Dave Righetti
David Allan Righetti (Rags)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 198 lb.

Born: November 28, 1958 in San Jose, CA
High School: Bellarmine Prep (San Jose, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1979
Final Game: September 18, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 NYY AL 20 P 3 3 17.1 4 1 3 0 1 1.000 2.08 1.33 .950 1.92 0.80
1981 NYY AL 22 P 15 15 105.1 16 6 9 1 0 .938 1.28 1.00 .962 1.98 0.81 RoY-1
1982 NYY AL 23 P 33 27 183.0 26 5 18 3 1 .885 1.13 0.70 .962 1.80 0.73
1983 NYY AL 24 P 31 31 217.0 28 3 24 1 2 .964 1.12 0.87 .957 1.80 0.73
1984 NYY AL 25 P 64 0 96.1 17 2 13 2 0 .882 1.40 0.23 .959 1.79 0.70
1985 NYY AL 26 P 74 0 107.0 14 1 12 1 2 .929 1.09 0.18 .957 1.86 0.70
1986 NYY AL 27 P 74 0 106.2 11 1 10 0 2 1.000 0.93 0.15 .955 1.83 0.68 AS,CYA-4,MVP-10
1987 NYY AL 28 P 60 0 95.0 16 3 12 1 0 .938 1.42 0.25 .956 1.84 0.67 AS
1988 NYY AL 29 P 60 0 87.0 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.03 0.17 .960 1.78 0.67
1989 NYY AL 30 P 55 0 69.0 9 0 9 0 0 1.000 1.17 0.16 .956 1.87 0.66
1990 NYY AL 31 P 53 0 53.0 5 3 1 1 0 .800 0.68 0.08 .960 1.78 0.59
1991 SFG NL 32 P 61 0 71.2 16 3 13 0 1 1.000 2.01 0.26 .950 1.86 0.59
1992 SFG NL 33 P 54 4 78.1 9 3 5 1 0 .889 0.92 0.15 .956 1.94 0.60
1993 SFG NL 34 P 51 0 47.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.14 .957 1.84 0.54
1994 TOT AL 35 P 20 0 20.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.15 .967 1.68 0.52
1994 OAK AL 35 P 7 0 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.14 1.000 1.67 0.51
1994 TOR AL 35 P 13 0 13.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.15 .950 1.69 0.52
1995 CHW AL 36 P 10 9 49.1 6 0 5 1 1 .833 0.91 0.50 .967 1.79 0.53
16 Seasons P 718 89 1403.2 197 35 150 12 10 .939 1.19 0.26 .958 1.84 0.65
16 Seasons TOT 718 89 1403.2 197 35 150 12 10 .939 1.19 0.26 .897 1.84 0.65
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 NYY AL 20 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 NYY AL 22 15 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYY AL 23 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 NYY AL 24 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 NYY AL 25 64 0 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 NYY AL 26 74 0 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 NYY AL 27 74 0 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 NYY AL 28 60 0 1 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 NYY AL 29 60 0 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 30 55 0 4 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 NYY AL 31 53 0 53 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SFG NL 32 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 SFG NL 33 54 4 54 54 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1993 SFG NL 34 51 0 51 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 TOR AL 35 13 0 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 OAK AL 35 7 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CHW AL 36 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 718 4 171 718 718 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1979 NYY AL 20 75 69% 17% 2 100% 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1981 NYY AL 22 435 71% 24% 13 85% 0 6 1 5 10 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 NYY AL 23 849 67% 18% 17 88% 0 4 1 3 19 11 3 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1983 NYY AL 24 935 75% 24% 24 88% 1 3 0 2 24 14 4 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 5 100%
1984 NYY AL 25 413 69% 25% 15 93% 1 2 0 1 13 10 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 NYY AL 26 468 71% 21% 14 93% 0 1 0 0 13 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1986 NYY AL 27 443 73% 28% 10 100% 1 1 0 1 11 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 100%
1987 NYY AL 28 428 71% 26% 13 100% 1 3 1 1 12 9 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1988 NYY AL 29 386 72% 27% 7 86% 0 2 0 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1989 NYY AL 30 309 75% 31% 11 73% 0 0 0 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1990 NYY AL 31 238 70% 27% 3 100% 0 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 SFG NL 32 319 74% 32% 9 100% 0 3 0 2 13 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1992 SFG NL 33 358 77% 30% 6 83% 0 3 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1993 SFG NL 34 217 77% 25% 5 100% 0 2 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1994 TOR AL 35 63 68% 25% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1994 OAK AL 35 42 67% 24% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CHW AL 36 228 79% 36% 9 78% 0 0 0 0 8 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 0%
16 Seasons 6206 72% 25% 161 90% 4 34 7 20 156 101 20 12 0 6 6 5 11 9 10 1 39 92%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 91% 87%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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