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Dave Sells

David Wayne Sells

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 18, 1946 in Vacaville, CA
High School: Vacaville HS (Vacaville, CA)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1972
Teams (by GP): Angels/Dodgers 1972-1975

Final Game: September 22, 1975
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Standard Pitching

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
1972 25 CAL AL 2 0 1.000 2.81 10 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 11 6 5 0 5 1 2 0 0 1 62 107 1.000 6.2 0.0 2.8 1.1 0.40
1973 26 CAL AL 7 2 .778 3.71 51 0 37 0 0 10 68.0 72 30 28 2 35 6 25 5 1 8 308 96 1.574 9.5 0.3 4.6 3.3 0.71
1974 27 CAL AL 2 3 .400 3.69 20 0 16 0 0 2 39.0 48 19 16 3 16 0 14 3 0 3 179 93 1.641 11.1 0.7 3.7 3.2 0.88
1975 28 TOT MLB 0 2 .000 6.46 9 0 7 0 0 0 15.1 15 13 11 5 11 1 8 0 0 1 74 57 1.696 8.8 2.9 6.5 4.7 0.73
1975 28 CAL AL 0 0 8.64 4 0 2 0 0 0 8.1 9 10 8 3 8 1 7 0 0 1 44 43 2.040 9.7 3.2 8.6 7.6 0.88
1975 28 LAD NL 0 2 .000 3.86 5 0 5 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 30 94 1.286 7.7 2.6 3.9 1.3 0.33
4 Yrs 11 7 .611 3.90 90 0 65 0 0 12 138.1 146 68 60 10 67 8 49 8 1 13 623 89 1.540 9.5 0.7 4.4 3.2 0.73
162 Game Avg. 8 5 .611 3.90 68 0 49 0 0 9 104 110 51 45 8 51 6 37 6 1 10 471 89 1.540 9.5 0.7 4.4 3.2 0.73
CAL (4 yrs) 11 5 .688 3.91 85 0 60 0 0 12 131.1 140 65 57 8 64 8 48 8 1 13 593 89 1.553 9.6 0.5 4.4 3.3 0.75
LAD (1 yr) 0 2 .000 3.86 5 0 5 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 30 94 1.286 7.7 2.6 3.9 1.3 0.33
AL (4 yrs) 11 5 .688 3.91 85 0 60 0 0 12 131.1 140 65 57 8 64 8 48 8 1 13 593 89 1.553 9.6 0.5 4.4 3.3 0.75
NL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 3.86 5 0 5 0 0 0 7.0 6 3 3 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 30 94 1.286 7.7 2.6 3.9 1.3 0.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1972 25 CAL AL 16.0 10 0 6 3.38 3.65 0.06 -0.16 96.6 3.31 0 0.0 .6 -0.0 0.1 1 .500 .500 $
1973 26 CAL AL 68.0 51 0 30 3.97 4.40 -0.35 -0.36 93.8 4.12 1 0.1 1.7 -0.2 0.5 8 .501 .500 $
1974 27 CAL AL 39.0 20 0 19 4.38 4.16 -0.20 -0.35 95.8 3.84 -2 -0.3 2.2 -0.2 -0.1 2 .487 .498 $
1975 28 CAL AL 8.1 4 0 10 10.80 4.22 -0.31 -0.35 103.4 4.32 -6 -0.6 1.7 -0.2 -0.7 -5 .359 .497 $
1975 28 LAD NL 7.0 5 0 3 3.86 4.30 0.57 -0.35 93.2 3.15 -1 -0.1 2.5 -0.1 -0.1 0 .487 .500 $
4 Seasons 138.1 90 0 68 4.42 4.23 -0.21 -0.33 95.2 3.91 -8 -0.8 1.7 -0.7 -0.3 6 .491 .499 $
CAL (4 yrs) 131.1 85 0 65 4.45 4.23 -0.25 -0.33 95.3 3.95 -8 -0.8 1.7 -0.6 -0.2 6 .491 .499 $
LAD (1 yr) 7.0 5 0 3 3.86 4.30 0.57 -0.35 93.2 3.15 -1 -0.1 2.5 -0.1 -0.1 0 .487 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1972 25 CAL AL 10 62 56 6 11 3 0 0 2 0 5 2 .196 .258 .250 .508 .200 14 2 0 0 1 1 0
1973 26 CAL AL 51 308 260 30 72 10 1 2 4 1 35 25 .277 .368 .346 .715 .295 90 10 5 4 4 6 5
1974 27 CAL AL 20 179 154 19 48 6 2 3 2 1 16 14 .312 .383 .435 .818 .324 67 6 3 4 2 0 4
1975 28 CAL AL 4 44 36 10 9 0 1 3 1 0 8 7 .250 .386 .556 .942 .231 20 1 0 0 0 1 3
1975 28 LAD NL 5 31 27 3 6 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 .222 .300 .444 .744 .167 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 TOT MLB 9 75 63 13 15 0 1 5 2 0 11 8 .238 .351 .508 .859 .200 32 1 0 0 0 1 3
4 Yrs 90 624 533 68 146 19 4 10 10 2 67 49 .274 .359 .381 .740 .283 203 19 8 8 7 8 12
162 Game Avg. 68 471 403 51 110 14 3 8 8 2 51 37 .274 .359 .381 .740 .283 153 14 6 6 5 6 9
MLB Averages .254 .322 .369 .691 .279

