Dave Rajsich
David Christopher Rajsich
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 28, 1951 in Youngstown, OH
School: University of Arizona
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1974. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1978
Final Game: September 17, 1980
Relatives: Brother of Gary Rajsich
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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
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 90 1.650 10.8 0.0 4.1 6.1 1.50
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 0 229 118 1.379 9.4 1.2 3.0 5.4 1.78
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 65 1.614 10.4 1.3 4.1 6.5 1.59
3 Seasons 3 4 .429 4.60 55 6 13 0 0 2 115.1 128 65 59 14 46 0 76 3 0 3 508 86 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 86 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 86 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 90 1.650 10.8 0.0 4.1 6.1 1.50

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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 55 508 450 65 128 21 3 14 9 8 46 76 .284 .350 .438 .788 .311 197 6 3 3 6 0
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
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
1978 26 NYY AL 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 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 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 37 37 20 4 0 1 1.0 1.5 5.0
3 Seasons 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

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
1978 26 NYY AL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 0.747 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 7.0
1979 27 TEX AL 27 24 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 37 10 27% 5 0.686 6 6 12 2 2 20 22 2 13 11 14 1 5.0
1980 28 TEX AL 24 23 5 2 0 2 2 0 100% 3 1 32 11 34% 5 0.835 6 7 10 4 3 16 17 6 12 7 17 1 5.7
3 Seasons 55 49 13 3 1 2 2 0 100% 3 1 74 22 30% 0.758 12 13 24 6 5 38 41 8 27 18 33 2 5.4

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%
1978 26 NYY AL 58 66% 0.0% 15.5% 10.3% 8.6% 31% 1.15 74% 15 1 7%
1979 27 TEX AL 229 62% 3.1% 14.0% 7.9% 6.6% 27% 1.39 75% 40 2 5%
1980 28 TEX AL 221 55% 3.2% 15.8% 10.0% 8.1% 32% 1.40 69% 55 3 5%
3 Seasons 508 59% 2.8% 15.0% 9.1% 7.5% 30% 1.37 72% 110 6 5%
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1978 26 0 0 4.05 4 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 16 6 6 0 6 0 9 0 0 0 58 90 1.650 10.8 0.0 4.1 6.1 1.50 90
1979 27 1 3 .250 3.63 31 5 8 0 0 0 67.0 72 31 27 7 24 0 41 0 0 0 287 111 1.433 9.7 0.9 3.2 5.5 1.71 111
1980 28 3 4 .429 4.60 55 6 13 0 0 2 115.1 128 65 59 14 46 0 76 3 0 3 508 86 1.509 10.0 1.1 3.6 5.9 1.65 86

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978 26 0 1 .000 5.25 12.0 16 8 7 0 6 8 0 1.833 12.0 4.5 6.0 1.33 0.0 4
1979 27 3 2 .600 3.88 51.0 58 24 22 7 19 30 0 1.510 10.2 3.4 5.3 1.58 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 Seasons 4 7 .364 5.33 108.0 133 71 64 14 48 71 3 1.676 11.1 5.9 1.48 1.2 55

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