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Dave
Boswell		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 195
 
Born: January 20, 1945 in Usa, MD, BALTIMORE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1969   
All-Star Selections 1981   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 19 MON NL   8 6 7 6 4 4 4 6 7 7
1965 20 BOS AL $ 300,000 8 6 7 7 4 4 4 6 7 7
1966 21 BOS AL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6
1967 22 BOS AL $ 300,000 7 7 8 7 4 5 5 5 6 6
1968 23 BOS AL $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5
1969 24 BOS AL $ 2,821,429 7 8 9 8 4 5 4 5 5 5
1970 25 BOS AL $ 2,821,429 7 8 9 8 4 5 4 5 5 5
1971 26 BOS AL $ 2,821,429 7 9 9 9 4 5 4 5 5 5
1972 27 DET AL $ 2,000,000 7 9 9 9 4 5 4 4 5 5
1973 28 DET AL $ 2,000,000 7 9 9 9 4 4 4 4 5 5
1974 29 DET AL $ 2,000,000 8 9 9 9 4 5 4 5 5 5
1975 30 DET AL $ 1,250,000 7 9 10 9 4 4 4 5 5 5
1976 31 BSN NL $ 1,250,000 7 9 9 9 4 4 4 6 6 6
1977 32 BSN NL $ 1,250,000 6 9 9 9 4 5 4 5 6 5
1978 33 BSN NL $ 1,250,000 6 9 9 9 4 5 4 5 6 5
1979 34 BSN NL $ 3,400,000 6 9 9 9 4 5 4 5 5 5
1980 35 BSN NL $ 3,400,000 5 8 9 8 4 5 4 5 5 5
1981 36 BSN NL $ 3,400,000 4 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 5 5
1982 37 BSN NL $ 3,400,000 4 7 8 8 3 3 3 3 4 4
1983 38 OAK AL   4 6 7 7 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 6 7 6 2 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,400,000 8 9 10 9 4 5 5 6 7 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 19 MON NL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 20 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 21 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 22 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 23 BOS AL $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 24 BOS AL $ 2,821,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 25 BOS AL $ 2,821,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 26 BOS AL $ 2,821,429   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 27 DET AL $ 2,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 28 DET AL $ 2,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 29 DET AL $ 2,000,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1975 30 DET AL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1976 31 BSN NL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1977 32 BSN NL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1978 33 BSN NL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1979 34 BSN NL $ 3,400,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1980 35 BSN NL $ 3,400,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1981 36 BSN NL $ 3,400,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1982 37 BSN NL $ 3,400,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1983 38 OAK AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,400,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1964 19 AAA   9 6 .600 22 22 0 0 0 140.3 150 56 10 58 154 3.59 .269 .338 .367 .705  
1965 20 BOS AL 8 7 .533 17 17 2 0 0 127.0 111 51 12 51 102 3.61 .235 .311 .368 .679 5.3
    AAA   6 1 .857 11 11 0 0 0 76.0 58 18 4 30 75 2.13 .208 .285 .280 .564  
1966 21 BOS AL 10 11 .476 24 24 4 1 0 172.0 154 91 19 88 101 4.76 .238 .330 .380 .710 5.2
1967 22 BOS AL 11 7 .611 29 29 3 1 0 203.0 166 76 14 98 159 3.37 .225 .315 .337 .652 14.6
1968 23 BOS AL 18 9 .667 37 37 6 2 0 265.7 201 81 19 127 204 2.74 .211 .307 .327 .633 22.3
1969 24 BOS AL 5 12 .294 33 21 0 0 0 161.0 173 110 25 95 120 6.15 .278 .373 .474 .848 0.0
1970 25 BOS AL 0 2 .000 21 2 0 0 1 46.7 44 31 5 28 30 5.98 .249 .354 .418 .772 0.0
1971 26 BOS AL 14 8 .636 28 28 4 1 0 201.7 167 85 22 91 172 3.79 .225 .313 .366 .679 13.7
1972 27 BOS AL 2 8 .200 12 12 1 0 0 84.3 73 42 11 43 81 4.48 .233 .326 .415 .741 4.2
  DET AL 7 6 .538 20 20 1 0 0 129.3 126 72 19 71 99 5.01 .256 .349 .454 .803 3.8
  TOT   9 14 .391 32 32 2 0 0 213.7 199 114 30 114 180 4.80 .247 .340 .439 .779 8.0
1973 28 DET AL 7 4 .636 42 0 0 0 6 69.0 80 42 9 37 58 5.48 .288 .370 .460 .831 2.4
1974 29 DET AL 5 5 .500 52 2 0 0 5 90.3 99 60 12 59 67 5.98 .279 .377 .470 .848 2.3
1975 30 DET AL 7 17 .292 32 32 1 0 0 219.3 194 112 28 123 171 4.60 .238 .336 .412 .748 12.6
1976 31 BSN NL 6 4 .600 52 0 0 0 7 99.3 78 40 14 46 95 3.62 .216 .305 .382 .687 8.4
1977 32 BSN NL 11 7 .611 51 11 1 0 2 168.0 123 52 8 80 127 2.79 .207 .301 .288 .590 13.5
