Dave Rozema
David Scott Rozema
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 5, 1956 in Grand Rapids, MI
High School: Central (Grand Rapids, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1977
Final Game: April 30, 1986
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Kirk Gibson
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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
1977 20 DET AL 15 7 .682 3.09 28 28 0 16 1 0 218.1 222 87 75 25 34 4 92 7 2 2 890 138 1.173 9.2 1.0 1.4 3.8 2.71 CYA-8,RoY-4
1978 21 DET AL 9 12 .429 3.14 28 28 0 11 2 0 209.1 205 83 73 17 41 1 57 2 0 3 848 124 1.175 8.8 0.7 1.8 2.5 1.39
1979 22 DET AL 4 4 .500 3.51 16 16 0 4 1 0 97.1 101 52 38 12 30 2 33 6 0 2 424 124 1.346 9.3 1.1 2.8 3.1 1.10
1980 23 DET AL 6 9 .400 3.92 42 13 17 2 1 4 144.2 152 68 63 11 49 14 49 5 0 9 620 105 1.389 9.5 0.7 3.0 3.0 1.00
1981 24 DET AL 5 5 .500 3.63 28 9 12 2 2 3 104.0 99 42 42 12 25 8 46 3 0 2 419 104 1.192 8.6 1.0 2.2 4.0 1.84
1982 25 DET AL 3 0 1.000 1.63 8 2 3 0 0 1 27.2 17 5 5 2 7 1 15 1 0 0 107 248 0.867 5.5 0.7 2.3 4.9 2.14
1983 26 DET AL 8 3 .727 3.43 29 16 7 1 0 2 105.0 100 50 40 10 29 6 63 1 3 1 441 114 1.229 8.6 0.9 2.5 5.4 2.17
1984 27 DET AL 7 6 .538 3.74 29 16 6 0 0 0 101.0 110 49 42 13 18 3 48 2 1 3 425 105 1.267 9.8 1.2 1.6 4.3 2.67
1985 28 TEX AL 3 7 .300 4.19 34 4 16 0 0 7 88.0 100 45 41 10 22 3 42 2 0 1 374 101 1.386 10.2 1.0 2.3 4.3 1.91
1986 29 TEX AL 0 0 5.91 6 0 0 0 0 0 10.2 19 9 7 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 52 73 2.063 16.0 0.8 2.5 2.5 1.00
10 Seasons 60 53 .531 3.47 248 132 61 36 7 17 1106.0 1125 490 426 113 258 42 448 29 6 23 4600 117 1.250 9.2 0.9 2.1 3.6 1.74
162 Game Avg. 11 9 .531 3.47 44 24 11 6 1 3 198 201 88 76 20 46 8 80 5 1 4 823 117 1.250 9.2 0.9 2.1 3.6 1.74
DET (8 yrs) 57 46 .553 3.38 208 128 45 36 7 10 1007.1 1006 436 378 102 233 39 403 27 6 22 4174 120 1.230 9.0 0.9 2.1 3.6 1.73
TEX (2 yrs) 3 7 .300 4.38 40 4 16 0 0 7 98.2 119 54 48 11 25 3 45 2 0 1 426 97 1.459 10.9 1.0 2.3 4.1 1.80

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
1977 20 DET AL 28 889 837 87 222 28 6 25 11 15 34 92 .265 .298 .403 .700 .272 337 19 7 6 5 4
1978 21 DET AL 28 848 789 83 205 29 4 17 10 12 41 57 .260 .297 .371 .668 .261 293 16 2 12 4 1
1979 22 DET AL 16 424 374 52 101 11 3 12 1 6 30 33 .270 .329 .412 .740 .265 154 12 6 7 7 2
1980 23 DET AL 42 620 549 68 152 28 2 11 7 5 49 49 .277 .339 .395 .735 .286 217 15 5 13 4 14
1981 24 DET AL 28 419 387 42 99 12 1 12 4 4 25 46 .256 .305 .385 .690 .263 149 11 3 2 2 8
1982 25 DET AL 8 107 95 5 17 3 1 2 0 1 7 15 .179 .243 .295 .537 .192 28 0 1 4 0 1
1983 26 DET AL 29 441 403 50 100 15 1 10 2 3 29 63 .248 .297 .365 .662 .269 147 7 1 3 5 6
1984 27 DET AL 29 425 401 49 110 10 0 13 4 2 18 48 .274 .307 .397 .704 .284 159 16 2 2 2 3
