Dave
Sanchez
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 205
 
Born: September 21, 1980
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2009    2011   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 20 MIN AL     0 0 1 0 1 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7
2002 21 MIN AL     0 0 2 1 1 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 4 9 8 8
2003 22 MIN AL     0 2 3 3 2 3 3 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 4 9 8 9
2004 23 MIN AL     2 3 5 4 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 9 8 9
2005 24 MIN AL     5 5 6 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 9 8 9
2006 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   6 5 7 6 2 3 3 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 9
2007 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 6 7 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 9 8 8
2008 27 MIN AL $ 100,000   7 6 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8
2009 28 SEA AL $ 100,000   7 6 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 9 8 8
2010 29 SEA AL $ 4,275,000   7 6 7 6 3 4 3 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 10 9 9
2011 30 SEA AL $ 9,500,000   7 6 7 6 3 4 3 7 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 6 10 10 10
2012 31 SEA AL $ 9,500,000   8 6 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 11 10 10
2013 32 MIN AL $ 12,000,000   8 6 7 6 3 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 9 10
2014 33 MIN AL $ 12,000,000   7 5 7 6 2 3 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 7 10 9 9
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 1 0 1 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 7 7
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000   8 6 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 11 10 10
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 34 MIN AL $ 12,000,000 8 9 9 9 7 8 8 7 8 8
2016 35 CHA AL $ 4,500,000 8 8 9 9 7 8 7 6 7 7
2017 36 CHA AL $ 4,500,000 8 8 9 9 6 7 7 5 5 5
2018 37 CHA AL $ 100,000 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 100,000 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000 8 9 9 9 7 8 8 7 8 8
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2001 20 MIN AL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2002 21 MIN AL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2003 22 MIN AL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2004 23 MIN AL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2005 24 MIN AL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2006 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2007 26 MIN AL $ 300,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2008 27 MIN AL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2009 28 SEA AL $ 100,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2010 29 SEA AL $ 4,275,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2011 30 SEA AL $ 9,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2012 31 SEA AL $ 9,500,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2013 32 MIN AL $ 12,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
2014 33 MIN AL $ 12,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2015 34 MIN AL $ 12,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2016 35 CHA AL $ 4,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2017 36 CHA AL $ 4,500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2018 37 CHA AL $ 100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 12,000,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2001 20 A   15 7 .682 29 29 3 3 0 207.3 190 78 7 56 224 3.39 .241 .291 .342 .633  
2002 21 AA   6 10 .375 21 21 2 0 0 135.0 148 72 12 64 163 4.80 .281 .359 .423 .782  
2003 22 AA   11 8 .579 33 32 3 2 0 221.7 225 76 19 69 300 3.09 .263 .317 .400 .718  
2004 23 AAA   5 4 .556 20 20 1 1 0 131.0 148 73 7 63 177 5.02 .284 .361 .397 .759  
    AA   5 2 .714 8 8 0 0 0 50.3 54 29 4 22 64 5.19 .269 .341 .428 .769  
2005 24 AAA   9 6 .600 24 24 0 0 0 158.0 160 72 16 48 220 4.10 .258 .311 .423 .734  
2006 25 MIN AL 7 10 .412 31 31 0 0 0 179.7 201 118 21 77 190 5.91 .281 .349 .475 .824 3.9
