Dave
Tobik
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: March 2, 1953 in Usa, OH, EUCLID
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1979   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 25 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 6 6
1979 26 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 4
1980 27 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 4
1981 28 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
1982 29 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 5 5 5
1983 30 SEM AL $ 350,000 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 5 5 5
1984 31 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4
1985 32 SEM AL $ 1,421,429 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 5 5
1986 33 NYG NL $ 2,184,000 6 6 7 7 7 8 7 5 5 5
1987 34 NYG NL $ 1,700,000 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 4 5 4
1988 35 MIN AL $ 4,090,090 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 3 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 6 7 6 6 6 6 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,090,090 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1978 25 SEM AL 7 3 .700 15 15 1 0 0 95.3 86 38 7 39 55 3.59 .244 .324 .364 .688 6.1
    AAA   7 3 .700 15 15 3 0 0 114.0 93 27 8 31 106 2.13 .219 .272 .308 .580  
1979 26 SEM AL 12 12 .500 34 34 0 0 0 222.0 204 83 17 75 129 3.36 .246 .306 .377 .684 14.8
1980 27 SEM AL 4 1 .800 11 11 0 0 0 72.7 69 33 6 23 40 4.09 .245 .300 .362 .661 3.4
1981 28 SEM AL 2 10 .167 50 0 0 0 15 78.7 88 38 7 26 55 4.35 .279 .336 .394 .730 4.0
1982 29 SEM AL 4 6 .400 20 15 0 0 0 91.3 111 54 10 28 63 5.32 .294 .345 .471 .816 0.8
1983 30 SEM AL 11 8 .579 28 28 1 0 0 188.0 177 81 18 53 119 3.88 .248 .299 .387 .686 9.4
1984 31 SEM AL 8 15 .348 37 37 2 0 0 240.3 247 119 21 60 157 4.46 .259 .308 .386 .694 10.5
1985 32 SEM AL 9 8 .529 29 22 2 1 0 171.0 143 58 16 49 117 3.05 .225 .283 .346 .630 14.5
1986 33 NYG NL 10 7 .588 40 23 2 2 6 183.3 177 77 20 51 125 3.78 .252 .303 .388 .692 12.1
1987 34 NYG NL 11 11 .500 33 33 0 0 0 191.3 181 86 26 66 130 4.05 .248 .313 .418 .731 10.1
1988 35 MIN AL 4 4 .500 17 8 0 0 0 41.0 44 24 5 21 38 5.27 .273 .353 .429 .782 1.3
11 Years Sim 82 85 .491 314 226 8 3 21 1575.0 1527 691 153 491 1028 3.95 .252 .310 .389 .699 87.0
1 Years AAA 7 3 .700 15 15 3 0 0 114.0 93 27 8 31 106 2.13 .219 .272 .308 .580  
Season Average 7 7 .500 28 20 0 0 1 143.2 138 62 13 44 93 3.95 .252 .310 .389 .699  
Career Highs 12 15 .800 50 37 2 2 15 240.3 247 119 26 75 157 5.32 .294 .353 .471 .816  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   679 334 84 214 569   .233 .286 .379 .665
vs LH   848 357 69 277 459   .270 .329 .398 .727
Home 39 40 .494 159 114 3 2 10 811.3 766 333 76 248 516 3.69 .248 .304 .376 .680
Away 43 45 .489 155 112 5 1 11 763.6 761 358 77 243 512 4.22 .257 .313 .403 .716
Mar/Apr 10 12 .455 50 35 1 0 2 237.3 272 122 22 68 154 4.63 .285 .333 .423 .756
May 10 14 .417 57 37 0 0 6 252.6 212 99 30 75 152 3.53 .227 .284 .369 .653
June 15 14 .517 52 35 3 1 4 259.3 222 97 26 80 179 3.37 .229 .287 .366 .653
July 10 18 .357 49 41 1 1 4 272.0 284 143 25 83 163 4.73 .266 .319 .413 .732
August 20 16 .556 60 40 1 0 3 292.0 291 132 35 104 184 4.07 .257 .319 .416 .735
Sep/Oct 17 11 .607 46 38 2 1 2 261.6 246 98 15 81 196 3.37 .248 .304 .343 .648
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1978 25 SEM AL P 15 15 95.3 5 11 1 2 .941 1.51    
1979 26 SEM AL P 34 34 222.0 11 30 1 4 .976 1.66    
1980 27 SEM AL P 11 11 72.7 5 15 0 1 1.000 2.48    
1981 28 SEM AL P 50 0 78.7 6 8 0 0 1.000 1.60    
1982 29 SEM AL P 20 15 91.3 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.18    
1983 30 SEM AL P 28 28 188.0 11 29 0 1 1.000 1.91    
1984 31 SEM AL P 37 37 240.3 15 37 1 3 .981 1.95    
1985 32 SEM AL P 29 22 171.0 13 23 0 3 1.000 1.89    
1986 33 NYG NL P 40 23 183.3 13 18 1 1 .969 1.52    
1987 34 NYG NL P 33 33 191.3 5 29 0 2 1.000 1.60    
1988 35 MIN AL P 17 8 41.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.10    
Career Totals   314 226 1575.0 86 215 4 18 .987 1.72    
Career Highs   50 37 240.3 15 37 1 4 1.000 2.48    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1978 25 SEM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 2 2 0 4 4 4.92 .154 .353 .231 .584
1979 26 SEM AL 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 26.0 26 15 3 15 17 5.19 .271 .369 .438 .807
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 6 4 0 0 0 29.7 28 17 3 19 21 5.16 .257 .367 .413 .780
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1979-10-3.36
1985-8-3.05
Losses
1984-8-15
Games Started
1979-9-34
1984-1-37
Shutouts
1986-6-2
Hits Allowed
1984-9-247
Homeruns Allowed
1987-4-26
Hits per 9IP
1985-6-7.5
Strikeouts per 9IP
1983-10-5.7
WHiP
1985-8-1.12
OAVG
1985-6-.225
OOBP
1985-9-.283
OSLG
1985-9-.346
OOPS
1985-9-.630
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 15    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 48th overall pick, by Seattle in 1978
Earned first career win on 7/13/1978
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1979
Injured on 5/22/1980 with a Torn Back Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 9/28/1982 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 5 weeks
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
4/3/1983: Signed a minor league contract extension with Seattle
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,421,429 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $2,184,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 7/22/1986, winning 2 games with a 0.57 ERA
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/24/1987 to a 1-year deal worth $1,700,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 2/5/1988 to a 2-year deal worth $4,090,090 per year
Injured on 6/24/1988 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for entire career