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Dave Wickersham
David Clifford Wickersham

Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 27, 1935 in Erie, PA
School: Ohio University
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1960
Final Game: July 26, 1969
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Dave Wickersham
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Standard Batting

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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	Awards
1960	24	KCA	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	25	KCA	AL	17	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	1.000	1.667	338	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	26	KCA	AL	30	39	35	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	13	.057	.108	.057	.165	-55	2	1	0	2	0	0	1
1963	27	KCA	AL	38	85	80	3	11	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	25	.138	.148	.138	.286	-21	11	0	0	4	0	0	1
1964	28	DET	AL	40	97	82	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	27	.073	.094	.085	.179	-50	7	3	0	12	1	0	1	MVP-30
1965	29	DET	AL	34	66	58	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	20	.069	.085	.069	.154	-56	4	1	0	7	0	0	1
1966	30	DET	AL	38	48	45	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	17	.044	.085	.067	.152	-56	3	1	0	1	0	0	1
1967	31	DET	AL	36	16	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1968	32	PIT	NL	11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	103	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1969	33	KCR	AL	34	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
10 Seasons				283	362	324	9	28	3	0	0	10	0	1	9	108	.086	.111	.096	.206	-42	31	6	0	28	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	207	185	5	16	2	0	0	6	0	1	5	62	.086	.111	.096	.206	-42	18	3	0	16	1	0

KCA (4 yrs)				90	128	119	5	15	1	0	0	5	0	0	3	38	.126	.148	.134	.282	-23	16	1	0	6	0	0
DET (4 yrs)				148	227	200	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	1	5	69	.060	.083	.070	.153	-57	14	5	0	21	1	0
KCR (1 yr)				34	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	103	1	0	0	1	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				272	358	321	9	27	3	0	0	8	0	1	9	107	.084	.109	.093	.202	-43	30	6	0	27	1	0
NL (1 yr)				11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	103	1	0	0	1	0	0

Advanced Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1960	24	KCA	AL	1	1	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.263	.000	.337	.000	.403	.000	.740	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1961	25	KCA	AL	3	1	2	53.4	105	.667	.667	.265	.667	.340	1.000	.412	1.667	.753	338	.989	1.0	0.1	3.000	.333	.333
1962	26	KCA	AL	39	36	0	0.0	106	.091	.057	.268	.108	.341	.057	.417	.165	.758	-55	.000	-7.9	-0.8	.118	.057	.000
1963	27	KCA	AL	85	73	2	0.7	99	.200	.138	.262	.148	.329	.138	.404	.286	.734	-21	.040	-13.5	-1.4	.174	.013	.000
1964	28	DET	AL	97	93	1	0.3	98	.107	.073	.258	.094	.327	.085	.401	.179	.727	-50	.007	-16.9	-1.8	.100	.024	.012
1965	29	DET	AL	66	62	0	0.0	93	.105	.069	.253	.085	.323	.069	.388	.154	.711	-56	.000	-12.1	-1.3	.091	.017	.000
1966	30	DET	AL	48	45	0	0.0	92	.071	.044	.251	.085	.319	.067	.388	.152	.707	-56	.000	-9.2	-1.0	.114	.067	.022
1967	31	DET	AL	16	16	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.246	.000	.316	.000	.369	.000	.686	-100	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.000	.000	.000
1968	32	PIT	NL	4	3	0	0.0	80	.500	.333	.250	.333	.308	.333	.352	.667	.660	103	.000	-0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000
1969	33	KCR	AL	3	2	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.254	.333	.331	.000	.384	.333	.714	1	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
10 Seasons				362	332	5	0.4	97	.129	.086	.258	.111	.327	.096	.397	.206	.724	-42	.014	-62.8	-6.7	.129	.034	.009
162 Game Avg.				207	190	3	0.4	97	.129	.086	.258	.111	.327	.096	.397	.206	.724	-42	.014	-62.8	-6.7	.129	.034	.009

KCA (4 yrs)				128	111	4	1.0	101	.185	.126	.264	.148	.333	.134	.408	.282	.741	-23	.061	-20.6	-2.2	.181	.034	.008
DET (4 yrs)				227	216	1	0.1	94	.091	.060	.254	.083	.323	.070	.392	.153	.715	-57	.002	-42.0	-4.5	.093	.030	.010
KCR (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.254	.333	.331	.000	.384	.333	.714	1	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
PIT (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	80	.500	.333	.250	.333	.308	.333	.352	.667	.660	103	.000	-0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000