2007 26 MIN AL 4 14 .222 32 32 1 1 0 187.7 189 117 30 58 183 5.61 .257 .313 .465 .778 6.1
2008 27 MIN AL 7 22 .241 35 35 2 1 0 204.3 218 111 17 86 166 4.89 .270 .337 .432 .770 10.0
2009 28 SEA AL 15 5 .750 31 31 5 4 0 210.7 162 66 10 59 192 2.82 .208 .262 .321 .582 18.4
2010 29 SEA AL 13 7 .650 33 33 1 0 0 221.7 186 81 20 74 180 3.29 .222 .286 .365 .651 16.5
2011 30 SEA AL 24 5 .828 36 36 5 3 0 254.7 196 66 10 67 221 2.33 .209 .263 .301 .565 26.7
2012 31 SEA AL 12 11 .522 35 35 0 0 0 225.0 206 93 16 71 191 3.72 .241 .299 .368 .667 14.9
2013 32 MIN AL 7 12 .368 29 29 2 0 0 169.7 191 89 15 56 154 4.72 .278 .332 .437 .768 7.5
2014 33 MIN AL 11 5 .688 27 27 1 0 0 169.0 179 75 5 55 138 3.99 .270 .327 .410 .738 11.3
2015 34 MIN AL 7 14 .333 32 32 0 0 0 187.0 218 118 26 79 150 5.68 .288 .355 .479 .834 4.6
2016 35 CHA AL 9 16 .360 32 32 1 0 0 188.0 207 112 30 69 133 5.36 .276 .335 .454 .789 5.5
2017 36 CHA AL 9 10 .474 25 25 2 0 0 153.7 157 84 28 56 117 4.92 .260 .322 .446 .768 6.8
2018 37 CHA AL 6 9 .400 27 24 0 0 0 123.3 125 69 23 44 91 5.04 .257 .319 .457 .776 3.6
13 Years Sim 131 140 .483 405 402 20 9 0 2474.3 2435 1199 251 851 2106 4.36 .253 .314 .411 .725 135.9
2 Years AAA 14 10 .583 44 44 1 1 0 289.0 308 145 23 111 397 4.52 .270 .335 .411 .746  
3 Years AA 22 20 .524 62 61 5 2 0 407.0 427 177 35 155 527 3.91 .269 .334 .411 .746  
1 Years A 15 7 .682 29 29 3 3 0 207.3 190 78 7 56 224 3.39 .241 .291 .342 .633  
6 Years Minors 51 37 .580 135 134 9 6 0 903.3 925 400 65 322 1148 3.99 .263 .325 .396 .721  
Season Average 10 10 .500 31 30 1 0 0 190.3 187 92 19 65 162 4.36 .253 .314 .411 .725  
Career Highs 24 22 .828 36 36 5 4 0 254.7 218 118 30 86 221 5.91 .288 .355 .479 .834  
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   1246 614 122 411 1131   .237 .293 .382 .675
vs LH   1189 585 129 440 975   .272 .339 .445 .784
Home 62 79 .440 209 208 8 3 0 1280.0 1290 646 135 440 1096 4.54 .259 .319 .422 .741
Away 69 61 .531 196 194 12 6 0 1194.3 1145 553 116 411 1010 4.17 .247 .309 .399 .708
Mar/Apr 17 18 .486 58 58 2 1 0 338.0 346 180 39 120 280 4.79 .261 .322 .424 .746
May 22 25 .468 71 71 4 2 0 449.6 448 209 40 148 382 4.18 .257 .315 .402 .717
June 19 24 .442 70 67 1 1 0 420.0 423 198 46 139 352 4.24 .256 .313 .419 .733
July 23 27 .460 64 64 6 1 0 392.0 386 203 47 145 330 4.66 .256 .321 .441 .763
August 23 21 .523 70 70 3 1 0 425.0 415 203 40 136 369 4.30 .251 .308 .392 .700
Sep/Oct 27 25 .519 72 72 6 4 0 449.6 417 206 39 163 393 4.12 .241 .307 .393 .700
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Player or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2006 25 MIN AL 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.2 0.0
2007 26 MIN AL 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2008 27 MIN AL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2009 28 SEA AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2010 29 SEA AL 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6 0.3
2011 30 SEA AL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2012 31 SEA AL 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0.0 0.0
2013 32 MIN AL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2014 33 MIN AL 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2015 34 MIN AL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2016 35 CHA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2018 37 CHA AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
12 Years Sim 20 38 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .053 .077 .079 .156 -1.6 0.3
162 Game Average 307 8 16 8 0 0 8 0 0 8 97 .053 .077 .079 .156 -12.8  
Career Highs 3 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 0.6  
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   29 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .069 .100 .103 .203 -1.0
vs LH   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.9
Away 20 38 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .053 .077 .079 .156 -1.9
RISP   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 4 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .333 .556 0.5
