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Dave
Lemonds		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 5, 1948 in Usa, NC, CHARLOTTE
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1969 20 NYA AL $ 300,000 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 6 5 5
1970 21 NYA AL $ 300,000 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3
1971 22 NYA AL $ 300,000 5 6 5 5 6 5 6 4 3 3
1972 23 NYA AL   5 6 5 5 6 5 6 3 3 3
1973 24 NYA AL   5 6 6 6 6 5 6 3 3 3
1974 25 NYA AL $ 300,000 5 6 5 6 6 5 6 3 3 3
1975 26 NYA AL $ 300,000 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 3
1976 27 NYA AL   4 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 3
1977 28 NYA AL $ 300,000 4 6 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 3
1978 29 NYA AL $ 300,000 4 7 6 6 6 5 5 3 3 3
1979 30 NYA AL $ 300,000 4 7 6 6 5 4 4 3 3 3
1980 31 NYA AL $ 300,000 4 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 3
1981 32 NYA AL $ 350,000 4 7 6 6 4 3 3 3 3 3
1982 33 NYA AL $ 350,000 3 6 5 6 3 2 2 3 3 3
1983 34 OAK AL   3 4 4 4 2 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 4 4 4 2 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 5 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5
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
1969 20 NYA AL 3 5 .375 24 10 0 0 1 81.0 65 37 7 31 45 4.11 .223 .298 .342 .640 5.7
    AAA   2 3 .400 7 7 0 0 0 43.7 38 16 3 22 40 3.30 .244 .337 .333 .670  
1970 21 NYA AL 5 20 .200 32 32 0 0 0 186.7 209 117 23 97 109 5.64 .292 .373 .455 .827 4.2
1971 22 NYA AL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 7.3 0 0 0 4 2 0.00 .000 .154 .000 .154 1.3
    AA   8 11 .421 29 29 0 0 0 185.3 177 81 14 65 188 3.93 .246 .309 .366 .674  
1972 23 AA   10 15 .400 30 30 3 0 0 206.3 195 77 21 48 214 3.36 .242 .285 .354 .639  
1973 24 AA   13 6 .684 30 30 1 0 0 203.7 162 65 15 64 175 2.87 .218 .280 .332 .612  
1974 25 NYA AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.3 9 5 2 0 5 6.14 .290 .290 .484 .774 0.1
    AA   13 8 .619 28 28 1 0 0 179.3 176 76 18 62 181 3.81 .254 .315 .376 .691  
1975 26 NYA AL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 1 0 1 0 6.77 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.0
    AA   17 7 .708 30 30 3 1 0 213.0 151 57 14 82 230 2.41 .198 .276 .296 .572  
1976 27 AA   1 3 .250 36 0 0 0 3 31.3 29 17 7 12 36 4.88 .246 .315 .441 .756  
1977 28 NYA AL 0 2 .000 4 0 0 0 1 3.7 3 5 2 3 3 12.30 .231 .375 .769 1.144 0.0
    AA   3 3 .500 44 0 0 0 1 32.0 30 9 3 8 27 2.53 .246 .292 .352 .645  
1978 29 AAA   2 3 .400 49 0 0 0 2 56.3 61 23 7 22 41 3.67 .272 .337 .429 .766  
1979 30 NYA AL 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 18.7 22 16 6 10 11 7.72 .301 .381 .575 .956 0.0
    AAA   2 1 .667 17 0 0 0 1 17.7 15 7 4 8 13 3.57 .234 .319 .469 .788  
1980 31 NYA AL 5 7 .417 68 0 0 0 2 106.3 126 73 16 51 63 6.18 .297 .373 .474 .847 0.2
1981 32 NYA AL 3 7 .300 50 0 0 0 16 74.0 77 38 10 45 42 4.62 .264 .364 .414 .778 4.8
1982 33 NYA AL 1 2 .333 22 0 0 0 1 38.3 48 35 7 22 12 8.22 .310 .393 .555 .948 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 19 0 0 0 3 22.7 16 5 4 9 13 1.99 .208 .291 .377 .667  
