Dave Rohde

David Grant Rohde

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.
• School Saddleback College, University of Arizona
• High School Corona del Mar High School
• Debut April 9, 1990
• Final Game May 22, 1992
• Born May 8, 1964 in Los Altos, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Infielder Dave Rohde was signed as a 5th round pick in the 1986 amateur draft by the Houston Astros and scout Clark Crist. He spent his first season of pro ball with the Auburn Astros, appearing in 61 games, getting 207 at bats with 54 base hits for a .261 average. He spent 1987 with the Osceola Astros hitting .286 in 103 games with 377 at bats.

Dave was with the Columbus Astros for the 1988 year, hitting .267 in 377 at bats. He spent 1989 split between the Tucson Toros and the Columbus Mudcats appearing in 142 games with 488 at bats, 139 base hits for a .285 batting average.

The Houston Astros brought him up in 1990 and the young man got into 59 games with 98 at bats and 18 base hits for a .184 average. Needless to say he was back in Tucson pretty quick, where he finished up the year with 60 base hits in 170 at bats for a .353 average. The Astros tried the same trick again in 1991 and this time he appeared in 29 games, had 41 at bats with only 5 hits for a .122 average and it was back to Tucson where he busted 94 hits in 253 at bats for a .372 average.

Dave, being a little hard to understand with the bat, was traded on December 10, 1991 along with Kenny Lofton to the Cleveland Indians for Willie Blair and Eddie Taubensee. Just because it was 1992 and Cleveland, Dave had not forgotten the plan: he was in 5 games, with 7 at bats and no hits, so this time they shipped him to the Colorado Springs Sky Sox where he hung in there for 121 games, 448 at bats with 132 hits for a .295 batting average. On November 20, 1992 Rohde was signed as free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Dave never made it to the majors again but he did have three reasonable years in AAA with the Buffalo Bisons and Tucson again, where he hit for a combined .252 batting average.

Dave spent ten years in professional baseball from 1986 through 1995. He was 31 years old when he hung them up. Altogether he appeared in 1,087 games, had 3,482 at bats, 962 base hits, including 135 doubles, 37 triples and 31 home runs, for a career batting average of .276. In 1995, Dave pitched one inning for Tucson. He allowed no hits, walked one batter and allowed no runs for a virgin ERA in what was the sole pitching appearance of his pro career.

Sources

Baseball-Reference.com
Baseball Library.com
SABR MILB Database:page