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Dave Tobik

David Vance Tobik

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 2, 1953 in Euclid, OH
School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 26, 1978
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Rangers/Mariners 1978-1985

Final Game: October 5, 1985
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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
1975	22	DET-min	AA,A	7	13	.350	3.87	25	22		5	3	1	135.0	136	71	58	5	63	5	84	1	1	9			1.474	9.1	0.3	4.2	5.6	1.33	MTG,LAK · SOUL,FLOR
1976	23	DET-min	AA,A	7	6	.538	2.66	24	13		0	0	4	105.0	84	44	31	6	47	2	44	1	1	1			1.248	7.2	0.5	4.0	3.8	0.94	MTG,LAK · SOUL,FLOR
1977	24	DET-min	AA,AAA	8	5	.615	2.82	40	1		0	0	12	67.0	50	25	21	6	26	5	59	1	1	5			1.134	6.7	0.8	3.5	7.9	2.27	MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1978	25	DET-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.42	33	0		0	0	9	79.0	71	43	30	9	26	4	70	0	0	4			1.228	8.1	1.0	3.0	8.0	2.69	EVN · AA
1978	25	DET	AL	0	0		3.75	5	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	12	5	5	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	49	106	1.250	9.0	0.8	2.3	8.3	3.67
1979	26	DET-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	0.47	19	0		0	0		38.0	24	6	2	0	13	3	45	1	0	1			0.974	5.7	0.0	3.1	10.7	3.46	EVN · AA
1979	26	DET	AL	3	5	.375	4.33	37	0	19	0	0	3	68.2	59	34	33	12	25	5	48	0	0	4	287	101	1.223	7.7	1.6	3.3	6.3	1.92
1980	27	DET-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.94	30	0		0	0	6	48.0	35	22	21	3	26	2	49	0	0	2			1.271	6.6	0.6	4.9	9.2	1.88	EVN · AA
1980	27	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	3.98	17	1	6	0	0	0	61.0	61	27	27	7	21	4	34	0	0	1	253	104	1.344	9.0	1.0	3.1	5.0	1.62
1981	28	DET	AL	2	2	.500	2.69	27	0	9	0	0	1	60.1	47	19	18	7	33	3	32	0	0	1	258	141	1.326	7.0	1.0	4.9	4.8	0.97
1982	29	DET	AL	4	9	.308	3.56	51	1	31	0	0	9	98.2	86	45	39	8	38	8	63	1	1	2	406	114	1.257	7.8	0.7	3.5	5.7	1.66
1983	30	TEX-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	3.54	12	0	6	0	0	0	20.1	13	8	8	1	10	1	14	0	0	1			1.131	5.8	0.4	4.4	6.2	1.40	OKC · AA
1983	30	TEX	AL	2	1	.667	3.68	27	0	24	0	0	9	44.0	36	18	18	2	13	3	30	0	0	0	176	109	1.114	7.4	0.4	2.7	6.1	2.31
1984	31	TEX-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.06	14	0	8	0	0	3	32.1	34	12	11	1	9	0	30	0	0	3			1.330	9.5	0.3	2.5	8.4	3.33	OKC · AA
1984	31	TEX	AL	1	6	.143	3.61	24	0	19	0	0	5	42.1	44	20	17	5	17	6	30	1	0	5	186	115	1.441	9.4	1.1	3.6	6.4	1.76
1985	32	SEA-min	AAA	12	6	.667	5.18	56	1	30	0	0	5	88.2	98	59	51	8	58	9	97	2	0	9			1.759	9.9	0.8	5.9	9.8	1.67	CGY · PCL
1985	32	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	6.00	8	0	4	0	0	1	9.0	10	8	6	2	3	0	8	0	0	1	40	73	1.444	10.0	2.0	3.0	8.0	2.67
8 Yrs				14	23	.378	3.70	196	2	116	0	0	28	396.0	355	176	163	44	153	29	256	2	1	14	1655	111	1.283	8.1	1.0	3.5	5.8	1.67
162 Game Avg.				5	8	.378	3.70	67	1	40	0	0	10	136	122	60	56	15	53	10	88	1	0	5	568	111	1.283	8.1	1.0	3.5	5.8	1.67

