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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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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
1979 20 NYY AL 0 1 .000 3.63 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.1 10 7 7 2 10 0 13 0 0 0 67 112 1.154 5.2 1.0 5.2 6.8 1.30
1981 22 NYY AL 8 4 .667 2.05 15 15 0 2 0 0 105.1 75 25 24 1 38 0 89 0 1 1 422 173 1.073 6.4 0.1 3.2 7.6 2.34 RoY-1
1982 23 NYY AL 11 10 .524 3.79 33 27 3 4 0 1 183.0 155 88 77 11 108 4 163 6 5 9 804 105 1.437 7.6 0.5 5.3 8.0 1.51
1983 24 NYY AL 14 8 .636 3.44 31 31 0 7 2 0 217.0 194 96 83 12 67 2 169 2 1 10 900 112 1.203 8.0 0.5 2.8 7.0 2.52
1984 25 NYY AL 5 6 .455 2.34 64 0 53 0 0 31 96.1 79 29 25 5 37 7 90 0 2 0 400 163 1.204 7.4 0.5 3.5 8.4 2.43
1985 26 NYY AL 12 7 .632 2.78 74 0 60 0 0 29 107.0 96 36 33 5 45 3 92 0 0 7 452 145 1.318 8.1 0.4 3.8 7.7 2.04
1986 27 NYY AL 8 8 .500 2.45 74 0 68 0 0 46 106.2 88 31 29 4 35 7 83 2 0 1 435 168 1.153 7.4 0.3 3.0 7.0 2.37 AS,CYA-4,MVP-10
1987 28 NYY AL 8 6 .571 3.51 60 0 54 0 0 31 95.0 95 45 37 9 44 4 77 2 3 1 419 126 1.463 9.0 0.9 4.2 7.3 1.75 AS
1988 29 NYY AL 5 4 .556 3.52 60 0 41 0 0 25 87.0 86 35 34 5 37 2 70 1 4 2 377 113 1.414 8.9 0.5 3.8 7.2 1.89
1989 30 NYY AL 2 6 .250 3.00 55 0 53 0 0 25 69.0 73 32 23 3 26 6 51 1 0 0 300 128 1.435 9.5 0.4 3.4 6.7 1.96
1990 31 NYY AL 1 1 .500 3.57 53 0 47 0 0 36 53.0 48 24 21 8 26 2 43 2 0 2 235 112 1.396 8.2 1.4 4.4 7.3 1.65
1991 32 SFG NL 2 7 .222 3.39 61 0 49 0 0 24 71.2 64 29 27 4 28 6 51 3 1 1 304 105 1.284 8.0 0.5 3.5 6.4 1.82
1992 33 SFG NL 2 7 .222 5.06 54 4 23 0 0 3 78.1 79 47 44 4 36 5 47 0 2 5 340 65 1.468 9.1 0.5 4.1 5.4 1.31
1993 34 SFG NL 1 1 .500 5.70 51 0 15 0 0 1 47.1 58 31 30 11 17 0 31 1 0 1 210 68 1.585 11.0 2.1 3.2 5.9 1.82
1994 35 TOT AL 0 1 .000 10.18 20 0 7 0 0 0 20.1 22 23 23 5 19 0 14 1 0 0 102 46 2.016 9.7 2.2 8.4 6.2 0.74
1994 35 OAK AL 0 0 16.71 7 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 13 13 13 3 9 0 4 1 0 0 42 26 3.143 16.7 3.9 11.6 5.1 0.44
1994 35 TOR AL 0 1 .000 6.75 13 0 6 0 0 0 13.1 9 10 10 2 10 0 10 0 0 0 60 71 1.425 6.1 1.4 6.8 6.8 1.00
1995 36 CHW AL 3 2 .600 4.20 10 9 1 0 0 0 49.1 65 24 23 6 18 0 29 0 0 0 221 107 1.682 11.9 1.1 3.3 5.3 1.61
16 Seasons 82 79 .509 3.46 718 89 474 13 2 252 1403.2 1287 602 540 95 591 48 1112 21 19 40 5988 113 1.338 8.3 0.6 3.8 7.1 1.88
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .509 3.46 61 7 40 1 0 21 118 108 51 46 8 50 4 94 2 2 3 505 113 1.338 8.3 0.6 3.8 7.1 1.88
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
NYY (11 yrs) 74 61 .548 3.11 522 76 379 13 2 224 1136.2 999 448 393 65 473 37 940 16 16 33 4811 127 1.295 7.9 0.5 3.7 7.4 1.99
SFG (3 yrs) 5 15 .250 4.61 166 4 87 0 0 28 197.1 201 107 101 19 81 11 129 4 3 7 854 77 1.429 9.2 0.9 3.7 5.9 1.59
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 16.71 7 0 1 0 0 0 7.0 13 13 13 3 9 0 4 1 0 0 42 26 3.143 16.7 3.9 11.6 5.1 0.44
CHW (1 yr) 3 2 .600 4.20 10 9 1 0 0 0 49.1 65 24 23 6 18 0 29 0 0 0 221 107 1.682 11.9 1.1 3.3 5.3 1.61
TOR (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.75 13 0 6 0 0 0 13.1 9 10 10 2 10 0 10 0 0 0 60 71 1.425 6.1 1.4 6.8 6.8 1.00
AL (13 yrs) 77 64 .546 3.28 552 85 387 13 2 224 1206.1 1086 495 439 76 510 37 983 17 16 33 5134 122 1.323 8.1 0.6 3.8 7.3 1.93
NL (3 yrs) 5 15 .250 4.61 166 4 87 0 0 28 197.1 201 107 101 19 81 11 129 4 3 7 854 77 1.429 9.2 0.9 3.7 5.9 1.59

