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Dave Sisler
David Michael Sisler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 200 lb.
School Princeton University

Debut April 21, 1956
Final Game September 23, 1962
Born October 16, 1931 in St. Louis, MO
Brother of Dick Sisler and Son of George Sisler

Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1956 24 BOS AL   9   8  39  14   3   0  15  3  142.3  120   81   73  13   72   93   7   1   619   2   0  4.62  4.62  100 1.349
 1957 25 BOS AL   7   8  22  19   5   0   2  1  122.3  135   68   64  15   61   55   2   2   554   1   1  4.71  3.98   84 1.602
 1958 26 BOS AL   8   9  30  25   4   1   2  0  149.3  157   94   82  22   79   71   1   6   666   2   2  4.94  4.00   81 1.580
 1959 27 TOT AL   1   3  35   0   0   0  20  7   58.3   55   33   28   7   37   32   1   3   262   1   0  4.32  4.05   94 1.577
         BOS AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    6.7    9    5    5   3    1    3   0   0    30   0   0  6.75  4.02   60 1.500
         DET AL   1   3  32   0   0   0  18  7   51.7   46   28   23   4   36   29   1   3   232   1   0  4.01  4.05  101 1.587
 1960 28 DET AL   7   5  41   0   0   0  19  6   80.0   56   23   22   3   45   47   2   9   334   1   0  2.48  3.99  161 1.263
 1961 29 WSA AL   2   8  45   1   0   0  29 11   60.3   55   34   28   6   48   30   3   3   276   5   0  4.18  3.90   93 1.707
 1962 30 CIN NL   4   3  35   0   0   0  16  1   43.7   44   19   19   4   26   27   0   1   196   3   0  3.92  4.02  103 1.603
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .463  38  44 247  59  12   1 103 29  656.3  622  352  316  70  368  355  16  25  2907  15   3  4.33  4.12   95 1.508
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   9  54  13   2   0  22  6  145.7  138   78   70  15   81   78   3   5   646   3   0  4.33  4.12   95 1.508
 Career High      9   9  45  25   5   1  29 11  149.3  157   94   82  22   79   93   7   9   666   5   2  2.48  4.62  161 1.263

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

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1956 24 BOS AL  39   42    4    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   4  13  .119  .191  .119  -20    5   4   1   0   0   0
 1957 25 BOS AL  22   42    5    7   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  12  .167  .239  .167   11    7   4   0   0   0   1
 1958 26 BOS AL  30   46    4    9   1  1   0    3   0  0   2  11  .196  .224  .261   30   12  11   1   0   0   2
 1959 27 TOT AL  35    7    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .286  .286  .286   54    2   1   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL   3    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  172    1   0   0   0   0   0
         DET AL  32    5    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .200  .200  .200    8    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1960 28 DET AL  41   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   5  .125  .222  .125   -4    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1961 29 WSA AL  45    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   2  .000  .333  .000    0    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      247  159   14   25   1  1   0    5   0  0  15  48  .157  .227  .176    8   28  21   2   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        104    9   16   1  1   0    3   0  0  10  31  .157  .227  .176    8   18  14   1   0   0   2
 Career High     45   46    5    9   1  1   0    3   0  0   4  13                          12  11   1   0   0   2

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1956 24 BOS AL   51   42    2   1.3   116| .119  .281| .191  .365| .119  .429| .310  .794| -20  .080  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1957 25 BOS AL   50   40    2   1.4   104| .167  .270| .239  .343| .167  .407| .406  .750|  11  .103  -5.4  -0.6   0%
 1958 26 BOS AL   60   51    3   1.6   103| .196  .268| .224  .338| .261  .408| .485  .746|  30  .137  -4.7  -0.5   0%
 1959 27 TOT AL    8    6    1   4.5   103| .286  .267| .286  .339| .286  .407| .572  .746|  54  .508  -0.5  -0.1   0%
         BOS AL    2    1    1  26.8   102| .500  .265| .500  .337| .500  .405|1.000  .742| 172  .965   0.2   0.0   0%
         DET AL    6    5    0   0.0   103| .200  .267| .200  .339| .200  .408| .400  .748|   8  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1960 28 DET AL   19   15    1   1.8   104| .125  .267| .222  .341| .125  .408| .347  .749|  -4  .158  -2.4  -0.2   0%
 1961 29 WSA AL    9    6    0   0.0   100| .000  .258| .333  .332| .000  .401| .333  .734|   0  .000  -0.7  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       197  160    9   1.5   107| .157  .271| .227  .347| .176  .413| .403  .760|   8  .120 -21.6  -2.3   0%

