Dave Von Ohlen

David Von Ohlen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 25, 1958 in Flushing, NY
High School: Flushing HS (College Point, NY)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 17th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1983
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Athletics/Indians 1983-1987

Final Game: June 21, 1987
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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
1976	17	NYM-min	A,Rk	2	4	.333	3.35	14	5		1	0	0	51.0	53	32	19	1	27	0	12	2	0	1			1.569	9.4	0.2	4.8	2.1	0.44	WAU,MIO · MIDW,APPY
1977	18	NYM-min	A	6	3	.667	4.71	37	0		0	0	4	65.0	75	39	34	4	28	6	49	4	0	3			1.585	10.4	0.6	3.9	6.8	1.75	LBG · CARL
1978	19	NYM-min	A	6	7	.462	2.88	34	0		0	0	1	72.0	62	28	23	3	22	2	54	3	2	1			1.167	7.8	0.4	2.8	6.8	2.45	LBG · CARL
1979	20	NYM-min	AA	4	1	.800	1.85	37	0		0	0	7	34.0	28	11	7	0	10	1	26	2	0	0			1.118	7.4	0.0	2.6	6.9	2.60	JAC · TL
1980	21	NYM-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.21	45	4		0	0	8	87.0	88	40	31	1	27	4	44	1	0	1			1.322	9.1	0.1	2.8	4.6	1.63	TID · IL
1981	22	NYM-min	AA,AAA	4	4	.500	3.17	21	2	10	0	0	3	54.0	50	25	19	4	15	3	42	1	0	0			1.204	8.3	0.7	2.5	7.0	2.80	JAC,TID · TL,IL
1982	23	NYM-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.80	36	6	9	1	0	3	64.1	64	22	20	4	25	3	44	0	2	0			1.383	9.0	0.6	3.5	6.2	1.76	TID · IL
1983	24	STL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.70	12	0	8	0	0	5	15.1	16	8	8	1	5	1	13	0	0	1			1.370	9.4	0.6	2.9	7.6	2.60	LOU · AA
1983	24	STL	NL	3	2	.600	3.29	46	0	17	0	0	2	68.1	71	27	25	3	25	8	21	3	0	1	290	111	1.405	9.4	0.4	3.3	2.8	0.84
1984	25	STL-min	AAA	1	3	.250	2.28	22	1	13	0	0	8	43.1	30	11	11	1	18	6	22	0	0	3			1.108	6.2	0.2	3.7	4.6	1.22	LOU · AA
1984	25	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	3.12	27	0	12	0	0	1	34.2	39	13	12	0	8	3	19	0	1	1	141	113	1.356	10.1	0.0	2.1	4.9	2.38
1985	26	CLE-min	AAA	2	1	.667	3.80	4	3	1	1	0	0	23.2	26	11	10	2	2	0	7	0	0	0			1.183	9.9	0.8	0.8	2.7	3.50	MAI · IL
1985	26	CLE	AL	3	2	.600	2.91	26	0	9	0	0	0	43.1	47	20	14	3	20	6	12	0	0	0	196	144	1.546	9.8	0.6	4.2	2.5	0.60
1986	27	OAK-min	A,AAA	8	3	.727	1.66	28	8	11	2	2	2	81.1	69	19	15	3	26	6	43	2	0	1			1.168	7.6	0.3	2.9	4.8	1.65	MIA,TAC · FLOR,PCL
1986	27	OAK	AL	0	3	.000	3.52	24	0	3	0	0	1	15.1	18	7	6	0	7	2	4	0	0	1	68	112	1.630	10.6	0.0	4.1	2.3	0.57
1987	28	OAK-min	AAA	5	4	.556	2.05	52	0	23	0	0	7	83.1	63	21	19	3	31	6	55	3	1	1			1.128	6.8	0.3	3.3	5.9	1.77	TAC · PCL
1987	28	OAK	AL	0	0		7.50	4	0	3	0	0	0	6.0	10	5	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	27	59	1.833	15.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	3.00
1988	29	OAK-min	AAA,A	7	8	.467	3.70	41	7	17	0	0	2	97.1	114	53	40	4	25	3	66	1	4	4			1.428	10.5	0.4	2.3	6.1	2.64	TAC,MIA · PCL,FLOR
5 Yrs				7	7	.500	3.33	127	0	44	0	0	4	167.2	185	72	62	7	61	19	59	3	1	3	722	115	1.467	9.9	0.4	3.3	3.2	0.97
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	3.33	68	0	24	0	0	2	90	99	39	33	4	33	10	32	2	1	2	387	115	1.467	9.9	0.4	3.3	3.2	0.97

