359 9.9 0.7 2.3 4.6 1.98
1975 26 MIN AL 14 14 .500 3.67 32 32 0 15 1 0 243.0 235 112 99 18 72 2 128 6 3 11 1015 106 1.263 8.7 0.7 2.7 4.7 1.78
1976 27 MIN AL 14 14 .500 3.36 36 35 0 13 4 0 249.1 239 113 93 14 91 4 133 5 1 15 1054 107 1.324 8.6 0.5 3.3 4.8 1.46
1977 28 MIN AL 20 11 .645 3.36 39 39 0 19 2 0 303.0 284 129 113 23 91 4 186 2 1 9 1253 120 1.238 8.4 0.7 2.7 5.5 2.04 CYA-6
1978 29 MIN AL 15 10 .600 2.49 29 29 0 13 2 0 220.1 209 72 61 12 67 1 116 1 1 4 913 155 1.253 8.5 0.5 2.7 4.7 1.73
1979 30 MIN AL 14 13 .519 4.16 36 35 1 12 1 0 250.2 282 124 116 22 69 3 132 1 0 5 1061 106 1.400 10.1 0.8 2.5 4.7 1.91
1980 31 LAD NL 7 11 .389 4.31 35 27 2 2 2 1 171.1 198 91 82 12 59 3 91 0 1 3 739 82 1.500 10.4 0.6 3.1 4.8 1.54
1981 32 LAD NL 2 7 .222 4.09 26 8 3 0 0 1 77.0 83 35 35 4 25 3 48 0 1 2 319 82 1.403 9.7 0.5 2.9 5.6 1.92
1982 33 TOT MLB 8 6 .571 4.12 30 8 17 1 0 3 89.2 88 47 41 4 32 1 52 1 0 2 382 99 1.338 8.8 0.4 3.2 5.2 1.63
1982 33 CAL AL 8 5 .615 4.08 28 7 16 1 0 3 86.0 82 43 39 4 32 1 49 1 0 2 365 99 1.326 8.6 0.4 3.3 5.1 1.53
1982 33 LAD NL 0 1 .000 4.91 2 1 1 0 0 0 3.2 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 17 80 1.636 14.7 0.0 0.0 7.4
1983 34 CAL AL 0 6 .000 6.22 15 6 2 0 0 0 63.2 81 48 44 10 37 2 27 1 1 1 301 65 1.853 11.5 1.4 5.2 3.8 0.73
12 Seasons 113 109 .509 3.69 353 264 39 83 13 8 2039.2 2104 950 836 149 646 28 1105 26 10 62 8628 105 1.348 9.3 0.7 2.9 4.9 1.71
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .509 3.69 39 29 4 9 1 1 225 232 105 92 16 71 3 122 3 1 7 951 105 1.348 9.3 0.7 2.9 4.9 1.71
MIN (8 yrs) 96 79 .549 3.48 247 215 15 80 11 3 1638.0 1654 729 634 119 493 19 887 24 7 54 6887 112 1.311 9.1 0.7 2.7 4.9 1.80
LAD (3 yrs) 9 19 .321 4.25 63 36 6 2 2 2 252.0 287 130 119 16 84 6 142 0 2 5 1075 82 1.472 10.3 0.6 3.0 5.1 1.69
CAL (2 yrs) 8 11 .421 4.99 43 13 18 1 0 3 149.2 163 91 83 14 69 3 76 2 1 3 666 81 1.550 9.8 0.8 4.1 4.6 1.10
AL (10 yrs) AL 104 90 .536 3.61 290 228 33 81 11 6 1787.2 1817 820 717 133 562 22 963 26 8 57 7553 109 1.331 9.1 0.7 2.8 4.8 1.71
NL (3 yrs) NL 9 19 .321 4.25 63 36 6 2 2 2 252.0 287 130 119 16 84 6 142 0 2 5 1075 82 1.472 10.3 0.6 3.0 5.1 1.69