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

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1956 24 BOS AL   P   39      9   22    0    0 1.000  .951  0.79  0.82  1.96  1.92   14  142.3
 1957 25 BOS AL   P   22     13   22    1    3  .972  .964  1.59  0.86  2.58  1.99   19  122.0
 1958 26 BOS AL   P   30      7   22    2    1  .935  .963  0.97  0.82  1.75  1.95   25  149.3
 1959 27 TOT AL   P   35      1    7    0    0 1.000  .964  0.23  0.85  1.23  2.05    0   58.4
         BOS AL   P    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  0.87  1.34  2.01    0    6.7
         DET AL   P   32      0    7    0    0 1.000  .959  0.22  0.85  1.22  2.05    0   51.7
 1960 28 DET AL   P   41      5   18    1    2  .958  .966  0.56  0.78  2.59  1.96    0   80.0
 1961 29 WSA AL   P   45      4   11    0    1 1.000  .955  0.33  0.83  2.24  2.04    1   60.3
 1962 30 CIN NL   P   35      3    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.23  0.82  1.65  2.08    0   43.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1956 24 BOS AL   P   39      9   22    0    0 1.000  .951  0.79  0.82  1.96  1.92   14  142.3
 1957 25 BOS AL   P   22     13   22    1    3  .972  .964  1.59  0.86  2.58  1.99   19  122.0
 1958 26 BOS AL   P   30      7   22    2    1  .935  .963  0.97  0.82  1.75  1.95   25  149.3
 1959 27 TOT AL   P   35      1    7    0    0 1.000  .964  0.23  0.85  1.23  2.05    0   58.4
         BOS AL   P    3      1    0    0    0 1.000 1.000  0.33  0.87  1.34  2.01    0    6.7
         DET AL   P   32      0    7    0    0 1.000  .959  0.22  0.85  1.22  2.05    0   51.7
 1960 28 DET AL   P   41      5   18    1    2  .958  .966  0.56  0.78  2.59  1.96    0   80.0
 1961 29 WSA AL   P   45      4   11    0    1 1.000  .955  0.33  0.83  2.24  2.04    1   60.3
 1962 30 CIN NL   P   35      3    5    0    0 1.000  .952  0.23  0.82  1.65  2.08    0   43.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 247     42  107    4    7  .974  .960  0.60  0.82  2.04  1.98   59  656.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       247     42  107    4    7  .974  .960  0.60  0.82  2.04  1.98   59    656

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1958 AL-11-4

Saves
1959 AL-7-8
1961 AL-11-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1958 AL-79-6

Wild Pitches
1958 AL-6-5
1960 AL-9-3

Hit Batsmen
1956 AL-7-6

Games Finished
1959 AL-20-10
1960 AL-19-10
1961 AL-29-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
Before 1953 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
May 2, 1959: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Ted Lepcio to the Detroit Tigers for Billy Hoeft.
December 14, 1960: Drafted by the Washington Senators from the Detroit Tigers in the 1960 expansion draft.
November 28, 1961: Sent by the Washington Senators to the Cincinnati Reds to complete an earlier deal made on September 16, 1961. The Washington Senators sent a player to be named later and cash to the Cincinnati Reds for Claude Osteen. The Washington Senators sent Dave Sisler (November 28, 1961) to the Cincinnati Reds to complete the trade.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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