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, 14,259th 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

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
1977	18	TEX-min	A	11	3	.786	3.14	17	16		3	0	0	109.0	98	47	38	12	53	2	101	5	1	8				1.385	8.1	1.0	4.4	8.3	1.91	AVL WCRS
1978	19	TEX-min	AA	5	5	.500	3.16	13	13		6	0	0	91.0	66	40	32	3	49	1	127	3	1	3				1.264	6.5	0.3	4.8	12.6	2.59	TUL TL
1979	20	NYY-min	AA,AAA	7	5	.583	2.31	19	17		6	2	0	109.0	67	36	28	4	64	0	122	2	0	6				1.202	5.5	0.3	5.3	10.1	1.91	WHA,CLB EL,IL
1979	20	NYY	AL	0	1	.000	3.63	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.1	10	7	7	2	10	0	13	0	0	0	67	114	4.46	1.154	5.2	1.0	5.2	6.8	1.30

1980	21	NYY-min	AAA	6	10	.375	4.63	24	23		4	1	0	142.0	124	79	73	9	101	0	139	8	2	6				1.585	7.9	0.6	6.4	8.8	1.38	CLB IL
1981	22	NYY-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	1.00	7	7	0	2	2	0	45.0	30	8	5	1	26	2	50	1	0	1				1.244	6.0	0.2	5.2	10.0	1.92	CLB IL
1981	22	NYY	AL	8	4	.667	2.05	15	15	0	2	0	0	105.1	75	25	24	1	38	0	89	0	1	1	422	174	2.12	1.073	6.4	*0.1*	3.2	7.6	2.34	RoY-1
1982	23	NYY-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	2.81	4	4	0	1	0	0	25.2	22	11	8	0	12	0	33	0	0	1				1.325	7.7	0.0	4.2	11.6	2.75	CLB IL
1982	23	NYY	AL	11	10	.524	3.79	33	27	3	4	0	1	183.0	155	88	77	11	108	4	163	6	5	9	804	105	3.59	1.437	7.6	0.5	5.3	8.0	1.51
1983	24	NYY	AL	14	8	.636	3.44	31	31	0	7	2	0	217.0	194	96	83	12	67	2	169	2	1	10	900	113	2.87	1.203	8.0	0.5	2.8	7.0	2.52
1984	25	NYY	AL	5	6	.455	2.34	64	0	53	0	0	31	96.1	79	29	25	5	37	7	90	0	2	0	400	163	2.73	1.204	7.4	0.5	3.5	8.4	2.43
1985	26	NYY	AL	12	7	.632	2.78	74	0	60	0	0	29	107.0	96	36	33	5	45	3	92	0	0	7	452	146	2.83	1.318	8.1	0.4	3.8	7.7	2.04
1986	27	NYY	AL	8	8	.500	2.45	74	0	68	0	0	46	106.2	88	31	29	4	35	7	83	2	0	1	435	168	2.74	1.153	7.4	0.3	3.0	7.0	2.37	AS,CYA-4,MVP-10
1987	28	NYY	AL	8	6	.571	3.51	60	0	54	0	0	31	95.0	95	45	37	9	44	4	77	2	3	1	419	127	3.93	1.463	9.0	0.9	4.2	7.3	1.75	AS
1988	29	NYY	AL	5	4	.556	3.52	60	0	41	0	0	25	87.0	86	35	34	5	37	2	70	1	4	2	377	112	3.22	1.414	8.9	0.5	3.8	7.2	1.89
1989	30	NYY	AL	2	6	.250	3.00	55	0	53	0	0	25	69.0	73	32	23	3	26	6	51	1	0	0	300	130	3.02	1.435	9.5	0.4	3.4	6.7	1.96
1990	31	NYY	AL	1	1	.500	3.57	53	0	47	0	0	36	53.0	48	24	21	8	26	2	43	2	0	2	235	112	4.73	1.396	8.2	1.4	4.4	7.3	1.65
1991	32	SFG	NL	2	7	.222	3.39	61	0	49	0	0	24	71.2	64	29	27	4	28	6	51	3	1	1	304	106	3.46	1.284	8.0	0.5	3.5	6.4	1.82
