Dave Wickersham
1960–1969 · bats R / throws R · Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, Kansas City Royals, Pittsburgh Pirates
283G
.086AVG
.111OBP
.096SLG
More career statistics
28H
0HR
10RBI
0SB
68–57W–L
1,123.0IP
638K
3.66ERA
124GS
18SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · RBI | 10 | 11 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 4,761 | 4,764 |
| Pitching · p er | 457 | 458 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 3,369 | 3,370 |
| Pitching · p k | 638 | 637 |
| Pitching · p r | 514 | 515 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283 | 362 | 324 | 9 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 108 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | .086 | .111 | .096 | .207 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,123.0 | 283 | 124 | 29 | 68 | 57 | 18 | 1,071 | 514 | 457 | 100 | 384 | 638 | 0 | 0 | 3.66 | 1.296 |
Streaks
2longest hitting streak · 1961-04-29 to 1961-09-10
3longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | 10 scoreless innings | 1964-06-26 | 1 in 1,678 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Batters Hit | 1966-05-28 | 1 in 282 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1964-08-13 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 141 | 171 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 41 | .128 | .135 | .148 |
| Away | 142 | 191 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 67 | .051 | .073 | .051 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 30 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | .156 | .176 | .188 |
| May | 67 | 66 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27 | .048 | .045 | .048 |
| June | 54 | 85 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 21 | .114 | .129 | .139 |
| July | 40 | 58 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .062 | .069 | .062 |
| August | 37 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | .071 | .083 | .071 |
| September | 49 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | .086 | .130 | .086 |
| October | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 39 | 75 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 | .113 | .133 | .113 |
| chicago-white-sox | 36 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | .139 | .150 | .167 |
| boston-red-sox | 31 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | .048 | .065 | .048 |
| cleveland-guardians | 27 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | .045 | .043 | .045 |
| washington-senators-1961-71 | 27 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | .036 | .053 | .071 |
| baltimore-orioles | 25 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | .053 | .070 | .053 |
| new-york-yankees | 22 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .042 | .040 | .042 |
| detroit-tigers | 19 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | .214 | .188 | .214 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 |  Kansas City Athletics | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 8 | 3 |
| 1961 | Kansas City Athletics | 17 | 3 | 2 | – | 3 | – | .667 | 21 | 10 |
| 1962 | Kansas City Athletics | 30 | 35 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .057 | 110 | 60 |
| 1963 | Kansas City Athletics | 38 | 80 | 11 | – | 2 | – | .138 | 237 | 118 |
| 1964 |  Detroit Tigers | 40 | 82 | 6 | – | 1 | – | .073 | 254 | 164 |
| 1965 | Detroit Tigers | 34 | 58 | 4 | – | 1 | – | .069 | 195 | 109 |
| 1966 | Detroit Tigers | 38 | 45 | 2 | – | 1 | – | .044 | 141 | 93 |
| 1967 | Detroit Tigers | 36 | 15 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 85 | 44 |
| 1968 |  Pittsburgh Pirates | 11 | 3 | 1 | – | 2 | – | .333 | 20 | 9 |
| 1969 |  Kansas City Royals | 34 | 2 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 50 | 27 |