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Dave Righetti

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: November 28, 1958 in San Jose, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (10th) of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from San Jose City College (San Jose, CA).

High School: Pioneer HS (San Jose, CA)

School: San Jose City College (San Jose, CA)

Debut: September 16, 1979 (Age 20-292d, 14,252nd in major league history)
vs. DET 5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 18, 1995 (Age 36-294d)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Bill Goodstein

Full Name: David Allan Righetti

Nicknames: Rags

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Rookie of the Year
2x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.3

ERA

3.46

718

252

1403.2

1112

WHIP

1.338

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-19 / in Starts: 13-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 32, Entered with runners on base: 5

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	19	3	Apr 12	NYY	@	TEX	W,10-7	GS-8	W(1-0)	99	7.1	7	4	3	2	3	0	1	3.68	3.13	34	9	12	2	1	7	51			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	3	.40	0.115	.44	0.08%	1.22	1b start tie	8b 123 1 out a9
2	20	8	Apr 18	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-1)	5	6.0	4	3	3	6	4	0	0	4.05	3.69	26	8	4	0	0	4	50			1	0	1	20	0	0	0	1	0	0	.77	-0.002	1.24	0.00%	0.62	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out d2
3	21	12	Apr 23	NYY		DET	L,1-9	GS-4	L(1-2)	4	3.1	6	5	5	3	2	0	0	5.94	3.80	18	2	5	0	0	6	27			1	0	1	14	1	1	0	0	1	0	.91	-0.253	1.49	-0.25%	-2.71	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d4
4	22	17	Apr 29	NYY		CAL	L,0-2	GS-8		5	7.1	2	0	0	7	5	0	0	4.13	3.93	30	7	9	2	0	2	72			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.394	1.25	0.24%	3.25	1t start tie	8t -2- 1 out tie
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	23	22	May 4	NYY		OAK	L,7-9	GS-3		4	3.0	5	4	4	0	2	0	2	5.00	3.87	16	3	4	0	0	5	35			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	1	0	.73	-0.263	.59	-0.13%	-2.53	1t start tie	3t 3 out d4
6	24	24	May 7	NYY	@	SEA	L,2-5	6-7		2	1.2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	5.02	4.11	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.009	.26	0.00%	0.44	6b 12- 1 out d2	7b 3 out d3
7	25	28	May 11	NYY	@	CAL	W,3-2	GS-7	W(2-2)	3	7.0	4	2	2	5	4	1	0	4.54	4.40	28	8	7	0	0	4	60			0	1	0	22	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.33	0.158	.77	0.06%	1.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
8	26	33	May 16	NYY	@	OAK	L,6-7	GS-4	L(2-3)	4	3.2	6	6	5	6	3	0	0	5.26	4.55	23	3	5	0	0	6	24			0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.267	.70	-0.13%	-2.60	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d3
9	27	38	May 22	NYY		MIN	W,1-0	GS-9	W(3-3)	5	8.0	4	0	0	4	8	0	0	4.37	4.15	32	6	10	4	0	4	78			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.456	1.07	0.22%	3.54	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a1
10	28	41	May 26	NYY		TOR	L,0-7	3-7		3	4.1	3	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.35	4.05	19	3	6	0	0	3		2	0	0	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.002	.23	0.00%	0.45	3t 1-3 2 out d5	7t 3 out d7
11	29	44	May 30	NYY	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS-7		3	6.1	4	5	1	4	8	1	0	4.03	4.06	28	2	10	0	0	4	57			0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	.68	-0.042	.82	-0.03%	-1.32	1b start a 1	7b 12- 1 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	30	49	Jun 4	NYY		KCR	L,3-4	GS-8	L(3-4)	4	7.0	5	4	4	4	8	1	0	4.15	4.06	30	4	9	2	0	5	55			1	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	.53	-0.201	.51	-0.12%	-0.95	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d2
13	31	53	Jun 10	NYY	@	BOS	W,5-3	GS-7	W(4-4)	5	6.2	3	3	3	5	8	0	0	4.14	3.92	28	5	7	0	0	3	59			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.268	.55	0.10%	1.47	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out a2
14	32	58	Jun 16	NYY		BOS	W,4-1	CG(6)	W(5-4)	5	6.0	3	1	1	8	7	0	0	3.94	3.95	29	7	4	0	0	3	61			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	0.256	1.03	0.12%	1.94	1t start tie	6t 3 out a2
15	33	62	Jun 21	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-6	GS-7	L(5-5)	4	6.1	8	5	5	3	5	2	0	4.18	4.16	30	4	10	0	0	8	39			1	0	1	26	2	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.164	.61	-0.07%	-1.59	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d3
