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Dave Otto
David Alan Otto

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 7", Weight 210 lb.
School University of Missouri

Debut September 8, 1987
  vs. TEX 1.0 IP, 3 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER
Final Game August 10, 1994
Born November 12, 1964 in Chicago, IL

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1987 22 OAK AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    6.0    7    6    6   1    1    3   0   0    24   0   0  9.00  4.16   46 1.333
 1988 23 OAK AL   0   0   3   2   0   0   1  0   10.0    9    2    2   0    6    7   0   0    43   0   1  1.80  3.82  212 1.500
 1989 24 OAK AL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    6.7    6    2    2   0    2    4   0   0    26   0   0  2.70  3.70  137 1.200
 1990 25 OAK AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   2  0    2.3    3    3    2   0    3    2   0   0    13   0   0  7.71  3.72   48 2.571
 1991 26 CLE AL   2   8  18  14   1   0   0  0  100.0  108   52   47   7   27   47   4   3   425   6   0  4.23  4.18   99 1.350
 1992 27 CLE AL   5   9  18  16   0   0   0  0   80.3  110   64   63  12   33   32   1   5   368   0   0  7.06  3.95   56 1.780
 1993 28 PIT NL   3   4  28   8   0   0   7  0   68.0   85   40   38   9   28   30   3   4   306   1   0  5.03  4.05   80 1.662
 1994 29 CHC NL   0   1  36   0   0   0   7  0   45.0   49   20   19   4   22   19   1   3   200   4   0  3.80  4.18  110 1.578
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .313  10  22 109  41   1   0  20  0  318.3  377  189  179  33  122  144   9  15  1405  11   1  5.06  4.07   80 1.568
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   9  49  18   0   0   9  0  144.0  170   85   81  14   55   65   4   6   636   4   0  5.06  4.07   80 1.568
 Career High      5   9  36  16   1   0   7  0  100.0  110   64   63  12   33   47   4   5   425   6   1  3.80  4.18  110 1.350

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1993 28 PIT NL  28   18    0    4   1  1   0    4   0  0   0   5  .222  .222  .389   61    7   1   0   0   0   0
 1994 29 CHC NL  36    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons       64   20    0    4   1  1   0    4   0  0   0   6  .200  .200  .350   44    7   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         51    0   10   3  3   0   10   0  0   0  15  .200  .200  .350   44   18   3   0   0   0   0
 Career High     36   18    0    4   1  1   0    4   0  0   0   5                           7   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1993 28 PIT NL   19   15    2   3.6   103| .222  .270| .222  .335| .389  .411| .611  .746|  61  .382  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1994 29 CHC NL    2    2    0   0.0   108| .000  .273| .000  .340| .000  .428| .000  .768|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons        21   17    2   3.2   103| .200  .270| .200  .335| .350  .413| .550  .748|  44  .327  -1.8  -0.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

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Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1987 22 OAK AL P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.67 1.50 1.80 0 6.0 1988 23 OAK AL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.67 1.80 1.80 2 10.0 1989 24 OAK AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.70 1.34 1.88 1 6.7 1990 25 OAK AL P 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 0.60 7.83 1.96 0 2.3 1991 26 CLE AL P 18 1 16 1 0 .944 .955 0.94 0.58 1.53 1.80 14 100.0 1992 27 CLE AL P 18 3 14 1 1 .944 .955 0.94 0.56 1.91 1.71 16 80.3 1993 28 PIT NL P 28 4 13 0 1 1.000 .955 0.61 0.54 2.25 1.84 8 68.0 1994 29 CHC NL P 36 1 5 1 1 .857 .952 0.17 0.54 1.20 1.86 0 45.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 22 OAK AL P 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.33 0.67 1.50 1.80 0 6.0 1988 23 OAK AL P 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.67 1.80 1.80 2 10.0 1989 24 OAK AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.70 1.34 1.88 1 6.7 1990 25 OAK AL P 2 0 2 0 1 1.000 .952 1.00 0.60 7.83 1.96 0 2.3 1991 26 CLE AL P 18 1 16 1 0 .944 .955 0.94 0.58 1.53 1.80 14 100.0 1992 27 CLE AL P 18 3 14 1 1 .944 .955 0.94 0.56 1.91 1.71 16 80.3 1993 28 PIT NL P 28 4 13 0 1 1.000 .955 0.61 0.54 2.25 1.84 8 68.0 1994 29 CHC NL P 36 1 5 1 1 .857 .952 0.17 0.54 1.20 1.86 0 45.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 109 11 52 3 4 .955 .956 0.58 0.56 1.78 1.80 41 318.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 109 11 52 3 4 .955 .956 0.58 0.56 1.78 1.80 41 318
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Transactions 

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft.

December 20, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

January 16, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

December 7, 1992: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cleveland Indians in the 1992 minor league draft.

August 19, 1993: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

January 24, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

December 2, 1994: Released by the Chicago Cubs.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1990Oakland Athletics$102,000
1992Cleveland Indians$300,000
1993Pittsburgh Pirates$525,000
Career (may be incomplete)$927,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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