Dave Wickersham

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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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.

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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

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

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

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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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