Dave Hostetler

David Alan Hostetler MLB 1981-1988 | 1978-1988

Speed
30

Contact
17

Patience
65

Batting
49

Power
82

Tags: College World Series Champions | Major League Comebacks | Major Leaguers who played in Japan

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Positions 1B-742, DH-104, C-1 Born Mar 27, 1956 (56) Place Pasadena,California Ht/Wt 6-4 / 215 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Arcadia (Arcadia,CA) College USC, Citrus College
Drafted Montreal Expos: 1978-4-87 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: September 15,1981 box

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Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
1978	West Palm Beach	FSL	A+		mtl	22	1b	-	75	249	27	67	12	0	5	29	2	0	33	44	3	0	0	4	0	.269	.356	.378	734	-	-	94	289	186	39	5.7	.304	.249	.108	0.75	1.7	25.4	11.4	15.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	67-77	5	1978	West Palm Beach
1979	Memphis	Sou	AA		mtl	23	1b	6	145	548	77	148	28	4	20	114	2	1	70	110	6	0	0	4	0	.270	.357	.445	802	-	-	244	628	405	98	6.5	.303	.305	.175	0.64	3.2	35.1	11.1	17.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	82-62	2	1979	Memphis
1980	Denver	Amer	AAA	-	mtl	24	1b	33	126	453	62	122	17	1	9	58	0	1	48	81	4	0	0	3	0	.269	.343	.371	713	-	-	168	508	335	64	5.1	.309	.205	.102	0.59	1.8	22.1	9.4	15.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	92-44	1	1980	Denver
1981	Denver	Amer	AAA		mtl	25	1b	4	125	440	91	140	14	7	27	103	3	2	66	89	4	4	0	5	0	.318	.408	.566	974	-	-	249	515	307	108	9.5	.343	.400	.248	0.74	5.2	34.3	12.8	17.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-60	2	1981	Denver
	Montreal	NL	MLB	55	mtl	25	1b	-	5	6	1	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	-	-	6	6	3	2	21.9	.667	.500	.500	0.00	16.7	33.3	0.0	33.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	60-48			Montreal
1982	Denver	Amer	AAA		tex	26	1b	-	36	128	24	34	8	0	12	36	0	0	20	32	1	1	0	3	0	.266	.362	.609	971	-	-	78	152	97	31	8.6	.253	.500	.344	0.63	7.9	58.8	13.2	21.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	68-67	3	1982	Denver
	Texas	AL	MLB	12	tex	26	1b	71	113	418	53	97	12	3	22	67	2	2	42	113	1	3	0	5	14	.232	.300	.433	733	111	98	181	466	342	51	4	.260	.301	.201	0.37	4.7	38.1	9.0	24.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	64-98	6		Texas
1983	Texas	AL	MLB	12	tex	27	dh	65	94	304	31	67	9	2	11	46	0	2	42	103	5	1	0	2	10	.220	.323	.372	695	84	89	113	353	251	32	3.4	.292	.283	.151	0.41	3.1	32.8	11.9	29.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	77-85	3	1983	Texas
1984	Oklahoma City	Amer	AAA		tex	28	1b	62	64	227	28	69	9	2	11	43	0	1	28	64	4	1	0	1	0	.304	.388	.507	895	-	-	115	260	160	46	7.7	.379	.322	.203	0.44	4.2	31.9	10.8	24.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	70-84	7	1984	Oklahoma City
	Texas	AL	MLB	12	tex	28	1b-dh	-	37	82	7	18	2	1	3	10	0	0	13	27	0	0	0	0	5	.220	.326	.378	704	25	68	31	95	69	8	3.3	.288	.317	.159	0.48	3.2	33.3	13.7	28.4	--	--	--	--	--	--	69-92	7		Texas
1985	Indianapolis/Iowa	Amer	AAA	-	mtl	29	1b	3	132	465	69	119	18	2	29	89	1	6	53	101	5	0	1	3	0	.256	.337	.490	827	-	-	228	527	356	82	6.2	.266	.338	.234	0.52	5.5	41.2	10.1	19.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	61-81	4	1985	Indianapolis/Iowa
1986	Nankai	Jap Pac	Intl	-	-	30		-	130	487	0	139	0	0	25	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.285	.439	725	-	-	214	487	348	72	5.6	.247	.154	.154	--	5.1	18.0	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	1986	Nankai
1987	Nankai	Jap Pac	Intl		-	31		-	124	391	0	98	0	0	17	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.251	.381	632	-	-	149	391	293	45	4.1	.217	.130	.130	--	4.3	17.3	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	0-0	0	1987	Nankai
1988	Buffalo	Amer	AAA		pit	32	1b	50	84	225	21	42	8	4	4	29	0	1	24	67	5	3	0	3	0	.187	.276	.311	587	-	-	70	257	187	18	2.7	.242	.227	.124	0.36	1.6	38.1	9.3	26.1	--	--	--	--	--	--	72-70	3	1988	Buffalo
	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	55	pit	32	1b-c	-	6	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	1	17	2	8	6	0	0.8	.400	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	37.5	0.67	4.4	35	68.6	31.4	25.7	85-75	2		Pittsburgh
MLB Totals (5 years)									255	818	92	187	23	6	37	124	2	4	97	248	6	4	0	7	29	.229	.312	.407	720	221	87	333	928	671	94	3.8	.278	.295	.178	0.39	4.0	35.3	10.5	26.7	1.17	0.04	--	68.6	31.4	25.7	.471	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (8 years)									787	2735	399	741	114	20	117	501	8	12	342	588	32	9	1	26	0	.271	.356	.456	811	--	--	1246	3136	2033	485	6.4	.304	.308	.185	0.58	3.7	33.9	10.9	18.8	--	--	--	--	--	--	.519	--	--	--
AAA Totals (6 years)									567	1938	295	526	74	16	92	358	4	11	239	434	23	9	1	18	0	.271	.355	.469	824	--	--	908	2219	1442	349	6.5	.303	.317	.197	0.55	4.1	34.6	10.8	19.6	--	--	--	--	--	--	.520	--	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)									145	548	77	148	28	4	20	114	2	1	70	110	6	0	0	4	0	.270	.357	.445	802	--	--	244	628	405	98	6.5	.303	.305	.175	0.64	3.2	35.1	11.1	17.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.569	--	--	--
A+ Totals (1 year)									75	249	27	67	12	0	5	29	2	0	33	44	3	0	0	4	0	.269	.356	.378	734	--	--	94	289	186	39	5.7	.304	.249	.108	0.75	1.7	25.4	11.4	15.2	--	--	--	--	--	--	.465	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1978	West Palm Beach	FSL	A+	mtl	22	0	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.981	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	541	36	11
1979	Memphis	Sou	AA	mtl	23	0	0	113	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.991	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	959	55	9
1980	Denver	Amer	AAA	mtl	24	0	0	120	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.986	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1039	63	16
1981	Montreal	NL	MLB	mtl	25	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	0	0
1981	Denver	Amer	AAA	mtl	25	0	0	123	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.989	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1104	66	13
1982	Denver	Amer	AAA	tex	26	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.978	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	123	8	3
1982	Texas	AL	MLB	tex	26	0	0	109	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	--	--	.990	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1099	48	12
1983	Texas	AL	MLB	tex	27	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	11	0	0
1984	Oklahoma City	Amer	AAA	tex	28	0	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.983	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	305	35	6
1984	Texas	AL	MLB	tex	28	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	--	--	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	90	8	0
1985	Indianapolis/Iowa	Amer	AAA	mtl	29	0	0	111	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.990	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	983	79	11
1988	Buffalo	Amer	AAA	pit	32	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.987	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	141	6	2
1988	Pittsburgh	NL	MLB	pit	32	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.944	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15	2	1
MLB Totals						0	1	131	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	104	--	--	.990	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1219	58	13
Minor League Totals						0	0	611	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	.987	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	5195	348	71

