Dave Morehead
David Michael Morehead (Moe)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 5, 1942 in San Diego, CA
High School: Herbert Hoover (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1963
Final Game: September 29, 1970
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Standard Pitching

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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
1963 20 BOS AL 10 13 .435 3.81 29 29 0 6 1 0 174.2 137 82 74 20 99 2 136 0 0 2 752 99 1.351 7.1 1.0 5.1 7.0 1.37
1964 21 BOS AL 8 15 .348 4.97 32 30 0 3 1 0 166.2 156 101 92 14 112 2 139 4 0 8 764 77 1.608 8.4 0.8 6.0 7.5 1.24
1965 22 BOS AL 10 18 .357 4.06 34 33 1 5 2 0 192.2 157 103 87 18 113 1 163 3 1 11 845 92 1.401 7.3 0.8 5.3 7.6 1.44
1966 23 BOS AL 1 2 .333 5.46 12 5 3 0 0 0 28.0 31 17 17 7 7 0 20 0 0 3 122 70 1.357 10.0 2.3 2.3 6.4 2.86
1967 24 BOS AL 5 4 .556 4.34 10 9 0 1 1 0 47.2 48 24 23 0 22 0 40 2 0 3 208 81 1.469 9.1 0.0 4.2 7.6 1.82
1968 25 BOS AL 1 4 .200 2.45 11 9 0 3 1 0 55.0 52 17 15 3 20 0 28 2 0 1 233 130 1.309 8.5 0.5 3.3 4.6 1.40
1969 26 KCR AL 2 3 .400 5.73 21 2 9 0 0 0 33.0 28 22 21 7 28 1 32 0 0 4 148 64 1.697 7.6 1.9 7.6 8.7 1.14
1970 27 KCR AL 3 5 .375 3.62 28 17 2 1 0 1 121.2 121 64 49 9 62 3 69 1 0 9 536 103 1.504 9.0 0.7 4.6 5.1 1.11
8 Seasons 40 64 .385 4.15 177 134 15 19 6 1 819.1 730 430 378 78 463 9 627 12 1 41 3608 89 1.456 8.0 0.9 5.1 6.9 1.35
162 Game Avg. 9 14 .385 4.15 39 29 3 4 1 0 179 160 94 83 17 101 2 137 3 0 9 789 89 1.456 8.0 0.9 5.1 6.9 1.35
BOS (6 yrs) 35 56 .385 4.17 128 115 4 18 6 0 664.2 581 344 308 62 373 5 526 11 1 28 2924 89 1.435 7.9 0.8 5.1 7.1 1.41
KCR (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 4.07 49 19 11 1 0 1 154.2 149 86 70 16 90 4 101 1 0 13 684 91 1.545 8.7 0.9 5.2 5.9 1.12

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1967 24 BOS AL WS L STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 14 1.200 0.0 0.0 10.8 8.1 0.75
1 WS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 14 1.200 0.0 0.0 10.8 8.1 0.75

