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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

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Team Record in Appearances: 6-18

Days of Rest

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 15, Entered with runners on base: 11

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 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	165	1	Apr 3	TEX		CLE	L,1-9	9-GF		99	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.77	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.51	9t --- 0 out d8	9t end d 8
2	166	3	Apr 6	TEX		NYY	W,7-6	8-GF	BW(1-0)	2	2.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	2.43	8	1	2	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	7	1	0	1	1	0	0	3.23	0.073	3.44	0.05%	-0.14	8t 123 0 out a3	9t end a 1
3	167	5	Apr 8	TEX		NYY	L,3-4	10-13	L(1-1)	1	3.2	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	1.35	3.37	19	5	4	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	15	1	0	2	1	0	1	3.09	0.441	3.79	0.33%	1.59	10t --- 0 out tie	13t 12- 2 out tie
4	168	8	Apr 13	TEX		TOR	L,2-3	8-GF	L(1-2)	4	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.13	4.02	8	4	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	3.60	-0.206	3.11	-0.11%	-0.05	8t 12- 2 out tie	9t end d 1
5	169	10	Apr 15	TEX		TOR	L,1-2	9-GF		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	3.92	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	0.055	.88	0.03%	0.69	9t -2- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
6	170	12	Apr 18	TEX	@	BOS	W,4-3	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.93	4.42	5	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.41	0.206	5.01	0.12%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
7	171	15	Apr 21	TEX	@	NYY	W,1-0	9-GF	S(2)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.84	4.27	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.77	0.191	2.72	0.11%	0.47	9b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
8	172	20	Apr 27	TEX	@	BAL	L,3-4	10-GF(11)	BL(1-3)	5	1.0	3	2	1	2	1	0	0	1.54	4.48	9	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1	0	0	1	4.64	-0.674	4.49	-0.39%	-2.50	10b --- 0 out a1	11b end d 1
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
9	173	23	May 1(1)	TEX	@	TOR	L,4-10	6-GF(8)		3	3.0	5	4	3	1	2	0	0	3.07	4.06	13	4	1	0	0	5		0	0	1	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.004	.26	0.00%	-2.46	6b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 6
10	174	28	May 6	TEX		BAL	L,1-6	6-GF		4	3.2	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	2.95	4.08	15	4	3	0	0	4		3	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.056	.11	0.02%	2.11	6t 123 1 out d4	9t end d 5
11	175	30	May 9	TEX		BOS	L,0-2	8-GF		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.75	3.78	4	0	2	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	0.057	.32	0.02%	1.29	8t 123 2 out d2	9t end d 2
12	176	33	May 12	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-4	9-GF	S(3)	2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.61	3.74	3	1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.99	0.095	1.25	0.04%	0.52	9b --- 0 out a2	9b end a 2
13	177	35	May 15	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-3	7-GF(8)	BS(3)	2	1.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.45	3.59	5	0	3	0	0	1		3	3	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	-0.466	1.02	-0.15%	-1.78	7b 123 2 out a2	8b end d 1
14	178	39	May 19	TEX	@	KCR	L,2-6	5-GF(8)		3	4.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.08	3.15	12	5	2	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	.16	0.066	.11	0.03%	3.82	5b 123 0 out d4	8b end d 4
15	179	45	May 26	TEX		CHW	L,1-5	7-8		6	2.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.93	3.02	9	0	3	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.020	.28	0.01%	1.02	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
16	180	47	May 28	TEX		KCR	L,1-6	8-8		1	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.17	3.46	5	1	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.19	-0.027	.17	-0.02%	-0.49	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d4
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
17	181	50	Jun 1	TEX		SEA	L,3-5	6-9	L(1-4)	3	3.0	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2.53	3.92	13	2	5	0	0	3		0	0	0	1	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.85	-0.159	.73	-0.08%	-0.10	6t --- 0 out d3	9t -2- 0 out d1
18	182	60	Jun 11	TEX		OAK	W,6-3	7-GF	S(4)	9	2.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.34	3.78	8	5	2	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.02	0.179	.57	0.06%	1.55	7t 1-- 1 out a1	9t end a 3
19	183	66	Jun 17	TEX	@	SEA	L,2-5	6-8		5	2.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.19	3.74	11	4	3	0	0	2		2	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.21	0.267	1.49	0.11%	1.46	6b 1-3 2 out tie	8b 3 out tie
20	184	70	Jun 22	TEX	@	OAK	W,4-0	9-GF	S(5)	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.13	3.61	3	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.092	1.29	0.06%	1.79	9b 1-3 0 out a4	9b end a 4
21	185	72	Jun 24	TEX	@	OAK	L,2-4	9-GF	L(1-5)	1	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.56	3.93	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.25	-0.372	2.65	-0.26%	-1.64	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 2
22	186	77	Jun 28(2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-7	7-GF(8)		3	1.2	3	2	2	1	1	1	0	2.90	4.23	9	3	1	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.27	-0.047	.22	-0.02%	-1.58	7b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 5
23	187	78	Jun 29	TEX	@	CLE	L,12-13	13-GF(13)	L(1-6)	0	0.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.12	4.31	3	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.56	-0.362	1.99	-0.17%	-2.00	13b --- 0 out tie	13b end d 1
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
24	188	80	Jul 1	TEX	@	CLE	L,5-13	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	3	3	3	1	3	0	0	3.61	4.16	10	1	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-1.99	7b --- 0 out d8	8b end d10
							6-18		W-L:1-6,Sv:5,BSv:3	2.9	42.1	44	20	17	17	30	5	1	3.61	4.16	186	1.29		0%	0%	44		25	28%	5	1	0	166	7	2	6	4	0	4	1.57	-0.520	1.48	-0.24%	2.62

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