AL (9 yrs)				358	329	5	0.4	97	.126	.084	.258	.109	.327	.093	.398	.202	.725	-43	.014	-62.8	-6.7	.126	.034	.009
NL (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	80	.500	.333	.250	.333	.308	.333	.352	.667	.660	103	.000	-0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1960	24	KCA	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						100%
1961	25	KCA	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	50%			1.0		100%
1962	26	KCA	AL	39	0.0%	33.3%	5.1%	0.0%	0%	6.50	2.7		3.00	56%
1963	27	KCA	AL	85	0.0%	29.4%	1.2%	0.0%	0%	25.00	3.2	40.0	2.07	65%
1964	28	DET	AL	97	0.0%	27.8%	2.1%	1.0%	17%	13.50	3.0	82.0	4.82	58%
1965	29	DET	AL	66	0.0%	30.3%	1.5%	0.0%	0%	20.00	2.9	58.0	4.00	58%
1966	30	DET	AL	48	0.0%	35.4%	4.2%	2.1%	50%	8.50	2.6	45.0	1.25	58%
1967	31	DET	AL	16	0.0%	31.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0		2.67	63%
1968	32	PIT	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0	1.5		50%
1969	33	KCR	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00				67%
10 Seasons				362	0.0%	29.8%	2.5%	0.8%	11%	12.00	3.0	32.4	2.96	60%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1960	24	KCA	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	25	KCA	AL	0	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1962	26	KCA	AL	0	0	25%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	27	KCA	AL	3	0	25%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1964	28	DET	AL	1	0	13%	11	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	29	DET	AL	2	0	40%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1966	30	DET	AL	1	0	25%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
1967	31	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	32	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	33	KCR	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Seasons				7	0	24%	59	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	46%	6	5	1	2	0	2	5	2	3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1960	24	KCA	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1961	25	KCA	AL	3	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		5	3	60%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	26	KCA	AL	39	36%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	11	1	9%	13	1	8%	34	1	3%	4	1	25%	4	2	50%	0
1963	27	KCA	AL	85	45%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	11	0	0%	15	2	13%	43	2	5%	2	1	50%	5	2	40%	0
1964	28	DET	AL	97	31%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	12	100%	23	3	13%	28	7	25%	64	1	2%	8	1	13%	7	1	14%	0
1965	29	DET	AL	66	23%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7	88%	11	1	9%	12	2	17%	28	2	7%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1966	30	DET	AL	48	25%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	14	1	7%	35	2	6%	6	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
1967	31	DET	AL	16	25%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	32	PIT	NL	4	25%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	2	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	33	KCR	AL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
10 Seasons				362	33%	28			0	0	0	0		0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	32	28	88%	72	6	8%	87	14	16%	223	13	6%	20	3	15%	22	6	27%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1960	24	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1961	25	22	4	4	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250	230	3	0	0	0
1962	26	52	43	39	2	4	1	3	0	2	13	.103	.146	.128	.275	-26	5	1	2	0
1963	27	90	128	119	5	15	1	5	0	3	38	.126	.148	.134	.282	-23	16	1	6	0
1964	28	130	225	201	6	21	2	6	1	5	65	.104	.126	.114	.240	-34	23	4	18	1
1965	29	164	291	259	8	25	2	7	1	6	85	.097	.117	.104	.221	-39	27	5	25	1
1966	30	202	339	304	9	27	3	8	1	8	102	.089	.112	.099	.211	-41	30	6	26	1
1967	31	238	355	319	9	27	3	8	1	8	107	.085	.107	.094	.201	-44	30	6	27	1
1968	32	249	359	322	9	28	3	10	1	8	108	.087	.109	.096	.205	-42	31	6	28	1
1969	33	283	362	324	9	28	3	10	1	9	108	.086	.111	.096	.206	-42	31	6	28	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1960	24	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1961	25	17	3	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	2	17
1962	26	30	37	35	0	0	0	0	2	13	.000	.054	.000	.054	0	30
1963	27	38	82	81	3	12	0	2	1	25	.148	.159	.148	.307	2	38
1964	28	40	86	83	2	7	1	2	2	27	.084	.105	.096	.201	1	40
1965	29	34	63	61	4	7	0	2	2	20	.115	.143	.115	.258	1	34
1966	30	38	47	45	0	0	0	0	2	17	.000	.043	.000	.043	0	38
1967	31	36	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	36
1968	32	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
1969	33	34	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	34
10 Seasons		283	340	329	10	26	1	9	10	108	.079	.106	.082	.188	6	283
162 Game Avg.		162	195	188	6	15	1	5	6	62	.079	.106	.082	.188	3	283

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1964-AL-30-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1964 AL--12--4th

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