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Dave Otto

David Alan Otto

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 12, 1964 in Chicago, IL
High School: Elk Grove Village HS (Elk Grove Village, IL)
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Drafted
by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1987
Teams (by GP): Indians/Cubs/Pirates/Athletics 1987-1994

Final Game: August 10, 1994
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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
1987 22 OAK AL 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 7 6 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 24 49 1.333 10.5 1.5 1.5 4.5 3.00
1988 23 OAK AL 0 0 1.80 3 2 1 0 0 0 10.0 9 2 2 0 6 0 7 0 1 0 43 221 1.500 8.1 0.0 5.4 6.3 1.17
1989 24 OAK AL 0 0 2.70 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 2 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 26 145 1.200 8.1 0.0 2.7 5.4 2.00
1990 25 OAK AL 0 0 7.71 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.1 3 3 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 13 56 2.571 11.6 0.0 11.6 7.7 0.67
1991 26 CLE AL 2 8 .200 4.23 18 14 0 1 0 0 100.0 108 52 47 7 27 6 47 4 0 3 425 99 1.350 9.7 0.6 2.4 4.2 1.74
1992 27 CLE AL 5 9 .357 7.06 18 16 0 0 0 0 80.1 110 64 63 12 33 0 32 1 0 5 368 56 1.780 12.3 1.3 3.7 3.6 0.97
1993 28 PIT NL 3 4 .429 5.03 28 8 7 0 0 0 68.0 85 40 38 9 28 1 30 3 0 4 306 80 1.662 11.3 1.2 3.7 4.0 1.07
1994 29 CHC NL 0 1 .000 3.80 36 0 7 0 0 0 45.0 49 20 19 4 22 4 19 1 0 3 200 111 1.578 9.8 0.8 4.4 3.8 0.86
8 Yrs 10 22 .313 5.06 109 41 20 1 0 0 318.1 377 189 179 33 122 11 144 9 1 15 1405 81 1.568 10.7 0.9 3.4 4.1 1.18
162 Game Avg. 5 10 .313 5.06 49 19 9 0 0 0 144 171 86 81 15 55 5 65 4 0 7 637 81 1.568 10.7 0.9 3.4 4.1 1.18
OAK (4 yrs) 0 0 4.32 9 3 6 0 0 0 25.0 25 13 12 1 12 0 16 0 1 0 106 95 1.480 9.0 0.4 4.3 5.8 1.33
CLE (2 yrs) 7 17 .292 5.49 36 30 0 1 0 0 180.1 218 116 110 19 60 6 79 5 0 8 793 74 1.542 10.9 0.9 3.0 3.9 1.32
PIT (1 yr) 3 4 .429 5.03 28 8 7 0 0 0 68.0 85 40 38 9 28 1 30 3 0 4 306 80 1.662 11.3 1.2 3.7 4.0 1.07
CHC (1 yr) 0 1 .000 3.80 36 0 7 0 0 0 45.0 49 20 19 4 22 4 19 1 0 3 200 111 1.578 9.8 0.8 4.4 3.8 0.86
AL (6 yrs) 7 17 .292 5.35 45 33 6 1 0 0 205.1 243 129 122 20 72 6 95 5 1 8 899 76 1.534 10.7 0.9 3.2 4.2 1.32
NL (2 yrs) 3 5 .375 4.54 64 8 14 0 0 0 113.0 134 60 57 13 50 5 49 4 0 7 506 90 1.628 10.7 1.0 4.0 3.9 0.98

