Dave Wickersham

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 188lb (190cm, 85kg)

Born: September 27, 1935 in Erie, PA us

Died: June 18, 2022 in Overland Park, KS

Buried: Pleasant View Cemetery, Shawnee, KS

High School: West Springfield HS (West Springfield, PA)

Schools: Taylor University (Upland, IN), Ohio University (Athens, OH)

Debut: September 18, 1960 (Age 24-357d, 11,782nd in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: July 26, 1969 (Age 33-302d)
vs. DET 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1962 season

Full Name: David Clifford Wickersham

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.5

ERA

3.66

283

124

1123.0

638

WHIP

1.296

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Team Record in Appearances: 24-16 / in Starts: 23-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 2

1964 Pitching Game Log

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1964 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	91	1	Apr 14	DET		KCA	W,7-3	9-GF	S(1)	99	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	11.61	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.64	0.004	1.32	0.01%	-0.59	9t 12- 2 out a5	9t end a 4
2	92	5	Apr 19(2)	DET		MIN	W,3-1	CG	W(1-0)	4	9.0	4	1	1	6	9	0	0	0.96	2.93	38	8	11	1	0	4	78			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	2	1.46	0.457	2.99	0.56%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
3	93	7	Apr 22	DET	@	LAA	L,2-3	9-GF	BL(1-1)	2	0.1	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.86	3.23	4	0	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	4.14	-0.746	10.41	-1.13%	-1.78	9b -2- 1 out a1	9b end d 1
4	94	9	Apr 25	DET	@	MIN	W,5-2	GS-8	W(2-1)	2	7.1	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.12	2.96	30	10	8	0	0	7	57			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.251	2.81	0.39%	0.51	1b start a 1	8b 1-3 1 out a3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	95	14	May 2	DET	@	BOS	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-1)	6	9.0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	1.38	2.37	32	8	12	1	0	6	81			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.364	1.66	0.51%	4.27	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a4
6	96	17	May 6	DET		BOS	W,6-3	GS-9	W(4-1)	3	8.0	12	3	3	3	7	0	0	1.85	2.28	38	10	6	0	0	12	50			0	1	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.085	2.01	0.11%	-0.65	1t start tie	9t 1-3 0 out a3
7	97	21	May 10(1)	DET		BAL	L,1-2	CG	L(4-2)	3	9.0	3	2	0	4	11	0	0	1.47	2.12	35	9	8	1	0	3	84			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.74	0.081	1.37	0.09%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
8	98	26	May 15	DET		CLE	L,6-10	GS-7	L(4-3)	4	6.0	8	6	5	2	8	1	1	2.20	2.30	28	6	3	0	0	8	40			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.32	-0.398	2.17	-0.39%	-2.61	1t start tie	7t 1-- 0 out d1
9	99	31	May 19	DET	@	WSA	W,5-2	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	6	1	0	2.17	2.42	35	15	6	0	1	7	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.75	0.250	1.19	0.24%	2.07	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
10	100	36	May 24	DET	@	CLE	W,7-5	GS-7	W(6-3)	4	6.1	7	5	5	1	7	2	0	2.66	2.67	27	5	7	0	0	7	45			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.130	.85	-0.09%	-1.97	1b start a 2	7b 1-3 1 out a3
11	101	40	May 29	DET		CHW	L,1-4	GS-6	L(6-4)	4	5.1	5	4	4	2	4	1	2	2.97	2.91	24	4	8	2	0	4	44			1	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.271	2.10	-0.27%	-1.73	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	102	44	Jun 3	DET		WSA	L,2-6	GS-3	L(6-5)	4	2.2	4	5	3	1	2	1	0	3.24	3.06	14	5	2	0	1	4	35			0	0	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.284	.43	-0.09%	-3.09	1t start tie	3t 1-3 2 out d4
13	103	45	Jun 5	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.15	3.06	6	3	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.25	0.030	.12	0.01%	0.88	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
14	104	49	Jun 8	DET		MIN	W,10-5	GS-7	W(7-5)	2	7.0	6	4	3	2	7	1	1	3.21	3.12	30	9	5	0	0	6	56			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	1	.96	-0.026	.23	0.00%	-0.77	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
15	105	53	Jun 13	DET		LAA	W,8-5	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	7	5	5	2	3	3	0	3.39	3.50	35	8	15	3	0	7	54			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	1	0	0	.81	0.020	.33	0.01%	-0.85	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	106	58	Jun 17	DET		KCA	W,3-2	GS-8		3	8.0	3	2	2	4	11	1	0	3.29	3.46	29	8	3	3	0	3	75			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.01	0.084	.37	0.02%	1.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
17	107	62	Jun 21	DET	@	MIN	W,4-2	GS-9	W(9-5)	3	8.2	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	3.20	3.54	34	11	11	2	0	6	64			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.68	0.256	.28	0.06%	1.64	1b start a 3	9b 1-3 2 out a2
18	108	66	Jun 26	DET	@	NYY	W,1-0	GS-10	W(10-5)	4	10.0	5	0	0	6	3	0	1	2.92	3.59	42	17	11	1	3	4	79			1	0	0	35	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.57	0.788	1.04	0.32%	4.61	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
19	109	71	Jun 30	DET	@	WSA	L,5-6	GS-9		3	8.1	10	4	3	3	5	0	0	2.94	3.51	36	11	8	0	1	9	51			1	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.38	0.140	.54	0.03%	0.43	1b start a 2	9b -2- 1 out a2
