Dave Tomlin

David Allen Tomlin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 22, 1949 in Maysville, KY
High School: West Union HS (West Union, OH)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 29th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1972
Teams (by GP): Padres/Reds/Expos/Pirates 1972-1986

Final Game: August 19, 1986
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Standard Batting

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
1967	18	CIN-min	Rk	14	32	32		6	0	1	0						.188	.188	.250	.438		8							WYV · APPY
1968	19	CIN-min	A	37	12	12		4	0	1	0						.333	.333	.500	.833		6							TAM · FLOR
1969	20	CIN-min	A	23	13	12	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.083	.154	.167	.321		2							TAM · FLOR
1970	21	CIN-min	AA	25	48	48		7	2	1	0						.146	.146	.229	.375		11							AVL · SOUL
1971	22	CIN-min	AAA	41	12	11	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.182	.250	.273	.523		3		0	0	0			INA · AA
1972	23	CIN-min	AAA	37	23	21	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.190	.190	.286	.476		6		0	2	0			INA · AA
1972	23	CIN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1973	24	CIN-min	AAA	25																									INA · AA
1973	24	CIN	NL	16	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1974	25	SDP-min	AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			HAW · PCL
1974	25	SDP	NL	47	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-39	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	26	SDP	NL	67	9	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629	84	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1976	27	SDP	NL	49	9	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	-65	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	28	SDP	NL	76	8	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	62	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1978	29	CIN	NL	57	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	30	CIN	NL	53	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	173	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	31	CIN	NL	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1981	32	TOR-min	AAA	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		SYR · IL
1982	33	CIN-min	AAA	66	18	16	2	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.313	.353	.375	.728		6		0	1	0	0		INA · AA
1982	33	MON	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1983	34	WSN-min	AAA	41	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		WCH · AA
1983	34	PIT	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1984	35	PIT-min	AAA	23	10	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393		1		0	2	0	0		HAW · PCL
1985	36	PIT-min	AAA	33	12	11	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.182	.182	.273	.455		3		0	1	0	0		HAW · PCL
1985	36	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1986	37	WSN-min	AAA	39	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		INA · AA
1986	37	MON	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1987	38	WSN-min	AAA	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		INA · AA
13 Yrs				409	42	34	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	10	.147	.256	.147	.403	18	5	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	17	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.147	.256	.147	.403	18	2	0	0	1	0	0

CIN (5 yrs)				156	11	10	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.200	.273	.200	.473	34	2	0	0	0	0	0
SDP (4 yrs)				239	31	24	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.125	.250	.125	.375	11	3	0	0	3	0	0
PIT (2 yrs)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MON (2 yrs)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1972	23	CIN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1973	24	CIN	NL	16	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1974	25	SDP	NL	47	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1975	26	SDP	NL	67	9	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1976	27	SDP	NL	49	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1977	28	SDP	NL	76	8	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1978	29	CIN	NL	57	5	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1979	30	CIN	NL	53	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1980	31	CIN	NL	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$	1

1982	33	MON	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1983	34	PIT	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1985	36	PIT	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1986	37	MON	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$60,000	/1
13 Seasons				409	42	-4	1	1	0	5	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.501	.500	0.3	0.2	4	$60,000

CIN (5 yrs)				156	11	-1	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$
SDP (4 yrs)				239	31	-3	1	1	0	4	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.1	3	$
PIT (2 yrs)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
MON (2 yrs)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$60,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1973	24	CIN	NL	3	3	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.257	.000	.325	.000	.382	.000	.706	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1974	25	SDP	NL	5	4	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.256	.200	.328	.000	.371	.200	.698	-39	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
1975	26	SDP	NL	9	6	1	4.5	91	.250	.200	.258	.429	.328	.200	.373	.629	.701	84	.518	0.1	0.0	.750	.400	.000
1976	27	SDP	NL	9	8	0	0.0	85	.000	.000	.253	.111	.318	.000	.361	.111	.679	-65	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.125	.000
1977	28	SDP	NL	8	6	1	4.5	93	.400	.286	.256	.286	.322	.286	.390	.571	.711	62	.487	-0.4	-0.0	.400	.000	.000
1978	29	CIN	NL	5	4	0	0.0	95	.333	.200	.262	.200	.330	.200	.385	.400	.715	13	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1979	30	CIN	NL	2	1	1	26.9	101	1.000	.500	.270	.500	.336	.500	.401	1.000	.737	173	.965	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1980	31	CIN	NL	1	0	0						1.000	.330						.000	0.3	0.0
13 Yrs				42	32	3	2.5	91	.208	.147	.257	.256	.325	.147	.378	.403	.703	18	.274	-3.5	-0.4	.345	.147	.000
162 Game Avg.				17	13	1	2.5	91	.208	.147	.257	.256	.325	.147	.378	.403	.703	18	.274	-3.5	-0.4	.345	.147	.000

