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Dave Wickersham

David Clifford Wickersham

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: September 27, 1935 in Erie, PA
School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1960
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Athletics/Royals/Pirates 1960-1969

Final Game: July 26, 1969
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Standard Batting

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 1.667 340 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 Yrs 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

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1960 24 KCA AL 5 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1961 25 KCA AL 17 3 1 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1962 26 KCA AL 30 39 -8 -0 0 0 5 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.4 .488 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1963 27 KCA AL 38 85 -11 -0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 1 $ 1
1964 28 DET AL 40 97 -18 -0 -0 0 11 -7 -0.9 3 -5 -0.9 .479 .495 -0.8 -0.0 -5 $ 1 MVP-30
1965 29 DET AL 34 66 -11 0 -0 0 8 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.4 .488 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1966 30 DET AL 38 48 -8 -0 -0 0 5 -4 -0.4 1 -2 -0.4 .489 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -2 $20,000 1
1967 31 DET AL 36 16 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $24,500 1
1968 32 PIT NL 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1969 33 KCR AL 34 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $25,000 1
10 Seasons 283 362 -60 -1 -0 0 41 -20 -2.4 10 -10 -2.3 .492 .499 -2.1 -0.2 -10 $69,500
KCA (4 yrs) 90 128 -19 -0 1 0 14 -4 -0.5 4 -1 -0.5 .495 .499 -0.4 -0.1 -1 $
DET (4 yrs) 148 227 -41 -1 -1 0 26 -17 -2.0 6 -10 -1.9 .487 .497 -1.8 -0.1 -10 $44,500
KCR (1 yr) 34 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $25,000
PIT (1 yr) 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .505 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $

Advanced Batting

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 PwrSpd
1960 24 KCA AL 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .265 .000 .338 .000 .405 .000 .743 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1961 25 KCA AL 3 1 2 53.4 104 .667 .667 .264 .667 .339 1.000 .411 1.667 .750 340 .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 .405 .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 .728 -50 .007 -16.9 -1.8 .100 .024 .012
1965 29 DET AL 66 62 0 0.0 93 .105 .069 .252 .085 .322 .069 .386 .154 .708 -56 .000 -12.0 -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 .247 .000 .316 .000 .370 .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 .715 1 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
10 Yrs 362 332 5 0.4 97 .129 .086 .257 .111 .326 .096 .397 .206 .724 -42 .014 -62.8 -6.7 .129 .034 .009
162 Game Avg. 207 190 3 0.4 97 .129 .086 .257 .111 .326 .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 .391 .153 .714 -57 .002 -41.9 -4.5 .093 .030 .010
KCR (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .254 .333 .331 .000 .384 .333 .715 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 .257 .109 .327 .093 .398 .202 .724 -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*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
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 Yrs 362 0.0% 29.8% 2.5% 0.8% 11% 12.00 3.0 32.4 2.96 60%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.1% 8.3% 6.2% 28% 1.82 5.9 41.3 9.0 1.09 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1960 24 KCA AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .73 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 1.16 -0.3 0
1961 25 KCA AL 1.0 0.1 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 .16 0.1 0.1 2.5 0.2 1.42 1.3 0
1962 26 KCA AL -7.9 -0.8 39 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 .81 -0.7 0.0 -9.6 -0.9 1.00 -9.1 0
1963 27 KCA AL -13.5 -1.4 85 -1.2 0.4 -1.6 .88 -1.0 -0.3 -10.8 -1.1 0.89 -11.1 0
1964 28 DET AL -16.9 -1.8 99 -1.7 0.2 -1.9 .86 -1.9 -0.1 -21.2 -2.2 0.96 -19.9 0
1965 29 DET AL -12.1 -1.3 66 -0.9 0.3 -1.2 .85 -1.1 0.0 -8.4 -0.9 0.84 -11.3 0
1966 30 DET AL -9.2 -1.0 48 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 .84 -0.8 0.0 -9.4 -1.0 1.04 -8.7 0
1967 31 DET AL -3.8 -0.4 16 -0.4 0.0 -0.4 .97 -0.4 0.0 -3.4 -0.4 0.92 -3.7 0
1968 32 PIT NL -0.0 0.0 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .78 0.0 -0.1 0.9 0.1 1.56 0.4 0
1969 33 KCR AL -0.2 -0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .60 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.38 -0.2 0
10 Yrs -62.8 -6.7 364 -5.5 1.4 -6.9 .85 -5.9 -0.6 -59.8 -6.2 0.94 -62.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
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 Yrs 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

Situational Hitting*

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 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% 2 0 0% 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% 1 1 100% 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% 2 0 0% 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% 1 0 0% 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 2 1 50% 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 Yrs 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% 9 2 22% 0
MLB Averages 52% 77% 10% 30% 14% 47% 52%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 24 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 22 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 231 3 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 52 43 39 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 13 .103 .146 .128 .275 -26 5 1 0 2 0 0
1963 27 90 128 119 5 15 1 0 0 5 0 0 3 38 .126 .148 .134 .282 -23 16 1 0 6 0 0
1964 28 130 225 201 6 21 2 0 0 6 0 1 5 65 .104 .126 .114 .240 -34 23 4 0 18 1 0
1965 29 164 291 259 8 25 2 0 0 7 0 1 6 85 .097 .117 .104 .221 -39 27 5 0 25 1 0
1966 30 202 339 304 9 27 3 0 0 8 0 1 8 102 .089 .112 .099 .211 -41 30 6 0 26 1 0
1967 31 238 355 319 9 27 3 0 0 8 0 1 8 107 .085 .107 .094 .201 -44 30 6 0 27 1 0
1968 32 249 359 322 9 28 3 0 0 10 0 1 8 108 .087 .109 .096 .205 -42 31 6 0 28 1 0
1969 33 283 362 324 9 28 3 0 0 10 0 1 9 108 .086 .111 .096 .206 -42 31 6 0 28 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1960 24 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1961 25 17 3 3 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667 2 17
1962 26 30 39 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13 .000 .054 .000 .054 0 30
1963 27 38 86 81 4 12 0 0 0 2 0 1 25 .148 .159 .148 .307 2 38
1964 28 40 98 83 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 27 .084 .105 .096 .201 1 40
1965 29 34 66 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 .000 .017 .000 .017 0 34
1966 30 38 48 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 .000 .043 .000 .043 0 38
1967 31 36 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 36
1968 32 11 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 11
1969 33 34 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 34
10 Yrs 283 364 326 6 21 2 0 0 6 0 9 108 .064 .089 .071 .160 5 283
162 Game Avg. 162 208 187 3 12 1 0 0 3 0 5 62 .064 .089 .071 .160 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 (1497th)

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

                           

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