Dave Rajsich

David Christopher Rajsich

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 28, 1951 in Youngstown, OH
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1978
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Yankees 1978-1980

Final Game: September 17, 1980
Relatives: Brother of Gary Rajsich
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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
1975	23	NYY-min	A,AAA	5	9	.357	3.11	27	15		10	4	2	133.0	110	60	46	4	51	1	85	6	1	5			1.211	7.4	0.3	3.5	5.8	1.67	FTL,SYR · FLOR,IL
1976	24	NYY-min	AA	4	4	.500	4.13	30	3		0	0	4	61.0	57	36	28	5	25	4	45	5	0	4			1.344	8.4	0.7	3.7	6.6	1.80	WHA · EL
1977	25	NYY-min	AAA,AA	8	8	.500	4.64	29	9		1	0	4	95.0	96	53	49	8	41	6	70	0	0	7			1.442	9.1	0.8	3.9	6.6	1.71	SYR,WHA · IL,EL
1978	26	NYY-min	AAA	8	4	.667	3.56	36	3		1	0	9	81.0	82	40	32	4	40	7	59	5	0	5			1.506	9.1	0.4	4.4	6.6	1.48	TAC · PCL
1978	26	NYY	AL	0	0		4.05	4	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	16	6	6	0	6	0	9	0	0	0	58	92	1.650	10.8	0.0	4.1	6.1	1.50
1979	27	TEX-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.00	5	0		0	0	2	6.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0			0.833	1.5	0.0	6.0	1.5	0.25	TUC · PCL
1979	27	TEX	AL	1	3	.250	3.52	27	3	8	0	0	0	53.2	56	25	21	7	18	0	32	0	0	0	229	119	1.379	9.4	1.2	3.0	5.4	1.78
1980	28	TEX-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	9.00	3	0		0	0	0	4.0	6	4	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0			2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00	CHL · IL
1980	28	TEX	AL	2	1	.667	5.96	24	1	5	0	0	2	48.1	56	34	32	7	22	0	35	3	0	3	221	66	1.614	10.4	1.3	4.1	6.5	1.59
1981	29	TEX-min	AAA	6	5	.545	4.24	36	6	18	1	0	3	85.0	82	45	40	10	30	2	60	2	0	8			1.318	8.7	1.1	3.2	6.4	2.00	WCH · AA
1982	30	TEX-min	AAA	5	6	.455	6.15	19	14	1	3	0	0	86.1	96	64	59	13	47	0	52	1	0	6			1.656	10.0	1.4	4.9	5.4	1.11	DEN · AA
1983	31	TEX-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.32	46	0	25	0	0	6	66.0	63	25	17	0	26	4	42	2	0	6			1.348	8.6	0.0	3.5	5.7	1.62	OKC · AA
1985	33	STL-BAL-min	AAA	4	3	.571	3.84	36	1	18	0	0	4	63.1	60	34	27	1	31	5	43	2	0	7			1.437	8.5	0.1	4.4	6.1	1.39	LOU,ROC · AA,IL
1986	34	STL-KCR-min	AAA	7	3	.700	4.71	37	4	16	1	0	1	80.1	95	54	42	11	33	3	38	5	0	7			1.593	10.6	1.2	3.7	4.3	1.15	LOU,OMA · AA
1987	35	KCR-min	AAA	1	5	.167	4.26	31	5	12	1	0	1	61.1	75	35	29	4	29	3	40	1	0	3			1.696	11.0	0.6	4.3	5.9	1.38	OMA · AA
1988	36	STL-min	AAA	6	8	.429	2.86	53	5	22	1	0	8	104.0	98	39	33	7	40	4	64	2	2	2			1.327	8.5	0.6	3.5	5.5	1.60	LOU · AA
3 Yrs				3	4	.429	4.60	55	6	13	0	0	2	115.1	128	65	59	14	46	0	76	3	0	3	508	87	1.509	10.0	1.1	3.6	5.9	1.65
162 Game Avg.				3	4	.429	4.60	61	7	14	0	0	2	129	143	72	66	16	51	0	85	3	0	3	566	87	1.509	10.0	1.1	3.6	5.9	1.65

TEX (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.68	51	4	13	0	0	2	102.0	112	59	53	14	40	0	67	3	0	3	450	87	1.490	9.9	1.2	3.5	5.9	1.68
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		4.05	4	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	16	6	6	0	6	0	9	0	0	0	58	92	1.650	10.8	0.0	4.1	6.1	1.50

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
1978	26	NYY	AL	13.1	4	2	6	4.05	4.46	0.29	-0.04	95.7	3.95	-0	-0.0	.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.497	.500	$
1979	27	TEX	AL	53.2	27	3	25	4.19	4.90	0.36	-0.26	97.4	4.18	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.1	0.4	6	.500	.500	$
1980	28	TEX	AL	48.1	24	1	34	6.33	4.68	-0.54	-0.32	96.6	4.73	-9	-0.9	1.3	-0.2	-0.7	-3	.463	.495	$
3 Seasons				115.1	55	6	65	5.07	4.76	-0.03	-0.26	96.9	4.38	-9	-0.9	1.1	-0.3	-0.2	4	.483	.498	$

