Dave Wehrmeister

David Thomas Wehrmeister

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 9, 1952 in Berwyn, IL
School: Truman State University (Kirksville, MO)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January). Player signed January 24, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1976
Teams (by GP): Padres/WhiteSox/Phillies/Yankees 1976-1985

Final Game: October 4, 1985
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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
1973	20	SDP-min	AA	8	12	.400	3.22	23	23		5	1	0	137.0	110	64	49	9	60	1	84	1	0	5			1.241	7.2	0.6	3.9	5.5	1.40	ALX · TL
1974	21	SDP-min	AA,AAA	5	13	.278	4.50	22	22		0	0	0	142.0	136	86	71	9	74	0	7	0	0	1			1.479	8.6	0.6	4.7	0.4	0.09	ALX,HAW · TL,PCL
1975	22	SDP-min	AA,AAA	8	13	.381	4.41	27	27		6	1	0	157.0	166	91	77	14	60	4	89	9	0	6			1.439	9.5	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.48	ALX,HAW · TL,PCL
1976	23	SDP-min	AAA	6	11	.353	5.79	23	22		4	1	0	112.0	137	85	72	15	54	0	61	3	1	6			1.705	11.0	1.2	4.3	4.9	1.13	HAW · PCL
1976	23	SDP	NL	0	4	.000	7.45	7	4	0	0	0	0	19.1	27	17	16	0	11	1	10	0	0	2	94	45	1.966	12.6	0.0	5.1	4.7	0.91
1977	24	SDP-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.54	5	5		4	0	0	39.0	34	14	11	4	8	0	23	2	0	2			1.077	7.8	0.9	1.8	5.3	2.88	HAW · PCL
1977	24	SDP	NL	1	3	.250	6.07	30	6	3	0	0	0	69.2	81	53	47	8	44	4	32	3	1	2	329	59	1.794	10.5	1.0	5.7	4.1	0.73
1978	25	SDP-min	AAA	2	11	.154	5.65	21	18		7	0	0	129.0	140	89	81	12	64	2	61	7	0	6			1.581	9.8	0.8	4.5	4.3	0.95	HAW · PCL
1978	25	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	6.14	4	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	8	5	5	1	5	1	2	0	0	0	35	57	1.773	9.8	1.2	6.1	2.5	0.40

1979	26	SDP-NYY-min	AAA	10	13	.435	3.21	30	22		14	2	1	171.0	154	67	61	11	52	7	110	13	0	5			1.205	8.1	0.6	2.7	5.8	2.12	HAW,CLB · PCL,IL
1980	27	NYY-min	AAA	3	4	.429	2.83	39	0		0	0	8	86.0	66	30	27	4	36	9	67	4	1	6			1.186	6.9	0.4	3.8	7.0	1.86	CLB · IL
1981	28	NYY-min	AAA	11	3	.786	3.11	24	19	2	2	0	1	136.0	117	53	47	10	48	1	83	7	0	4			1.213	7.7	0.7	3.2	5.5	1.73	CLB · IL
1981	28	NYY	AL	0	0		5.14	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	4	0	7	2	7	0	0	0	33	73	1.857	7.7	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00

1982	29	NYY-min	AAA	10	7	.588	4.57	36	19	10	2	1	4	151.2	162	85	77	16	74	6	96	7	0	13			1.556	9.6	0.9	4.4	5.7	1.30	CLB · IL
1983	30	PHI-NYY-min	AAA	12	7	.632	4.25	28	26	1	2	1	0	173.2	155	92	82	15	84	3	105	9	0	11			1.376	8.0	0.8	4.4	5.4	1.25	POR,CLB · PCL,IL
1984	31	PHI-min	AAA	7	8	.467	5.73	28	15	8	0	0	1	114.2	120	79	73	12	49	3	98	3	1	7			1.474	9.4	0.9	3.8	7.7	2.00	POR · PCL
1984	31	PHI	NL	0	0		7.20	7	0	1	0	0	0	15.0	18	12	12	1	7	2	13	1	0	1	71	52	1.667	10.8	0.6	4.2	7.8	1.86
1985	32	CHW-min	AAA	5	8	.385	5.77	30	18	8	3	0	1	126.1	134	88	81	16	55	3	89	9	1	7			1.496	9.5	1.1	3.9	6.3	1.62	BFL · AA
1985	32	CHW	AL	2	2	.500	3.43	23	0	4	0	0	2	39.1	35	15	15	4	10	0	32	3	0	0	159	127	1.144	8.0	0.9	2.3	7.3	3.20
1986	33	CHW-min	AAA	7	6	.538	3.94	32	9	12	0	0	0	96.0	88	53	42	14	35	9	70	6	1	4			1.281	8.2	1.3	3.3	6.6	2.00	BFL · AA
6 Yrs				4	9	.308	5.65	76	10	12	0	0	2	157.2	175	106	99	14	84	10	96	7	1	5	721	67	1.643	10.0	0.8	4.8	5.5	1.14
162 Game Avg.				3	7	.308	5.65	60	8	9	0	0	2	125	138	84	78	11	66	8	76	6	1	4	570	67	1.643	10.0	0.8	4.8	5.5	1.14