1985 28 TEX AL 34 374 348 45 100 12 2 10 2 4 22 42 .287 .332 .420 .752 .303 146 10 2 1 1 3
1986 29 TEX AL 6 52 47 9 19 4 0 1 1 1 3 3 .404 .423 .553 .976 .400 26 1 0 0 2 0
10 Seasons 248 4599 4230 490 1125 152 20 113 42 53 258 448 .266 .310 .391 .702 .273 1656 107 29 50 32 42
162 Game Avg. 44 823 757 88 201 27 4 20 8 9 46 80 .266 .310 .391 .702 .273 296 19 5 9 6 8
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
1977 20 DET AL 28 28 15 7 6 4 4 17 11 .607 4 1 16 1 18 64% 56 83 23 16 8 2 9 5.2 5.7 7.8
1978 21 DET AL 28 28 9 12 7 1 5 12 16 .429 1 2 11 2 16 57% 54 79 23 15 4 0 14 3.7 4.0 7.5
1979 22 DET AL 16 16 4 4 8 1 2 9 7 .563 1 4 4 1 7 44% 48 79 25 12 2 1 10 5.3 5.0 6.1
1980 23 DET AL 42 13 4 5 4 0 1 6 7 .462 0 3 2 1 6 46% 41 73 21 23 10 2 5 5.4 4.1 5.7
1981 24 DET AL 28 9 2 5 2 0 0 3 6 .333 1 1 2 2 3 33% 50 85 27 9 2 1 2 2.5 2.5 6.7
1982 25 DET AL 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 58 72 43 3 1 1 1 3.2 2.5 5.7
1983 26 DET AL 29 16 7 3 6 3 1 11 5 .688 1 1 1 0 7 44% 50 77 21 18 7 2 2 6.3 5.8 5.3
1984 27 DET AL 29 16 7 5 4 3 1 9 7 .563 1 1 0 0 7 44% 46 73 23 9 3 1 7 4.3 5.6 4.8
1985 28 TEX AL 34 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 52 66 25 14 2 0 2 3.0 2.0 6.3
9 Seasons 242 132 51 43 38 13 15 71 61 .538 9 13 36 7 67 51% 51 85 21 119 39 10 52 4.7 4.7 6.5
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
1980 23 DET AL 42 29 17 2 4 5 4 1 80% 5 0 29 13 45% 5 1.021 11 7 11 7 7 15 16 13 20 2 23 6 7.3
1981 24 DET AL 28 19 12 3 0 5 3 2 60% 6 1 24 9 38% 7 1.021 9 4 6 7 5 7 12 7 13 5 13 3 6.8
1982 25 DET AL 8 6 3 2 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 7 1.143 2 2 2 1 2 3 1 5 6 0 6 0 8.2
1983 26 DET AL 29 13 7 1 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 9 4 44% 9 0.908 2 2 9 4 0 9 5 8 7 1 8 1 4.8
1984 27 DET AL 29 13 6 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 4 0 0% 6 0.874 3 1 9 3 1 9 2 11 9 1 9 1 5.6
1985 28 TEX AL 34 30 16 1 5 11 7 4 64% 11 0 36 14 39% 6 0.927 14 6 10 14 3 13 20 10 23 4 24 2 6.3
1986 29 TEX AL 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 5 0.669 1 2 3 0 1 5 4 2 4 1 4 1 5.3
7 Seasons 176 116 61 9 10 24 17 7 71% 27 3 110 45 41% 0.958 42 24 50 36 19 61 60 56 82 14 87 14 6.4

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%
1977 20 DET AL 890 52% 2.8% 10.4% 3.8% 6.6% 27% 1.84 82% 145 19 13%
1978 21 DET AL 848 51% 2.0% 6.7% 4.8% 5.9% 24% 1.55 85% 147 16 11%
1979 22 DET AL 424 46% 2.8% 7.8% 7.1% 6.1% 26% 1.46 79% 86 12 14%
1980 23 DET AL 620 48% 1.8% 7.9% 7.9% 6.6% 27% 1.59 80% 127 15 12%
1981 24 DET AL 419 45% 2.9% 11.0% 6.0% 6.0% 25% 1.79 79% 75 11 15%
1982 25 DET AL 107 48% 1.9% 14.0% 6.5% 5.6% 35% 2.19 73% 13 0 0%
1983 26 DET AL 441 51% 2.3% 14.3% 6.6% 5.9% 26% 1.81 76% 75 7 9%
1984 27 DET AL 425 54% 3.1% 11.3% 4.2% 5.4% 21% 1.57 80% 84 16 19%
