Dave Lemanczyk

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 235lb (193cm, 106kg)

Born: August 17, 1950 in Syracuse, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 16th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY).

High School: Westhill HS (Geddes, NY)

School: Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY)

Debut: April 15, 1973 (Age 22-241d, 13,343rd in major league history)
vs. CLE 2.1 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 27, 1980 (Age 30-041d)
vs. CHW 3.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks • Previously: Bob Woolf

Full Name: David Lawrence Lemanczyk

Pronunciation: \luh-MAN-chick\

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.9

ERA

4.62

185

103

913.0

429

WHIP

1.506

Summary of 87 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 26 go ahead

3 Tms
TOR	52
DET	27
CAL	8

Platoon
vs LHB	47
vs RHB	40

Home/Road
Home	52
Away	35

Outs
2	31
1	30
0	26

13 Opps
CHW	15
DET	10
CLE	8
NYY	8
BOS	7
BAL	7
MIL	7
OAK	6
MIN	5
TEX	5
CAL	4
KCR	3
SEA	2

69 Batters
Jack Brohamer	3
Reggie Jackson	3
Jorge Orta	3
Oscar Gamble	3
Ralph Garr	2
Milt May	2
Larry Hisle	2
Lee May	2
Champ Summers	2
John Briggs	2
Juan Beníquez	2
Wayne Nordhagen	2
Dick Allen	2
Ben Oglivie	2
Chris Chambliss	1
Mike Cubbage	1
Ron Fairly	1
Richie Hebner	1
Amos Otis	1
Phil Mankowski	1
Gary Alexander	1
George Scott	1
Rico Carty	1
Jim Spencer	1
Mark Wagner	1
Eddie Murray	1
George Zeber	1
John Ellis	1
Carney Lansford	1
Bobby Bonds	1
Ron Hassey	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Bombo Rivera	1
Jim Sundberg	1
Richie Zisk	1
Chet Lemon	1
Mickey Rivers	1
Ron LeFlore	1
John Mayberry	1
Gene Tenace	1
Joe Lefebvre	1
Danny Cater	1
Pat Kelly	1
Darrell Porter	1
Jason Thompson	1
Ruppert Jones	1
Bobby Murcer	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Willie Crawford	1
Deron Johnson	1
Butch Hobson	1
Jim Anderson	1
Tony Armas	1
Claudell Washington	1
Glenn Adams	1
Dave Nelson	1
Bill Melton	1
Alan Bannister	1
Boog Powell	1
Hal McRae	1
Andrés Mora	1
Gorman Thomas	1
Larry Haney	1
Dave May	1
Joe Lahoud	1
Tommy Harper	1
Willie Horton	1
Carl Yastrzemski	1
Dwayne Murphy	1

14 Parks
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	29
Tiger Stad (DET)	22
Angel Stad (ANA)	6
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	6
Memor. Stad (BAL)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Arlington St (ARL)	3
County Stad (MIL)	2
Kingdome (SEA)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1

Where Hit
9	29
7	25
89	6
8	5
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	62
2·HR gms	9
4·HR gms	1
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	46
1--	18
12-	10
-2-	5
123	2
--3	2
-23	2
1-3	2

146 Runs
RISP	23
0 on	46
1 on	25
2 on	14
3 on	2
Any on	41

Inning
1	9
2	10
3	7
4	11
5	9
6	14
7	11
8	11
9	4
Extra	1

1-3	26
4-6	34
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	19
+3	5
+2	7
+1	7
Tied	23
-1	8
-2	10
-3	4
-4..	4

Ahead	38
Tied	23
Behind	26

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
DH	16
LF	16
1B	14
CF	8
C	8
2B	6
RF	6
3B	6
PH	4
SS	3