SDP (3 yrs)				2	7	.222	6.35	41	10	5	0	0	0	96.1	116	75	68	9	60	6	44	3	1	4	458	56	1.827	10.8	0.8	5.6	4.1	0.73
PHI (1 yr)				0	0		7.20	7	0	1	0	0	0	15.0	18	12	12	1	7	2	13	1	0	1	71	52	1.667	10.8	0.6	4.2	7.8	1.86
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		5.14	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	6	4	4	0	7	2	7	0	0	0	33	73	1.857	7.7	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
CHW (1 yr)				2	2	.500	3.43	23	0	4	0	0	2	39.1	35	15	15	4	10	0	32	3	0	0	159	127	1.144	8.0	0.9	2.3	7.3	3.20

NL (4 yrs)				2	7	.222	6.47	48	10	6	0	0	0	111.1	134	87	80	10	67	8	57	4	1	5	529	55	1.805	10.8	0.8	5.4	4.6	0.85
AL (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	3.69	28	0	6	0	0	2	46.1	41	19	19	4	17	2	39	3	0	0	192	116	1.252	8.0	0.8	3.3	7.6	2.29

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
1976	23	SDP	NL	19.1	7	4	17	7.91	4.17	0.14	-0.01	87.9	3.54	-10	-1.0	1.1	-0.0	-0.8	-8	.364	.494	$
1977	24	SDP	NL	69.2	30	6	53	6.85	4.33	-0.19	-0.14	92.9	4.07	-22	-2.2	.8	0.0	-1.6	-15	.427	.486	$
1978	25	SDP	NL	7.1	4	0	5	6.14	3.80	-0.24	-0.31	104.6	3.90	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.449	.499	$

1981	28	NYY	AL	7.0	5	0	4	5.14	4.18	0.17	-0.33	102.0	3.75	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.476	.499	$

1984	31	PHI	NL	15.0	7	0	12	7.20	4.08	-0.10	-0.32	102.0	3.94	-6	-0.6	.6	0.1	-0.4	-4	.417	.496	$
1985	32	CHW	AL	39.1	23	0	15	3.43	4.61	0.00	-0.36	104.0	4.42	4	0.5	1.4	0.0	0.8	9	.520	.503	$
6 Seasons				157.2	76	10	106	6.05	4.32	-0.08	-0.21	96.9	4.06	-36	-3.6	1.0	0.0	-2.3	-20	.453	.496	$

SDP (3 yrs)				96.1	41	10	75	7.01	4.26	-0.13	-0.13	92.8	3.95	-33	-3.3	.9	-0.0	-2.6	-24	.418	.493	$
PHI (1 yr)				15.0	7	0	12	7.20	4.08	-0.10	-0.32	102.0	3.94	-6	-0.6	.6	0.1	-0.4	-4	.417	.496	$
NYY (1 yr)				7.0	5	0	4	5.14	4.18	0.17	-0.33	102.0	3.75	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.476	.499	$
CHW (1 yr)				39.1	23	0	15	3.43	4.61	0.00	-0.36	104.0	4.42	4	0.5	1.4	0.0	0.8	9	.520	.503	$

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
1976	23	SDP	NL	7	94	81	17	27	6	1	0	3	0	11	10	.333	.409	.432	.841	.375	35	2	0	1	1	1	2
1977	24	SDP	NL	30	329	276	53	81	18	3	8	7	4	44	32	.293	.393	.467	.860	.305	129	3	3	3	3	4	4
1978	25	SDP	NL	4	35	29	5	8	3	0	1	0	0	5	2	.276	.382	.483	.865	.269	14	0	0	1	0	1	0