1985 28 TEX AL 374 55% 2.7% 11.2% 5.9% 6.4% 24% 1.75 79% 87 10 11%
1986 29 TEX AL 52 42% 1.9% 5.8% 5.8% 9.6% 26% 0.93 87% 17 1 6%
10 Seasons 4600 50% 2.5% 9.7% 5.6% 6.2% 25% 1.66 80% 856 107 13%
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
1977 20 DET AL 890 222 25 0 10 12 13 12 13 33 17 4 52% 13 2 0 305 11 15 42% 10 12 1 2 0 1 3 1 12 0
1978 21 DET AL 848 205 17 0 12 8 9 9 8 35 20 1 57% 8 3 1 282 10 12 45% 10 10 0 1 0 1 1 0 9 0
1979 22 DET AL 424 101 12 0 4 6 6 8 4 23 13 0 57% 10 2 1 169 1 6 14% 1 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 13 0
1980 23 DET AL 620 152 11 1 15 5 6 7 4 35 17 1 49% 6 9 1 240 7 5 58% 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 18 0
1981 24 DET AL 419 99 12 0 12 6 6 6 6 19 7 3 37% 1 2 2 149 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 8 0
1982 25 DET AL 107 17 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0% 0 0 0 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 26 DET AL 441 100 10 0 4 4 6 8 2 20 14 1 70% 11 1 0 149 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1984 27 DET AL 425 110 13 0 6 5 8 4 9 18 10 3 56% 11 3 1 155 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1985 28 TEX AL 374 100 10 0 12 4 6 7 3 29 16 4 55% 3 1 0 143 2 4 33% 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
1986 29 TEX AL 52 19 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 5 3 1 60% 1 0 0 26 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0
10 Seasons 4600 1125 113 2 80 51 62 62 51 219 117 19 53% 64 23 6 1649 42 53 44% 40 45 2 5 0 3 10 2 89 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+
1977 20 15 7 .682 3.09 28 28 0 16 1 0 218.1 222 87 75 25 34 4 92 7 2 2 890 138 1.173 9.2 1.0 1.4 3.8 2.71 138
1978 21 24 19 .558 3.11 56 56 0 27 3 0 427.2 427 170 148 42 75 5 149 9 2 5 1738 131 1.174 9.0 0.9 1.6 3.1 1.99 131
1979 22 28 23 .549 3.19 72 72 0 31 4 0 525.0 528 222 186 54 105 7 182 15 2 7 2162 130 1.206 9.1 0.9 1.8 3.1 1.73 130
1980 23 34 32 .515 3.35 114 85 17 33 5 4 669.2 680 290 249 65 154 21 231 20 2 16 2782 124 1.245 9.1 0.9 2.1 3.1 1.50 124
1981 24 39 37 .513 3.39 142 94 29 35 7 7 773.2 779 332 291 77 179 29 277 23 2 18 3201 121 1.238 9.1 0.9 2.1 3.2 1.55 121
1982 25 42 37 .532 3.32 150 96 32 35 7 8 801.1 796 337 296 79 186 30 292 24 2 18 3308 123 1.225 8.9 0.9 2.1 3.3 1.57 123
1983 26 50 40 .556 3.34 179 112 39 36 7 10 906.1 896 387 336 89 215 36 355 25 5 19 3749 122 1.226 8.9 0.9 2.1 3.5 1.65 122
1984 27 57 46 .553 3.38 208 128 45 36 7 10 1007.1 1006 436 378 102 233 39 403 27 6 22 4174 120 1.230 9.0 0.9 2.1 3.6 1.73 120
1985 28 60 53 .531 3.44 242 132 61 36 7 17 1095.1 1106 481 419 112 255 42 445 29 6 23 4548 118 1.243 9.1 0.9 2.1 3.7 1.75 118
1986 29 60 53 .531 3.47 248 132 61 36 7 17 1106.0 1125 490 426 113 258 42 448 29 6 23 4600 117 1.250 9.2 0.9 2.1 3.6 1.74 117

