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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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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More Stats

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
1978	21	CIN-min	AA	73	246	217	23	57	10	0	1	25	0	0	25	24	.263	.339	.323	.661		70		1	1	2		NVL · SOUL
1979	22	CIN-min	AA	137	533	461	58	131	27	1	6	64	0	1	62	66	.284	.367	.386	.753		178		2	2	6		NVL · SOUL
1980	23	CIN-min	AAA	71	281	253	11	57	12	1	3	26	1	1	22	38	.225	.287	.316	.603		80		1	2	3		INA · AA
1981	24	CIN-min	AAA	123	478	432	50	108	21	0	15	66	0	1	38	58	.250	.309	.403	.712		174		1	2	5	7	INA · AA
1982	25	CIN-min	AAA	54	197	174	21	46	7	0	4	29	0	1	17	25	.264	.325	.374	.698		65		0	3	3	1	INA · AA
1982	25	CIN	NL	51	154	137	4	25	3	1	0	7	1	0	14	19	.182	.263	.219	.482	36	30	4	1	2	0	2	2

1984	27	CIN-min	AAA	67	235	205	26	54	14	1	4	36	2	0	23	17	.263	.332	.400	.732		82		1	0	6	1	WCH · AA
1984	27	CIN	NL	38	113	101	10	23	2	0	0	6	0	0	12	17	.228	.310	.248	.557	56	25	2	0	0	0	2	2/3
1985	28	CIN	NL	73	166	151	12	36	7	0	2	24	0	0	9	19	.238	.280	.325	.605	67	49	6	1	2	3	2	2
1986	29	CIN-min	AAA	66	218	180	26	41	6	1	1	19	1	1	31	28	.228	.344	.289	.633		52		3	0	4	0	DEN · AA
1986	29	CIN	NL	9	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1987	30	BAL-min	AAA	22	72	66	7	9	2	0	1	5	0	0	5	3	.136	.197	.212	.409		14		0	1	0	0	ROC · IL
1987	30	BAL	AL	12	24	21	4	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	6	.238	.333	.381	.714	92	8	1	0	0	0	0	2
5 Seasons				183	468	420	30	89	12	1	3	38	1	0	39	63	.212	.280	.267	.547	52	112	14	2	4	3	6
162 Game Avg.				162	414	372	27	79	11	1	3	34	1	0	35	56	.212	.280	.267	.547	52	99	12	2	4	3	5

CIN (4 yrs)				171	444	399	26	84	12	1	2	37	1	0	36	57	.211	.277	.261	.538	50	104	13	2	4	3	6
BAL (1 yr)				12	24	21	4	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	6	.238	.333	.381	.714	92	8	1	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				171	444	399	26	84	12	1	2	37	1	0	36	57	.211	.277	.261	.538	50	104	13	2	4	3	6
AL (1 yr)				12	24	21	4	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	6	.238	.333	.381	.714	92	8	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1982	25	CIN	NL	154	-12	-1	0	-1	-7	3	5	-13	-1.5	-6	-0.7	-0.8	$	2

1984	27	CIN	NL	113	-6	0	1	0	0	2	4	1	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	2/3
1985	28	CIN	NL	166	-6	0	-1	-1	-2	3	5	-2	-0.3	0	0.0	-0.3	$60,000	2
1986	29	CIN	NL	11	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$150,000	/2
1987	30	BAL	AL	24	0	0	1	0	-2	1	1	1	0.1	3	0.3	-0.2	$	2
5 Seasons				468	-26	-1	1	-2	-11	9	15	-15	-1.9	-4	-0.5	-1.4	$210,000

CIN (4 yrs)				444	-26	-1	0	-2	-9	8	14	-16	-2.0	-7	-0.8	-1.2	$210,000
BAL (1 yr)				24	0	0	1	0	-2	1	1	1	0.1	3	0.3	-0.2	$

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1982	CIN	NL	25	C	51	45	31	389.0	295	273	18	4	3	.986	-7	-22	6.73	5.71	.985	6.29	6.30	3	16	51	9	15%	2
1984	CIN	NL	27	C	36	31	23	268.0	205	194	11	0	1	1.000	0	0	6.88	5.69	.986	6.53	6.51	1	3	27	8	23%	0
1984	CIN	NL	27	1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		9.90	9.80
1985	CIN	NL	28	C	70	43	28	408.0	269	255	11	3	2	.989	-2	-6	5.87	3.80	.987	6.42	6.42	1	13	34	10	23%	0
1986	CIN	NL	29	C	7	2	2	26.0	20	20	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	6.92	2.86	.985	6.92	6.94	0	0	2	0	0%	0
1987	BAL	AL	30	C	12	7	4	68.0	46	44	1	1	0	.978	-2	-35	5.96	3.75	.988	6.74	6.67	0	2	11	0	0%	0
	5 Seasons			C	176	128	88	1159.0	835	786	41	8	6	.990	-11	-11	6.42	4.70	.986	6.43	6.44	5	34	125	27	18%	2
	1 Season			1B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		9.90	9.80
	5 Seasons			TOT	177	128	88	1160.0	835	786	41	8	6	.990	-11	-11	6.42	4.67	.986	6.43	6.46	5	34	125	27	18%	2

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 9th round of the 1975 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2nd round of the 1978 amateur draft.
November 11, 1986: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
December 30, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
October 15, 1987: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1985	28	Cincinnati Reds	$60,000	Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163
1986	29	Cincinnati Reds	$150,000	G. Scully, Business of MLB, p. 163	Arbitration win; $85,000 offer

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$210,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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