Dave Righetti

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: November 28, 1958 in San Jose, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (10th) of the 1977 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from San Jose City College (San Jose, CA).

High School: Pioneer HS (San Jose, CA)

School: San Jose City College (San Jose, CA)

Last Game: September 18, 1995 (Age 36-294d)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

Agents: Bill Goodstein

Full Name: David Allan Righetti

Nicknames: Rags

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Rookie of the Year
2x All-Star
2x Rolaids Relief

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

21.3

ERA

3.46

718

252

1403.2

1112

WHIP

1.338

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1977	18	-2.2	Asheville	WCRS	A	TEX	11	3	.786	3.14	3.88	17	16		3	0	0	109.0	98	47	38	12	53	2	101	5	1	8		1.385	8.1	1.0	4.4	8.3	1.91
1978	19	-3.6	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	5	5	.500	3.16	3.96	13	13		6	0	0	91.0	66	40	32	3	49	1	127	3	1	3		1.264	6.5	0.3	4.8	12.6	2.59
1979	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	NYY	7	5	.583	2.31	2.97	19	17		6	2	0	109.0	67	36	28	4	64	0	122	2	0	6		1.202	5.5	0.3	5.3	10.1	1.91
1979	20	-4.9	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	3	2	.600	2.93	2.93	8	6		3	2	0	40.0	22	13	13	1	19	0	44	1	0	1		1.025	5.0	0.2	4.3	9.9	2.32
1979	20	-2.9	West Haven	EL	AA	NYY	4	3	.571	1.96	3.00	11	11		3	0	0	69.0	45	23	15	3	45	0	78	1	0	5		1.304	5.9	0.4	5.9	10.2	1.73
1979	20	-7.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	0	1	.000	3.63	3.63	3	3	0	0	0	0	17.1	10	7	7	2	10	0	13	0	0	0	67	1.154	5.2	1.0	5.2	6.8	1.30
1980	21	-4.1	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	6	10	.375	4.63	5.01	24	23		4	1	0	142.0	124	79	73	9	101	0	139	8	2	6		1.585	7.9	0.6	6.4	8.8	1.38
1981	22	-3.2	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	5	0	1.000	1.00	1.60	7	7	0	2	2	0	45.0	30	8	5	1	26	2	50	1	0	1		1.244	6.0	0.2	5.2	10.0	1.92
1981	22	-5.9	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	8	4	.667	2.05	2.14	15	15	0	2	0	0	105.1	75	25	24	1	38	0	89	0	1	1	422	1.073	6.4	0.1	3.2	7.6	2.34
1982	23	-2.6	Columbus	IL	AAA	NYY	1	0	1.000	2.81	3.86	4	4	0	1	0	0	25.2	22	11	8	0	12	0	33	0	0	1		1.325	7.7	0.0	4.2	11.6	2.75
1982	23	-5.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	11	10	.524	3.79	4.33	33	27	3	4	0	1	183.0	155	88	77	11	108	4	163	6	5	9	804	1.437	7.6	0.5	5.3	8.0	1.51
1983	24	-4.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	14	8	.636	3.44	3.98	31	31	0	7	2	0	217.0	194	96	83	12	67	2	169	2	1	10	900	1.203	8.0	0.5	2.8	7.0	2.52
1984	25	-3.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	6	.455	2.34	2.71	64	0	53	0	0	31	96.1	79	29	25	5	37	7	90	0	2	0	400	1.204	7.4	0.5	3.5	8.4	2.43
1985	26	-2.4	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	12	7	.632	2.78	3.03	74	0	60	0	0	29	107.0	96	36	33	5	45	3	92	0	0	7	452	1.318	8.1	0.4	3.8	7.7	2.04
