Dave Tobik
David Vance Tobik
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 2, 1953 in Euclid, OH
School: Ohio University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 1978
Final Game: October 5, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 DET AL 25 P 5 0 12.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.20 1.000 1.88 0.84
1979 DET AL 26 P 37 0 68.2 10 5 5 0 1 1.000 1.31 0.27 .950 1.93 0.81
1980 DET AL 27 P 17 1 61.0 11 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.62 0.65 .955 1.84 0.77
1981 DET AL 28 P 27 0 60.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.75 0.19 .960 1.98 0.81
1982 DET AL 29 P 51 1 98.2 17 8 8 1 1 .941 1.46 0.31 .959 1.80 0.73
1983 TEX AL 30 P 27 0 44.0 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 2.05 0.37 .960 1.80 0.73
1984 TEX AL 31 P 24 0 42.1 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.13 0.42 .960 1.79 0.70
1985 SEA AL 32 P 8 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0.13 1.000 1.90 0.70
8 Seasons P 196 2 396.0 65 29 35 1 4 .985 1.45 0.33 .958 1.86 0.76
8 Seasons TOT 196 2 396.0 65 29 35 1 4 .985 1.45 0.33 .943 1.86 0.76

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 DET AL 25 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 DET AL 26 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 DET AL 27 17 0 1 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 DET AL 28 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 DET AL 29 51 0 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TEX AL 30 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 31 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SEA AL 32 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 196 0 1 196 196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1978 DET AL 25 49 71% 18% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 DET AL 26 302 76% 19% 5 100% 0 5 1 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
1980 DET AL 27 262 79% 21% 8 100% 0 4 1 3 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1981 DET AL 28 262 76% 21% 6 67% 1 2 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1982 DET AL 29 423 76% 21% 12 83% 0 8 2 5 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1983 TEX AL 30 179 76% 26% 5 100% 0 7 1 6 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 31 198 76% 26% 6 100% 0 3 0 3 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1985 SEA AL 32 43 74% 26% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1718 76% 22% 43 91% 1 30 5 23 34 28 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 3 3 1 10 90%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 92% 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.

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