2B Dave Bieler #16
St. Louis Explorers MLB
Age: 27 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
06/11/1973
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2B DAVE BIELER #16 - AGE: 27 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
60 194 44 6 0 3 18 16 14 .227 .292 .304 2 1.2
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 55 55 55 55
Gap 45 45 45 45
Power 35 40 35 40
Eye 40 40 40 40
Avoid K's 65 70 65 65
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 70 50
Errors: - 60 50
Arm: 20 45 55
Turn DP: - 65 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 55
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: 25
2nd Base: 75 Right Field: 35
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 50
Stealing Aggressiveness: 60
Stealing Ability: 55
Baserunning Inst.: 75
Sacrifice Bunt: 50
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
06/10/1973 BRO Loss, 3-4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
06/09/1973 BRO Win, 3-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/08/1973 BRO Win, 2-0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
06/07/1973 SDC Win, 6-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/06/1973 SDC Win, 3-0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
06/05/1973 SDC Loss, 2-6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
06/03/1973 @ DEN Loss, 1-10 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
06/02/1973 @ DEN Loss, 1-5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/01/1973 @ DEN Win, 6-5 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
05/31/1973 @ CHI Loss, 1-5 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
PERSONALITY
His work ethic is second to none.
Personality Class: Sparkplug
High: Adaptability, Work Ethic
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:09/24/1945
Born in:Ft. Smith, AR
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:190 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$280,000
Signed Through:1974 Season
Major Service:9 Years, 47 Days
Service This Yr:69 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1963, 18th Pick in Round 3
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1973 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 60 194 44 6 0 3 18 20 16 14 .227 .292 .304 .596 .263 .077 72
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 57 226 4 2 0 2 7 5 59 9 2 1 66.7 19.2 3.13 1.2  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   46 9 0 0 1 4 5 5 4 0 3 0 .196 .275 .261 .535
Versus Right   148 35 6 0 2 14 15 11 10 5 4 4 .236 .298 .318 .615
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   19 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .158 .238 .211 .449
April   72 11 0 0 1 9 5 7 3 4 7 0 .153 .217 .194 .411
May   95 27 5 0 1 8 14 6 11 1 0 4 .284 .349 .368 .717
June   27 6 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .370 .670
Spring Training   57 13 1 1 1 5 6 2 6 0 5 0 .228 .254 .333 .588
Last Year   344 81 11 2 7 31 27 16 28 2 7 4 .235 .276 .340 .616
2 Years Ago   594 167 31 7 8 52 67 19 67 3 18 6 .281 .309 .397 .706
Career   3459 846 142 23 36 264 326 175 419 21 85 51 .245 .289 .330 .619
Home   104 21 3 0 2 11 9 8 6 4 5 2 .202 .263 .288 .551
Road   90 23 3 0 1 7 11 8 8 1 2 2 .256 .327 .322 .649
Grass   194 44 6 0 3 18 20 16 14 5 7 4 .227 .292 .304 .596
Day   116 27 2 0 3 16 12 10 6 4 6 2 .233 .295 .328 .623
Night   78 17 4 0 0 2 8 6 8 1 1 2 .218 .287 .269 .557
As Starter   190 43 6 0 3 18 20 16 14 5 7 4 .226 .293 .305 .598
As Reliever / Substitution   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Pinch Hitting   2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Close/Late   45 9 3 0 0 2 4 3 7 0 0 0 .200 .250 .267 .517
Inning 1-3   51 12 1 0 1 6 6 4 1 2 5 3 .235 .317 .314 .630
Inning 4-6   73 18 0 0 2 9 9 8 5 2 2 1 .247 .321 .329 .650
Inning 7-9   69 14 5 0 0 3 5 4 8 1 0 0 .203 .243 .275 .519
Extra Innings   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
0 Outs   53 13 2 0 2 8 9 4 3 2 5 1 .245 .300 .396 .696
1 Outs   65 16 1 0 1 7 9 2 7 3 2 1 .246 .268 .308 .575
2 Outs   76 15 3 0 0 3 2 10 4 0 0 2 .197 .307 .237 .544
Scoring Position   57 11 0 0 1 16 3 5 3 5 7 1 .193 .250 .246 .496
Bases Empty   101 21 3 0 2 2 14 10 10 0 0 3 .208 .298 .297 .595
Runner on 1st   36 12 3 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 .351 .417 .768
