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Davey
Cantoni		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 225
 
Born: August 10, 1945 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Reliever Award 1978    1980   
All-Star Selections 1978    1980   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 27 MRQ JL $ 1,600,000   5 4 6 5 7 8 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 9 6 5 6
1974 28 MRQ JL $ 1,600,000   6 4 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 6 9 9 9 6 6 6
1975 29 MRQ JL $ 1,600,000   9 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 8 9
1976 30 MRQ JL $ 1,600,000   9 5 7 6 7 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 8 9
1977 31 MRQ JL $ 1,600,000   8 5 7 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 8 9
1978 32 MRQ JL $ 3,500,001   8 5 7 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 8 9
1979 33 AUS FL $ 3,500,001   8 5 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 8 8
1980 34 AUS FL $ 3,500,001   8 5 7 6 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8 9 8 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,600,000   5 4 6 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8 6 5 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,500,001   9 6 7 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 9 8 9 9 9 9 8 9
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 35 AUS FL $ 7,560,000 29 15 18 17 14 15 15 14 15 14
1982 36 AUS FL $ 7,560,000 29 15 18 16 14 14 14 14 15 14
1983 37 WAS JL $ 7,560,000 23 16 18 17 12 13 12 11 12 11
1984 38 BIR FL $ 2,000,000 17 14 16 15 10 11 10 5 6 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,000,000 17 14 16 15 10 11 10 5 6 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,560,000 29 16 18 17 14 15 15 14 15 14
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 27 MRQ JL $ 1,600,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1974 28 MRQ JL $ 1,600,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1975 29 MRQ JL $ 1,600,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1976 30 MRQ JL $ 1,600,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 31 MRQ JL $ 1,600,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 32 MRQ JL $ 3,500,001 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 33 AUS FL $ 3,500,001 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 34 AUS FL $ 3,500,001 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 1,600,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,500,001 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 35 AUS FL $ 7,560,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
1982 36 AUS FL $ 7,560,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
1983 37 WAS JL $ 7,560,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
1984 38 BIR FL $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,560,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1973 27 MRQ JL 2 3 .400 49 0 0 0 0 52.0 59 30 10 8 41 5.19 .288 .312 .502 .814 2.2
    AAA   0 1 .000 17 5 0 0 1 25.7 26 10 3 7 19 3.51 .257 .306 .347 .652  
1974 28 MRQ JL 3 2 .600 49 0 0 0 1 56.0 53 18 8 11 33 2.89 .252 .291 .400 .691 5.5
1975 29 MRQ JL 5 2 .714 43 0 0 0 1 43.0 34 13 5 5 21 2.72 .224 .261 .349 .610 5.9
1976 30 MRQ JL 4 5 .444 58 0 0 0 31 57.3 46 14 2 10 64 2.20 .219 .260 .281 .541 14.1
1977 31 MRQ JL 5 6 .455 74 0 0 0 47 68.7 55 19 6 11 68 2.49 .226 .270 .321 .591 15.7
1978 32 MRQ JL 4 4 .500 67 0 0 0 49 65.7 57 19 6 3 59 2.60 .229 .246 .321 .567 13.8
1979 33 MRQ JL 2 3 .400 41 0 0 0 20 43.3 48 21 4 16 38 4.36 .276 .342 .391 .733 3.7
  AUS FL 1 0 1.000 8 0 0 0 0 6.0 5 0 0 0 4 0.00 .217 .217 .217 .435 1.3
  TOT   3 3 .500 49 0 0 0 20 49.3 53 21 4 16 42 3.83 .269 .329 .371 .699 4.9
1980 34 AUS FL 10 3 .769 69 0 0 0 38 79.0 76 24 3 11 67 2.73 .252 .290 .329 .619 19.0
1981 35 AUS FL 4 6 .400 63 0 0 0 8 70.0 68 41 9 21 54 5.27 .254 .311 .399 .710 3.0
1982 36 AUS FL 3 3 .500 62 0 0 0 1 53.7 57 30 6 22 37 5.03 .273 .345 .450 .795 1.0
1983 37 AUS FL 0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 0 12.3 18 9 3 0 13 6.56 .346 .346 .635 .981 0.0
  GRE JL 2 4 .333 38 0 0 0 0 41.7 63 36 11 11 36 7.78 .346 .385 .632 1.016 0.0
  WAS JL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 9.7 7 6 1 2 8 5.59 .200 .243 .314 .558 0.2
  TOT   2 5 .286 56 0 0 0 0 63.7 88 51 15 13 57 7.21 .327 .359 .591 .950 0.2
1984 38 BIR FL 3 2 .600 34 0 0 0 2 37.7 48 24 7 10 23 5.74 .312 .358 .481 .838 0.9
13 Years Sim 48 44 .522 673 0 0 0 198 696.0 694 304 81 141 566 3.93 .260 .302 .399 .701 86.2
1 Years AAA 0 1 .000 17 5 0 0 1 25.7 26 10 3 7 19 3.51 .257 .306 .347 .652  
Season Average 4 3 .571 56 0 0 0 16 58.0 57 25 6 11 47 3.93 .260 .302 .399 .701  
Career Highs 10 6 .769 74 0 0 0 49 79.0 88 51 15 22 68 7.21 .327 .359 .591 .950  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   334 144 33 52 290   .239 .266 .351 .617
vs LH   360 160 48 89 276   .283 .330 .450 .781
Home 28 20 .583 358 0 0 0 104 377.3 374 163 44 70 314 3.89 .259 .293 .394 .687
Away 20 24 .455 315 0 0 0 101 318.6 320 141 37 71 252 3.98 .262 .302 .404 .706
Mar/Apr 7 8 .467 113 0 0 0 35 111.3 123 61 20 22 99 4.93 .275 .309 .461 .770
May 7 6 .538 141 0 0 0 40 159.0 142 57 9 26 128 3.23 .237 .269 .333 .602
June 7 11 .389 116 0 0 0 37 119.6 142 59 16 34 102 4.44 .296 .342 .444 .786
July 7 5 .583 103 0 0 0 31 98.0 104 42 11 20 74 3.86 .276 .312 .416 .729
August 9 7 .563 108 0 0 0 32 111.6 105 54 17 21 90 4.35 .251 .287 .411 .698
Sep/Oct 11 7 .611 92 0 0 0 30 96.3 78 31 8 18 73 2.90 .224 .262 .333 .596
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 27 MRQ JL 49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.2 0.0
