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

Born: October 16, 1931 in St. Louis, MO
School: Princeton University
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1956
Final Game: September 23, 1962
Relatives: Brother of Dick Sisler and Son of George Sisler
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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
1956 24 BOS AL 9 8 .529 4.62 39 14 15 3 0 3 142.1 120 81 73 13 72 2 93 7 0 1 619 100 1.349 7.6 0.8 4.6 5.9 1.29
1957 25 BOS AL 7 8 .467 4.71 22 19 2 5 0 1 122.1 135 68 64 15 61 1 55 2 1 2 554 84 1.602 9.9 1.1 4.5 4.0 0.90
1958 26 BOS AL 8 9 .471 4.94 30 25 2 4 1 0 149.1 157 94 82 22 79 2 71 1 2 6 666 81 1.580 9.5 1.3 4.8 4.3 0.90
1959 27 TOT AL 1 3 .250 4.32 35 0 20 0 0 7 58.1 55 33 28 7 37 1 32 1 0 3 262 94 1.577 8.5 1.1 5.7 4.9 0.86
1959 27 BOS AL 0 0 6.75 3 0 2 0 0 0 6.2 9 5 5 3 1 0 3 0 0 0 30 60 1.500 12.2 4.1 1.4 4.1 3.00
1959 27 DET AL 1 3 .250 4.01 32 0 18 0 0 7 51.2 46 28 23 4 36 1 29 1 0 3 232 101 1.587 8.0 0.7 6.3 5.1 0.81
1960 28 DET AL 7 5 .583 2.48 41 0 19 0 0 6 80.0 56 23 22 3 45 1 47 2 0 9 334 161 1.263 6.3 0.3 5.1 5.3 1.04
1961 29 WSA AL 2 8 .200 4.18 45 1 29 0 0 11 60.1 55 34 28 6 48 5 30 3 0 3 276 93 1.707 8.2 0.9 7.2 4.5 0.63
1962 30 CIN NL 4 3 .571 3.92 35 0 16 0 0 1 43.2 44 19 19 4 26 3 27 0 0 1 196 103 1.603 9.1 0.8 5.4 5.6 1.04
7 Seasons 38 44 .463 4.33 247 59 103 12 1 29 656.1 622 352 316 70 368 15 355 16 3 25 2907 95 1.508 8.5 1.0 5.0 4.9 0.96
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .463 4.33 55 13 23 3 0 6 146 138 78 70 16 82 3 79 4 1 6 646 95 1.508 8.5 1.0 5.0 4.9 0.96
BOS (4 yrs) 24 25 .490 4.79 94 58 21 12 1 4 420.2 421 248 224 53 213 5 222 10 3 9 1869 88 1.507 9.0 1.1 4.6 4.7 1.04
DET (2 yrs) 8 8 .500 3.08 73 0 37 0 0 13 131.2 102 51 45 7 81 2 76 3 0 12 566 130 1.390 7.0 0.5 5.5 5.2 0.94
WSA (1 yr) 2 8 .200 4.18 45 1 29 0 0 11 60.1 55 34 28 6 48 5 30 3 0 3 276 93 1.707 8.2 0.9 7.2 4.5 0.63
CIN (1 yr) 4 3 .571 3.92 35 0 16 0 0 1 43.2 44 19 19 4 26 3 27 0 0 1 196 103 1.603 9.1 0.8 5.4 5.6 1.04
AL (6 yrs) 34 41 .453 4.36 212 59 87 12 1 28 612.2 578 333 297 66 342 12 328 16 3 24 2711 95 1.502 8.5 1.0 5.0 4.8 0.96
NL (1 yr) 4 3 .571 3.92 35 0 16 0 0 1 43.2 44 19 19 4 26 3 27 0 0 1 196 103 1.603 9.1 0.8 5.4 5.6 1.04

