Rich Dauer

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: July 27, 1952 in San Bernardino, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 5th round of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from San Bernardino Valley College (San Bernardino, CA), the Oakland Athletics in the 9th round of the 1972 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from San Bernardino Valley College (San Bernardino, CA), the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (2nd) of the 1972 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from San Bernardino Valley College (San Bernardino, CA) and the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (24th) of the 1974 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Colton HS (Colton, CA)

Schools: San Bernardino Valley College (San Bernardino, CA), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 11, 1976 (Age 24-046d, 13,806th in major league history)
vs. MIL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 29, 1985 (Age 33-064d)
vs. NYY 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1977 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Richard Fremont Dauer

Nicknames: Wacko

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1983 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.4

3829

984

.257

448

RBI

372

OBP

.310

SLG

.343

OPS

.653

OPS+

Summary of 43 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 11 go ahead

1 Tm
BAL	43

Platoon
vs RHP	24
vs LHP	19

Home/Road
Away	28
Home	15

Outs
1	17
0	13
2	13

13 Opps
TOR	5
OAK	4
CLE	4
SEA	4
CHW	4
MIL	4
MIN	3
BOS	3
CAL	3
NYY	3
DET	3
TEX	2
KCR	1

39 Pitchers
Jerry Garvin	2
Rick Waits	2
Jerry Augustine	2
Britt Burns	2
John Henry Johnson	1
Rick Honeycutt	1
Gene Nelson	1
Andy McGaffigan	1
Dennis Eckersley	1
Bill Lee	1
Richard Dotson	1
Steve Baker	1
Don Aase	1
Jim Willoughby	1
Jim Todd	1
Mike Moore	1
Dan Petry	1
Ron Davis	1
Bob McClure	1
Dave Tobik	1
Jeff Little	1
Ray Burris	1
Ken Forsch	1
Dave Goltz	1
Bob Galasso	1
Jerry Don Gleaton	1
Jim Umbarger	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Ed Glynn	1
Frank Tanana	1
Len Whitehouse	1
Bob Gibson	1
Jesse Jefferson	1
Pete Broberg	1
Paul Splittorff	1
Ken Schrom	1
Jim Clancy	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Randy Scarbery	1

14 Parks
Memor. Stad (BAL)	15
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1

Where Hit
7	35
9	2
8	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	28
1--	7
-2-	4
12-	3
--3	1

61 RBI
RISP	8
0 on	28
1 on	12
2 on	3
Any on	15

Inning
1	4
2	4
3	2
4	7
5	9
6	5
7	6
8	2
9	3
Extra	1

1-3	10
4-6	21
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	5
+2	6
+1	7
Tied	8
-1	4
-2	3
-4..	5

