Dave
Rosello
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 175
 
Born: June 26, 1950 in P.R., , MAYAGUEZ
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1978   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1972 22 CLE AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 6
1973 23 NYG NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6
1974 24 TOR AL     4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 6 6
1975 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 7
1976 26 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6 7 7 7
1977 27 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 4 4 7 7 7 8 7 7
1978 28 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1979 29 TOR AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1980 30 BAL AL $ 1,607,143   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1981 31 BAL AL $ 2,835,714   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7
1982 32 BAL AL $ 2,840,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 6 6
1983 33 BAL AL $ 2,840,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 4 7 7 7 7 7 7
1984 34 PHN NL $ 2,840,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 5 5 6 6 6
1985 35 NYG NL $ 2,840,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
1986 36 MIN AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,840,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1972 22 AA   56 167 25 43 10 0 8 23 0 6 28 27 .257 .364 .461 .825 26.9  
    A   81 299 35 76 17 1 9 41 6 8 59 36 .254 .377 .408 .785 47.9  
1973 23 AA   68 132 18 29 6 1 3 20 5 0 21 17 .220 .327 .348 .675 17.3  
1974 24 AAA   30 86 4 23 1 0 0 14 1 0 16 8 .267 .382 .279 .661 11.3  
    AA   66 178 23 43 7 0 5 13 1 1 30 16 .242 .351 .365 .716 24.8  
1975 25 TOR AL 13 28 3 5 1 0 1 2 1 0 3 8 .179 .258 .321 .579 2.7 0.2
    AAA   135 435 50 121 12 0 10 41 5 6 64 50 .278 .371 .375 .745 63.1  
1976 26 TOR AL 56 187 16 31 5 0 1 14 0 0 19 20 .166 .240 .209 .449 7.2 0.0
    AAA   106 392 56 117 14 1 11 54 8 1 45 46 .298 .371 .423 .794 62.5  
1977 27 TOR AL 149 458 45 113 15 0 10 53 1 0 47 53 .247 .316 .345 .661 48.7 6.0
1978 28 TOR AL 144 477 72 138 23 1 8 53 1 2 56 52 .289 .362 .392 .754 67.8 14.5
1979 29 TOR AL 153 509 69 120 19 5 6 62 4 1 53 66 .236 .305 .328 .633 52.8 5.8
1980 30 TOR AL 45 149 20 44 6 1 3 23 1 1 11 14 .295 .342 .409 .751 20.0 3.7
  BAL AL 105 405 53 113 8 3 11 49 4 2 40 51 .279 .345 .395 .740 54.3 8.4
  TOT   150 554 73 157 14 4 14 72 5 3 51 65 .283 .344 .399 .743 74.4 12.1
1981 31 BAL AL 153 546 62 148 18 0 8 67 1 5 47 71 .271 .325 .348 .672 63.2 10.0
1982 32 BAL AL 140 459 46 115 8 1 5 49 0 0 37 60 .251 .303 .305 .608 44.5 5.2
1983 33 BAL AL 156 536 64 155 19 1 8 60 3 3 44 80 .289 .339 .373 .712 69.4 12.1
1984 34 PHN NL 146 478 52 125 24 4 12 58 0 1 45 91 .262 .325 .404 .729 59.1 10.9
1985 35 NYG NL 154 560 51 139 11 2 8 67 2 0 47 120 .248 .310 .318 .628 54.5 9.6
1986 36 MIN AL 47 153 9 24 5 0 1 5 0 1 13 38 .157 .228 .209 .437 4.7 0.0
    AAA   53 230 20 48 3 3 5 21 6 2 17 54 .209 .263 .313 .576 19.7  
12 Years Sim 1461 4945 562 1270 162 18 82 562 18 16 462 724 .257 .319 .347 .666 549.0 86.6
4 Years AAA 324 1143 130 309 30 4 26 130 20 9 142 158 .270 .351 .372 .722 156.6  
3 Years AA 190 477 66 115 23 1 16 56 6 7 79 60 .241 .348 .394 .742 69.1  
1 Years A 81 299 35 76 17 1 9 41 6 8 59 36 .254 .375 .408 .783 47.9  
8 Years Minors 595 1919 231 500 70 6 51 227 32 24 280 254 .261 .354 .383 .737 273.6  
162 Game Average 548 62 140 17 1 9 62 1 1 51 80 .257 .319 .347 .666 60.9  
Career Highs 156 560 73 157 24 5 14 72 5 5 56 120 .289 .362 .404 .754 74.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3494 379 882 113 13 54 398 12 12 269 529 .252 .305 .339 .643 362.7
vs LH   1451 183 388 49 5 28 164 6 4 193 195 .267 .351 .366 .717 197.2
Home 733 2431 282 620 76 7 45 289 10 8 236 343 .255 .320 .348 .668 278.4
Away 728 2514 280 650 86 11 37 273 8 8 226 381 .259 .318 .346 .663 281.4
RISP   1283 0 336 35 4 21 472 0 0 140 192 .262 .327 .345 .671 154.3
Pinch Hitting   26 4 8 1 0 1 9 0 0 5 2 .308 .419 .462 .881 5.1
Close/Late   560 55 142 19 3 10 61 0 0 52 77 .254 .316 .352 .668 63.8
Mar/Apr 219 727 93 191 16 1 16 104 4 0 81 106 .263 .335 .354 .689 91.4
May 242 809 95 220 41 3 16 94 0 1 70 105 .272 .328 .389 .717 102.6
June 230 819 81 202 27 3 18 94 2 2 66 118 .247 .302 .353 .655 88.4
July 202 674 83 191 17 1 14 80 6 8 70 99 .283 .350 .374 .724 88.9
August 265 922 99 233 29 7 9 92 2 2 80 144 .253 .311 .329 .640 95.9
Sep/Oct 303 994 111 233 32 3 9 98 4 3 95 152 .234 .299 .300 .599 92.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1975 25 TOR AL 3B 5 5 43.0 4 9 0 0 1.000 2.72   0.1
    SS 6 2 25.0 6 13 1 2 .950 6.84   0.1
    2B 2 1 9.0 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.00   0.0
1976 26 TOR AL SS 56 56 504.3 78 203 23 41 .924 5.01   0.6
1977 27 TOR AL SS 129 128 1052.7 181 446 23 99 .965 5.36   4.9
    2B 24 16 144.3 44 62 2 14 .981 6.61   0.5
