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: 15-19 / in Starts: 12-15

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 3

1965 Pitching Game Log

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1965 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	131	3	Apr 15	DET	@	MIN	W,6-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	9	4	4	1	4	0	2	4.00	2.63	37	6	15	0	0	9	56			1	0	1	33	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.25	0.089	3.29	0.14%	0.15	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
2	132	8	Apr 23	DET		MIN	L,6-8	GS-8		7	7.0	7	6	4	1	3	0	0	4.50	2.39	31	12	8	1	0	7	45			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	3	1.25	-0.043	3.65	-0.08%	-1.86	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a2
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
3	133	13	May 1	DET		BOS	W,9-8	GS-3		7	2.2	8	4	4	1	0	2	0	5.79	3.96	15	3	3	0	0	8	25			0	0	1	14	3	0	0	1	0	0	.89	-0.350	2.47	-0.59%	-2.88	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d1
4	134	15	May 2(2)	DET		BOS	L,3-10	6-7		0	2.0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.23	3.78	8	2	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.03	0.003	.08	0.01%	0.89	6t --- 0 out d7	7t 3 out d7
5	135	18	May 5(2)	DET		CHW	L,1-4	GS-7	L(1-1)	2	6.2	6	4	4	3	2	0	0	5.27	3.65	28	10	7	0	0	6	45			0	0	0	24	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.48	-0.105	3.25	-0.14%	0.37	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d1
6	136	23	May 11	DET	@	WSA	W,7-6	GS-5		5	4.2	9	5	4	4	4	1	0	5.63	4.02	26	4	5	1	0	9	28			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.214	1.56	-0.24%	-3.05	1b start tie	5b 1-- 2 out d5
7	137	28	May 16(1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-5	GS-7	L(1-2)	4	7.0	7	5	4	3	3	0	0	5.54	3.82	32	8	11	0	0	7	45			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.158	1.65	-0.27%	-1.74	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
8	138	33	May 21	DET		BAL	L,2-5	GS-8	L(1-3)	4	8.0	8	4	4	5	4	0	0	5.36	3.75	37	4	16	0	0	8	49			1	0	0	32	3	0	2	0	0	0	.94	-0.191	2.35	-0.29%	-0.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
9	139	38	May 25	DET	@	CHW	W,7-5	GS-3		3	2.2	6	4	4	1	1	1	0	5.80	3.97	15	3	4	0	0	6	30			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.333	2.30	-0.55%	-3.22	1b start tie	3b 1-3 2 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
10	140	49	Jun 8	DET	@	CAL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(1-4)	13	8.0	7	3	3	3	1	0	1	5.46	3.94	31	12	7	0	0	7	54			0	0	0	26	1	2	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.135	2.00	-0.18%	0.40	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
11	141	55	Jun 15	DET		BOS	W,6-5	GS-1		6	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.90	3.93	6	2	0	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.46	-0.306	2.90	-0.37%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
12	142	57	Jun 17	DET		BOS	W,6-5	6-7		1	2.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.85	3.93	10	4	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	1	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.026	1.54	-0.04%	-0.11	6t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d3
13	143	61	Jun 20(2)	DET		KCA	L,1-2	CG	L(1-5)	2	9.0	8	2	1	1	8	1	0	5.22	3.75	35	7	11	2	0	8	72			2	0	1	34	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.13	0.029	3.52	0.05%	1.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
14	144	65	Jun 25	DET	@	MIN	L,3-4	GS-9	L(1-6)	4	8.2	3	4	4	3	6	1	1	5.10	3.78	33	9	11	5	0	3	65			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.34	0.324	4.59	0.67%	1.73	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a1
15	145	70	Jun 29	DET	@	BAL	L,2-3	GS-8	L(1-7)	3	7.1	5	3	3	3	6	0	1	4.98	3.67	31	8	8	1	0	5	59			1	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.56	0.059	4.01	0.09%	1.24	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out a1
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
16	146	74	Jul 4	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	GS-4	L(1-8)	4	4.0	4	4	2	2	2	1	1	4.96	3.82	20	10	1	0	0	4	42			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	.73	-0.226	1.69	-0.31%	-2.28	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
17	147	80	Jul 9	DET	@	KCA	W,7-5	4-9		4	5.0	3	3	3	2	2	0	1	4.98	3.80	22	8	6	1	0	3		3	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.50	0.176	2.29	0.16%	0.60	4b 123 2 out tie	9b -2- 2 out a1