OrderPos
5th	16
4th	15
6th	12
2nd	11
3rd	9
7th	7
1st	7
9th	7
8th	3

Leverage
High Lev	16
Medium Lev	33
Low Lev	38

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1974-06-05	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	DET	ahead 4-1	t 5	1	123	4	7	3	8%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Bando Scores; J. Rudi Scores; D. Johnson Scores
2	2	2	2	1974-06-05	Deron Johnson	OAK	@	DET	ahead 8-1	t 7	1	---	1	6	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1974-06-29	John Briggs	MIL	@	DET	ahead 5-0	t 7	0	12-	3	3	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Money Scores; K. Berry Scores
4	4	4	2	1974-06-29	John Briggs	MIL	@	DET	ahead 8-0	t 9	2	---	1	3	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1974-07-06	Dick Allen	CHW	@	DET	ahead 6-0	t 5	0	---	1	3	3	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
6	6	6	2	1974-07-06	Bill Melton	CHW	@	DET	ahead 7-0	t 5	0	---	1	4	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF)
7	7	7	1	1974-07-17	Dick Allen	CHW		DET	ahead 4-1	b 4	0	1--	2	3	3	7%	95%		Home Run (Deep CF); C. May Scores/unER
8	8	8	1	1974-07-25	Tommy Harper	BOS	@	DET	ahead 11-3	t 8	0	---	1	1	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	1	1974-08-06	John Ellis	CLE	@	DET	behind 0-3	t 2	0	---	1	5	3	8%	29%		Home Run (Deep CF)
10	10	10	1	1974-08-11	Dave Nelson	TEX		DET	tied 0-0	b 5	1	12-	3	1	4	28%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Harrah Scores; J. Sundberg Scores/unER
11	11	11	1	1974-09-12	Darrell Porter	MIL	@	DET	ahead 5-3	t 5	2	--3	2	5	2	14%	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Briggs Scores
12	12	12	1	1974-09-27	Danny Cater	BOS	@	DET	ahead 7-0	t 3	2	---	1	3	3	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1975-04-30	George Scott	MIL		DET	ahead 4-2	b 8	1	-2-	2	4	3	4%	99%		Home Run; R. Yount Scores
14	14	2	1	1975-06-12	Joe Lahoud	CAL	@	DET	ahead 6-1	t 9	2	---	1	4	DH	0%	100%		Home Run
15	15	3	1	1975-06-17	Juan Beníquez	BOS	@	DET	ahead 6-4	t 8	2	---	1	1	7	7%	92%		Home Run
16	16	4	1	1975-07-22 (1)	Larry Haney	OAK	@	DET	ahead 9-0	t 9	0	1--	2	5	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Alexander Scores
17	17	5	1	1975-07-27 (1)	Jack Brohamer	CLE	@	DET	ahead 4-2	t 4	1	-23	3	2	4	12%	92%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Ashby Scores; J. Lowenstein Scores
18	18	6	1	1975-07-27 (2)	Oscar Gamble	CLE	@	DET	ahead 6-0	t 7	2	---	1	6	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	7	1	1975-09-06	Oscar Gamble	CLE		DET	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	1	6	7	7%	87%		Home Run
20	20	8	1	1975-09-18	Boog Powell	CLE	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	11%	73%		Home Run
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1976-06-29	Chris Chambliss	NYY	@	DET	ahead 4-3	t 7	2	---	1	5	3	14%	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	2	1	1976-07-31	Reggie Jackson	BAL		DET	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2	3	DH	19%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF); A. Bumbry Scores
23	23	3	1	1976-08-05	Butch Hobson	BOS	@	DET	tied 2-2	t 6	1	1--	2	8	5	28%	78%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Miller Scores
24	24	4	1	1976-08-14	John Mayberry	KCR		DET	behind 0-1	b 1	1	12-	3	4	3	25%	73%		Home Run (CF-RF); A. Otis Scores; G. Brett Scores
25	25	5	1	1976-08-20 (2)	Larry Hisle	MIN	@	DET	behind 0-2	t 2	2	1--	2	7	7	20%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Cubbage Scores
26	26	6	1	1976-09-08	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		DET	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	4	7	13%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
27	27	7	1	1976-09-14	Doug DeCinces	BAL		DET	behind 2-6	b 3	1	12-	3	6	5	22%	39%		Home Run; L. May Scores; K. Singleton Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1977-04-09	Oscar Gamble	CHW	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	6	DH	13%	60%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	2	1	1977-04-13	Jason Thompson	DET	@	TOR	tied 1-1	t 5	2	12-	3	5	3	33%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores; R. Staub Scores