    1B 3 0 7.0 8 1 0 0 1.000 11.57   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1978 28 TOR AL SS 137 136 1121.7 189 424 29 89 .955 4.92   2.9
    2B 3 1 13.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.15   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1979 29 TOR AL SS 151 150 1285.3 215 572 38 95 .954 5.51   4.5
    3B 3 0 5.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1980 30 TOR AL 2B 29 28 225.9 52 105 3 26 .981 6.25   1.8
    SS 14 13 98.7 16 46 3 7 .954 5.65   0.2
    CF 1 1 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 30.00   0.0
  BAL AL 2B 69 66 627.4 143 291 7 71 .984 6.23   2.0
    SS 34 29 274.3 43 129 8 18 .956 5.64   1.8
    CF 2 1 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
    3B 1 0 0.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 12.86   0.0
  TOT   2B 98 94 853.3 195 396 10 97 .983 6.23   3.8
      SS 48 42 373.0 59 175 11 25 .955 5.65   2.0
      CF 3 2 15.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 3.60   0.1
      3B 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.1
1981 31 BAL AL 2B 115 111 980.3 222 429 10 102 .985 5.98   4.5
    1B 36 36 310.3 368 21 4 36 .990 11.28   0.5
    CF 3 1 11.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.54   0.0
    SS 2 0 4.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 11.25   0.1
1982 32 BAL AL 2B 75 73 634.3 115 270 5 55 .987 5.46   2.6
    SS 57 53 473.7 71 205 18 38 .939 5.24   1.7
    1B 10 6 61.0 79 7 0 3 1.000 12.69   0.2
    3B 2 1 11.0 2 1 1 0 .750 2.45   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 33 BAL AL SS 153 148 1334.7 205 569 43 89 .947 5.22   6.4
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1984 34 PHN NL 2B 105 105 875.0 190 363 13 78 .977 5.69   4.4
    SS 39 37 321.0 41 126 7 23 .960 4.68   1.2
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1985 35 NYG NL 3B 129 127 1103.3 71 257 5 24 .985 2.68   2.8
    SS 24 22 197.7 27 79 5 12 .955 4.83   0.6
    1B 2 0 4.0 6 0 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1986 36 MIN AL SS 25 25 198.0 22 93 2 15 .983 5.23   0.5
    1B 24 22 197.0 219 19 0 22 1.000 10.87   0.5
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  SS 827 799 6891.0 1095 2909 200 529 .952 5.23   25.5
  2B 424 401 3513.3 773 1528 40 348 .983 5.89   15.9
  3B 144 133 1170.7 77 271 7 25 .980 2.68   3.0
  1B 78 64 582.3 684 48 4 62 .995 11.31   1.2
  CF 14 3 39.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.54   0.1
Career Totals   1487 1400 12196.2 2640 4756 251 964 .967 5.46   45.8
Career Highs   158 150 1340.3 593 575 44 139 .994 8.01    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1981 31 BAL AL 5 17 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .294 .400 .294 .694
Career Post-Season Batting 5 17 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 4 .294 .400 .294 .694
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1983-2-156
Singles
1983-10-127
Strikeouts
1985-10-120
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 43rd overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1972
Traded from Cleveland (A) to New York (N) on 3/3/1973 (Going to NYG: SS Larry Brown, 2B Dave Rosello. Going to CLE: SS Bob Aspromonte, P Jose Santiago)
Traded from New York (N) to Toronto on 4/2/1974 (Going to NYG: DH Bernie Carbo. Going to TOR: CF Jim Dwyer, 2B Dave Rosello, P Dick Ellsworth, P Jim Kaat)
Injured on 7/10/1974 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 8/27/1974 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 9/18/1975, off Craig Swan (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/29/1975, off Bert Blyleven (CLE)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,607,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/7/1980 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Toronto to Baltimore on 6/1/1980 (Going to TOR: 3B Juan Bernhardt, P Bob Knepper, P Joey Mclaughlin. Going to BAL: SS Dave Rosello)
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/1980, hitting .415 with 5 HR, 14 RBI
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,835,714 through salary arbitration
6/1/1981: Signed a contract extension with Baltimore, $2,840,000 per year, for 4 years
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Boston (A) on 8/10/1983
Traded from Baltimore to Philadelphia on 2/2/1984 (Going to PHN: SS Dave Rosello, SS Bill Almon, P Gil Patterson, CF Dick Davis, 1B Jerry Turner. Going to BAL: P Dave Laroche, SS Enzo Hernandez, P Allen Ripley, 1B Steve Staggs)
Injured on 3/24/1984 with a Strained Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/11/1984 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 6/25/1984
Traded from Philadelphia to New York (N) on 2/2/1985 (Going to NYG: DH Billy North, 2B Dave Rosello. Going to PHN: P Dan Schatzeder, P Steve Burke, P Al Holland, LF Jim Tracy, 3B Wayne Krenchicki)
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/3/1986 to a minor league deal
Injured on 4/27/1986 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 7 weeks
Released by Minnesota on 10/28/1986