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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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
1960 24 KCA AL 0 0 1.08 5 0 5 0 0 2 8.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 28 369 0.600 4.3 0.0 1.1 3.2 3.00
1961 25 KCA AL 2 1 .667 5.14 17 0 11 0 0 2 21.0 25 12 12 0 5 1 10 2 0 1 90 81 1.429 10.7 0.0 2.1 4.3 2.00
1962 26 KCA AL 11 4 .733 4.17 30 9 8 3 0 1 110.0 105 53 51 13 43 1 61 8 0 1 467 101 1.345 8.6 1.1 3.5 5.0 1.42
1963 27 KCA AL 12 15 .444 4.09 38 34 2 4 1 1 237.2 244 116 108 21 79 2 118 9 2 5 1020 96 1.359 9.2 0.8 3.0 4.5 1.49
1964 28 DET AL 19 12 .613 3.44 40 36 4 11 1 1 254.0 224 108 97 28 81 3 164 12 1 5 1064 107 1.201 7.9 1.0 2.9 5.8 2.02 MVP-30
1965 29 DET AL 9 14 .391 3.78 34 27 1 8 3 0 195.1 179 91 82 12 61 6 109 11 1 3 824 92 1.229 8.2 0.6 2.8 5.0 1.79
1966 30 DET AL 8 3 .727 3.20 38 14 11 3 0 1 140.2 139 64 50 14 54 4 93 8 1 4 604 110 1.372 8.9 0.9 3.5 6.0 1.72
1967 31 DET AL 4 5 .444 2.74 36 4 13 0 0 4 85.1 72 30 26 6 33 2 44 4 0 5 352 119 1.230 7.6 0.6 3.5 4.6 1.33
1968 32 PIT NL 1 0 1.000 3.48 11 0 4 0 0 1 20.2 21 12 8 0 13 3 9 0 0 0 95 83 1.645 9.1 0.0 5.7 3.9 0.69
1969 33 KCR AL 2 3 .400 3.96 34 0 14 0 0 5 50.0 58 27 22 6 14 2 27 2 1 5 217 93 1.440 10.4 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.93
10 Seasons 68 57 .544 3.66 283 124 73 29 5 18 1123.0 1071 514 457 100 384 24 638 56 7 29 4761 101 1.296 8.6 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.66
162 Game Avg. 11 10 .544 3.66 47 21 12 5 1 3 188 179 86 76 17 64 4 107 9 1 5 795 101 1.296 8.6 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.66
KCA (4 yrs) 25 20 .556 4.11 90 43 26 7 1 6 377.0 378 182 172 34 128 4 192 19 3 7 1605 98 1.342 9.0 0.8 3.1 4.6 1.50
DET (4 yrs) 40 34 .541 3.40 148 81 29 22 4 6 675.1 614 293 255 60 229 15 410 35 3 17 2844 104 1.248 8.2 0.8 3.1 5.5 1.79
KCR (1 yr) 2 3 .400 3.96 34 0 14 0 0 5 50.0 58 27 22 6 14 2 27 2 1 5 217 93 1.440 10.4 1.1 2.5 4.9 1.93
PIT (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.48 11 0 4 0 0 1 20.2 21 12 8 0 13 3 9 0 0 0 95 83 1.645 9.1 0.0 5.7 3.9 0.69
AL (9 yrs) 67 57 .540 3.67 272 124 69 29 5 17 1102.1 1050 502 449 100 371 21 629 56 7 29 4666 101 1.289 8.6 0.8 3.0 5.1 1.70
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.48 11 0 4 0 0 1 20.2 21 12 8 0 13 3 9 0 0 0 95 83 1.645 9.1 0.0 5.7 3.9 0.69

