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Dale Polley

Ezra Dale Polley

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 9, 1965 in Georgetown, KY
School: Kentucky State University (Frankfort, KY)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1996 (Age 30)
Team: Yankees 1996

Final Game: September 29, 1996 (Age 31)
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Standard Pitching

More Stats

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	21	ATL-min	A,Rk	3	3	.500	2.44	20	7	9	1	1	5	66.1	55	23	18	3	18	0	69	0	1	2			1.101	7.5	0.4	2.4	9.4	3.83	SUM,PUL · SALL,APPY
1988	22	ATL-min	AA	9	6	.600	3.16	36	16	10	0	0	2	128.0	102	56	45	18	49	0	67	1	2	4			1.180	7.2	1.3	3.4	4.7	1.37	GRV · SOUL
1989	23	ATL-min	AA	6	15	.286	3.35	28	26	0	3	2	0	163.2	142	75	61	11	58	1	106	4	2	6			1.222	7.8	0.6	3.2	5.8	1.83	GRV · SOUL
1990	24	ATL-min	AAA	4	7	.364	3.53	36	15	6	1	1	0	135.0	121	66	53	10	48	8	64	2	3	5			1.252	8.1	0.7	3.2	4.3	1.33	RMD · IL
1991	25	ATL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.26	50	1	27	0	0	4	66.1	70	24	24	2	30	5	38	4	0	0	294		1.508	9.5	0.3	4.1	5.2	1.27	RMD · IL
1992	26	ATL-min	AAA	1	6	.143	2.88	39	0	12	0	0	2	56.1	54	20	18	1	24	5	42	1	0	2	239		1.385	8.6	0.2	3.8	6.7	1.75	RMD · IL
1993	27	ATL-min	AA,AAA	9	1	.900	4.07	52	0	21	0	0	2	77.1	65	37	35	9	32	3	80	4	1	2	323		1.254	7.6	1.0	3.7	9.3	2.50	GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1995	29	ATL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	1.56	47	0	22	0	0	7	63.1	51	15	11	2	20	5	60	2	0	2	261		1.121	7.2	0.3	2.8	8.5	3.00	RMD · IL
1996	30	NYY-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.13	31	0	6	0	0	1	31.2	29	11	11	1	9	0	29	0	0	2	130		1.200	8.2	0.3	2.6	8.2	3.22	CLB · IL
1996	30	NYY	AL	1	3	.250	7.89	32	0	9	0	0	0	21.2	23	20	19	5	11	1	14	3	0	0	103	64	1.569	9.6	2.1	4.6	5.8	1.27
1997	31	NYY-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.75	62	0	13	0	0	2	48.0	47	20	20	2	20	1	49	3	0	2	202		1.396	8.8	0.4	3.8	9.2	2.45	CLB · IL
1 Yr				1	3	.250	7.89	32	0	9	0	0	0	21.2	23	20	19	5	11	1	14	3	0	0	103	64	1.569	9.6	2.1	4.6	5.8	1.27
162 Game Avg.				2	6	.250	7.89	68	0	19	0	0	0	46	49	43	40	11	23	2	30	6	0	0	219	64	1.569	9.6	2.1	4.6	5.8	1.27

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1996	30	NYY	AL	21.2	32	0	20	8.31	5.49	-0.31	-0.41	100.9	5.44	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.480	.496	$109,000
1 Season				21.2	32	0	20	8.31	5.49	-0.31	-0.41	100.9	5.44	-7	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.480	.496	$109,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1987	21	ATL-min	A,Rk	20	13	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.111	.273	.111	.384	1		0	2	0	0		SUM,PUL · SALL,APPY
1988	22	ATL-min	AA	36	16	13	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.231	.375	.308	.683	4		0	0	0	0		GRV · SOUL
1989	23	ATL-min	AA	28	25	23	2	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.261	.292	.304	.596	7		0	1	0	0		GRV · SOUL
1990	24	ATL-min	AAA	36	10	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	1		0	2	0	0		RMD · IL
1991	25	ATL-min	AAA	50	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	1	0	0		RMD · IL
1992	26	ATL-min	AAA	40	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0		0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
1993	27	ATL-min	AA,AAA	52	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0		GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1995	29	ATL-min	AAA	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
1996	30	NYY-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1996	30	NYY	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	31	NYY-min	AAA	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1 Yr				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1996	30	NYY	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$109,000	1
1 Season				32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$109,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS%	lgCS%
1996	NYY	AL	30	P	32	21.2	5	4	1	.800	1.66	0.13	.960	1.79	1.76	3	0%	30%
	1 Season			P	32	21.2	5	4	1	.800	1.66	0.13	.960	1.79	1.76	3	0%	30%
	1 Season			TOT	32	21.2	5	4	1	.800	1.66	0.13	.960	1.79	1.76	3	0%	30%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

June 10, 1987: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.
October 15, 1995: Granted Free Agency.
December 14, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
October 31, 1996: Released by the New York Yankees.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1996	30	New York Yankees	$109,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$109,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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