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Dave Engle

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 210lb (190cm, 95kg)

Born: November 30, 1956 in San Diego, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 3rd round of the 1978 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA).

High School: Crawford HS (San Diego, CA)

School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 14, 1981 (Age 24-135d, 14,433rd in major league history)
vs. SEA 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 28, 1989 (Age 32-240d)
vs. TEX 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1981 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ralph David Engle

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Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Tom Brunansky

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

1643

431

.262

201

RBI

181

OBP

.311

SLG

.388

OPS

.700

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	19-16 / in Starts: 13-14
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 93 PAs	4
Actual Runners on Base	66 (41-17-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 93 PAs	10
Avg. Runners on Base	56 (28-18-9)

Most Driven In
K Gibson	1
D Lowry	1
C Lemon	1
L Herndon	1
T Brookens	0

Most Driven In By
D Collins	2
L Whitaker	2
A Trammell	1
C Lemon	1

1986 Batting Game Log

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1986 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	440	6 (5)	Apr 13	DET	@	CLE	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.79	-0.076	1.17	-0.07%	-1.61	C
2	441	7	Apr 14	DET	@	CHW	W,10-8	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	1						RF
3	442	8	Apr 16	DET	@	CHW	L,4-10	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	7	.45	-0.030	.60	-0.02%	-0.69	1B
4	443	11 (2)	Apr 19	DET		CLE	L,6-8	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.200	.382	7	1.23	0.177	2.07	0.18%	0.95	DH
5	444	14 (2)	Apr 23	DET	@	BOS	W,3-1	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	7	1.00	0.009	1.52	0.01%	-0.02	1B
6	445	16 (1)	Apr 26	DET		CHW	L,4-5	GS-7	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.313	.286	.598	7	1.45	0.054	1.88	0.04%	0.53	1B
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	446	50 (33)	Jun 6	DET		TOR	L,2-12	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.267	.561	7	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.45	PH LF
8	447	51	Jun 7	DET		TOR	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.381	.389	.770	7	.64	0.039	.22	0.01%	0.49	1B
9	448	53 (1)	Jun 9	DET		NYY	L,7-9	CG(11)	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.370	.318	.689	7	1.46	-0.160	.59	-0.04%	-0.61	1B
10	449	55 (1)	Jun 11	DET		NYY	W,9-3	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.192	.323	.269	.592	7	.81	0.025	.22	0.00%	-0.32	1B
11	450	56	Jun 12	DET	@	TOR	L,0-9	CG(7)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.324	.276	.599	7	1.29	-0.060	.30	-0.01%	-0.70	1B
12	451	59 (2)	Jun 15	DET	@	TOR	L,6-9	GS-6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.361	.323	.684	8	.56	0.042	.14	0.01%	0.54	1B
13	452	62 (2)	Jun 18	DET	@	BAL	W,6-1	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.333	.294	.627	8	1.09	-0.092	.34	-0.02%	-0.99	1B
14	453	63	Jun 19	DET	@	BAL	W,7-5	GS-9	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.357	.333	.690	8	1.17	0.107	.40	0.02%	1.02	1B
15	454	65 (1)	Jun 21	DET	@	MIL	W,4-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.356	.333	.689	8	.90	-0.006	.31	0.00%	0.03	1B
16	455	67 (1)	Jun 24	DET		BAL	L,1-2	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.333	.310	.643	8	1.65	-0.107	.58	-0.02%	-0.82	1B
17	456	69 (1)	Jun 26	DET		BAL	W,8-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.244	.346	.311	.657	8	.60	-0.090	.23	-0.02%	-1.06	1B
18	457	70	Jun 27	DET		MIL	W,4-2	CG(11)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.321	.286	.607	8	1.53	-0.156	.66	-0.04%	-1.14	1B
19	458	72 (1)	Jun 29 (1)	DET		MIL	W,9-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.316	.280	.596	5	.25	-0.007	.13	0.00%	-0.66	PH 1B
20	459	73	Jun 29 (2)	DET		MIL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.295	.259	.554	8	2.91	-0.264	1.77	-0.10%	-1.66	1B
21	460	74	Jun 30	DET	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.281	.246	.527	9	1.39	-0.107	.68	-0.03%	-0.72	1B
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
22	461	76 (1)	Jul 2	DET	@	NYY	W,8-3	GS-9	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.294	.262	.556	9	.98	0.082	.27	0.01%	0.60	DH
23	462	77	Jul 3	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.206	.286	.254	.540	9	1.00	-0.073	.35	-0.02%	-0.77	DH
24	463	79 (1)	Jul 5	DET	@	TEX	L,3-9	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.296	.266	.561	4	.04	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.62	PH
25	464	83 (3)	Jul 9	DET	@	MIN	W,7-0	GS-5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.306	.292	.598	9	.70	0.048	.16	0.01%	0.63	DH
26	465	85 (1)	Jul 11 (2)	DET	@	KCR	W,8-7	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.315	.303	.618	5	4.37	0.164	.66	0.02%	0.58	LF
27	466	86	Jul 12	DET	@	KCR	L,4-7	GS-9	3	3	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.342	.377	.719	7	.88	0.172	.18	0.02%	1.53	1B
28	467	89 (2)	Jul 18	DET		TEX	W,5-0	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.275	.342	.377	.719	9						1B
29	468	90	Jul 19	DET		TEX	W,5-3	7-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.268	.333	.366	.700	4	2.15	-0.111	.81	-0.03%	-0.55	PH 1B
30	469	92 (1)	Jul 21	DET		MIN	L,0-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.321	.351	.672	8	1.39	-0.107	.73	-0.03%	-0.72	1B
31	470	94 (1)	Jul 23	DET		MIN	W,12-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.313	.342	.655	9	1.56	-0.088	.84	-0.03%	-0.84	DH
32	471	97 (2)	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,4-3	GS-10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.314	.342	.656	9	.91	0.012	.56	0.00%	0.45	1B
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
33	472	104 (6)	Aug 2	DET	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.315	.341	.656	8	1.39	-0.028	1.64	-0.02%	-0.17	1B
34	473	106 (1)	Aug 5 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-5	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.308	.333	.641	9	1.44	-0.075	1.56	-0.05%	-0.55	PH C
35	474	108 (1)	Aug 7 (1)	DET		CLE	W,15-1	7-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.312	.337	.649	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.67	RF C
							19-16		93	86	6	22	7	0	0	4	7	0	13	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.256	.312	.337	.649		1.17	-0.704	.70	-0.21%	-6.41

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