30	30	3	2	1977-04-13	Ben Oglivie	DET	@	TOR	behind 4-7	t 7	1	1--	2	3	9	15%	26%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Fuentes Scores
31	31	4	1	1977-05-06	Larry Hisle	MIN	@	TOR	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	---	1	6	7	13%	76%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	5	1	1977-05-22	Juan Beníquez	TEX		TOR	ahead 3-2	b 4	0	---	1	9	8	10%	79%		Home Run
33	33	6	1	1977-05-29	Bobby Bonds	CAL	@	TOR	tied 1-1	t 7	0	1--	2	5	DH	26%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Rudi Scores
34	34	7	1	1977-06-10	Ruppert Jones	SEA		TOR	behind 1-4	b 8	2	1--	2	4	8	14%	19%		Home Run (Deep CF); J. Báez Scores
35	35	8	1	1977-06-24	Andrés Mora	BAL		TOR	behind 2-4	b 7	2	-2-	2	9	PH	34%	52%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Dempsey Scores
36	36	9	1	1977-06-28 (1)	George Zeber	NYY	@	TOR	behind 1-2	t 2	1	-2-	2	8	4	17%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. May Scores
37	37	10	2	1977-06-28 (1)	Reggie Jackson	NYY	@	TOR	behind 4-7	t 8	1	---	1	5	9	5%	10%		Home Run (Deep CF)
38	38	11	1	1977-07-03 (1)	Willie Horton	TEX	@	TOR	behind 0-2	t 7	0	---	1	4	DH	12%	31%		Home Run
39	39	12	1	1977-07-17 (2)	Ron LeFlore	DET	@	TOR	behind 0-2	t 3	2	-2-	2	1	8	19%	46%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Mankowski Scores
40	40	13	2	1977-07-17 (2)	Milt May	DET	@	TOR	tied 6-6	t 11	1	---	1	9	PH	38%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	14	1	1977-07-23	Jack Brohamer	CHW	@	TOR	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	1	8	5	11%	50%		Home Run
42	42	15	2	1977-07-23	Alan Bannister	CHW	@	TOR	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1	2	6	12%	58%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
43	43	16	3	1977-07-23	Ralph Garr	CHW	@	TOR	ahead 5-2	t 6	2	12-	3	1	7	11%	97%		Home Run; C. Lemon Scores; J. Brohamer Scores
44	44	17	1	1977-08-12	Hal McRae	KCR	@	TOR	ahead 7-6	t 6	1	1--	2	2	DH	19%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Poquette Scores
45	45	18	1	1977-08-22	Willie Crawford	OAK		TOR	tied 2-2	b 7	2	-23	3	9	PH	34%	94%		Home Run; J. Tyrone Scores; T. Hosley Scores
46	46	19	1	1977-09-17 (2)	Rico Carty	CLE		TOR	behind 1-6	b 8	0	1--	2	6	DH	5%	8%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Bochte Scores/unER
47	47	20	1	1977-09-22	Lee May	BAL		TOR	ahead 4-0	b 6	2	1-3	3	4	3	4%	99%		Home Run; A. Bumbry Scores/unER; K. Singleton Scores/unER; L. May Scores/unER
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1978-04-07	Milt May	DET		TOR	behind 0-2	b 2	2	---	1	7	2	10%	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	2	2	1978-04-07	Phil Mankowski	DET		TOR	tied 2-2	b 4	2	12-	3	2	5	30%	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Whitaker Scores; A. Trammell Scores
50	50	3	1	1978-04-12	Jorge Orta	CHW		TOR	behind 0-2	b 1	1	---	1	2	4	10%	42%		Home Run
51	51	4	2	1978-04-12	Jorge Orta	CHW		TOR	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---	1	2	4	14%	56%		Home Run
52	52	5	3	1978-04-12	Wayne Nordhagen	CHW		TOR	tied 2-2	b 5	2	1--	2	9	2	27%	80%		Home Run; D. Kessinger Scores
53	53	6	4	1978-04-12	Ralph Garr	CHW		TOR	ahead 4-2	b 5	2	---	1	1	7	8%	88%		Home Run
54	54	7	1	1978-04-18	Amos Otis	KCR	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	2	123	4	6	8	30%	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Wilson Scores; H. McRae Scores; D. Porter Scores
55	55	8	1	1978-04-29	Ron Fairly	CAL		TOR	tied 0-0	b 1	2	--3	2	4	DH	18%	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Miller Scores
56	56	9	1	1978-05-24	Jack Brohamer	BOS	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	7	DH	21%	68%		Home Run; F. Lynn Scores
57	57	10	2	1978-05-24	Carlton Fisk	BOS	@	TOR	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	1--	2	5	2	8%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF); F. Lynn Scores
58	58	11	1	1978-05-28 (2)	Mickey Rivers	NYY		TOR	behind 0-2	b 3	2	1--	2	1	8	23%	51%		Home Run; B. Dent Scores
59	59	12	1	1978-06-17	Richie Zisk	TEX		TOR	ahead 5-1	b 4	2	12-	3	4	7	6%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Hargrove Scores; J. Lowenstein Scores
