Del Unser

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: December 9, 1944 in Decatur, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS), the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 4th round of the 1966 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS) and the Washington Senators in the 1st round (18th) of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

Schools: Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL), Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: April 10, 1968 (Age 23-123d, 12,660th in major league history)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 6, 1982 (Age 37-179d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Delbert Bernard Unser

Pronunciation: \UN-sur\

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Relatives: Son of Al Unser

1980 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.7

5215

1344

.258

617

RBI

481

OBP

.319

SLG

.358

OPS

.677

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 8	MON	@	NYM	L,5-6	GS	39	8.2	5	0	0	5	0	LF 1B
2	3	Apr 9 (1)	MON	@	NYM	L,5-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
3	4	Apr 9 (2)	MON	@	NYM	W,5-0	GS	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 1B
4	5	Apr 12	MON	@	PHI	W,8-7	GS	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF RF 1B
5	6	Apr 14	MON		NYM	L,2-3	CG	39	10.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
6	7	Apr 15	MON		NYM	W,4-3	CG	40	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
7	8	Apr 16	MON		NYM	W,4-1	GS	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF 1B
8	9	Apr 18	MON	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 1B
9	10	Apr 19	MON	@	CHC	W,8-6	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1B
10	11	Apr 22 (1)	MON		PHI	W,7-3	GF	13	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
11	12	Apr 22 (2)	MON		PHI	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	PR 1B
12	13	Apr 23	MON		PHI	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
13	14	Apr 24	MON		STL	W,5-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
14	16 (1)	Apr 26	MON		STL	L,2-12	GF	14	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
15	17	Apr 28	MON	@	HOU	W,6-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
16	19 (1)	Apr 30	MON	@	HOU	W,2-1	GF	9	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
17	20	May 3	MON		HOU	W,10-3	GF	4	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
18	21	May 5	MON	@	CIN	W,4-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
19	23 (1)	May 7 (1)	MON	@	CIN	W,19-5	GF	9	2.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
20	25 (1)	May 9 (1)	MON	@	ATL	L,2-3	GF	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1B
21	26	May 9 (2)	MON	@	ATL	W,7-6	GF	7	2.0	1	1	0	2	1	PH CF 1B
22	27	May 10	MON		NYM	L,2-7	GS	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF 1B
23	28	May 11	MON		NYM	L,2-3	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
24	29	May 12	MON		ATL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	1B
25	30	May 13	MON		ATL	W,3-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
26	36 (5)	May 20	MON		PIT	L,0-6	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
27	38 (1)	May 22	MON		PIT	W,5-2	GF	4	1.0	1	1	0	2	0	1B
28	39	May 23	MON	@	STL	W,4-1	GF	7	2.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
29	41 (1)	May 25	MON	@	STL	W,11-2	CG	36	9.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
30	42	May 26	MON	@	PIT	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
31	44 (1)	May 28	MON	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
32	45	May 29	MON		CHC	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
33	46	May 30	MON		CHC	W,7-4	GF	16	3.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
34	47	May 31	MON		CHC	W,9-1	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR 1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	49 (1)	Jun 3	MON		SFG	W,5-3	GF	6	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
36	51 (1)	Jun 5	MON		SDP	W,4-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
37	52	Jun 6 susp	MON		SDP	W,4-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
38	53	Jun 7	MON		SDP	W,8-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
39	54	Jun 8	MON		LAD	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
40	55	Jun 9	MON		LAD	W,10-9	GF	7	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
41	56	Jun 10	MON		LAD	L,4-5	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
42	58 (1)	Jun 12	MON	@	SFG	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	1B
43	59	Jun 13	MON	@	SFG	L,5-9	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	60	Jun 14 (1)	MON	@	SDP	L,2-6	CG	38	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
45	61	Jun 14 (2)	MON	@	SDP	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
46	62	Jun 15	MON	@	SDP	W,3-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
47	64 (1)	Jun 17	MON	@	LAD	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
48	67 (2)	Jun 21	MON	@	NYM	W,2-1	GS	27	6.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF RF
49	68	Jun 22	MON	@	NYM	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
50	69	Jun 23	MON	@	STL	L,4-8	GF	10	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PH LF
51	70	Jun 24	MON	@	STL	W,2-0	GF	5	1.1	2	0	0	2	0	1B
52	71	Jun 25	MON	@	STL	L,5-7	GS	24	6.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
53	72	Jun 26	MON		PHI	W,5-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
54	76 (3)	Jul 1	MON		STL	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
55	78 (1)	Jul 2 (2)	MON		STL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
56	79	Jul 3	MON	@	PIT	W,2-0	GF	7	2.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
57	81 (1)	Jul 4 (2)	MON	@	PIT	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
58	83 (1)	Jul 7	MON	@	PHI	W,7-4	GF	7	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
59	85 (1)	Jul 8 (2)	MON	@	PHI	W,8-1	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	3	1B
60	86	Jul 9	MON	@	PHI	L,7-8	GF	6	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
61	87	Jul 13	MON		HOU	W,6-0	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	1B
62	88	Jul 14 (1)	MON		HOU	L,3-4	GF	19	5.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
63	89	Jul 14 (2)	MON		HOU	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
64	90	Jul 15	MON		HOU	W,8-0	GF	24	6.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
65	91	Jul 16	MON		HOU	W,6-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
66	93 (1)	Jul 18	MON	@	CIN	W,3-1	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
67	96 (2)	Jul 20	MON		ATL	W,7-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
68	97	Jul 21	MON		CIN	L,3-10	GF	34	6.0	7	1	0	8	0	PH 1B
69	98	Jul 22	MON		CIN	L,1-2	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
70	99	Jul 23	MON		CIN	L,4-5		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
71	100	Jul 24	MON	@	HOU	L,5-6	GF	10	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	1B
72	102 (1)	Jul 26	MON	@	HOU	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
73	106 (3)	Jul 30	MON	@	ATL	W,19-0	GF	19	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
74	111 (4)	Aug 5	MON	@	CHC	W,7-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
75	112	Aug 6 (1)	MON	@	CHC	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
76	113	Aug 6 (2)	MON	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
77	116 (2)	Aug 11	MON		CHC	W,1-0	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
78	118 (1)	Aug 13	MON		CHC	L,1-2	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
79	123 (4)	Aug 19	MON		SDP	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
80	124	Aug 20	MON		SDP	L,4-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
81	125	Aug 21	MON		LAD	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
82	137 (11)	Sep 4 (1)	MON	@	CHC	W,5-3	GF	17	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
83	138	Sep 4 (2)	MON	@	CHC	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
84	139	Sep 5	MON	@	CHC	W,10-8	GS	34	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
85	142 (2)	Sep 8	MON		CHC	L,2-4	GS	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	RF
86	151 (8)	Sep 17	MON	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
87	159 (7)	Sep 27	MON	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	39	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
88	160	Sep 29	MON	@	STL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
89	161	Sep 30	MON	@	STL	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
90	162	Oct 1	MON	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
							99gm		392.1	236	12	2	250	16