Dave Stevens

David James Stevens

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 4, 1970 in Fullerton, CA
High School: La Habra HS (La Habra, CA)
Drafted
by the Chicago Cubs in the 20th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed May 26, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 20, 1994
Teams (by GP): Twins/Cubs/Indians/Braves 1994-2000

Final Game: July 6, 2000
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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
1994 24 MIN AL 5 2 .714 6.80 24 0 6 0 0 0 45.0 55 35 34 6 23 2 24 1 0 3 208 72 1.733 11.0 1.2 4.6 4.8 1.04
1995 25 MIN AL 5 4 .556 5.07 56 0 34 0 0 10 65.2 74 40 37 14 32 1 47 1 0 2 302 95 1.614 10.1 1.9 4.4 6.4 1.47
1996 26 MIN AL 3 3 .500 4.66 49 0 38 0 0 11 58.0 58 31 30 12 25 2 29 0 0 1 251 110 1.431 9.0 1.9 3.9 4.5 1.16
1997 27 TOT MLB 1 5 .167 9.19 16 6 0 0 0 0 32.1 54 34 33 8 26 0 29 1 3 1 174 50 2.474 15.0 2.2 7.2 8.1 1.12
1997 27 MIN AL 1 3 .250 9.00 6 6 0 0 0 0 23.0 41 23 23 8 17 0 16 0 2 1 124 52 2.522 16.0 3.1 6.7 6.3 0.94
1997 27 CHC NL 0 2 .000 9.64 10 0 0 0 0 0 9.1 13 11 10 0 9 0 13 1 1 0 50 46 2.357 12.5 0.0 8.7 12.5 1.44
1998 28 CHC NL 1 2 .333 4.74 31 0 13 0 0 0 38.0 42 20 20 6 17 5 31 1 1 1 169 93 1.553 9.9 1.4 4.0 7.3 1.82
1999 29 CLE AL 0 0 10.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 10 10 10 1 8 1 6 0 0 1 44 51 2.000 10.0 1.0 8.0 6.0 0.75
2000 30 ATL NL 0 0 12.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 5 4 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 42 2.000 15.0 6.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
7 Yrs 15 16 .484 6.02 183 6 93 0 0 21 251.0 298 174 168 49 132 11 170 4 4 9 1163 80 1.713 10.7 1.8 4.7 6.1 1.29
162 Game Avg. 5 6 .484 6.02 66 2 33 0 0 8 90 107 63 60 18 47 4 61 1 1 3 418 80 1.713 10.7 1.8 4.7 6.1 1.29
MIN (4 yrs) 14 12 .538 5.82 135 6 78 0 0 21 191.2 228 129 124 40 97 5 116 2 2 7 885 84 1.696 10.7 1.9 4.6 5.4 1.20
CHC (2 yrs) 1 4 .200 5.70 41 0 13 0 0 0 47.1 55 31 30 6 26 5 44 2 2 1 219 77 1.711 10.5 1.1 4.9 8.4 1.69
ATL (1 yr) 0 0 12.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 3.0 5 4 4 2 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 42 2.000 15.0 6.0 3.0 12.0 4.00
CLE (1 yr) 0 0 10.00 5 0 0 0 0 0 9.0 10 10 10 1 8 1 6 0 0 1 44 51 2.000 10.0 1.0 8.0 6.0 0.75
AL (5 yrs) 14 12 .538 6.01 140 6 78 0 0 21 200.2 238 139 134 41 105 6 122 2 2 8 929 82 1.709 10.7 1.8 4.7 5.5 1.16
NL (3 yrs) 1 4 .200 6.08 43 0 15 0 0 0 50.1 60 35 34 8 27 5 48 2 2 1 234 73 1.728 10.7 1.4 4.8 8.6 1.78

