Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1979
- AL Rookie of the Year
- 1981
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1979
- AL Rookie of the Year
- 1981
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 718
- W
- 82
- L
- 79
- ERA
- 3.46
- IP
- 1403.0
- K
- 1,112
- BB
- 591
- WHIP
- 1.34
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NYY | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.71 | 17.0 | 13 | 10 | 1.18 |
| 1981 | NYY | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2.06 | 105.0 | 89 | 38 | 1.08 |
| 1982 | NYY | 33 | 11 | 10 | 3.79 | 183.0 | 163 | 108 | 1.44 |
| 1983 | NYY | 31 | 14 | 8 | 3.44 | 217.0 | 169 | 67 | 1.20 |
| 1984 | NYY | 64 | 5 | 6 | 2.34 | 96.1 | 90 | 37 | 1.20 |
| 1985 | NYY | 74 | 12 | 7 | 2.78 | 107.0 | 92 | 45 | 1.32 |
| 1986 | NYY | 74 | 8 | 8 | 2.45 | 106.2 | 83 | 35 | 1.15 |
| 1987 | NYY | 60 | 8 | 6 | 3.51 | 95.0 | 77 | 44 | 1.46 |
| 1988 | NYY | 60 | 5 | 4 | 3.52 | 87.0 | 70 | 37 | 1.41 |
| 1989 | NYY | 55 | 2 | 6 | 3.00 | 69.0 | 51 | 26 | 1.43 |
| 1990 | NYY | 53 | 1 | 1 | 3.57 | 53.0 | 43 | 26 | 1.40 |
| 1991 | SF | 61 | 2 | 7 | 3.39 | 71.2 | 51 | 28 | 1.28 |
| 1992 | SF | 54 | 2 | 7 | 5.06 | 78.1 | 47 | 36 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | SF | 51 | 1 | 1 | 5.70 | 47.1 | 31 | 17 | 1.58 |
| 1994 |  ATH/TOR | 20 | 0 | 1 | 10.18 | 20.1 | 14 | 19 | 2.02 |
| 1995 | CHW | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4.20 | 49.1 | 29 | 18 | 1.68 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 4
- W
- 3
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 2.12
- IP
- 17.0
- K
- 18
- BB
- 7
- WHIP
- 1.41
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 53
- CG
- 13
- SHO
- 2
- K/9
- 7.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 40
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | NYY | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | NYY | 13 | 2 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1982 | NYY | 16 | 4 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1983 | NYY | 20 | 7 | 2 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1984 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1986 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1987 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1988 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1989 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | NYY | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1991 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1992 | SF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1993 | SF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | ATH/TOR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | CHW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Dave Righetti's career stats?
Dave Righetti played 16 seasons for the Yankees, the Giants and the White Sox. He had 82 wins and 1,112 strikeouts with a 3.46 ERA over 1,403.0 innings. His best season was 1983: 14 wins, a 3.44 ERA and 169 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 1 postseason, 1979 to 1995
Dave Righetti led MLB in saves (1986); finished top 10 in a stat 7 times.
Awards
All-time career rank
- 40th in saves (252)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
- ERA: 1986 (5th)
- Strikeouts (Pitching): 1983 (9th)
- Saves: 1984 (6th), 1985 (7th), 1986 (1st), 1987 (5th), 1990 (5th)
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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