Dave Van Gorder

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: March 27, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 9th round of the 1975 MLB June Amateur Draft from Chandler HS (Chandler, AZ) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Chandler HS (Chandler, AZ)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: June 15, 1982 (Age 25-080d, 14,607th in major league history)
vs. SFG 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 11, 1987 (Age 30-106d)
vs. MIN 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: David Thomas Van Gorder

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.7

420

.212

RBI

OBP

.280

SLG

.267

OPS

.547

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-34 / in Starts: 24-18
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 6 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 166 PAs	24
Actual Runners on Base	114 (51-42-21)
Avg. MLBer w/ 166 PAs	18
Avg. Runners on Base	100 (50-33-17)

Most Driven In
D ConcepciÃ³n	7
R Oester	4
E Milner	4
N Esasky	3
Self	2
G Redus	1
E Davis	1
D Walker	1

Most Driven In By
D Parker	2
Self	2
J Franco	1
E Davis	1
P Rose	1
T PÃ©rez	1
D ConcepciÃ³n	1
J Tibbs	1

1985 Batting Game Log

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1985 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	90	3 (2)	Apr 12	CIN	@	NYM	L,0-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						C
2	91	4	Apr 13	CIN	@	NYM	L,1-2	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						C
3	92	6 (1)	Apr 15	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-8	CG	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.600	1.200	8	.44	0.098	.57	0.08%	2.62	C
4	93	7	Apr 16	CIN	@	ATL	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375	.375	.375	.750	8	1.28	-0.103	1.82	-0.09%	-0.92	C
5	94	8	Apr 17	CIN	@	ATL	W,6-1	CG	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.400	.417	.400	.817	8	.70	0.008	1.08	0.01%	-0.03	C
6	95	9	Apr 18	CIN		SFG	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.333	.308	.641	8	1.16	-0.128	1.85	-0.12%	-0.91	C
7	96	10	Apr 19	CIN		SFG	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.316	.250	.566	8	.93	-0.058	1.63	-0.06%	-0.55	C
8	97	11	Apr 20	CIN		SFG	W,2-1	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.318	.222	.540	8	1.07	-0.010	1.86	-0.01%	-0.06	C
9	98	15 (3)	Apr 24	CIN	@	HOU	W,8-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.280	.190	.470	8	.98	-0.074	1.92	-0.09%	-0.62	C
10	99	16	Apr 25	CIN	@	SFG	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.160	.241	.160	.401	8	.91	-0.089	1.65	-0.10%	-0.90	C
11	100	17	Apr 26	CIN	@	SFG	L,6-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.212	.138	.350	8	.28	-0.030	.52	-0.03%	-0.71	C
12	101	19 (1)	Apr 28	CIN	@	SFG	L,1-2	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.133	.206	.133	.339	8	4.61	-0.077	8.53	-0.09%	-0.38	C
13	102	20	Apr 30	CIN		ATL	L,4-8	7-GF	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.250	.188	.438	9	.39	0.038	.70	0.04%	0.75	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	103	21	May 1	CIN		ATL	L,9-17	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.275	.250	.525	8	.03	0.003	.06	0.00%	0.82	C
15	104	22	May 3	CIN		NYM	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.273	.250	.523	8	.56	-0.004	.77	0.00%	-0.42	C
16	105	23	May 4	CIN		NYM	W,14-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.209	.271	.233	.503	8	.49	-0.051	.63	-0.04%	-0.43	C
17	106	24	May 5	CIN		NYM	L,2-3	GS-9	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.213	.269	.255	.525	8	2.30	0.270	3.27	0.23%	1.69	C
18	107	25	May 7	CIN	@	PHI	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.250	.235	.485	8	.87	-0.094	1.14	-0.07%	-1.09	C
19	108	26	May 8	CIN	@	PHI	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.218	.267	.309	.576	8	.91	0.281	1.27	0.24%	2.16	C
