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Dave Boswell
David Wilson Boswell

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 18, 1964
vs. BOS 3.0 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 5 BB, 3 ER
Final Game September 17, 1971
Born January 20, 1945 in Baltimore, MD

Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1963. (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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1964 19 MIN AL   2   0   4   4   0   0   0  0   23.3   21   11   11   4   12   25   0   1   101   1   0  4.24  3.59   85 1.414
 1965 20 MIN AL   6   5  27  12   1   0   1  0  106.0   77   43   40  20   46   85   5   1   435   0   0  3.40  3.56  105 1.160
 1966 21 MIN AL  12   5  28  21   8   1   3  0  169.3  120   66   59  19   65  173   5  12   691   2   0  3.14  3.61  115 1.093
 1967 22 MIN AL  14  12  37  32  11   3   1  0  222.7  162   84   81  14  107  204   7   7   923   5   0  3.27  3.46  106 1.208
 1968 23 MIN AL  10  13  34  28   7   2   0  0  190.0  148   79   70  19   87  143   7   9   799   2   0  3.32  3.13   94 1.237
 1969 24 MIN AL  20  12  39  38  10   0   0  0  256.3  215  105   92  18   99  190   8  10  1070   2   0  3.23  3.70  115 1.225
 1970 25 MIN AL   3   7  18  15   0   0   1  0   68.7   80   55   49  12   44   45   2   3   325   3   0  6.42  3.79   59 1.806
 1971 26 TOT AL   1   2  18   1   0   0   7  0   29.0   35   19   15   4   21   17   0   1   143   1   0  4.66  3.40   73 1.931
         DET AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    4.3    3    3    3   0    6    3   0   0    22   0   0  6.23  3.64   58 2.077
         BAL AL   1   2  15   1   0   0   6  0   24.7   32   16   12   4   15   14   0   1   121   1   0  4.38  3.36   77 1.905
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .548  68  56 205 151  37   6  13  0 1065.3  858  462  417 110  481  882  34  44  4487  16   0  3.52  3.51  100 1.257
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12  10  39  28   7   1   2  0  203.3  163   88   79  21   91  168   6   8   857   3   0  3.52  3.51  100 1.257
 Career High     20  13  39  38  11   3   7  0  256.3  215  105   92  20  107  204   8  12  1070   5   0  3.14  3.79  115 1.093

* 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 19 MIN AL   4    9    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .222  .222  .222   24    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1965 20 MIN AL  36   38    7   12   0  1   0    1   0  0   1   6  .316  .333  .368   96   14   0   0   0   0   1
 1966 21 MIN AL  32   63    4    9   1  0   0    3   0  0   0  18  .143  .156  .159  -11   10   2   0   0   1   2
 1967 22 MIN AL  44   73   12   16   2  1   1    3   0  0   1  26  .219  .250  .315   61   23   3   0   0   2   2
 1968 23 MIN AL  37   60    9   14   3  1   1    4   0  0   2  24  .233  .254  .367   81   22   5   1   0   0   1
 1969 24 MIN AL  40   94    7   16   2  1   2    9   0  0   2  29  .170  .196  .277   29   26   6   0   0   1   3
 1970 25 MIN AL  20   25    0    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   0  11  .160  .160  .200   -2    5   0   0   0   0   0
 1971 26 TOT AL  18    5    1    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .400   68    2   0   0   0   0   0
         BAL AL  15    5    1    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .200  .200  .400   68    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      231  367   41   74  10  4   4   22   0  0   6 119  .202  .222  .283   42  104  17   1   0   4   9
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        257   29   52   7  3   3   15   0  0   4  83  .202  .222  .283   42   73  12   1   0   3   6
 Career High     44   94   12   16   3  1   2    9   0  0   2  29                          26   6   1   0   2   3

