Dave Rosello

David (Rodriguez) Rosello

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: June 26, 1950 in Mayaguez, P.R.
High School: Eugenio Maria De Hostos HS (Mayaguez, PR)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1972
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Indians 1972-1981

Final Game: October 5, 1981
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Standard Batting

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
1969	19	CHC-min	A	99	297	297		56	8	3	1						.189	.189	.246	.434		73							QUI · MIDW
1970	20	CHC-min	AA,A	115	374	374		91	13	1	7						.243	.243	.340	.583		127							SAN,QUI · TL,MIDW
1971	21	CHC-min	AA	125	527	487	44	111	11	7	2	38	2	2	30	44	.228	.276	.292	.568		142		4	2	4			SAN · TL
1972	22	CHC-min	AAA	137	521	451	52	122	22	4	2	46	0	4	53	57	.271	.352	.350	.703		158		5	10	2			WCH · AA
1972	22	CHC	NL	5	15	12	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	145	6	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1973	23	CHC-min	AAA	99	367	367		115	15	3	8						.313	.313	.436	.749		160							WCH · AA
1973	23	CHC	NL	16	40	38	4	10	2	0	0	2	2	2	2	4	.263	.300	.316	.616	67	12	3	0	0	0	0	4/6
1974	24	CHC-min	AAA	22	102	92	18	33	7	1	0	15	3	1	7	21	.359	.396	.457	.853		42		0	1	2			WCH · AA
1974	24	CHC	NL	62	161	148	9	30	7	0	0	10	1	1	10	28	.203	.252	.250	.502	39	37	0	0	2	1	1	46
1975	25	CHC-min	AAA	135	613	522	100	134	29	2	7	46	15	6	77	73	.257	.354	.360	.714		188		4	6	4			WCH · AA
1975	25	CHC	NL	19	71	58	7	15	2	0	1	8	0	1	9	8	.259	.348	.345	.693	90	20	1	0	2	2	2	6
1976	26	CHC	NL	91	271	227	27	55	5	1	1	11	1	2	41	33	.242	.359	.286	.646	80	65	4	1	1	1	8	6/4
1977	27	CHC	NL	56	95	82	18	18	2	1	1	9	0	0	12	12	.220	.319	.305	.624	62	25	1	0	1	0	1	56/4

1978	28	CLE-min	AAA	123	516	436	87	123	19	9	9	71	10	7	61	73	.282	.365	.429	.794		187		2	7	10			POR · PCL
1979	29	CLE	AL	59	134	107	20	26	6	1	3	14	1	0	15	27	.243	.328	.402	.730	97	43	2	0	9	3	0	456/D
1980	30	CLE	AL	71	131	117	16	29	3	0	2	12	0	0	9	19	.248	.295	.325	.619	70	38	2	0	2	3	0	45/6D
1981	31	CLE	AL	43	96	84	11	20	4	0	1	7	0	1	7	12	.238	.297	.321	.618	80	27	2	0	5	0	0	4/5D6
1982	32	CLE-min	AAA	111	468	395	53	99	12	2	4	38	9	10	62	71	.251	.353	.322	.674		127		2	6	3	1		CHL · IL
9 Yrs				422	1014	873	114	206	31	3	10	76	5	7	108	145	.236	.318	.313	.630	73	273	15	1	22	10	12
162 Game Avg.				162	389	335	44	79	12	1	4	29	2	3	41	56	.236	.318	.313	.630	73	105	6	0	8	4	5

CHC (6 yrs)				249	653	565	67	131	18	2	4	43	4	6	77	87	.232	.323	.292	.615	69	165	9	1	6	4	12
CLE (3 yrs)				173	361	308	47	75	13	1	6	33	1	1	31	58	.244	.307	.351	.658	82	108	6	0	16	6	0

NL (6 yrs)				249	653	565	67	131	18	2	4	43	4	6	77	87	.232	.323	.292	.615	69	165	9	1	6	4	12
AL (3 yrs)				173	361	308	47	75	13	1	6	33	1	1	31	58	.244	.307	.351	.658	82	108	6	0	16	6	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1972	22	CHC	NL	5	15	1	0	0	-2	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.472	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$	/6
1973	23	CHC	NL	16	40	-1	0	-1	-3	0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.471	.497	-0.1	-0.3	-0	$	4/6
1974	24	CHC	NL	62	161	-12	-1	1	-13	2	-23	-2.5	5	-18	-2.0	.460	.485	-0.7	-1.1	-6	$	46
1975	25	CHC	NL	19	71	-0	-1	-0	-3	1	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.479	.498	0.2	-0.2	2	$	6
1976	26	CHC	NL	91	271	-4	-1	0	-13	4	-12	-1.4	8	-5	-0.6	.485	.491	0.8	-0.9	8	$	6/4
1977	27	CHC	NL	56	95	-4	0	0	-0	1	-3	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.493	.498	0.0	0.1	-0	$	56/4