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
1956 24 BOS AL 39 617 526 81 120 23 6 13 6 3 72 93 .228 .327 .369 .696 .252 194 10 7 8 4 2
1957 25 BOS AL 22 554 482 68 135 18 2 15 5 3 61 55 .280 .361 .419 .780 .288 202 13 2 5 4 1
1958 26 BOS AL 30 664 566 94 157 17 5 22 4 5 79 71 .277 .362 .442 .804 .280 250 16 1 9 9 2
1959 27 TOT AL 35 261 219 33 55 7 1 7 1 3 37 32 .251 .359 .388 .747 .264 85 5 1 2 2 1
1959 27 BOS AL 3 30 29 5 9 2 0 3 0 0 1 3 .310 .333 .690 1.023 .261 20 0 0 0 0 0
1959 27 DET AL 32 231 190 28 46 5 1 4 1 3 36 29 .242 .362 .342 .705 .264 65 5 1 2 2 1
1960 28 DET AL 41 334 281 23 56 6 2 3 4 2 45 47 .199 .311 .267 .578 .226 75 9 2 3 3 1
1961 29 WSA AL 45 276 219 34 55 7 2 6 2 0 48 30 .251 .390 .384 .773 .265 84 12 3 4 2 5
1962 30 CIN NL 35 197 164 19 44 3 1 4 9 1 26 27 .268 .368 .372 .740 .301 61 2 0 7 0 3
7 Seasons 247 2903 2457 352 622 81 19 70 31 17 368 355 .253 .351 .387 .738 .268 951 67 16 38 24 15
162 Game Avg. 55 645 546 78 138 18 4 16 7 4 82 79 .253 .351 .387 .738 .268 211 15 4 8 5 3
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
1956 24 BOS AL 39 14 6 5 3 2 1 8 6 .571 0 2 3 0 6 43% 50 81 26 17 8 2 7 4.2 5.0 6.4
1957 25 BOS AL 22 19 7 8 4 3 3 9 10 .474 2 2 5 0 9 47% 46 64 18 18 8 4 10 4.8 5.8 6.2
1958 26 BOS AL 30 25 7 8 10 2 2 12 12 .500 2 4 4 1 9 36% 46 77 13 23 9 7 12 4.4 4.7 5.5
1961 29 WSA AL 45 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25 25 25 19 10 0 1 1.0 0.0 4.3
4 Seasons 136 59 20 22 17 7 6 29 29 .500 4 8 12 1 24 41% 47 81 13 77 35 13 30 4.4 5.1 5.9
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
1956 24 BOS AL 39 25 15 3 3 1 3 1 300% 5 4 27 18 67% 9 1.186 13 4 8 7 7 11 14 11 13 4 13 3 6.3
1957 25 BOS AL 22 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 0 0% 7 1.143 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 0 3.7
1958 26 BOS AL 30 5 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 9 1.051 3 0 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 4 0 7.2
1959 27 TOT AL 35 35 20 1 3 10 7 3 70% 14 4 28 16 57% 1.087 15 4 14 14 3 18 13 22 20 6 21 3 5.0
1959 27 BOS AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 2 0.480 2 0 1 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 3 0 6.7
1959 27 DET AL 32 32 18 1 3 10 7 3 70% 14 4 23 13 57% 8 1.166 13 4 13 14 2 16 11 21 17 6 18 3 4.8
1960 28 DET AL 41 41 19 7 5 6 6 1 100% 7 1 37 12 32% 6 1.619 20 8 13 8 14 19 20 21 25 9 27 3 5.9
1961 29 WSA AL 45 44 29 2 7 17 11 6 65% 18 1 46 20 43% 8 1.904 29 4 11 19 10 15 30 14 24 16 24 6 3.8
1962 30 CIN NL 35 35 16 4 3 2 1 1 50% 5 3 24 6 25% 8 1.010 10 6 17 6 5 24 13 22 17 8 18 5 3.7
7 Seasons 247 188 103 18 22 37 29 12 78% 50 13 168 72 43% 1.246 91 27 66 56 41 91 94 94 103 44 108 20 4.9

