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Dave Stieb
David Andrew Stieb
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 22, 1957 in Santa Ana, CA
School: Southern Illinois University
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 29, 1979
Final Game: September 25, 1998
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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
1979 21 TOR AL 8 8 .500 4.31 18 18 0 7 1 0 129.1 139 70 62 11 48 3 52 4 1 3 563 100 1.446 9.7 0.8 3.3 3.6 1.08
1980 22 TOR AL 12 15 .444 3.71 34 32 0 14 4 0 242.2 232 108 100 12 83 6 108 6 2 6 1004 117 1.298 8.6 0.4 3.1 4.0 1.30 AS
1981 23 TOR AL 11 10 .524 3.19 25 25 0 11 2 0 183.2 148 70 65 10 61 2 89 11 2 1 748 124 1.138 7.3 0.5 3.0 4.4 1.46 AS,MVP-27
1982 24 TOR AL 17 14 .548 3.25 38 38 0 19 5 0 288.1 271 116 104 27 75 4 141 5 1 3 1187 138 1.200 8.5 0.8 2.3 4.4 1.88 CYA-4
1983 25 TOR AL 17 12 .586 3.04 36 36 0 14 4 0 278.0 223 105 94 21 93 6 187 14 1 5 1141 142 1.137 7.2 0.7 3.0 6.1 2.01 AS
1984 26 TOR AL 16 8 .667 2.83 35 35 0 11 2 0 267.0 215 87 84 19 88 1 198 11 0 2 1085 145 1.135 7.2 0.6 3.0 6.7 2.25 AS,CYA-7,MVP-22
1985 27 TOR AL 14 13 .519 2.48 36 36 0 8 2 0 265.0 206 89 73 22 96 3 167 9 1 4 1087 172 1.140 7.0 0.7 3.3 5.7 1.74 AS,CYA-7
1986 28 TOR AL 7 12 .368 4.74 37 34 2 1 1 1 205.0 239 128 108 29 87 1 127 15 0 7 919 90 1.590 10.5 1.3 3.8 5.6 1.46
1987 29 TOR AL 13 9 .591 4.09 33 31 1 3 1 0 185.0 164 92 84 16 87 4 115 7 0 4 789 111 1.357 8.0 0.8 4.2 5.6 1.32
1988 30 TOR AL 16 8 .667 3.04 32 31 1 8 4 0 207.1 157 76 70 15 79 0 147 13 5 4 844 130 1.138 6.8 0.7 3.4 6.4 1.86 AS
1989 31 TOR AL 17 8 .680 3.35 33 33 0 3 2 0 206.2 164 83 77 12 76 2 101 13 1 3 850 109 1.161 7.1 0.5 3.3 4.4 1.33
1990 32 TOR AL 18 6 .750 2.93 33 33 0 2 2 0 208.2 179 73 68 11 64 0 125 10 0 5 861 140 1.165 7.7 0.5 2.8 5.4 1.95 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1991 33 TOR AL 4 3 .571 3.17 9 9 0 1 0 0 59.2 52 22 21 4 23 0 29 2 0 0 244 133 1.257 7.8 0.6 3.5 4.4 1.26
1992 34 TOR AL 4 6 .400 5.04 21 14 3 1 0 0 96.1 98 58 54 9 43 3 45 4 0 4 415 81 1.464 9.2 0.8 4.0 4.2 1.05
1993 35 CHW AL 1 3 .250 6.04 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.1 27 17 15 1 14 0 11 0 0 0 107 70 1.836 10.9 0.4 5.6 4.4 0.79
1998 40 TOR AL 1 2 .333 4.83 19 3 7 0 0 2 50.1 58 31 27 6 17 1 27 5 0 0 228 95 1.490 10.4 1.1 3.0 4.8 1.59
16 Seasons 176 137 .562 3.44 443 412 14 103 30 3 2895.1 2572 1225 1106 225 1034 36 1669 129 14 51 12072 122 1.245 8.0 0.7 3.2 5.2 1.61
162 Game Avg. 14 11 .562 3.44 35 33 1 8 2 0 230 205 97 88 18 82 3 133 10 1 4 960 122 1.245 8.0 0.7 3.2 5.2 1.61
TOR (15 yrs) 175 134 .566 3.42 439 408 14 103 30 3 2873.0 2545 1208 1091 224 1020 36 1658 129 14 51 11965 123 1.241 8.0 0.7 3.2 5.2 1.63
CHW (1 yr) 1 3 .250 6.04 4 4 0 0 0 0 22.1 27 17 15 1 14 0 11 0 0 0 107 70 1.836 10.9 0.4 5.6 4.4 0.79

