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Dave
Beard		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 220
 
Born: October 2, 1959 in Usa, GA, ATLANTA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 20 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 6 7 6 4 5 5 4 5 4
1981 21 CLN NL   6 8 8 8 5 6 6 3 4 4
1982 22 TOR AL   6 8 9 8 5 6 6 4 4 4
1983 23 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 8 9 8 5 6 6 4 4 4
1984 24 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 6 7 6 4 4 4
1985 25 OAK AL $ 300,000 6 8 9 8 6 7 6 4 5 4
1986 26 OAK AL $ 2,371,429 6 8 9 8 6 7 6 4 5 4
1987 27 OAK AL $ 2,539,286 6 9 9 9 6 7 6 4 5 5
1988 28 MIN AL $ 3,278,571 6 10 10 10 6 7 6 4 5 5
1989 29 MIN AL $ 7,200,000 6 10 10 10 5 6 6 4 4 4
1990 30 MIN AL $ 7,200,000 6 9 10 10 5 6 6 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 6 7 6 4 5 5 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,200,000 6 10 10 10 6 7 6 4 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
1980 20 CLN NL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 4 5.0 5 5 0 4 2 9.00 .250 .375 .300 .675 0.0
    AAA   2 4 .333 13 2 0 0 6 27.7 22 12 3 11 24 3.90 .210 .284 .352 .637  
    AA   7 3 .700 21 8 1 0 6 80.0 53 13 3 22 93 1.46 .186 .244 .260 .504  
1981 21 AAA   1 1 .500 24 0 0 0 1 33.3 24 5 2 15 29 1.35 .202 .291 .286 .577  
1982 22 AAA   3 9 .250 47 0 0 0 24 57.0 57 24 7 22 55 3.79 .266 .335 .421 .755  
1983 23 OAK AL 11 10 .524 32 32 1 0 0 210.7 190 78 15 84 145 3.33 .240 .312 .358 .670 14.0
1984 24 OAK AL 12 9 .571 31 31 1 1 0 195.7 189 98 18 85 144 4.51 .253 .328 .378 .706 8.9
1985 25 OAK AL 15 8 .652 32 32 0 0 0 218.7 204 92 26 73 170 3.79 .248 .309 .405 .713 16.1
1986 26 OAK AL 7 10 .412 25 25 1 0 0 170.3 138 67 17 56 125 3.54 .222 .291 .374 .665 11.5
1987 27 OAK AL 10 9 .526 32 32 0 0 0 190.0 141 78 26 62 168 3.69 .204 .272 .369 .641 12.2
1988 28 OAK AL 5 4 .556 11 11 0 0 0 63.0 51 26 7 21 61 3.71 .221 .287 .381 .668 4.6
  MIN AL 6 7 .462 23 23 0 0 0 129.0 116 63 16 53 136 4.40 .240 .316 .409 .725 5.9
  TOT   11 11 .500 34 34 0 0 0 192.0 167 89 23 74 197 4.17 .234 .307 .400 .707 10.5
1989 29 MIN AL 10 10 .500 34 34 0 0 0 192.0 157 78 20 58 206 3.66 .220 .284 .400 .684 11.8
1990 30 MIN AL 9 9 .500 33 33 0 0 0 157.0 145 83 15 71 157 4.76 .239 .321 .396 .717 6.0
9 Years Sim 85 77 .525 258 253 3 1 4 1531.3 1336 668 160 567 1314 3.93 .233 .304 .385 .688 91.0
3 Years AAA 6 14 .300 84 2 0 0 31 118.0 103 41 12 48 108 3.13 .235 .311 .368 .678  
1 Years AA 7 3 .700 21 8 1 0 6 80.0 53 13 3 22 93 1.46 .186 .244 .260 .504  
4 Years Minors 13 17 .433 105 10 1 0 37 198.0 156 54 15 70 201 2.45 .216 .285 .325 .610  
Season Average 9 8 .529 28 28 0 0 0 170.1 148 74 17 63 146 3.93 .233 .304 .385 .688  
Career Highs 15 11 .652 34 34 1 1 4 218.7 204 98 26 85 206 9.00 .253 .375 .405 .717  
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   549 297 72 208 655   .211 .269 .358 .627
vs LH   787 371 88 359 659   .252 .329 .407 .736
Home 43 38 .531 129 127 1 1 2 762.0 687 320 73 288 638 3.78 .239 .309 .390 .698
Away 42 39 .519 129 126 2 0 6 769.3 649 348 87 279 676 4.07 .227 .296 .380 .675
Mar/Apr 11 15 .423 39 39 0 0 0 221.3 211 119 33 96 198 4.84 .249 .325 .426 .751
May 11 14 .440 46 46 1 0 0 262.3 224 117 24 101 220 4.01 .226 .298 .367 .665
June 15 17 .469 45 45 1 0 0 285.0 261 122 34 95 258 3.85 .244 .305 .410 .715
