Dave Righetti

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: November 28, 1958 in San Jose, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (10th) of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from San Jose City College (San Jose, CA).

High School: Pioneer HS (San Jose, CA)

School: San Jose City College (San Jose, CA)

Debut: September 16, 1979 (Age 20-292d, 14,252nd in major league history)
vs. DET 5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 18, 1995 (Age 36-294d)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Bill Goodstein

Full Name: David Allan Righetti

Nicknames: Rags

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Rookie of the Year
2x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.3

ERA

3.46

718

252

1403.2

1112

WHIP

1.338

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1987 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 6	NYY	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
2	2	Apr 8	NYY	@	DET	W,6-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	8 (5)	Apr 14	NYY		CLE	W,10-6	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	9	Apr 15	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	10	Apr 18	NYY		KCR	W,7-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	12 (1)	Apr 19 (2)	NYY		KCR	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	13	Apr 20	NYY		DET	W,8-2	GF	9	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	15 (1)	Apr 22	NYY		DET	W,4-1	GF	4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
9	16	Apr 23	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	17	Apr 24	NYY	@	CLE	L,5-6	GF	4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	21 (3)	Apr 29	NYY	@	TEX	L,7-8		9	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	23 (1)	May 2	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-4	GF	9	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	31 (7)	May 11	NYY		CHW	W,3-2	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	32	May 12	NYY		CHW	W,5-4		13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	35 (2)	May 15	NYY	@	SEA	W,7-3	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	37 (1)	May 17	NYY	@	SEA	W,8-3	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	42 (4)	May 23	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-0	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	43	May 24	NYY	@	CAL	W,10-8	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	46 (2)	May 28	NYY		SEA	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
20	49 (2)	May 31	NYY		OAK	W,9-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	51 (1)	Jun 2	NYY		CAL	W,3-2	GF	4	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	55 (3)	Jun 6	NYY	@	MIL	L,6-7	GF	12	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
23	59 (3)	Jun 10	NYY		TOR	L,1-4	GF	5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	61 (1)	Jun 13	NYY		MIL	W,4-1	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	62	Jun 14	NYY		MIL	L,4-6	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	64 (1)	Jun 16	NYY		BAL	W,6-5	GF	13	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
27	67 (2)	Jun 19	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-5		15	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
28	71 (3)	Jun 23	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-1	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	74 (2)	Jun 27	NYY		BOS	W,9-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	76 (1)	Jun 29	NYY	@	TOR	W,15-14	GF	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
31	80 (3)	Jul 3 (2)	NYY		TEX	W,3-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	81	Jul 4	NYY		TEX	W,4-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	86 (4)	Jul 9	NYY		CHW	L,3-6	GF	6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
34	88 (1)	Jul 11	NYY		CHW	L,2-5		11	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	91 (2)	Jul 17	NYY	@	TEX	W,8-4	GF	9	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	96 (4)	Jul 22	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-3	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	98 (1)	Jul 25	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
38	99	Jul 26	NYY	@	CHW	W,5-2	GF	8	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
39	101 (1)	Jul 29	NYY		KCR	W,4-0	GF	8	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	103 (1)	Jul 31	NYY		DET	W,6-5	GF	10	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
41	105 (1)	Aug 2	NYY		DET	W,8-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	108 (2)	Aug 5	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	112 (3)	Aug 9	NYY	@	DET	L,4-15		7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
44	118 (5)	Aug 16	NYY		CLE	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	119	Aug 18	NYY	@	SEA	W,4-3	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	121 (1)	Aug 20	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-4		22	4.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
47	125 (3)	Aug 24	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-2	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	129 (3)	Aug 29 (2)	NYY		SEA	W,4-2	GF	6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	130	Aug 30	NYY		SEA	W,4-1	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	133 (2)	Sep 2	NYY		OAK	W,3-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	135 (1)	Sep 5	NYY		CAL	W,7-6	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
52	140 (4)	Sep 11	NYY	@	TOR	L,5-6	GF	12	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
53	142 (1)	Sep 13	NYY	@	TOR	W,8-5	GF	3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
54	144 (1)	Sep 15	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
55	146 (1)	Sep 17	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
56	148 (1)	Sep 19	NYY		TOR	W,4-2	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
57	151 (2)	Sep 22 (2)	NYY	@	MIL	W,10-8	GF	6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
58	152	Sep 23	NYY	@	MIL	L,7-8	GF	13	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
59	154 (1)	Sep 26	NYY	@	BAL	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
60	159 (4)	Oct 1	NYY		BOS	L,5-7	GF	14	2.1	0	0	1	1	0	P
							60gm		95.0	3	12	1	16	0