What years did Dave Mlicki play?

Dave Mlicki played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2002.

Was Dave Mlicki a pitcher?

Yes. Dave Mlicki pitched in the major leagues, recording 66 wins and 834 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dave Mlicki hit?

Dave Mlicki hit 0 career home runs with 26 hits.

What teams did Dave Mlicki play for?

Dave Mlicki played for 5 teams: the Cleveland Indians (1992–1993), the New York Mets (1995–1998), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998–1999), the Detroit Tigers (1999–2001), and the Houston Astros (2001–2002).

What were Dave Mlicki's career stats?

In 262 games, Dave Mlicki went 66-80 with a 4.72 ERA, 834 strikeouts, 1,232.2 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 26 hits and 0 home runs.

What was Dave Mlicki's salary?

Dave Mlicki's last recorded salary was $6,200,000, in 2002. His highest recorded salary was $6,200,000, in 2002, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 2002.

What position did Dave Mlicki play?

Dave Mlicki played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Dave Mlicki and how much did he weigh?

Dave Mlicki was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 185 pounds.

What was Dave Mlicki's career ERA?

Dave Mlicki finished with a 4.72 career ERA, going 66-80 with 834 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Dave Mlicki have?

Dave Mlicki recorded 834 career strikeouts.

Is Dave Mlicki in the Hall of Fame?

No. Dave Mlicki has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dave Mlicki

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1992-2002)

Dave Mlicki was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2002 for 5 teams, including the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 11 seasons. Across 262 career appearances, he went 66-80 with a 4.72 ERA and 834 strikeouts. He also batted .125 with 0 home runs.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 24, 2026

W–L 66–80

ERA 4.72

WHIP 1.47

SO 834

Pitcher PIV -10504.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 185 lb
Born: 6/8/1968 in Cleveland, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1992-09-12
Last Game: 2002-09-23

Full name: David John Mlicki

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Career Pitching Statistics

Dave Mlicki — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
66	80	262	193	6	2	1	1232.2	1,337	646	171	472	834	4.72	-10504.0

Career ERA 4.72 vs. league average 4.41 across their career seasons — 7.0% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Dave Mlicki Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1992	CLE	AL	0	2	4	4	0	0	0	21.2	23	12	16	16	4.98	3.75 (-33%)	-928.8
1993	CLE	AL	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	13.1	11	5	6	7	3.38	4.19 (+19%)	-499.2
1995	NYN	NL	9	7	29	25	0	0	0	160.2	160	76	54	123	4.26	4.45 (+4%)	-261.3
1996	NYN	NL	6	7	51	2	0	0	1	90.0	95	33	33	83	3.30	4.61 (+28%)	1567.0
1997	NYN	NL	8	12	32	32	1	1	0	193.2	194	86	76	157	4.00	4.39 (+9%)	1194.3
1998	NYN	NL	1	4	10	10	1	0	0	57.0	68	36	25	39	5.68	4.43 (-28%)	-1058.2
1998	LAN	NL	7	3	20	20	2	1	0	124.1	120	56	38	78	4.05	4.43 (+9%)	43.6
1999	LAN	NL	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	7.1	10	4	2	1	4.91	—	0.0
1999	DET	AL	14	12	31	31	2	0	0	191.2	209	98	70	119	4.60	4.71 (+2%)	-455.6
2000	DET	AL	6	11	24	21	0	0	0	119.1	143	74	44	57	5.58	4.77 (-17%)	-1321.1
2001	DET	AL	4	8	15	15	0	0	0	81.0	118	66	41	48	7.33	4.42 (-66%)	-4529.0
2001	HOU	NL	7	3	19	14	0	0	0	86.2	85	49	33	49	5.09	4.42 (-15%)	-3585.2
2002	HOU	NL	4	10	22	16	0	0	0	86.0	101	51	34	57	5.34	4.28 (-25%)	-670.6
Career · 13 seasons			66	80	262	193	6	2	1	1,232.2	1,337	646	472	834	4.72	—	-10,504

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Dave Mlicki — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
263	208	13	26	5	0	0	6	0	18	76	.125	.194	.149	.343	-304

Career AVG .125 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 53.0% below league average.

Career OBP .194 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 42.3% below league average.

Career SLG .149 vs. league average .418 across their career seasons — 64.4% below league average.

Career OPS .343 vs. league average .754 across their career seasons — 54.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Dave Mlicki Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1992	CLE	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	CLE	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	NYN	NL	29	39	2	2	0	2	8	12	.051	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	NYN	NL	51	10	0	1	0	0	1	3	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	NYN	NL	33	48	3	9	3	3	3	22	.188	—	—	—	—	-304.5
1998	NYN	NL	10	16	3	3	0	0	2	5	.188	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	LAN	NL	20	34	1	2	1	0	2	10	.059	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	LAN	NL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	DET	AL	31	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	DET	AL	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	DET	AL	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	HOU	NL	19	26	2	3	0	0	0	10	.115	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	HOU	NL	22	27	2	5	1	1	0	9	.185	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			263	208	13	26	5	6	18	76	.125	—	—	—	—	-304

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Dave Mlicki — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Dave Mlicki — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2001	NLDS1	HOU	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Dave Mlicki — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	1	1	1	0	5.0	4	0	2	0	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Dave Mlicki — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2001	NLDS1	HOU	0	1	1	1	0	5.0	4	0	2	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Dave Mlicki — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	129	99	10	16	0	2	.162
Away	134	109	3	10	0	4	.092

Pitching — Home / Away

Dave Mlicki — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	128	628.0	631	288	209	414	4.13
Away	134	604.2	706	358	263	420	5.33

