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Dave Pavlas

David Lee Pavlas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 12, 1962 in Frankfort, W.Germany
High School: Shiner HS (Shiner, TX)
School: Rice University (Houston, TX)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1984. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 1990
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Cubs 1990-1996

Final Game: September 29, 1996
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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
1985	22	CHC-min	A	8	3	.727	2.62	17	15	2	3	1	1	110.0	90	40	32	7	32	0	86	3	1	6			1.109	7.4	0.6	2.6	7.0	2.69	PEO · MIDW
1986	23	CHC-min	A	14	6	.700	3.84	28	26	0	5	2	0	173.1	172	91	74	8	57	2	143	6	1	11			1.321	8.9	0.4	3.0	7.4	2.51	WSM · CARL
1987	24	TEX-CHC-min	AA	7	7	.500	6.02	20	19	1	0	0	0	104.2	128	76	70	15	44	4	73	6	1	8			1.643	11.0	1.3	3.8	6.3	1.66	TUL,PFD · TL,EL
1988	25	TEX-min	AA,AAA	8	3	.727	2.98	39	13	11	1	0	2	129.2	111	55	43	4	46	1	109	8	7	6			1.211	7.7	0.3	3.2	7.6	2.37	TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1989	26	TEX-min	AAA	2	14	.125	4.70	29	21	4	4	0	0	143.2	175	89	75	7	67	4	94	7	1	8			1.684	11.0	0.4	4.2	5.9	1.40	OKC · AA
1990	27	CHC-min	AAA	8	3	.727	3.26	53	3	22	0	0	8	99.1	84	38	36	4	48	6	96	10	1	8			1.329	7.6	0.4	4.3	8.7	2.00	IWA · AA
1990	27	CHC	NL	2	0	1.000	2.11	13	0	3	0	0	0	21.1	23	7	5	2	6	2	12	0	0	3	93	198	1.359	9.7	0.8	2.5	5.1	2.00
1991	28	CHC-min	AAA	5	6	.455	3.98	61	0	29	0	0	7	97.1	92	49	43	5	43	9	54	5	0	13	418		1.387	8.5	0.5	4.0	5.0	1.26	IWA · AA
1991	28	CHC	NL	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	30	3.000	27.0	9.0	0.0	0.0

1992	29	CHC-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.38	12	4	6	0	0	0	37.1	43	20	14	5	8	0	34	1	0	0	166		1.366	10.4	1.2	1.9	8.2	4.25	IWA · AA
1993		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1995	32	NYY-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.61	48	0	32	0	0	18	58.2	43	19	17	2	20	2	51	1	0	4	233		1.074	6.6	0.3	3.1	7.8	2.55	CLB · IL
1995	32	NYY	AL	0	0		3.18	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.2	8	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	24	154	1.412	12.7	0.0	0.0	4.8
1996	33	NYY-min	AAA	8	2	.800	1.99	57	0	46	0	0	26	77.0	64	20	17	5	13	1	65	0	0	3	306		1.000	7.5	0.6	1.5	7.6	5.00	CLB · IL
1996	33	NYY	AL	0	0		2.35	16	0	8	0	0	1	23.0	23	7	6	0	7	2	18	1	0	3	97	216	1.304	9.0	0.0	2.7	7.0	2.57
1997	34	NYY-min	AAA	1	3	.250	4.62	26	0	25	0	0	12	25.1	33	14	13	3	4	2	34	0	0	0	116		1.461	11.7	1.1	1.4	12.1	8.50	CLB · IL
1998	35	ARI-OAK-min	AAA	2	4	.333	3.80	35	3	18	0	0	2	66.1	66	34	28	7	17	2	49	2	0	2	285		1.251	9.0	0.9	2.3	6.6	2.88	TUC,EDM · PCL
1999	36	NYY-min	AAA	4	2	.667	4.04	38	2	13	0	0	1	62.1	69	32	28	5	9	1	49	2	0	1	256		1.251	10.0	0.7	1.3	7.1	5.44	CLB · IL
2000	37	PIT-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.39	45	0	17	0	0	5	71.2	71	36	27	8	23	3	61	4	0	2	311		1.312	8.9	1.0	2.9	7.7	2.65	NVL · PCL
2001	38	PIT-min	AAA	1	4	.200	2.61	41	1	18	0	0	6	41.1	34	17	12	4	8	2	40	1	0	3	167		1.016	7.4	0.9	1.7	8.7	5.00	NVL · PCL
4 Yrs				2	0	1.000	2.65	34	0	13	0	0	1	51.0	57	18	15	3	13	4	33	1	0	6	219	177	1.373	10.1	0.5	2.3	5.8	2.54
162 Game Avg.				4	0	1.000	2.65	68	0	26	0	0	2	102	114	36	30	6	26	8	66	2	0	12	438	177	1.373	10.1	0.5	2.3	5.8	2.54

