Dave Van Gorder

David Thomas Van Gorder

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 27, 1957 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Chandler (Chandler, AZ)
School: University of Southern California
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1982
Teams (by GP): Reds/Orioles 1982-1987
Final Game: July 11, 1987
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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 Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1982 CIN NL 25 C 51 45 389.0 295 273 18 4 3 .986 -7.0 -21.6 -7 6.73 5.71 .985 6.29 5.52 3 16 51 9 15%
1984 CIN NL 27 C 36 31 268.0 205 194 11 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.88 5.69 .986 6.53 5.68 1 3 27 8 23%
1984 CIN NL 27 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.20
1985 CIN NL 28 C 70 43 408.0 269 255 11 3 2 .989 -2.0 -5.9 -2 5.87 3.80 .987 6.42 5.45 1 13 34 10 23%
1986 CIN NL 29 C 7 2 26.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.92 2.86 .985 6.92 5.89 0 0 2 0 0%
1987 BAL AL 30 C 12 7 68.0 46 44 1 1 0 .978 -2.0 -35.3 -2 5.96 3.75 .989 6.74 5.49 0 2 11 0 0%
5 Seasons C 176 128 1159.0 835 786 41 8 6 .990 -11.0 -11.4 -11 6.42 4.70 .986 6.43 5.54 5 34 125 27 18%
1 Season 1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 9.90 8.20
5 Seasons TOT 177 128 1160.0 835 786 41 8 6 .990 -11.0 -11.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 -11 6.42 4.67 .977 6.43 5.55 5 34 125 27 18%

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
1982 CIN NL 25 51 45 51 51 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 CIN NL 27 38 31 38 37 0 36 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1985 CIN NL 28 73 43 73 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1986 CIN NL 29 9 2 9 7 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 BAL AL 30 12 7 12 12 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Seasons 183 128 183 177 0 176 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1982 CIN NL 25 1798 4.26 4.60 24 100% 1 0 271 19 2 8 242 16 4 0 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 1 6 100%
1984 CIN NL 27 1212 4.43 4.94 16 100% 0 0 193 4 0 12 177 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1985 CIN NL 28 1783 3.98 4.42 10 90% 0 0 254 7 4 5 238 12 1 0 0 2 3 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1986 CIN NL 29 119 4.15 4.15 2 100% 0 0 20 2 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 BAL AL 30 302 4.10 4.10 3 100% 0 0 44 3 0 0 41 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 5214 4.19 4.58 55 98% 1 0 782 35 6 25 716 40 7 0 0 5 8 0 3 5 0 5 0 1 1 7 100%
MLB Averages 3.94 4.41 96% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1982 CIN NL 25 3 16 638 51 9 8 15% 48 9 3 0 0 0 2 0 92 13 1.35 1.13
1984 CIN NL 27 1 3 437 27 8 8 23% 27 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 34 8 1.16 0.92
1985 CIN NL 28 1 13 602 34 10 8 23% 33 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 57 10 1.09 1.14
1986 CIN NL 29 0 0 47 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.94
1987 BAL AL 30 0 2 104 11 0 0 0% 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.89
5 Seasons 5 34 1828 125 27 24 18% 120 25 5 2 0 0 2 0 200 31 1.19 1.07
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.27

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 CIN NL 27 4 75% 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 0 0
1 Season 4 75% 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 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 78% 27% 95% 91%

* 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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