STL (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	3.23	73	0	29	0	0	3	103.0	110	40	37	3	33	11	40	3	1	2	431	112	1.388	9.6	0.3	2.9	3.5	1.21
OAK (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	4.64	28	0	6	0	0	1	21.1	28	12	11	1	8	2	7	0	0	1	95	88	1.688	11.8	0.4	3.4	3.0	0.88
CLE (1 yr)				3	2	.600	2.91	26	0	9	0	0	0	43.1	47	20	14	3	20	6	12	0	0	0	196	144	1.546	9.8	0.6	4.2	2.5	0.60

AL (3 yrs)				3	5	.375	3.48	54	0	15	0	0	1	64.2	75	32	25	4	28	8	19	0	0	1	291	119	1.593	10.4	0.6	3.9	2.6	0.68
NL (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	3.23	73	0	29	0	0	3	103.0	110	40	37	3	33	11	40	3	1	2	431	112	1.388	9.6	0.3	2.9	3.5	1.21

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
1983	24	STL	NL	68.1	46	0	27	3.56	4.21	0.03	-0.33	100.3	3.86	2	0.2	.8	-0.2	0.7	9	.505	.501	$
1984	25	STL	NL	34.2	27	0	13	3.38	4.23	0.09	-0.33	95.7	3.66	1	0.1	.8	-0.1	0.3	4	.503	.500	$
1985	26	CLE	AL	43.1	26	0	20	4.15	4.82	-0.33	-0.37	98.7	4.71	3	0.3	1.1	-0.1	0.6	7	.511	.502	$
1986	27	OAK	AL	15.1	24	0	7	4.11	5.01	0.28	-0.39	90.4	3.92	-0	-0.0	2.2	-0.0	0.1	1	.499	.500	$
1987	28	OAK	AL	6.0	4	0	5	7.50	4.89	-0.13	-0.38	91.3	4.24	-2	-0.2	.1	0.1	-0.1	-1	.449	.499	$
5 Seasons				167.2	127	0	72	3.86	4.47	-0.04	-0.35	97.7	4.06	3	0.4	1.1	-0.3	1.6	20	.503	.500	$

STL (2 yrs)				103.0	73	0	40	3.50	4.21	0.05	-0.33	98.8	3.79	3	0.3	.8	-0.2	1.0	13	.504	.501	$
OAK (2 yrs)				21.1	28	0	12	5.06	4.97	0.16	-0.39	90.6	4.01	-3	-0.2	1.9	0.0	0.0	-0	.492	.499	$
CLE (1 yr)				43.1	26	0	20	4.15	4.82	-0.33	-0.37	98.7	4.71	3	0.3	1.1	-0.1	0.6	7	.511	.502	$

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
1983	24	STL	NL	46	290	254	27	71	8	3	3	6	2	25	21	.280	.345	.370	.715	.289	94	10	3	3	5	8	3
1984	25	STL	NL	27	141	130	13	39	6	0	0	1	1	8	19	.300	.341	.346	.687	.351	45	7	0	3	0	3	1
1985	26	CLE	AL	26	196	163	20	47	4	1	3	0	0	20	12	.288	.358	.380	.739	.289	62	3	0	9	4	6	5
1986	27	OAK	AL	24	68	60	7	18	4	1	0	2	0	7	4	.300	.373	.400	.773	.321	24	2	0	1	0	2	1
1987	28	OAK	AL	4	27	25	5	10	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	.400	.407	.560	.967	.409	14	2	0	0	1	0	0
5 Yrs				127	722	632	72	185	23	5	7	9	3	61	59	.293	.353	.378	.731	.309	239	24	3	16	10	19	10
162 Game Avg.				68	387	338	39	99	12	3	4	5	2	33	32	.293	.353	.378	.731	.309	128	13	2	9	5	10	5
MLB Averages																.260	.326	.395	.721	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	24	STL	NL	3.4	0.4	300	-0.4	2.9	-3.3	.62	0.4	-1.0	0.5	0.1	0.62	1.3	9	8	28
1984	25	STL	NL	2.0	0.2	145	-0.5	1.3	-1.8	.62	-0.0	-0.8	2.2	0.2	0.62	3.1	7	2	18
1985	26	CLE	AL	4.1	0.4	197	-1.0	1.8	-2.8	.78	-0.2	-1.1	-4.4	-0.4	0.78	-2.0	6	7	13
1986	27	OAK	AL	0.6	0.1	71	0.3	2.1	-1.7	1.80	-0.1	0.3	-0.6	-0.1	1.80	-1.3	17	3	4
1987	28	OAK	AL	-2.0	-0.2	27	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.06	-0.2	-0.6	-1.8	-0.2	0.06	-1.7	0	0	3
5 Yrs				8.2	0.9	740	-1.6	8.1	-9.7	.76	-0.2	-2.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.76	-0.6	39	20	66

