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David Hess

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 215lb (185cm, 97kg)

Born: July 10, 1993 in Pembroke Pines, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 5th round of the 2014 MLB June Amateur Draft from Tennessee Technological University (Cookeville, TN).

High School: Tullahoma HS (Tullahoma, TN)

School: Tennessee Technological University (Cookeville, TN)

Debut: May 12, 2018 (Age 24-306d, 21,637th in major league history)
vs. TBR 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER, W

Last Game: September 7, 2021 (Age 28-059d)
vs. BOS 2.0 IP, 8 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 6 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

Agents: Total Sports

Full Name: David James Hess

Nicknames: Hesser

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-1.8

ERA

6.25

210.1

161

WHIP

1.531

Summary of 61 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 21 go ahead

3 Tms
BAL	51
MIA	7
TBR	3

Platoon
vs RHB	35
vs LHB	26

Home/Road
Away	35
Home	26

Outs
0	25
2	19
1	17

16 Opps
NYY	15
BOS	11
TBR	6
SDP	5
COL	4
CHW	4
TEX	3
WSN	3
PHI	2
TOR	2
SFG	1
CHC	1
LAA	1
ATL	1
CLE	1
HOU	1

47 Batters
Gary Sánchez	3
Andrew Benintendi	3
Clint Frazier	3
Gleyber Torres	3
J.D. Martinez	3
Bobby Dalbec	2
Cameron Maybin	2
Daniel Palka	2
Jiman Choi	2
J.T. Realmuto	1
Bryce Harper	1
Joey Gallo	1
Aaron Hicks	1
Trea Turner	1
Yolmer Sanchez	1
Danny Santana	1
Nolan Arenado	1
Tommy Pham	1
Xander Bogaerts	1
Luis Urías	1
Kyle Higashioka	1
Robinson Chirinos	1
Brett Gardner	1
Josh Reddick	1
José Ramírez	1
James McCann	1
Freddie Freeman	1
Matt Duffy	1
Eric Hosmer	1
Fernando Tatis Jr.	1
Ian Happ	1
Rafael Devers	1
Dom Nuñez	1
Brandon Lowe	1
Franmil Reyes	1
Connor Joe	1
Brian O'Grady	1
C.J. Cron	1
Luke Voit	1
Curtis Granderson	1
Jon Lester	1
Mike Trout	1
Yandy Díaz	1
Buster Posey	1
Kendrys Morales	1
Hunter Pence	1
Nick Williams	1

12 Parks
Camden Yards (BAL)	23
Fenway Pk (BOS)	7
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	6
Coors Fld (DEN)	4
TropicanaFld (STP)	4
Petco Pk (SAN)	4
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	3
loanDepot pk (MIA)	3
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
CitizensBank (PHI)	2
Nationals Pk (WAS)	2
Progressive (CLE)	1

Where Hit
9	20
7	16
8	13
89	6
78	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	13
2	10
4	9
1	8
7+	8
5	7
6	6

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	22
3·HR gms	7
2·HR gms	5
4·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	13
-2-	6
12-	4
--3	3
1-3	2

95 Runs
RISP	15
0 on	33
1 on	22
2 on	6
Any on	28

Inning
1	11
2	13
3	8
4	7
5	8
6	2
7	3
8	4
9	5

1-3	32
4-6	17
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	9
+3	4
+2	3
+1	9
Tied	19
-1	7
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	8

Ahead	25
Tied	19
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	9
0-0	8
1-1	8
2-2	7
1-0	6
1-2	5
2-1	4
3-1	4
0-1	4
0-2	3
2-0	3

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	12
DH	10
3B	8
C	6
LF	6
SS	6
1B	5
CF	3
PH	2
2B	2
P	1