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 19 MIN AL   10    8    1   3.4    97| .222  .257| .222  .325| .222  .399| .444  .724|  24  .396  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1965 20 MIN AL   39   27    4   4.0    96| .316  .256| .333  .327| .368  .393| .701  .720|  96  .495  -0.5  -0.1   0%
 1966 21 MIN AL   66   58    1   0.5    95| .143  .256| .156  .324| .159  .394| .315  .718| -11  .020  -9.4  -1.0   0%
 1967 22 MIN AL   79   62    5   2.2    91| .219  .252| .250  .322| .315  .377| .565  .699|  61  .271  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1968 23 MIN AL   68   53    6   3.0    85| .233  .245| .254  .316| .367  .363| .621  .679|  81  .435  -1.6  -0.2   0%
 1969 24 MIN AL  103   87    5   1.6    98| .170  .259| .196  .336| .277  .390| .473  .727|  29  .138  -9.8  -1.0   0%
 1970 25 MIN AL   25   21    1   1.3   100| .160  .261| .160  .336| .200  .399| .360  .735|  -2  .098  -3.6  -0.4   0%
 1971 26 TOT AL    5    4    0   0.0    91| .200  .254| .200  .326| .400  .377| .600  .702|  68  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
         BAL AL    5    4    0   0.0    91| .200  .254| .200  .326| .400  .377| .600  .702|  68  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       395  320   23   1.9    94| .202  .254| .222  .326| .283  .385| .505  .711|  42  .216 -30.1  -3.2   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 ------+
 1964 19 MIN AL   P    4      2    5    0    0 1.000  .959  1.75  0.72  2.70  1.89    4   23.3
 1965 20 MIN AL   P   27      5   14    1    1  .950  .950  0.70  0.75  1.61  2.04   12  106.0
 1966 21 MIN AL   P   28     10   29    2    0  .951  .951  1.39  0.75  2.07  1.99   21  169.3
 1967 22 MIN AL   P   37     11   24    0    2 1.000  .956  0.95  0.74  1.41  1.96   32  222.7
 1968 23 MIN AL   P   34     17   15    3    1  .914  .958  0.94  0.73  1.52  1.89   28  190.0
 1969 24 MIN AL   P   39      9   31    2    2  .952  .950  1.03  0.69  1.40  1.88   38  256.3
 1970 25 MIN AL   P   18      6    5    0    1 1.000  .948  0.61  0.67  1.44  1.86   15   68.7
 1971 26 TOT AL   P   18      2    6    0    0 1.000  .952  0.44  0.77  2.48  1.96    1   29.0
         DET AL   P    3      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.77  4.19  1.88    0    4.3
         BAL AL   P   15      2    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.40  0.77  2.19  1.97    1   24.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1964 19 MIN AL   P    4      2    5    0    0 1.000  .959  1.75  0.72  2.70  1.89    4   23.3
 1965 20 MIN AL   P   27      5   14    1    1  .950  .950  0.70  0.75  1.61  2.04   12  106.0
 1966 21 MIN AL   P   28     10   29    2    0  .951  .951  1.39  0.75  2.07  1.99   21  169.3
 1967 22 MIN AL   P   37     11   24    0    2 1.000  .956  0.95  0.74  1.41  1.96   32  222.7
 1968 23 MIN AL   P   34     17   15    3    1  .914  .958  0.94  0.73  1.52  1.89   28  190.0
 1969 24 MIN AL   P   39      9   31    2    2  .952  .950  1.03  0.69  1.40  1.88   38  256.3
 1970 25 MIN AL   P   18      6    5    0    1 1.000  .948  0.61  0.67  1.44  1.86   15   68.7
 1971 26 TOT AL   P   18      2    6    0    0 1.000  .952  0.44  0.77  2.48  1.96    1   29.0
         DET AL   P    3      0    2    0    0 1.000  .952  0.67  0.77  4.19  1.88    0    4.3
         BAL AL   P   15      2    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.40  0.77  2.19  1.97    1   24.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 205     62  129    8    7  .960  .953  0.93  0.73  1.61  1.93  151 1065.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       205     62  129    8    7  .960  .953  0.93  0.73  1.61  1.93  151   1065

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1965   WS    MIN LAD     L   1   0   3.38  0  0  0  0   2.2   3   1   2   3 
 1969   ALCS  MIN BAL     L   1   1   0.84  0  1  0  0  10.2   7   1   7   4 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      0-2   2   1   1.35  0  1  0  0  13.1  10   2   9   7 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1965   WS    MIN LAD     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1969   ALCS  MIN BAL     L   1   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   0-2   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   4  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

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.

Wins
1967 AL-14-10
1969 AL-20-3

Won-Loss %
1966 AL-.706-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1966 AL-1.093-7

Hits Allowed/9IP
1966 AL-6.38-2
1967 AL-6.55-2
1969 AL-7.55-10
Car-7.25-20

Strikeouts/9IP
1966 AL-9.19-2
1967 AL-8.25-3
1968 AL-6.77-10
1969 AL-6.67-8
Car-7.45-52

Innings
1969 AL-256.3-9

Strikeouts
1966 AL-173-8
1967 AL-204-7
1969 AL-190-4

Games Started
1969 AL-38-5

Comp. Games
1967 AL-11-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1967 AL-107-4
1968 AL-87-5
1969 AL-99-10

SO to Walk
1966 AL-2.66-6

Wild Pitches
1966 AL-12-2
1968 AL-9-8
1969 AL-10-9

Hit Batsmen
1967 AL-7-8
1969 AL-8-8

Batters Faced
1969 AL-1070-9

Youngest Player
1964 AL-19-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 35 (669) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 12.0 (827) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
Before 1963 Season: Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent.
April 9, 1971: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
April 9, 1971: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
May 28, 1971: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
May 28, 1971: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
April 2, 1972: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Dave Boswell's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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Wins 1967 AL-14-10 1969 AL-20-3	Won-Loss % 1966 AL-.706-1	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1966 AL-1.093-7	Hits Allowed/9IP 1966 AL-6.38-2 1967 AL-6.55-2 1969 AL-7.55-10 Car-7.25-20	Strikeouts/9IP 1966 AL-9.19-2 1967 AL-8.25-3 1968 AL-6.77-10 1969 AL-6.67-8 Car-7.45-52	Innings 1969 AL-256.3-9
Strikeouts 1966 AL-173-8 1967 AL-204-7 1969 AL-190-4	Games Started 1969 AL-38-5	Comp. Games 1967 AL-11-8	Bases On Balls Allow. 1967 AL-107-4 1968 AL-87-5 1969 AL-99-10	SO to Walk 1966 AL-2.66-6	Wild Pitches 1966 AL-12-2 1968 AL-9-8 1969 AL-10-9
Hit Batsmen 1967 AL-7-8 1969 AL-8-8	Batters Faced 1969 AL-1070-9	Youngest Player 1964 AL-19-4