Del Unser

Positions: Centerfielder and First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: December 9, 1944 in Decatur, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1965 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS), the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 4th round of the 1966 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS) and the Washington Senators in the 1st round (18th) of the 1966 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS).

Schools: Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL), Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)

Debut: April 10, 1968 (Age 23-123d, 12,660th in major league history)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 6, 1982 (Age 37-179d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Agents: Dick Moss

Full Name: Delbert Bernard Unser

Pronunciation: \UN-sur\

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Relatives: Son of Al Unser

1980 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

16.7

5215

1344

.258

617

RBI

481

OBP

.319

SLG

.358

OPS

.677

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1969 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	WSA		NYY	L,4-8	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
2	2	Apr 9	WSA		NYY	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
3	3	Apr 10	WSA		NYY	W,9-6	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
4	4	Apr 11	WSA	@	BAL	W,4-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
5	5	Apr 12	WSA	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 13 (1)	WSA	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
7	7	Apr 13 (2)	WSA	@	BAL	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
8	8	Apr 15	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-8	CG	45	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 17 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	L,3-7	CG	41	9.2	4	0	0	4	0	CF
10	10	Apr 17 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	34	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
11	11	Apr 18	WSA		BAL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
12	12	Apr 19	WSA		BAL	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
13	13	Apr 20 (1)	WSA		BAL	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
14	14	Apr 20 (2)	WSA		BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
15	15	Apr 21	WSA		DET	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
16	16	Apr 22	WSA		DET	L,2-4	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
17	17	Apr 23	WSA	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
18	18	Apr 25	WSA	@	CLE	W,10-3	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
19	19	Apr 26	WSA	@	CLE	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	20	Apr 27	WSA	@	CLE	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
21	21	Apr 28	WSA	@	DET	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
22	22	Apr 29	WSA	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	38	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
23	23	Apr 30	WSA		BOS	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	24	May 1	WSA		BOS	W,7-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
25	25	May 2	WSA		CLE	W,5-0	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
26	26	May 3	WSA		CLE	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
27	27	May 4	WSA		CLE	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
28	28	May 6	WSA	@	OAK	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	1	4	0	CF
29	29	May 7	WSA	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	38	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	CF
30	30	May 9	WSA	@	SEP	L,0-2	CG	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
31	31	May 10	WSA	@	SEP	L,13-16	CG	48	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
32	32	May 11	WSA	@	SEP	L,5-6	CG	40	8.1	0	0	0	0	0	CF
33	33	May 12	WSA	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
34	34	May 13	WSA	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	37	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
35	35	May 14	WSA	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
36	36	May 16	WSA	@	CHW	L,6-7	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
37	37	May 17	WSA	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	37	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
38	38	May 18 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	39	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
39	39	May 18 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
40	40	May 20	WSA		SEP	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
41	41	May 21	WSA		SEP	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
42	42	May 22	WSA		SEP	L,6-7	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
43	43	May 23	WSA		KCR	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
44	44	May 24	WSA		KCR	L,4-5	CG	40	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
45	45	May 25	WSA		KCR	L,2-3	CG	47	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
46	46	May 26	WSA		MIN	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
47	47	May 27	WSA		MIN	W,5-1	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR CF
48	49 (1)	May 30 (1)	WSA		CHW	W,5-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR CF
49	50	May 30 (2)	WSA		CHW	L,5-8	CG	48	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
50	51	May 31	WSA		CHW	W,7-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
51	53 (1)	Jun 2	WSA	@	KCR	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
52	54	Jun 3	WSA	@	KCR	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
53	55	Jun 4	WSA	@	KCR	W,3-1	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
54	56	Jun 6	WSA	@	MIN	W,1-0	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
55	57	Jun 7	WSA	@	MIN	L,1-10	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
56	58	Jun 8	WSA	@	MIN	W,7-5	CG	52	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
57	59	Jun 10	WSA		OAK	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
58	60	Jun 11	WSA		OAK	L,4-6	CG	62	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
59	61	Jun 12	WSA		OAK	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
60	62	Jun 13	WSA		CAL	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
61	65 (2)	Jun 18	WSA		BAL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	67 (1)	Jun 20	WSA	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	43	10.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
63	69 (1)	Jun 22 (1)	WSA	@	DET	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	70	Jun 22 (2)	WSA	@	DET	W,9-5	CG	28	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
65	72 (1)	Jun 24	WSA	@	BAL	L,3-6	GS	26	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
66	73	Jun 25	WSA	@	BAL	W,11-8	GF	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
67	75 (1)	Jun 28	WSA		BOS	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
68	76	Jun 29 (1)	WSA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
