Dave Leiper

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 160lb (185cm, 72kg)

Born: June 18, 1962 in Whittier, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Fullerton College (Fullerton, CA), the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1981 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Fullerton College (Fullerton, CA) and the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1982 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Fullerton College (Fullerton, CA).

Schools: California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA), Fullerton College (Fullerton, CA)

Debut: September 2, 1984 (Age 22-076d, 12,560th in MLB history)
vs. DET 0.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 22, 1996 (Age 34-096d)
vs. ATL 0.2 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: David Paul Leiper

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.1

W

L

ERA

3.98

G

264

GS

SV

IP

278.0

SO

150

WHIP

1.424

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
1982	20	OAK-min	Rk	9	3	.750	4.11	14	13	0	4	1	0	85.1	94	49	39	5	27	0	77	1	0	1				1.418	9.9	0.5	2.8	8.1	2.85	IDF PION
1983	21	OAK-min	A	5	4	.556	3.74	16	15	0	0	0	0	79.1	89	43	33	4	37	0	60	2	1	4				1.588	10.1	0.5	4.2	6.8	1.62	MAD MIDW
1984	22	OAK-min	A,AAA	7	3	.700	1.59	47	0	37	0	0	18	68.0	45	13	12	4	28	3	43	0	1	4				1.074	6.0	0.5	3.7	5.7	1.54	MOD,TAC CALL,PCL
1984	22	OAK	AL	1	0	1.000	9.00	8	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	12	7	7	2	5	0	3	0	0	1	39	44	7.77	2.429	15.4	2.6	6.4	3.9	0.60

1985	23	OAK-min	A,AAA	1	1	.500	6.75	36	0	16	0	0	3	53.1	82	47	40	3	31	3	31	2	1	5				2.119	13.8	0.5	5.2	5.2	1.00	MOD,TAC CALL,PCL
1986	24	OAK-min	AAA	2	1	.667	4.85	20	0	15	0	0	2	26.0	30	17	14	1	9	2	13	0	2	3				1.500	10.4	0.3	3.1	4.5	1.44	TAC PCL
1986	24	OAK	AL	2	2	.500	4.83	33	0	9	0	0	1	31.2	28	17	17	3	18	4	15	2	0	2	136	81	4.95	1.453	8.0	0.9	5.1	4.3	0.83
1987	25	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	5	0	5	0	0	1	9.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0				0.444	3.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	6.00	TAC PCL
1987	25	TOT	MLB	3	1	.750	3.95	57	0	7	0	0	2	68.1	65	36	30	8	23	0	43	1	1	3	291	105	4.19	1.288	8.6	1.1	3.0	5.7	1.87
1987	25	OAK	AL	2	1	.667	3.78	45	0	6	0	0	1	52.1	49	28	22	6	18	0	33	1	0	3	224	111	4.19	1.280	8.4	1.0	3.1	5.7	1.83
1987	25	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	4.50	12	0	1	0	0	1	16.0	16	8	8	2	5	0	10	0	1	0	67	90	4.18	1.313	9.0	1.1	2.8	5.6	2.00
1988	26	SDP	NL	3	0	1.000	2.17	35	0	10	0	0	1	54.0	45	19	13	1	14	5	33	0	0	2	217	159	2.57	1.093	7.5	0.2	2.3	5.5	2.36
1989	27	SDP-min	AAA	2	2	.500	5.85	11	0	8	0	0	3	20.0	23	15	13	1	10	2	12	0	0	1				1.650	10.4	0.5	4.5	5.4	1.20	LVG PCL
1989	27	SDP	NL	0	1	.000	5.02	22	0	11	0	0	0	28.2	40	19	16	2	20	4	7	2	1	2	143	71	5.48	2.093	12.6	0.6	6.3	2.2	0.35

