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Dan
Driessen		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 195
 
Born: July 29, 1951 in Usa, SC, HILTON HEAD I
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1977    1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 21 NYG NL     7 7 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 9 8
1974 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 9 8
1975 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 9 8
1976 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 5 7 6 7 9 8 7 8 8
1977 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 5 7 6 7 9 8 7 8 8
1978 26 PIT NL $ 1,971,429   7 7 6 4 5 5 5 7 6 7 9 8 7 8 8
1979 27 PIT NL $ 1,971,429   7 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1980 28 PIT NL $ 2,514,286   7 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 8 7 6 7 7
1981 29 PIT NL $ 3,200,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 5 7 6 6 8 7 7 8 7
1982 30 PIT NL $ 3,200,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 5 7 6 6 7 7
1983 31 PIT NL $ 3,200,000   7 7 6 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 7 6 6 7 7
1984 32 BAL AL $ 3,200,000   7 7 6 4 5 5 3 4 4 5 7 6 6 7 7
1985 33 SDP NL $ 1,020,000   5 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,200,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 6 7 6 7 9 8 8 9 8
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
1973 21 AAA   136 536 91 148 29 1 29 95 12 3 80 49 .276 .370 .496 .866 99.3  
1974 22 NYG NL 122 423 61 112 24 2 9 43 6 1 55 42 .265 .349 .395 .743 59.0 10.5
    AAA   26 106 21 39 8 0 5 24 0 0 12 5 .368 .432 .585 1.017 23.6  
1975 23 NYG NL 139 502 73 129 28 1 10 62 9 3 64 46 .257 .339 .376 .715 66.2 10.6
1976 24 PIT NL 147 518 75 155 36 3 17 73 5 0 62 31 .299 .373 .479 .851 88.1 20.1
1977 25 PIT NL 155 583 80 158 32 2 9 60 6 1 63 51 .271 .339 .379 .718 74.0 14.3
1978 26 PIT NL 108 336 47 86 16 2 7 35 1 0 34 36 .256 .321 .378 .699 41.8 6.7
1979 27 PIT NL 132 360 42 101 14 4 7 49 4 2 42 32 .281 .350 .400 .750 51.6 9.6
1980 28 PIT NL 153 517 71 130 19 5 10 61 1 1 58 56 .251 .327 .366 .693 63.8 12.2
1981 29 PIT NL 156 538 68 138 20 3 13 79 1 0 50 61 .257 .318 .377 .695 61.6 8.7
1982 30 PIT NL 134 417 48 105 17 4 11 59 2 1 43 42 .252 .321 .391 .712 52.3 8.0
1983 31 PIT NL 152 534 79 153 22 3 13 66 3 2 55 66 .287 .353 .412 .765 78.0 17.5
1984 32 PIT NL 25 82 8 20 2 0 1 11 0 0 13 11 .244 .337 .305 .642 10.1 0.9
  BAL AL 86 232 27 48 7 1 5 28 1 0 17 37 .207 .254 .310 .564 19.1 0.3
  TOT   111 314 35 68 9 1 6 39 1 0 30 48 .217 .277 .309 .586 29.3 1.2
1985 33 SDP NL 112 338 36 81 13 1 12 54 0 0 32 50 .240 .304 .391 .694 40.5 7.6
12 Years Sim 1621 5380 715 1416 250 31 124 680 39 11 588 561 .263 .334 .390 .724 706.1 127.1
2 Years AAA 162 642 112 187 37 1 34 119 12 3 92 54 .291 .379 .511 .890 122.9  
162 Game Average 537 71 141 24 3 12 67 3 1 58 56 .263 .334 .390 .724 70.6  
Career Highs 156 583 80 158 36 5 17 79 9 3 64 66 .299 .373 .479 .851 88.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4160 580 1146 203 22 102 556 32 10 489 405 .275 .350 .408 .758 604.9
vs LH   1220 135 270 47 9 22 124 7 1 99 156 .221 .276 .329 .605 114.3
Home 804 2623 346 717 123 19 63 364 19 6 275 295 .273 .339 .407 .746 367.1
Away 817 2757 369 699 127 12 61 316 20 5 313 266 .254 .328 .375 .703 352.1
RISP   1294 0 343 58 6 29 511 0 0 177 133 .265 .340 .386 .726 183.6
Pinch Hitting   111 15 28 4 1 3 20 1 0 10 14 .252 .304 .387 .691 13.9
Close/Late   645 78 177 26 1 19 94 0 0 86 65 .274 .356 .406 .762 96.9
Mar/Apr 220 727 110 197 34 3 17 84 2 1 87 81 .271 .348 .396 .744 102.3
May 300 1000 139 272 45 5 27 140 14 1 107 104 .272 .340 .408 .748 142.7
June 280 951 125 234 40 5 23 119 5 5 99 105 .246 .315 .371 .686 114.2
July 276 941 126 245 47 9 17 105 9 1 102 77 .260 .331 .384 .715 122.8
August 278 909 110 240 48 6 21 127 3 2 93 98 .264 .330 .399 .729 120.8
Sep/Oct 267 852 105 228 36 3 19 105 6 1 100 96 .268 .341 .384 .724 116.3
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
1974 22 NYG NL 3B 122 116 1011.0 78 271 19 21 .948 3.11   4.1
1975 23 NYG NL 3B 136 134 1166.0 99 278 29 24 .929 2.91   3.4
    1B 2 0 3.7 2 1 0 1 1.000 7.38   0.0
1976 24 PIT NL 3B 139 134 1176.0 85 327 26 35 .941 3.15   4.2
    1B 6 0 27.7 41 3 0 3 1.000 14.32   0.0
1977 25 PIT NL 3B 153 147 1314.0 90 328 21 33 .952 2.86   6.3