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
1960 24 KCA AL 5 28 27 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .148 .179 .185 .364 .167 5 1 0 0 0 0
1961 25 KCA AL 17 91 81 12 25 3 2 0 0 0 5 10 .309 .356 .395 .751 .342 32 2 2 1 2 1
1962 26 KCA AL 30 467 408 53 105 22 3 13 7 2 43 61 .257 .337 .422 .759 .272 172 13 8 4 4 1
1963 27 KCA AL 38 1020 909 116 244 42 8 21 12 3 79 118 .268 .330 .402 .731 .286 365 18 9 13 10 2
1964 28 DET AL 40 1064 967 108 224 33 4 28 7 6 81 164 .232 .299 .361 .660 .253 349 19 12 4 0 3
1965 29 DET AL 34 824 742 91 179 35 4 12 10 5 61 109 .241 .307 .348 .655 .268 258 11 11 7 3 6
1966 30 DET AL 38 604 532 64 139 13 3 14 6 3 54 93 .261 .336 .376 .712 .291 200 12 8 6 4 4
1967 31 DET AL 36 353 307 30 72 13 3 6 6 2 33 44 .235 .314 .355 .669 .254 109 9 4 6 3 2
1968 32 PIT NL 11 95 76 12 21 5 2 0 1 0 13 9 .276 .362 .395 .756 .292 30 1 0 1 5 3
1969 33 KCR AL 34 217 197 27 58 9 2 6 4 1 14 27 .294 .346 .452 .798 .315 89 1 2 3 1 2
10 Seasons 283 4763 4246 514 1071 176 31 100 53 22 384 638 .252 .320 .379 .699 .274 1609 87 56 45 32 24
162 Game Avg. 47 796 709 86 179 29 5 17 9 4 64 107 .252 .320 .379 .699 .274 269 15 9 8 5 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1962 26 KCA AL 30 9 6 2 1 1 0 6 3 .667 0 1 3 0 5 56% 54 77 18 7 3 2 3 5.5 5.0 6.9
1963 27 KCA AL 38 34 11 15 8 4 5 15 19 .441 0 2 4 1 16 47% 49 82 21 26 7 12 6 3.7 3.8 6.8
1964 28 DET AL 40 36 19 11 6 3 3 23 13 .639 1 4 11 1 24 67% 56 84 22 28 6 18 3 4.0 3.9 7.0
1965 29 DET AL 34 27 8 14 5 2 5 12 15 .444 3 5 8 3 11 41% 52 87 21 22 9 11 9 3.5 2.7 6.4
1966 30 DET AL 38 14 5 2 7 0 1 11 3 .786 3 4 3 0 8 57% 57 78 25 29 10 7 3 4.9 4.2 6.2
1967 31 DET AL 36 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 1 25% 43 51 39 14 4 3 1 2.3 0.0 4.4
6 Seasons 216 124 49 48 27 10 15 67 57 .540 7 16 29 5 65 52% 53 87 18 126 39 53 25 4.0 3.7 6.6
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
1960 24 KCA AL 5 5 5 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 3 0 0% 9 1.157 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 3 2 0 2 2 5.0
1961 25 KCA AL 17 17 11 2 1 5 2 3 40% 5 0 16 9 56% 8 1.015 6 2 9 5 2 10 9 8 6 6 7 4 3.7
1962 26 KCA AL 30 21 8 5 2 1 1 0 100% 1 0 11 5 45% 6 1.005 4 12 5 2 6 13 7 14 15 3 15 3 6.8
1963 27 KCA AL 38 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 5 1.085 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 4.8
1964 28 DET AL 40 4 4 0 1 1 1 1 100% 1 0 3 2 67% 9 1.109 1 1 2 2 0 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2.8
1965 29 DET AL 34 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 6 1.024 2 3 2 1 2 4 3 4 5 0 6 2 9.1
1966 30 DET AL 38 24 11 3 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 14 8 57% 8 1.058 7 4 13 4 4 16 8 16 17 7 17 1 6.7
1967 31 DET AL 36 32 13 4 1 5 4 0 80% 6 1 19 10 53% 7 0.927 5 12 15 7 3 22 11 21 26 2 26 4 6.3
1968 32 PIT NL 11 11 4 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 6 4 67% 7 0.541 0 5 5 1 0 9 3 7 8 0 7 3 5.6
1969 33 KCR AL 34 34 14 2 3 7 5 2 71% 8 1 41 20 49% 7 1.433 16 7 11 9 6 19 20 14 15 12 16 3 4.4
10 Seasons 283 159 73 19 9 25 18 7 72% 27 2 123 63 51% 1.061 45 46 67 34 24 100 67 91 97 33 99 23 5.7

