Dave Sells
David Wayne Sells
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: September 18, 1946 in Vacaville, CA
High School: Vacaville (Vacaville, CA)
Signed by the San Francisco Giants as an amateur free agent in 1968. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1972
Final Game: September 22, 1975
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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
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 62 104 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 95 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 92 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 54 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 41 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 89 1.286 7.7 2.6 3.9 1.3 0.33
4 Seasons 11 7 .611 3.90 90 0 65 0 0 12 138.1 146 68 60 10 67 8 49 8 1 13 623 87 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 87 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 87 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 89 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 87 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 89 1.286 7.7 2.6 3.9 1.3 0.33

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
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
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
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
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
1975 28 LAD NL 5 30 27 3 6 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 .222 .300 .444 .744 .167 12 0 0 0 0 0
1975 28 TOT MLB 9 74 63 13 15 0 1 5 2 0 11 8 .238 .351 .508 .859 .200 32 1 0 0 0 1
4 Seasons 90 623 533 68 146 19 4 10 10 2 67 49 .274 .359 .381 .740 .283 203 19 8 8 7 8
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
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
1972 25 CAL AL 10 10 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 50% 6 0.814 2 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 1.419 25 11 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 1.177 10 6 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% 1.055 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 0.268 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 2.173 3 0 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 4.2
4 Seasons 90 90 65 11 7 17 12 5 71% 22 4 113 43 38% 1.246 41 20 26 23 16 51 65 25 47 29 48 20 4.6

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%
1972 25 CAL AL 62 32% 0.0% 3.2% 8.1% 4.8% 27% 1.56 89% 7 2 29%
1973 26 CAL AL 308 32% 0.7% 8.1% 11.4% 4.2% 18% 2.47 77% 73 10 14%
1974 27 CAL AL 179 31% 1.7% 7.8% 8.9% 6.2% 23% 1.53 78% 48 6 13%
1975 28 TOT MLB 75 43% 6.8% 10.8% 14.9% 8.1% 40% 2.17 68% 7 1 14%
1975 28 CAL AL 44 36% 6.8% 15.9% 18.2% 9.1% 44% 2.00 59% 6 1 17%
1975 28 LAD NL 31 52% 6.7% 3.3% 10.0% 6.7% 33% 2.33 80% 1 0 0%
4 Seasons 624 33% 1.6% 7.9% 10.8% 5.3% 23% 1.99 77% 135 19 14%
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
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 62 104 1.000 6.2 0.0 2.8 1.1 0.40 104
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 96 1.464 8.9 0.2 4.3 2.9 0.68 96
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 95 1.520 9.6 0.4 4.1 3.0 0.73 95
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 87 1.540 9.5 0.7 4.4 3.2 0.73 87

Neutralized Pitching

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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 13 8 7 0 6 2 0 1.267 7.8 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 5.14 35.0 53 22 20 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 17 14 13 6 12 8 0 1.933 10.2 7.2 4.8 0.67 3.6 9
4 Seasons 3 8 .273 5.24 127.0 162 82 74 11 74 46 8 1.858 11.5 3.3 0.62 0.8 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 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

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

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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