1990	28	OAK-min	AAA,A+	1	1	.500	3.81	9	1	4	0	0	2	26.0	21	13	11	1	10	3	14	1	0	0				1.192	7.3	0.3	3.5	4.8	1.40	TAC,MOD PCL,CALL
1991	29	CAL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	7.64	13	0	6	0	0	1	17.2	30	15	15	4	5	1	8	0	0	1				1.981	15.3	2.0	2.5	4.1	1.60	EDM PCL
1993	31	PIT-min	AA,Rk	2	1	.667	1.57	15	8	0	2	1	0	51.2	43	10	9	1	5	0	40	3	0	0	200			0.929	7.5	0.2	0.9	7.0	8.00	CAR,PRA SOUL,GULF
1994	32	OAK-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.05	17	0	10	0	0	4	26.1	25	8	6	0	8	0	24	0	0	2	108			1.253	8.5	0.0	2.7	8.2	3.00	TAC PCL
1994	32	OAK	AL	0	0		1.93	26	0	8	0	0	1	18.2	13	4	4	0	6	1	14	1	0	0	75	234	2.76	1.018	6.3	0.0	2.9	6.8	2.33
1995	33	MON-OAK-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	4.15	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	5	2	2	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	21			1.846	10.4	0.0	6.2	6.2	1.00	OTT,EDM IL,PCL
1995	33	TOT	MLB	1	3	.250	3.22	50	0	10	0	0	2	44.2	39	18	16	5	19	1	22	1	1	0	191	136	4.92	1.299	7.9	1.0	3.8	4.4	1.16
1995	33	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	3.57	24	0	3	0	0	0	22.2	23	10	9	3	13	1	10	1	0	0	103	122	5.79	1.588	9.1	1.2	5.2	4.0	0.77
1995	33	MON	NL	0	2	.000	2.86	26	0	7	0	0	2	22.0	16	8	7	2	6	0	12	0	1	0	88	153	4.01	1.000	6.5	0.8	2.5	4.9	2.00
1996	34	MON-min	AAA	3	1	.750	1.93	25	0	19	0	0	6	32.2	29	7	7	3	6	3	26	0	0	1	125			1.071	8.0	0.8	1.7	7.2	4.33	OTT IL
1996	34	TOT	NL	2	1	.667	7.20	33	0	8	0	0	0	25.0	40	21	20	4	9	2	13	0	0	2	120	61	5.29	1.960	14.4	1.4	3.2	4.7	1.44
1996	34	PHI	NL	2	0	1.000	6.43	26	0	8	0	0	0	21.0	31	16	15	4	7	2	10	0	0	2	97	67	5.70	1.810	13.3	1.7	3.0	4.3	1.43
1996	34	MON	NL	0	1	.000	11.25	7	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	23	42	3.17	2.750	20.3	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50
8 Yrs				12	8	.600	3.98	264	0	65	0	0	7	278.0	282	141	123	25	114	17	150	7	3	12	1212	100	4.30	1.424	9.1	0.8	3.7	4.9	1.32
162 Game Avg.				3	2	.600	3.98	68	0	17	0	0	2	72	73	36	32	6	29	4	39	2	1	3	312	100	4.30	1.424	9.1	0.8	3.7	4.9	1.32

OAK (5 yrs)				6	4	.600	4.01	136	0	28	0	0	3	132.1	125	66	59	14	60	6	75	5	0	6	577	104	4.63	1.398	8.5	1.0	4.1	5.1	1.25
SDP (3 yrs)				4	1	.800	3.38	69	0	22	0	0	2	98.2	101	46	37	5	39	9	50	2	2	4	427	106	3.68	1.419	9.2	0.5	3.6	4.6	1.28
MON (2 yrs)				0	3	.000	4.15	33	0	7	0	0	2	26.0	25	13	12	2	8	0	15	0	1	0	111	107	3.88	1.269	8.7	0.7	2.8	5.2	1.88
PHI (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	6.43	26	0	8	0	0	0	21.0	31	16	15	4	7	2	10	0	0	2	97	67	5.70	1.810	13.3	1.7	3.0	4.3	1.43

NL (5 yrs)				6	4	.600	3.95	128	0	37	0	0	4	145.2	157	75	64	11	54	11	75	2	3	6	635	97	4.00	1.449	9.7	0.7	3.3	4.6	1.39
AL (5 yrs)				6	4	.600	4.01	136	0	28	0	0	3	132.1	125	66	59	14	60	6	75	5	0	6	577	104	4.63	1.398	8.5	1.0	4.1	5.1	1.25

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