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Dave
Whipple		  
Nickname: Whip
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 290
 
Born: September 1, 1951 in Usa
 
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
1977 25 DM FL $ 300,000 3 3 3 5 5 5 0 0 0 9 8 8 4 4 4 3 3 3
1978 26 DM FL $ 300,000 3 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 8 8 8 5 4 4 3 3 3
1979 27 DM FL $ 300,000 3 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 9 8 8 5 4 4 3 3 3
1980 28 DM FL $ 300,000 2 2 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 9 8 8 5 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 2 2 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 8 8 8 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 3 3 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 9 8 8 5 4 4 3 3 3
                                             
  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 29 DM FL $ 300,000   7 7 7 17 16 16 8 8 8 11 9 9 9 8 8
1982 30 DM FL $ 350,000   10 10 10 19 19 19 8 8 8 11 10 10 9 8 8
1983 31 CAL JL $ 589,286   11 11 11 19 19 19 8 8 8 10 11 11 9 8 8
1984 32 CAL JL $ 589,286   11 11 12 18 18 18 9 9 9 10 11 11 8 8 8
1985 33 PHX JL $ 1,256,000   11 11 11 18 18 18 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
1986 34 PHX JL $ 1,256,000   11 11 11 18 18 18 8 8 8 10 10 10 8 8 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 17 16 16 8 8 8 10 9 9 8 8 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,256,000   11 11 12 19 19 19 9 9 9 11 11 11 9 8 8
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
1977 25 DM FL 126 422 63 109 22 0 28 80 0 0 30 103 .258 .309 .509 .819 63.0 11.3
1978 26 DM FL 82 134 14 36 11 0 6 26 0 0 4 40 .269 .287 .485 .772 19.4 3.1
1979 27 DM FL 91 138 13 37 15 0 4 19 0 0 10 29 .268 .322 .464 .786 19.3 3.6
1980 28 DM FL 67 113 8 18 3 0 4 11 0 0 6 41 .159 .202 .292 .494 6.6 0.0
1981 29 DM FL 19 44 3 8 4 0 1 6 0 0 4 13 .182 .250 .341 .591 3.8 0.3
    AAA   31 102 20 27 5 1 12 25 0 0 19 24 .265 .380 .686 1.066 25.7  
1982 30 DM FL 29 72 12 20 2 0 7 17 0 0 8 22 .278 .354 .597 .951 15.6 3.6
    AAA   98 370 69 99 16 1 38 95 2 1 49 94 .268 .353 .624 .978 80.0  
1983 31 BAL JL 79 168 17 32 5 0 10 33 0 0 17 55 .190 .261 .399 .659 18.5 1.1
    AAA   21 20 4 6 1 0 1 2 0 0 4 7 .300 .417 .500 .917 4.2  
1984 32 CAL JL 42 50 4 12 2 0 1 10 0 0 6 15 .240 .305 .340 .645 5.8 0.4
    AAA   106 409 82 151 17 2 49 111 0 2 62 104 .369 .452 .780 1.232 122.1  
1985 33 PHX JL 128 284 37 70 11 1 16 62 0 1 21 85 .246 .298 .461 .759 38.0 5.4
1986 34 PHX JL 119 201 32 61 7 0 12 35 0 0 17 58 .303 .356 .517 .873 36.0 5.1
10 Years Sim 782 1626 203 403 82 1 89 299 0 1 123 461 .248 .300 .464 .764 226.0 33.8
4 Years AAA 256 901 175 283 39 4 100 233 2 3 134 229 .314 .403 .699 1.102 231.9  
162 Game Average 336 42 83 16 0 18 61 0 0 25 95 .248 .300 .464 .764 46.8  
Career Highs 128 422 63 109 22 1 28 80 0 1 30 103 .303 .356 .597 .951 63.0  
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   924 112 223 45 0 50 168 0 0 62 252 .241 .289 .452 .741 122.2
vs LH   702 91 180 37 1 39 131 0 1 61 209 .256 .316 .479 .794 105.6
Home 395 797 107 206 40 0 43 145 0 0 72 235 .258 .320 .471 .791 120.0
Away 387 829 96 197 42 1 46 154 0 1 51 226 .238 .281 .457 .738 107.9
RISP   457 0 114 31 1 29 216 0 0 37 131 .249 .296 .512 .808 71.3
Pinch Hitting   405 42 100 28 1 18 69 0 0 32 121 .247 .299 .454 .753 55.2
Close/Late   314 29 80 22 1 19 69 0 0 20 88 .255 .295 .513 .808 47.6
Mar/Apr 113 201 18 39 5 0 8 20 0 1 13 63 .194 .241 .338 .579 16.7
May 114 222 26 52 12 0 12 41 0 0 16 65 .234 .284 .450 .734 29.0
June 126 293 40 81 17 0 18 65 0 0 19 76 .276 .323 .519 .842 47.3
July 132 309 27 74 18 0 12 61 0 0 19 95 .239 .283 .414 .697 36.1
August 151 313 51 81 15 0 20 57 0 0 38 87 .259 .340 .498 .838 53.2
Sep/Oct 146 288 41 76 15 1 19 55 0 0 18 75 .264 .304 .521 .825 45.5
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 25 DM FL 1B 109 109 952.0 1000 87 11 72 .990 10.28 0 0 .000 0 2.4
1978 26 DM FL 1B 23 22 183.7 191 21 2 14 .991 10.39 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    CF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1979 27 DM FL 1B 20 18 167.0 176 15 2 14 .990 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1980 28 DM FL 1B 17 17 139.0 152 7 2 14 .988 10.29 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 29 DM FL 1B 12 11 92.0 87 7 0 9 1.000 9.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1982 30 DM FL 1B 23 19 157.0 206 7 1 10 .995 12.21 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1983 31 BAL JL 1B 62 34 360.3 351 32 2 32 .995 9.57 0 0 .000 0 0.8
1984 32 CAL JL 1B 9 6 55.0 54 7 0 4 1.000 9.98 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 33 PHX JL RF 76 46 447.0 92 2 3 2 .969 1.89 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    1B 15 10 94.0 98 4 1 8 .990 9.77 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    SS 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 34 PHX JL 1B 35 25 237.0 238 15 5 17 .981 9.61 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 8 6 56.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  1B 325 271 2437.0 2553 202 26 194 .991 10.17 0 0 .000 0 5.3
  RF 89 52 512.0 106 2 3 2 .973 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  CF 2 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 4.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   418 323 2962.0 2663 205 29 197 .990 8.71 0 0 .000 0 6.2
Career Highs   109 109 952.0 1000 87 11 72 1.000 12.21 0 0 .000 0  
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 26 DM FL 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1979 27 DM FL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1980 28 DM FL 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 1.333 1.667
1986 34 PHX JL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 9 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .556 .778
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Homeruns
1977-7-28
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 57th overall pick, by Des Moines in 1977
Had first career hit on 4/7/1977, off Joshua Williams (BIR)
Hit first career homerun on 5/4/1977, off Nick Sixx (SEA)
 
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