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
1994 24 MIN AL 45.0 24 0 35 7.00 5.24 0.08 -0.40 102.3 4.87 -11 -1.0 1.0 -0.1 -0.7 -6 .460 .494 $109,000
1995 25 MIN AL 65.2 56 0 40 5.48 5.31 0.03 -0.40 101.7 4.97 -4 -0.3 1.5 -0.2 0.0 4 .494 .498 $125,000
1996 26 MIN AL 58.0 49 0 31 4.81 5.41 0.22 -0.40 101.4 4.85 -1 -0.0 1.1 -0.1 0.4 8 .499 .500 $172,000
1997 27 MIN AL 23.0 6 6 23 9.00 4.93 -0.05 0.19 101.2 5.23 -10 -0.8 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .361 .495 $
1997 27 CHC NL 9.1 10 0 11 10.61 4.85 0.22 -0.37 102.9 4.39 -6 -0.6 .4 0.2 -0.4 -6 .437 .496 $210,000
1998 28 CHC NL 38.0 31 0 20 4.74 4.63 -0.10 -0.35 105.2 4.60 -1 -0.1 .7 -0.1 0.2 3 .498 .500 $225,000
1999 29 CLE AL 9.0 5 0 10 10.00 5.49 0.22 -0.40 101.8 4.95 -5 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .414 .497 $
2000 30 ATL NL 3.0 2 0 4 12.00 4.52 0.24 -0.35 98.0 3.86 -3 -0.2 .0 0.1 -0.1 -2 .383 .499 $
7 Seasons 251.0 183 6 174 6.24 5.16 0.07 -0.34 102.2 4.86 -39 -3.5 1.1 -0.2 -1.5 -10 .481 .497 $841,000
MIN (4 yrs) 191.2 135 6 129 6.06 5.28 0.09 -0.33 101.7 4.94 -25 -2.2 1.3 -0.5 -0.9 -1 .484 .497 $406,000
CHC (2 yrs) 47.1 41 0 31 5.89 4.67 -0.03 -0.36 104.7 4.56 -7 -0.7 .6 0.1 -0.2 -2 .483 .498 $435,000
ATL (1 yr) 3.0 2 0 4 12.00 4.52 0.24 -0.35 98.0 3.86 -3 -0.2 .0 0.1 -0.1 -2 .383 .499 $
CLE (1 yr) 9.0 5 0 10 10.00 5.49 0.22 -0.40 101.8 4.95 -5 -0.4 .6 0.1 -0.3 -4 .414 .497 $

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
1994 24 MIN AL 24 208 182 35 55 10 2 6 3 4 23 24 .302 .383 .478 .862 .322 87 2 1 2 0 2 2
1995 25 MIN AL 56 302 260 40 74 11 3 14 6 1 32 47 .285 .359 .512 .871 .294 133 4 1 4 5 1 2
1996 26 MIN AL 49 251 220 31 58 14 1 12 4 2 25 29 .264 .335 .500 .835 .253 110 4 0 3 3 2 2
1997 27 TOT MLB 16 174 146 34 54 15 2 8 10 2 26 29 .370 .466 .664 1.130 .418 97 1 1 0 1 0 0
1997 27 CHC NL 10 50 39 11 13 4 0 0 7 0 9 13 .333 .460 .436 .896 .481 17 0 1 0 1 0 0
1997 27 MIN AL 6 124 107 23 41 11 2 8 3 2 17 16 .383 .468 .748 1.215 .398 80 1 0 0 0 0 0
1998 28 CHC NL 31 169 146 20 42 9 0 6 8 4 17 31 .288 .364 .473 .836 .327 69 2 1 4 1 5 1
1999 29 CLE AL 5 44 35 10 10 4 0 1 2 1 8 6 .286 .409 .486 .895 .310 17 0 0 0 1 1 0
2000 30 ATL NL 2 15 14 4 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 .357 .400 .857 1.257 .375 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 183 1163 1003 174 298 64 8 49 33 14 132 170 .297 .377 .523 .901 .313 525 13 4 13 11 11 7
162 Game Avg. 66 418 361 63 107 23 3 18 12 5 47 61 .297 .377 .523 .901 .313 189 5 1 5 4 4 3
MLB Averages .269 .340 .426 .766 .300