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1972 23 MIN AL 91.0 11 30 40 4 .9 10 1.1 $
1973 24 MIN AL 106.1 10 68 62 -1 .7 -6 -0.7 $
1974 25 MIN AL 174.1 24 81 103 -3 .9 22 2.3 $
1975 26 MIN AL 243.0 32 112 141 1 1.1 29 3.2 $
1976 27 MIN AL 249.1 35 113 133 3 1.1 20 2.3 $
1977 28 MIN AL 303.0 39 129 182 -1 1.0 53 5.5 $ CYA-6
1978 29 MIN AL 220.1 29 72 127 1 1.1 55 6.1 $
1979 30 MIN AL 250.2 35 124 163 0 1.0 39 3.9 $
1980 31 LAD NL 171.1 27 91 86 3 1.0 -5 -0.6 $
1981 32 LAD NL 77.0 8 35 38 0 1.0 3 0.2 $
1982 33 LAD NL 3.2 1 4 2 0 .8 -2 -0.2 $
1982 33 CAL AL 86.0 7 43 46 3 1.0 3 0.1 $
1983 34 CAL AL 63.2 6 48 41 -2 .8 -7 -0.8 $
12 Seasons 2039.2 264 950 1164 8 1.0 214 22.4 $
MIN (8 yrs) 1638.0 215 729 951 4 1.0 222 23.7 $
LAD (3 yrs) 252.0 36 130 126 3 1.0 -4 -0.6 $
CAL (2 yrs) 149.2 13 91 87 1 .9 -4 -0.7 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1981 32 LAD NL WS W NYY 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.500 10.8 2.7 2.7 5.4 2.00
1982 33 CAL AL ALCS L MIL 0 0 7.36 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 16 1.636 9.8 2.5 4.9 4.9 1.00
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 6.43 3 0 0 0 0 0 7.0 8 5 5 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 31 1.571 10.3 2.6 3.9 5.1 1.33
1 ALCS 0 0 7.36 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 4 3 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 16 1.636 9.8 2.5 4.9 4.9 1.00
1 WS 0 0 5.40 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.500 10.8 2.7 2.7 5.4 2.00

Standard Batting

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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
1972 23 MIN AL 15 34 29 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .103 .161 .103 .265 -21 3 1 0 3 0 0 1
1973 24 MIN AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 25 MIN AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 26 MIN AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 27 MIN AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 28 MIN AL 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-6
1978 29 MIN AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 30 MIN AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 31 LAD NL 35 61 47 1 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 23 .128 .241 .128 .368 7 6 0 0 7 0 0 1
1981 32 LAD NL 26 21 17 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .059 .158 .059 .217 -35 1 0 1 2 0 0 1
1982 33 TOT MLB 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 33 CAL AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1
1982 33 LAD NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1
1983 34 CAL AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 356 117 94 1 10 0 0 0 7 0 0 10 49 .106 .200 .106 .306 -10 10 1 1 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 53 43 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 5 22 .106 .200 .106 .306 -10 5 0 0 5 0 0
MIN (8 yrs) 250 34 29 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .103 .161 .103 .265 -21 3 1 0 3 0 0
LAD (3 yrs) 63 83 65 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 32 .108 .216 .108 .324 -6 7 0 1 9 0 0
CAL (2 yrs) 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 293 34 29 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 17 .103 .161 .103 .265 -21 3 1 0 3 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 63 83 65 1 7 0 0 0 6 0 0 8 32 .108 .216 .108 .324 -6 7 0 1 9 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1972 23 MIN AL 34 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ 1
1980 31 LAD NL 61 -6 -2 -1 0 0 5 2 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $500,000 1
1981 32 LAD NL 21 -3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $500,000 1
1982 33 LAD NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $500,000 1/1
4 Seasons 117 -13 -2 -1 0 0 9 4 -3 -0.6 -3 -0.3 -0.3 $1,500,000
LAD (3 yrs) 83 -9 -2 -1 0 0 7 3 -2 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $1,500,000
MIN (1 yr) 34 -4 0 0 0 0 2 1 -1 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 32 LAD NL WS NYY W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1972 MIN AL 23 P 15 91.0 23 8 14 1 0 .957 2.18 1.47 .950 1.86 1.85
1973 MIN AL 24 P 32 106.1 25 7 17 1 4 .960 2.03 0.75 .951 1.86 1.85
1974 MIN AL 25 P 28 174.1 43 14 27 2 3 .953 2.12 1.46 .947 1.81 1.80
1975 MIN AL 26 P 32 243.0 61 20 38 3 4 .951 2.15 1.81 .940 1.87 1.86
1976 MIN AL 27 P 36 249.1 56 18 35 3 3 .946 1.91 1.47 .950 1.87 1.88
1977 MIN AL 28 P 39 303.0 66 20 41 5 4 .924 1.81 1.56 .948 1.95 1.93 CYA-6
1977 MIN AL 28 DH 1 1 CYA-6
1978 MIN AL 29 P 29 220.1 54 24 28 2 2 .963 2.12 1.79 .954 1.90 1.88
1979 MIN AL 30 P 36 250.2 52 16 34 2 3 .962 1.80 1.39 .949 1.92 1.89
1980 LAD NL 31 P 35 171.1 36 11 24 1 1 .972 1.84 1.00 .952 1.91 1.91
1981 LAD NL 32 P 26 77.0 20 6 14 0 1 1.000 2.34 0.77 .959 1.98 1.98
1982 TOT MLB 33 P 30 89.2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.10 0.37 .956 1.81 1.81
1982 CAL AL 33 P 28 86.0 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 0.94 0.32 .958 1.80 1.80
1982 LAD NL 33 P 2 3.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 4.91 1.00 .950 1.96 1.95
1983 CAL AL 34 P 15 63.2 13 4 8 1 1 .923 1.70 0.80 .958 1.80 1.78
12 Seasons P 353 2039.2 460 152 287 21 26 .954 1.94 1.24 .949 1.89 1.87
12 Seasons TOT 353 2039.2 460 152 287 21 26 .954 1.94 1.24 .949 1.89 1.87
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1989 BBWAA ()