OrderPos
5th	14
4th	13
2nd	8
3rd	7
7th	7
6th	5
1st	4
8th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	21
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2018	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2018-05-12 (1)	Matt Duffy	TBR	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	5	22%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Cron Scores; J. Wendle Scores
2	2	2	1	2018-05-20	J.D. Martinez	BOS		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
3	3	3	2	2018-05-20	Andrew Benintendi	BOS		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	--3	6,(3-2) CFBBBX	2	2	7	12%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Bradley Scores
4	4	4	3	2018-05-20	J.D. Martinez	BOS		BAL	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	DH	7%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Moreland Scores
5	5	5	1	2018-05-30	Bryce Harper	WSN	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	6,(3-2) SFBBBX	1	3	9	12%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
6	6	6	1	2018-06-07	Curtis Granderson	TOR		BAL	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	9,(3-2) CBFBFFBFX	1	1	9	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
7	7	7	1	2018-06-12	Rafael Devers	BOS	@	BAL	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	4,(2-1) FBB1X	2	6	5	17%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); X. Bogaerts Scores
8	8	8	2	2018-06-12	Andrew Benintendi	BOS	@	BAL	ahead 2-1	t 3	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	7	11%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
9	9	9	1	2018-06-19	Trea Turner	WSN		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	6	6	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
10	10	10	1	2018-06-29	Mike Trout	LAA	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	8	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
11	11	11	1	2018-07-04	Nick Williams	PHI		BAL	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	1--	4,(1-2) FFBX	2	5	9	12%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); C. Santana Scores
12	12	12	1	2018-08-03	Joey Gallo	TEX		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	9	14%	85%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); A. Beltré Scores
13	13	13	2	2018-08-03	Robinson Chirinos	TEX		BAL	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---	6,(2-2) CFBBFX	1	6	2	5%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
14	14	14	1	2018-08-09	Jiman Choi	TBR		BAL	behind 1-3	b 4	2	---	5,(2-2) CBSBX	1	5	DH	12%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	15	1	2018-08-17	José Ramírez	CLE		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	3	5	16%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Brantley Scores
16	16	16	1	2018-08-22	Kendrys Morales	TOR		BAL	tied 0-0	b 7	2	---	5,(2-2) CBCBX	1	4	DH	24%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	17	1	2018-09-16	Daniel Palka	CHW	@	BAL	behind 0-5	t 2	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	4	9	5%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
18	18	18	2	2018-09-16	Yolmer Sanchez	CHW	@	BAL	behind 1-6	t 5	0	1--	8,(2-2) CSBBFFFX	2	2	5	8%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Y. Moncada Scores/unER
19	19	19	3	2018-09-16	Daniel Palka	CHW	@	BAL	behind 3-6	t 5	1	---	7,(3-2) BBFBFFX	1	4	9	8%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	20	1	2018-09-22	Aaron Hicks	NYY		BAL	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	5	8	11%	66%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
21	21	21	2	2018-09-22	Luke Voit	NYY		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	3	10%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
22	22	22	1	2018-09-28	Josh Reddick	HOU	@	BAL	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	6,(3-2) FFBBBX	1	2	9	17%	44%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2019-04-07	Gleyber Torres	NYY	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	7,(3-2) BBSBFFX	1	5	6	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
24	24	2	2	2019-04-07	Clint Frazier	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 1-0	t 2	1	---	4,(2-1) TBBX	1	7	7	9%	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
25	25	3	3	2019-04-07	Gary Sánchez	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	4	DH	14%	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); B. Gardner Scores
26	26	4	1	2019-04-12	Andrew Benintendi	BOS		BAL	tied 0-0	b 3	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	7	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	5	1	2019-04-17	Brandon Lowe	TBR		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3,(1-1) FB2X	3	5	4	24%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Meadows Scores; J. Choi Scores
28	28	6	2	2019-04-17	Jiman Choi	TBR		BAL	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	3	3	4%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	7	3	2019-04-17	Yandy Díaz	TBR		BAL	ahead 5-0	b 3	0	---	6,(3-2) FBFBBX	1	4	5	3%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
30	30	8	1	2019-04-22	James McCann	CHW	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 5	0	1-3	7,(1-2) C+31FF11FBFX	3	7	2	17%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Anderson Scores; N. Delmonico Scores
31	31	9	1	2019-05-07	J.D. Martinez	BOS	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	DH	16%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); M. Betts Scores