1986	27	-1.2	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	8	8	.500	2.45	2.62	74	0	68	0	0	46	106.2	88	31	29	4	35	7	83	2	0	1	435	1.153	7.4	0.3	3.0	7.0	2.37
1987	28	-0.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	8	6	.571	3.51	4.26	60	0	54	0	0	31	95.0	95	45	37	9	44	4	77	2	3	1	419	1.463	9.0	0.9	4.2	7.3	1.75
1988	29	0.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	5	4	.556	3.52	3.62	60	0	41	0	0	25	87.0	86	35	34	5	37	2	70	1	4	2	377	1.414	8.9	0.5	3.8	7.2	1.89
1989	30	1.5	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	2	6	.250	3.00	4.17	55	0	53	0	0	25	69.0	73	32	23	3	26	6	51	1	0	0	300	1.435	9.5	0.4	3.4	6.7	1.96
1990	31	2.6	NYY	AL	Maj	NYY	1	1	.500	3.57	4.08	53	0	47	0	0	36	53.0	48	24	21	8	26	2	43	2	0	2	235	1.396	8.2	1.4	4.4	7.3	1.65
1991	32	3.9	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	2	7	.222	3.39	3.64	61	0	49	0	0	24	71.2	64	29	27	4	28	6	51	3	1	1	304	1.284	8.0	0.5	3.5	6.4	1.82
1992	33	4.7	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	2	7	.222	5.06	5.40	54	4	23	0	0	3	78.1	79	47	44	4	36	5	47	0	2	5	340	1.468	9.1	0.5	4.1	5.4	1.31
1993	34	5.8	SFG	NL	Maj	SFG	1	1	.500	5.70	5.89	51	0	15	0	0	1	47.1	58	31	30	11	17	0	31	1	0	1	210	1.585	11.0	2.1	3.2	5.9	1.82
1994	35		2 Teams	AL	Maj	OAK-TOR	0	1	.000	10.18	10.18	20	0	7	0	0	0	20.1	22	23	23	5	19	0	14	1	0	0	102	2.016	9.7	2.2	8.4	6.2	0.74
1994	35	11.0	Knoxville	SOUL	AA	TOR	1	1	.500	2.21	5.31	7	4	1	0	0	0	20.1	20	12	5	0	4	0	18	0	0	0	87	1.180	8.9	0.0	1.8	8.0	4.50
1994	35	5.9	OAK	AL	Maj	OAK	0	0		16.71	16.71	7	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	13	13	13	3	9	0	4	1	0	0	42	3.143	16.7	3.9	11.6	5.1	0.44
1994	35	5.9	TOR	AL	Maj	TOR	0	1	.000	6.75	6.75	13	0	6	0	0	0	13.1	9	10	10	2	10	0	10	0	0	0	60	1.425	6.1	1.4	6.8	6.8	1.00
1995	36	8.8	Nashville	AA	AAA	CHW	4	5	.444	3.23	4.30	16	15	0	1	1	0	83.2	81	40	30	9	20	0	44	1	2	2	344	1.207	8.7	1.0	2.2	4.7	2.20
1995	36	7.2	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	3	2	.600	4.20	4.38	10	9	1	0	0	0	49.1	65	24	23	6	18	0	29	0	0	0	221	1.682	11.9	1.1	3.3	5.3	1.61
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (16 seasons)					Majors		82	79	.509	3.46	3.86	718	89	474	13	2	252	1403.2	1287	602	540	95	591	48	1112	21	19	40	5988	1.338	8.3	0.6	3.8	7.1	1.88
Minors (8 seasons)					Minors		40	29	.580	3.15	3.93	107	99	1	23	6	0	625.2	508	273	219	38	329	5	634	20	6	27	431	1.338	7.3	0.5	4.7	9.1	1.93
All Levels (19 Seasons)							122	108	.530	3.37	3.88	825	188	475	36	8	252	2029.1	1795	875	759	133	920	53	1746	41	25	67	6419	1.338	8.0	0.6	4.1	7.7	1.90

AAA (5 seasons)					Minors		19	17	.528	3.45	4.04	59	55	0	11	6	0	336.1	279	151	129	20	178	2	310	11	4	11	344	1.359	7.5	0.5	4.8	8.3	1.74
AA (3 seasons)					Minors		10	9	.526	2.60	3.74	31	28	1	9	0	0	180.1	131	75	52	6	98	1	223	4	1	8	87	1.270	6.5	0.3	4.9	11.1	2.28
A (1 season)					Minors		11	3	.786	3.14	3.88	17	16		3	0	0	109.0	98	47	38	12	53	2	101	5	1	8		1.385	8.1	1.0	4.4	8.3	1.91