July 19 9 .679 40 40 1 1 0 248.6 180 91 18 94 200 3.29 .202 .278 .335 .613
August 19 10 .655 42 42 0 0 0 254.3 212 105 19 95 203 3.72 .225 .296 .353 .649
Sep/Oct 10 12 .455 46 41 0 0 8 259.6 248 114 32 86 235 3.95 .251 .311 .415 .725
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1980 20 CLN NL P 5 0 5.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60    
1983 23 OAK AL P 32 32 210.7 11 30 1 0 .976 1.75    
1984 24 OAK AL P 31 31 195.7 7 30 0 2 1.000 1.70    
1985 25 OAK AL P 32 32 218.7 9 29 0 3 1.000 1.56    
1986 26 OAK AL P 25 25 170.3 9 20 0 3 1.000 1.53    
1987 27 OAK AL P 32 32 190.0 13 29 1 0 .977 1.99    
1988 28 OAK AL P 11 11 63.0 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.86    
  MIN AL P 23 23 129.0 7 17 1 0 .960 1.67    
  TOT   P 34 34 192.0 11 26 1 0 .974 1.73    
1989 29 MIN AL P 34 34 192.0 7 14 2 1 .913 0.98    
1990 30 MIN AL P 33 33 157.0 10 14 0 0 1.000 1.38    
Career Totals   258 253 1531.3 79 192 5 9 .982 1.59    
Career Highs   34 34 218.7 13 30 2 3 1.000 3.60    
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
1984 24 OAK AL 2 1 .667 8 0 0 0 4 9.3 10 1 0 3 7 0.96 .263 .317 .342 .659
1985 25 OAK AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 15 9 3 2 12 5.40 .254 .279 .610 .889
1990 30 MIN AL 1 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 17.3 8 6 0 7 19 3.12 .133 .224 .183 .407
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 1 .800 13 5 0 0 4 41.7 33 16 3 12 38 3.46 .210 .266 .382 .648
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games Started
1988-10-34
1989-10-34
 Homeruns Allowed
1985-7-26
1987-3-26
1988-6-23
 Strikeouts
1983-5-145
1985-10-170
1987-3-168
1988-4-197
1989-5-206
1990-8-157
 Hits per 9IP
1983-6-8.1
1986-7-7.3
1987-2-6.7
1988-10-7.8
1989-8-7.4
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1983-4-6.2
1985-10-7.0
1987-1-8.0
1988-1-9.2
1989-1-9.7
CAR-24-7.7
 WHiP
1986-7-1.14
1987-3-1.07
1989-6-1.12
OAVG
1983-7-.240
1986-7-.222
1987-1-.204
1989-8-.220
 OOBP
1986-9-.291
1987-3-.272
1989-7-.284
 OOPS
1987-7-.641
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 46    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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  6. Terry Leach (932)
  7. Gary Lavelle (929)
  8. George Pipgras (928)
  9. David Palmer (926)
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 53rd overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1980
4/3/1981: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Toronto on 3/4/1982 (Going to CLN: LF Mitchell Page. Going to TOR: P Dave Beard, RF Candy Maldonado, P Jerry Reed)
Traded from Toronto to Oakland on 2/2/1983 (Going to TOR: P Manny Sarmiento. Going to OAK: P Dave Beard)
Earned first career win on 4/11/1983
Injured on 4/5/1984 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,371,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/4/1986 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,539,286 through salary arbitration
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,278,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Oakland to Minnesota on 6/1/1988 (Going to MIN: P Dave Beard, LF Tim Raines. Going to OAK: P Todd Burns)
6/1/1988: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $7,200,000 per year, for 3 years
 
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