1992	33	SFG	NL	2	7	.222	5.06	54	4	23	0	0	3	78.1	79	47	44	4	36	5	47	0	2	5	340	66	3.63	1.468	9.1	0.5	4.1	5.4	1.31
1993	34	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	5.70	51	0	15	0	0	1	47.1	58	31	30	11	17	0	31	1	0	1	210	69	5.84	1.585	11.0	2.1	3.2	5.9	1.82
1994	35	TOR-min	AA	1	1	.500	2.21	7	4	1	0	0	0	20.1	20	12	5	0	4	0	18	0	0	0	87			1.180	8.9	0.0	1.8	8.0	4.50	KNX SOUL
1994	35	TOT	AL	0	1	.000	10.18	20	0	7	0	0	0	20.1	22	23	23	5	19	0	14	1	0	0	102	47	7.90	2.016	9.7	2.2	8.4	6.2	0.74
1994	35	OAK	AL	0	0		16.71	7	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	13	13	13	3	9	0	4	1	0	0	42	28	11.85	3.143	16.7	3.9	11.6	5.1	0.44
1994	35	TOR	AL	0	1	.000	6.75	13	0	6	0	0	0	13.1	9	10	10	2	10	0	10	0	0	0	60	73	5.83	1.425	6.1	1.4	6.8	6.8	1.00
1995	36	CHW-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.23	16	15	0	1	1	0	83.2	81	40	30	9	20	0	44	1	2	2	344			1.207	8.7	1.0	2.2	4.7	2.20	NVL AA
1995	36	CHW	AL	3	2	.600	4.20	10	9	1	0	0	0	49.1	65	24	23	6	18	0	29	0	0	0	221	108	4.60	1.682	11.9	1.1	3.3	5.3	1.61
16 Yrs				82	79	.509	3.46	718	89	474	13	2	252	1403.2	1287	602	540	95	591	48	1112	21	19	40	5988	114	3.38	1.338	8.3	0.6	3.8	7.1	1.88
162 Game Avg.				7	7	.509	3.46	61	7	40	1	0	21	118	108	51	46	8	50	4	94	2	2	3	505	114	3.38	1.338	8.3	0.6	3.8	7.1	1.88
				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
NYY (11 yrs)				74	61	.548	3.11	522	76	379	13	2	224	1136.2	999	448	393	65	473	37	940	16	16	33	4811	127	3.12	1.295	7.9	0.5	3.7	7.4	1.99
SFG (3 yrs)				5	15	.250	4.61	166	4	87	0	0	28	197.1	201	107	101	19	81	11	129	4	3	7	854	78	4.10	1.429	9.2	0.9	3.7	5.9	1.59
OAK (1 yr)				0	0		16.71	7	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	13	13	13	3	9	0	4	1	0	0	42	28	11.85	3.143	16.7	3.9	11.6	5.1	0.44
CHW (1 yr)				3	2	.600	4.20	10	9	1	0	0	0	49.1	65	24	23	6	18	0	29	0	0	0	221	108	4.60	1.682	11.9	1.1	3.3	5.3	1.61
TOR (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.75	13	0	6	0	0	0	13.1	9	10	10	2	10	0	10	0	0	0	60	73	5.83	1.425	6.1	1.4	6.8	6.8	1.00

AL (13 yrs)				77	64	.546	3.28	552	85	387	13	2	224	1206.1	1086	495	439	76	510	37	983	17	16	33	5134	122	3.26	1.323	8.1	0.6	3.8	7.3	1.93
NL (3 yrs)				5	15	.250	4.61	166	4	87	0	0	28	197.1	201	107	101	19	81	11	129	4	3	7	854	78	4.10	1.429	9.2	0.9	3.7	5.9	1.59

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