20	109	27	May 10	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.211	.258	.298	.556	8	1.64	-0.121	2.88	-0.13%	-1.10	C
21	110	28	May 11	CIN		HOU	L,7-10	GS-8	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.277	.305	.582	8	.64	0.049	1.25	0.06%	0.78	C
22	111	29	May 12	CIN		HOU	L,5-10	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.206	.261	.286	.547	8	1.88	-0.238	3.49	-0.27%	-1.81	C
23	112	30	May 13	CIN		PHI	W,7-3	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.274	.299	.572	8	1.42	0.256	1.99	0.22%	1.83	C
24	113	31	May 14	CIN		PHI	L,1-7	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.267	.290	.557	8	1.15	-0.053	1.57	-0.04%	-0.50	C
25	114	32	May 15	CIN	@	MON	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.266	.288	.553	8	1.01	-0.013	1.32	-0.01%	-0.16	C
26	115	33	May 16	CIN	@	MON	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.208	.253	.273	.526	8	.86	-0.146	1.33	-0.14%	-1.38	C
27	116	34	May 17	CIN	@	PIT	W,6-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.253	.273	.526	9						C
28	117	40 (5)	May 24	CIN		STL	W,7-6	8-GF(12)	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.267	.288	.555	8	3.98	0.789	6.94	0.82%	2.49	PH C
29	118	42 (1)	May 26	CIN		STL	L,2-7	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.276	.296	.572	4	.10	0.004	.16	0.00%	0.25	C
30	119	45 (2)	May 29	CIN		CHC	W,1-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.276	.296	.572	4						C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	120	49 (3)	Jun 4	CIN		PIT	W,9-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.273	.293	.565	3	.02	-0.001	.04	0.00%	-0.58	C
32	121	51 (1)	Jun 7 (1)	CIN		SDP	L,3-9	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.226	.264	.286	.549	8	.30	-0.022	.90	-0.04%	-0.39	C
33	122	56 (4)	Jun 13	CIN	@	ATL	W,9-2	10-GF(11)	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.272	.294	.566	5	1.66	0.053	2.90	0.06%	1.00	C
34	123	57	Jun 14	CIN	@	ATL	L,4-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.272	.294	.566	5						C
35	124	60 (2)	Jun 17	CIN	@	SFG	L,0-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.269	.291	.560	9	.35	-0.010	.62	-0.01%	-0.20	PH
36	125	62 (1)	Jun 19	CIN	@	SFG	L,2-5	GS-7	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.274	.295	.569	8	.77	0.002	1.36	0.00%	0.16	C
37	126	64 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	CIN		ATL	L,4-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.265	.286	.551	8	1.20	-0.114	2.07	-0.12%	-0.81	C
38	127	66 (1)	Jun 23	CIN		ATL	L,1-2	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.263	.283	.545	9	3.37	-0.108	5.20	-0.10%	-0.68	C
39	128	71 (4)	Jun 29	CIN	@	SDP	L,0-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.260	.280	.540	9	1.75	-0.041	5.31	-0.07%	-0.27	PH
40	129	72	Jun 30	CIN	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.269	.320	.589	8	1.84	0.071	5.07	0.12%	0.75	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	130	74 (1)	Jul 2	CIN	@	LAD	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.271	.320	.591	7	1.05	-0.055	2.23	-0.07%	-0.35	C
42	131	75	Jul 4	CIN	@	PHI	L,1-3	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.275	.333	.609	8	.83	-0.010	1.32	-0.01%	-0.01	C
43	132	76	Jul 5	CIN	@	PHI	L,2-5	GS-9	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.277	.327	.604	8	1.18	-0.043	1.76	-0.04%	-0.21	C
44	133	93 (16)	Jul 25	CIN	@	MON	L,0-1	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.240	.277	.327	.604	8						C
45	134	94	Jul 26	CIN	@	MON	W,7-6	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.274	.324	.598	8	.74	-0.017	1.21	-0.02%	-0.26	C
46	135	96 (1)	Jul 28	CIN	@	MON	L,0-6	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.272	.321	.593	9	.07	-0.002	.12	0.00%	-0.09	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