1981	28	NYY	AL	5	33	25	4	6	1	0	0	0	1	7	7	.240	.394	.280	.674	.316	7	0	0	0	1	2	0

1984	31	PHI	NL	7	71	60	12	18	7	1	1	1	0	7	13	.300	.371	.500	.871	.354	30	1	1	1	2	2	1
1985	32	CHW	AL	23	159	145	15	35	5	1	4	3	1	10	32	.241	.304	.372	.676	.284	54	6	3	1	0	0	0
6 Yrs				76	721	616	106	175	40	6	14	14	6	84	96	.284	.373	.437	.809	.314	269	12	7	7	7	10	7
162 Game Avg.				60	570	487	84	138	32	5	11	11	5	66	76	.284	.373	.437	.809	.314	213	9	6	6	6	8	6
MLB Averages																.260	.325	.386	.710	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1976	23	SDP	NL	-8.8	-0.9	100	-1.2	1.6	-2.7	1.15	-0.9	-0.2	-9.6	-1.0	1.15	-8.3	1	1	1
1977	24	SDP	NL	-21.3	-2.1	344	-0.8	4.2	-5.0	.81	-1.1	0.1	-24.7	-2.5	0.81	-16.0	4	6	12
1978	25	SDP	NL	-2.0	-0.2	36	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.17	-0.2	-0.2	-1.4	-0.1	1.17	-1.5	2	0	2

1981	28	NYY	AL	-0.9	-0.1	34	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.85	0.0	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.85	0.3	0	4	1

1984	31	PHI	NL	-5.0	-0.5	73	0.2	0.6	-0.5	.57	-0.6	0.9	-6.4	-0.6	0.57	-4.3	1	2	4
1985	32	CHW	AL	4.6	0.5	163	-0.1	2.9	-2.9	1.02	0.5	-0.6	3.6	0.4	1.02	6.8	11	3	9
6 Yrs				-33.4	-3.3	750	-2.4	10.1	-12.5	.90	-2.2	-0.5	-38.8	-3.9	0.90	-23.0	19	16	29

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1976	23	SDP	NL	7	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.5	47	22	9	3	0	3	2.8	1.9	3.4
1977	24	SDP	NL	30	6	0	1	5	0	0	3	3	.500	1	1	0	0	3	50%	44.2	77	30	19	5	3	0	5.9	4.5	4.6
2 Yrs				37	10	0	5	5	0	0	3	7	.300	1	1	0	0	3	30%	41	77	22	28	8	3	3	4.7	3.6	4.1
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	104	-13					4.3	4.2	6.3

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
1976	23	SDP	NL	7	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	3	50%	1	1.151	1	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	2	1	2	0	5.7
1977	24	SDP	NL	30	24	3	1	2	1	0	1	0%	2	1	10	5	50%	4	.815	4	6	12	3	4	17	7	17	17	3	18	6	5.3
1978	25	SDP	NL	4	4	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	3	1.175	2	0	2	1	1	2	1	3	3	0	3	0	5.5

1981	28	NYY	AL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	5	2	40%	8	.852	0	4	1	1	0	4	3	2	2	3	2	0	4.2

1984	31	PHI	NL	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	5	4	80%	5	.569	1	2	4	0	1	6	3	4	5	0	5	2	6.4
1985	32	CHW	AL	23	23	4	2	2	4	2	2	50%	8	2	17	4	24%	7	1.025	11	3	9	12	3	8	12	11	11	7	13	3	5.1
6 Yrs				76	66	12	4	4	5	2	3	40%	11	4	45	18	40%		.900	19	16	29	17	9	40	29	37	40	14	43	11	5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1976	23	SDP	NL	94	60%	0.0%	10.6%	11.7%	7.5%	26%	0.78	77%	19	2	11%
1977	24	SDP	NL	329	64%	2.4%	9.7%	13.4%	8.8%	36%	0.75	73%	68	3	4%
1978	25	SDP	NL	35	69%	2.9%	5.7%	14.3%	11.4%	50%	0.43	74%	9	0	0%