69	77	Jun 29 (2)	WSA		BOS	W,11-4	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	78	Jul 1 (1)	WSA	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
71	79	Jul 1 (2)	WSA	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
72	80	Jul 2	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-1	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
73	81	Jul 3	WSA	@	CLE	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
74	82	Jul 4 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
75	83	Jul 4 (2)	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
76	84	Jul 5 (1)	WSA	@	BOS	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
77	85	Jul 5 (2)	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-11	GS	34	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
78	86	Jul 6	WSA	@	BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	CF
79	87	Jul 7	WSA		CLE	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	3	1	1	5	0	CF
80	88	Jul 8	WSA		CLE	L,5-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
81	89	Jul 9	WSA		CLE	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
82	90	Jul 11	WSA		NYY	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
83	91	Jul 12	WSA		NYY	L,1-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
84	92	Jul 13 (1)	WSA		NYY	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
85	94 (1)	Jul 14	WSA		DET	W,3-0	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
86	96 (1)	Jul 16	WSA		DET	L,0-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
87	97	Jul 17	WSA		DET	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
88	98	Jul 18	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-5	CG	35	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
89	99	Jul 19 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-9	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
90	100	Jul 19 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	W,4-0	CG	29	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
91	101	Jul 20	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	42	10.1	4	0	0	4	0	CF
92	102	Jul 24	WSA	@	OAK	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
93	103	Jul 25	WSA	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
94	104	Jul 26	WSA	@	OAK	W,3-1	CG	39	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
95	105	Jul 27	WSA	@	OAK	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
96	106	Jul 29	WSA	@	SEP	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
97	107	Jul 30	WSA	@	SEP	L,3-4	CG	32	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
98	108	Jul 31	WSA	@	SEP	W,7-6	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
99	109	Aug 1	WSA	@	CAL	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
100	110	Aug 2	WSA	@	CAL	W,8-7	CG	51	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
101	111	Aug 3	WSA	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	45	10.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
102	112	Aug 5	WSA	@	CHW	L,4-11	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
103	113	Aug 6	WSA	@	CHW	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
104	114	Aug 8	WSA		SEP	W,10-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
105	115	Aug 9	WSA		SEP	L,6-8	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
106	116	Aug 10	WSA		SEP	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
107	117	Aug 11	WSA		KCR	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
108	118	Aug 12	WSA		KCR	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
109	119	Aug 13	WSA		KCR	L,3-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
110	120	Aug 15	WSA		MIN	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
111	121	Aug 16	WSA		MIN	W,6-5	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
112	122	Aug 17	WSA		MIN	L,3-4	CG	52	13.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
113	123	Aug 19	WSA		CHW	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
114	124	Aug 20	WSA		CHW	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
115	125	Aug 22	WSA	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
116	126	Aug 23	WSA	@	KCR	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
117	127	Aug 24	WSA	@	KCR	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
118	128	Aug 25	WSA	@	MIN	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
119	129	Aug 26	WSA	@	MIN	L,4-6	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
120	130	Aug 27	WSA	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
121	131	Aug 29	WSA		OAK	L,0-5	CG	46	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
122	132	Aug 30	WSA		OAK	W,11-3	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
123	133	Aug 31	WSA		OAK	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	1	0	3	1	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
124	134	Sep 1 (1)	WSA		CAL	W,4-0	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
125	135	Sep 1 (2)	WSA		CAL	L,7-8	CG	47	9.0	4	0	1	5	0	CF
126	136	Sep 2 (1)	WSA		CAL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
127	137	Sep 2 (2)	WSA		CAL	W,3-2	CG	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
128	138	Sep 5	WSA	@	BOS	L,8-9	CG	41	8.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
129	139	Sep 6	WSA	@	BOS	L,5-9	GS	35	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
130	140	Sep 7	WSA	@	BOS	W,3-2	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH CF
131	144 (3)	Sep 11	WSA		NYY	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH CF
132	145	Sep 12	WSA		DET	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
133	146	Sep 13	WSA		DET	W,11-6	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
134	147	Sep 14	WSA		DET	L,4-7	CG	56	12.0	2	1	1	4	0	CF
135	148	Sep 15	WSA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
136	149	Sep 16	WSA		BAL	L,0-1	CG	41	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
137	150	Sep 17	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	22	5.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
138	151	Sep 18	WSA	@	NYY	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
139	152	Sep 20	WSA	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	45	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
140	153	Sep 21	WSA	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	45	8.2	4	1	0	5	1	CF
141	154	Sep 24 (1)	WSA	@	DET	W,8-4	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
142	155	Sep 24 (2)	WSA	@	DET	W,7-4	CG	46	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
143	156	Sep 25	WSA	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
144	157	Sep 26	WSA		CLE	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
145	158	Sep 27	WSA		CLE	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
146	159	Sep 28	WSA		CLE	W,7-6	CG	43	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
147	160	Sep 29	WSA		BOS	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
148	161	Sep 30	WSA		BOS	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
149	162	Oct 1	WSA		BOS	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
							149gm		1250.2	341	8	10	359	3