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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 IBB
1963 20 BOS AL 29 752 648 82 137 24 4 20 10 2 99 136 .211 .316 .353 .669 .237 229 10 0 4 1 2
1964 21 BOS AL 32 764 630 101 156 27 5 14 10 5 112 139 .248 .358 .373 .731 .289 235 6 4 4 14 2
1965 22 BOS AL 34 845 722 103 157 27 7 18 23 4 113 163 .217 .325 .349 .674 .256 252 10 3 4 3 1
1966 23 BOS AL 12 122 113 17 31 6 0 7 4 0 7 20 .274 .317 .513 .830 .279 58 1 0 2 0 0
1967 24 BOS AL 10 207 181 24 48 12 3 0 0 3 22 40 .265 .350 .365 .714 .338 66 5 2 1 1 0
1968 25 BOS AL 11 233 209 17 52 11 0 3 7 3 20 28 .249 .320 .344 .665 .275 72 4 2 2 0 0
1969 26 KCR AL 21 148 117 22 28 5 0 7 3 3 28 32 .239 .384 .462 .845 .266 54 4 0 2 1 1
1970 27 KCR AL 28 536 464 64 121 15 1 9 12 8 62 69 .261 .347 .356 .703 .288 165 12 1 6 3 3
8 Seasons 177 3607 3084 430 730 127 20 78 69 28 463 627 .237 .336 .367 .703 .271 1131 52 12 25 23 9
162 Game Avg. 39 789 674 94 160 28 4 17 15 6 101 137 .237 .336 .367 .703 .271 247 11 3 5 5 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1963 20 BOS AL 29 29 10 13 6 1 3 13 16 .448 1 2 6 1 14 48% 54 84 22 32 16 8 15 3.8 3.8 6.0
1964 21 BOS AL 32 30 8 15 7 1 6 12 18 .400 1 4 3 1 15 50% 48 82 17 28 13 13 8 3.9 3.9 5.4
1965 22 BOS AL 34 33 10 18 5 2 7 12 21 .364 2 1 5 2 16 48% 52 94 24 32 11 13 10 3.4 3.7 5.8
1966 23 BOS AL 12 5 1 2 2 1 0 3 2 .600 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 68 30 2 0 3 2 5.3 8.3 3.1
1967 24 BOS AL 10 9 4 4 1 1 0 5 4 .556 0 1 1 1 3 33% 48 82 21 17 4 2 4 4.7 3.2 4.7
1968 25 BOS AL 11 9 1 4 4 0 2 3 6 .333 2 1 3 1 5 56% 56 79 24 7 3 3 2 3.3 2.5 5.9
1969 26 KCR AL 21 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 36 41 30 7 3 0 1 1.0 2.3 3.3
1970 27 KCR AL 28 17 3 4 10 1 3 5 12 .294 2 4 1 0 8 47% 49 82 25 11 6 2 8 4.2 4.1 5.2
8 Seasons 177 134 37 62 35 7 21 53 81 .396 8 13 19 6 61 46% 51 94 17 136 56 44 50 3.8 3.8 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1964 21 BOS AL 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.062 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1965 22 BOS AL 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.125 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 3.0
1966 23 BOS AL 12 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.531 0 0 7 0 0 7 0 7 5 0 5 0 5.3
1967 24 BOS AL 10 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.978 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15.0
1968 25 BOS AL 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.085 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 3.0
1969 26 KCR AL 21 19 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45% 6 0.681 3 3 13 0 3 16 6 13 9 2 10 0 4.2
1970 27 KCR AL 28 11 2 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 4 36% 2 1.024 1 6 4 1 2 8 7 4 10 0 10 0 9.2
7 Seasons 148 43 15 3 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 22 9 41% 1.027 4 12 27 1 5 37 13 30 27 2 28 2 5.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1963 20 BOS AL 753 47% 2.7% 18.1% 13.2% 6.4% 35% 0.97 66% 137 10 7%
1964 21 BOS AL 764 44% 1.8% 18.2% 14.7% 6.0% 30% 0.95 64% 170 6 4%
1965 22 BOS AL 845 43% 2.1% 19.3% 13.4% 6.2% 33% 0.93 64% 167 10 6%
1966 23 BOS AL 122 38% 5.7% 16.4% 5.7% 10.7% 42% 0.91 70% 20 1 5%
1967 24 BOS AL 207 43% 0.0% 19.3% 10.6% 7.3% 31% 0.77 69% 47 5 11%
1968 25 BOS AL 233 42% 1.3% 12.0% 8.6% 6.0% 27% 0.96 76% 36 4 11%
1969 26 KCR AL 148 39% 4.7% 21.6% 18.9% 8.1% 43% 1.13 53% 41 4 10%
1970 27 KCR AL 536 40% 1.7% 12.9% 11.6% 4.7% 21% 1.13 73% 106 12 11%
8 Seasons 3608 43% 2.2% 17.4% 12.8% 6.2% 31% 0.97 67% 724 52 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1963 20 BOS AL 753 137 20 0 12 14 6 8 12 29 15 3 52% 9 2 2 269 10 2 83% 9 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1964 21 BOS AL 764 156 14 0 22 6 8 7 7 45 29 6 64% 13 8 0 331 10 5 67% 10 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 0
1965 22 BOS AL 843 157 18 1 17 11 7 10 8 47 26 8 55% 10 11 2 317 23 4 85% 18 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 20 2