32	32	10	2	2019-05-07	Xander Bogaerts	BOS	@	BAL	tied 2-2	t 4	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	5	6	12%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
33	33	11	1	2019-05-15 (1)	Gary Sánchez	NYY		BAL	behind 0-1	b 1	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	2	10%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
34	34	12	2	2019-05-15 (1)	Gleyber Torres	NYY		BAL	behind 1-2	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) TX	1	5	6	11%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
35	35	13	3	2019-05-15 (1)	Cameron Maybin	NYY		BAL	tied 2-2	b 2	2	---	6,(2-2) CBFFBX	1	8	9	11%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
36	36	14	4	2019-05-15 (1)	Gleyber Torres	NYY		BAL	tied 3-3	b 4	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	5	6	12%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
37	37	15	1	2019-05-21	Gary Sánchez	NYY	@	BAL	tied 0-0	t 1	0	12-	7,(3-2) BBBCSFX	3	3	DH	17%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. LeMahieu Scores; L. Voit Scores
38	38	16	2	2019-05-21	Clint Frazier	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 4-0	t 3	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	9	8%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Urshela Scores
39	39	17	3	2019-05-21	Clint Frazier	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 6-0	t 5	2	12-	5,(3-1) B*BBFX	3	7	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Hicks Scores; G. Torres Scores
40	40	18	1	2019-05-26	Nolan Arenado	COL		BAL	tied 1-1	b 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	20%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); D. Dahl Scores
41	41	19	1	2019-06-01	Buster Posey	SFG	@	BAL	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	---	8,(3-2) SBBBSFFX	1	3	DH	9%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
42	42	20	1	2019-06-06	Hunter Pence	TEX		BAL	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	DH	10%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
43	43	21	1	2019-07-13 (2)	Tommy Pham	TBR	@	BAL	ahead 6-2	t 7	1	1--	2,(0-1) 1FX	2	2	7	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Heredia Scores
44	44	22	1	2019-07-29	Fernando Tatis Jr.	SDP		BAL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	6	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
45	45	23	2	2019-07-29	Franmil Reyes	SDP		BAL	ahead 1-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	9	9%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
46	46	24	3	2019-07-29	Eric Hosmer	SDP		BAL	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	--3	2,(0-1) FX	2	4	3	9%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Machado Scores
47	47	25	4	2019-07-29	Luis Urías	SDP		BAL	ahead 4-1	b 4	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	4	6%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
48	48	26	1	2019-08-06	Brett Gardner	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 7-4	t 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	8	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
49	49	27	2	2019-08-06	Cameron Maybin	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 8-4	t 9	1	---	4,(1-2) SBFX	1	6	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
50	50	28	1	2019-08-07	Kyle Higashioka	NYY	@	BAL	ahead 12-1	t 9	0	-2-	3,(1-1) .CBX	2	7	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); B. Gardner Scores
2020	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	2020-08-13	J.T. Realmuto	PHI		BAL	behind 2-9	b 8	2	--3	8,(2-2) TBBFFFFX	2	4	2	1%	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); B. Harper Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
52	52	1	1	2021-07-10	Freddie Freeman	ATL	@	MIA	ahead 3-2	t 5	0	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	3	13%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Acuña Scores
53	53	2	1	2021-07-19	Jon Lester	WSN		MIA	ahead 10-0	b 5	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	1	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Parra Scores
54	54	3	1	2021-07-25	Brian O'Grady	SDP	@	MIA	behind 2-9	t 9	2	---	4,(1-2) .TFBX	1	5	PH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	4	1	2021-08-08	C.J. Cron	COL		MIA	behind 0-1	b 1	2	1-3	3,(1-1) BCX	3	5	3	24%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. McMahon Scores; C. Blackmon Scores
56	56	5	2	2021-08-08	Dom Nuñez	COL		MIA	ahead 3-1	b 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) 1BC1X	2	8	2	10%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Hampson Scores
57	57	6	3	2021-08-08	Connor Joe	COL		MIA	ahead 5-1	b 2	0	1--	5,(2-2) .SCBBX	2	1	PH	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Freeland Scores
58	58	7	1	2021-08-13	Ian Happ	CHC	@	MIA	behind 7-14	t 8	2	-2-	5,(3-1) .BS*BBX	2	6	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); R. Chirinos Scores
59	59	8	1	2021-09-07	Bobby Dalbec	BOS		TBR	behind 1-12	b 8	1	1--	3,(1-1) BSX	2	4	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Schwarber Scores
60	60	9	2	2021-09-07	Danny Santana	BOS		TBR	behind 3-12	b 8	1	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	5	7	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
61	61	10	3	2021-09-07	Bobby Dalbec	BOS		TBR	behind 5-12	b 9	1	1--	4,(0-2) FCFX	2	4	5	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Schwarber Scores