1978 33 BSN NL 15 12 .556 33 33 2 0 0 204.0 198 124 29 96 162 5.47 .251 .334 .425 .760 3.6
1979 34 BSN NL 8 5 .615 59 1 0 0 34 63.0 58 31 10 30 41 4.43 .250 .333 .453 .786 7.5
1980 35 BSN NL 6 8 .429 32 16 0 0 8 121.3 109 46 10 44 104 3.41 .239 .307 .342 .649 10.2
1981 36 BSN NL 7 8 .467 60 0 0 0 39 62.0 50 16 7 17 48 2.32 .219 .275 .355 .631 13.9
1982 37 BSN NL 3 14 .176 44 17 0 0 12 91.3 85 44 15 41 68 4.34 .243 .323 .426 .749 6.1
1983 38 AAA   1 3 .250 30 30 0 0 0 109.0 96 38 16 48 99 3.14 .232 .312 .397 .709  
18 Years Sim 150 154 .493 678 302 25 5 114 2578.3 2289 1206 288 1265 2009 4.21 .238 .327 .389 .716 149.7
3 Years AAA 16 10 .615 63 63 0 0 0 325.3 304 112 30 136 328 3.10 .243 .317 .358 .675  
Season Average 8 8 .500 37 16 1 0 6 143.2 127 67 16 70 111 4.21 .238 .327 .389 .716  
Career Highs 18 17 .667 60 37 6 2 39 265.7 201 124 30 127 204 6.15 .288 .377 .474 .848  
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   1049 582 144 524 1118   .224 .303 .377 .680
vs LH   1240 624 144 741 891   .251 .349 .400 .749
Home 77 80 .490 360 150 12 2 59 1327.9 1199 626 152 654 983 4.24 .242 .330 .400 .730
Away 73 74 .497 318 152 13 3 57 1250.3 1090 580 136 611 1026 4.18 .234 .323 .377 .700
Mar/Apr 20 23 .465 106 40 5 1 17 363.6 325 179 38 180 287 4.43 .239 .328 .383 .711
May 20 21 .488 117 40 2 0 29 391.6 349 169 48 199 305 3.88 .240 .332 .388 .720
June 27 19 .587 108 46 4 1 20 419.6 327 146 39 187 326 3.13 .215 .300 .349 .649
July 28 22 .560 97 51 4 1 13 401.6 357 201 59 173 294 4.50 .237 .315 .414 .729
August 23 41 .359 127 65 2 0 18 511.0 495 281 52 267 428 4.95 .254 .344 .407 .750
Sep/Oct 32 28 .533 123 60 8 2 19 490.6 436 230 52 259 369 4.22 .240 .334 .389 .723
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
1964 19 AAA   4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
1965 20 BOS AL 17 44 6 7 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 19 .159 .196 .182 .377 1.1 0.0
1966 21 BOS AL 24 61 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .148 .161 .164 .325 0.0 0.0
1967 22 BOS AL 29 62 6 9 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 22 .145 .185 .161 .346 1.2 0.0
1968 23 BOS AL 37 93 5 20 1 0 0 4 1 0 3 25 .215 .240 .226 .465 4.6 0.0
4 Years Sim 107 260 21 45 4 0 0 15 4 0 8 91 .173 .201 .188 .389 7.0 0.0
1 Years AAA 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4  
162 Game Average 393 31 68 6 0 0 22 6 0 12 137 .173 .201 .188 .389 10.5  
Career Highs 37 93 6 20 1 0 0 4 2 0 3 25 .215 .240 .226 .465 4.6  
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   162 12 27 4 0 0 10 1 0 7 56 .167 .206 .191 .397 4.0
vs LH   98 9 18 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 35 .184 .192 .184 .376 2.2
Home 54 123 3 16 1 0 0 5 2 0 2 39 .130 .144 .138 .282 -1.0
Away 53 137 18 29 3 0 0 10 2 0 6 52 .212 .250 .234 .484 7.2
RISP   57 0 11 0 0 0 14 0 0 4 20 .193 .258 .193 .451 2.4
Close/Late   19 1 7 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 6 .368 .368 .421 .789 2.6
Mar/Apr 15 32 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 13 .094 .121 .125 .246 -0.7
May 10 26 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 10 .231 .231 .231 .462 1.1
June 13 35 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 .114 .162 .143 .305 -0.1
July 18 42 4 6 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 15 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
August 26 64 7 15 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 17 .234 .269 .234 .503 3.7
Sep/Oct 25 61 7 11 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 24 .180 .219 .213 .432 2.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 20 BOS AL P 17 17 127.0 4 19 1 0 .958 1.63    
1966 21 BOS AL P 24 24 172.0 6 20 1 2 .963 1.36    
1967 22 BOS AL P 29 29 203.0 11 28 0 2 1.000 1.73    
1968 23 BOS AL P 37 37 265.7 15 41 0 2 1.000 1.90    
1969 24 BOS AL P 33 21 161.0 9 17 1 2 .963 1.45    
1970 25 BOS AL P 21 2 46.7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1971 26 BOS AL P 28 28 201.7 15 29 1 2 .978 1.96    
1972 27 BOS AL P 12 12 84.3 6 11 0 1 1.000 1.81    
  DET AL P 20 20 129.3 9 16 0 2 1.000 1.74    
  TOT   P 32 32 213.7 15 27 0 3 1.000 1.77    
1973 28 DET AL P 42 0 69.0 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.70    
1974 29 DET AL P 52 2 90.3 4 14 0 1 1.000 1.79    