47	136	101 (4)	Aug 2 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,5-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.265	.312	.577	8	.31	-0.024	.79	-0.04%	-0.42	C
48	137	102	Aug 3	CIN		LAD	L,0-2	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.265	.312	.577	8						C
49	138	103	Aug 4	CIN		LAD	W,5-4	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.267	.321	.588	8	.43	-0.001	1.14	0.00%	0.48	C
50	139	104	Aug 5	CIN		SDP	W,8-7	GS-8	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.235	.266	.322	.588	8	1.02	-0.018	2.17	-0.02%	-0.20	C
51	140	105	Aug 8	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-5	10-GF(13)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.264	.319	.583	8	2.22	-0.054	7.35	-0.11%	-0.21	C
52	141	117 (11)	Aug 21	CIN	@	PIT	W,8-5	7-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.268	.316	.584	9	1.57	0.048	1.13	0.02%	0.66	C
53	142	118	Aug 22	CIN	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.264	.311	.574	7	.66	-0.032	.48	-0.01%	-0.24	C
54	143	119	Aug 23	CIN		CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.263	.317	.580	7	1.40	-0.011	.95	0.00%	0.31	C
55	144	120	Aug 24	CIN		CHC	L,0-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.259	.312	.571	7	1.35	-0.065	.83	-0.02%	-0.50	C
56	145	123 (2)	Aug 27	CIN		STL	L,4-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.257	.310	.567	7	1.74	-0.044	.99	-0.02%	-0.22	C
57	146	124	Aug 28	CIN		STL	W,7-6	11-GF(12)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.263	.315	.578	7	3.21	0.105	1.05	0.02%	0.60	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
58	147	130 (5)	Sep 3	CIN	@	STL	L,4-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.228	.263	.315	.578	7						C
59	148	134 (3)	Sep 8	CIN	@	CHC	T,5-5	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.264	.315	.580	7	1.03	-0.060	.60	-0.02%	-0.47	C
60	149	137 (2)	Sep 11	CIN		SDP	W,2-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.264	.315	.580	7						C
61	150	140 (2)	Sep 13 (2)	CIN		LAD	W,6-5	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.273	.318	.591	7	.40	0.017	.11	0.00%	0.14	C
62	151	142 (1)	Sep 15	CIN		LAD	W,10-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.273	.318	.591	7						C
63	152	145 (2)	Sep 18	CIN	@	ATL	W,7-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.273	.318	.591	7						C
64	153	151 (5)	Sep 25	CIN		ATL	L,2-4	8-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.318	.596	7	2.24	0.047	.72	0.01%	0.20	C
65	154	152	Sep 26	CIN		ATL	W,6-1	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.318	.596	9	.05	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.19	C
66	155	154 (1)	Sep 28	CIN		HOU	W,5-2	GS-8	4	4	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.291	.338	.629	7	.43	0.074	.12	0.01%	1.23	C
67	156	155	Sep 29	CIN		HOU	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.289	.336	.625	7	.49	-0.002	.09	0.00%	0.04	C
68	157	157 (1)	Oct 1	CIN	@	SFG	W,7-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.289	.336	.625	9						C
69	158	158	Oct 2	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.289	.336	.625	7						C
70	159	159	Oct 3	CIN	@	SDP	L,4-9	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.288	.329	.617	7	.58	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
71	160	160	Oct 4	CIN	@	LAD	W,4-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.285	.324	.609	7	2.03	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-0.81	C
72	161	161	Oct 5	CIN	@	LAD	L,1-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.236	.280	.318	.597	7	1.35	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-1.07	C
73	162	162	Oct 6	CIN	@	LAD	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.280	.325	.605	7	.85	0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.05	C
							38-34		166	151	12	36	7	0	2	24	9	2	19	1	2	3	2	6	0	0	.238	.280	.325	.605		1.04	-0.063	1.49	-0.07%	-1.52

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