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%
1960 24 KCA AL 28 32% 0.0% 10.7% 3.6% 3.6% 25% 1.44 86% 4 1 25%
1961 25 KCA AL 91 30% 0.0% 11.0% 5.5% 5.5% 20% 1.17 80% 24 2 8%
1962 26 KCA AL 467 40% 2.8% 13.1% 9.2% 8.1% 36% 1.30 72% 98 13 13%
1963 27 KCA AL 1020 42% 2.1% 11.6% 7.8% 7.0% 29% 1.16 76% 176 18 10%
1964 28 DET AL 1064 44% 2.6% 15.4% 7.6% 6.1% 29% 1.06 73% 189 19 10%
1965 29 DET AL 824 46% 1.5% 13.2% 7.4% 6.2% 29% 0.99 76% 134 11 8%
1966 30 DET AL 605 44% 2.3% 15.4% 8.9% 5.0% 22% 1.09 71% 124 12 10%
1967 31 DET AL 353 39% 1.7% 12.5% 9.4% 6.2% 31% 1.63 74% 65 9 14%
1968 32 PIT NL 95 31% 0.0% 9.5% 13.7% 7.4% 33% 0.96 76% 22 1 5%
1969 33 KCR AL 217 41% 2.8% 12.4% 6.5% 7.8% 29% 1.15 76% 37 1 3%
10 Seasons 4764 43% 2.1% 13.4% 8.1% 6.5% 29% 1.14 74% 873 87 10%
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
1960 24 KCA AL 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1961 25 KCA AL 90 25 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 11 8 0 73% 0 1 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 1
1962 26 KCA AL 466 105 13 0 9 11 2 5 8 23 11 4 48% 2 1 1 187 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 1
1963 27 KCA AL 1020 244 21 0 14 14 7 9 12 55 24 7 44% 7 5 1 369 12 3 80% 11 3 1 0 0 0 5 0 22 0
1964 28 DET AL 1064 224 28 1 11 15 13 17 11 28 14 2 50% 14 5 3 384 7 6 54% 7 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 11 0
1965 29 DET AL 824 179 12 0 15 7 5 7 5 41 26 2 63% 11 3 3 294 10 5 67% 10 3 0 2 0 0 3 0 12 0
1966 30 DET AL 605 139 14 0 11 10 4 7 7 41 20 7 49% 9 4 0 239 6 3 67% 6 3 0 0 0 0 5 2 10 0
1967 31 DET AL 353 72 6 0 13 2 4 6 0 22 11 3 50% 6 5 1 127 6 2 75% 4 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
1968 32 PIT NL 91 21 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 7 0 78% 3 0 0 46 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
1969 33 KCR AL 217 58 6 0 12 4 2 2 4 27 10 3 37% 4 5 0 88 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 11 0
10 Seasons 4758 1071 100 1 91 63 37 53 47 258 132 28 51% 56 29 9 1787 53 22 71% 49 17 4 4 0 1 22 2 100 6
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+
1960 24 0 0 1.08 5 0 5 0 0 2 8.1 4 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 28 369 0.600 4.3 0.0 1.1 3.2 3.00 369
1961 25 2 1 .667 3.99 22 0 16 0 0 4 29.1 29 13 13 0 6 1 13 2 1 1 118 103 1.193 8.9 0.0 1.8 4.0 2.17 103
1962 26 13 5 .722 4.13 52 9 24 3 0 5 139.1 134 66 64 13 49 2 74 10 1 2 585 101 1.313 8.7 0.8 3.2 4.8 1.51 101
1963 27 25 20 .556 4.11 90 43 26 7 1 6 377.0 378 182 172 34 128 4 192 19 3 7 1605 98 1.342 9.0 0.8 3.1 4.6 1.50 98
1964 28 44 32 .579 3.84 130 79 30 18 2 7 631.0 602 290 269 62 209 7 356 31 4 12 2669 101 1.285 8.6 0.9 3.0 5.1 1.70 101
1965 29 53 46 .535 3.82 164 106 31 26 5 7 826.1 781 381 351 74 270 13 465 42 5 15 3493 99 1.272 8.5 0.8 2.9 5.1 1.72 99
1966 30 61 49 .555 3.73 202 120 42 29 5 8 967.0 920 445 401 88 324 17 558 50 6 19 4097 100 1.286 8.6 0.8 3.0 5.2 1.72 100
1967 31 65 54 .546 3.65 238 124 55 29 5 12 1052.1 992 475 427 94 357 19 602 54 6 24 4449 101 1.282 8.5 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.69 101
1968 32 66 54 .550 3.65 249 124 59 29 5 13 1073.0 1013 487 435 94 370 22 611 54 6 24 4544 101 1.289 8.5 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.65 101
1969 33 68 57 .544 3.66 283 124 73 29 5 18 1123.0 1071 514 457 100 384 24 638 56 7 29 4761 101 1.296 8.6 0.8 3.1 5.1 1.66 101