1979	29	CLE	AL	59	134	1	0	0	-3	2	-0	0.0	4	4	0.4	.500	.500	0.8	-0.1	7	$	456/D
1980	30	CLE	AL	71	131	-5	0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.4	4	-0	0.0	.493	.497	0.1	0.1	1	$	45/6D
1981	31	CLE	AL	43	96	-3	-1	0	-6	1	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.7	.478	.494	0.0	-0.6	0	$	4/5D6
9 Seasons				422	1014	-27	-2	1	-45	13	-61	-6.5	30	-31	-3.7	.484	.495	1.3	-3.3	14	$

CHC (6 yrs)				249	653	-21	-2	0	-34	9	-48	-5.2	19	-29	-3.4	.479	.495	0.4	-2.7	5	$
CLE (3 yrs)				173	361	-7	-0	1	-10	4	-13	-1.3	11	-2	-0.3	.492	.497	0.9	-0.6	8	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1972	22	CHC	NL	15	9	3	9.0	100	.222	.250	.268	.400	.337	.500	.395	.900	.733	145	.811	0.8	0.1	1.000	.500	.250	.0
1973	23	CHC	NL	40	33	2	1.6	102	.294	.263	.270	.300	.341	.316	.402	.616	.743	67	.147	-1.8	-0.2	.424	.105	.053	.0
1974	24	CHC	NL	161	122	10	2.2	97	.248	.203	.266	.252	.338	.250	.384	.502	.723	39	.231	-12.3	-1.3	.395	.115	.047	.0
1975	25	CHC	NL	71	49	7	3.8	99	.275	.259	.270	.348	.342	.345	.390	.693	.732	90	.448	-0.3	-0.0	.622	.224	.086	.0
1976	26	CHC	NL	271	180	25	3.7	98	.278	.242	.272	.359	.339	.286	.387	.646	.727	80	.459	-4.5	-0.5	.596	.220	.044	1.0
1977	27	CHC	NL	95	66	9	3.7	112	.246	.220	.282	.319	.351	.305	.430	.624	.781	62	.398	-4.7	-0.5	.569	.232	.085	.0

1979	29	CLE	AL	134	95	16	4.5	102	.288	.243	.270	.328	.334	.402	.408	.730	.743	97	.478	-0.1	-0.0	.711	.308	.159	1.5
1980	30	CLE	AL	131	95	12	3.4	100	.273	.248	.270	.295	.333	.325	.401	.619	.734	70	.365	-4.8	-0.5	.522	.154	.077	.0
1981	31	CLE	AL	96	72	8	3.0	88	.268	.238	.255	.297	.319	.321	.371	.618	.690	80	.359	-2.2	-0.2	.493	.155	.083	.0
9 Yrs				1014	721	92	3.4	99	.269	.236	.269	.318	.337	.313	.394	.630	.732	73	.395	-30.0	-3.1	.552	.198	.077	6.7
162 Game Avg.				389	277	35	3.4	99	.269	.236	.269	.318	.337	.313	.394	.630	.732	73	.395	-30.0	-3.1	.552	.198	.077	3

CHC (6 yrs)				653	459	56	3.3	100	.266	.232	.271	.323	.341	.292	.394	.615	.735	69	.385	-22.8	-2.4	.537	.193	.060	4.0
CLE (3 yrs)				361	262	36	3.7	97	.276	.244	.266	.307	.330	.351	.395	.658	.725	82	.409	-7.2	-0.7	.579	.208	.107	1.7

NL (6 yrs)				653	459	56	3.3	100	.266	.232	.271	.323	.341	.292	.394	.615	.735	69	.385	-22.8	-2.4	.537	.193	.060	4.0
AL (3 yrs)				361	262	36	3.7	97	.276	.244	.266	.307	.330	.351	.395	.658	.725	82	.409	-7.2	-0.7	.579	.208	.107	1.7