16	34	67	Jun 26	NYY		CLE	W,4-3	GS-4		4	3.1	4	3	2	2	4	0	0	4.23	4.08	16	3	3	0	0	4	44			1	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.159	.54	-0.05%	-1.56	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	35	87	Jul 20	NYY		SEA	L,5-6	GS-3		23	2.2	6	5	5	3	5	0	0	4.60	4.03	17	1	2	0	0	6	28			3	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.319	.60	-0.11%	-4.29	1t start tie	3t 123 2 out d5
18	36	90	Jul 23	NYY		CAL	W,6-3	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.57	4.03	4	0	1	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.86	0.033	.91	0.01%	-0.10	9t 12- 1 out a4	9t end a 3
19	37	92	Jul 25	NYY		CAL	L,4-6	8-GF		1	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.48	3.98	7	1	2	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.66	-0.016	.45	-0.01%	0.42	8t --3 1 out d1	9t end d 2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	38	98	Aug 1	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-4	6-GF(8)		6	3.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	4.34	4.00	12	5	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	0	0	.23	0.032	.14	0.01%	1.41	6b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
21	39	100	Aug 3(2)	NYY		CHW	L,2-14	6-7		1	2.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	4.25	3.97	10	1	2	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.97	6t 12- 0 out d10	7t 3 out d11
22	40	104	Aug 6	NYY		TEX	W,6-0	GS-7	W(6-5)	2	6.1	4	0	0	3	5	0	0	3.99	3.88	25	6	7	1	0	4	67			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	.94	0.280	.21	0.04%	2.25	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a5
23	41	110	Aug 11	NYY	@	DET	L,2-3	GS-9		4	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	1	0	3.83	3.86	34	10	8	0	0	6	71			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	0	.97	0.273	.30	0.05%	2.50	1b start a 1	9b 3 out tie
24	42	115	Aug 16(1)	NYY		KCR	W,2-0	GS-8	W(7-5)	4	7.2	4	0	0	4	8	0	0	3.59	3.76	30	5	9	1	2	4	75			1	0	0	26	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	0.425	.13	0.03%	3.49	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a2
25	43	121	Aug 22	NYY		TOR	W,3-1	GS-8	W(8-5)	5	7.0	5	1	1	1	9	1	0	3.46	3.68	27	3	9	2	0	5	71			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.233	.14	0.02%	2.05	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a2
26	44	126	Aug 27	NYY	@	TOR	L,3-10	GS-6	L(8-6)	4	5.0	9	8	7	4	8	1	0	3.81	3.71	28	3	4	0	1	9	23			2	1	0	24	2	0	1	0	0	1	1.30	-0.408	.19	-0.03%	-4.62	1b start a 3	6b 1-3 0 out d3
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	45	131	Sep 1	NYY	@	MIN	L,2-7	GS-4	L(8-7)	4	3.0	10	5	4	0	4	0	0	3.99	3.63	18	3	1	0	0	10	25			0	0	0	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.11	-0.269	.11	-0.02%	-2.80	1b start a 1	4b 1-3 0 out d2
28	46	135	Sep 6	NYY		BAL	L,2-8	GS-7	L(8-8)	4	7.0	5	4	4	7	5	1	0	4.05	3.76	31	6	8	0	1	5	49			1	0	0	23	0	0	0	2	1	0	.90	-0.098	.03	0.00%	-0.57	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
29	47	140	Sep 11	NYY		MIL	W,14-2	CG	W(9-8)	4	9.0	5	2	2	2	6	1	0	3.93	3.74	35	7	15	1	6	5	73			2	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	.30	0.099	.00	0.00%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
30	48	146	Sep 16	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(9-9)	4	8.0	6	3	2	5	5	0	1	3.84	3.74	35	13	5	0	0	6	60			1	0	0	27	0	0	1	2	0	1	.99	-0.009	.00	0.00%	1.00	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
31	49	151	Sep 21(2)	NYY		CLE	W,6-2	CG	W(10-9)	4	9.0	6	2	2	3	7	0	0	3.74	3.66	37	10	11	0	0	6	71			1	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	0.296	.00	0.00%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
32	50	156	Sep 27	NYY	@	BOS	W,10-3	GS-8	W(11-9)	5	7.0	8	3	2	3	7	0	0	3.70	3.59	30	10	9	5	1	1	55			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	.39	0.051	.00	0.00%	0.36	1b start a 6	8b 1-3 0 out a8
33	51	161	Oct 2	NYY		BOS	L,0-5	GS-8	L(11-10)	4	7.2	6	5	5	2	3	0	2	3.79	3.59	32	8	11	1	2	6	48			0	0	1	27	3	0	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.055	.00	0.00%	-1.31	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out d5
							14-19		W-L:11-10,Sv:1	3.8	183.0	155	88	77	108	163	11	6	3.79	3.59	804	0.79		6%	4%	148	53	9	33%	17	4	4	677	21	4	4	13	5	9	.88	0.855	.45	0.03%	6.75

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