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (6, 14%)
0.14 Career Shares (171st)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 AL  6.1 (7th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1977 AL  5.5 (5th)
1978 AL  6.1 (4th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1977 AL  3.36 (8th)
1978 AL  2.49 (5th)

Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  20 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1977 AL  1.238 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  8.436 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1977 AL  303.0 (2nd)
1979 AL  250.7 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1977 AL  186 (6th)
1979 AL  132 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1977 AL  39 (1st)
1979 AL  35 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 AL  19 (6th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1976 AL  4 (5th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  91 (6th)
1977 AL  91 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1976 AL  239 (10th)
1977 AL  284 (1st)
1979 AL  282 (1st)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  0.683 (10th)
1978 AL  0.490 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  113 (4th)
1979 AL  116 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1975 AL  11 (5th)
1976 AL  15 (1st)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1977 AL  1,253 (3rd)
1979 AL  1,061 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1977 AL  120 (10th)
1978 AL  155 (4th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  22 (10th)
1978 AL  31 (6th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  2.3 (10th)
1978 AL  3.5 (6th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1977 AL  29.26 (8th)
1978 AL  30.16 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1978 AL  3.4 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1978 AL  2.3 (10th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1977 AL  3.1 (8th)
1978 AL  3.3 (7th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1977 AL  5 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1975 AL  1.81 (4th)


† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 33 (724), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (868), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1017), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Doc Medich (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Frank Sullivan (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Kevin Brown (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rick Rhoden (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
197728Minnesota Twins$50,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
198031Los Angeles Dodgers$500,0001980 TSN Guide$425K/year plus $450K bonus
198132Los Angeles Dodgers$500,0001980 TSN Guide$425K/year plus $450K bonus
198233Los Angeles Dodgers$500,0001980 TSN Guide$425K/year plus $450K bonus
33California Angels$33,5001984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databaseWaived by Dodgers during long-term deal
198334Los Angeles Dodgers$500,0001980 TSN Guide$425K/year plus $450K bonus from Dodgers; waived
34California Angels$150,0001984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databasePlayer loss; $320,000 request; waived by LA in '82
198435Los Angeles Dodgers$500,0001980 TSN Guide$425K/year plus $450K bonus; retired after 1983
198536Los Angeles Dodgers$500,0001980 TSN Guide$425K/year plus $450K bonus; retired after 1983
Career to date (may be incomplete)$3,233,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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