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Dave Wickersham

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Full Name: David Clifford Wickersham Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/188 First Game: September 18, 1960
Birthdate: September 27, 1935 Final Game: July 26, 1969
Birthplace: Erie, Pennsylvania MLB Experience: 10 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on September 27, 1935 in Erie, Pennsylvania, Dave Wickersham (David Clifford Wickersham) played for the Kansas City Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Pittsburgh Pirates and Kansas City Royals over the course of his 10 year career. Wickersham broke into the bigs on September 18, 1960 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 4.17 ERA in 110 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Dave Wickersham's best season was 1964, when he posted a 3.44 ERA, won 19 games and struck out 164 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1960 KC A 5 0 0 0 1.08 3 1 1 0 0 2 8.1 4 0 1 0 0 0
1961 KC A 17 0 2 1 5.14 10 12 12 0 0 2 21 25 0 5 1 1 2
1962 KC A 30 9 11 4 4.17 61 53 51 3 0 1 110 105 13 43 1 1 8
1963 KC A 38 34 12 15 4.09 118 116 108 4 1 1 237.2 244 21 79 2 5 9
1964 DET A 40 36 19 12 3.44 164 108 97 11 1 1 254 224 28 81 3 5 12
1965 DET A 34 27 9 14 3.78 109 91 82 8 3 0 195.1 179 12 61 6 3 11
1966 DET A 38 14 8 3 3.20 93 64 50 3 0 1 140.2 139 14 54 4 4 8
1967 DET A 36 4 4 5 2.74 44 30 26 0 0 4 85.1 72 6 33 2 5 4
1968 PIT N 11 0 1 0 3.48 9 12 8 0 0 1 20.2 21 0 13 3 0 0
1969 KC A 34 0 2 3 3.96 27 27 22 0 0 5 50 58 6 14 2 5 2
Total NL 11 0 1 0 3.48 9 12 8 0 0 1 20.2 21 0 13 3 0 0
Total AL 272 124 67 57 3.67 629 502 449 29 5 17 1102.1 1050 100 371 21 29 56
Total 283 124 68 57 3.66 638 514 457 29 5 18 1123 1071 100 384 24 29 56

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1960 KC A P 5 0 8.1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1961 KC A P 17 0 21 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .833
1962 KC A P 30 9 110 7 22 0 2 0 1 7 2 1 1.000
1963 KC A P 38 34 237.2 15 43 2 2 0 1 12 3 3 .967
1964 DET A P 40 36 254 22 35 2 2 0 3 7 6 0 .966
1965 DET A P 34 27 195.1 15 37 2 0 0 3 10 5 3 .963
1966 DET A P 38 14 141 11 24 0 2 0 0 6 3 4 1.000
1967 DET A P 36 4 85.1 8 18 2 1 0 1 6 2 2 .929
1968 PIT N P 11 0 20.2 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1969 KC A P 34 0 50 2 10 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 .923
Total P 283 124 1123.1 80 200 10 9 0 9 53 22 18 .966

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1960 KC A 5 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 KC A 17 3 1 2 0 3 .667 .667 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 KC A 30 35 1 2 0 0 .057 .108 .057 0 0 2 13 0 2 0 0 1
1963 KC A 38 80 3 11 0 2 .138 .148 .138 0 0 1 25 0 4 0 0 0
1964 DET A 40 82 1 6 0 1 .073 .094 .085 1 0 2 27 0 12 0 0 3
1965 DET A 34 58 2 4 0 1 .069 .085 .069 0 0 1 20 0 7 0 0 1
1966 DET A 38 45 1 2 0 1 .044 .085 .067 1 0 2 17 0 1 0 0 1
1967 DET A 36 15 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0
1968 PIT N 11 3 0 1 0 2 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1969 KC A 34 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total NL 11 3 0 1 0 2 .333 .333 .333 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
Total AL 272 321 9 27 0 8 .084 .109 .093 3 0 9 107 0 27 0 0 6
Total 283 324 9 28 0 10 .086 .111 .096 3 0 9 108 0 28 0 0 6

[edit] Transactions

  • Signed as an amateur free agent by Pittsburgh Pirates (1955).
  • Selected by Kansas City Athletics from Pittsburgh Pirates in the minor league draft (November 30, 1959).
  • Traded by Kansas City Athletics with Jerry Lumpe and Ed Rakow to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Rocky Colavito, Bob Anderson and $50000 (November 18, 1963).
  • Traded by Detroit Tigers to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Dennis Ribant (November 28, 1967).
  • Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Kansas City Royals (October 21, 1968).
  • Traded by Kansas City Royals to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Ron Tompkins (October 21, 1969).

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