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 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
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 49 104 1.250 9.0 0.8 2.3 8.3 3.67
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 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 AL 2 1 .667 3.68 27 0 24 0 0 9 44.0 36 18 18 2 13 3 30 0 0 0 176 108 1.114 7.4 0.4 2.7 6.1 2.31
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 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 70 1.444 10.0 2.0 3.0 8.0 2.67
8 Seasons 14 23 .378 3.70 196 2 116 0 0 28 396.0 355 176 163 44 153 29 256 2 1 14 1655 110 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 5 568 110 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 111 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 70 1.444 10.0 2.0 3.0 8.0 2.67

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
8 Seasons 196 1655 1469 176 355 63 13 44 33 13 153 256 .242 .310 .392 .703 .262 576 30 2 12 19 29
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
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
1980 27 DET AL 17 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 48 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 14 14 19 12 1 0 7.0 13.5 1.3
2 Seasons 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

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
1978 25 DET AL 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 7 0.399 1 1 3 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 1.126 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 0.675 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 1.080 13 8 6 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 1.470 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 1.213 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 1.606 14 3 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 1.053 4 2 2 2 1 5 6 2 3 4 3 2 3.4
8 Seasons 196 194 116 13 22 42 28 14 67% 48 6 225 74 33% 1.174 88 44 60 60 37 97 119 75 121 34 126 26 6.0

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%
1978 25 DET AL 49 29% 2.0% 22.5% 6.1% 6.1% 25% 0.85 69% 8 1 13%
1979 26 DET AL 287 43% 4.2% 16.7% 8.7% 8.4% 41% 0.61 70% 49 2 4%
1980 27 DET AL 253 46% 2.8% 13.4% 8.3% 8.3% 34% 0.84 75% 48 9 19%
1981 28 DET AL 258 40% 2.7% 12.4% 12.8% 4.3% 23% 0.59 71% 48 5 10%
1982 29 DET AL 406 45% 2.0% 15.5% 9.4% 6.9% 33% 0.68 72% 72 4 6%
1983 30 TEX AL 176 43% 1.1% 17.1% 7.4% 8.5% 42% 0.98 74% 24 5 21%
1984 31 TEX AL 186 49% 2.7% 16.1% 9.1% 7.5% 32% 1.29 70% 35 4 11%
1985 32 SEA AL 40 35% 5.0% 20.0% 7.5% 10.0% 40% 1.25 68% 9 0 0%
8 Seasons 1655 44% 2.7% 15.5% 9.2% 7.3% 34% 0.76 72% 293 30 10%
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1978 25 0 0 3.75 5 0 4 0 0 0 12.0 12 5 5 1 3 0 11 0 0 0 49 104 1.250 9.0 0.8 2.3 8.3 3.67 104
1979 26 3 5 .375 4.24 42 0 23 0 0 3 80.2 71 39 38 13 28 5 59 0 0 4 336 101 1.227 7.9 1.5 3.1 6.6 2.11 101
1980 27 4 5 .444 4.13 59 1 29 0 0 3 141.2 132 66 65 20 49 9 93 0 0 5 589 102 1.278 8.4 1.3 3.1 5.9 1.90 102
1981 28 6 7 .462 3.70 86 1 38 0 0 4 202.0 179 85 83 27 82 12 125 0 0 6 847 110 1.292 8.0 1.2 3.7 5.6 1.52 110
1982 29 10 16 .385 3.65 137 2 69 0 0 13 300.2 265 130 122 35 120 20 188 1 1 8 1253 111 1.280 7.9 1.0 3.6 5.6 1.57 111
1983 30 12 17 .414 3.66 164 2 93 0 0 22 344.2 301 148 140 37 133 23 218 1 1 8 1429 111 1.259 7.9 1.0 3.5 5.7 1.64 111
1984 31 13 23 .361 3.65 188 2 112 0 0 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 0 0 28 396.0 355 176 163 44 153 29 256 2 1 14 1655 110 1.283 8.1 1.0 3.5 5.8 1.67 110

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 4.09 11.0 12 6 5 1 3 10 0 1.364 9.8 2.5 8.2 3.33 0.8 5
1979 26 3 4 .429 4.43 67.0 61 37 33 12 26 47 0 1.299 8.2 3.5 6.3 1.81 1.6 37
1980 27 3 3 .500 4.42 57.0 61 31 28 7 21 32 0 1.439 9.6 3.3 5.1 1.52 1.1 17
1981 28 5 4 .556 3.21 87.0 77 34 31 11 54 46 0 1.506 8.0 5.6 4.8 0.85 1.1 27
1982 29 5 5 .500 4.11 92.0 89 47 42 8 39 59 1 1.391 8.7 3.8 5.8 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 3.73 41.0 45 19 17 5 17 29 1 1.512 9.9 3.7 6.4 1.71 1.1 24
1985 32 0 0 7.00 9.0 11 8 7 2 3 8 0 1.556 11.0 3.0 8.0 2.67 2.0 8
8 Seasons 20 21 .488 4.03 406.0 393 203 182 48 176 260 2 1.401 8.7 5.8 1.48 1.1 196

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