Del Unser

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: December 9, 1944 in Decatur, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS), the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 4th round of the 1966 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS) and the Washington Senators in the 1st round (18th) of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

Schools: Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL), Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: April 10, 1968 (Age 23-123d, 12,660th in major league history)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 6, 1982 (Age 37-179d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Delbert Bernard Unser

Pronunciation: \UN-sur\

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Relatives: Son of Al Unser

1980 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.7

5215

1344

.258

617

RBI

481

OBP

.319

SLG

.358

OPS

.677

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 10	PHI		PIT	W,7-3	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR 1B
2	8 (3)	Apr 15 (2)	PHI	@	NYM	W,6-3	GF	12	2.0	3	0	0	3	0	PR 1B
3	9	Apr 17	PHI	@	PIT	W,13-2	GF	10	3.0	6	0	0	6	1	1B
4	10	Apr 18	PHI	@	PIT	W,3-2	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
5	11	Apr 20	PHI		NYM	W,8-0	GF	9	2.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
6	13 (1)	Apr 22	PHI		NYM	L,2-4		4	0.1	0	0	1	1	0	PH LF
7	15 (1)	Apr 24	PHI		LAD	W,7-6		20	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
8	16	Apr 25	PHI		LAD	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
9	24 (7)	May 5	PHI	@	LAD	W,11-0	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
10	26 (1)	May 7	PHI	@	SDP	W,11-6	GF	16	3.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
11	31 (4)	May 12	PHI	@	SFG	L,1-4	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
12	32	May 13	PHI	@	SFG	W,12-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
13	33	May 15	PHI	@	CHC	L,1-7	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
14	34	May 16	PHI	@	CHC	W,13-0	GS	28	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 1B
15	35	May 17	PHI	@	CHC	W,23-22	CG	59	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	37 (1)	May 19	PHI		MON	L,5-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
17	39 (1)	May 21	PHI		STL	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	40	May 22	PHI		STL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
19	41	May 23	PHI		STL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
20	45 (3)	May 28	PHI		CHC	L,1-4	GF	19	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
21	48 (2)	May 31	PHI	@	MON	L,0-1	CG	26	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	49	Jun 1	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
23	52 (2)	Jun 3 (2)	PHI	@	CIN	L,2-12	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
24	54 (1)	Jun 5	PHI	@	HOU	W,8-0	GF	10	3.0	2	1	0	3	1	1B
25	56 (1)	Jun 8	PHI		ATL	L,5-11	GF	11	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH 1B
26	63 (6)	Jun 16	PHI		CIN	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	64	Jun 17	PHI		CIN	W,9-3	GF	12	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
28	65	Jun 18	PHI	@	ATL	L,5-10	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
29	66	Jun 19	PHI	@	ATL	L,4-10	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
30	67	Jun 20	PHI	@	ATL	W,10-4	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
31	75 (7)	Jun 29 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-7	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	78 (2)	Jul 1 (2)	PHI	@	STL	L,1-2	GF	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
33	88 (9)	Jul 11	PHI		SDP	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	11	1	2	14	1	1B
34	91 (2)	Jul 14	PHI		LAD	W,10-7	GF	15	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
35	92	Jul 15	PHI		LAD	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
36	99 (6)	Jul 25	PHI	@	LAD	L,8-16	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
37	101 (1)	Jul 28	PHI		STL	L,4-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	105 (3)	Aug 1	PHI	@	NYM	W,9-6	GF	13	3.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
39	106	Aug 2 (1)	PHI	@	NYM	W,7-4	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
40	109 (2)	Aug 3 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,1-5	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 1B
41	111 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	PHI	@	PIT	L,8-12	CG	44	8.2	6	0	0	6	2	1B
42	112	Aug 5 (2)	PHI	@	PIT	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
43	116 (3)	Aug 10 (1)	PHI		PIT	W,4-3	GS	31	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
44	117	Aug 10 (2)	PHI		PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
45	140 (22)	Sep 6 (2)	PHI		NYM	W,2-1	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
46	145 (4)	Sep 12	PHI	@	NYM	W,4-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF
47	148 (2)	Sep 15	PHI		CHC	W,8-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 1B
48	152 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	PHI		PIT	L,6-9	GF	16	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
49	156 (3)	Sep 22 (2)	PHI		MON	L,2-8	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
50	158 (1)	Sep 24	PHI		STL	L,2-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
51	160 (1)	Sep 26	PHI		STL	W,11-5	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
							52gm		245.2	117	5	3	125	6