CHC (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	2.82	14	0	4	0	0	0	22.1	26	9	7	3	6	2	12	0	0	3	98	150	1.433	10.5	1.2	2.4	4.8	2.00
NYY (2 yrs)				0	0		2.51	20	0	9	0	0	1	28.2	31	9	8	0	7	2	21	1	0	3	121	200	1.326	9.7	0.0	2.2	6.6	3.00

AL (2 yrs)				0	0		2.51	20	0	9	0	0	1	28.2	31	9	8	0	7	2	21	1	0	3	121	200	1.326	9.7	0.0	2.2	6.6	3.00
NL (2 yrs)				2	0	1.000	2.82	14	0	4	0	0	0	22.1	26	9	7	3	6	2	12	0	0	3	98	150	1.433	10.5	1.2	2.4	4.8	2.00

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
1990	27	CHC	NL	21.1	13	0	7	2.95	4.39	-0.49	-0.33	107.7	4.90	4	0.5	.8	-0.1	0.5	7	.536	.503	$
1991	28	CHC	NL	1.0	1	0	2	18.00	4.41	0.04	-0.34	110.0	4.43	-2	-0.1	.1	0.1	-0.1	-1	.354	.499	$

1995	32	NYY	AL	5.2	4	0	2	3.18	5.03	0.07	-0.37	98.4	4.51	1	0.1	.8	-0.0	0.1	1	.521	.501	$109,000
1996	33	NYY	AL	23.0	16	0	7	2.74	5.51	-0.28	-0.41	99.8	5.37	6	0.6	1.2	0.0	0.8	10	.537	.504	$120,000
4 Seasons				51.0	34	0	18	3.18	4.96	-0.32	-0.37	103.2	5.06	10	1.0	1.0	-0.0	1.3	16	.530	.502	$229,000

CHC (2 yrs)				22.1	14	0	9	3.63	4.39	-0.47	-0.33	107.8	4.87	3	0.3	.7	-0.0	0.4	5	.523	.501	$
NYY (2 yrs)				28.2	20	0	9	2.83	5.41	-0.21	-0.40	99.5	5.20	7	0.7	1.1	-0.0	0.9	11	.534	.502	$229,000

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
1990	27	CHC	NL	13	93	85	7	23	5	1	2	1	0	6	12	.271	.312	.424	.735	.288	36	2	0	0	2	2	2
1991	28	CHC	NL	1	5	4	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	1.500	2.250	.667	6	1	0	1	0	0	0

1995	32	NYY	AL	4	24	24	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.333	.333	.375	.708	.381	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	33	NYY	AL	16	97	87	7	23	10	0	0	0	0	7	18	.264	.326	.379	.706	.333	33	3	1	2	0	2	0
4 Yrs				34	219	200	18	57	16	1	3	1	0	13	33	.285	.329	.420	.749	.325	84	6	1	3	2	4	2
162 Game Avg.				68	438	400	36	114	32	2	6	2	0	26	66	.285	.329	.420	.749	.325	168	12	2	6	4	8	4
MLB Averages																.263	.331	.402	.734	.293

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1990	27	CHC	NL	3.9	0.4	97	0.4	1.0	-0.6	.63	-0.0	0.7	3.3	0.3	0.63	1.8	2	4	7
1991	28	CHC	NL	-1.2	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.2	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.03	-1.7	0	0	1

1995	32	NYY	AL	1.2	0.1	24	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.33	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.33	1.0	1	1	0
1996	33	NYY	AL	6.7	0.6	100	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	.69	0.3	-0.6	4.2	0.4	0.69	4.1	5	1	10
4 Yrs				10.6	1.0	226	0.2	2.1	-1.9	.61	0.0	0.3	6.0	0.6	0.61	5.1	8	6	18

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1990	27	CHC	NL	13	13	3	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	11	3	27%	6	.627	2	4	7	3	1	9	7	6	9	2	9	2	4.9	27
1991	28	CHC	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		9	.034	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	12