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
1960 24 0 0 1.12 8.0 5 1 1 0 1 3 0 0.750 5.6 1.1 3.4 3.00 0.0 5
1961 25 1 1 .500 4.95 20.0 24 12 11 0 5 10 2 1.450 10.8 2.3 4.5 2.00 0.0 17
1962 26 5 6 .455 4.11 105.0 102 53 48 13 42 58 8 1.371 8.7 3.6 5.0 1.38 1.1 30
1963 27 12 13 .480 4.24 229.0 245 120 108 21 79 114 9 1.415 9.6 3.1 4.5 1.44 0.8 38
1964 28 13 13 .500 3.87 242.0 234 116 104 29 85 156 13 1.318 8.7 3.2 5.8 1.84 1.1 40
1965 29 9 11 .450 4.40 186.0 189 101 91 13 64 104 12 1.360 9.1 3.1 5.0 1.63 0.6 34
1966 30 7 7 .500 3.82 132.0 147 62 56 15 57 87 8 1.545 10.0 3.9 5.9 1.53 1.0 38
1967 31 4 4 .500 3.58 78.0 79 34 31 7 36 40 4 1.474 9.1 4.2 4.6 1.11 0.8 36
1968 32 1 1 .500 5.50 18.0 24 12 11 0 15 8 0 2.167 12.0 7.5 4.0 0.53 0.0 11
1969 33 2 3 .400 4.60 47.0 60 27 24 6 14 25 2 1.574 11.5 2.7 4.8 1.79 1.1 34
10 Seasons 54 59 .478 4.10 1065.0 1109 538 485 104 398 605 58 1.415 9.4 5.1 1.52 0.9 283

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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)

Wins s c a p y
1964 AL--19--3rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1964 AL--254.0--6th

Games Started s c a p y
1963 AL--34--9th
1964 AL--36--2nd

Complete Games s c a p y
1964 AL--11--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1965 AL--3--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1964 AL--28--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 AL--81--8th

Hits s c a p y
1963 AL--244--5th
1964 AL--224--10th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1965 AL--.553--6th

Losses s c a p y
1963 AL--15--5th
1965 AL--14--9th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1963 AL--108--2nd
1964 AL--97--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1962 AL--8--9th
1963 AL--9--4th
1964 AL--12--2nd
1965 AL--11--2nd
1966 AL--8--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1963 AL--1020--8th
1964 AL--1064--6th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 12 (1121), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 11 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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