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 RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1987 22 OAK AL 6.0 3 0 6 9.00 4.61 -0.11 -0.36 95.2 4.15 -3 -0.3 .0 0.1 -0.1 -3 .403 .498 $
1988 23 OAK AL 10.0 3 2 2 1.80 4.04 0.09 -0.05 96.2 3.75 2 0.2 .0 -0.1 0.3 3 .581 .501 $
1989 24 OAK AL 6.2 1 1 2 2.70 4.32 0.11 0.15 90.0 3.92 1 0.1 -0.0 0.2 2 .600 .501 $
1990 25 OAK AL 2.1 2 0 3 11.57 4.19 0.70 -0.32 101.8 3.22 -2 -0.2 .0 0.1 -0.1 -2 .396 .499 $102,000
1991 26 CLE AL 100.0 18 14 52 4.68 4.56 -0.08 0.12 103.2 4.91 3 0.3 .7 -0.1 1.1 14 .515 .502 $
1992 27 CLE AL 80.1 18 16 64 7.17 4.46 0.12 0.14 98.9 4.43 -24 -2.3 .1 -0.0 -1.6 -16 .372 .486 $300,000
1993 28 PIT NL 68.0 28 8 40 5.29 4.61 -0.10 -0.02 99.1 4.64 -6 -0.6 .7 -0.0 -0.1 2 .478 .496 $525,000
1994 29 CHC NL 45.0 36 0 20 4.00 4.82 0.10 -0.37 98.0 4.26 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.4 4 .503 .501 $
8 Seasons 318.1 109 41 189 5.34 4.56 0.01 0.01 99.8 4.56 -29 -2.7 .8 -0.1 0.1 5 .475 .498 $927,000
OAK (4 yrs) 25.0 9 3 13 4.68 4.26 0.10 -0.10 94.8 3.84 -2 -0.2 .0 0.2 0.3 0 .483 .500 $102,000
CLE (2 yrs) 180.1 36 30 116 5.79 4.51 0.01 0.13 101.3 4.70 -22 -2.0 .5 -0.1 -0.5 -2 .443 .494 $300,000
PIT (1 yr) 68.0 28 8 40 5.29 4.61 -0.10 -0.02 99.1 4.64 -6 -0.6 .7 -0.0 -0.1 2 .478 .496 $525,000
CHC (1 yr) 45.0 36 0 20 4.00 4.82 0.10 -0.37 98.0 4.26 1 0.1 1.0 -0.1 0.4 4 .503 .501 $

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 IBB ROE
1987 22 OAK AL 3 24 23 6 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 3 .304 .333 .565 .899 .316 13 2 0 0 0 0 0
1988 23 OAK AL 3 43 37 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 6 7 .243 .349 .243 .592 .300 9 1 0 0 0 0 0
1989 24 OAK AL 1 26 23 2 6 3 0 0 1 1 2 4 .261 .320 .391 .711 .316 9 0 0 1 0 0 0
1990 25 OAK AL 2 13 10 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .300 .462 .300 .762 .375 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
1991 26 CLE AL 18 425 382 52 108 14 4 7 4 4 27 47 .283 .333 .395 .729 .304 151 11 4 8 4 6 4
1992 27 CLE AL 18 368 330 64 110 17 0 12 11 2 33 32 .333 .395 .494 .888 .341 163 16 1 3 1 0 4
1993 28 PIT NL 28 306 268 40 85 14 2 9 8 2 28 30 .317 .387 .485 .872 .330 130 13 3 6 1 1 4
1994 29 CHC NL 36 200 173 20 49 8 3 4 3 3 22 19 .283 .367 .434 .801 .300 75 7 1 4 0 4 4
8 Yrs 109 1405 1246 189 377 59 9 33 29 12 122 144 .303 .367 .444 .811 .320 553 51 9 22 6 11 17
162 Game Avg. 49 637 565 86 171 27 4 15 13 5 55 65 .303 .367 .444 .811 .320 251 23 4 10 3 5 8
MLB Averages .259 .326 .392 .718 .288

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1987 22 OAK AL -3.0 -0.3 24 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .00 -0.1 -0.4 -2.7 -0.3 0.00 -0.7 0 0 1
1988 23 OAK AL 2.6 0.3 46 0.1 0.5 -0.4 .66 0.1 -0.1 2.8 0.3 0.66 1.7 0 0 1
1989 24 OAK AL 1.1 0.1 27 0.1 0.5 -0.4 1.18 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.1 1.18 0.7 0 0 0
1990 25 OAK AL -1.3 -0.1 13 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 -0.1 -0.4 -2.8 -0.3 0.02 -1.0 0 0 1
1991 26 CLE AL -0.6 -0.1 441 0.3 8.1 -7.8 1.09 0.1 0.2 4.6 0.5 1.09 1.4 0 2 2
1992 27 CLE AL -25.2 -2.4 387 -2.0 6.1 -8.1 .98 -1.8 -0.2 -26.8 -2.5 0.98 -20.2 0 0 2
1993 28 PIT NL -6.2 -0.6 318 -0.4 5.0 -5.4 .96 -1.2 0.8 -6.9 -0.7 0.96 -11.5 3 4 12
1994 29 CHC NL 2.5 0.2 209 0.1 2.4 -2.4 .67 -0.2 0.3 2.4 0.2 0.67 -5.5 8 7 21
8 Yrs -30.0 -2.8 1465 -1.8 22.7 -24.4 .94 -3.2 1.2 -28.3 -2.6 0.94 -35.1 11 13 40