DET (5 yrs)				10	16	.385	3.65	137	2	69	0	0	13	300.2	265	130	122	35	120	20	188	1	1	8	1253	112	1.280	7.9	1.0	3.6	5.6	1.57
TEX (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	3.65	51	0	43	0	0	14	86.1	80	38	35	7	30	9	60	1	0	5	362	112	1.274	8.3	0.7	3.1	6.3	2.00
SEA (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.00	8	0	4	0	0	1	9.0	10	8	6	2	3	0	8	0	0	1	40	73	1.444	10.0	2.0	3.0	8.0	2.67

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
1978	25	DET	AL	12.0	5	0	5	3.75	4.76	0.10	-0.39	106.0	4.53	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.2	2	.524	.501	$
1979	26	DET	AL	68.2	37	0	34	4.46	4.68	-0.04	-0.38	103.6	4.50	0	0.0	1.4	-0.1	0.5	8	.501	.500	$
1980	27	DET	AL	61.0	17	1	27	3.98	4.68	-0.11	-0.33	100.9	4.50	3	0.3	.9	-0.1	0.7	10	.520	.502	$
1981	28	DET	AL	60.1	27	0	19	2.83	4.15	0.56	-0.33	103.3	3.37	4	0.4	1.7	0.0	0.9	7	.515	.503	$
1982	29	DET	AL	98.2	51	1	45	4.10	4.46	0.45	-0.34	99.6	3.65	-4	-0.5	1.7	-0.4	0.0	5	.491	.497	$
1983	30	TEX	AL	44.0	27	0	18	3.68	4.66	0.26	-0.37	98.7	3.98	1	0.1	1.7	-0.0	0.5	6	.505	.501	$
1984	31	TEX	AL	42.1	24	0	20	4.25	4.55	-0.15	-0.36	103.2	4.48	1	0.1	1.9	-0.0	0.5	5	.505	.501	$
1985	32	SEA	AL	9.0	8	0	8	8.00	4.23	-0.15	-0.33	103.0	4.17	-4	-0.4	1.5	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.453	.498	$
8 Seasons				396.0	196	2	176	4.00	4.52	0.18	-0.35	101.6	4.05	3	0.3	1.6	-0.8	2.9	42	.502	.500	$

DET (5 yrs)				300.2	137	2	130	3.89	4.51	0.23	-0.35	101.8	4.00	4	0.4	1.5	-0.6	2.3	33	.503	.501	$
TEX (2 yrs)				86.1	51	0	38	3.96	4.60	0.06	-0.37	100.9	4.22	3	0.3	1.8	-0.0	1.0	12	.505	.501	$
SEA (1 yr)				9.0	8	0	8	8.00	4.23	-0.15	-0.33	103.0	4.17	-4	-0.4	1.5	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.453	.498	$

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
1978	25	DET	AL	5	49	46	5	12	2	0	1	0	0	3	11	.261	.306	.370	.676	.324	17	1	0	0	0	0	0
1979	26	DET	AL	37	287	255	34	59	11	1	12	9	2	25	48	.231	.295	.424	.718	.235	108	2	0	2	5	5	1
1980	27	DET	AL	17	253	229	27	61	12	2	7	5	4	21	34	.266	.325	.428	.753	.284	98	9	0	1	2	4	0
1981	28	DET	AL	27	258	219	19	47	4	0	7	3	2	33	32	.215	.313	.329	.641	.217	72	5	0	2	4	3	2
1982	29	DET	AL	51	406	357	45	86	13	7	8	8	3	38	63	.241	.312	.384	.695	.268	137	4	1	5	5	8	3
1983	30	TEX	AL	27	176	162	18	36	12	1	2	2	0	13	30	.222	.278	.346	.624	.260	56	5	0	0	1	3	1
1984	31	TEX	AL	24	186	166	20	44	7	2	5	5	1	17	30	.265	.337	.422	.759	.298	70	4	1	2	0	6	4
1985	32	SEA	AL	8	40	35	8	10	2	0	2	1	1	3	8	.286	.325	.514	.839	.296	18	0	0	0	2	0	1
8 Yrs				196	1655	1469	176	355	63	13	44	33	13	153	256	.242	.310	.392	.703	.262	576	30	2	12	19	29	12
162 Game Avg.				67	568	505	60	122	22	4	15	11	4	53	88	.242	.310	.392	.703	.262	198	10	1	4	7	10	4
MLB Averages																.261	.325	.387	.711	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1978	25	DET	AL	0.6	0.1	49	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	.37	-0.0	-0.1	2.8	0.3	0.37	2.1	1	1	2
1979	26	DET	AL	1.6	0.2	302	-0.3	5.9	-6.1	1.12	-0.0	-0.2	1.6	0.2	1.12	0.1	16	8	12
1980	27	DET	AL	2.5	0.2	262	0.2	3.1	-2.9	.65	0.1	0.3	5.6	0.6	0.65	4.2	2	5	9
1981	28	DET	AL	7.7	0.8	263	0.1	4.4	-4.3	1.03	0.3	-0.2	8.6	0.9	1.03	3.7	12	7	8
1982	29	DET	AL	4.6	0.5	422	2.3	11.1	-8.8	1.43	1.4	0.3	14.5	1.5	1.43	16.0	23	15	12
1983	30	TEX	AL	2.6	0.3	179	1.9	4.1	-2.2	1.16	0.9	0.7	6.6	0.7	1.16	8.7	15	2	10
1984	31	TEX	AL	2.2	0.2	198	-0.5	4.6	-5.1	1.57	-0.2	-0.1	2.6	0.3	1.57	-1.6	14	2	6
1985	32	SEA	AL	-2.2	-0.2	43	0.1	0.8	-0.7	1.03	-0.2	0.3	-6.3	-0.6	1.03	-2.1	4	2	2
8 Yrs				19.6	2.0	1718	3.9	34.3	-30.4	1.14	2.3	1.1	36.1	3.7	1.14	30.9	87	42	61