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
1983	24	STL	NL	46	46	17	3	2	4	2	2	50%	5	0	44	17	39%	8	.620	9	8	28	12	2	32	24	22	24	14	24	9	4.5
1984	25	STL	NL	27	27	12	1	0	2	1	1	50%	4	2	14	2	14%	8	.622	7	2	18	5	2	20	7	20	10	8	12	9	3.9
1985	26	CLE	AL	26	26	9	3	2	1	0	1	0%	4	1	21	10	48%	7	.783	6	7	13	9	3	14	12	14	15	7	15	8	5.0
1986	27	OAK	AL	24	24	3	0	3	2	1	1	50%	12	7	31	9	29%	8	1.799	17	3	4	13	6	5	19	5	3	18	5	2	1.9
1987	28	OAK	AL	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.064	0	0	3	1	0	3	0	4	1	0	1	1	4.5
5 Yrs				127	127	44	7	7	9	4	5	44%	25	10	110	38	35%		.755	39	20	66	40	13	74	62	65	53	47	57	29	4.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1983	24	STL	NL	290	35%	1.0%	7.2%	8.6%	4.8%	20%	1.42	81%	54	10	19%
1984	25	STL	NL	141	31%	0.0%	13.5%	5.7%	4.3%	15%	2.52	79%	29	7	24%
1985	26	CLE	AL	196	27%	1.5%	6.1%	10.2%	4.1%	17%	1.42	78%	44	3	7%
1986	27	OAK	AL	68	50%	0.0%	5.9%	10.3%	7.4%	28%	2.33	82%	26	2	8%
1987	28	OAK	AL	27	22%	3.7%	11.1%	3.7%	7.4%	20%	2.00	81%	8	2	25%
5 Yrs				722	33%	1.0%	8.2%	8.5%	4.9%	19%	1.66	80%	161	24	15%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	14.5%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.07	73%			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
1983	24	STL	NL	290	71			3	0	11	1	2	1	2	21	13	1	62%	3	1	1	114	6	2	75%	5	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	0
1984	25	STL	NL	141	39			0	0	6	0	0	0	0	8	4	1	50%	1	1	0	55	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1985	26	CLE	AL	196	47			3	0	7	2	1	1	2	9	8	1	89%	5	0	1	85	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1986	27	OAK	AL	68	18			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	8	6	0	75%	1	1	0	41	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1987	28	OAK	AL	27	10			1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5	4	0	80%	0	0	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5 Yrs				722	185			7	0	29	4	3	3	4	51	35	3	69%	10	3	2	305	9	3	75%	8	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	19	0
MLB Averages																		53%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	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+
1983	24	3	2	.600	3.29	46	17	2	68.1	71	27	25	3	25	8	21	3	0	1	290	111	1.405	9.4	0.4	3.3	2.8	0.84	111
1984	25	4	2	.667	3.23	73	29	3	103.0	110	40	37	3	33	11	40	3	1	2	431	112	1.388	9.6	0.3	2.9	3.5	1.21	112
1985	26	7	4	.636	3.14	99	38	3	146.1	157	60	51	6	53	17	52	3	1	2	627	121	1.435	9.7	0.4	3.3	3.2	0.98	121
1986	27	7	7	.500	3.17	123	41	4	161.2	175	67	57	6	60	19	56	3	1	3	695	120	1.454	9.7	0.3	3.3	3.1	0.93	120
1987	28	7	7	.500	3.33	127	44	4	167.2	185	72	62	7	61	19	59	3	1	3	722	115	1.467	9.9	0.4	3.3	3.2	0.97	115

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1983	24	3	3	.500	3.92	62.0	74	30	27	3	26	19	3	1.613	10.7	3.8	2.8	0.73	0.4	46
1984	25	2	1	.667	3.77	31.0	41	14	13	0	8	17	0	1.581	11.9	2.3	4.9	2.13	0.0	27
1985	26	2	2	.500	3.14	43.0	48	17	15	3	20	12	0	1.581	10.0	4.2	2.5	0.60	0.6	26
1986	27	0	1	.000	4.50	14.0	19	8	7	0	7	4	0	1.857	12.2	4.5	2.6	0.57	0.0	24
1987	28	0	0		9.00	5.0	10	6	5	1	1	3	0	2.200	18.0	1.8	5.4	3.00	1.8	4
5 Yrs		7	7	.500	3.89	155.0	192	75	67	7	62	55	3	1.639	11.1		3.2	0.89	0.4	127

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