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David
Caviness		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: June 15, 1921 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 31 LB CL $ 2,140,000  
1953 32 OKC PL $ 2,140,000  
1954 33 OKC PL $ 2,140,000  
1955 34 OKC PL $ 9,500,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,140,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000  
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 31 LB CL $ 2,140,000  
1953 32 OKC PL $ 2,140,000  
1954 33 OKC PL $ 2,140,000  
1955 34 OKC PL $ 9,500,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 2,140,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,500,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 31 LB CL 5 1 .833 25 0 0 0 5 30.0 26 10 1 10 32 3.00 .228 .296 .333 .629 5.3
1953 32 LB CL 2 3 .400 32 2 0 0 2 33.0 33 14 2 20 31 3.82 .256 .353 .388 .741 3.1
  OKC PL 5 0 1.000 18 1 0 0 8 40.3 33 11 2 11 50 2.45 .220 .276 .333 .609 9.0
  TOT   7 3 .700 50 3 0 0 10 73.3 66 25 4 31 81 3.07 .237 .313 .358 .672 12.1
1954 33 OKC PL 14 12 .538 34 34 5 2 0 213.7 169 98 20 116 250 4.13 .214 .315 .358 .674 14.2
1955 34 OKC PL 12 10 .545 41 32 3 2 4 218.7 206 97 18 102 231 3.99 .247 .329 .390 .719 13.2
4 Years Sim 38 26 .594 150 69 8 4 19 535.6 467 230 43 259 594 3.86 .231 .320 .370 .690 44.8
Season Average 9 6 .600 37 17 2 1 4 133.9 116 57 10 64 148 3.86 .231 .320 .370 .690  
Career Highs 14 12 .833 50 34 5 2 10 218.7 206 98 20 116 250 4.13 .247 .329 .390 .719  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   227 126 26 132 344   .210 .296 .352 .648
vs LH   240 104 18 127 250   .256 .345 .396 .742
Home 23 12 .657 76 35 5 3 9 280.0 233 113 21 129 301 3.63 .223 .308 .359 .667
Away 15 14 .517 74 34 3 1 10 255.7 234 117 23 130 293 4.12 .240 .330 .387 .717
Mar/Apr 4 1 .800 13 8 1 1 2 60.0 44 17 3 26 71 2.55 .205 .290 .298 .588
May 4 8 .333 32 14 3 1 2 113.7 100 46 12 60 128 3.64 .232 .326 .401 .727
June 6 8 .429 28 14 1 0 1 102.7 109 51 9 47 112 4.47 .270 .346 .406 .752
July 10 5 .667 26 13 1 1 1 94.7 72 39 6 50 93 3.71 .209 .310 .346 .656
August 8 2 .800 32 14 1 0 8 107.7 92 58 10 53 127 4.85 .224 .313 .373 .686
Sep/Oct 6 2 .750 19 6 1 1 5 57.0 50 19 4 23 63 3.00 .234 .308 .369 .677
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 31 LB CL 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1953 32 LB CL 32 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  OKC PL 18 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   50 12 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.3 0.0
1954 33 OKC PL 34 74 6 7 3 1 0 7 0 0 7 23 .095 .173 .162 .335 1.1 0.0
1955 34 OKC PL 41 73 5 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 6 13 .096 .165 .137 .302 -0.3 0.0
4 Years Sim 150 161 13 15 7 1 0 9 0 0 13 40 .093 .161 .149 .310 0.4 0.0
162 Game Average 173 14 16 7 1 0 9 0 0 14 43 .093 .161 .149 .310 0.4  
Career Highs 50 74 6 7 3 1 0 7 0 0 7 23 .096 .173 .167 .335 1.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   138 10 15 7 1 0 9 0 0 8 33 .109 .158 .174 .331 0.5
vs LH   23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 7 .000 .179 .000 .179 -0.5
Home 76 79 8 7 6 0 0 6 0 0 6 20 .089 .153 .165 .317 -0.1
Away 74 82 5 8 1 1 0 3 0 0 7 20 .098 .169 .134 .303 0.0
RISP   47 0 4 2 0 0 9 0 0 1 12 .085 .104 .128 .232 -1.3
Close/Late   10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5
Mar/Apr 8 21 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .143 .182 .190 .372 0.3
May 19 31 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .032 .032 .065 .097 -2.2
June 28 35 2 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 5 .143 .189 .200 .389 0.7
July 21 28 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 6 .000 .125 .000 .125 -1.3
August 29 28 6 4 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 9 .143 .273 .250 .523 2.1
Sep/Oct 15 18 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 .111 .158 .222 .380 0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 31 LB CL P 25 0 30.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1953 32 LB CL P 32 2 33.0 2 5 1 0 .875 1.91    
  OKC PL P 18 1 40.3 2 5 1 0 .875 1.56    
  TOT   P 50 3 73.3 4 10 2 0 .875 1.72    
1954 33 OKC PL P 34 34 213.7 15 35 7 2 .877 2.11    
1955 34 OKC PL P 41 32 218.7 10 28 3 1 .927 1.56    
Career Totals   150 69 535.6 30 77 12 3 .899 1.80    
Career Highs   50 34 218.7 15 35 7 2 1.000 2.11    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1953 32 OKC PL 2 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 14.7 13 6 0 5 14 3.68 .228 .290 .316 .606
1954 33 OKC PL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 7 3 1 10 12 1.80 .149 .298 .255 .554
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 1 .667 4 4 0 0 0 29.7 20 9 1 15 26 2.73 .192 .294 .288 .583
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1953 32 OKC PL 2 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .333 .500
1954 33 OKC PL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .100 .100 .200 .300
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1954-10-4.13
1955-7-3.99
 Wins
CAR-50-38
 Saves
CAR-40-19
 Games Pitched
CAR-37-150
 Shutouts
1954-3-2
1955-8-2
CAR-32-4
 Strikeouts
1954-5-250
1955-3-231
CAR-28-594
Walks Allowed
1954-9-116
CAR-45-259
 Hits per 9IP
1954-1-7.1
1955-8-8.5
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1954-1-10.5
1955-1-9.5
 WHiP
1954-8-1.33
 OAVG
1954-1-.214
1955-8-.247
 OOBP
1954-3-.315
OSLG
1954-3-.358
1955-9-.390
 OOPS
1954-2-.674
1955-10-.719
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 6
   Gray Ink Test: 26
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 97th overall pick, by Long Beach in 1952
Earned first career win on 4/16/1952
Traded from Long Beach to Oklahoma on 7/31/1953 (Going to OKC: P David Caviness. Going to LB: P James Locke, LF William Valazquez, LF Curtis Deacon)
Had first career hit (double) on 8/9/1953, off Aaron Ritchie (DEN)
5/26/1954: Signed a contract extension with Oklahoma, $9,500,000 per year, for 6 years
Injured on 7/19/1954 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1955, going 5-2, 2.49
 
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