Dave Von Ohlen
David Von Ohlen
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 25, 1958 in Flushing, NY
High School: Flushing (College Point, NY)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 17th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 13, 1983
Final Game: June 21, 1987
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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
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 1 290 110 1.405 9.4 0.4 3.3 2.8 0.84
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 AL 3 2 .600 2.91 26 0 9 0 0 0 43.1 47 20 14 3 20 6 12 0 0 0 196 143 1.546 9.8 0.6 4.2 2.5 0.60
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 68 109 1.630 10.6 0.0 4.1 2.3 0.57
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 55 1.833 15.0 1.5 1.5 4.5 3.00
5 Seasons 7 7 .500 3.33 127 0 44 0 0 4 167.2 185 72 62 7 61 19 59 3 1 3 722 114 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 2 387 114 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 2 431 111 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 85 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 0 196 143 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 1 291 117 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 2 431 111 1.388 9.6 0.3 2.9 3.5 1.21

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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 127 722 632 72 185 23 5 7 9 3 61 59 .293 .353 .378 .731 .309 239 24 3 16 10 19
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
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
1983 24 STL NL 46 46 17 3 2 4 2 2 50% 5 0 44 17 39% 8 0.662 10 9 27 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 0.673 7 3 17 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 0.808 6 9 11 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 1.805 19 1 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 0.074 0 0 3 1 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 1 4.5
5 Seasons 127 127 44 7 7 9 4 5 44% 25 10 110 38 35% 0.789 42 22 62 40 13 74 62 65 53 47 57 29 4.0

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%
1983 24 STL NL 290 65% 1.0% 7.2% 8.6% 4.8% 20% 1.42 81% 54 10 19%
1984 25 STL NL 141 70% 0.0% 13.5% 5.7% 4.3% 15% 2.52 79% 29 7 24%
1985 26 CLE AL 196 73% 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 78% 3.7% 11.1% 3.7% 7.4% 20% 2.00 81% 8 2 25%
5 Seasons 722 67% 1.0% 8.2% 8.5% 4.9% 19% 1.66 80% 161 24 15%
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1983 24 3 2 .600 3.29 46 0 17 0 0 2 68.1 71 27 25 3 25 8 21 3 0 1 290 110 1.405 9.4 0.4 3.3 2.8 0.84 110
1984 25 4 2 .667 3.23 73 0 29 0 0 3 103.0 110 40 37 3 33 11 40 3 1 2 431 111 1.388 9.6 0.3 2.9 3.5 1.21 111
1985 26 7 4 .636 3.14 99 0 38 0 0 3 146.1 157 60 51 6 53 17 52 3 1 2 627 120 1.435 9.7 0.4 3.3 3.2 0.98 120
1986 27 7 7 .500 3.17 123 0 41 0 0 4 161.2 175 67 57 6 60 19 56 3 1 3 695 119 1.454 9.7 0.3 3.3 3.1 0.93 119
1987 28 7 7 .500 3.33 127 0 44 0 0 4 167.2 185 72 62 7 61 19 59 3 1 3 722 114 1.467 9.9 0.4 3.3 3.2 0.97 114

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1983 24 3 3 .500 3.86 63.0 73 30 27 3 26 19 3 1.571 10.4 3.7 2.7 0.73 0.4 46
1984 25 2 1 .667 3.77 31.0 40 14 13 0 8 17 0 1.548 11.6 2.3 4.9 2.13 0.0 27
1985 26 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 49 17 15 3 21 12 0 1.667 10.5 4.5 2.6 0.57 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 10.80 5.0 10 7 6 1 1 2 0 2.200 18.0 1.8 3.6 2.00 1.8 4
5 Seasons 7 7 .500 3.95 155.0 191 76 68 7 63 54 3 1.639 11.1 3.1 0.86 0.4 127

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