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Dave Tobik

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: March 2, 1953 in Euclid, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from Ohio University (Athens, OH) and the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1975 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Ohio University (Athens, OH).

School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)

Debut: August 26, 1978 (Age 25-177d, 14,080th in major league history)
vs. MIL 3.0 IP, 6 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: October 5, 1985 (Age 32-217d)
vs. CHW 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1979 season

Full Name: David Vance Tobik

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.5

ERA

3.70

196

396.0

256

WHIP

1.283

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	37 (36)	May 26	DET		BAL	L,5-7		12	3.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	41 (3)	May 29	DET	@	TOR	W,9-8		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	43 (1)	May 31	DET	@	TOR	W,1-0		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
4	45 (1)	Jun 2	DET	@	OAK	W,9-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
5	49 (3)	Jun 6	DET	@	SEA	L,3-4	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	51 (1)	Jun 9	DET	@	CAL	L,1-9		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	57 (5)	Jun 15	DET		CAL	L,7-8	GF	9	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	P
8	58	Jun 16	DET		CAL	L,2-4	GF	5	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	61 (2)	Jun 19	DET	@	BOS	W,10-4		15	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	64 (2)	Jun 22	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	GF	5	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	66 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,5-6	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	69 (2)	Jun 27	DET		BOS	L,1-3		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	71 (1)	Jun 29	DET		CLE	W,8-6	GF	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	75 (3)	Jul 3	DET		TOR	L,1-9	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	76	Jul 4	DET		TOR	L,6-7	GF	16	3.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	79 (2)	Jul 6 (2)	DET	@	MIL	W,5-4	GF	10	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	P
17	82 (2)	Jul 8 (2)	DET	@	MIL	L,1-3	GF	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
18	83	Jul 9	DET		MIN	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	84	Jul 10	DET		MIN	W,6-5		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	89 (4)	Jul 14	DET	@	CHW	L,4-12	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	92 (2)	Jul 20	DET	@	MIN	L,6-14	GF	16	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	95 (2)	Jul 23	DET		CHW	L,3-11		10	1.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	114 (18)	Aug 10 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,6-7		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	115	Aug 10 (2)	DET	@	KCR	L,3-7	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
25	116	Aug 11	DET	@	KCR	L,5-11	GF	12	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	123 (6)	Aug 19	DET	@	SEA	L,4-8	GF	10	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	129 (5)	Aug 26 (1)	DET		SEA	W,4-3		14	4.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	130	Aug 26 (2)	DET		SEA	W,9-8	GF	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	132 (1)	Aug 28	DET		CAL	W,12-2		9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	134 (1)	Aug 30	DET		OAK	W,8-7	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	135	Aug 31	DET		OAK	L,3-5		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	137 (1)	Sep 2	DET		OAK	L,4-5		14	3.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	145 (7)	Sep 11	DET		CLE	W,14-1		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	149 (3)	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	W,8-4		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	153 (3)	Sep 20	DET		BAL	L,7-8		9	2.0	1	2	0	3	1	P
36	158 (4)	Sep 26	DET	@	BAL	L,2-13		14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	160 (1)	Sep 29	DET		BOS	L,5-8		6	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
							37gm		68.2	5	5	0	10	1