Dave Borkowski

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: February 7, 1977 in Detroit, MI us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft from Sterling Heights HS (Sterling Heights, MI).

High School: Sterling Heights HS (Sterling Heights, MI)

Debut: July 17, 1999 (Age 22-160d, 17,519th in major league history)
vs. HOU 7.1 IP, 5 H, 8 SO, 4 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: September 27, 2008 (Age 31-233d)
vs. ATL 2.0 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1999 season

Agents: Myles Shoda

Full Name: David Richard Borkowski

Pronunciation: \Boar-COW-ski\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.2

ERA

5.87

181

346.1

265

WHIP

1.559

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1995	18	DET-min	Rk,A+	4	2	.667	2.70	11	11	0	1	0	0	56.2	47	24	17	2	9	0	39	5	2	1	229			0.988	7.5	0.3	1.4	6.2	4.33	TIG,LAK GULF,FLOR
1996	19	DET-min	A	10	10	.500	3.33	27	27	0	5	0	0	178.1	158	85	66	7	54	0	117	15	3	12	739			1.189	8.0	0.4	2.7	5.9	2.17	FAY SALL
1997	20	DET-min	A	15	3	.833	3.46	25	25	0	4	2	0	164.0	143	79	63	15	31	0	104	7	0	7	670			1.061	7.8	0.8	1.7	5.7	3.35	WMI MIDW
1998	21	DET-min	AA	16	7	.696	4.63	28	28	0	3	1	0	178.2	204	99	92	25	54	0	97	10	2	10	775			1.444	10.3	1.3	2.7	4.9	1.80	JCK SOUL
1999	22	DET-min	AAA	6	8	.429	3.50	19	19	0	3	0	0	126.0	119	59	49	16	43	0	94	10	0	10	530			1.286	8.5	1.1	3.1	6.7	2.19	TOL IL
1999	22	DET	AL	2	6	.250	6.10	17	12	2	0	0	0	76.2	86	58	52	10	40	0	50	4	0	3	351	80	5.25	1.643	10.1	1.2	4.7	5.9	1.25
2000	23	DET-min	AAA,Rk,A+	3	2	.600	4.62	13	13	0	0	0	0	62.1	62	37	32	10	18	0	40	3	0	2	269			1.283	9.0	1.4	2.6	5.8	2.22	TOL,LAT,LAK IL,GULF,FLOR
2000	23	DET	AL	0	1	.000	21.94	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	11	13	13	2	7	1	1	0	0	0	34	23	11.57	3.375	18.6	3.4	11.8	1.7	0.14
2001	24	DET-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.54	18	0	4	0	0	1	28.0	22	14	11	1	9	1	22	3	0	2	118			1.107	7.1	0.3	2.9	7.1	2.44	TOL IL
2001	24	DET	AL	0	2	.000	6.37	15	0	7	0	0	0	29.2	30	21	21	5	15	3	30	3	0	0	135	68	5.04	1.517	9.1	1.5	4.6	9.1	2.00

2002	25	DET-min	AA,Rk	0	2	.000	7.90	5	4	1	0	0	0	13.2	21	12	12	2	2	0	10	2	0	0	64			1.683	13.8	1.3	1.3	6.6	5.00	ERI,LAT EL,GULF
2003	26	BAL-DET-min	AA	6	8	.429	3.30	30	19	1	2	0	0	128.1	136	54	47	11	24	2	70	1	0	4	530			1.247	9.5	0.8	1.7	4.9	2.92	BOW,ERI EL
2004	27	BAL-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.85	16	16	0	0	0	0	85.1	99	53	46	6	26	0	56	6	0	1	369			1.465	10.4	0.6	2.7	5.9	2.15	OTT IL
2004	27	BAL	AL	3	4	.429	5.14	17	8	2	0	0	0	56.0	65	37	32	6	15	1	45	3	1	2	247	89	3.80	1.429	10.4	1.0	2.4	7.2	3.00

2005	28	BAL-min	AAA	10	10	.500	4.34	29	28	1	1	0	0	182.2	217	99	88	18	38	3	104	15	0	3	792			1.396	10.7	0.9	1.9	5.1	2.74	OTT IL
2006	29	HOU-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.57	6	0	5	0	0	3	7.0	6	2	2	1	2	0	6	0	0	1	27			1.143	7.7	1.3	2.6	7.7	3.00	RRK PCL
2006	29	HOU	NL	3	2	.600	4.69	40	0	12	0	0	0	71.0	70	38	37	8	23	7	52	0	0	2	299	95	4.12	1.310	8.9	1.0	2.9	6.6	2.26
2007	30	HOU	NL	5	3	.625	5.15	64	0	18	0	0	1	71.2	76	46	41	8	34	9	63	4	0	3	325	87	4.52	1.535	9.5	1.0	4.3	7.9	1.85
2008	31	HOU-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.43	27	1	12	0	0	2	40.2	40	12	11	3	7	2	26	1	0	1	165			1.156	8.9	0.7	1.5	5.8	3.71	RRK PCL
2008	31	HOU	NL	0	2	.000	7.50	26	0	5	0	0	0	36.0	54	30	30	9	14	5	24	1	0	0	173	57	6.30	1.889	13.5	2.3	3.5	6.0	1.71
2009	32	PHI-min	AAA	0	4	.000	3.74	10	0	3	0	0	0	21.2	22	10	9	2	8	0	10	0	0	2	91			1.385	9.1	0.8	3.3	4.2	1.25	LHV IL
7 Yrs				13	20	.394	5.87	181	21	46	0	0	1	346.1	392	243	226	48	148	26	265	15	1	10	1564	77	4.82	1.559	10.2	1.2	3.8	6.9	1.79
162 Game Avg.				4	7	.394	5.87	61	7	15	0	0	0	117	132	82	76	16	50	9	89	5	0	3	526	77	4.82	1.559	10.2	1.2	3.8	6.9	1.79

HOU (3 yrs)				8	7	.533	5.44	130	0	35	0	0	1	178.2	200	114	108	25	71	21	139	5	0	5	797	81	4.72	1.517	10.1	1.3	3.6	7.0	1.96
DET (3 yrs)				2	9	.182	6.93	34	13	9	0	0	0	111.2	127	92	86	17	62	4	81	7	0	3	520	68	5.49	1.693	10.2	1.4	5.0	6.5	1.31
BAL (1 yr)				3	4	.429	5.14	17	8	2	0	0	0	56.0	65	37	32	6	15	1	45	3	1	2	247	89	3.80	1.429	10.4	1.0	2.4	7.2	3.00

AL (4 yrs)				5	13	.278	6.33	51	21	11	0	0	0	167.2	192	129	118	23	77	5	126	10	1	5	767	74	4.93	1.604	10.3	1.2	4.1	6.8	1.64
NL (3 yrs)				8	7	.533	5.44	130	0	35	0	0	1	178.2	200	114	108	25	71	21	139	5	0	5	797	81	4.72	1.517	10.1	1.3	3.6	7.0	1.96

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