1966 23 BOS AL 122 31 7 0 0 5 2 6 1 5 4 1 80% 1 3 0 42 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1967 24 BOS AL 207 48 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 5 2 45% 2 3 1 72 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1968 25 BOS AL 233 52 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 14 5 3 36% 3 1 2 82 7 3 70% 7 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
1969 26 KCR AL 148 28 7 0 3 3 4 2 5 14 7 2 50% 2 4 1 63 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1970 27 KCR AL 536 121 9 0 14 4 5 2 7 29 15 7 52% 10 9 1 218 12 8 60% 10 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 19 0
8 Seasons 3606 730 78 1 76 46 32 36 42 194 106 32 55% 50 41 9 1394 69 28 71% 60 26 8 2 1 0 3 0 100 2
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1963 20 10 13 .435 3.81 29 29 0 6 1 0 174.2 137 82 74 20 99 2 136 0 0 2 752 99 1.351 7.1 1.0 5.1 7.0 1.37 99
1964 21 18 28 .391 4.38 61 59 0 9 2 0 341.1 293 183 166 34 211 4 275 4 0 10 1516 87 1.477 7.7 0.9 5.6 7.3 1.30 87
1965 22 28 46 .378 4.26 95 92 1 14 4 0 534.0 450 286 253 52 324 5 438 7 1 21 2361 89 1.449 7.6 0.9 5.5 7.4 1.35 89
1966 23 29 48 .377 4.32 107 97 4 14 4 0 562.0 481 303 270 59 331 5 458 7 1 24 2483 88 1.445 7.7 0.9 5.3 7.3 1.38 88
1967 24 34 52 .395 4.33 117 106 4 15 5 0 609.2 529 327 293 59 353 5 498 9 1 27 2691 87 1.447 7.8 0.9 5.2 7.4 1.41 87
1968 25 35 56 .385 4.17 128 115 4 18 6 0 664.2 581 344 308 62 373 5 526 11 1 28 2924 89 1.435 7.9 0.8 5.1 7.1 1.41 89
1969 26 37 59 .385 4.24 149 117 13 18 6 0 697.2 609 366 329 69 401 6 558 11 1 32 3072 88 1.448 7.9 0.9 5.2 7.2 1.39 88
1970 27 40 64 .385 4.15 177 134 15 19 6 1 819.1 730 430 378 78 463 9 627 12 1 41 3608 89 1.456 8.0 0.9 5.1 6.9 1.35 89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1963 20 9 9 .500 4.10 169.0 142 86 77 21 103 132 0 1.450 7.6 5.5 7.0 1.28 1.1 29
1964 21 6 11 .353 5.25 161.0 159 104 94 14 114 134 4 1.696 8.9 6.4 7.5 1.18 0.8 32
1965 22 9 11 .450 4.38 187.0 163 101 91 19 117 158 3 1.497 7.8 5.6 7.6 1.35 0.9 34
1966 23 1 2 .333 5.46 28.0 32 19 17 7 7 20 0 1.393 10.3 2.3 6.4 2.86 2.3 12
1967 24 1 3 .250 5.32 44.0 50 29 26 0 23 37 2 1.659 10.2 4.7 7.6 1.61 0.0 10
1968 25 3 2 .600 3.18 51.0 57 20 18 3 22 26 2 1.549 10.1 3.9 4.6 1.18 0.5 11
1969 26 1 2 .333 6.90 30.0 29 26 23 7 29 29 0 1.933 8.7 8.7 8.7 1.00 2.1 21
1970 27 6 6 .500 4.03 116.0 124 58 52 9 64 66 1 1.621 9.6 5.0 5.1 1.03 0.7 28
8 Seasons 36 46 .439 4.56 786.0 756 443 398 80 479 602 12 1.571 8.7 6.9 1.26 0.9 177

* 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

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL--7.059--4th
1965 AL--7.334--8th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1963 AL--7.008--6th
1964 AL--7.506--5th
1965 AL--7.614--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1965 AL--163--8th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1963 AL--99--2nd
1964 AL--112--2nd
1965 AL--113--2nd

Losses s c a p y
1964 AL--15--2nd
1965 AL--18--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1965 AL--87--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1965 AL--11--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Bruce Berenyi (965)
  2. Doug McWeeny (964)
  3. Fred Talbot (960)
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  5. Dave Freisleben (955)
  6. Pete Broberg (955)
  7. Don Black (954)
  8. Jack Armstrong (952)
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  10. Arnie Portocarrero (951)
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  3. Dick Ellsworth (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jerry Walker (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Zack Greinke (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jim Clancy (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Dick Ruthven (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Tom Griffin (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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