Dave Giusti

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 11 in · 190 lb

BornNovember 27, 1939 · Seneca Falls, NY, USA

MLB debutApril 13, 1962

Final gameSeptember 27, 1977

Seasons15 (1962–1977)

Houston Colt .45's 1962; Houston Colt .45's 1964; Houston Astros 1965–1968; St. Louis Cardinals 1969; Pittsburgh Pirates 1970–1976; Chicago Cubs 1977; Oakland Athletics 1977

Percentile snapshot

1968 season — qualified pitchers

69.3

62.7

21.3

70.7

69.3

SHO

25.3

226

17.3

2.7

186

251.0

73.3

ERA

3.19

26.7

WHIP

1.167

46.7

K/9

6.67

FIP

2.69

61.3

FIP-

90.7

58.7

ERA+

92.8

21.3

sWAR

1.9

30.7

of 76 qualified 1968 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

95.6

20.6

sWAR

15.3

91.1

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1962	26	27	24	3	7	1	0	0	1	2	7	.292	.346	.333	.679	93.1	89.1	.319	-0.6
1964	8	9	7	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.286	.444	.286	.730	138.5	118.1	.368	0.4
1965	38	40	35	2	6	1	0	1	7	2	8	.171	.216	.286	.502	40.8	43.7	.231	0.0
1966	41	83	74	5	17	6	0	0	9	3	24	.230	.260	.311	.571	60.2	62.0	.260	0.6
1967	43	89	84	8	13	0	1	3	10	2	18	.155	.184	.286	.470	27.3	34.1	.216	0.1
1968	38	90	82	4	15	1	0	0	9	1	17	.183	.212	.195	.407	14.4	23.7	.197	1.9
1969	22	29	25	1	5	1	0	0	1	3	6	.200	.286	.240	.526	53.1	49.4	.261	1.1
1970	66	20	16	1	3	0	1	0	3	3	6	.188	.316	.313	.628	80.5	72.3	.305	2.2
1971	58	18	17	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	4	.059	.111	.059	.170	-64.3	-50.0	.094	1.2
1972	54	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-130.4	-100.0	.000	1.9
1973	67	16	13	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	.308	.357	.308	.665	95.1	89.4	.320	2.5
1974	64	11	9	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-7.4	-9.2	.171	1.2
1975	61	15	10	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.300	.364	.300	.664	95.4	88.4	.327	1.7
1976	40	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-22.3	-38.9	.152	-0.1
1977	60	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-135.6	-100.0	.000	1.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1962	22	5	2	3	0	0	0	82	46	30	43	7	73.7	5.62	1.520	5.25	4.01	107.4	66.4	-0.6
1964	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	9	8	16	1	25.7	3.16	1.247	5.61	2.95	88.6	105.4	0.4
1965	38	13	8	7	3	4	1	132	63	46	92	13	131.3	4.32	1.355	6.30	3.59	106.3	78.3	0.0
1966	34	33	15	14	0	9	4	215	98	54	131	23	210.0	4.20	1.281	5.61	3.69	107.1	82.0	0.6
1967	37	33	11	15	1	8	1	231	103	58	157	20	221.7	4.18	1.304	6.37	3.24	97.8	79.2	0.1
1968	37	34	11	14	1	12	2	226	89	67	186	15	251.0	3.19	1.167	6.67	2.69	90.7	92.8	1.9
1969	22	12	3	7	0	2	1	96	40	37	62	7	99.7	3.61	1.334	5.60	3.47	96.8	99.2	1.1
1970	66	1	9	3	26	0	0	98	35	39	85	7	103.0	3.06	1.330	7.43	3.22	82.0	128.3	2.2
1971	58	0	5	6	30	0	0	79	28	31	55	5	86.0	2.93	1.279	5.76	3.14	92.0	116.4	1.2
1972	54	0	7	4	22	0	0	59	16	20	54	3	74.7	1.93	1.058	6.51	2.41	71.6	174.4	1.9
1973	67	0	9	2	20	0	0	89	26	37	64	9	98.7	2.37	1.277	5.84	3.56	100.1	150.1	2.5
1974	64	2	7	5	12	0	0	101	39	40	53	2	105.7	3.32	1.334	4.51	2.96	84.7	105.3	1.2
1975	61	0	5	4	17	0	0	79	30	42	38	3	91.7	2.95	1.320	3.73	3.59	100.8	120.9	1.7
1976	40	0	5	4	6	0	0	59	28	27	24	5	58.3	4.32	1.474	3.70	4.33	124.6	80.4	-0.1
1977	60	0	3	5	7	0	0	84	37	34	43	6	85.7	3.89	1.377	4.52	3.84	93.5	105.5	1.0

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

686

465

412

RBI

.1869

OBP

.2352

SLG

.2500

OPS

.4852

Pitching

G (P)

668

158th-most career G (P)

133

100

145

95th-most career SV

SHO

1,717

SO (P)

1,103

479th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

570

ERA

3.602

WHIP

1.2955

K/9

5.78

422nd-highest career K/9

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	TB
1966-06-12	CHC @ HOU Gameday	3	1	3	1	0	0	4
1966-08-21	CIN @ HOU Gameday	4	0	2	2	0	6	4
1965-06-11	HOU @ PHI Gameday	3	1	1	0	1	2	4
1967-06-13	SF @ HOU Gameday	3	1	1	0	1	2	4
1967-08-06	HOU @ PHI Gameday	3	1	1	0	1	2	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1968-04-13	PHI @ HOU Gameday	9.0	6	3	3	1	13	1
1967-06-05	HOU @ STL Gameday	9.0	7	2	2	3	10	0
1967-06-28	HOU @ ATL Gameday	9.0	5	2	2	0	10	1
1965-04-26	PIT @ HOU Gameday	9.0	4	0	0	0	9	0
1967-05-26	HOU @ CHC Gameday	9.0	8	4	4	2	9	2

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.