18	148	87	Jul 20	DET		WSA	W,2-0	SHO	W(2-8)	10	9.0	4	0	0	2	7	0	0	4.54	3.61	32	7	12	1	0	4	84			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.515	1.50	0.42%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
19	149	91	Jul 24	DET		CHW	W,7-4	GS-6	W(3-8)	3	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.50	3.54	22	7	5	1	0	6	49			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.092	1.97	-0.12%	-0.75	1t start tie	6t 12- 0 out a2
20	150	96	Jul 28	DET	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS-7	W(4-8)	3	7.0	4	2	2	2	3	0	1	4.38	3.50	28	6	12	1	0	4	62			1	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	1	0	.77	0.029	1.70	0.04%	1.04	1b start tie	7b 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
21	151	101	Aug 1(2)	DET	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-8	W(5-8)	3	8.0	4	1	0	2	5	0	0	4.10	3.40	29	6	12	1	0	4	75			0	2	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.23	0.337	1.81	0.30%	2.26	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
22	152	105	Aug 5	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	GS-6	L(5-9)	3	6.0	7	5	5	1	3	1	0	4.26	3.44	26	8	7	0	0	7	40			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.274	.59	-0.23%	-2.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d5
23	153	109	Aug 10	DET		KCA	W,3-0	SHO	W(6-9)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.98	3.37	35	12	11	2	0	4	81			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.03	0.458	.46	0.12%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
24	154	114	Aug 14	DET		CAL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(6-10)	3	5.0	6	4	4	0	1	2	0	4.09	3.51	21	9	5	0	0	6	40			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.230	.74	-0.15%	-1.79	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
25	155	118	Aug 19(1)	DET		MIN	L,3-8	GS-3	L(6-11)	4	2.2	6	6	6	3	2	2	0	4.39	3.70	17	4	2	0	0	6	21			0	0	0	14	3	0	1	0	0	0	.74	-0.352	2.00	-0.58%	-4.88	1t start tie	3t 1-- 2 out d6
26	156	121	Aug 20(2)	DET	@	BOS	W,3-2	2-8	W(7-11)	0	6.2	3	2	1	0	5	0	0	4.25	3.59	24	10	6	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	1	.86	0.154	.74	0.08%	0.95	2b --- 0 out a2	8b -2- 2 out a1
27	157	126	Aug 25	DET	@	KCA	L,0-5	3-4		4	1.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	1	4.34	3.63	8	0	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.58	-0.133	.55	-0.08%	-2.81	3b 1-- 0 out d2	4b -2- 0 out d5
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
28	158	133	Sep 1	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	GS-3	L(7-12)	6	3.0	5	4	4	3	1	0	0	4.49	3.65	15	3	3	1	1	5	31			1	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	.97	-0.275	.45	-0.08%	-2.62	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
29	159	136	Sep 4	DET		WSA	L,0-1	CG	L(7-13)	2	9.0	10	1	1	2	4	0	0	4.30	3.58	39	12	11	1	0	10	65			1	0	0	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.233	.22	0.02%	2.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
30	160	142	Sep 8(2)	DET		BAL	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-13)	3	9.0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0	4.08	3.45	29	10	10	3	0	3	87			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.363	.02	0.01%	3.99	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
31	161	146	Sep 14(2)	DET	@	BAL	W,7-1	CG	W(9-13)	5	9.0	5	1	1	1	6	0	1	3.93	3.37	32	8	11	0	0	5	78			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.179	.00	0.00%	3.03	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
32	162	150	Sep 19	DET	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	L(9-14)	4	7.1	7	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.87	3.36	32	10	7	2	0	7	56			0	0	0	28	2	1	0	2	0	1	1.33	0.124	.00	0.00%	1.85	1b start tie	8b -2- 1 out d1
33	163	158	Sep 28(1)	DET	@	CHW	L,3-4	1-4		8	3.2	3	0	0	0	3	0	1	3.80	3.33	15	6	2	0	0	3		3	3	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.087	.00	0.00%	-0.32	1b 123 1 out tie	4b 3 out d2
34	164	162	Oct 3	DET	@	WSA	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.78	3.31	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.35	0.025	.00	0.00%	0.43	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
							15-19		W-L:9-14	3.7	195.1	179	91	82	61	109	12	11	3.78	3.31	824	0.99		5%	0%	179	52	7	57%	10	5	3	742	35	4	6	11	3	11	1.01	-0.433	1.79	-2.15%	-2.65

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