1983 34 AAA   1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .125 .222 .125 .347  
    A   3 1 .750 37 0 0 0 7 28.3 19 7 2 10 23 2.22 .194 .269 .306 .575  
10 Years Sim 17 45 .274 216 43 0 0 21 524.6 560 327 73 264 292 5.61 .277 .359 .446 .805 16.3
5 Years AAA 9 9 .500 96 7 0 0 6 143.0 131 51 18 62 107 3.21 .248 .327 .393 .720  
7 Years AA 65 53 .551 227 147 8 1 4 1051.0 920 382 92 341 1051 3.27 .232 .293 .347 .640  
1 Years A 3 1 .750 37 0 0 0 7 28.3 19 7 2 10 23 2.22 .194 .269 .306 .575  
13 Years Minors 77 63 .550 360 154 8 1 17 1222.3 1070 440 112 413 1181 3.24 .233 .296 .352 .648  
Season Average 1 4 .200 21 4 0 0 2 52.5 56 32 7 26 29 5.61 .277 .359 .446 .805  
Career Highs 5 20 .417 68 32 0 0 16 186.7 209 117 23 97 109 12.30 .310 .393 .769 1.144  
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   389 233 55 199 188   .288 .379 .469 .849
vs LH   171 94 18 65 104   .255 .321 .398 .719
Home 9 25 .265 117 23 0 0 11 280.6 309 192 40 171 149 6.16 .286 .383 .463 .846
Away 8 20 .286 99 20 0 0 10 244.0 251 135 33 93 143 4.98 .267 .333 .426 .759
Mar/Apr 3 7 .300 38 5 0 0 1 81.3 93 55 12 43 50 6.09 .289 .373 .475 .848
May 6 6 .500 44 6 0 0 3 101.7 112 73 19 52 44 6.46 .284 .368 .495 .863
June 2 5 .286 29 10 0 0 0 103.7 114 46 9 46 60 3.99 .284 .357 .410 .768
July 2 7 .222 28 10 0 0 5 83.0 67 49 9 44 53 5.31 .223 .322 .359 .681
August 4 10 .286 42 6 0 0 4 82.3 103 63 12 47 48 6.89 .315 .401 .492 .893
Sep/Oct 0 10 .000 35 6 0 0 8 72.6 71 41 12 32 37 5.08 .257 .334 .431 .766
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1969 20 NYA AL P 24 10 81.0 6 8 0 0 1.000 1.56    
1970 21 NYA AL P 32 32 186.7 9 32 0 3 1.000 1.98    
1971 22 NYA AL P 3 0 7.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 25 NYA AL P 1 1 7.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.23    
1975 26 NYA AL P 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1977 28 NYA AL P 4 0 3.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.46    
1979 30 NYA AL P 11 0 18.7 4 4 0 1 1.000 3.86    
1980 31 NYA AL P 68 0 106.3 8 18 0 2 1.000 2.20    
1981 32 NYA AL P 50 0 74.0 3 13 1 2 .941 1.95    
1982 33 NYA AL P 22 0 38.3 2 8 0 0 1.000 2.35    
Career Totals   216 43 524.6 32 85 1 8 .992 2.01    
Career Highs   68 32 186.7 9 32 1 3 1.000 3.86    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1970-3-20
 Games Pitched
1980-8-68
 Walks Allowed
1970-10-97
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  1. Windy McCall (970)
  2. Ken Kravec (968)
  3. Charlie Gassaway (963)
  4. Mike Wallace (962)
  5. Russ Christopher (962)
  6. Neal Heaton (957)
  7. Ed Connolly (956)
  8. Frank Papish (955)
  9. Ben Flowers (955)
  10. Ben Wade (950)
History
Drafted in 6th round, 108th overall pick, by New York (A) in 1969
Earned first career win on 5/2/1969
Injured on 9/1/1969 with a Torn Ligament Elbow, out for full season
Injured on 7/19/1971 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/20/1974 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Injured on 6/16/1974 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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