David
Lillis
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: March 29, 1954 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1978    1979   
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 19 JAX JL     0 2 1 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
1974 20 JAX JL     0 3 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 8
1975 21 JAX JL     2 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 8 9 9
1976 22 JAX JL $ 300,000   6 7 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 9 9
1977 23 JAX JL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 8 9 9
1978 24 DM FL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 9 10 9
1979 25 DM FL $ 1,985,714   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 10 11 11
1980 26 DM FL $ 2,257,143   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8 11 11 11
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 2 1 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 8 8 8
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,257,143   7 7 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 11 11 11
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 27 MAN FL $ 2,750,000 77 20 19 19 14 13 13 9 8 8
1982 28 MAN FL $ 2,750,000 77 20 20 20 14 13 14 9 8 8
1983 29 MAN FL $ 2,750,000 77 20 20 20 14 13 14 7 6 7
1984 30 MAN FL $ 5,250,000 83 20 20 20 12 12 12 5 5 5
1985 31 MAN FL $ 5,250,000 83 20 20 20 12 12 12 5 5 5
1986 32 PHX JL $ 5,250,000 89 20 19 20 12 12 12 5 5 5
1987 33 MAN FL $ 750,000 89 20 20 20 12 11 12 5 5 5
1988 34 HAK FL $ 750,000 89 20 20 20 12 11 12 6 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 750,000 77 20 19 19 12 11 12 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,250,000 89 20 20 20 14 13 14 9 8 8
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 19 JAX JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1974 20 JAX JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1975 21 JAX JL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1976 22 JAX JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1977 23 JAX JL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1978 24 DM FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 25 DM FL $ 1,985,714 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1980 26 DM FL $ 2,257,143 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 2,257,143 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  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 27 MAN FL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
1982 28 MAN FL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1983 29 MAN FL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1984 30 MAN FL $ 5,250,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1985 31 MAN FL $ 5,250,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1986 32 PHX JL $ 5,250,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1987 33 MAN FL $ 750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1988 34 HAK FL $ 750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 3 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,250,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
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 19 AA   8 13 .381 25 25 1 1 0 157.0 180 85 21 72 169 4.87 .284 .357 .427 .784  
1974 20 AA   7 8 .467 23 23 0 0 0 152.3 172 65 22 43 225 3.84 .285 .332 .454 .786  
1975 21 AA   12 7 .632 25 25 0 0 0 177.0 168 64 12 51 244 3.25 .250 .303 .363 .666  
1976 22 JAX JL 5 5 .500 17 17 1 1 0 113.7 100 46 11 32 128 3.64 .231 .283 .366 .649 6.5
    AAA   4 5 .444 12 12 1 0 0 79.0 79 33 14 22 118 3.76 .254 .303 .428 .731  
1977 23 JAX JL 8 9 .471 23 23 4 0 0 150.7 124 65 21 50 169 3.88 .221 .285 .409 .694 8.9
1978 24 JAX JL 8 3 .727 12 12 3 0 0 97.0 64 22 9 17 86 2.04 .186 .224 .314 .538 10.1
  DM FL 12 7 .632 25 25 5 1 0 169.3 183 86 26 38 171 4.57 .272 .309 .453 .762 4.7
  TOT   20 10 .667 37 37 8 1 0 266.3 247 108 35 55 257 3.65 .243 .280 .406 .686 14.8
1979 25 DM FL 21 10 .677 40 40 3 2 0 292.0 269 118 30 56 295 3.64 .244 .280 .384 .664 16.5
1980 26 DM FL 12 8 .600 44 33 0 0 0 222.7 221 100 40 32 269 4.04 .255 .280 .444 .724 8.3
1981 27 DM FL 4 5 .444 20 20 0 0 0 113.3 104 63 15 53 126 5.00 .240 .320 .408 .728 2.7
  MAN FL 6 9 .400 20 20 0 0 0 126.0 102 52 15 45 130 3.71 .217 .284 .371 .655 7.3
  TOT   10 14 .417 40 40 0 0 0 239.3 206 115 30 98 256 4.32 .228 .302 .389 .690 9.9
1982 28 MAN FL 8 14 .364 33 27 1 1 1 184.7 174 86 17 43 177 4.19 .248 .289 .405 .694 9.0