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
1980	27	DET	AL	17	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	48.0	48	48	9	6	0	1	7.0	5.4	5.0

1982	29	DET	AL	51	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	14.0	14	14	19	12	1	0	7.0	13.5	1.3
2 Yrs				68	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31	48	14	28	18	1	1	7.0	7.7	3.2
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	99	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1978	25	DET	AL	5	5	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	9	0	0%	7	.374	1	1	2	0	0	5	5	0	5	0	5	0	7.2
1979	26	DET	AL	37	37	19	3	5	8	3	5	38%	9	1	43	17	40%	7	1.116	16	8	12	12	6	19	23	14	24	7	26	9	5.6
1980	27	DET	AL	17	16	6	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	18	7	39%	5	.648	2	5	9	0	2	14	10	6	14	0	14	1	10.5
1981	28	DET	AL	27	27	9	2	2	3	1	2	33%	7	4	42	15	36%	4	1.035	12	7	8	8	4	15	22	5	20	5	21	2	6.7
1982	29	DET	AL	51	50	31	4	8	12	9	3	75%	13	1	51	14	27%	9	1.435	23	15	12	19	13	18	29	21	27	9	28	10	5.8
1983	30	TEX	AL	27	27	24	2	1	9	9	0	100%	9	0	26	4	15%	8	1.163	15	2	10	11	6	10	13	14	14	6	14	1	4.9
1984	31	TEX	AL	24	24	19	1	6	8	5	3	63%	8	0	25	7	28%	9	1.573	14	2	6	8	5	11	11	13	14	3	15	1	5.3
1985	32	SEA	AL	8	8	4	1	0	2	1	1	50%	2	0	11	10	91%	9	1.026	4	2	2	2	1	5	6	2	3	4	3	2	3.4
8 Yrs				196	194	116	13	22	42	28	14	67%	48	6	225	74	33%		1.142	87	42	61	60	37	97	119	75	121	34	126	26	6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1978	25	DET	AL	49	71%	2.0%	22.5%	6.1%	6.1%	25%	0.85	69%	8	1	13%
1979	26	DET	AL	287	57%	4.2%	16.7%	8.7%	8.4%	41%	0.61	70%	49	2	4%
1980	27	DET	AL	253	54%	2.8%	13.4%	8.3%	8.3%	34%	0.84	75%	48	9	19%
1981	28	DET	AL	258	60%	2.7%	12.4%	12.8%	4.3%	23%	0.59	71%	48	5	10%
1982	29	DET	AL	406	55%	2.0%	15.5%	9.4%	6.9%	33%	0.68	72%	72	4	6%
1983	30	TEX	AL	176	57%	1.1%	17.1%	7.4%	8.5%	42%	0.98	74%	24	5	21%
1984	31	TEX	AL	186	51%	2.7%	16.1%	9.1%	7.5%	32%	1.29	70%	35	4	11%
1985	32	SEA	AL	40	65%	5.0%	20.0%	7.5%	10.0%	40%	1.25	68%	9	0	0%
8 Yrs				1655	56%	2.7%	15.5%	9.2%	7.3%	34%	0.76	72%	293	30	10%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

