Dave Hostetler
David Alan Hostetler
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: March 27, 1956 in Pasadena, CA
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1981
Final Game: May 3, 1988
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1981 25 MON NL 5 6 6 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 317 6 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1982 26 TEX AL 113 466 418 53 97 12 3 22 67 2 2 42 113 .232 .300 .433 .733 104 181 14 1 0 5 3 *3/D RoY-6
1983 27 TEX AL 94 353 304 31 67 9 2 11 46 0 2 42 103 .220 .323 .372 .695 94 113 10 5 0 2 1 D/3
1984 28 TEX AL 37 95 82 7 18 2 1 3 10 0 0 13 27 .220 .326 .378 .704 93 31 5 0 0 0 0 3D
1988 32 PIT NL 6 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 /32
5 Seasons 255 928 818 92 187 23 6 37 124 2 4 97 248 .229 .313 .407 .720 100 333 29 6 0 7 4
162 Game Avg. 162 590 520 58 119 15 4 24 79 1 3 62 158 .229 .313 .407 .720 100 212 18 4 0 4 3
TEX (3 yrs) 244 914 804 91 182 23 6 36 123 2 4 97 243 .226 .312 .404 .716 99 325 29 6 0 7 4
PIT (1 yr) 6 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .250 .500 46 2 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 5 6 6 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 317 6 0 0 0 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 244 914 804 91 182 23 6 36 123 2 4 97 243 .226 .312 .404 .716 99 325 29 6 0 7 4
NL (2 yrs) 11 14 14 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5 .357 .357 .571 .929 163 8 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1981 25 MON NL 6 3 3 27.1 93 .667 .500 .264 .500 .329 1.000 .378 1.500 .707 317 .969 1.5 0.2 2.000 .500 .500 .0
1982 26 TEX AL 466 342 52 4.1 94 .260 .232 .258 .300 .321 .433 .393 .733 .715 104 .447 1.2 0.1 .665 .301 .201 3.7
1983 27 TEX AL 353 251 36 3.8 95 .292 .220 .262 .323 .324 .372 .395 .695 .719 94 .423 -1.9 -0.2 .635 .283 .151 .0
1984 28 TEX AL 95 69 9 3.5 99 .288 .220 .267 .326 .330 .378 .403 .704 .733 93 .385 -0.9 -0.1 .638 .317 .159 .0
1988 32 PIT NL 8 6 1 4.5 88 .400 .250 .254 .250 .317 .250 .373 .500 .690 46 .555 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
5 Seasons 928 671 101 4.0 95 .278 .229 .261 .313 .323 .407 .395 .720 .718 100 .445 -0.6 -0.1 .654 .295 .178 3.8
162 Game Avg. 590 426 64 4.0 95 .278 .229 .261 .313 .323 .407 .395 .720 .718 100 .445 -0.6 -0.1 .654 .295 .178 2
TEX (3 yrs) 914 662 97 3.9 95 .274 .226 .261 .312 .323 .404 .395 .716 .718 99 .432 -1.6 -0.2 .650 .296 .178 3.8
PIT (1 yr) 8 6 1 4.5 88 .400 .250 .254 .250 .317 .250 .373 .500 .690 46 .555 -0.6 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
MON (1 yr) 6 3 3 27.1 93 .667 .500 .264 .500 .329 1.000 .378 1.500 .707 317 .969 1.5 0.2 2.000 .500 .500 .0
AL (3 yrs) 914 662 97 3.9 95 .274 .226 .261 .312 .323 .404 .395 .716 .718 99 .432 -1.6 -0.2 .650 .296 .178 3.8
NL (2 yrs) 14 9 4 12.0 90 .500 .357 .258 .357 .322 .571 .375 .929 .697 163 .880 1.0 0.1 .889 .214 .214 .0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1981 25 MON NL 6 16.7% 33.3% 0.0% 16.7% 33% 3.0 6.0 6.0 50%
1982 26 TEX AL 466 4.7% 24.3% 9.0% 7.9% 38% 2.69 3.7 19.0 6.2 1.07 62%
1983 27 TEX AL 353 3.1% 29.2% 11.9% 6.2% 33% 2.45 3.0 27.6 6.6 1.45 54%
1984 28 TEX AL 95 3.2% 28.4% 13.7% 6.3% 33% 2.08 3.0 27.3 8.2 2.15 55%
1988 32 PIT NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.7 0.67 2.00 63% 0% 0.0% 33%
