Dave Giusti

Full Name: David John Giusti	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/190	First Game: April 13, 1962
Birthdate: November 27, 1939	Final Game: September 27, 1977
Birthplace: Seneca Falls, New York	MLB Experience: 15 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on November 27, 1939 in Seneca Falls, New York, Dave Giusti (David John Giusti) played for the Houston Colt .45s, Houston Astros, St. Louis Cardinals, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics and Chicago Cubs over the course of his 15 year career. Giusti broke into the bigs on April 13, 1962 with the Houston Colt .45s, and put up a 5.62 ERA in 73.2 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Dave Giusti's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1970, when he posted a 3.06 ERA, notched 26 saves and struck out 85 batters. However, others believe that it was 1972, when he posted a 1.93 ERA, notched 22 saves and struck out 54 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1962	HOU	N	22	5	2	3	5.62	43	49	46	0	0	0	73.2	82	7	30	1	13	0
1964	HOU	N	8	0	0	0	3.16	16	10	9	0	0	0	25.2	24	1	8	1	1	0
1965	HOU	N	38	13	8	7	4.32	92	67	63	4	1	3	131.1	132	13	46	11	9	1
1966	HOU	N	34	33	15	14	4.20	131	112	98	9	4	0	210	215	23	54	3	14	5
1967	HOU	N	37	33	11	15	4.18	157	114	103	8	1	1	221.2	231	20	58	4	8	3
1968	HOU	N	37	34	11	14	3.19	186	95	89	12	2	1	251	226	15	67	7	11	4
1969	STL	N	22	12	3	7	3.61	62	46	40	2	1	0	99.2	96	7	37	2	3	1
1970	PIT	N	66	1	9	3	3.06	85	38	35	0	0	26	103	98	7	39	9	5	0
1971	PIT	N	58	0	5	6	2.93	55	31	28	0	0	30	86	79	5	31	8	3	1
1972	PIT	N	54	0	7	4	1.93	54	18	16	0	0	22	74.2	59	3	20	6	3	0
1973	PIT	N	67	0	9	2	2.37	64	31	26	0	0	20	98.2	89	9	37	13	3	0
1974	PIT	N	64	2	7	5	3.32	53	43	39	0	0	12	105.2	101	2	40	11	7	0
1975	PIT	N	61	0	5	4	2.95	38	38	30	0	0	17	91.2	79	3	42	17	2	0
1976	PIT	N	40	0	5	4	4.32	24	31	28	0	0	6	58.1	59	5	27	9	0	0
1977	OAK	A	40	0	3	3	2.98	28	22	20	0	0	6	60.1	54	4	20	5	2	0
1977	CHI	N	20	0	0	2	6.04	15	19	17	0	0	1	25.1	30	2	14	2	3	0
1977	Total		60	0	3	5	3.89	43	41	37	0	0	7	85.2	84	6	34	7	5	0
Total	NL		628	133	97	90	3.62	1075	742	667	35	9	139	1656.1	1600	122	550	104	85	15
Total	AL		40	0	3	3	2.98	28	22	20	0	0	6	60.1	54	4	20	5	2	0
Total			668	133	100	93	3.60	1103	764	687	35	9	145	1716.2	1654	126	570	109	87	15

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1962	HOU	N	P	22	5	73.2	8	13	1	2	1	6	3	0	.955
1964	HOU	N	P	8	0	25.2	6	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	.929
1965	HOU	N	P	38	13	131.1	17	24	1	0	2	8	1	2	.976
1966	HOU	N	P	34	33	210	18	24	1	0	4	9	4	1	.977
1967	HOU	N	P	37	33	221.2	14	26	1	0	3	8	6	0	.976
1968	HOU	N	P	37	34	251	20	51	2	3	2	16	3	1	.973
1969	STL	N	P	22	12	99.2	5	20	1	1	2	4	6	3	.962
1970	PIT	N	P	66	1	103	5	14	0	1	2	2	4	0	1.000
1971	PIT	N	P	58	0	86	6	7	1	1	0	1	2	0	.929
1972	PIT	N	P	54	0	74.2	1	15	1	0	0	5	5	1	.941
1973	PIT	N	P	67	0	98.2	10	4	1	0	1	4	4	0	.933
1974	PIT	N	P	64	2	105.2	8	21	0	1	0	9	3	1	1.000
1975	PIT	N	P	61	0	91.2	4	17	3	0	1	7	0	2	.875
1976	PIT	N	P	40	0	58.1	4	11	1	0	0	2	2	0	.938
1977	OAK	A	P	40	0	60.1	7	8	0	0	2	4	4	2	1.000
1977	CHI	N	P	20	0	25.1	1	2	0	2	0	5	0	0	1.000
1977	Total		P	60	0	85.2	8	10	0	2	2	9	4	2	1.000
Total			P	668	133	1716.2	134	264	15	11	21	92	47	13	.964

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1962	HOU	N	26	24	3	7	0	1	.292	.346	.333	1	0	2	7	0	1	1
1964	HOU	N	8	7	1	2	0	0	.286	.444	.286	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
1965	HOU	N	38	35	2	6	1	7	.171	.216	.286	1	0	2	8	0	3	0
1966	HOU	N	41	74	5	17	0	9	.230	.260	.311	6	0	3	24	0	6	0
1967	HOU	N	43	84	8	13	3	10	.155	.184	.286	0	1	2	18	1	2	1
1968	HOU	N	38	82	4	15	0	9	.183	.212	.195	1	0	1	17	2	5	1
1969	STL	N	22	25	1	5	0	1	.200	.286	.240	1	0	3	6	0	1	0
1970	PIT	N	66	16	1	3	0	3	.188	.316	.313	0	1	3	6	0	1	0
1971	PIT	N	58	17	1	1	0	2	.059	.111	.059	0	0	1	4	0	0	0
1972	PIT	N	54	10	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	1	0
1973	PIT	N	67	13	1	4	0	1	.308	.357	.308	0	0	1	1	0	2	0
1974	PIT	N	64	9	0	1	0	2	.111	.200	.111	0	0	1	1	0	1	1
1975	PIT	N	61	10	2	3	0	1	.300	.364	.300	0	0	1	2	0	4	0
1976	PIT	N	40	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.200	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1977	OAK	A	40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	CHI	N	20	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1977	Total		60	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Total	NL		646	412	29	77	4	46	.187	.235	.250	10	2	23	99	3	27	5
Total	AL		40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			686	412	29	77	4	46	.187	.235	.250	10	2	23	99	3	27	5

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Houston Colt .45s (June 16, 1961).
Traded by Houston Astros with Dave Adlesh to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Johnny Edwards and Tommy Smith (October 11, 1968).
Selected by San Diego Padres from St. Louis Cardinals (3rd pick overall) in the expansion draft (October 14, 1968).
Traded by San Diego Padres to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Ed Spiezio, Ron Davis, Danny Breeden and Phil Knuckles (December 3, 1968).
Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Dave Ricketts to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Carl Taylor and Frank Vanzin (October 21, 1969).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Doc Medich, Doug Bair, Rick Langford, Tony Armas and Mitchell Page to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms and Chris Batton (March 15, 1977).
Sold by Oakland Athletics to Chicago Cubs (August 5, 1977).
Released by Chicago Cubs (November 11, 1977).

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