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Dave Righetti

Position: 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)

Debut: September 16, 1979 (Age 20-292d, 14,252nd in major league history)
vs. DET 5.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 6 BB, 3 ER

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

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

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1993 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	SFG	@	STL	L,2-6	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (2)	Apr 10	SFG	@	PIT	W,12-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
3	7 (1)	Apr 12	SFG		FLA	W,4-3		6	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
4	9 (1)	Apr 14	SFG		FLA	L,4-6		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
5	13 (3)	Apr 18	SFG		ATL	W,13-12		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	14	Apr 20	SFG	@	NYM	W,4-1		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	17 (2)	Apr 23	SFG	@	MON	L,2-7	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
8	20 (2)	Apr 26	SFG	@	PHI	L,8-9		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
9	24 (3)	Apr 30	SFG		MON	W,5-2		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
10	25	May 1	SFG		MON	W,7-3		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
11	27 (1)	May 4	SFG		PHI	L,3-4		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
12	32 (4)	May 10	SFG	@	COL	L,4-7	GF	6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
13	37 (4)	May 15	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-0		1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
14	42 (4)	May 20	SFG		CIN	W,6-1		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	44 (1)	May 22	SFG		CIN	L,2-6		6	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
16	46 (1)	May 25	SFG	@	CHC	W,5-4		5	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
17	49 (2)	May 28	SFG	@	ATL	L,4-7		4	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	55 (5)	Jun 3	SFG		PIT	L,1-2		5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	P
19	56	Jun 4	SFG		PIT	L,2-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
20	58 (1)	Jun 6	SFG		PIT	W,7-1	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	64 (5)	Jun 15	SFG	@	CIN	L,5-10		6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
22	68 (3)	Jun 19	SFG	@	HOU	W,10-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
23	69	Jun 20	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-5		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
24	73 (3)	Jun 24	SFG		COL	W,17-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
25	75 (1)	Jun 26	SFG		COL	L,1-5	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	77 (1)	Jun 28	SFG	@	LAD	L,0-4		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
27	79 (1)	Jun 30	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-5		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
28	82 (2)	Jul 4	SFG	@	NYM	W,10-8		4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
29	84 (1)	Jul 6	SFG	@	MON	W,13-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
30	85	Jul 7	SFG	@	MON	L,0-3		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
31	87 (1)	Jul 9	SFG	@	PHI	W,15-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
32	88	Jul 10	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-8	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
33	89	Jul 11	SFG	@	PHI	W,10-2		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
34	92 (2)	Jul 17	SFG		NYM	L,1-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
35	94 (1)	Jul 19	SFG		MON	W,6-2		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
36	98 (3)	Jul 23	SFG		PHI	L,1-2		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
37	100 (1)	Jul 25	SFG		PHI	W,5-2	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	108 (7)	Aug 4	SFG	@	SDP	L,10-11		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
39	110 (1)	Aug 6	SFG		HOU	W,4-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
40	111	Aug 7	SFG		HOU	L,5-6		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
41	118 (6)	Aug 15	SFG	@	CHC	W,9-7		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	124 (5)	Aug 22	SFG		FLA	W,7-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
43	126 (1)	Aug 24	SFG		ATL	L,4-6		4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
44	127	Aug 25	SFG		ATL	L,1-9		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
45	128	Aug 27	SFG	@	FLA	L,4-7	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
46	131 (2)	Aug 31	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-8		7	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
47	139 (7)	Sep 9	SFG		STL	L,4-9		8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
48	144 (4)	Sep 14	SFG		CHC	L,1-8		3	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
49	149 (4)	Sep 20	SFG	@	HOU	W,7-2	GF	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
50	150	Sep 21	SFG	@	HOU	L,0-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
51	162 (11)	Oct 3	SFG	@	LAD	L,1-12		5	0.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
							51gm		47.1	2	5	0	7	0