5 Seasons 928 4.0% 26.7% 10.5% 7.1% 35% 2.56 3.3 22.1 6.6 0.67 1.28 58% 0% 0.0% 33%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1981 25 MON NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 TEX AL 1 0 26% 146 2 2 50% 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 45% 25 15 10 3 2 1 10 3 6
1983 27 TEX AL 5 0 19% 106 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 7 33% 14 11 3 2 1 1 5 2 3
1984 28 TEX AL 1 0 14% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 4 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1988 32 PIT NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 7 0 22% 289 2 4 33% 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 11 37% 43 30 13 6 4 2 16 6 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1981 25 MON NL 6 83% 3 3 0 0 0 1.09 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 TEX AL 466 27% 97 1 0 0 0 0.56 22 0 9 19 3 10 12 0 0 0 101 14 14% 45 7 16% 316 45 14% 28 12 43% 23 7 30% 0
1983 27 TEX AL 353 50% 67 4 0 0 0 3.16 11 0 8 4 7 2 9 0 1 0 0% 71 10 14% 30 6 20% 237 38 16% 22 10 45% 13 4 31% 0
1984 28 TEX AL 95 84% 18 8 2 0 0 1.46 3 0 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 22 5 23% 6 2 33% 55 7 13% 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 0
1988 32 PIT NL 8 75% 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 1.02 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 928 42% 187 0 0 20 3 0 0 1.61 37 0 19 23 14 14 23 0 1 0 0% 195 29 15% 82 15 18% 615 90 15% 53 23 43% 41 11 27% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 32 PIT NL 8 35 4.38 24 69% 13% 38% 29% 21% 88% 0% 60% 57% 38% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1 Season 8 35 4.38 24 69% 13% 38% 29% 21% 88% 0% 60% 57% 38% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 25 5 6 6 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 317 6 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 118 472 424 54 100 12 3 23 68 2 2 42 115 .236 .303 .441 .744 106 187 14 1 0 5 3
1983 27 212 825 728 85 167 21 5 34 114 2 4 84 218 .229 .312 .412 .724 101 300 24 6 0 7 4
1984 28 249 920 810 92 185 23 6 37 124 2 4 97 245 .228 .313 .409 .722 100 331 29 6 0 7 4
1985 29 249 920 810 92 185 23 6 37 124 2 4 97 245 .228 .313 .409 .722 100 331 29 6 0 7 4
1986 30 249 920 810 92 185 23 6 37 124 2 4 97 245 .228 .313 .409 .722 100 331 29 6 0 7 4
1987 31 249 920 810 92 185 23 6 37 124 2 4 97 245 .228 .313 .409 .722 100 331 29 6 0 7 4
1988 32 255 928 818 92 187 23 6 37 124 2 4 97 248 .229 .313 .407 .720 100 333 29 6 0 7 4

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1981 25 8 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 5 5
1982 26 113 470 421 59 100 12 3 23 75 2 43 113 .238 .306 .444 .751 58 113
1983 27 94 360 308 33 71 10 2 12 49 0 45 103 .231 .336 .393 .729 39 94
1984 28 37 95 82 7 18 2 1 3 11 0 13 27 .220 .326 .378 .704 10 37
1988 32 6 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 6
5 Seasons 258 942 828 101 189 24 6 38 137 2 101 249 .228 .314 .409 .724 113 255
162 Game Avg. 162 591 520 63 119 15 4 24 86 1 63 156 .228 .314 .409 .724 71 255

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1982 AL--113--8th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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