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	110	76	Jul 4	DET		WSA	W,5-3	GS-7	W(11-5)	3	6.1	8	3	3	4	4	1	0	3.01	3.60	31	8	7	1	3	8	45			1	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.249	.42	-0.05%	-1.30	1t start tie	7t 123 1 out a2
21	111	79	Jul 9	DET		BOS	W,4-3	GS-9	W(12-5)	4	8.2	8	3	3	0	4	2	0	3.01	3.67	34	7	15	0	0	8	60			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.266	.43	0.08%	0.93	1t start tie	9t 1-- 2 out a1
22	112	85	Jul 13	DET		BAL	W,4-3	GS-9		3	8.0	7	3	3	2	3	2	0	3.03	3.78	32	8	12	2	0	7	57			0	0	0	30	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	-0.016	.71	-0.01%	0.69	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out tie
23	113	89	Jul 17	DET	@	BAL	L,0-5	GS-5	L(12-6)	3	4.2	7	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.18	3.76	22	8	3	1	0	7	34			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	.93	-0.181	.49	-0.06%	-2.31	1b start tie	5b -23 2 out d4
24	114	94	Jul 21	DET	@	BOS	L,5-7	GS-3		3	2.1	7	4	4	0	1	2	0	3.36	3.90	14	3	3	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.287	.11	-0.04%	-3.46	1b start tie	3b 12- 1 out d4
25	115	99	Jul 25	DET		NYY	L,2-14	GS-1	L(12-7)	3	0.2	5	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.58	3.91	8	1	1	0	0	5	25			0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.341	.29	-0.04%	-3.95	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d4
26	116	101	Jul 26(2)	DET		NYY	L,4-5	9-GF		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.55	3.89	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.034	.03	0.00%	0.46	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
27	117	104	Jul 30	DET		CHW	L,0-2	GS-8	L(12-8)	3	8.0	6	2	2	3	6	0	0	3.49	3.81	33	7	11	1	0	6	65			0	0	0	30	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.09	0.066	.07	0.00%	1.69	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
28	118	110	Aug 4	DET	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-7	W(13-8)	4	7.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	2	3.51	3.81	32	5	13	1	0	8	49			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.067	.00	0.00%	0.07	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
29	119	114	Aug 8	DET		KCA	W,4-3	GS-9		3	9.0	9	3	3	1	7	0	1	3.48	3.70	38	6	14	3	0	9	63			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.57	0.082	.01	0.00%	1.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
30	120	119	Aug 13	DET	@	MIN	L,3-6	GS-1	L(13-9)	4	0.0	3	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.73	3.74	5	0	0	0	0	3	22			0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.306	.02	0.00%	-3.82	1b start tie	1b 123 0 out d2
31	121	122	Aug 16	DET	@	KCA	W,11-5	CG	W(14-9)	2	9.0	7	5	4	0	2	3	2	3.74	3.90	37	16	10	1	0	7	57			0	0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	1	.45	0.040	.00	0.00%	-0.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
32	122	127	Aug 21	DET		MIN	W,4-1	CG	W(15-9)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.62	3.83	33	10	11	0	0	6	73			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.97	0.358	.00	0.00%	3.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
33	123	131	Aug 26	DET	@	BOS	W,4-1	CG	W(16-9)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	5	0	0	3.50	3.77	33	11	9	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	30	3	0	1	2	0	0	1.12	0.422	.01	0.00%	3.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
34	124	136	Aug 30	DET	@	LAA	L,4-5	GS-1	L(16-10)	3	0.0	4	4	4	0	0	2	0	3.68	3.90	4	0	0	0	0	4	26			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.345	.04	-0.01%	-4.00	1b start tie	1b --- 0 out d4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
35	125	139	Sep 4	DET	@	WSA	W,1-0	GS-8	W(17-10)	4	8.0	3	0	0	4	4	0	0	3.54	3.87	29	11	7	0	1	3	76			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.68	0.613	.02	0.00%	3.61	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
36	126	145	Sep 11	DET		WSA	W,5-4	CG	W(18-10)	6	9.0	5	4	3	5	7	1	0	3.52	3.88	39	14	9	1	1	4	65			1	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.34	0.226	.00	0.00%	0.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out tie
37	127	148	Sep 15	DET		CHW	L,2-3	CG(10)	L(18-11)	3	10.0	7	3	2	1	7	1	1	3.45	3.85	39	14	9	1	0	7	74			1	0	0	36	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.34	-0.125	.00	0.00%	1.61	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
38	128	152	Sep 20(2)	DET		CLE	L,2-7	GS-4	L(18-12)	4	3.1	7	4	4	1	1	2	0	3.55	3.94	17	4	4	0	0	7	30			0	1	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.95	-0.226	.00	0.00%	-2.40	1t start tie	4t --- 1 out d4
39	129	155	Sep 25	DET		BOS	W,3-2	CG	W(19-12)	4	9.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	0	3.49	3.88	33	9	13	3	0	4	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.418	.00	0.00%	2.15	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
40	130	160	Oct 1(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,4-2	GS-7		5	6.2	6	2	1	1	3	0	1	3.44	3.85	28	14	5	1	0	4	58			1	1	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.50	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.81	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
							24-16		W-L:19-12,Sv:1,BSv:1	3.4	254.0	224	108	97	81	164	28	12	3.44	3.85	1064	1.08		5%	2%	218	56	3	67%	7	6	0	967	33	4	3	19	0	14	1.09	1.322	.73	0.26%	5.04

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