June 9 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .056 .000 .056 -1.3
July 7 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2006 25 MIN AL P 31 31 179.7 10 25 3 1 .921 1.75    
2007 26 MIN AL P 32 32 187.7 13 27 0 3 1.000 1.92    
2008 27 MIN AL P 35 35 204.3 15 24 4 1 .907 1.72    
2009 28 SEA AL P 31 31 210.7 7 23 8 2 .789 1.28    
2010 29 SEA AL P 33 33 221.7 14 27 0 2 1.000 1.66    
2011 30 SEA AL P 36 36 254.7 15 46 2 4 .968 2.16    
2012 31 SEA AL P 35 35 225.0 15 24 2 5 .951 1.56    
2013 32 MIN AL P 29 29 169.7 6 22 1 2 .966 1.49    
2014 33 MIN AL P 27 27 169.0 7 21 2 2 .933 1.49    
2015 34 MIN AL P 32 32 187.0 13 27 1 4 .976 1.93    
2016 35 CHA AL P 32 32 188.0 19 26 3 2 .938 2.15    
2017 36 CHA AL P 25 25 153.7 8 25 1 2 .971 1.93    
2018 37 CHA AL P 27 24 123.3 7 16 2 1 .920 1.68    
Career Totals   405 402 2474.3 149 333 29 31 .943 1.75    
Career Highs   36 36 254.7 19 46 8 5 1.000 2.16    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2006 25 MIN AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 6.7 10 5 0 8 5 6.76 .357 .500 .500 1.000
2009 28 SEA AL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 12.3 11 6 2 2 7 4.38 .234 .265 .383 .648
2010 29 SEA AL 2 0 1.000 5 5 1 1 0 32.7 19 9 1 17 27 2.48 .164 .271 .233 .503
2011 30 SEA AL 0 1 .000 3 3 0 0 0 24.7 15 4 1 6 25 1.46 .172 .226 .276 .502
2012 31 SEA AL 1 3 .250 6 6 1 0 0 41.7 39 15 0 5 46 3.24 .247 .270 .361 .631
2013 32 MIN AL 0 0 .000 2 2 0 0 0 12.0 15 5 0 4 7 3.75 .294 .345 .412 .757
2014 33 MIN AL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 4.3 7 5 1 2 4 10.39 .368 .429 .632 1.060
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 5 .444 23 19 2 1 0 134.3 116 49 5 44 121 3.28 .229 .291 .342 .633
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won World Series Most Valuable Player.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2010 29 SEA AL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
2012 31 SEA AL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2009-4-2.82
2010-8-3.29
2011-3-2.33
Wins
2009-10-15
2011-1-24
Losses
2008-1-22
2015-5-14
2016-2-16
CAR-22-140
Winning Pct
2009-3-.750
2010-8-.650
2011-1-.828
2014-7-.688
Games Started
2008-3-35
2011-3-36
2012-4-35
CAR-21-402
Complete Games
2009-6-5
2011-3-5
Shutouts
2007-9-1
2008-10-1
2009-1-4
2011-3-3
CAR-30-9
Innings Pitched
2010-9-221.7
2011-2-254.7
2012-9-225.0
CAR-30-2474.3
Hits Allowed
CAR-28-2435
Homeruns Allowed
2016-7-30
Strikeouts
2006-4-190
2007-6-183
2008-7-166
2009-3-192
2010-5-180
2011-2-221
2012-4-191
CAR-27-2106
Walks Allowed
CAR-27-851
Hits per 9IP
2009-3-6.9
2010-3-7.6
2011-4-6.9
Strikeouts per 9IP
2006-2-9.5
2007-4-8.8
2008-6-7.3
2009-4-8.2
2010-6-7.3
2011-8-7.8
2012-8-7.6
2013-7-8.2
2015-9-7.2
WHiP
2009-4-1.05
2011-4-1.03
OAVG
2009-3-.208
2010-3-.222
2011-3-.209
OOBP
2009-4-.262
2010-7-.286
2011-3-.263
OSLG
2009-4-.321
2011-4-.301
OOPS
2009-3-.582
2010-8-.651
2011-4-.565
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 34)
   Gray Ink Test: 104    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 134)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 25    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 44)
 
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History
Injured on 8/28/2005 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Earned first career win on 4/26/2006
Had first career hit on 5/28/2006, off Doe Eden (CHN)
Traded from Minnesota to Seattle on 2/3/2009 (Going to MIN: P C. Baro, DH D. Taylor. Going to SEA: RF B. Diaz, P M. Lapensee, P D. Sanchez, P D. Gonzalez)
Traded from Seattle to Minnesota on 4/18/2009 (Going to SEA: P F. Creager. Going to MIN: P D. Sanchez)
Won Player of the Week award on 10/3/2009, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Signed as a free agent by Anaheim on 3/5/2011 to a 1-year deal worth $9,500,000 per year
Released by Anaheim on 3/5/2011
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 3/5/2011 to a 1-year deal worth $9,500,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/2011, winning 2 games with a 1.08 ERA
Won Cy Young in 2011, going 24-5, 2.33 ERA