Runner on 2nd   21 6 0 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 5 0 .286 .375 .429 .804
Runner on 3rd   2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .000 .062 .000 .062
Runner on 1st & 3rd   6 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .286 .333 .619
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 3 0 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 1 1 .375 .455 .375 .830
Bases Loaded   5 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Two Strikes   60 7 1 0 1 5 4 6 14 2 0 2 .117 .214 .183 .398
First Pitch   50 17 2 0 1 5 6 2 0 0 2 2 .340 .389 .440 .829
Count 0-1   21 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Count 0-2   12 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .154 .167 .321
Count 1-0   26 7 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 4 0 .269 .250 .346 .596
Count 1-1   18 6 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 .333 .316 .333 .649
Count 1-2   23 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 7 1 0 2 .043 .115 .174 .289
Count 2-0   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-1   10 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .400 .700
Count 2-2   12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 .083 .083 .083 .167
Count 3-0   1 1 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
Count 3-1   3 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .625 .000 .625
Full Count   13 3 1 0 0 0 2 6 3 0 0 0 .231 .474 .308 .781
Behind in Count   56 6 0 0 1 4 3 0 7 2 0 2 .107 .133 .161 .294
Ahead in Count   45 11 3 0 1 6 7 8 0 2 5 0 .244 .345 .378 .723
Batting 2nd   21 5 0 0 1 5 2 2 2 2 3 0 .238 .280 .381 .661
Batting 5th   8 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 .000 .091 .000 .091
Batting 6th   48 12 1 0 0 4 5 5 3 1 4 0 .250 .315 .271 .586
Batting 7th   4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
Batting 8th   109 25 5 0 1 6 12 9 9 0 0 3 .229 .306 .303 .609
Batting 9th   4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Low Leverage   81 13 2 0 0 2 4 10 6 1 0 2 .160 .266 .185 .451
Medium Leverage   74 24 4 0 2 9 13 6 6 3 7 1 .324 .369 .459 .829
High Leverage   39 7 0 0 1 7 3 0 2 1 0 1 .179 .195 .256 .452
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1964 St. Louis - MLB 18 6 12 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .250 .333 .583 76 74 -0.1
1965 St. Louis - MLB 19 73 164 34 9 3 1 12 9 4 1 1 36 0 1 .207 .229 .317 .546 63 55 -0.6
1966 St. Louis - MLB 20 51 72 13 2 2 0 1 4 2 1 0 17 0 1 .181 .213 .264 .477 40 39 -0.0
1967 St. Louis - MLB 21 158 519 114 17 1 4 34 38 24 10 2 79 2 4 .220 .267 .279 .546 70 71 4.2
1968 St. Louis - MLB 22 159 497 111 14 3 4 32 42 36 8 3 67 2 4 .223 .285 .288 .573 84 81 7.0
1969 St. Louis - MLB 23 146 511 138 24 5 4 43 64 24 8 1 43 1 6 .270 .312 .360 .673 102 98 3.8
1970 St. Louis - MLB 24 152 552 141 27 0 5 40 55 34 9 4 66 3 6 .255 .307 .332 .639 80 82 3.1
1971 St. Louis - MLB 25 156 594 167 31 7 8 52 67 19 6 3 67 4 5 .281 .309 .397 .706 110 106 5.1
1972 St. Louis - MLB 26 120 344 81 11 2 7 31 27 16 4 2 28 4 4 .235 .276 .340 .616 86 86 2.0
1973 St. Louis - MLB 27 60 194 44 6 0 3 18 20 16 4 5 14 2 1 .227 .292 .304 .596 67 72 1.2
Total MLB 1081 3459 846 142 23 36 264 326 175 51 21 419 18 32 .245 .289 .330 .619 86 84 25.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1963 Total - 17 25 106 49 9 2 1 29 45 9 6 2 6 16 6 .462 .520 .613 1.134 100 100 2.1
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 St. Louis - MLB 21 7 25 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 .160 .160 .200 .360 11 8 4.2
1968 St. Louis - MLB 22 6 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 -112 5.5
Total MLB 13 47 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 .085 .085 .106 .191 -40 -47
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1964 St. Louis - MLB SS 3 3 2 8 2 10 0 1.000 24.0 3.75 -0.9 .843
1964 St. Louis - MLB RF 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.0 4.50 +0.0 .993
1965 St. Louis - MLB 2B 2 2 3 4 0 7 0 1.000 12.2 4.97 +0.1 1.041
1965 St. Louis - MLB SS 69 40 62 141 22 213 10 .953 425.1 4.30 -1.8 .974
1965 St. Louis - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1965 St. Louis - MLB CF 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
1965 St. Louis - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1966 St. Louis - MLB 2B 1 0 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 3.0 12.00 +0.5 1.563