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1972 25 CAL AL 0.2 0.0 65 -0.1 0.7 -0.8 .74 0.1 -0.3 0.4 0.0 0.74 1.8 1 3 3
1973 26 CAL AL -0.6 -0.1 323 -0.0 7.1 -7.1 1.36 -0.1 0.1 -4.2 -0.5 1.36 -4.2 23 12 15
1974 27 CAL AL -1.5 -0.2 187 -0.6 2.9 -3.5 1.10 -0.6 0.1 -5.9 -0.6 1.10 -6.4 9 7 4
1975 28 TOT MLB -5.3 -0.5 78 -1.6 0.8 -2.4 1.00 -0.4 -1.2 -8.4 -0.8 1.00 -6.6 4 0 4
1975 28 CAL AL -5.3 -0.5 46 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .27 -0.2 -1.2 -6.8 -0.7 0.27 -6.3 1 0 3
1975 28 LAD NL 0.0 0.0 32 -1.2 0.7 -1.9 2.04 -0.1 -0.4 -1.6 -0.2 2.04 -0.3 3 0 1
4 Yrs -7.3 -0.7 653 -2.3 11.4 -13.7 1.18 -1.0 -0.9 -18.1 -1.8 1.18 -15.4 37 22 26

Reliever Pitching*

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
1972 25 CAL AL 10 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 50% 6 .738 1 3 3 1 1 8 2 8 6 2 6 2 4.8
1973 26 CAL AL 51 51 37 7 2 13 10 3 77% 16 2 69 21 30% 9 1.363 23 12 15 16 8 27 42 9 23 22 23 13 4.0
1974 27 CAL AL 20 20 16 2 3 2 2 0 100% 3 1 31 14 45% 8 1.103 9 7 4 3 5 12 17 3 14 3 14 4 5.9
1975 28 TOT MLB 9 9 7 0 2 2 0 2 0% 2 0 9 6 67% 1.005 4 0 4 3 2 4 4 5 4 2 5 1 5.1
1975 28 CAL AL 4 4 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 4 67% 4 .273 1 0 3 2 0 2 3 1 3 1 3 0 6.3
1975 28 LAD NL 5 5 5 0 2 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 8 2.043 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 4.2
4 Yrs 90 90 65 11 7 17 12 5 71% 22 4 113 43 38% 1.183 37 22 26 23 16 51 65 25 47 29 48 20 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1972 25 CAL AL 62 68% 0.0% 3.2% 8.1% 4.8% 27% 1.56 89% 7 2 29%
1973 26 CAL AL 308 68% 0.7% 8.1% 11.4% 4.2% 18% 2.47 77% 73 10 14%
1974 27 CAL AL 179 69% 1.7% 7.8% 8.9% 6.2% 23% 1.53 78% 48 6 13%
1975 28 TOT MLB 75 57% 6.7% 10.7% 14.7% 8.0% 40% 2.17 67% 7 1 14%
1975 28 CAL AL 44 64% 6.8% 15.9% 18.2% 9.1% 44% 2.00 59% 6 1 17%
1975 28 LAD NL 31 48% 6.5% 3.2% 9.7% 6.5% 33% 2.33 77% 1 0 0%
4 Yrs 624 67% 1.6% 7.9% 10.7% 5.3% 23% 1.99 77% 135 19 14%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.6% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.09 74% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1972 25 CAL AL 62 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 19 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1973 26 CAL AL 308 72 2 0 18 2 0 1 1 25 14 0 56% 5 8 1 152 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0
1974 27 CAL AL 179 48 3 0 10 2 1 1 2 9 5 0 56% 4 3 2 98 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1975 28 TOT MLB 75 15 5 0 7 4 1 0 5 7 4 1 57% 3 1 0 20 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 28 CAL AL 44 9 3 0 4 2 1 0 3 7 4 1 57% 3 1 0 15 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1975 28 LAD NL 31 6 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 624 146 10 0 35 8 2 2 8 42 24 1 57% 12 13 3 289 10 2 83% 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 0
MLB Averages 50% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1972 25 2 0 1.000 2.81 10 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 11 6 5 0 5 1 2 0 0 1 62 107 1.000 6.2 0.0 2.8 1.1 0.40 107
1973 26 9 2 .818 3.54 61 0 42 0 0 10 84.0 83 36 33 2 40 7 27 5 1 9 370 97 1.464 8.9 0.2 4.3 2.9 0.68 97
1974 27 11 5 .688 3.59 81 0 58 0 0 12 123.0 131 55 49 5 56 7 41 8 1 12 549 96 1.520 9.6 0.4 4.1 3.0 0.73 96
1975 28 11 7 .611 3.90 90 0 65 0 0 12 138.1 146 68 60 10 67 8 49 8 1 13 623 89 1.540 9.5 0.7 4.4 3.2 0.73 89

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1972 25 0 1 .000 4.20 15.0 14 8 7 0 6 2 0 1.333 8.4 3.6 1.2 0.33 0.0 10
1973 26 2 4 .333 4.94 62.0 79 38 34 2 38 23 5 1.887 11.5 5.5 3.3 0.61 0.3 51
1974 27 1 2 .333 4.89 35.0 53 21 19 3 18 13 3 2.029 13.6 4.6 3.3 0.72 0.8 20
1975 28 0 1 .000 7.80 15.0 16 14 13 5 12 8 0 1.867 9.6 7.2 4.8 0.67 3.0 9
4 Yrs 3 8 .273 5.17 127.0 162 81 73 10 74 46 8 1.858 11.5 3.3 0.62 0.7 90

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1973 AL  51 (5th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1973 AL  37 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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