1983 29 MAN FL 13 7 .650 35 35 0 0 0 224.0 189 91 32 66 212 3.66 .228 .283 .414 .697 12.7
1984 30 MAN FL 7 11 .389 26 26 1 1 0 152.7 144 70 19 60 130 4.13 .248 .317 .400 .717 6.9
1985 31 MAN FL 12 13 .480 32 31 2 1 0 196.3 188 86 28 62 167 3.94 .250 .306 .420 .726 10.3
1986 32 MAN FL 1 1 .500 2 1 0 0 0 11.0 13 11 4 5 12 9.00 .289 .360 .622 .982 0.0
  PHX JL 4 5 .444 34 11 0 0 1 93.7 85 50 23 38 104 4.80 .241 .315 .496 .810 5.1
  TOT   5 6 .455 36 12 0 0 1 104.7 98 61 27 43 116 5.25 .246 .320 .510 .830 5.1
1987 33 MAN FL 4 13 .235 38 30 0 0 0 191.0 223 120 37 87 182 5.65 .292 .363 .522 .885 2.7
1988 34 AAA   14 8 .636 25 25 4 2 0 174.7 154 84 35 57 218 4.33 .232 .292 .436 .728  
    AA   3 1 .750 5 5 0 0 0 36.7 30 13 1 16 54 3.19 .221 .303 .294 .597  
12 Years Sim 125 120 .510 401 351 20 7 2 2337.9 2183 1066 327 684 2358 4.10 .245 .298 .420 .717 111.7
2 Years AAA 18 13 .581 37 37 5 2 0 253.7 233 117 49 79 336 4.15 .239 .296 .433 .729  
4 Years AA 30 29 .508 78 78 1 1 0 523.0 550 227 56 182 692 3.91 .269 .329 .405 .734  
6 Years Minors 48 42 .533 115 115 6 3 0 776.7 783 344 105 261 1028 3.99 .259 .318 .414 .732  
Season Average 10 10 .500 33 29 1 0 0 194.8 181 88 27 57 196 4.10 .245 .298 .420 .717  
Career Highs 21 14 .677 44 40 8 2 1 292.0 269 120 40 98 295 5.65 .292 .363 .522 .885  
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   1691 792 235 526 1774   .253 .308 .424 .732
vs LH   492 274 92 158 584   .221 .273 .405 .678
Home 70 52 .574 206 175 9 5 1 1207.6 1104 528 168 336 1232 3.94 .241 .293 .409 .702
Away 55 68 .447 195 176 11 2 1 1130.3 1079 538 159 348 1126 4.28 .250 .305 .431 .736
Mar/Apr 26 19 .578 66 58 5 2 0 397.3 353 165 52 100 391 3.74 .234 .282 .390 .672
May 21 18 .538 58 58 4 1 0 381.0 316 175 57 108 392 4.13 .224 .279 .408 .687
June 21 18 .538 59 58 2 0 0 369.0 392 195 59 111 369 4.76 .273 .325 .471 .797
July 14 21 .400 67 59 1 1 0 361.0 366 196 56 129 371 4.89 .262 .324 .440 .764
August 22 23 .489 76 57 4 2 1 404.0 377 169 55 103 423 3.77 .243 .290 .421 .711
Sep/Oct 21 21 .500 75 61 5 1 1 425.7 379 166 48 133 412 3.51 .237 .296 .392 .688
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
1976 22 JAX JL 17 38 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 18 .079 .103 .105 .208 -1.2 0.0
1977 23 JAX JL 23 48 3 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 22 .125 .176 .167 .343 0.7 0.0
1978 24 JAX JL 12 39 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 .154 .154 .205 .359 0.4 0.0
  DM FL 25 63 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 27 .063 .063 .063 .127 -3.4 0.0
  TOT   37 102 1 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 44 .098 .098 .118 .216 -3.1 0.0
1979 25 DM FL 40 109 6 11 1 0 0 9 1 0 4 53 .101 .132 .110 .242 -1.4 0.0
1980 26 DM FL 44 70 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40 .086 .111 .086 .197 -2.2 0.0
1981 27 DM FL 20 32 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .219 .219 .250 .469 1.4 0.0
  MAN FL 20 43 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 26 .070 .091 .093 .184 -2.1 0.0
  TOT   40 75 4 10 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 41 .133 .145 .160 .305 -0.7 0.0
1982 28 MAN FL 33 59 6 7 3 0 2 5 0 0 3 20 .119 .161 .271 .432 1.7 0.0
1983 29 MAN FL 35 78 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 32 .038 .051 .051 .102 -5.1 0.0
1984 30 MAN FL 26 51 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 .078 .078 .098 .176 -2.0 0.0
1985 31 MAN FL 32 62 3 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 .097 .111 .145 .256 -1.1 0.0
1986 32 MAN FL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
  PHX JL 34 23 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .087 .125 .130 .255 -0.6 0.0
  TOT   36 25 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .120 .154 .160 .314 -0.2 0.0
1987 33 MAN FL 38 63 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .016 .031 .032 .063 -4.9 0.0
12 Years Sim 401 780 38 70 16 1 2 31 2 1 18 354 .090 .110 .121 .231 -19.6 0.0
162 Game Average 315 15 28 6 0 0 12 0 0 7 143 .090 .110 .121 .231 -7.9  
Career Highs 44 109 6 11 3 1 2 9 1 1 4 53 .133 .176 .271 .432 1.7  
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   557 30 58 13 1 2 24 2 1 14 251 .104 .126 .142 .268 -8.8
vs LH   223 8 12 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 103 .054 .070 .067 .137 -12.2
Home 206 371 23 37 9 1 0 16 2 1 12 164 .100 .128 .129 .257 -6.9
Away 195 409 15 33 7 0 2 15 0 0 6 190 .081 .094 .112 .206 -14.1
RISP   212 0 19 4 0 1 28 0 0 6 91 .090 .114 .123 .237 -5.2
