Dave Hoskins

David Taylor Hoskins

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 3, 1925 in Greenwood, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1953
Team: Indians 1953-1954

Final Game: September 21, 1954
Died: April 2, 1970 in Flint, MI
Buried: River Rest Cemetery, Flint, MI
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Standard Pitching

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
1949	23	GRR	A	0	0		5.40	1						5.0	8	3	3		2								2.000	14.4		3.6			GRR · CENL
1950	24	CLE-min	A	0	2	.000	6.43	3						14.0	16	10	10		10								1.857	10.3		6.4			DAY · CENL
1951	25	CLE-min	A	5	1	.833	3.60	11	7					60.0	56	28	24		31								1.450	8.4		4.6			WKB · EL
1952	26	CLE-min	AA	22	10	.688	2.12	35	33					280.0	237	77	66		70								1.096	7.6		2.2			DAL · TL
1953	27	CLE	AL	9	3	.750	3.99	26	7	9	3	0	1	112.2	102	57	50	9	38		55	4	1	0	467	93	1.243	8.1	0.7	3.0	4.4	1.45
1954	28	CLE-min	AAA	1	3	.250		4																									INA · AA
1954	28	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	3.04	14	1	3	0	0	0	26.2	29	10	9	3	10		9	0	0	1	115	123	1.463	9.8	1.0	3.4	3.0	0.90
1955	29	CLE-min	AAA	8	10	.444	4.89	37	23		7	1		171.0	194	112	93	19	67	9	67	5	0	2			1.526	10.2	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.00	INA · AA
1956	30	CLE-min	Opn	7	11	.389	4.60	46	14		7	0		158.1	159	94	81	18	63		87	3	0	2			1.402	9.0	1.0	3.6	4.9	1.38	SDG · PCL
1957	31	LOU	AAA	9	11	.450	5.05	40	12		6	0		148.0	176	99	83	20	47	2	74	1	0	4			1.507	10.7	1.2	2.9	4.5	1.57	LOU · AA
1958	32	DAL	AA	17	8	.680	3.18	31	31		19	2		246.0	250	102	87	19	49	4	121	1	0	4			1.215	9.1	0.7	1.8	4.4	2.47	DAL · TL
1959	33	LAD-min	AAA	9	11	.450	3.84	35	28		10	1		206.0	220	106	88	21	38	5	74	2	0	2			1.252	9.6	0.9	1.7	3.2	1.95	HSN,DAL,SPO · AA,PCL
1960	34	LAD-min	AAA	0	2	.000	5.36	12	3		0	0		42.0	49	26	25	10	6	1	13	1	1	2			1.310	10.5	2.1	1.3	2.8	2.17	MTL · IL
2 Yrs				9	4	.692	3.81	40	8	12	3	0	1	139.1	131	67	59	12	48		64	4	1	1	582	98	1.285	8.5	0.8	3.1	4.1	1.33
162 Game Avg.				13	6	.692	3.81	57	11	17	4	0	1	197	186	95	84	17	68		91	6	1	1	825	98	1.285	8.5	0.8	3.1	4.1	1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1953	27	CLE	AL	112.2	26	7	57	4.55	4.16	0.21	92.1	3.64	-12	-1.2	.9	-0.1	-0.4	-1	.455	.493	$
1954	28	CLE	AL	26.2	14	1	10	3.38	4.49	0.22	102.5	4.37	3	0.3	.8	-0.1	0.4	5	.524	.502	$
2 Seasons				139.1	40	8	67	4.33	4.22	0.21	94.1	3.78	-9	-0.8	.9	-0.2	0.0	4	.479	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1953	27	CLE	AL	26	468	420	57	102	25	1	9	4	3	38	55	.243	.312	.371	.683	.261	156	12	4	6	0	4
1954	28	CLE	AL	14	115	102	10	29	4	1	3	0	1	10	9	.284	.342	.431	.773	.283	44	2	0	1	2	2
2 Yrs				40	583	522	67	131	29	2	12	4	4	48	64	.251	.318	.383	.701	.266	200	14	4	7	2	6
162 Game Avg.				57	826	740	95	186	41	3	17	6	6	68	91	.251	.318	.383	.701	.266	283	20	6	10	3	9
MLB Averages																.263	.335	.390	.724	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1953	27	CLE	AL	-3.4	-0.3	478	1.2	6.8	-5.6	.81	0.8	0.7	-0.9	-0.1	0.81	4.4	4	5	10
1954	28	CLE	AL	2.1	0.2	119	-0.5	1.2	-1.6	.67	-0.3	-0.4	-1.7	-0.2	0.67	-1.7	3	3	7
2 Yrs				-1.3	-0.1	597	0.8	8.0	-7.2	.79	0.5	0.4	-2.5	-0.3	0.79	2.7	7	8	17

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1953	27	CLE	AL	26	7	4	2	1	2	0	5	2	.714	0	1	3	0	2	29%	46.4	83	25	16	7	3	1	7.0	6.3	7.5
1954	28	CLE	AL	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.0	37	37	12	3	0	1	13.0	18.0	3.7
2 Yrs				40	8	4	2	2	2	0	6	2	.750	0	1	3	0	2	25%	45	83	25	28	10	3	2	7.8	7.2	7.0
MLB Averages													.500						49%	50	109	-2					4.5	4.5	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1953	27	CLE	AL	26	19	9	5	1	1	1	100%	2	1	20	7	35%	7	.815	4	5	10	3	1	15	11	8	18	1	18	1	9.5
1954	28	CLE	AL	14	13	3	0	1	0	0		0	0	21	10	48%	1	.669	3	3	7	0	0	13	10	3	6	5	8	2	5.3
2 Yrs				40	32	12	5	2	1	1	100%	2	1	41	17	41%		.786	7	8	17	3	1	28	21	11	24	6	26	3	7.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1953	27	CLE	AL	468	54%	1.9%	11.8%	8.1%	7.5%	34%	1.12	76%	95	12	13%
1954	28	CLE	AL	115	63%	2.6%	7.8%	8.7%	7.0%	28%	1.03	80%	23	2	9%
2 Yrs				583	56%	2.1%	11.0%	8.2%	7.4%	33%	1.10	77%	118	14	12%
MLB Averages					51%	2.3%	11.5%	10.0%	6.8%	27%	0.95	82%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1953	27	CLE	AL	468	102			9	1	5	4	5	6	3	24	17	2	71%	4	0	2	185	4	3	57%	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0
1954	28	CLE	AL	115	29			3	0	3	2	1	0	3	7	4	0	57%	2	1	1	50	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
2 Yrs				583	131			12	1	8	6	6	6	6	31	21	2	68%	6	1	3	235	4	4	50%	4	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		52%							54%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1953	27	9	3	.750	3.99	26	7	9	3	0	1	112.2	102	57	50	9	38		55	4	1	0	467	93	1.243	8.1	0.7	3.0	4.4	1.45	93
1954	28	9	4	.692	3.81	40	8	12	3	0	1	139.1	131	67	59	12	48		64	4	1	1	582	98	1.285	8.5	0.8	3.1	4.1	1.33	98

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1953	27	5	7	.417	4.54	111.0	110	62	56	10	41	54	4	1.360	8.9	3.3	4.4	1.32	0.8	26
1954	28	1	1	.500	3.46	26.0	31	11	10	3	11	9	0	1.615	10.7	3.8	3.1	0.82	1.0	14
2 Yrs		6	8	.429	4.34	137.0	141	73	66	13	52	63	4	1.409	9.3		4.1	1.21	0.9	40

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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