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1988 23 OAK AL 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 48.0 54 42 0 0 1 1 4.8 5.4 3.0 56 2 0 0 0 60
1989 24 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 56.0 56 56 1 0 0 1 3.5 3.0 6.7 99 0 1 0 0 99
1991 26 CLE AL 18 14 2 8 4 0 4 4 10 .286 4 0 1 0 9 64% 50.0 73 14 18 13 0 7 3.5 3.4 6.5 95 2 7 4 1 120
1992 27 CLE AL 18 16 5 9 2 1 1 5 11 .313 0 2 0 0 5 31% 39.6 67 3 16 5 0 7 3.1 3.3 4.9 79 7 7 2 0 103
1993 28 PIT NL 28 8 2 3 3 0 0 3 5 .375 2 0 0 0 4 50% 46.6 68 22 18 6 1 4 4.1 4.5 5.5 87 2 3 2 1 130
5 Yrs 68 41 9 20 12 1 5 15 26 .366 6 3 1 0 19 46% 45 73 3 53 24 2 20 3.5 3.6 5.5 85 13 18 8 2 130
MLB Averages .500 52% 50 103 -14 4.4 4.4 6.1 95

Reliever Pitching*

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
1987 22 OAK AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .002 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 6.0
1988 23 OAK AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .661 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 12.0 52
1990 25 OAK AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 .024 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.5 28
1991 26 CLE AL 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 4 1.093 0 2 2 0 0 4 4 0 2 1 2 0 6.3 31
1992 27 CLE AL 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .983 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 2.5 23
1993 28 PIT NL 28 20 7 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 33% 7 .959 3 4 12 2 2 16 5 15 8 6 9 4 3.7 21
1994 29 CHC NL 36 36 7 0 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 29 5 17% 6 .674 8 7 21 6 2 28 15 21 17 16 17 7 3.8 20
7 Yrs 108 68 20 1 2 1 0 1 0% 5 3 44 12 27% .931 11 13 40 8 4 56 26 42 32 25 33 11 4.0 22

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1987 22 OAK AL 24 29% 4.2% 12.5% 4.2% 16.7% 57% 2.00 79% 5 2 40%
1988 23 OAK AL 43 21% 0.0% 16.3% 14.0% 0.0% 0% 1.14 0.77 70% 17% 0.0% 57% 8 1 13%
1989 24 OAK AL 26 35% 0.0% 15.4% 7.7% 11.5% 50% 1.38 1.50 73% 20% 0.0% 0% 4 0 0%
1990 25 OAK AL 13 15% 0.0% 15.4% 23.1% 0.0% 0% 7.00 62% 13% 0.0% 0% 5 1 20%
1991 26 CLE AL 425 18% 1.7% 11.1% 6.4% 5.9% 23% 1.11 1.73 78% 22% 4.8% 10% 84 11 13%
1992 27 CLE AL 368 16% 3.3% 8.7% 9.0% 7.9% 26% 1.01 1.49 78% 21% 8.9% 8% 74 16 22%
1993 28 PIT NL 306 25% 2.9% 9.8% 9.2% 8.2% 29% 1.17 1.69 75% 21% 8.8% 6% 75 13 17%
1994 29 CHC NL 200 32% 2.0% 9.5% 11.0% 7.5% 31% 1.41 2.45 75% 18% 7.3% 13% 35 7 20%
8 Yrs 1405 22% 2.4% 10.3% 8.7% 7.2% 27% 1.15 1.71 77% 20% 7.1% 10% 290 51 18%
MLB Averages 41% 2.2% 15.1% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.5% 20% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1988 23 OAK AL 43 163 3.79 94 58% 26% 22% 20% 32% 74% 0% 43% 70% 58% 12% 5 3 16% 7 2 0 14% 1 2 0 0 0
1989 24 OAK AL 26 99 3.81 64 65% 17% 22% 30% 31% 83% 0% 54% 74% 65% 4% 1 1 31% 8 5 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0
1990 25 OAK AL 13 55 4.23 30 55% 30% 7% 37% 27% 70% 0% 38% 90% 46% 15% 2 2 15% 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 CLE AL 429 1450 3.38 866 60% 22% 14% 24% 40% 78% 3% 46% 82% 53% 4% 17 8 14% 61 21 2 26% 6 5 -4 0 0
1992 27 CLE AL 368 1302 3.54 766 59% 25% 11% 25% 39% 75% 0% 44% 86% 52% 5% 19 14 13% 48 21 3 41% 5 5 0 0 0
1993 28 PIT NL 306 1106 3.61 669 60% 22% 11% 30% 37% 78% 0% 47% 85% 55% 5% 16 12 21% 65 42 5 23% 7 4 0 0 1
1994 29 CHC NL 196 679 3.46 402 59% 21% 15% 25% 39% 79% 4% 47% 81% 54% 7% 14 5 14% 27 15 2 26% 6 5 4 1 0
7 Yrs 1381 4854 3.51 2891 60% 23% 13% 26% 38% 77% 2% 46% 83% 54% 5% 74 45 16% 218 107 12 28% 26 21 0 1 1
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 27%