Close/Late   32 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 .094 .147 .125 .272 -0.4
Mar/Apr 66 132 13 22 6 0 0 4 0 1 4 53 .167 .191 .212 .403 2.8
May 58 127 5 12 4 1 1 5 1 0 3 69 .094 .115 .165 .281 -1.5
June 59 131 8 16 3 0 1 9 0 0 3 49 .122 .142 .168 .310 -0.4
July 67 117 4 8 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 61 .068 .068 .085 .153 -5.8
August 76 132 3 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 57 .045 .067 .045 .112 -8.1
Sep/Oct 75 141 5 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 65 .043 .075 .050 .125 -8.0
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    
1976 22 JAX JL P 17 17 113.7 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.27    
1977 23 JAX JL P 23 23 150.7 3 20 1 1 .958 1.37    
1978 24 JAX JL P 12 12 97.0 8 20 1 2 .966 2.60    
  DM FL P 25 25 169.3 13 35 2 4 .960 2.55    
  TOT   P 37 37 266.3 21 55 3 6 .962 2.57    
1979 25 DM FL P 40 40 292.0 22 37 3 3 .952 1.82    
1980 26 DM FL P 44 33 222.7 5 19 1 1 .960 0.97    
1981 27 DM FL P 20 20 113.3 6 15 0 0 1.000 1.67    
  MAN FL P 20 20 126.0 7 17 1 0 .960 1.71    
  TOT   P 40 40 239.3 13 32 1 0 .978 1.69    
1982 28 MAN FL P 33 27 184.7 7 24 2 3 .939 1.51    
1983 29 MAN FL P 35 35 224.0 4 29 4 2 .892 1.33    
1984 30 MAN FL P 26 26 152.7 13 21 3 1 .919 2.00    
1985 31 MAN FL P 32 31 196.3 9 26 4 1 .897 1.60    
1986 32 MAN FL P 2 1 11.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.64    
  PHX JL P 34 11 93.7 4 20 1 0 .960 2.31    
  TOT   P 36 12 104.7 4 22 1 0 .963 2.24    
1987 33 MAN FL P 38 30 191.0 9 26 4 2 .897 1.65    
Career Totals   401 351 2337.9 116 321 27 21 .942 1.68    
Career Highs   44 40 292.0 22 55 4 6 1.000 2.57    
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
1978 24 DM FL 0 2 .000 2 2 1 0 0 15.3 17 7 3 4 13 4.11 .270 .313 .508 .821
1979 25 DM FL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 9 7 3 2 5 8.22 .290 .333 .645 .978
1980 26 DM FL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 3 .000 4 3 1 0 0 23.3 26 14 6 7 18 5.40 .274 .324 .547 .871
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 24 DM FL 2 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .286 .429
1979 25 DM FL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 3 10 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .200 .300
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1979-2-21
Losses
1981-7-14
1982-3-14
1985-9-13
1987-9-13
CAR-41-120
Winning Pct
1978-9-.632
1979-6-.677
1983-8-.650
Games Started
1979-3-40
1981-3-40
CAR-50-351
Complete Games
1985-9-2
Shutouts
1979-10-2
1982-5-1
1984-7-1
1985-7-1
Innings Pitched
1979-7-292.0
1981-7-239.3
CAR-49-2338.0
Hits Allowed
1979-7-269
1987-6-223
Homeruns Allowed
1979-6-30
1980-2-40
1981-2-30
1983-2-32
1985-4-28
1987-9-37
CAR-12-327
Strikeouts
1979-3-295
1980-5-269
1981-2-256
1983-3-212
1985-10-167
1987-10-182
CAR-24-2358
Walks Allowed
1981-7-98
1987-5-87
Walks per 9IP
1980-6-1.3
Hits per 9IP
1981-9-7.7
1983-8-7.6
Strikeouts per 9IP
1979-9-9.1
1980-4-10.9
1981-5-9.6
1982-6-8.6
1983-4-8.5
1985-4-7.7
1987-9-8.6
CAR-22-9.1
OAVG
1981-8-.228
1983-8-.228
OOBP
1980-9-.280
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 71    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 29    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Kurt Stallwith (993)
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  6. James Watkins (991)
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History
Drafted in 31st round, 732nd overall pick, by Jacksonville in 1973
Injured on 5/3/1973 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 8/17/1974 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 4/4/1976 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Earned first career win on 7/21/1976
Had first career hit (double) on 7/31/1976, off Kal Baron (VAN)
Injured on 7/10/1977 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 9-10 weeks
Traded from Jacksonville to Des Moines on 5/28/1978 (Going to DM: P D. Lillis, P K. Chea. Going to JAX: P M. Bobovnik, P C. Eckhoff, P J. Mahar, 3B I. Kovishkov)
Was selected to the 1978 Allstar game
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1979, going 5-1, 1.84
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/17/1979, winning 2 games with a 2.08 ERA
Injured on 5/5/1980 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Traded from Des Moines to Manhattan on 7/2/1981 (Going to MAN: P David Lillis, 1B Rod Carew. Going to DM: 2B Michael Sturgeon, P Randy Masters)