Dave Wallace

David William Wallace

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 7, 1947 in Waterbury, CT
High School: Sacred Heart HS (Waterbury, CT)
School: University of New Haven (West Haven, CT)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1973
Teams (by GP): Phillies/BlueJays 1973-1978

Final Game: May 19, 1978
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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
1970	22	PHI-min	A	8	8	.500	5.16	24	24					150.0	154	101	86	10	89								1.620	9.2	0.6	5.3			SPB · WCRS
1971	23	PHI-min	A	6	1	.857	1.24	22	4					58.0	30	13	8	1	28								1.000	4.7	0.2	4.3			PNS · CARL
1972	24	PHI-min	AAA	8	5	.615	4.55	47	6		0	0	6	95.0	112	52	48	7	42	10	63	2	1	1			1.621	10.6	0.7	4.0	6.0	1.50	EUG · PCL
1973	25	PHI-min	AAA,AA	2	2	.500	3.41	43	0		0	0	13	58.0	43	25	22	4	31	6	41	3	0	4			1.276	6.7	0.6	4.8	6.4	1.32	EUG,REA · PCL,EL
1973	25	PHI	NL	0	0		22.09	4	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	13	9	9	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	25	19	4.091	31.9	2.5	4.9	4.9	1.00
1974	26	PHI-min	AAA	3	6	.333	2.91	49	0		0	0	5	65.0	56	23	21	5	29	3	38	1	0	2			1.308	7.8	0.7	4.0	5.3	1.31	TOL · IL
1974	26	PHI	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	4	4	3	2	3	1	3	0	0	1	17	48	2.333	12.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	1.00

1975	27	PHI-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	4.00	13	0		0	0	3	18.0	15	8	8	5	7	0	12	0	0	1			1.222	7.5	2.5	3.5	6.0	1.71	TOL · IL
1976	28	PHI-min	AAA	7	3	.700	4.28	53	0		0	0	4	80.0	69	42	38	10	36	7	58	2	1	4			1.312	7.8	1.1	4.0	6.5	1.61	OKC · AA
1977	29	PHI-min	AAA	8	6	.571	4.77	57	0		0	0	15	66.0	69	40	35	11	28	4	53	0	0	5			1.470	9.4	1.5	3.8	7.2	1.89	OKC · AA
1978	30	TOR-min	AAA	3	5	.375	4.28	35	0		0	0	2	82.0	78	46	39	9	48	3	54	6	0	3			1.537	8.6	1.0	5.3	5.9	1.13	SYR · IL
1978	30	TOR	AL	0	0		3.86	6	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	11	0	7	0	0	1	62	104	1.643	7.7	0.6	7.1	4.5	0.64
1979	31	BOS-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.77	9	0		0	0	1	26.0	22	10	8	3	18	5	18	1	0	3			1.538	7.6	1.0	6.2	6.2	1.00	PAW · IL
1984	36	LAD-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	17.36	4	0	4	0	0	0	4.2	10	10	9	0	4	1	4	0	0	0			3.000	19.3	0.0	7.7	7.7	1.00	ABQ · PCL
1986	38	LAD-min	AAA	0	0		3.00	4	0	4	0	0	0	6.0	8	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0			1.333	12.0	0.0	0.0	6.0		ABQ · PCL
3 Yrs				0	1	.000	7.84	13	0	5	0	0	0	20.2	29	19	18	4	16	1	12	0	0	2	104	52	2.177	12.6	1.7	7.0	5.2	0.75
162 Game Avg.				0	5	.000	7.84	68	0	26	0	0	0	108	152	99	94	21	84	5	63	0	0	10	544	52	2.177	12.6	1.7	7.0	5.2	0.75

PHI (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	16.20	7	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	17	13	12	3	5	1	5	0	0	1	42	26	3.300	23.0	4.1	6.8	6.8	1.00
TOR (1 yr)				0	0		3.86	6	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	11	0	7	0	0	1	62	104	1.643	7.7	0.6	7.1	4.5	0.64

NL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	16.20	7	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	17	13	12	3	5	1	5	0	0	1	42	26	3.300	23.0	4.1	6.8	6.8	1.00
AL (1 yr)				0	0		3.86	6	0	4	0	0	0	14.0	12	6	6	1	11	0	7	0	0	1	62	104	1.643	7.7	0.6	7.1	4.5	0.64

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
1973	25	PHI	NL	3.2	4	0	9	22.09	4.03	-0.12	-0.33	93.7	3.58	-8	-0.7	.6	0.1	-0.5	-7	.326	.496	$
1974	26	PHI	NL	3.0	3	0	4	12.00	4.86	0.10	-0.39	108.0	4.72	-2	-0.3	1.1	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.417	.498	$

1978	30	TOR	AL	14.0	6	0	6	3.86	4.26	-0.09	-0.35	103.1	4.13	0	0.1	.3	-0.0	0.1	2	.508	.500	$
3 Seasons				20.2	13	0	19	8.27	4.31	-0.07	-0.35	102.1	4.12	-10	-0.9	.6	0.1	-0.6	-7	.431	.498	$