1981	28	NYY	AL	33	52%	0.0%	21.2%	21.2%	3.0%	17%	0.86	58%	8	0	0%

1984	31	PHI	NL	71	39%	1.4%	18.3%	9.9%	12.7%	50%	0.88	68%	21	1	5%
1985	32	CHW	AL	159	51%	2.5%	20.1%	6.3%	6.3%	29%	0.67	69%	34	6	18%
6 Yrs				721	58%	1.9%	13.3%	11.7%	8.3%	34%	0.73	71%	159	12	8%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	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
1976	23	SDP	NL	94	27			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	11	8	0	73%	2	2	1	43	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1977	24	SDP	NL	329	81			8	1	9	7	1	1	7	20	15	1	75%	4	2	1	134	7	4	64%	7	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0
1978	25	SDP	NL	35	8			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	25%	0	0	1	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1981	28	NYY	AL	33	6			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	3	1	50%	0	0	0	11	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1984	31	PHI	NL	71	18			1	0	2	0	1	1	0	9	4	1	44%	1	1	0	39	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1985	32	CHW	AL	159	35			4	0	4	2	2	4	0	6	1	1	17%	0	0	0	54	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				721	175			14	1	21	10	4	6	8	56	32	4	57%	7	5	3	299	14	6	70%	14	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	18	0
MLB Averages																		53%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
1976	23	0	4	.000	7.45	7	4	0	0	19.1	27	17	16	0	11	1	10	0	0	2	94	45	1.966	12.6	0.0	5.1	4.7	0.91	45
1977	24	1	7	.125	6.37	37	10	3	0	89.0	108	70	63	8	55	5	42	3	1	4	423	55	1.831	10.9	0.8	5.6	4.2	0.76	55
1978	25	2	7	.222	6.35	41	10	5	0	96.1	116	75	68	9	60	6	44	3	1	4	458	56	1.827	10.8	0.8	5.6	4.1	0.73	56
1979	26	2	7	.222	6.35	41	10	5	0	96.1	116	75	68	9	60	6	44	3	1	4	458	56	1.827	10.8	0.8	5.6	4.1	0.73	56
1980	27	2	7	.222	6.35	41	10	5	0	96.1	116	75	68	9	60	6	44	3	1	4	458	56	1.827	10.8	0.8	5.6	4.1	0.73	56
1981	28	2	7	.222	6.27	46	10	7	0	103.1	122	79	72	9	67	8	51	3	1	4	491	57	1.829	10.6	0.8	5.8	4.4	0.76	57
1982	29	2	7	.222	6.27	46	10	7	0	103.1	122	79	72	9	67	8	51	3	1	4	491	57	1.829	10.6	0.8	5.8	4.4	0.76	57
1983	30	2	7	.222	6.27	46	10	7	0	103.1	122	79	72	9	67	8	51	3	1	4	491	57	1.829	10.6	0.8	5.8	4.4	0.76	57
1984	31	2	7	.222	6.39	53	10	8	0	118.1	140	91	84	10	74	10	64	4	1	5	562	56	1.808	10.6	0.8	5.6	4.9	0.86	56
1985	32	4	9	.308	5.65	76	10	12	2	157.2	175	106	99	14	84	10	96	7	1	5	721	67	1.643	10.0	0.8	4.8	5.5	1.14	67

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1976	23	0	1	.000	9.50	18.0	29	21	19	0	12	9	0	2.278	14.5	6.0	4.5	0.75	0.0	7
1977	24	2	5	.286	7.20	65.0	85	58	52	8	46	30	3	2.015	11.8	6.4	4.2	0.65	1.1	30
1978	25	0	0		7.71	7.0	9	7	6	1	6	2	0	2.143	11.6	7.7	2.6	0.33	1.3	4

1981	28	0	0		8.00	9.0	11	9	8	0	13	9	0	2.667	11.0	13.0	9.0	0.69	0.0	5

1984	31	0	1	.000	7.80	15.0	19	14	13	1	7	13	1	1.733	11.4	4.2	7.8	1.86	0.6	7
1985	32	2	2	.500	3.65	37.0	34	17	15	4	10	30	3	1.189	8.3	2.4	7.3	3.00	1.0	23
6 Yrs		4	9	.308	6.74	151.0	187	126	113	14	94	93	7	1.861	11.1		5.5	0.99	0.8	76

* 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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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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