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1994 24 MIN AL -8.1 -0.7 216 1.3 3.8 -2.6 .91 -0.7 2.1 -6.2 -0.6 0.91 -7.2 5 7 11
1995 25 MIN AL -1.6 -0.2 313 -0.2 7.3 -7.5 1.38 -0.7 0.5 -6.2 -0.6 1.38 -5.4 22 13 18
1996 26 MIN AL 3.7 0.3 257 -0.2 5.9 -6.1 1.24 -0.7 0.5 0.6 0.1 1.24 -3.1 15 11 21
1997 27 TOT MLB -15.2 -1.4 191 -1.5 2.3 -3.8 .84 -1.8 -0.0 -19.0 -1.7 0.83 -19.6 0 3 7
1997 27 MIN AL -10.0 -0.9 132 -1.1 1.9 -2.9 .94 -1.4 0.2 -12.2 -1.0 0.94 -15.1 0 0 0
1997 27 CHC NL -5.3 -0.5 59 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .59 -0.5 -0.4 -6.8 -0.6 0.59 -4.5 0 3 7
1998 28 CHC NL -0.6 -0.1 182 -0.8 1.2 -2.0 .49 -0.7 -0.9 0.9 0.1 0.49 -2.0 3 4 23
1999 29 CLE AL -4.3 -0.4 48 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .51 -0.2 -0.1 -3.3 -0.3 0.51 -1.7 0 2 3
2000 30 ATL NL -2.2 -0.2 15 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 0.0 0.3 -2.3 -0.2 0.02 -1.7 0 0 1
7 Yrs -28.3 -2.6 1222 -1.5 20.8 -22.4 1.00 -4.8 3.2 -35.4 -3.2 1.00 -40.7 45 40 84

Starting Pitching*

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
1997 27 TOT MLB 16 6 1 3 2 1 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 50 18 17 4 0 2 6.3 7.4 3.8 84 1 3 2 0 106
1997 27 MIN AL 6 6 1 3 2 1 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33.0 50 18 6 0 0 2 6.3 7.4 3.8 84 1 3 2 0 106
1 Yr 6 6 1 3 2 1 0 3 3 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 33 50 18 6 0 0 2 6.3 7.4 3.8 84 1 3 2 0 106
MLB Averages .500 47% 48 105 -21 5.0 4.9 6.0 96

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
1994 24 MIN AL 24 24 6 5 2 0 0 0 1 1 17 3 18% 5 .914 5 7 11 5 4 15 11 13 16 4 16 1 5.6 29
1995 25 MIN AL 56 56 34 5 4 12 10 2 83% 17 5 40 12 30% 9 1.377 22 13 18 27 10 19 26 30 19 18 20 13 3.5 21
1996 26 MIN AL 49 49 38 3 3 16 11 5 69% 16 0 22 12 55% 9 1.237 15 11 21 21 3 25 16 33 15 12 16 8 3.6 20
1997 27 TOT MLB 16 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% .842 0 3 7 0 1 9 3 7 3 6 4 1 2.8 22
1997 27 CHC NL 10 10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 7 .588 0 3 7 0 1 9 3 7 3 6 4 1 2.8 22
1998 28 CHC NL 31 31 13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 27 8 30% 8 .491 3 4 23 2 4 25 16 15 10 11 10 11 3.7 20
1999 29 CLE AL 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 .514 0 2 3 0 0 5 2 3 3 1 3 0 5.4 35
2000 30 ATL NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .016 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5 27
7 Yrs 177 177 93 14 13 28 21 7 75% 34 6 114 38 33% 1.012 45 40 84 55 22 100 74 103 67 52 70 34 3.9 22

