What years did Dan Schatzeder play?

Dan Schatzeder played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1991.

Was Dan Schatzeder a pitcher?

Yes. Dan Schatzeder pitched in the major leagues, recording 69 wins and 748 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dan Schatzeder hit?

Dan Schatzeder hit 5 career home runs with 58 hits.

Dan Schatzeder

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1977-1991)

W–L 69–68

ERA 3.74

WHIP 1.32

SO 748

Pitcher PIV -4115.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 185 lb
Born: 12/1/1954 in Elmhurst, IL, USA
MLB Debut: 1977-09-04
Last Game: 1991-05-25

Full name: Daniel Ernest Schatzeder

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Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
69	68	504	121	18	4	10	1317.0	1,257	548	128	475	748	3.74	-4115.7

Career ERA 3.74 vs. league average 3.88 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1977	MON	NL	2	1	6	3	1	1	0	21.7	16	6	13	14	2.49	4.00 (+38%)	409.6
1978	MON	NL	7	7	29	18	2	0	0	143.7	108	49	68	69	3.07	3.69 (+17%)	-1091.5
1979	MON	NL	10	5	32	21	3	0	1	162.0	136	51	59	106	2.83	4.00 (+29%)	431.8
1980	DET	AL	11	13	32	26	9	2	0	192.7	178	86	58	94	4.02	3.84 (-5%)	-2102.5
1981	DET	AL	6	8	17	14	1	0	0	71.3	74	48	29	20	6.06	3.58 (-69%)	-3796.5
1982	SFN	NL	1	4	13	3	0	0	0	33.3	47	27	12	18	7.29	3.86 (-89%)	-19.7
1982	MON	NL	0	2	26	1	0	0	0	36.0	37	14	12	15	3.50	3.86 (+9%)	409.7
1983	MON	NL	5	2	58	2	0	0	2	87.0	88	31	25	48	3.21	3.87 (+17%)	1633.9
1984	MON	NL	7	7	36	14	1	1	1	136.0	112	41	36	89	2.71	3.81 (+29%)	946.2
1985	MON	NL	3	5	24	15	1	0	0	104.3	101	44	31	64	3.80	3.89 (+3%)	-196.1
1986	MON	NL	3	2	30	1	0	0	1	59.0	53	21	19	33	3.20	3.97 (+19%)	47.8
1986	PHI	NL	3	3	25	0	0	0	1	29.3	28	11	16	14	3.38	3.97 (+15%)	-593.9
1987	PHI	NL	3	1	26	0	0	0	0	37.7	40	17	14	28	4.06	4.29 (+5%)	392.5
1987	MIN	AL	3	1	30	1	0	0	0	43.7	64	31	18	30	6.39	4.29 (-49%)	-972.1
1988	CLE	AL	0	2	15	0	0	0	3	16.0	26	17	2	10	9.56	3.73 (-156%)	-1289.1
1988	MIN	AL	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	10.3	8	2	5	7	1.74	3.73 (+53%)	-175.8
1989	HOU	NL	4	1	36	0	0	0	1	56.7	64	28	28	46	4.45	3.71 (-20%)	675.0
1990	HOU	NL	1	3	45	2	0	0	0	64.0	61	17	23	37	2.39	3.86 (+38%)	1175.0
1990	NYN	NL	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	5.7	5	0	0	2	0.00	—	0.0
1991	KCA	AL	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	6.7	11	7	7	4	9.45	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			69	68	504	121	18	4	10	1,317.0	1,257	548	475	748	3.74	—	-4,116

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
511	242	22	58	8	2	5	29	1	18	68	.240	.291	.351	.642	-154

Career AVG .240 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 7.6% below league average.

Career OBP .291 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 10.3% below league average.

Career SLG .351 vs. league average .389 across their career seasons — 9.6% below league average.

Career OPS .642 vs. league average .713 across their career seasons — 9.9% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1977	MON	NL	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1978	MON	NL	32	45	3	10	2	0	1	7	1	2	7	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	MON	NL	32	51	6	11	1	0	1	8	0	6	13	.216	.265 (-19%)	.329 (-11%)	.397 (-26%)	.727 (-19%)	-154.2
1980	DET	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	DET	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	SFN	NL	13	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	MON	NL	26	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	MON	NL	58	10	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	MON	NL	37	35	2	11	2	1	0	3	0	2	10	.314	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	MON	NL	24	31	4	6	1	0	2	5	0	1	10	.194	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	MON	NL	33	21	5	9	1	1	1	2	0	5	8	.429	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	PHI	NL	25	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	PHI	NL	26	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	MIN	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	CLE	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	MIN	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	HOU	NL	36	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	HOU	NL	45	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	NYN	NL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	KCA	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			511	242	22	58	8	2	5	29	1	18	68	.240	—	—	—	—	-154

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1987	ALCS	MIN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1987	WS	MIN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	5	0	0	8.7	6	3	3	8	3.12

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1987	ALCS	MIN	0	0	2	0	0	4.3	2	0	0	5	0.00
1987	WS	MIN	1	0	3	0	0	4.3	4	3	3	3	6.23

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	270	126	14	36	2	17	.286
Away	241	116	8	22	3	12	.190

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	264	716.1	655	264	252	408	3.32
Away	240	600.2	602	284	224	340	4.26

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
1991-05-25	KCR	MIN	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0
1991-05-08	KCR	DET	—	0.0	1	0	0	0	0
1991-05-05	KCR	TOR	—	0.1	1	1	1	0	0
1991-05-03	KCR	TOR	—	1.2	1	0	0	0	2
1991-04-30	KCR	DET	—	1.0	2	4	2	3	0
1991-04-27	KCR	BOS	—	1.1	1	0	0	1	0
1991-04-20	KCR	NYY	—	1.1	1	2	2	3	2
1991-04-13	KCR	NYY	—	0.1	3	2	2	0	0
1990-10-03	NYN	PIT	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
1990-10-02	NYN	PIT	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	504	121	60	149	27	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1977	MON	P	6	3	1	3	0	0
1978	MON	P	29	18	4	17	2	0
1979	MON	P	32	21	5	13	4	0
1980	DET	P	32	26	7	21	3	3
1981	DET	P	17	14	6	12	3	0
1982	SFN	P	13	3	1	7	0	0
1982	MON	P	26	1	2	4	1	2
1983	MON	P	58	2	9	8	1	0
1984	MON	P	36	14	9	8	5	0
1985	MON	P	24	15	3	20	4	1
1986	MON	P	30	1	1	6	0	0
1986	PHI	P	25	0	2	3	0	0
1987	PHI	P	26	0	2	2	1	0
1987	MIN	P	30	1	2	5	0	0
1988	CLE	P	15	0	1	0	0	0
1988	MIN	P	10	0	2	1	0	0
1989	HOU	P	36	0	2	9	2	1
1990	HOU	P	45	2	1	10	1	0
1990	NYN	P	6	0	0	0	0	0
1991	KCA	P	8	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	504

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
1991	KCA	AL	$700,000
1990	HOU	NL	$450,000
1989	HOU	NL	$245,000
1988	CLE	AL	$325,000
1986	MON	NL	$415,000
1985	MON	NL	$375,000
Total Career Earnings			$2,510,000

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Denver	Denver	CO	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976

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Frequently Asked Questions about Dan Schatzeder

What years did Dan Schatzeder play?: Dan Schatzeder played in Major League Baseball from 1977 to 1991.
Was Dan Schatzeder a pitcher?: Yes. Dan Schatzeder pitched in the major leagues, recording 69 wins and 748 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dan Schatzeder hit?: Dan Schatzeder hit 5 career home runs with 58 hits.