Dave Goltz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 200lb (193cm, 90kg)

Born: June 23, 1949 in Pelican Rapids, MN us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rothsay HS (Rothsay, MN).

High School: Rothsay HS (Rothsay, MN)

School: Minnesota State University, Moorhead (Moorhead, MN)

Debut: July 18, 1972 (Age 23-025d, 13,255th in major league history)
vs. NYY 3.2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 22, 1983 (Age 33-364d)
vs. TEX 3.2 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: David Allan Goltz

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1981 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

23.1

113

109

ERA

3.69

353

264

2039.2

1105

WHIP

1.348

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1967	18	MIN-min	Rk	6	2	.750	2.00	12	10		3	1		72.0	63	23	16	3	14	0	51	3	0	1				1.069	7.9	0.4	1.8	6.4	3.64	TWN GULF
1968	19	MIN-min	A-	10	3	.769	1.61	16	16		12	3		123.0	103	39	22	1	29	0	122	1	1	4				1.073	7.5	0.1	2.1	8.9	4.21	SCL NORL
1969	20	MIN-min	WRk	1	2	.333	4.30	5	5		1		0	23.0	25	12	11	0	8	0	9	2	0	0				1.435	9.8	0.0	3.1	3.5	1.13	TWI FLIN
1970	21	MIN-min	A,AA	0	2	.000	4.50	2	2		0	0	0	8.0	4	5	4	1	7	0	4	0	0	1				1.375	4.5	1.1	7.9	4.5	0.57	ORL,CHR FLOR,SOUL
1971	22	MIN-min	A	14	3	.824	2.89	20	19		9	3	0	140.0	125	53	45	2	48	3	98	5	1	3				1.236	8.0	0.1	3.1	6.3	2.04	LBG,ORL CARL,FLOR
1972	23	MIN-min	AAA	8	8	.500	3.89	19	19		4	3	0	118.0	131	65	51	8	42	6	99	1	0	1				1.466	10.0	0.6	3.2	7.6	2.36	TAC PCL
1972	23	MIN	AL	3	3	.500	2.67	15	11	2	2	0	1	91.0	75	30	27	5	26	3	38	0	1	1	368	121	3.14	1.110	7.4	0.5	2.6	3.8	1.46
1973	24	MIN	AL	6	4	.600	5.25	32	10	11	1	0	1	106.1	138	68	62	11	32	1	65	2	0	5	477	75	3.65	1.599	11.7	0.9	2.7	5.5	2.03
1974	25	MIN-min	AAA	3	1	.750	3.30	4	4		2	1	0	30.0	25	13	11	4	15	0	26	0	0	2				1.333	7.5	1.2	4.5	7.8	1.73	TAC PCL
1974	25	MIN	AL	10	10	.500	3.25	28	24	1	5	1	1	174.1	192	81	63	14	45	1	89	7	0	4	746	116	3.50	1.359	9.9	0.7	2.3	4.6	1.98
1975	26	MIN	AL	14	14	.500	3.67	32	32	0	15	1	0	243.0	235	112	99	18	72	2	128	6	3	11	1015	106	3.46	1.263	8.7	0.7	2.7	4.7	1.78
1976	27	MIN	AL	14	14	.500	3.36	36	35	0	13	4	0	249.1	239	113	93	14	91	4	133	5	1	15	1054	107	3.45	1.324	8.6	0.5	3.3	4.8	1.46
1977	28	MIN	AL	20	11	.645	3.36	39	39	0	19	2	0	303.0	284	129	113	23	91	4	186	2	1	9	1253	119	3.42	1.238	8.4	0.7	2.7	5.5	2.04	CYA-6
1978	29	MIN	AL	15	10	.600	2.49	29	29	0	13	2	0	220.1	209	72	61	12	67	1	116	1	1	4	913	155	3.17	1.253	8.5	0.5	2.7	4.7	1.73
1979	30	MIN	AL	14	13	.519	4.16	36	35	1	12	1	0	250.2	282	124	116	22	69	3	132	1	0	5	1061	106	3.66	1.400	10.1	0.8	2.5	4.7	1.91
1980	31	LAD	NL	7	11	.389	4.31	35	27	2	2	2	1	171.1	198	91	82	12	59	3	91	0	1	3	739	82	3.63	1.500	10.4	0.6	3.1	4.8	1.54
1981	32	LAD	NL	2	7	.222	4.09	26	8	3	0	0	1	77.0	83	35	35	4	25	3	48	0	1	2	319	82	3.00	1.403	9.7	0.5	2.9	5.6	1.92
1982	33	TOT	MLB	8	6	.571	4.12	30	8	17	1	0	3	89.2	88	47	41	4	32	1	52	1	0	2	382	99	3.24	1.338	8.8	0.4	3.2	5.2	1.63
1982	33	LAD	NL	0	1	.000	4.91	2	1	1	0	0	0	3.2	6	4	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	80	1.08	1.636	14.7	0.0	0.0	7.4
1982	33	CAL	AL	8	5	.615	4.08	28	7	16	1	0	3	86.0	82	43	39	4	32	1	49	1	0	2	365	99	3.33	1.326	8.6	0.4	3.3	5.1	1.53
1983	34	CAL	AL	0	6	.000	6.22	15	6	2	0	0	0	63.2	81	48	44	10	37	2	27	1	1	1	301	65	5.74	1.853	11.5	1.4	5.2	3.8	0.73
12 Yrs				113	109	.509	3.69	353	264	39	83	13	8	2039.2	2104	950	836	149	646	28	1105	26	10	62	8628	105	3.50	1.348	9.3	0.7	2.9	4.9	1.71
162 Game Avg.				12	12	.509	3.69	39	29	4	9	1	1	225	232	105	92	16	71	3	122	3	1	7	951	105	3.50	1.348	9.3	0.7	2.9	4.9	1.71

MIN (8 yrs)				96	79	.549	3.48	247	215	15	80	11	3	1638.0	1654	729	634	119	493	19	887	24	7	54	6887	112	3.44	1.311	9.1	0.7	2.7	4.9	1.80
LAD (3 yrs)				9	19	.321	4.25	63	36	6	2	2	2	252.0	287	130	119	16	84	6	142	0	2	5	1075	82	3.40	1.472	10.3	0.6	3.0	5.1	1.69
CAL (2 yrs)				8	11	.421	4.99	43	13	18	1	0	3	149.2	163	91	83	14	69	3	76	2	1	3	666	81	4.36	1.550	9.8	0.8	4.1	4.6	1.10

AL (10 yrs)				104	90	.536	3.61	290	228	33	81	11	6	1787.2	1817	820	717	133	562	22	963	26	8	57	7553	108	3.52	1.331	9.1	0.7	2.8	4.8	1.71
NL (3 yrs)				9	19	.321	4.25	63	36	6	2	2	2	252.0	287	130	119	16	84	6	142	0	2	5	1075	82	3.40	1.472	10.3	0.6	3.0	5.1	1.69

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