Dave Tobik
[edit] Biography
Born on March 2, 1953 in Euclid, Ohio, Dave Tobik (David Vance Tobik) played for the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers and Seattle Mariners over the course of his 8 year career. Tobik broke into the bigs on August 26, 1978 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.33 ERA in 68.2 innings pitched in 1979, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Dave Tobik's best season was 1982, when he posted a 3.56 ERA and struck out 63 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1978
| DET
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.75
| 11
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12
| 12
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| A
| 37
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 4.33
| 48
| 34
| 33
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 68.2
| 59
| 12
| 25
| 5
| 4
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| A
| 17
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 3.98
| 34
| 27
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 61
| 61
| 7
| 21
| 4
| 1
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| A
| 27
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2.69
| 32
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 60.1
| 47
| 7
| 33
| 3
| 1
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| A
| 51
| 1
| 4
| 9
| 3.56
| 63
| 45
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 98.2
| 86
| 8
| 38
| 8
| 2
| 1
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| 27
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 3.68
| 30
| 18
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 44
| 36
| 2
| 13
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| 24
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 3.61
| 30
| 20
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 42.1
| 44
| 5
| 17
| 6
| 5
| 1
|
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 6.00
| 8
| 8
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 10
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 196
| 2
| 14
| 23
| 3.70
| 256
| 176
| 163
| 0
| 0
| 28
| 396
| 355
| 44
| 153
| 29
| 14
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1978
| DET
| A
| P
| 5
| 0
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1979
| DET
| A
| P
| 37
| 0
| 68.2
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1980
| DET
| A
| P
| 17
| 1
| 61
| 4
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1981
| DET
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 60.1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1982
| DET
| A
| P
| 51
| 1
| 98.2
| 8
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 3
| 0
| .941
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 44
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 42.1
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| P
| 8
| 0
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 196
| 2
| 396
| 29
| 35
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 5
| 33
| 13
| 0
| .985
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1978
| DET
| A
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1979
| DET
| A
| 37
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| DET
| A
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| DET
| A
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| DET
| A
| 51
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| TEX
| A
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| TEX
| A
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1985
| SEA
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 196
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Montreal Expos in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 5, 1974).
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (2nd pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 9, 1975).
- Traded by Detroit Tigers to Texas Rangers in exchange for Johnny Grubb (March 24, 1983).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1984).
- Signed by Seattle Mariners (April 4, 1985).
- Released by Seattle Mariners (November 1, 1985).
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