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Dave Tobik

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: March 2, 1953 in Euclid, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ohio University (Athens, OH) and the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1975 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Ohio University (Athens, OH).

School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)

Debut: August 26, 1978 (Age 25-177d, 14,094th in major league history)
vs. MIL 3.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: October 5, 1985 (Age 32-217d)
vs. CHW 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: David Vance Tobik

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

ERA

3.70

196

396.0

256

WHIP

1.283

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
1975	22	DET-min	AA,A	7	13	.350	3.87	25	22		5	3	1	135.0	136	71	58	5	63	5	84	1	1	9				1.474	9.1	0.3	4.2	5.6	1.33	MTG,LAK SOUL,FLOR
1976	23	DET-min	AA,A	7	6	.538	2.66	24	13		4	2	4	105.0	84	44	31	6	47	3	73	1	1	7				1.248	7.2	0.5	4.0	6.3	1.55	MTG,LAK SOUL,FLOR
1977	24	DET-min	AA,AAA	8	5	.615	2.82	40	1		0	0	12	67.0	50	25	21	6	26	5	59	1	1	5				1.134	6.7	0.8	3.5	7.9	2.27	MTG,EVN SOUL,AA
1978	25	DET-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.42	33	0		0	0	9	79.0	71	43	30	9	26	4	70	0	0	4				1.228	8.1	1.0	3.0	8.0	2.69	EVN AA
1978	25	DET	AL	0	0		3.75	5	0	4	0	0	0	12.0	12	5	5	1	3	0	11	0	0	0	49	106	2.59	1.250	9.0	0.8	2.3	8.3	3.67
1979	26	DET-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	0.47	19	0		0	0	9	38.0	24	6	2	0	13	3	45	1	0	1				0.974	5.7	0.0	3.1	10.7	3.46	EVN AA
1979	26	DET	AL	3	5	.375	4.33	37	0	19	0	0	3	68.2	59	34	33	12	25	5	48	0	0	4	287	101	4.70	1.223	7.7	1.6	3.3	6.3	1.92
1980	27	DET-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.94	30	0		0	0	6	48.0	35	22	21	3	26	2	49	0	0	2				1.271	6.6	0.6	4.9	9.2	1.88	EVN AA
1980	27	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	3.98	17	1	6	0	0	0	61.0	61	27	27	7	21	4	34	0	0	1	253	104	4.16	1.344	9.0	1.0	3.1	5.0	1.62
1981	28	DET	AL	2	2	.500	2.69	27	0	9	0	0	1	60.1	47	19	18	7	33	3	32	0	0	1	258	141	4.69	1.326	7.0	1.0	4.9	4.8	0.97
1982	29	DET	AL	4	9	.308	3.56	51	1	31	0	0	9	98.2	86	45	39	8	38	8	63	1	1	2	406	114	3.68	1.257	7.8	0.7	3.5	5.7	1.66
1983	30	TEX-min	AAA	3	0	1.000	3.54	12	0	6	0	0	0	20.1	13	8	8	1	10	1	14	0	0	1				1.131	5.8	0.4	4.4	6.2	1.40	OKC AA
1983	30	TEX	AL	2	1	.667	3.68	27	0	24	0	0	9	44.0	36	18	18	2	13	3	30	0	0	0	176	109	2.87	1.114	7.4	0.4	2.7	6.1	2.31
1984	31	TEX-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.06	14	0	8	0	0	3	32.1	34	12	11	1	9	0	30	0	0	3				1.330	9.5	0.3	2.5	8.4	3.33	OKC AA
1984	31	TEX	AL	1	6	.143	3.61	24	0	19	0	0	5	42.1	44	20	17	5	17	6	30	1	0	5	186	115	4.16	1.441	9.4	1.1	3.6	6.4	1.76
1985	32	SEA-min	AAA	12	6	.667	5.18	56	1	30	0	0	5	88.2	98	59	51	8	58	9	97	2	0	9				1.759	9.9	0.8	5.9	9.8	1.67	CGY PCL
1985	32	SEA	AL	1	0	1.000	6.00	8	0	4	0	0	1	9.0	10	8	6	2	3	0	8	0	0	1	40	73	4.80	1.444	10.0	2.0	3.0	8.0	2.67
8 Yrs				14	23	.378	3.70	196	2	116	0	0	28	396.0	355	176	163	44	153	29	256	2	1	14	1655	111	4.04	1.283	8.1	1.0	3.5	5.8	1.67
162 Game Avg.				5	8	.378	3.70	67	1	40	0	0	10	136	122	60	56	15	53	10	88	1	0	5	568	111	4.04	1.283	8.1	1.0	3.5	5.8	1.67

DET (5 yrs)				10	16	.385	3.65	137	2	69	0	0	13	300.2	265	130	122	35	120	20	188	1	1	8	1253	112	4.17	1.280	7.9	1.0	3.6	5.6	1.57
TEX (2 yrs)				3	7	.300	3.65	51	0	43	0	0	14	86.1	80	38	35	7	30	9	60	1	0	5	362	112	3.50	1.274	8.3	0.7	3.1	6.3	2.00
SEA (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.00	8	0	4	0	0	1	9.0	10	8	6	2	3	0	8	0	0	1	40	73	4.80	1.444	10.0	2.0	3.0	8.0	2.67