60	60	13	1	1978-06-27 (1)	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	TOR	behind 1-6	t 6	1	---	1	4	3	3%	6%		Home Run (Deep RF)
61	61	14	1	1978-07-02 (1)	Gary Alexander	CLE	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	2	11%	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	15	1	1978-07-29	Dave May	MIL	@	TOR	behind 2-4	t 8	1	---	1	3	7	10%	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
63	63	16	1	1978-09-16	Lee May	BAL		TOR	ahead 9-1	b 8	2	1--	2	5	DH	0%	100%		Home Run; E. Murray Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
64	64	1	1	1979-04-16	Claudell Washington	CHW	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	9	10%	57%		Home Run (Deep CF-RF); C. Washington Scores
65	65	2	1	1979-04-20	Mark Wagner	DET		TOR	ahead 4-0	b 6	2	1-3	3	9	6	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Gonzales Scores; A. Rodríguez Scores
66	66	3	1	1979-04-29 (2)	Gorman Thomas	MIL	@	TOR	ahead 2-1	t 5	1	---	1	2	8	12%	73%		Home Run (LF-CF)
67	67	4	1	1979-05-05	Ben Oglivie	MIL		TOR	ahead 5-0	b 6	2	---	1	5	7	1%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores
68	68	5	1	1979-05-12	Jim Sundberg	TEX	@	TOR	tied 1-1	t 8	0	---	1	7	2	24%	74%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	6	1	1979-05-28	Champ Summers	DET	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	9	11%	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
70	70	7	1	1979-06-16	Dwayne Murphy	OAK	@	TOR	behind 1-3	t 8	0	---	1	2	8	12%	26%		Home Run (Deep RF)
71	71	8	1	1979-06-26	Jim Spencer	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	1--	2	7	3	12%	86%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Nettles Scores
72	72	9	1	1979-07-13	Mike Cubbage	MIN	@	TOR	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	6	5	9%	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	10	1	1979-07-22	Glenn Adams	MIN		TOR	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	---	1	5	DH	8%	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	11	1	1979-08-05	Jorge Orta	CHW	@	TOR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-2-	2	3	4	15%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Bannister Scores; J. Orta Scores
75	75	12	1	1979-09-03 (2)	Pat Kelly	BAL		TOR	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	7	11%	66%		Home Run (CF-RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
76	76	1	1	1980-04-20	Ron Hassey	CLE		TOR	behind 0-4	b 7	0	12-	3	7	2	20%	36%		Home Run; J. Orta Scores; J. Charboneau Scores
77	77	2	1	1980-05-06	Carney Lansford	CAL		TOR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	10%	63%		Home Run (Deep LF)
78	78	3	1	1980-05-23	Joe Lefebvre	NYY	@	TOR	ahead 5-1	t 6	1	---	1	6	PH	4%	95%		Home Run (CF-RF)
79	79	4	1	1980-05-31	Bobby Murcer	NYY		TOR	behind 5-6	b 7	0	---	1	2	7	23%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
80	80	5	1	1980-06-19	Reggie Jackson	NYY		CAL	behind 3-4	b 3	1	---	1	4	DH	12%	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
81	81	6	1	1980-06-25	Chet Lemon	CHW	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--	2	6	8	17%	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Nordhagen Scores
82	82	7	1	1980-07-03	Wayne Nordhagen	CHW		CAL	behind 2-4	b 6	0	---	1	4	7	14%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
83	83	8	1	1980-07-12	Tony Armas	OAK	@	CAL	behind 1-2	t 6	0	1--	2	5	9	27%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Gross Scores
84	84	9	1	1980-07-21	Richie Hebner	DET	@	CAL	ahead 9-3	t 6	2	12-	3	4	3	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Trammell Scores/unER; S. Kemp Scores/unER; R. Hebner Scores/unER
85	85	10	2	1980-07-21	Champ Summers	DET	@	CAL	ahead 13-3	t 9	0	---	1	5	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
86	86	11	1	1980-08-12	Jim Anderson	SEA		CAL	behind 5-6	b 6	1	---	1	9	6	19%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF)
87	87	12	1	1980-08-18	Bombo Rivera	MIN		CAL	ahead 7-1	b 8	0	---	1	5	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)