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1981 22 NYY AL ALDS W MIL 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 8 1 1 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 38 1.222 8.0 0.0 3.0 13.0 4.33
1981 22 NYY AL ALCS W OAK 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1981 22 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 14 3.500 22.5 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.50
1 Season (3 Series) 3 0 1.000 2.12 4 3 0 0 0 0 17.0 17 4 4 1 7 0 18 1 0 0 74 1.412 9.0 0.5 3.7 9.5 2.57
1 ALDS 2 0 1.000 1.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.0 8 1 1 0 3 0 13 0 0 0 38 1.222 8.0 0.0 3.0 13.0 4.33
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 22 1.000 6.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1 WS 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 3 3 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 14 3.500 22.5 4.5 9.0 4.5 0.50

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1987 28 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1989 30 NYY AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 32 SFG NL 61 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1992 33 SFG NL 54 11 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 -16 1 0 0 4 0 0 1
1993 34 SFG NL 51 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 447 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 171 16 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .182 .364 5 2 0 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 15 10 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .182 .364 5 2 0 0 5 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 166 16 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .182 .364 5 2 0 0 5 0 0
NYY (11 yrs) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 166 16 11 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .182 .182 .182 .364 5 2 0 0 5 0 0
AL (13 yrs) 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1981 22 NYY AL WS LAD L 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1986 *
1987 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1981-AL-Rookie of the Year
1986-AL-Rolaids Relief
1987-AL-Rolaids Relief

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-AL-10-18%
0.18 Career Shares (755th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-AL--4--14%
0.14 Career Shares (158th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1981 AL--2.051--1st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1981 AL--.667--8th
1983 AL--.636--10th
1985 AL--.632--7th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1981 AL--1.073--3rd
1983 AL--1.203--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL--6.408--1st
1982 AL--7.623--3rd
1983 AL--8.046--10th
Career--8.252--204th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL--7.604--1st
1982 AL--8.016--1st
1983 AL--7.009--3rd
Career--7.130--78th

Games Played s c a p y
1984 AL--64--6th
1985 AL--74--3rd
1986 AL--74--2nd
1987 AL--60--9th
Career--718--76th

Saves s c a p y
1984 AL--31--4th
1985 AL--29--5th
1986 AL--46--1st
1987 AL--31--2nd
1988 AL--25--7th
1989 AL--25--9th
1990 AL--36--5th
1991 NL--24--5th
Career--252--27th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1981 AL--89--10th
1982 AL--163--3rd
1983 AL--169--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 AL--2--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1982 AL--108--1st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1981 AL--2.342--6th
1983 AL--2.522--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL--.085--1st
1982 AL--.541--4th
1983 AL--.498--3rd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1982 AL--9--5th
1983 AL--10--4th

Games Finished s c a p y
1984 AL--53--5th
1985 AL--60--3rd
1986 AL--68--1st
1987 AL--54--3rd
1989 AL--53--6th
1990 AL--47--10th
1991 NL--49--4th
Career--474--36th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1981 AL--173--1st
Career--113--243rd

Youngest s c a p y
1979 AL--born 1958-11-28--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (421), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 41 (395), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 60 (204), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

January 11, 1977: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January).

November 10, 1978: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Greg Jemison (minors), Juan Beniquez, Mike Griffin and Paul Mirabella to the New York Yankees for Mike Heath, Sparky Lyle, Larry McCall, Dave Rajsich, Domingo Ramos and cash.

November 9, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

December 23, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

December 4, 1990: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

November 9, 1993: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

December 23, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

April 27, 1994: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

May 13, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 11, 1994: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.

April 12, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 9, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985New York Yankees$680,000
1986New York Yankees$837,500
1987New York Yankees$800,000
1988New York Yankees$1,300,000
1989New York Yankees$1,450,000
1990New York Yankees$1,550,000
1991San Francisco Giants$2,500,000
1992San Francisco Giants$3,500,000
1993San Francisco Giants$2,250,000
1994San Francisco Giants$1,750,000
Oakland Athletics$109,000
1995Chicago White Sox$300,000
Career (may be incomplete)$17,026,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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