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
1987 22 OAK AL 24 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 23 OAK AL 43 9 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 19 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 24 OAK AL 26 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 0 0 8 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 25 OAK AL 13 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 CLE AL 425 108 36 1 7 0 2 7 0 5 2 26 14 2 54% 4 3 2 167 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1992 27 CLE AL 368 110 48 4 12 0 5 11 1 8 4 21 12 1 57% 4 5 1 135 11 2 85% 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1993 28 PIT NL 306 85 12 0 9 0 3 8 1 1 8 23 12 3 52% 4 4 1 130 8 2 80% 5 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1994 29 CHC NL 200 49 6 0 4 0 11 4 0 4 0 11 4 1 36% 4 3 1 79 3 3 50% 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 Yrs 1405 377 105 5 33 0 24 31 2 19 14 86 46 7 53% 17 15 5 554 29 12 71% 23 11 6 0 0 1 1 0 31 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1987 22 0 0 9.00 3 0 3 0 0 0 6.0 7 6 6 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 24 49 1.333 10.5 1.5 1.5 4.5 3.00 49
1988 23 0 0 4.50 6 2 4 0 0 0 16.0 16 8 8 1 7 0 10 0 1 0 67 92 1.438 9.0 0.6 3.9 5.6 1.43 92
1989 24 0 0 3.97 7 3 4 0 0 0 22.2 22 10 10 1 9 0 14 0 1 0 93 103 1.368 8.7 0.4 3.6 5.6 1.56 103
1990 25 0 0 4.32 9 3 6 0 0 0 25.0 25 13 12 1 12 0 16 0 1 0 106 95 1.480 9.0 0.4 4.3 5.8 1.33 95
1991 26 2 8 .200 4.25 27 17 6 1 0 0 125.0 133 65 59 8 39 6 63 4 1 3 531 98 1.376 9.6 0.6 2.8 4.5 1.62 98
1992 27 7 17 .292 5.35 45 33 6 1 0 0 205.1 243 129 122 20 72 6 95 5 1 8 899 76 1.534 10.7 0.9 3.2 4.2 1.32 76
1993 28 10 21 .323 5.27 73 41 13 1 0 0 273.1 328 169 160 29 100 7 125 8 1 12 1205 77 1.566 10.8 1.0 3.3 4.1 1.25 77
1994 29 10 22 .313 5.06 109 41 20 1 0 0 318.1 377 189 179 33 122 11 144 9 1 15 1405 81 1.568 10.7 0.9 3.4 4.1 1.18 81

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1987 22 0 0 10.80 5.0 7 7 6 1 1 3 0 1.600 12.6 1.8 5.4 3.00 1.8 3
1988 23 1 0 1.000 2.00 9.0 9 2 2 0 6 7 0 1.667 9.0 6.0 7.0 1.17 0.0 3
1989 24 0 0 4.50 6.0 7 3 3 0 2 3 0 1.500 10.5 3.0 4.5 1.50 0.0 1
1990 25 0 0 9.00 2.0 3 2 2 0 3 2 0 3.000 13.5 13.5 9.0 0.67 0.0 2
1991 26 4 6 .400 4.60 94.0 110 53 48 7 28 44 4 1.468 10.5 2.7 4.2 1.57 0.7 18
1992 27 1 7 .125 8.75 72.0 116 78 70 13 35 29 1 2.097 14.5 4.4 3.6 0.83 1.6 18
1993 28 3 4 .429 5.20 64.0 84 41 37 9 28 28 3 1.750 11.8 3.9 3.9 1.00 1.3 28
1994 29 3 3 .500 3.84 61.0 68 29 26 6 31 26 1 1.623 10.0 4.6 3.8 0.84 0.9 36
8 Yrs 12 20 .375 5.58 313.0 404 215 194 36 134 142 9 1.719 11.6 4.1 1.06 1.0 109

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