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1985 27 TOR AL ALCS L KCR 1 1 .500 3.10 3 3 0 0 0 0 20.1 11 7 7 1 10 2 18 1 0 0 81 1.033 4.9 0.4 4.4 8.0 1.80
1989 31 TOR AL ALCS L OAK 0 2 .000 6.35 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 12 8 8 2 6 0 10 0 0 0 51 1.588 9.5 1.6 4.8 7.9 1.67
2 Seasons (2 Series) 1 3 .250 4.26 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.2 23 15 15 3 16 2 28 1 0 0 132 1.232 6.5 0.9 4.5 8.0 1.75
2 ALCS 1 3 .250 4.26 5 5 0 0 0 0 31.2 23 15 15 3 16 2 28 1 0 0 132 1.232 6.5 0.9 4.5 8.0 1.75

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1979 21 TOR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 22 TOR AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/7 AS
1981 23 TOR AL 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D AS,MVP-27
1982 24 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CYA-4
1986 28 TOR AL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 29 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1988 30 TOR AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D AS
1998 40 TOR AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Seasons 13 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 TOR AL 21 P 18 18 129.1 44 12 31 1 1 .977 2.99 2.39 .948 1.92 0.81
1980 TOR AL 22 P 34 32 242.2 79 20 58 1 8 .987 2.89 2.29 .956 1.85 0.77 AS
1980 TOR AL 22 LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90 AS
1980 TOR AL 22 OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20 AS
1981 TOR AL 23 P 25 25 183.2 50 11 38 1 3 .980 2.40 1.96 .962 1.98 0.81 AS,MVP-27
1981 TOR AL 23 DH 1 AS,MVP-27
1982 TOR AL 24 P 38 38 288.1 82 27 53 2 6 .976 2.50 2.11 .957 1.80 0.73 CYA-4
1983 TOR AL 25 P 36 36 278.0 63 28 33 2 1 .968 1.97 1.69 .957 1.80 0.73 AS
1984 TOR AL 26 P 35 35 267.0 57 22 34 1 4 .982 1.89 1.60 .956 1.79 0.70 AS,CYA-7,MVP-22
1985 TOR AL 27 P 36 36 265.0 92 34 53 5 5 .946 2.95 2.42 .953 1.86 0.70 AS,CYA-7
1986 TOR AL 28 P 37 34 205.0 49 15 33 1 4 .980 2.11 1.30 .955 1.83 0.68
1987 TOR AL 29 P 33 31 185.0 51 24 25 2 2 .961 2.38 1.48 .955 1.84 0.67
1987 TOR AL 29 DH 1
1988 TOR AL 30 P 32 31 207.1 45 19 26 0 3 1.000 1.95 1.41 .960 1.78 0.67 AS
1988 TOR AL 30 DH 1 AS
1989 TOR AL 31 P 33 33 206.2 47 18 29 0 1 1.000 2.05 1.42 .957 1.87 0.66
1990 TOR AL 32 P 33 33 208.2 68 24 40 4 3 .941 2.76 1.94 .953 1.78 0.59 AS,CYA-5,MVP-25
1991 TOR AL 33 P 9 9 59.2 18 5 12 1 2 .944 2.56 1.89 .956 1.79 0.58
1992 TOR AL 34 P 21 14 96.1 29 8 21 0 1 1.000 2.71 1.38 .952 1.72 0.56
1993 CHW AL 35 P 4 4 22.1 3 0 2 1 1 .667 0.81 0.50 .967 1.77 0.55
1998 TOR AL 40 P 19 3 50.1 10 5 5 0 0 1.000 1.79 0.53 .960 1.77 0.50
16 Seasons P 443 412 2895.1 787 272 493 22 45 .972 2.38 1.73 .956 1.83 0.68
3 Seasons DH 3
1 Season LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 1.90
1 Season OF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
16 Seasons TOT 444 412 2896.1 787 272 493 22 45 .972 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.38 1.72 .928 1.83 0.69
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1980 *
1981 *
1983 (P)
1984 (P)
1985 *
1988 *
1990 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1982-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1981-AL-27-0%
1984-AL-22-1%
1990-AL-25-0%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1982-AL--4--26%
1984-AL--7--1%
1985-AL--7--1%
1990-AL--5--1%
0.29 Career Shares (127th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1982 AL--3.246--5th
1983 AL--3.043--3rd
1984 AL--2.831--2nd
1985 AL--2.479--1st
1988 AL--3.039--7th
1990 AL--2.933--5th

Wins s c a p y
1981 AL--11--10th
1982 AL--17--5th
1983 AL--17--7th
1984 AL--16--10th
1988 AL--16--8th
1989 AL--17--6th
1990 AL--18--4th
Career--176--161st