Ahead	23
Tied	8
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	31
3B	12

OrderPos
2nd	28
8th	9
9th	4
7th	2

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1977-06-09	BAL	@	BOS	Bill Lee	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.092	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1977-09-14 (2)	BAL	@	TOR	Jerry Garvin	ahead 3-2	t 7	2	---	1	2	4	0.140	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1977-09-19	BAL		TOR	Jerry Garvin	behind 0-2	b 6	1	---	1	2	4	0.134	35%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1977-09-20	BAL		TOR	Jim Clancy	ahead 2-1	b 5	2	---	1	2	4	0.118	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1977-10-01	BAL	@	BOS	Jim Willoughby	tied 4-4	t 5	0	---	1	2	4	0.129	63%		Home Run (LF-CF)
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1978-05-13	BAL	@	TEX	Jim Umbarger	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	1	8	5	0.091	84%		Home Run (Deep CF)
7	7	2	1	1978-05-21 (1)	BAL	@	CLE	Rick Waits	ahead 2-0	t 8	1	---	1	2	5	0.068	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	3	1	1978-06-15	BAL		CAL	Frank Tanana	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.103	41%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	4	1	1978-06-27 (2)	BAL	@	TOR	Jesse Jefferson	behind 2-8	t 5	1	---	1	2	5	0.020	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	5	1	1978-07-13	BAL		MIN	Dave Goltz	ahead 5-0	b 5	1	---	1	2	4	0.016	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	6	1	1978-08-29	BAL		OAK	Pete Broberg	ahead 4-0	b 4	0	---	1	8	4	0.031	96%		Home Run
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1979-04-24	BAL	@	CAL	Don Aase	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	4	0.100	58%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	2	1	1979-04-28	BAL	@	OAK	Jim Todd	behind 4-8	t 8	0	---	1	2	5	0.034	7%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	3	1	1979-04-29	BAL	@	OAK	John Henry Johnson	ahead 3-1	t 7	1	---	1	2	5	0.084	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1979-05-29	BAL	@	KCR	Paul Splittorff	ahead 4-1	t 4	2	---	1	9	5	0.070	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	5	1	1979-06-20	BAL	@	CLE	Rick Waits	behind 2-3	t 4	1	-2-	2	8	4	0.198	60%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. May Scores
17	17	6	1	1979-06-24	BAL		DET	Steve Baker	behind 0-2	b 4	2	-2-	2	8	5	0.227	51%		Home Run (Deep LF); K. Garcia Scores
18	18	7	1	1979-08-01	BAL	@	MIL	Jerry Augustine	ahead 4-2	t 9	2	---	1	2	4	0.050	96%		Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	8	1	1979-08-26 (1)	BAL	@	CHW	Randy Scarbery	ahead 8-5	t 5	2	-2-	2	8	4	0.100	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); E. Murray Scores/unER; R. Dauer Scores/unER
20	20	9	1	1979-09-20	BAL	@	DET	Dave Tobik	ahead 4-3	t 2	0	---	1	8	4	0.092	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1980-08-14	BAL		NYY	Ron Davis	ahead 4-1	b 7	1	---	1	2	5	0.031	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
22	22	2	1	1980-10-01	BAL	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	ahead 6-5	t 4	2	---	1	2	4	0.114	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1981-06-04	BAL	@	NYY	Gene Nelson	behind 0-12	t 9	0	---	1	2	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
24	24	2	1	1981-08-24	BAL	@	SEA	Jerry Don Gleaton	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	1--	2	2	4	0.137	86%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bumbry Scores/unER
25	25	3	2	1981-08-24	BAL	@	SEA	Bob Galasso	ahead 4-0	t 4	2	12-	3	2	4	0.086	97%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Dempsey Scores; A. Bumbry Scores
26	26	4	1	1981-09-24	BAL	@	NYY	Andy McGaffigan	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	-2-	2	2	4	0.172	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Dempsey Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1982-05-01	BAL		CAL	Ken Forsch	behind 1-2	b 6	1	1--	2	2	4	0.325	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bumbry Scores
28	28	2	1	1982-05-03	BAL		SEA	Mike Moore	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1--	2	2	4	0.152	74%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bumbry Scores
29	29	3	1	1982-05-16	BAL	@	SEA	Gaylord Perry	behind 2-3	t 7	0	1--	2	2	4	0.314	69%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bumbry Scores
30	30	4	1	1982-06-07	BAL	@	MIL	Jerry Augustine	ahead 6-1	t 9	1	---	1	2	4	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	5	1	1982-06-10	BAL	@	MIL	Bob McClure	tied 2-2	t 2	1	---	1	9	4	0.113	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	6	1	1982-08-17	BAL	@	MIN	Jeff Little	ahead 5-3	t 6	2	1--	2	2	5	0.147	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Dempsey Scores
33	33	7	1	1982-08-26	BAL		TOR	Ken Schrom	ahead 5-2	b 3	2	12-	3	9	4	0.115	95%		Home Run; C. Ripken Scores; D. Ford Scores
34	34	8	1	1982-09-19	BAL		CLE	Ed Glynn	tied 2-2	b 10	2	--3	2	2	5	0.373	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; R. Dempsey Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1983-04-14	BAL	@	CHW	Richard Dotson	behind 2-9	t 6	1	1--	2	7	4	0.022	4%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lowenstein Scores
36	36	2	1	1983-06-07	BAL		MIL	Bob Gibson	ahead 5-4	b 7	0	---	1	2	4	0.098	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	3	1	1983-07-02	BAL	@	DET	Dan Petry	ahead 4-1	t 4	2	1--	2	2	4	0.110	92%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Bumbry Scores
38	38	4	1	1983-07-29	BAL		TEX	Rick Honeycutt	behind 2-3	b 2	0	---	1	8	4	0.112	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	5	1	1983-09-03	BAL	@	MIN	Len Whitehouse	ahead 8-0	t 5	0	---	1	8	4	0.005	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1984-05-22	BAL	@	OAK	Ray Burris	tied 0-0	t 2	2	12-	3	8	4	0.280	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Lowenstein Scores; W. Gross Scores
41	41	2	1	1984-07-28	BAL		CLE	Bert Blyleven	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	1	7	4	0.068	18%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1985-05-01	BAL		CHW	Britt Burns	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	---	1	2	4	0.098	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	2	1	1985-07-28	BAL	@	CHW	Britt Burns	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	1	9	5	0.156	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)