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1972	22	CHC	NL	15	6.7%	13.3%	20.0%	6.7%	33%	0.67	6.0	12.0	4.0	0.33	60%
1973	23	CHC	NL	40	0.0%	10.0%	5.0%	5.0%	20%	2.00	9.5		19.0	1.25	85%
1974	24	CHC	NL	161	0.0%	17.4%	6.2%	4.4%	23%	2.80	5.3		14.8	0.71	75%
1975	25	CHC	NL	71	1.4%	11.3%	12.7%	4.2%	20%	0.89	7.3	58.0	7.3	0.56	72%
1976	26	CHC	NL	271	0.4%	12.2%	15.1%	2.6%	13%	0.80	6.9	227.0	20.6	0.72	72%
1977	27	CHC	NL	95	1.1%	12.6%	12.6%	4.2%	22%	1.00	6.8	82.0	9.1	0.69	73%

1979	29	CLE	AL	134	2.2%	20.2%	11.2%	7.5%	39%	1.80	4.0	35.7	7.6	0.85	60%
1980	30	CLE	AL	131	1.5%	14.5%	6.9%	3.8%	17%	2.11	6.2	58.5	9.8	0.92	76%
1981	31	CLE	AL	96	1.0%	12.5%	7.3%	5.2%	25%	1.71	7.0	84.0	12.0	0.67	74%
9 Yrs				1014	1.0%	14.3%	10.7%	4.3%	21%	1.34	6.0	87.3	11.5	0.75	72%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.1%	8.5%	6.2%	27%	1.53	6.8	46.9	8.7	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1972	22	CHC	NL	0.8	0.1	16	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.35	-0.0	-0.2	0.4	0.0	1.13	0.6		0
1973	23	CHC	NL	-1.8	-0.2	45	-0.2	0.8	-1.1	1.21	-0.1	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.01	-1.8	0.59	1
1974	24	CHC	NL	-12.3	-1.3	164	-1.3	1.5	-2.8	.88	-1.1	-0.3	-13.3	-1.4	0.95	-13.0	0.19	2
1975	25	CHC	NL	-0.3	-0.0	73	0.3	1.2	-0.9	.82	0.1	0.3	2.5	0.2	0.96	0.6		0
1976	26	CHC	NL	-4.5	-0.5	275	-1.1	3.9	-5.0	1.03	-0.4	-0.6	-7.2	-0.7	0.93	-6.6	1.63	1
1977	27	CHC	NL	-4.7	-0.5	97	-0.4	1.3	-1.7	1.00	-0.4	-0.0	-7.5	-0.7	0.99	-4.1	1.13	22

1979	29	CLE	AL	-0.2	-0.0	135	-0.3	1.9	-2.1	1.03	-0.0	-0.2	-0.5	-0.0	0.93	0.2	0.33	3
1980	30	CLE	AL	-4.8	-0.5	132	-0.3	1.9	-2.2	.94	-0.6	0.4	-3.6	-0.4	0.97	-6.4	0.01	2
1981	31	CLE	AL	-2.3	-0.2	98	-0.6	1.1	-1.7	.99	-0.3	-0.3	-5.5	-0.6	1.01	-3.1	1.15	10
9 Yrs				-30.3	-3.1	1035	-3.9	13.7	-17.6	.97	-3.0	-1.0	-36.8	-3.7	0.96	-33.5	0.98	41

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1972	22	CHC	NL	0	0	20%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1973	23	CHC	NL	1	0	33%	12	2	2	50%	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1974	24	CHC	NL	2	0	23%	59	1	1	50%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	47%	7	5	2	2	2	0	6	0	5
1975	25	CHC	NL	2	0	26%	30	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13%	5	4	1	1	1	0	2	1	0
1976	26	CHC	NL	7	0	27%	106	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	2	63%	11	4	6	3	2	1	10	2	8
1977	27	CHC	NL	1	0	59%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	47%	7	5	2	2	2	0	8	2	6

1979	29	CLE	AL	3	0	45%	57	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	40%	10	7	3	1	0	1	9	5	4
1980	30	CLE	AL	2	0	39%	59	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	35%	13	9	4	3	3	0	4	1	3
1981	31	CLE	AL	0	0	39%	38	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	35%	9	7	2	3	2	1	5	2	3
9 Yrs				18	0	34%	414	5	7	42%	4	6	0	1	1	0	3	1	9	16	43%	65	44	20	15	12	3	47	14	31