1975 30 DET AL P 32 32 219.3 21 29 3 3 .943 2.05    
1976 31 BSN NL P 52 0 99.3 4 20 0 4 1.000 2.17    
1977 32 BSN NL P 51 11 168.0 9 19 2 2 .933 1.50    
1978 33 BSN NL P 33 33 204.0 11 28 0 2 1.000 1.72    
1979 34 BSN NL P 59 1 63.0 3 9 0 2 1.000 1.71    
1980 35 BSN NL P 32 16 121.3 4 9 0 0 1.000 0.96    
1981 36 BSN NL P 60 0 62.0 4 10 1 0 .933 2.03    
1982 37 BSN NL P 44 17 91.3 9 12 2 1 .913 2.07    
Career Totals   678 302 2578.3 150 345 12 29 .976 1.73    
Career Highs   60 37 265.7 21 41 3 4 1.000 2.17    
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
1966 21 BOS AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.7 2 0 0 3 5 0.00 .167 .333 .167 .500
1968 23 BOS AL 1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 20.0 10 6 3 9 25 2.70 .149 .250 .284 .534
1969 24 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 1 9.0 4 0 0 2 5 0.00 .143 .200 .179 .379
1972 27 DET AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1976 31 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 5.7 7 5 0 4 2 7.95 .292 .393 .375 .768
1978 33 BSN NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.3 7 6 1 4 6 10.13 .333 .440 .571 1.011
1980 35 BSN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 2 2 0.00 .000 .400 .000 .400
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 2 .500 11 4 0 0 2 45.7 30 17 4 24 46 3.35 .190 .297 .297 .594
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
1968 23 BOS AL 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333
Career Post-Season Batting 3 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1968-7-2.74
1977-5-2.79
 Wins
1968-10-18
 Losses
1972-9-14
1975-3-17
 Winning Pct
1968-5-.667
 Saves
1979-5-34
1981-2-39
CAR-34-114
 Games Pitched
1977-9-51
CAR-47-678
Homeruns Allowed
1972-6-30
1975-6-28
1978-6-29
 Strikeouts
1978-6-162
 Walks Allowed
1968-6-127
1972-6-114
1975-4-123
1978-10-96
 Hits per 9IP
1967-9-7.4
1968-9-6.8
1971-10-7.5
1975-9-8.0
1977-1-6.6
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1971-8-7.7
1972-9-7.6
1975-10-7.0
1977-5-6.8
1978-2-7.1
 WHiP
1977-10-1.21
OAVG
1968-9-.211
1975-8-.238
1977-1-.207
 OSLG
1967-7-.337
1968-8-.327
1977-2-.288
 OOPS
1977-3-.590
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 46    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 26    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Montreal in 1964
Traded from Montreal to Boston (A) on 2/3/1965 (Going to BOS: P Dave Boswell, P Jim Palmer. Going to MON: P John Hiller)
Injured on 4/8/1965 with a Pulled Bicep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/7/1965
Had first career hit on 7/20/1965, off Ray Washburn (TAM)
Injured on 5/14/1966 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/22/1967 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5-6 weeks
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,821,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/3/1969 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won World Championship with Boston (A) in 1969
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,821,429 through salary arbitration
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,821,429 through salary arbitration
6/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Boston (A), $2,000,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/12/1971 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 9/6/1971 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Boston (A) to Detroit on 6/1/1972 (Going to BOS: P Don Drysdale, RF Oscar Gamble, P Paul Splittorff, SS Tony Kubek. Going to DET: P Dave Boswell, P Jim Palmer)
Injured on 9/18/1972 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/6/1973 with a Strained Bicep Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
10/22/1974: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 4/14/1975 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Detroit to Kansas City on 3/3/1976 (Going to DET: P Larry Hardy. Going to KCR: RF Duke Sims, P Dave Boswell)
Traded from Kansas City to Boston (N) on 4/2/1976 (Going to BSN: P Dave Boswell. Going to KCR: P Francisco Barrios)
7/31/1978: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $3,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 3/26/1980 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
 
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