Dave Rader

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-11, 165lb (180cm, 74kg)

Born: December 26, 1948 in Claremore, OK us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (18th) of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from South HS (Bakersfield, CA).

High School: South HS (Bakersfield, CA)

Debut: September 5, 1971 (Age 22-253d, 13,177th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 5, 1980 (Age 31-284d)
vs. TOR 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: David Martin Rader

Nicknames: Rooster

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.1

2405

619

.257

254

RBI

235

OBP

.326

SLG

.349

OPS

.675

OPS+

Summary of 30 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 11 go ahead

5 Tms
SFG	22
CHC	3
BOS	3
PHI	1
STL	1

Platoon
vs RHP	21
vs LHP	9

Home/Road
Home	15
Away	15

Outs
1	15
0	8
2	7

12 Opps
ATL	6
NYM	4
MON	4
LAD	3
HOU	3
CAL	2
CIN	2
CHC	2
PHI	1
STL	1
SDP	1
TOR	1

30 Pitchers
Rick Rhoden	1
Blue Moon Odom	1
Tom Seaver	1
Wayne Twitchell	1
Tom Hall	1
Gary Gentry	1
Dale Murray	1
Ken Brett	1
Phil Niekro	1
Dave Hamilton	1
Ken Forsch	1
Ray Sadecki	1
Al Downing	1
Dennis Blair	1
Fergie Jenkins	1
Buzz Capra	1
Mike Marshall	1
Mickey Scott	1
Tom House	1
Larry Dierker	1
Adrian Devine	1
Jim Clancy	1
J.R. Richard	1
Dave LaRoche	1
Gary Nolan	1
Freddie Martínez	1
Fred Norman	1
Burt Hooton	1
Jack Aker	1
Ron Schueler	1

13 Parks
3Com Park (SFO)	9
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Parc Jarry (MON)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
9	19
7	2
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	28
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	5
--3	2
123	1
12-	1

42 RBI
RISP	4
0 on	21
1 on	7
2 on	1
3 on	1
Any on	9

Inning
1	1
2	2
3	5
4	1
5	7
6	3
7	5
8	3
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	8
4-6	11
7-end	11

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	1
+2	2
+1	3
Tied	10
-1	1
-2	6
-3	1
-4..	3

Ahead	9
Tied	10
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	27
DH	2
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	16
7th	6
6th	3
5th	2
9th	2
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1972-05-01	SFG		NYM	Tom Seaver	behind 0-2	b 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.116	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1972-06-25	SFG	@	SDP	Fred Norman	behind 1-3	t 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.122	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
3	3	3	1	1972-07-01	SFG		LAD	Al Downing	ahead 6-4	b 5	1	--3	2	6	2	0.075	94%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Kingman Scores
4	4	4	1	1972-07-10	SFG	@	NYM	Gary Gentry	behind 1-3	t 7	1	1--	2	6	2	0.299	46%		Home Run (CF-RF); W. McCovey Scores
5	5	5	1	1972-08-06 (1)	SFG		HOU	Larry Dierker	behind 2-6	b 7	1	---	1	7	2	0.041	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1972-08-26	SFG	@	CHC	Fergie Jenkins	behind 3-4	t 6	1	---	1	5	2	0.172	47%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1973-05-27	SFG		MON	Mickey Scott	ahead 5-1	b 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.008	99%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run
8	8	2	1	1973-06-03	SFG		PHI	Ken Brett	behind 1-4	b 9	0	1--	2	8	2	0.110	19%		Home Run; D. Kingman Scores
9	9	3	1	1973-06-10	SFG	@	MON	Mike Marshall	behind 5-7	t 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.052	9%		Home Run
10	10	4	1	1973-06-27	SFG		ATL	Adrian Devine	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	8	2	0.119	67%		Home Run
11	11	5	2	1973-06-27	SFG		ATL	Tom House	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	---	1	8	2	0.078	94%		Home Run
12	12	6	1	1973-07-01 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	Ron Schueler	tied 4-4	t 7	0	---	1	8	2	0.196	70%		Home Run
13	13	7	1	1973-07-20	SFG	@	CHC	Jack Aker	ahead 4-1	t 8	2	---	1	8	2	0.040	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	8	1	1973-08-26	SFG	@	NYM	Ray Sadecki	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.126	60%		Home Run
15	15	9	1	1973-09-28	SFG	@	CIN	Tom Hall	tied 2-2	t 12	1	---	1	9	2	0.393	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1974-08-03	SFG		ATL	Buzz Capra	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.106	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
17	17	1	1	1975-06-22 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	Blue Moon Odom	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	---	1	8	2	0.032	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	2	1	1975-07-05	SFG	@	LAD	Burt Hooton	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	8	2	0.217	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Thomasson Scores
19	19	3	1	1975-07-26 (1)	SFG	@	HOU	Ken Forsch	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	2	2	0.141	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	4	1	1975-08-14	SFG	@	MON	Dennis Blair	tied 0-0	t 2	1	12-	3	7	2	0.235	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Montañez Scores; C. Speier Scores
21	21	5	1	1975-09-14 (1)	SFG		CIN	Gary Nolan	tied 2-2	b 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.210	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1976-06-02	SFG	@	LAD	Rick Rhoden	behind 0-2	t 3	1	---	1	8	2	0.106	35%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1977-09-21 (1)	STL	@	MON	Wayne Twitchell	tied 1-1	t 5	1	---	1	7	2	0.154	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1978-05-20	CHC		STL	Dave Hamilton	ahead 8-2	b 7	2	--3	2	8	2	0.005	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); I. de Jesús Scores/unER; D. Rader Scores/unER
25	25	2	1	1978-06-26	CHC		NYM	Dale Murray	behind 5-7	b 5	2	123	4	8	PH	0.470	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Kingman Scores; L. Biittner Scores; S. Ontiveros Scores
26	26	3	1	1978-09-01	CHC		HOU	J.R. Richard	tied 6-6	b 3	2	---	1	7	2	0.124	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1979-06-10	PHI		ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 0-8	b 5	1	---	1	9	2	0.008	2%		Home Run
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1980-06-22	BOS		CAL	Dave LaRoche	ahead 5-3	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.072	90%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	2	1	1980-09-03	BOS		CAL	Freddie Martínez	behind 0-5	b 5	1	1--	2	7	DH	0.090	17%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Pérez Scores
30	30	3	1	1980-09-27	BOS	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1--	2	5	DH	0.165	74%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Stapleton Scores