1995	32	NYY	AL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	4	2	50%	8	.330	1	1	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	2	0	4.3	19
1996	33	NYY	AL	16	16	8	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	23	10	43%	6	.685	5	1	10	4	2	10	12	4	9	6	9	6	4.3	22
4 Yrs				34	34	13	2	0	1	1	0	100%	4	2	38	15	39%		.607	8	6	18	7	3	24	21	13	20	8	20	8	4.5	23

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%
1990	27	CHC	NL	93	45%	2.2%	12.9%	6.5%	8.6%	35%	0.85	1.00	78%	21%	5.7%	13%	10	2	20%
1991	28	CHC	NL	5	40%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	33%	1.00		60%	40%	50.0%	0%	2	1	50%

1995	32	NYY	AL	24	71%	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	4.2%	13%	1.33	1.00	88%	29%	0.0%	0%	7	0	0%
1996	33	NYY	AL	97	53%	0.0%	18.6%	7.2%	10.3%	44%	1.38	1.74	71%	17%	0.0%	10%	15	3	20%
4 Yrs				219	51%	1.4%	15.1%	5.9%	9.1%	35%	1.10	1.33	76%	21%	4.2%	10%	34	6	18%
MLB Averages					42%	2.3%	15.5%	8.8%	7.2%	31%	0.81	1.08	72%	21%	7.0%	16%			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
1990	27	CHC	NL	93	352	3.78	213	61%	30%	14%	21%	35%	70%	6%	43%	80%	53%	5%	5	2	13%	12	6	1	17%	1	1	0	0	0
1991	28	CHC	NL	5	12	2.40	9	75%	11%	11%	22%	56%	89%	0%	67%	88%	60%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0

1995	32	NYY	AL	24	74	3.08	53	72%	13%	17%	30%	40%	87%	0%	62%	80%	58%	0%	0	0	33%	8	5	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0
1996	33	NYY	AL	97	354	3.65	215	61%	23%	16%	28%	33%	77%	4%	47%	80%	54%	6%	6	4	16%	16	10	2	17%	2	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				219	792	3.62	490	62%	24%	15%	25%	35%	76%	4%	47%	80%	54%	5%	11	6	16%	36	21	3	15%	4	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.67		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			19%				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
1990	27	CHC	NL	93	23	1	0	2	0	3	0	2	2	0	5	2	0	40%	2	3	0	30	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1991	28	CHC	NL	5	3	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1995	32	NYY	AL	24	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	33	NYY	AL	97	23	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	100%	0	3	0	48	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4 Yrs				219	57	7	0	3	0	8	1	2	3	0	8	5	0	63%	2	6	0	95	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1990	27	2	1.000	2.11	13	3	0	21.1	23	7	5	2	6	2	12	0	3	93	198	1.359	9.7	0.8	2.5	5.1	2.00	198
1991	28	2	1.000	2.82	14	4	0	22.1	26	9	7	3	6	2	12	0	3	98	150	1.433	10.5	1.2	2.4	4.8	2.00	150
1992	29	2	1.000	2.82	14	4	0	22.1	26	9	7	3	6	2	12	0	3	98	150	1.433	10.5	1.2	2.4	4.8	2.00	150
1993	30	2	1.000	2.82	14	4	0	22.1	26	9	7	3	6	2	12	0	3	98	150	1.433	10.5	1.2	2.4	4.8	2.00	150
1994	31	2	1.000	2.82	14	4	0	22.1	26	9	7	3	6	2	12	0	3	98	150	1.433	10.5	1.2	2.4	4.8	2.00	150
1995	32	2	1.000	2.89	18	5	0	28.0	34	11	9	3	6	2	15	0	3	122	151	1.429	10.9	1.0	1.9	4.8	2.50	151
1996	33	2	1.000	2.65	34	13	1	51.0	57	18	15	3	13	4	33	1	6	219	177	1.373	10.1	0.5	2.3	5.8	2.54	177

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1990	27	2	0	1.000	2.05	22.0	22	6	5	2	6	12	0	1.273	9.0	2.5	4.9	2.00	0.8	13
1991	28	0	0		9.00	2.0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	1

1995	32	1	0	1.000	2.00	9.0	0	2	2	0	0	5	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	5.0		0.0	4
1996	33	2	0	1.000	1.96	23.0	21	6	5	0	6	18	1	1.174	8.2	2.3	7.0	3.00	0.0	16
4 Yrs		5	0	1.000	2.25	56.0	43	16	14	2	12	35	1	0.982	6.9		5.6	2.92	0.3	34

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