TEX (2 yrs)				102.0	51	4	59	5.21	4.80	-0.07	-0.29	97.0	4.44	-9	-0.9	1.2	-0.3	-0.3	3	.482	.497	$
NYY (1 yr)				13.1	4	2	6	4.05	4.46	0.29	-0.04	95.7	3.95	-0	-0.0	.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.497	.500	$

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
1978	26	NYY	AL	4	58	50	6	16	5	0	0	2	1	6	9	.320	.379	.420	.799	.372	21	1	0	0	2	0	0
1979	27	TEX	AL	27	229	210	25	56	6	2	7	5	5	18	32	.267	.325	.414	.739	.287	87	2	0	1	0	0	4
1980	28	TEX	AL	24	221	190	34	56	10	1	7	2	2	22	35	.295	.370	.468	.838	.322	89	3	3	2	4	0	1
3 Yrs				55	508	450	65	128	21	3	14	9	8	46	76	.284	.350	.438	.788	.311	197	6	3	3	6	0	5
162 Game Avg.				61	566	502	72	143	23	3	16	10	9	51	85	.284	.350	.438	.788	.311	220	7	3	3	7	0	6
MLB Averages																.263	.327	.388	.715	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	26	NYY	AL	-0.1	-0.0	62	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	.74	-0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.4	0	0	1
1979	27	TEX	AL	3.3	0.3	240	-0.5	2.8	-3.3	.67	0.2	-0.9	-2.0	-0.2	0.67	2.4	7	4	13
1980	28	TEX	AL	-10.6	-1.0	232	-0.1	3.0	-3.0	.81	-0.9	0.9	-12.3	-1.2	0.81	-11.1	6	7	10
3 Yrs				-7.5	-0.7	534	-0.6	6.5	-7.2	.74	-0.7	-0.2	-14.5	-1.4	0.74	-9.2	13	11	24

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
1978	26	NYY	AL	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	41.0	43	39	5	0	0	2	5.1	7.0	4.3
1979	27	TEX	AL	27	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	1	33%	41.0	53	27	17	1	2	1	2.9	4.8	4.4
1980	28	TEX	AL	24	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	37.0	37	37	20	4	0	1	1.0	1.5	5.0
3 Yrs				55	6	0	3	3	0	0	1	5	.167	0	0	0	0	1	17%	40	53	27	42	5	2	4	3.3	4.8	4.5
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	99	-2					4.3	4.3	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1978	26	NYY	AL	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	1	20%	4	.744	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	7.0
1979	27	TEX	AL	27	24	8	1	1	0	0		0	0	37	10	27%	5	.670	7	4	13	2	2	20	22	2	13	11	14	1	5.0
1980	28	TEX	AL	24	23	5	2	0	2	2	100%	3	1	32	11	34%	5	.812	6	7	10	4	3	16	17	6	12	7	17	1	5.7
3 Yrs				55	49	13	3	1	2	2	100%	3	1	74	22	30%		.740	13	11	24	6	5	38	41	8	27	18	33	2	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	26	NYY	AL	58	34%	0.0%	15.5%	10.3%	8.6%	31%	1.15	74%	15	1	7%
1979	27	TEX	AL	229	38%	3.1%	14.0%	7.9%	6.6%	27%	1.39	75%	40	2	5%
1980	28	TEX	AL	221	45%	3.2%	15.8%	10.0%	8.1%	32%	1.40	69%	55	3	5%
3 Yrs				508	41%	2.8%	15.0%	9.1%	7.5%	30%	1.37	72%	110	6	5%
MLB Averages					44%	2.0%	12.5%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

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
1978	26	NYY	AL	58	16			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	50%	0	0	1	24	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1979	27	TEX	AL	229	56			7	1	8	7	0	5	2	9	5	2	56%	4	0	2	86	5	5	50%	4	4	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	0
1980	28	TEX	AL	221	56			7	0	14	4	3	2	5	25	17	4	68%	1	3	4	80	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
3 Yrs				508	128			14	1	25	11	3	7	7	40	25	7	63%	5	3	7	190	9	8	53%	8	7	1	0	0	1	2	1	21	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1978	26	0	0		4.05	4	2	0	0	13.1	16	6	6	0	6	9	0	0	58	92	1.650	10.8	0.0	4.1	6.1	1.50	92
1979	27	1	3	.250	3.63	31	5	8	0	67.0	72	31	27	7	24	41	0	0	287	113	1.433	9.7	0.9	3.2	5.5	1.71	113
1980	28	3	4	.429	4.60	55	6	13	2	115.1	128	65	59	14	46	76	3	3	508	87	1.509	10.0	1.1	3.6	5.9	1.65	87

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
1978	26	0	1	.000	5.25	12.0	17	8	7	0	6	8	0	1.917	12.8	4.5	6.0	1.33	0.0	4
1979	27	3	2	.600	3.81	52.0	57	24	22	7	18	31	0	1.442	9.9	3.1	5.4	1.72	1.2	27
1980	28	1	4	.200	7.00	45.0	59	39	35	7	23	33	3	1.822	11.8	4.6	6.6	1.43	1.4	24
3 Yrs		4	7	.364	5.28	109.0	133	71	64	14	47	72	3	1.651	11.0		5.9	1.53	1.2	55

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