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
1978	25	DET	AL	49	12			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0%	0	0	0	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	26	DET	AL	287	59			12	0	11	6	6	7	5	26	14	6	54%	1	4	1	103	9	2	82%	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1980	27	DET	AL	253	61			7	1	6	4	3	4	3	12	5	0	42%	0	1	1	97	5	4	56%	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
1981	28	DET	AL	258	47			7	0	12	7	0	2	5	15	9	2	60%	2	1	0	106	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0
1982	29	DET	AL	406	86			8	1	17	6	2	5	3	31	13	5	42%	3	2	1	152	8	3	73%	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1983	30	TEX	AL	176	36			2	0	9	2	0	0	2	11	3	4	27%	1	0	1	57	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1984	31	TEX	AL	186	44			5	0	11	4	1	3	2	11	3	5	27%	4	5	1	74	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
1985	32	SEA	AL	40	10			2	1	2	1	1	1	1	4	5	0	125%	1	1	0	17	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8 Yrs				1655	355			44	3	70	31	13	23	21	113	52	23	46%	12	14	5	624	33	13	72%	33	12	0	1	0	0	1	1	49	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1978	25	0	0		3.75	5	0	4	0	12.0	12	5	5	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	49	106	1.250	9.0	0.8	2.3	8.3	3.67	106
1979	26	3	5	.375	4.24	42	0	23	3	80.2	71	39	38	13	28	5	59	0	0	4	336	102	1.227	7.9	1.5	3.1	6.6	2.11	102
1980	27	4	5	.444	4.13	59	1	29	3	141.2	132	66	65	20	49	9	93	0	0	5	589	103	1.278	8.4	1.3	3.1	5.9	1.90	103
1981	28	6	7	.462	3.70	86	1	38	4	202.0	179	85	83	27	82	12	125	0	0	6	847	111	1.292	8.0	1.2	3.7	5.6	1.52	111
1982	29	10	16	.385	3.65	137	2	69	13	300.2	265	130	122	35	120	20	188	1	1	8	1253	112	1.280	7.9	1.0	3.6	5.6	1.57	112
1983	30	12	17	.414	3.66	164	2	93	22	344.2	301	148	140	37	133	23	218	1	1	8	1429	112	1.259	7.9	1.0	3.5	5.7	1.64	112
1984	31	13	23	.361	3.65	188	2	112	27	387.0	345	168	157	42	150	29	248	2	1	13	1615	112	1.279	8.0	1.0	3.5	5.8	1.65	112
1985	32	14	23	.378	3.70	196	2	116	28	396.0	355	176	163	44	153	29	256	2	1	14	1655	111	1.283	8.1	1.0	3.5	5.8	1.67	111

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1978	25	0	1	.000	4.91	11.0	13	7	6	1	3	10	0	1.455	10.6	2.5	8.2	3.33	0.8	5
1979	26	3	4	.429	4.37	68.0	59	37	33	12	25	48	0	1.235	7.8	3.3	6.4	1.92	1.6	37
1980	27	3	3	.500	4.42	57.0	62	31	28	7	21	32	0	1.456	9.8	3.3	5.1	1.52	1.1	17
1981	28	6	3	.667	3.07	88.0	75	33	30	11	53	46	0	1.455	7.7	5.4	4.7	0.87	1.1	27
1982	29	5	5	.500	3.97	93.0	88	46	41	8	39	59	1	1.366	8.5	3.8	5.7	1.51	0.8	51
1983	30	2	2	.500	4.07	42.0	37	21	19	2	13	29	0	1.190	7.9	2.8	6.2	2.23	0.4	27
1984	31	2	2	.500	3.95	41.0	45	20	18	5	17	29	1	1.512	9.9	3.7	6.4	1.71	1.1	24
1985	32	0	1	.000	6.00	9.0	10	7	6	2	3	8	0	1.444	10.0	3.0	8.0	2.67	2.0	8
8 Yrs		21	21	.500	3.98	409.0	389	202	181	48	174	261	2	1.377	8.6		5.7	1.50	1.1	196

* 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.

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