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1984 AL--.667--5th
1988 AL--.667--7th
1989 AL--.680--8th
1990 AL--.750--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1981 AL--1.138--7th
1982 AL--1.200--2nd
1983 AL--1.137--3rd
1984 AL--1.135--3rd
1985 AL--1.140--6th
1988 AL--1.138--6th
1989 AL--1.161--5th
1990 AL--1.165--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL--7.252--7th
1983 AL--7.219--2nd
1984 AL--7.247--1st
1985 AL--6.996--1st
1987 AL--7.978--7th
1988 AL--6.815--3rd
1989 AL--7.142--3rd
1990 AL--7.720--5th
Career--7.995--113th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL--6.054--6th
1984 AL--6.674--4th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1981 AL--183.7--5th
1982 AL--288.3--1st
1983 AL--278.0--2nd
1984 AL--267.0--1st
1985 AL--265.0--3rd
Career--2895.3--149th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1981 AL--89--10th
1982 AL--141--7th
1983 AL--187--3rd
1984 AL--198--2nd
1985 AL--167--7th
Career--1669--116th

Games Started s c a p y
1981 AL--25--2nd
1982 AL--38--3rd
1983 AL--36--3rd
1984 AL--35--4th
1985 AL--36--4th
1986 AL--34--7th
1989 AL--33--10th
1990 AL--33--8th
Career--412--103rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1980 AL--14--7th
1981 AL--11--6th
1982 AL--19--1st
1983 AL--14--3rd
1984 AL--11--6th

Shutouts s c a p y
1980 AL--4--3rd
1981 AL--2--8th
1982 AL--5--1st
1983 AL--4--2nd
1984 AL--2--9th
1985 AL--2--9th
1988 AL--4--2nd
1989 AL--2--7th
1990 AL--2--6th
Career--30--110th

Home Runs s c a p y
Career--225--140th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL--83--9th
1981 AL--61--6th
1983 AL--93--6th
1984 AL--88--6th
1985 AL--96--6th
Career--1034--98th

Hits s c a p y
1982 AL--271--1st
1986 AL--239--6th
Career--2572--208th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1983 AL--2.011--9th
1984 AL--2.250--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 AL--.445--2nd
1981 AL--.490--5th
1983 AL--.680--10th
1987 AL--.778--5th
1989 AL--.523--6th
1990 AL--.474--4th

Losses s c a p y
1980 AL--15--8th
1981 AL--10--8th
Career--137--215th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1986 AL--108--10th
Career--1106--168th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1980 AL--6--7th
1981 AL--11--1st
1983 AL--14--1st
1984 AL--11--1st
1985 AL--9--2nd
1986 AL--15--1st
1987 AL--7--8th
1988 AL--13--3rd
1989 AL--13--1st
1990 AL--10--2nd
Career--129--26th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1981 AL--748--5th
1982 AL--1187--1st
1983 AL--1141--2nd
1984 AL--1085--2nd
1985 AL--1087--5th
Career--12072--129th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1982 AL--138--3rd
1983 AL--142--3rd
1984 AL--145--1st
1985 AL--172--1st
1988 AL--130--6th
1990 AL--140--4th
Career--122--90th

Oldest s c a p y
1998 AL--born 1957-07-22--5th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 9 (169), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 90 (111), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 54 (233), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 27 (172), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Ken Holtzman (947)
  3. Bob Buhl (943)
  4. Rick Sutcliffe (938)
  5. Tommy Bridges (932)
  6. Kevin Appier (931)
  7. Fernando Valenzuela (929)
  8. Dave Stewart (928)
  9. Frank Viola (925)
  10. Orel Hershiser (917)
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  2. Gene Schott (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Early Wynn (987) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Andy Benes (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Dan Casey (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Van Mungo (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Curt Simmons (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Larry Dierker (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Hal Schumacher (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Billy Pierce (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Jack Morris (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  14. Jack Morris (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  15. Fernando Valenzuela (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  16. Virgil Trucks (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 5th round of the 1978 amateur draft.

October 28, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 8, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

May 23, 1993: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

June 14, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

July 31, 1993: Released by the Kansas City Royals.

April 1, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

October 26, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1980Toronto Blue Jays$55,000
1981Toronto Blue Jays$85,000
1982Toronto Blue Jays$250,000
1983Toronto Blue Jays$450,000
1984Toronto Blue Jays$650,000
1985Toronto Blue Jays$1,000,000
1986Toronto Blue Jays$1,000,000
1987Toronto Blue Jays$1,000,000
1988Toronto Blue Jays$1,000,000
1989Toronto Blue Jays$1,500,000
1990Toronto Blue Jays$1,750,000
1991Toronto Blue Jays$3,000,000
1992Toronto Blue Jays$3,250,000
1993Chicago White Sox$300,000
1998Toronto Blue Jays$450,000
Career (may be incomplete)$15,740,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
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