David Price was born on Monday, August 26, 1985, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Price was 23 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 14, 2008, with the Tampa Bay Rays. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive David Price baseball stats page.
"IN JANUARY 2005, during his freshman year at Vanderbilt, David Price decided to drop out of school, quit baseball and work at McDonald's. He picked his preferred location, near his home in Murfreesboro, Tenn. He told his father, Bonnie, about his plan. Then he informed Vandy coach Tim Corbin of his intention in a tearful meeting in the Commodores' locker room. Sure, Price was a 6'6" lefthanded pitcher who could throw upward of 90 miles per hour and seven months earlier had been drafted in the 19th round by the Los Angeles Dodgers. But he had also just been shelled in a preseason intrasquad game, clearly a call to the Golden Arches. 'It was definitely kind of out there,' Corbin recalls, 'but I couldn't laugh because he was so serious.' Baseball has lost countless African-American athletes to basketball and the lure of the McDonald's All-American team, but not necessarily to McDonald's itself. Corbin needed an hour to convince Price that his future was in fastballs, not fast food. 'He had to survive that moment to show he could survive as a pitcher,' Corbin says. It was a crucial step, not only for Price but also for baseball in the black community. Today Price is the best African-American pitching prospect since Dwight Gooden, in an organization that has built around African-American players like no other current franchise." - Sports Writer Lee Jenkins in Sports Illustrated (April 4, 2008, 'Young, Gifted AND Black,' Source)
David PriceDavid 'Astro's Dad' Price Autograph on a 2009 Bowman Baseball Card (#213) |
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David PriceDavid Price Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
2008 | 23 | Rays | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 1.93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2009 | 24 | Rays | 23 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 7 | .588 | 4.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 128.1 | 557 | 119 | 63 | 72 | 17 | 54 | 0 | 102 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 25 | Rays | 32 | 31 | 0 | 19 | 6 | .760 | 2.72 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 208.2 | 861 | 170 | 63 | 71 | 15 | 79 | 1 | 188 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
2011 | 26 | Rays | 34 | 34 | 0 | 12 | 13 | .480 | 3.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 224.1 | 918 | 192 | 87 | 93 | 22 | 63 | 5 | 218 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
2012 | 27 | Rays | 31 | 31 | 0 | 20 | 5 | .800 | 2.56 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 211.0 | 836 | 173 | 60 | 63 | 16 | 59 | 2 | 205 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
2013 | 28 | Rays | 27 | 27 | 0 | 10 | 8 | .556 | 3.33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 186.2 | 740 | 178 | 69 | 78 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 151 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 29 | Rays | 23 | 23 | 0 | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.2 | 689 | 156 | 59 | 68 | 20 | 23 | 1 | 189 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2014 | 29 | Tigers | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .500 | 3.59 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 77.2 | 320 | 74 | 31 | 32 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | 30 | Tigers | 21 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 4 | .692 | 2.53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 146.0 | 592 | 133 | 41 | 50 | 13 | 29 | 2 | 138 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | 30 | Blue Jays | 11 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | .900 | 2.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.1 | 296 | 57 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 31 | Red Sox | 35 | 35 | 0 | 17 | 9 | .654 | 3.99 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 230.0 | 951 | 227 | 102 | 106 | 30 | 50 | 1 | 228 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 32 | Red Sox | 16 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 3.37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74.2 | 317 | 65 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 76 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 33 | Red Sox | 30 | 30 | 0 | 16 | 7 | .696 | 3.58 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 176.0 | 722 | 151 | 70 | 75 | 25 | 50 | 0 | 177 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 34 | Red Sox | 22 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 4.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107.1 | 458 | 109 | 51 | 57 | 15 | 32 | 0 | 128 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 36 | Dodgers | 39 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 4.03 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 73.2 | 326 | 79 | 33 | 35 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
2022 | 37 | Dodgers | 40 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 40.1 | 167 | 38 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
14 Years | 400 | 322 | 19 | 157 | 82 | .657 | 3.32 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2,143.2 | 8,807 | 1,930 | 790 | 865 | 221 | 562 | 16 | 2,076 | 40 | 63 | 5 | 8 |
David PriceDavid Price Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
2008 | 23 | Rays | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2009 | 24 | Rays | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 |
2010 | 25 | Rays | 32 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 |
2011 | 26 | Rays | 34 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 |
2012 | 27 | Rays | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .200 | .000 |
2013 | 28 | Rays | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2014 | 29 | Rays | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2014 | 29 | Tigers | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2015 | 30 | Tigers | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2015 | 30 | Blue Jays | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2016 | 31 | Red Sox | 35 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .091 | .000 |