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%
1956 24 BOS AL 617 40% 2.1% 15.1% 11.7% 6.8% 35% 0.88 69% 134 10 7%
1957 25 BOS AL 554 43% 2.7% 9.9% 11.0% 6.3% 26% 1.10 75% 118 13 11%
1958 26 BOS AL 664 33% 3.3% 10.7% 11.9% 6.6% 28% 0.83 73% 122 16 13%
1959 27 TOT AL 261 33% 2.7% 12.3% 14.2% 5.8% 27% 1.04 70% 54 5 9%
1959 27 BOS AL 30 20% 10.0% 10.0% 3.3% 16.7% 56% 0.89 77% 2 0 0%
1959 27 DET AL 231 35% 1.7% 12.6% 15.6% 4.3% 22% 1.07 69% 52 5 10%
1960 28 DET AL 334 37% 0.9% 14.1% 13.5% 3.3% 20% 0.83 70% 74 9 12%
1961 29 WSA AL 276 41% 2.2% 10.9% 17.4% 5.4% 27% 1.27 67% 83 12 14%
1962 30 CIN NL 197 39% 2.0% 13.7% 13.2% 4.1% 18% 0.87 68% 36 2 6%
7 Seasons 2903 38% 2.4% 12.2% 12.7% 5.9% 27% 0.95 71% 621 67 11%
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
1956 24 BOS AL 587 120 13 0 26 6 6 4 8 40 20 11 50% 5 1 1 226 6 3 67% 4 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 8 30
1957 25 BOS AL 554 135 15 1 29 10 5 9 6 36 17 1 47% 10 2 0 225 5 3 63% 5 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 0
1958 26 BOS AL 649 157 22 1 19 16 4 11 9 39 25 1 64% 7 6 1 233 4 5 44% 4 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 19 15
1959 27 TOT AL 261 55 7 0 14 6 1 7 0 22 12 4 55% 2 3 0 101 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 0
1959 27 BOS AL 30 9 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 27 DET AL 231 46 4 0 13 3 1 4 0 22 12 4 55% 2 3 0 92 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 0
1960 28 DET AL 334 56 3 0 16 3 0 3 0 28 10 1 36% 4 9 1 132 4 2 67% 4 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 18 0
1961 29 WSA AL 276 55 6 1 17 4 2 3 3 19 11 1 58% 1 3 5 138 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1962 30 CIN NL 197 44 4 0 8 3 1 0 4 7 3 1 43% 1 1 0 88 9 1 90% 7 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2858 622 70 3 129 48 19 37 30 191 98 20 51% 30 25 8 1143 31 17 65% 27 13 3 3 1 1 10 1 77 45
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+
1956 24 9 8 .529 4.62 39 14 15 3 0 3 142.1 120 81 73 13 72 2 93 7 0 1 619 100 1.349 7.6 0.8 4.6 5.9 1.29 100
1957 25 16 16 .500 4.66 61 33 17 8 0 4 264.2 255 149 137 28 133 3 148 9 1 3 1173 93 1.466 8.7 1.0 4.5 5.0 1.11 93
1958 26 24 25 .490 4.76 91 58 19 12 1 4 414.0 412 243 219 50 212 5 219 10 3 9 1839 88 1.507 9.0 1.1 4.6 4.8 1.03 88
1959 27 25 28 .472 4.71 126 58 39 12 1 11 472.1 467 276 247 57 249 6 251 11 3 12 2101 89 1.516 8.9 1.1 4.7 4.8 1.01 89
1960 28 32 33 .492 4.38 167 58 58 12 1 17 552.1 523 299 269 60 294 7 298 13 3 21 2435 95 1.479 8.5 1.0 4.8 4.9 1.01 95
1961 29 34 41 .453 4.36 212 59 87 12 1 28 612.2 578 333 297 66 342 12 328 16 3 24 2711 95 1.502 8.5 1.0 5.0 4.8 0.96 95
1962 30 38 44 .463 4.33 247 59 103 12 1 29 656.1 622 352 316 70 368 15 355 16 3 25 2907 95 1.508 8.5 1.0 5.0 4.9 0.96 95

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1956 24 8 8 .500 3.96 150.0 118 73 66 13 71 98 7 1.260 7.1 4.3 5.9 1.38 0.8 39
1957 25 5 8 .385 4.86 124.0 143 74 67 16 65 56 2 1.677 10.4 4.7 4.1 0.86 1.2 22
1958 26 6 10 .375 5.23 148.0 166 96 86 23 84 70 1 1.689 10.1 5.1 4.3 0.83 1.4 30
1959 27 3 3 .500 4.27 59.0 57 31 28 7 38 32 1 1.610 8.7 5.8 4.9 0.84 1.1 35
1960 28 6 3 .667 2.56 81.0 58 26 23 3 47 48 2 1.296 6.4 5.2 5.3 1.02 0.3 41
1961 29 3 3 .500 4.42 57.0 55 31 28 6 48 28 3 1.807 8.7 7.6 4.4 0.58 0.9 45
1962 30 2 2 .500 3.77 43.0 43 20 18 4 25 27 0 1.581 9.0 5.2 5.7 1.08 0.8 35
7 Seasons 33 37 .471 4.30 662.0 640 351 316 72 378 359 16 1.538 8.7 4.9 0.95 1.0 247

* 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

Saves s c a p y
1959 AL--7--8th
1961 AL--11--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1958 AL--79--6th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1958 AL--6--5th
1960 AL--9--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1956 AL--7--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1959 AL--20--10th
1960 AL--19--10th
1961 AL--29--9th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 6 (1720), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1498), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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