1974 28 MRQ JL 49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1975 29 MRQ JL 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1976 30 MRQ JL 58 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1978 32 MRQ JL 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1979 33 MRQ JL 41 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
  AUS FL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
  TOT   49 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
1980 34 AUS FL 69 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9 0.0
1981 35 AUS FL 63 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1982 36 AUS FL 62 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1983 37 AUS FL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  GRE JL 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  WAS JL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   56 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
10 Years Sim 565 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .029 .057 .029 .087 -2.2 0.0
162 Game Average 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .029 .057 .029 .087 -0.6  
Career Highs 69 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .250 .333 .250 .500 0.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 .000 .048 .000 .048 -1.6
vs LH   14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
Home 251 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5
Away 233 18 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .056 .105 .056 .161 -0.8
RISP   12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Close/Late   17 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .059 .059 .059 .118 -1.0
Mar/Apr 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
May 113 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.6
June 70 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
July 21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
August 53 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
Sep/Oct 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1973 27 MRQ JL P 49 0 52.0 6 7 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1974 28 MRQ JL P 49 0 56.0 5 12 0 0 1.000 2.73    
1975 29 MRQ JL P 43 0 43.0 2 9 0 0 1.000 2.30    
1976 30 MRQ JL P 58 0 57.3 6 6 1 0 .923 1.88    
1977 31 MRQ JL P 74 0 68.7 3 13 1 2 .941 2.10    
1978 32 MRQ JL P 67 0 65.7 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.64    
1979 33 MRQ JL P 41 0 43.3 4 11 0 2 1.000 3.12    
  AUS FL P 8 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50    
  TOT   P 49 0 49.3 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.92    
1980 34 AUS FL P 69 0 79.0 3 7 0 1 1.000 1.14    
1981 35 AUS FL P 63 0 70.0 1 9 1 1 .909 1.29    
1982 36 AUS FL P 62 0 53.7 1 10 1 1 .917 1.84    
1983 37 AUS FL P 11 0 12.3 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.19    
  GRE JL P 38 0 41.7 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.94    
  WAS JL P 7 0 9.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.86    
  TOT   P 56 0 63.7 3 11 0 0 1.000 1.98    
1984 38 BIR FL P 34 0 37.7 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.43    
Career Totals   673 0 696.0 41 107 4 9 .974 1.91    
Career Highs   74 0 79.0 6 13 1 2 1.000 2.92    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1974 28 MRQ JL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 0 0 0 9.00 .400 .400 .800 1.200
1975 29 MRQ JL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 4 0.00 .100 .100 .100 .200
1976 30 MRQ JL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1977 31 MRQ JL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.7 0 0 0 1 2 0.00 .000 .167 .000 .167
1978 32 MRQ JL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 4 2.7 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 .200 .200 .300 .500
1979 33 AUS FL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 4 2 0 0 1 18.00 .571 .571 .571 1.143
1980 34 AUS FL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 1 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .200 .200 .400 .600
1983 37 WAS JL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 1 1 13.50 .333 .400 .556 .956
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 7 13.7 13 6 0 2 12 3.96 .236 .263 .345 .609
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
1976-6-31
1977-1-47
1978-1-49
1979-9-20
1980-3-38
CAR-19-198
 Games Pitched
1977-6-74
1978-5-67
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 17    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  5. Neil Berkowitz (926)
  6. Billy Wells (924)
  7. Horace Horton (922)
  8. Woodrow Talamantes (921)
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History
Drafted in 15th round, 346th overall pick, by Brooklyn in 1973
Earned first career win on 4/4/1973
Traded from Brooklyn to Marquette on 7/31/1973 (Going to MRQ: P D. Cantoni. Going to BRK: P M. Manson)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Owners Choice Johnson League Reliever of the Year Award for 1978
Had first career hit on 5/4/1979, off Oswaldo Quinto (VAL)
Traded from Marquette to Austin on 7/21/1979 (Going to AUS: SS H. Sobah, P D. Cantoni. Going to MRQ: SS S. Roosevelt, P G. Ford, LF L. Silverio, SS A. Maya, RF A. Sandoval)
Injured on 8/16/1979 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 7 weeks
Won Owners Choice FL Reliever of the Year Award for 1980
Traded from Austin to Greenville on 5/1/1983 (Going to GRE: P Davey Cantoni, P Lynn Eaves, LF Nathaniel Ortiz, P Gregory Guin. Going to AUS: P David Clyde, P Melvin Daly, P Kevin Bilford)
Released by Greenville on 7/31/1983
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 7/31/1983 to a 1-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Birmingham on 2/15/1984 to a 1-year deal worth $2,000,000 per year
 
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