SDP (4 yrs)				31	24	2	2.2	90	.158	.125	.256	.250	.323	.125	.374	.375	.697	11	.232	-2.7	-0.3	.333	.167	.000
CIN (5 yrs)				11	8	1	3.4	95	.400	.200	.262	.273	.330	.200	.387	.473	.717	34	.394	-0.9	-0.1	.375	.100	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1973	24	CIN	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1979	30	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 NLCS							4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1973	24	CIN	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
1974	25	SDP	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%		0.00					80%
1975	26	SDP	NL	9	0.0%	11.1%	22.2%	0.0%	0%	0.50	5.0			1.50	44%
1976	27	SDP	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	11.1%	0.0%		2.00	4.0			1.00	67%
1977	28	SDP	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5			1.00	63%
1978	29	CIN	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		5.0		60%
1979	30	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				50%
1980	31	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
13 Yrs				42	0.0%	23.8%	11.9%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.4		34.0	2.14	57%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.4%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.57	6.6	44.8	8.6	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1972	23	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1973	24	CIN	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.39	-0.1	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.70	-0.8	0
1974	25	SDP	NL	-0.7	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.04	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	1.08	-0.6	0
1975	26	SDP	NL	0.1	0.0	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.07	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.95	-0.1	0
1976	27	SDP	NL	-1.7	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.92	-0.2	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.91	-1.6	0
1977	28	SDP	NL	-0.4	-0.0	10	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.74	-0.0	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.01	-0.6	0
1978	29	CIN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.28	-0.1	-0.0	0.4	0.0	0.74	-0.3	0
1979	30	CIN	NL	0.2	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.05	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	1.49	0.4	0
1980	31	CIN	NL	0.3	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.22	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.60	0.4	0

1982	33	MON	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1983	34	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1985	36	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1986	37	MON	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
13 Yrs				-3.6	-0.4	44	-0.3	0.2	-0.6	.76	-0.3	-0.1	-3.5	-0.4	0.95	-3.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1973	24	CIN	NL		0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1974	25	SDP	NL	100%	6	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1975	26	SDP	NL	33%	4	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0
1976	27	SDP	NL	200%	4	0	67%	2	1	1	1	1
1977	28	SDP	NL	50%	3	2	100%	0	0	0	1	1
1978	29	CIN	NL	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1979	30	CIN	NL	100%	1	0		0	0	0	0	0
1980	31	CIN	NL	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0
13 Yrs				60%	20	2	67%	4	2	2	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1973	24	CIN	NL	3	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1974	25	SDP	NL	5	60%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1975	26	SDP	NL	9	89%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1976	27	SDP	NL	9	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1977	28	SDP	NL	8	88%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1978	29	CIN	NL	5	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1979	30	CIN	NL	2	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1980	31	CIN	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
13 Yrs				42	86%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	7	0	0%	8	1	13%	23	1	4%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			79%			11%			34%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1973	24	19	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1974	25	66	8	7	1	0	0	1	2	.000	.125	.000	.125	-62	0	0
1975	26	133	17	12	2	1	0	3	3	.083	.267	.083	.350	4	1	2
1976	27	182	26	20	4	1	0	4	5	.050	.208	.050	.258	-22	1	2
1977	28	258	34	27	5	3	0	4	7	.111	.226	.111	.337	-0	3	3
1978	29	315	39	32	5	4	1	4	9	.125	.222	.125	.347	2	4	3
1979	30	368	41	34	6	5	1	4	10	.147	.237	.147	.384	12	5	3
1980	31	395	42	34	6	5	1	5	10	.147	.256	.147	.403	18	5	3
1981	32	395	42	34	6	5	1	5	10	.147	.256	.147	.403	18	5	3
1982	33	396	42	34	6	5	1	5	10	.147	.256	.147	.403	18	5	3
1983	34	401	42	34	6	5	1	5	10	.147	.256	.147	.403	18	5	3
1984	35	401	42	34	6	5	1	5	10	.147	.256	.147	.403	18	5	3
1985	36	402	42	34	6	5	1	5	10	.147	.256	.147	.403	18	5	3
1986	37	409	42	34	6	5	1	5	10	.147	.256	.147	.403	18	5	3

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1973	24	16	3	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	16
1974	25	47	5	4	1	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	47
1975	26	67	9	5	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	67
1976	27	49	9	8	2	0	1	2	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	49
1977	28	76	9	8	2	3	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	76
1978	29	57	5	5	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	57
1979	30	53	3	3	2	2	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	53
1980	31	27	1	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	27
8 Yrs		392	44	36	7	5	5	10	.139	.244	.139	.383	2	392
162 Game Avg.		162	18	15	3	2	2	4	.139	.244	.139	.383	1	392

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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