Transactions

Drafted: Selected by San Francisco Giants in 4th round (74th overall) of 1975 Amateur Draft (Jan-Reg Phase) *Did not sign* ... Selected by Cleveland Indians in 6th round (70th overall) of 1976 Amateur Draft (June-Sec Phase) *Did not sign* ... Selected by San Francisco Giants in 4th round (80th overall) of 1976 Amateur Draft (Jan-Reg Phase) *Did not sign* ... Selected by San Francisco Giants in 2nd round (29th overall) of 1977 Amateur Draft (June-Sec Phase) *Did not sign* ... Selected by Montreal Expos in 4th round (87th overall) of 1978 Amateur Draft (June-Reg Phase)

1982-03-31 - Traded by Expos with Larry Parrish to Rangers for Al Oliver. 1984-11-07 - Traded by Rangers to Expos for Chris Welsh. 1985-05-12 - Purchased by Cubs from Expos. 1985-10-22 - Granted Free Agency. 1988-01-20 - Signed as Free Agent by Pirates. 1988-08-28 - Released by Pirates.

Awards

1982 - AL Rookie of the Year (Voting Rank: #6);

Salaries

1988

$62,500

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

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Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

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Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
BAVG	1x		1981-3
SLG	3x		1979-8 1981-1 1985-3
OBP	1x		1981-2
OPS	3x		1979-9 1981-1 1985-4
G	2x		1979-1 1985-7
AB	2x		1979-6 1985-6
R	2x		1981-3 1985-3
H	3x		1979-6 1981-9 1985-7
TB	3x		1979-3 1981-3 1985-2
DBL	1x		1979-5
TPL	1x		1981-3
HR	3x		1979-8 1981-2 1985-1
RBI	3x		1979-1 1981-2 1985-1
SO	5x	1982-8	1979-6 1980-9 1981-7 1985-5
HBP	3x		1979-9 1985-7 1988-6
DOUBLEUP	2x		1980-3 1985-9

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