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%
1994 24 MIN AL 208 60% 2.9% 11.5% 11.1% 8.7% 33% 0.42 0.53 73% 26% 7.3% 25% 53 2 4%
1995 25 MIN AL 302 51% 4.6% 15.6% 10.6% 9.3% 38% 0.52 0.80 68% 24% 11.6% 13% 69 4 6%
1996 26 MIN AL 251 47% 4.8% 11.6% 10.0% 10.8% 47% 0.42 0.55 73% 21% 12.2% 27% 52 4 8%
1997 27 TOT MLB 174 51% 4.6% 16.7% 14.9% 14.4% 46% 0.37 0.47 63% 31% 11.1% 16% 32 1 3%
1997 27 MIN AL 124 48% 6.5% 12.9% 13.7% 16.9% 51% 0.34 0.34 67% 26% 14.8% 21% 20 1 5%
1997 27 CHC NL 50 58% 0.0% 26.0% 18.0% 8.0% 31% 0.50 1.14 54% 44% 0.0% 0% 12 0 0%
1998 28 CHC NL 169 65% 3.6% 18.3% 10.1% 8.9% 36% 0.54 0.68 65% 23% 10.3% 22% 37 2 5%
1999 29 CLE AL 44 55% 2.3% 13.6% 18.2% 11.4% 50% 0.58 0.67 66% 17% 5.9% 11% 10 0 0%
2000 30 ATL NL 15 53% 13.3% 26.7% 6.7% 20.0% 60% 0.60 0.67 53% 30% 50.0% 20% 1 0 0%
7 Yrs 1163 54% 4.2% 14.6% 11.4% 10.4% 41% 0.46 0.62 68% 24% 10.8% 20% 254 13 5%
MLB Averages 45% 2.8% 16.5% 9.1% 7.9% 33% 0.80 1.09 70% 22% 8.3% 15% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1994 24 MIN AL 181 639 3.53 398 62% 21% 9% 36% 34% 79% 3% 49% 88% 56% 8% 14 3 26% 47 29 5 22% 3 9 27 0 0
1995 25 MIN AL 287 1085 3.78 667 61% 26% 12% 30% 32% 74% 0% 45% 83% 56% 5% 14 6 21% 61 39 2 28% 7 7 15 0 4
1996 26 MIN AL 198 769 3.88 468 61% 21% 12% 34% 34% 79% 0% 48% 85% 48% 7% 14 11 20% 40 28 6 15% 4 3 53 0 0
1997 27 TOT MLB 175 724 4.14 417 58% 27% 12% 33% 28% 73% 0% 42% 83% 49% 6% 11 8 17% 30 19 4 31% 4 3 -1 0 0
1997 27 MIN AL 125 501 4.01 280 56% 29% 11% 28% 33% 71% 0% 40% 85% 45% 7% 9 6 14% 18 10 2 31% 2 3 -1 0 0
1997 27 CHC NL 50 223 4.46 137 61% 23% 15% 42% 20% 77% 0% 47% 81% 60% 4% 2 2 24% 12 9 2 31% 2 0 0 0 0
1998 28 CHC NL 170 628 3.69 390 62% 19% 19% 32% 31% 81% 6% 50% 77% 55% 4% 7 2 16% 28 15 1 16% 6 2 -1 0 0
1999 29 CLE AL 44 176 4.00 95 54% 24% 13% 32% 32% 76% 5% 41% 83% 45% 7% 3 1 7% 3 2 0 17% 0 1 0 0 0
2000 30 ATL NL 15 53 3.53 33 62% 12% 33% 24% 30% 88% 0% 55% 62% 80% 7% 1 1 47% 7 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1070 4074 3.81 2468 61% 23% 13% 32% 32% 77% 2% 47% 83% 53% 6% 64 32 20% 216 136 18 22% 24 25 93 0 4
MLB Averages 3.72 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