1966 St. Louis - MLB SS 41 17 21 58 16 83 4 .952 180.1 3.94 +0.2 1.010
1966 St. Louis - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 2.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1967 St. Louis - MLB 2B 144 144 254 470 93 736 12 .984 1235.2 5.27 +31.7 1.121
1967 St. Louis - MLB SS 19 6 11 27 4 39 1 .974 76.1 4.48 +1.7 1.062
1968 St. Louis - MLB 2B 155 151 266 525 108 808 17 .979 1301.2 5.47 +44.5 1.179
1968 St. Louis - MLB SS 5 0 1 5 0 6 0 1.000 7.0 7.71 +0.7 1.071
1969 St. Louis - MLB 2B 144 142 344 441 87 803 18 .978 1222.0 5.78 +15.4 1.068
1969 St. Louis - MLB SS 5 0 4 7 1 11 0 1.000 13.0 7.62 +0.4 1.050
1970 St. Louis - MLB 2B 149 147 365 472 105 854 17 .980 1270.2 5.93 +21.2 1.083
1970 St. Louis - MLB SS 11 0 8 9 4 17 0 1.000 22.1 6.85 +0.3 1.041
1971 St. Louis - MLB 2B 149 148 321 499 106 834 14 .983 1303.2 5.66 +17.4 1.054
1971 St. Louis - MLB SS 4 0 2 6 0 9 1 .889 12.0 6.00 +0.4 1.027
1972 St. Louis - MLB 2B 103 79 196 257 52 461 8 .983 718.2 5.67 +10.1 1.060
1972 St. Louis - MLB SS 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 7.0 2.57 -0.1 1.021
1972 St. Louis - MLB LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 St. Louis - MLB CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 St. Louis - MLB RF 10 9 12 0 0 13 1 .923 73.2 1.47 -1.9 .833
1973 St. Louis - MLB 2B 57 57 149 191 59 346 6 .983 487.2 6.27 +8.5 1.100
1973 St. Louis - MLB SS 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 8.1 2.16 -0.1 1.048
TOTAL 2B 904 870 1899 2862 610 4853 92 .981 7555.2 5.67 +149.5 1.097
TOTAL SS 165 66 112 264 49 392 16 .959 775.2 4.36 +0.8 .993
TOTAL CF 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .000 1.0 0.00 -0.1 .000
TOTAL RF 13 9 13 0 0 14 1 .929 79.2 1.47 -1.9 .843
PLAYER HISTORY
12/16/1963 Drafted in the 1963 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 18, 66th overall pick) by the St. Louis Explorers, out of high school Kearns (Kearns; Kearns, UT).
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (50); Power: 25 (35); Eye: 25 (40).
04/14/1964 Named the #96 prospect in the MLB
06/29/1964 Injured (strep throat),day-to-day for 3 days.
07/09/1964 Named the #57 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1965 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 25 (30); Eye: 25 (40).
11/07/1965 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $19,000.
01/01/1966 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (50); Power: 25 (30); Eye: 30 (40).
11/08/1966 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $19,800.
01/01/1967 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 25 (30); Eye: 35 (35).
11/06/1967 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $37,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (50); Power: 25 (30); Eye: 35 (35).
11/17/1968 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $77,700.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (40).
03/14/1969 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 3 days.
03/15/1969 Successfully completed training to improve his plate discipline at the St. Louis Explorers development complex.
05/03/1969 Injured (undisclosed injury),out for 5 days.
11/15/1969 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $135,070.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (40).
03/14/1970 Successfully completed training to improve his quality of contact at the St. Louis Explorers development complex.
09/04/1970 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $380,000 with the St. Louis Explorers organization.
10/06/1970 Injured (flu-like symptoms),day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (60); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (40).
07/12/1971 Wins the MLB NBL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (40).
01/08/1972 Signed a 2-year contract extension worth a total of $560,000 with the St. Louis Explorers organization.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 55 (55); Power: 40 (40); Eye: 40 (40).
06/05/1973 Injured (viral infection),day-to-day for 2 days.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1967 150 8
1968 151 3
Year AB Rank
1971 594 8
Year IBB Rank
1968 7 5
1970 7 6
Year HP Rank
1967 10 1
1968 8 5
1969 8 2
1970 9 3
Year SH Rank
1967 15 8
1969 18 4
1971 18 6
Year WAR Rank
1968 6.3 6
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