Last 10 Games — Batting

Dave Mlicki — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	SO
2002-09-23	HOU	MIL	W	1	0	0	0
2002-09-11	HOU	COL	L	0	0	0	0
2002-09-07	HOU	LAD	W	0	0	0	0
2002-09-03	HOU	SDP	W	0	0	0	0
2002-08-31	HOU	LAD	L	0	0	0	0
2002-08-27	HOU	SDP	L	0	0	0	0
2002-08-20	HOU	CHC	L	0	0	0	0
2002-08-16	HOU	CIN	L	2	0	0	1
2002-08-11	HOU	ATL	L	1	0	0	0
2002-08-06	HOU	MIA	W	2	1	1	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Dave Mlicki — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2002-09-23	HOU	MIL	—	4.0	5	3	2	2	4	0
2002-09-11	HOU	COL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002-09-07	HOU	LAD	—	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002-09-03	HOU	SDP	—	0.2	3	1	1	0	0	0
2002-08-31	HOU	LAD	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2002-08-27	HOU	SDP	L	1.0	5	4	4	0	1	0
2002-08-20	HOU	CHC	—	2.0	3	1	1	0	4	1
2002-08-16	HOU	CIN	L	4.0	6	5	5	5	5	1
2002-08-11	HOU	ATL	L	2.1	8	8	6	0	2	1
2002-08-06	HOU	MIA	W	5.0	5	0	0	4	5	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dave Mlicki — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	262	193	90	125	10	16

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dave Mlicki — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1992	CLE	P	4	4	6	3	0	1
1993	CLE	P	3	3	1	1	0	0
1995	NYN	P	29	25	10	15	1	3
1996	NYN	P	51	2	3	6	2	2
1997	NYN	P	32	32	11	17	2	1
1998	NYN	P	10	10	6	8	1	0
1998	LAN	P	20	20	15	14	0	1
1999	LAN	P	2	0	1	0	0	0
1999	DET	P	31	31	14	19	3	2
2000	DET	P	24	21	12	14	0	3
2001	DET	P	15	15	1	11	0	2
2001	HOU	P	19	14	6	9	0	1
2002	HOU	P	22	16	4	8	1	0

Career Games by Position

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Dave Mlicki Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	262

Awards & Honors

Dave Mlicki — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1997	Player of the Week	Week of 1997-06-21

Salary History

Dave Mlicki's recorded salaries total $20,523,000 over 9 seasons, 1993 to 2002. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Mlicki's career ran from 1992 to 2002. No salary is recorded for 1992.

Dave Mlicki — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2002	HOU	NL	$6,200,000
2001	DET	AL	$5,300,000
2000	DET	AL	$4,500,000
1999	LAN	NL	$2,250,000
1998	NYN	NL	$1,250,000
1997	NYN	NL	$610,000
1996	NYN	NL	$195,000
1995	NYN	NL	$109,000
1993	CLE	AL	$109,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$20,523,000

College History

Dave Mlicki — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Oklahoma State University	Stillwater	OK	1988, 1989, 1990

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Dave Mlicki: the record in brief

According to the bio, Dave Mlicki debuted on September 12, 1992 and played a final game on September 23, 2002. Mlicki played for the Cleveland Indians (1992 through 1993), the New York Mets (1995 through 1998), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998 to 1999), the Detroit Tigers (1999 through 2001), and the Houston Astros (2001 through 2002). Mlicki is listed as a pitcher at 6-foot-4 and 185 pounds. Mlicki batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. The recorded birth is June 8, 1968, in Cleveland, OH, USA. Mlicki's full given name, per the bio, is David John Mlicki.

The pitching table credits Mlicki with a 66-80 record and a 4.72 ERA in 262 games. The totals include 834 strikeouts. Against a 4.41 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.72 mark was 7.0% worse. Mlicki won 14 games in 1999, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 157 in 1997.

Frequently Asked Questions about Dave Mlicki

What years did Dave Mlicki play?: Dave Mlicki played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2002.
Was Dave Mlicki a pitcher?: Yes. Dave Mlicki pitched in the major leagues, recording 66 wins and 834 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dave Mlicki hit?: Dave Mlicki hit 0 career home runs with 26 hits.
What teams did Dave Mlicki play for?: Dave Mlicki played for 5 teams: the Cleveland Indians (1992–1993), the New York Mets (1995–1998), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1998–1999), the Detroit Tigers (1999–2001), and the Houston Astros (2001–2002).
What were Dave Mlicki's career stats?: In 262 games, Dave Mlicki went 66-80 with a 4.72 ERA, 834 strikeouts, 1,232.2 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 26 hits and 0 home runs.
How much did Dave Mlicki earn in his career?: Dave Mlicki's recorded salaries total $20,523,000 over 9 seasons, 1993 to 2002. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Mlicki's career ran from 1992 to 2002. No salary is recorded for 1992.
What was Dave Mlicki's salary?: Dave Mlicki's last recorded salary was $6,200,000, in 2002. His highest recorded salary was $6,200,000, in 2002, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 2002.
What position did Dave Mlicki play?: Dave Mlicki played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Dave Mlicki and how much did he weigh?: Dave Mlicki was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 185 pounds.
What was Dave Mlicki's career ERA?: Dave Mlicki finished with a 4.72 career ERA, going 66-80 with 834 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Dave Mlicki have?: Dave Mlicki recorded 834 career strikeouts.
Is Dave Mlicki in the Hall of Fame?: No. Dave Mlicki has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.