Del Unser

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: December 9, 1944 in Decatur, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS), the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 4th round of the 1966 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS) and the Washington Senators in the 1st round (18th) of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

Schools: Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL), Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: April 10, 1968 (Age 23-123d, 12,660th in major league history)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 6, 1982 (Age 37-179d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Delbert Bernard Unser

Pronunciation: \UN-sur\

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Relatives: Son of Al Unser

1980 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.7

5215

1344

.258

617

RBI

481

OBP

.319

SLG

.358

OPS

.677

OPS+

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

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	CLE		MIL	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
2	2	Apr 17	CLE	@	BOS	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
3	3	Apr 18	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	34	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
4	4	Apr 19	CLE	@	BOS	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 21	CLE		BAL	L,0-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
6	6	Apr 22	CLE		BAL	W,9-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
7	7	Apr 23	CLE		BAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
8	8	Apr 25	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 26	CLE	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	39	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	CF
10	10	Apr 28	CLE	@	KCR	L,0-4	GS	30	7.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
11	11	Apr 29	CLE	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
12	12	Apr 30	CLE	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	66	16.0	10	0	0	10	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 2	CLE	@	TEX	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
14	14	May 3	CLE	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	15	May 5	CLE		CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	16	May 6	CLE		CHW	W,12-0	CG	32	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
17	17	May 7	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
18	18	May 9	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
19	19	May 10	CLE		KCR	W,7-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
20	20	May 12	CLE		TEX	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	21	May 13	CLE		TEX	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
22	22	May 14	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	23	May 16	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	GS	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
24	24	May 17	CLE		NYY	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
25	25	May 19	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	GF	12	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	26	May 20	CLE	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	27	May 21	CLE	@	DET	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
28	28	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
29	29	May 24	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
30	32 (2)	May 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-4	GF	16	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
31	33	May 28	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
32	34	May 29	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-6	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
33	35	May 31	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GF	22	5.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
34	36	Jun 1	CLE		DET	W,1-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
35	39 (2)	Jun 4	CLE		CAL	W,6-4	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
36	44 (4)	Jun 10	CLE		MIN	W,4-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
37	48 (3)	Jun 15	CLE	@	CAL	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
38	51 (2)	Jun 18	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-9	CG	43	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
39	52	Jun 20 (1)	CLE	@	MIN	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
40	53	Jun 20 (2)	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	54	Jun 21	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
42	55	Jun 23	CLE		NYY	L,1-4	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	56	Jun 25 (1)	CLE		NYY	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	CF
44	57	Jun 25 (2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	58	Jun 26	CLE		BOS	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	59	Jun 27	CLE		BOS	L,2-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
47	60	Jun 28 (1)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
48	61	Jun 28 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
49	62	Jun 29	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
50	63	Jun 30	CLE	@	NYY	L,0-1	CG	31	8.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	64	Jul 1	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-5	GS	32	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
52	67 (2)	Jul 4	CLE		TEX	W,2-0	GF	9	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
53	68	Jul 6 (1)	CLE		TEX	W,4-3	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
54	71 (2)	Jul 8	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
55	72	Jul 9 (1)	CLE		KCR	L,4-6	GF	19	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
56	73	Jul 9 (2)	CLE		KCR	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
57	74	Jul 10	CLE		CHW	W,2-1	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
58	77 (2)	Jul 13	CLE	@	TEX	L,0-5	GF	5	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	PH CF
59	78	Jul 14	CLE	@	TEX	W,2-0	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
60	79	Jul 15	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-0	CG	31	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	80	Jul 16	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	46	11.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	82 (1)	Jul 18 (2)	CLE	@	KCR	L,8-11	CG	38	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
63	83	Jul 19	CLE	@	KCR	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
64	84	Jul 21	CLE	@	CHW	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	85	Jul 22	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
66	86	Jul 23 (1)	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	35	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	CF
67	87	Jul 23 (2)	CLE	@	CHW	L,3-4	CG	31	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
68	88	Jul 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
69	89	Jul 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,4-1	CG	38	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
70	90	Jul 29	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	42	10.2	2	0	0	2	0	CF
71	91	Jul 30 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,3-2	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
72	92	Jul 30 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
73	93	Jul 31 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,3-2	CG	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
74	94	Jul 31 (2)	CLE		MIL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
75	95	Aug 1	CLE		BAL	W,2-0	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	96	Aug 2 (1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-7	CG	39	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
77	97	Aug 2 (2)	CLE		BAL	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
78	98	Aug 3	CLE		BAL	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
79	99	Aug 4	CLE		DET	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
80	100	Aug 5	CLE		DET	L,3-4	CG	43	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
81	101	Aug 6 (1)	CLE		DET	W,2-1	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
82	102	Aug 6 (2)	CLE		DET	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
83	103	Aug 7	CLE	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
84	104	Aug 8	CLE	@	BOS	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
85	105	Aug 9	CLE	@	BOS	L,2-5	GS	27	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
86	106	Aug 11	CLE	@	DET	W,5-1	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
87	107	Aug 12	CLE	@	DET	W,6-1	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
88	109 (1)	Aug 13 (2)	CLE	@	DET	W,9-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
89	110	Aug 15	CLE		CAL	W,4-3	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
90	113 (2)	Aug 18	CLE		OAK	L,0-8	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
91	114	Aug 19	CLE		OAK	W,5-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
92	115	Aug 20	CLE		OAK	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
93	117 (1)	Aug 22	CLE		MIN	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	RF
94	118	Aug 23	CLE		MIN	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	RF
95	119	Aug 25	CLE	@	CAL	W,2-1	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
96	120	Aug 26	CLE	@	CAL	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
97	121	Aug 27	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	45	11.2	5	0	0	5	0	RF
98	122	Aug 28	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	RF
99	123	Aug 29	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-1	GS	31	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF CF
100	124	Aug 30	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	125	Sep 1	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-5	GF	16	3.2	1	1	0	2	0	PH CF
102	126	Sep 2	CLE	@	MIN	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
103	127	Sep 3	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
104	129 (1)	Sep 5	CLE	@	DET	L,2-4	GS	33	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	RF CF
105	130	Sep 6 (1)	CLE		MIL	W,4-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	CF
106	131	Sep 6 (2)	CLE		MIL	L,2-5	GF	12	2.2	1	0	0	1	0	CF
107	132	Sep 7	CLE		MIL	L,1-7	GS	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
108	133	Sep 9	CLE		BOS	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
109	136 (2)	Sep 11	CLE		BOS	W,6-5	GS	27	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
110	139 (2)	Sep 13	CLE	@	MIL	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
111	140	Sep 14	CLE	@	MIL	L,3-4	GF	45	9.1	1	0	0	1	0	CF
112	141	Sep 15	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	31	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	RF
113	147 (5)	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
114	149 (1)	Sep 24 (1)	CLE		NYY	L,4-5	CG	47	11.0	3	0	1	4	0	RF
115	151 (1)	Sep 26	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-2	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	152	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	W,3-0	GF	20	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
117	153	Oct 1 (1)	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
118	154	Oct 1 (2)	CLE	@	NYY	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
119	155	Oct 3 (1)	CLE		BAL	W,6-5	CG	44	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	RF
120	156	Oct 3 (2)	CLE		BAL	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
							123gm		878.0	258	10	3	271	1