2017 | 32 | Red Sox | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
2018 | 33 | Red Sox | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
2019 | 34 | Red Sox | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .500 | .500 |
2021 | 36 | Dodgers | 39 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .250 | .333 |
2022 | 37 | Dodgers | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
14 Years | 400 | 65 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .123 | .159 | .138 |
David PriceDavid Price Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
2008 Rays | P | 5 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.64 |
2009 Rays | P | 23 | 23 | 384 | 23 | 1.0 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .957 | 1.55 |
2010 Rays | P | 32 | 31 | 627 | 30 | 0.9 | 30 | 8 | 22 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.29 |
2011 Rays | P | 34 | 34 | 672 | 40 | 1.2 | 36 | 13 | 23 | 4 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .900 | 1.45 |
2012 Rays | P | 31 | 31 | 633 | 37 | 1.2 | 34 | 6 | 28 | 3 | 4 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .919 | 1.45 |
2013 Rays | P | 27 | 27 | 561 | 32 | 1.2 | 32 | 7 | 25 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.54 |
2014 Rays | P | 23 | 23 | 513 | 19 | 0.8 | 18 | 3 | 15 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .947 | 0.95 |
2014 Tigers | P | 11 | 11 | 234 | 4 | 0.4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.46 |
2015 Tigers | P | 21 | 21 | 438 | 28 | 1.3 | 26 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .929 | 1.60 |
2015 Blue Jays | P | 11 | 11 | 223 | 11 | 1.0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.33 |
2016 Red Sox | P | 35 | 35 | 690 | 27 | 0.8 | 27 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.06 |
2017 Red Sox | P | 16 | 11 | 224 | 13 | 0.8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 1.45 |
2018 Red Sox | P | 30 | 30 | 528 | 26 | 0.9 | 26 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.33 |
2019 Red Sox | P | 22 | 22 | 322 | 11 | 0.5 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 0.92 |
2021 Dodgers | P | 39 | 11 | 221 | 13 | 0.3 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .923 | 1.47 |
2022 Dodgers | P | 40 | 0 | 121 | 7 | 0.2 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 1.56 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 400 | 322 | 6,433 | 322 | 0.8 | 309 | 82 | 227 | 13 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 1.30 | |
14 Years | 400 | 322 | 6,433 | 322 | 0.8 | 309 | 82 | 227 | 13 | 12 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .960 | 1.30 |
David PriceDavid Price Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
2008 Rays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.00 | 7.71 | 2.57 |
2009 Rays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.89 | 7.15 | 3.79 |
2010 Rays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 2.38 | 8.11 | 3.41 |
2011 Rays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.46 | 8.75 | 2.53 |
2012 Rays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.47 | 8.74 | 2.52 |
2013 Rays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 5.59 | 7.28 | 1.30 |
2014 Rays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 8.22 | 9.97 | 1.21 |
2014 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.47 | 9.50 | 1.74 |
2015 Tigers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 4.76 | 8.51 | 1.79 |
2015 Blue Jays | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.83 | 10.53 | 2.18 |
2016 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 4.56 | 8.92 | 1.96 |
2017 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.17 | 9.16 | 2.89 |
2018 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.54 | 9.05 | 2.56 |
2019 Red Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.00 | 10.73 | 2.68 |
2021 Dodgers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 2.23 | 7.09 | 3.18 |
2022 Dodgers | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.11 | 8.26 | 2.01 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
14 Years | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 21.7 | 3.69 | 8.72 | 2.36 |
David PriceDavid Price Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
2008 Tampa Bay Rays | 14 | $650,000.00 | - | Stats |
2009 Tampa Bay Rays | 14 | $750,000.00 | - | - |
2010 Tampa Bay Rays | 14 | $1,834,671.00 | Stats | - |
2011 Tampa Bay Rays | 14 | $2,084,671.00 | Stats | - |
2012 Tampa Bay Rays | 14 | $4,350,000.00 | Stats | - |
2013 Tampa Bay Rays | 14 | $9,831,954.00 | - | - |
2014 Tampa Bay Rays | 14 | $14,000,000.00 | Stats | - |
2014 Detroit Tigers | 14 | " " | - | - |
2015 Detroit Tigers | 14 | $19,750,000.00 | Stats | - |
2015 Toronto Blue Jays | 14 | " " | - | - |
2016 Boston Red Sox | 24 | $30,000,000.00 | - | - |
2017 Boston Red Sox | 24 | $30,000,000.00 | - | - |
2018 Boston Red Sox | 24 | $30,000,000.00 | - | Stats |
2019 Boston Red Sox | 10 | $31,000,000.00 | - | - |
2021 Los Angeles Dodgers | 33 | $32,000,000.00 | - | - |
2022 Los Angeles Dodgers | 33 | $32,000,000.00 | - | - |
David Price Stats by Baseball Almanac |
On September 30, 2012, David Price recorded his twentieth victory of the year, making him the first 20-win pitcher in Tampa Bay Rays history. Price finished the season with a 20–5 record, leading all American League twirlers with 2.54 ERA, making him the first ERA Champion in Rays history as well. For his efforts, Price was awarded a Cy Young Award, the first Rays' pitcher to receive the honor!
Did you know that during the first half of this decade (2010-2015), David Price struck out 1,258 batters, more than any American League (AL) left-handed pitcher? Did you know that only one AL pitcher had more strikeouts during that time frame? Do you know who it was? [Answer]
Did you know that David Price was the first pitcher in baseball history to lose in the playoffs in four successive years with four different teams? [2013-2016, respectively Tampa Bay Rays, Detroit Tigers, Toronto Blue Jays and Boston Red Sox.]
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