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
1994 24 MIN AL 208 55 4 1 6 1 7 6 0 4 2 14 8 2 57% 2 3 0 96 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0
1995 25 MIN AL 302 74 5 2 14 0 13 11 3 11 3 20 10 4 50% 2 2 2 125 6 1 86% 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1996 26 MIN AL 251 58 2 0 12 0 5 6 6 7 5 15 6 4 40% 2 1 0 98 4 2 67% 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 0
1997 27 TOT MLB 174 54 4 0 8 0 3 4 4 4 4 14 7 4 50% 0 1 2 72 10 2 83% 8 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 9 0
1997 27 MIN AL 124 41 2 0 8 0 1 4 4 4 4 5 2 1 40% 0 1 0 53 3 2 60% 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 27 CHC NL 50 13 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 5 3 56% 0 0 2 19 7 0 100% 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1998 28 CHC NL 169 42 8 1 6 0 7 4 2 3 3 14 4 2 29% 1 1 0 79 8 4 67% 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1999 29 CLE AL 44 10 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 4 2 0 50% 0 1 0 21 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2000 30 ATL NL 15 5 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1163 298 23 4 49 1 36 32 17 32 17 81 37 16 46% 7 9 4 496 33 14 70% 28 11 5 3 0 0 2 2 36 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1994 24 5 2 .714 6.80 24 0 6 0 0 0 45.0 55 35 34 6 23 2 24 1 0 3 208 72 1.733 11.0 1.2 4.6 4.8 1.04 72
1995 25 10 6 .625 5.77 80 0 40 0 0 10 110.2 129 75 71 20 55 3 71 2 0 5 510 84 1.663 10.5 1.6 4.5 5.8 1.29 84
1996 26 13 9 .591 5.39 129 0 78 0 0 21 168.2 187 106 101 32 80 5 100 2 0 6 761 92 1.583 10.0 1.7 4.3 5.3 1.25 92
1997 27 14 14 .500 6.00 145 6 78 0 0 21 201.0 241 140 134 40 106 5 129 3 3 7 935 82 1.726 10.8 1.8 4.7 5.8 1.22 82
1998 28 15 16 .484 5.80 176 6 91 0 0 21 239.0 283 160 154 46 123 10 160 4 4 8 1104 83 1.699 10.7 1.7 4.6 6.0 1.30 83
1999 29 15 16 .484 5.95 181 6 91 0 0 21 248.0 293 170 164 47 131 11 166 4 4 9 1148 81 1.710 10.6 1.7 4.8 6.0 1.27 81
2000 30 15 16 .484 6.02 183 6 93 0 0 21 251.0 298 174 168 49 132 11 170 4 4 9 1163 80 1.713 10.7 1.8 4.7 6.1 1.29 80

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
1994 24 2 5 .286 6.14 63.0 74 48 43 8 31 34 1 1.667 10.6 4.4 4.9 1.10 1.1 24
1995 25 3 5 .375 4.56 75.0 79 42 38 15 34 54 1 1.507 9.5 4.1 6.5 1.59 1.8 56
1996 26 3 3 .500 4.03 58.0 54 29 26 11 23 29 0 1.328 8.4 3.6 4.5 1.26 1.7 49
1997 27 1 2 .333 8.72 32.0 52 34 31 8 25 29 1 2.406 14.6 7.0 8.2 1.16 2.3 16
1998 28 2 2 .500 4.62 37.0 41 21 19 6 17 30 1 1.568 10.0 4.1 7.3 1.76 1.5 31
1999 29 0 0 10.00 9.0 10 11 10 1 8 6 0 2.000 10.0 8.0 6.0 0.75 1.0 5
2000 30 0 0 9.00 3.0 5 3 3 2 1 4 0 2.000 15.0 3.0 12.0 4.00 6.0 2
7 Yrs 11 17 .393 5.52 277.0 315 188 170 51 139 186 4 1.639 10.2 6.0 1.34 1.7 183

* 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 Finished s c a p y
1995 AL  34 (10th)

                                         

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