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
1977 20 14 9 .609 3.19 209.0 222 82 74 25 34 88 7 1.225 9.6 1.5 3.8 2.59 1.1 28
1978 21 11 10 .524 3.67 196.0 214 89 80 18 43 53 2 1.311 9.8 2.0 2.4 1.23 0.8 28
1979 22 6 4 .600 3.47 96.0 102 41 37 12 30 33 6 1.375 9.6 2.8 3.1 1.10 1.1 16
1980 23 7 8 .467 4.27 137.0 154 72 65 11 50 46 5 1.489 10.1 3.3 3.0 0.92 0.7 42
1981 24 7 8 .467 4.44 144.0 158 79 71 19 40 64 5 1.375 9.9 2.5 4.0 1.60 1.2 28
1982 25 2 1 .667 1.67 27.0 18 6 5 2 7 15 1 0.926 6.0 2.3 5.0 2.14 0.7 8
1983 26 6 5 .545 3.92 101.0 106 49 44 11 31 61 1 1.356 9.4 2.8 5.4 1.97 1.0 29
1984 27 5 5 .500 4.22 96.0 115 50 45 14 19 46 2 1.396 10.8 1.8 4.3 2.42 1.3 29
1985 28 4 5 .444 4.55 83.0 101 47 42 10 22 40 2 1.482 11.0 2.4 4.3 1.82 1.1 34
1986 29 0 1 .000 6.30 10.0 19 8 7 1 3 3 0 2.200 17.1 2.7 2.7 1.00 0.9 6
10 Seasons 62 56 .525 3.85 1099.0 1209 523 470 123 279 449 31 1.354 9.9 3.7 1.61 1.0 248

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1977 AL (8, 3%)
0.03 Career Shares (226th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1977 AL  3.092 (7th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1977 AL  .682 (6th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1977 AL  1.172 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1977 AL  1.402 (1st)
1978 AL  1.763 (5th)
1981 AL  2.163 (9th)
Career  2.100 (118th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 AL  16 (8th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 AL  2 (8th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  25 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  2.706 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1980 AL  9 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 AL  7 (9th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1977 AL  138 (5th)
Career  117 (155th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 16 (1184), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 12 (662), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Hugh Bedient (957)
  6. Pete Conway (956)
  7. Bob Klinger (955)
  8. Jesse Duryea (952)
  9. Charlie Lea (949)
  10. Ed Heusser (949)
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  3. Charlie Buffinton (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Bill Stafford (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Doyle Alexander (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. John Denny (976)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jim Bouton (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Doc Medich (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Russ Meyer (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Watty Clark (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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