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1972	22	CHC	NL	15	33%	3			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	0	0%	11	2	18%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1973	23	CHC	NL	40	33%	10			1	0	0	0	0.59	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	30%	4	1	25%	20	2	10%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1974	24	CHC	NL	161	29%	30			2	1	0	0	0.19	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	29	0	0%	20	6	30%	98	10	10%	7	3	43%	6	3	50%	0
1975	25	CHC	NL	71	38%	15			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	14	1	7%	5	3	60%	40	8	20%	6	5	83%	4	2	50%	0
1976	26	CHC	NL	271	31%	55			1	0	0	0	1.63	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	50%	40	4	10%	21	6	29%	165	12	7%	14	3	21%	5	3	60%	0
1977	27	CHC	NL	95	47%	18			22	7	0	1	1.13	1	0	6	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	11	4	36%	75	8	11%	9	4	44%	5	3	60%	0

1979	29	CLE	AL	134	40%	26			3	1	0	0	0.33	3	0	2	1	2	2	1	0	9	9	100%	34	2	6%	17	12	71%	88	11	13%	9	6	67%	2	1	50%	0
1980	30	CLE	AL	131	49%	29			2	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	3	2	0	2	0	0	2	2	100%	26	2	8%	8	5	63%	79	10	13%	8	4	50%	2	1	50%	0
1981	31	CLE	AL	96	65%	20			10	1	0	0	1.15	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	5	100%	23	2	9%	17	10	59%	61	7	11%	5	3	60%	6	5	83%	0
9 Yrs				1014	39%	206			41	10	0	1	0.98	10	0	24	6	4	8	2	0	24	22	92%	196	15	8%	106	47	44%	637	70	11%	59	29	49%	32	19	59%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			34%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1972	22	5	15	12	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	145	6	0	0	0	0	0
1973	23	21	55	50	6	13	2	0	1	5	2	2	5	6	.260	.327	.360	.687	86	18	3	0	0	0	0
1974	24	83	216	198	15	43	9	0	1	15	3	3	15	34	.217	.271	.278	.549	52	55	3	0	2	1	1
1975	25	102	287	256	22	58	11	0	2	23	3	4	24	42	.227	.290	.293	.583	61	75	4	0	4	3	3
1976	26	193	558	483	49	113	16	1	3	34	4	6	65	75	.234	.324	.290	.614	70	140	8	1	5	4	11
1977	27	249	653	565	67	131	18	2	4	43	4	6	77	87	.232	.323	.292	.615	69	165	9	1	6	4	12
1978	28	249	653	565	67	131	18	2	4	43	4	6	77	87	.232	.323	.292	.615	69	165	9	1	6	4	12
1979	29	308	787	672	87	157	24	3	7	57	5	6	92	114	.234	.324	.310	.633	73	208	11	1	15	7	12
1980	30	379	918	789	103	186	27	3	9	69	5	6	101	133	.236	.320	.312	.631	73	246	13	1	17	10	12
1981	31	422	1014	873	114	206	31	3	10	76	5	7	108	145	.236	.318	.313	.630	73	273	15	1	22	10	12

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1972	22	5	15	12	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	3	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	2	5
1973	23	16	41	39	4	11	2	0	0	2	2	2	4	.282	.317	.333	.650	4	16
1974	24	62	162	149	10	31	7	0	0	11	1	10	28	.208	.256	.255	.511	10	62
1975	25	19	71	58	7	15	2	0	1	8	0	9	8	.259	.348	.345	.693	7	19
1976	26	91	273	228	28	56	5	1	1	11	1	42	33	.246	.364	.289	.653	24	91
1977	27	56	93	81	16	17	2	1	1	8	0	11	12	.210	.304	.296	.601	7	56

1979	29	59	137	109	21	27	6	1	3	15	1	16	27	.248	.336	.404	.740	15	59
1980	30	71	132	118	17	30	3	0	2	13	0	9	19	.254	.300	.331	.631	12	71
1981	31	65	148	129	19	32	6	0	2	12	0	11	18	.248	.307	.341	.648	14	43
9 Yrs		444	1072	923	124	222	33	3	11	83	5	113	151	.241	.321	.319	.639	95	422
162 Game Avg.		162	391	337	45	81	12	1	4	30	2	41	55	.241	.321	.319	.639	35	422

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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