Dave Goltz

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 4 in · 200 lb

BornJune 23, 1949 · Pelican Rapids, MN, USA

MLB debutJuly 18, 1972

Final gameJune 22, 1983

Seasons12 (1972–1983)

Minnesota Twins 1972–1979; Los Angeles Dodgers 1980–1981; California Angels 1982; Los Angeles Dodgers 1982; California Angels 1983

Percentile snapshot

1980 season — qualified pitchers

59.1

14.8

2.3

47.7

78.4

3.4

SHO

51.1

198

68.2

64.8

61.4

30.7

85.2

171.3

10.2

ERA

4.31

13.6

WHIP

1.500

6.8

K/9

4.78

54.5

FIP

3.63

60.2

FIP-

102.5

35.2

ERA+

82.1

6.8

sWAR

0.1

of 89 qualified 1980 pitchers (min 163 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

104.1

54.1

sWAR

23.6

94.9

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1972	15	34	29	0	3	1	2	17	.103	.161	.103	.265	-38.7	-21.4	.140	1.4
1973	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.6
1974	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.7
1975	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.9
1976	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.2
1977	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.3
1978	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5.7
1979	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.0
1980	35	61	47	1	6	4	7	23	.128	.241	.128	.368	12.8	7.2	.201	0.1
1981	26	21	17	0	1	2	1	9	.059	.158	.059	.217	-36.7	-34.9	.129	0.0
1982	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.8	-100.0	.000	0.8
1983	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-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
1972	15	11	3	3	1	2	0	75	27	26	38	5	91.0	2.67	1.110	3.76	3.01	94.0	119.8	1.4
1973	32	10	6	4	1	1	0	138	62	32	65	11	106.3	5.25	1.599	5.50	3.66	93.0	75.0	-0.6
1974	28	24	10	10	1	5	1	192	63	45	89	14	174.3	3.25	1.359	4.59	3.49	93.6	114.6	2.7
1975	32	32	14	14	0	15	1	235	99	72	128	18	243.0	3.67	1.263	4.74	3.43	89.1	104.9	2.9
1976	36	35	14	14	0	13	4	239	93	91	133	14	249.3	3.36	1.324	4.80	3.44	95.5	107.2	3.2
1977	39	39	20	11	0	19	2	284	113	91	186	23	303.0	3.36	1.238	5.52	3.42	84.7	120.4	5.3
1978	29	29	15	10	0	13	2	209	61	67	116	12	220.3	2.49	1.253	4.74	3.13	81.7	154.0	5.7
1979	36	35	14	13	0	12	1	282	116	69	132	22	250.7	4.16	1.400	4.74	3.69	84.8	104.5	3.0
1980	35	27	7	11	1	2	2	198	82	59	91	12	171.3	4.31	1.500	4.78	3.63	102.5	82.1	0.1
1981	26	8	2	7	1	0	0	83	35	25	48	4	77.0	4.09	1.403	5.61	3.07	91.7	81.9	0.0
1982	30	8	8	6	3	1	0	88	41	32	52	4	89.7	4.12	1.338	5.22	3.22	79.5	98.0	0.8
1983	15	6	0	6	0	0	0	81	44	37	27	10	63.7	6.22	1.853	3.82	5.81	144.0	64.9	-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

356

117

RBI

.1064

OBP

.2000

SLG

.1064

OPS

.3064

Pitching

G (P)

353

264

480th-most career GS

113

109

450th-most career L

SHO

478th-most career SHO

2,040

435th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,105

477th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

646

472nd-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.689

WHIP

1.3483

K/9

4.88

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	H	RBI	BB	TB
1980-08-05	LAD @ ATL Gameday	3	1	2	0	1
1981-08-25	LAD @ PIT Gameday	3	1	2	0	1
1972-07-23	MIN @ MIL Gameday	3	1	1	0	1
1980-09-16	LAD @ ATL Gameday	2	1	1	0	1
1972-08-12	MIN @ LAA Gameday	2	1	0	2	1

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1977-07-25	ATH @ MIN Gameday	11.0	8	1	1	1	14	0
1976-08-31	MIL @ MIN Gameday	9.0	2	0	0	2	11	0
1977-08-23	BOS @ MIN Gameday	9.0	1	0	0	3	10	0
1979-08-27	BAL @ MIN Gameday	8.2	9	5	5	4	10	2
1976-05-30	TEX @ MIN Gameday	9.0	6	3	3	2	9	1

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.