PHI (2 yrs)				6.2	7	0	13	17.55	4.40	-0.02	-0.36	100.1	4.09	-10	-0.9	.8	0.1	-0.7	-9	.365	.497	$
TOR (1 yr)				14.0	6	0	6	3.86	4.26	-0.09	-0.35	103.1	4.13	0	0.1	.3	-0.0	0.1	2	.508	.500	$

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
1973	25	PHI	NL	4	25	22	9	13	6	0	1	0	1	2	2	.591	.625	1.000	1.625	.632	22	0	0	1	0	0	0
1974	26	PHI	NL	3	17	13	4	4	1	0	2	0	0	3	3	.308	.438	.846	1.284	.250	11	0	0	1	0	1	1

1978	30	TOR	AL	6	62	49	6	12	2	0	1	2	0	11	7	.245	.371	.347	.718	.256	17	2	0	0	2	0	0
3 Yrs				13	104	84	19	29	9	0	4	2	1	16	12	.345	.441	.595	1.036	.357	50	2	0	2	2	1	1
162 Game Avg.				68	544	439	99	152	47	0	21	10	5	84	63	.345	.441	.595	1.036	.357	262	10	0	10	10	5	5
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.377	.702	.282

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1973	25	PHI	NL	-6.6	-0.6	26	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.29	-0.6	0.2	-8.6	-0.8	0.29	-6.5	1	0	3
1974	26	PHI	NL	-1.8	-0.2	18	-0.6	0.0	-0.6	.37	-0.4	-1.3	-3.4	-0.3	0.37	-2.9	1	1	1

1978	30	TOR	AL	0.6	0.1	67	-0.1	0.2	-0.2	.20	-0.2	-0.1	1.2	0.1	0.20	0.0	0	2	4
3 Yrs				-7.7	-0.8	111	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	.25	-1.2	-2.0	-10.8	-1.0	0.25	-9.4	2	3	8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1973	25	PHI	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	8	.290	1	0	3	0	0	4	1	3	1	3	2	0	2.8
1974	26	PHI	NL	3	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	.368	1	1	1	0	1	2	0	3	1	2	1	1	3.0

1978	30	TOR	AL	6	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	3	30%	5	.198	0	2	4	0	0	6	6	0	4	2	4	0	7.0
3 Yrs				13	13	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	5	38%		.248	2	3	8	0	1	12	7	6	6	7	7	1	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1973	25	PHI	NL	25	68%	4.0%	8.0%	8.0%	28.0%	54%	0.60	76%	9	0	0%
1974	26	PHI	NL	17	65%	11.8%	17.7%	17.7%	17.7%	75%	0.50	47%	3	0	0%

1978	30	TOR	AL	62	53%	1.6%	11.3%	17.7%	4.8%	25%	0.48	69%	15	2	13%
3 Yrs				104	59%	3.9%	11.5%	15.4%	12.5%	45%	0.50	67%	27	2	7%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.1%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.09	75%			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
1973	25	PHI	NL	25	13			1	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	67%	0	0	0	13	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	26	PHI	NL	17	4			2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0%	1	1	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1978	30	TOR	AL	62	12			1	0	5	1	0	1	0	7	4	2	57%	0	1	1	27	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
3 Yrs				104	29			4	0	6	3	1	4	0	12	6	3	50%	1	2	1	45	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
MLB Averages																		51%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1973	25	0		22.09	4	0	3.2	13	9	9	1	2	0	2	0	25	19	4.091	31.9	2.5	4.9	4.9	1.00	19
1974	26	1	.000	16.20	7	1	6.2	17	13	12	3	5	1	5	1	42	26	3.300	23.0	4.1	6.8	6.8	1.00	26
1975	27	1	.000	16.20	7	1	6.2	17	13	12	3	5	1	5	1	42	26	3.300	23.0	4.1	6.8	6.8	1.00	26
1976	28	1	.000	16.20	7	1	6.2	17	13	12	3	5	1	5	1	42	26	3.300	23.0	4.1	6.8	6.8	1.00	26
1977	29	1	.000	16.20	7	1	6.2	17	13	12	3	5	1	5	1	42	26	3.300	23.0	4.1	6.8	6.8	1.00	26
1978	30	1	.000	7.84	13	5	20.2	29	19	18	4	16	1	12	2	104	52	2.177	12.6	1.7	7.0	5.2	0.75	52

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
1973	25	0	0		27.00	3.0	13	10	9	1	2	2	0	5.000	39.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	3.0	4
1974	26	0	0		9.00	3.0	4	3	3	2	3	3	0	2.333	12.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	6.0	3

1978	30	0	1	.000	4.15	13.0	12	7	6	1	11	6	0	1.769	8.3	7.6	4.2	0.55	0.7	6
3 Yrs		0	1	.000	8.53	19.0	29	20	18	4	16	11	0	2.368	13.7		5.2	0.69	1.9	13

* 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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