1978 26 PIT NL 3B 94 88 773.3 46 195 12 17 .953 2.80   1.9
    1B 9 1 26.0 28 1 0 5 1.000 10.04   0.1
    SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1979 27 PIT NL 3B 118 92 847.0 38 230 14 14 .950 2.85   2.7
    1B 5 3 27.0 33 1 0 3 1.000 11.33   0.0
1980 28 PIT NL 3B 152 150 1326.7 96 385 22 40 .956 3.26   6.4
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1981 29 PIT NL 3B 151 149 1300.0 74 399 31 30 .938 3.27   5.5
    1B 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1982 30 PIT NL 3B 131 118 1052.7 63 312 15 17 .962 3.21   3.8
1983 31 PIT NL 1B 147 146 1272.7 1619 96 14 139 .992 12.13   2.3
    3B 4 0 7.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35   0.0
1984 32 PIT NL 3B 20 19 210.7 11 55 4 5 .943 2.82   0.6
    1B 1 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 8.18   0.0
    CF 0 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BAL AL 3B 71 65 550.3 28 144 9 13 .950 2.81   2.3
    1B 2 0 2.9 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.52   0.0
    CF 2 0 2.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.10   0.0
  TOT   3B 91 84 761.0 39 199 13 18 .948 2.81   3.0
      CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
      1B 3 0 4.0 5 1 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1985 33 SDP NL 3B 112 107 926.3 64 243 15 23 .953 2.98   4.2
  3B 1403 1319 11661.6 772 3169 217 272 .948 3.04   45.6
  1B 175 150 1364.0 1730 103 14 151 .992 12.09   2.5
  CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
  SS 1 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
Career Totals   1581 1469 13033.6 2503 3273 231 423 .962 3.99   48.1
Career Highs   153 150 1327.7 1619 399 31 139 .992 12.07    
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
1977 25 PIT NL 4 13 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .077 .250 .154 .404
1980 28 PIT NL 5 15 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .133 .133 .200 .333
1985 33 SDP NL 3 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .091 .091 .091 .182
Career Post-Season Batting 12 39 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .103 .167 .154 .321
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.
Batting Average
1976-7-.299
 Slugging Pct
1976-9-.479
 OPS
1976-10-.851
 Games
1977-10-155
1981-4-156
 Doubles
1976-8-36
1977-8-32
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Ray Knight (951)
  2. Luis Olmo (934)
  3. Joe Foy (933)
  4. Carlos May (932)
  5. Joe Garagiola (931)
  6. Jim Tabor (929)
  7. Pete Ward (927)
  8. Buddy Bell (925)
  9. Wally Moon (924)
  10. Ken Henderson (921)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 3rd overall pick, by New York (N) in 1973
Had first career hit on 5/1/1974, off Vida Blue (MON)
Injured on 5/3/1974 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 5/26/1974, off Jack Billingham (WAS)
Injured on 4/4/1975 with a Pulled Posterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Traded from New York (N) to Pittsburgh on 2/3/1976 (Going to NYG: LF George Foster. Going to PIT: 3B Dan Driessen)
Injured on 4/4/1976 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/6/1978 with a Strained Medial Collateral Ligament, out for 3 weeks
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,971,429 through salary arbitration
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,514,286 through salary arbitration
6/1/1980: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $3,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1981, hitting .545 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1981
Won Player of the Week award on 6/3/1983, hitting .474 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1983, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1983, hitting .330 with 7 HR, 19 RBI
Traded from Pittsburgh to Baltimore on 5/1/1984 (Going to PIT: 3B Chico Walker, P Jim Kern. Going to BAL: 3B Dan Driessen)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/13/1984, hitting .529 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/3/1985 to a 1-year deal worth $1,020,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1985, hitting .444 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 4/17/1985 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
 
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