What years did Dave Stieb play?

Dave Stieb played in Major League Baseball from 1979 to 1998.

Was Dave Stieb a pitcher?

Yes. Dave Stieb pitched in the major leagues, recording 176 wins and 1669 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Dave Stieb hit?

Dave Stieb hit 0 career home runs.

What was Dave Stieb's career batting average?

Dave Stieb batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 2 at bats.

What was Dave Stieb's career ERA?

Dave Stieb finished with a 3.44 career ERA, going 176-137 with 1,669 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Dave Stieb have?

Dave Stieb recorded 1,669 career strikeouts.

Dave Stieb

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1979-1998)

Dave Stieb was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1979 to 1998 for the Toronto Blue Jays and the Chicago White Sox, a span of 20 seasons. Across 443 career appearances, he went 176-137 with a 3.44 ERA and 1,669 strikeouts. Dave Stieb was a 7-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 4281.6.

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 September 8, 2026

W–L 176–137

ERA 3.44

WHIP 1.25

SO 1,669

Pitcher PIV 4281.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 185 lb
Born: 7/22/1957 in Santa Ana, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1979-06-29
Last Game: 1998-09-25
Awards: 7× All-Star

Full name: David Andrew Stieb

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Career Pitching Statistics

Dave Stieb — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
176	137	443	412	103	30	3	2895.3	2,572	1,106	225	1,034	1,669	3.44	4281.6

Career ERA 3.44 vs. league average 3.93 across their career seasons — 12.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Dave Stieb Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1979	TOR	AL	8	8	18	18	7	1	0	129.3	139	62	48	52	4.31	4.00 (-8%)	-769.1
1980	TOR	AL	12	15	34	32	14	4	0	242.7	232	100	83	108	3.71	3.84 (+3%)	1505.9
1981	TOR	AL	11	10	25	25	11	2	0	183.7	148	65	61	89	3.19	3.58 (+11%)	326.7
1982	TOR	AL	17	14	38	38	19	5	0	288.3	271	104	75	141	3.25	3.86 (+16%)	570.2
1983	TOR	AL	17	12	36	36	14	4	0	278.0	223	94	93	187	3.04	3.87 (+21%)	2395.0
1984	TOR	AL	16	8	35	35	11	2	0	267.0	215	84	88	198	2.83	3.81 (+26%)	3439.8
1985	TOR	AL	14	13	36	36	8	2	0	265.0	206	73	96	167	2.48	3.89 (+36%)	1408.5
1986	TOR	AL	7	12	37	34	1	1	1	205.0	239	108	87	127	4.74	3.97 (-19%)	-4567.4
1987	TOR	AL	13	9	33	31	3	1	0	185.0	164	84	87	115	4.09	4.29 (+5%)	82.0
1988	TOR	AL	16	8	32	31	8	4	0	207.3	157	70	79	147	3.04	3.73 (+19%)	599.6
1989	TOR	AL	17	8	33	33	3	2	0	206.7	164	77	76	101	3.35	3.71 (+10%)	-629.7
1990	TOR	AL	18	6	33	33	2	2	0	208.7	179	68	64	125	2.93	3.86 (+24%)	2730.5
1991	TOR	AL	4	3	9	9	1	0	0	59.7	52	21	23	29	3.17	3.91 (+19%)	-150.5
1992	TOR	AL	4	6	21	14	1	0	0	96.3	98	54	43	45	5.04	3.75 (-35%)	-1882.4
1993	CHA	AL	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	22.3	27	15	14	11	6.04	4.19 (-44%)	-153.7
1998	TOR	AL	1	2	19	3	0	0	2	50.3	58	27	17	27	4.83	4.43 (-9%)	-623.6
Career · 16 seasons			176	137	443	412	103	30	3	2,895.1	2,572	1,106	1,034	1,669	3.44	—	4,282

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 Stieb — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
454	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .391 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .716 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Dave Stieb Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1979	TOR	AL	20	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	TOR	AL	36	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	TOR	AL	29	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	TOR	AL	38	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	TOR	AL	36	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	TOR	AL	35	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	TOR	AL	36	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	TOR	AL	38	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	TOR	AL	34	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	TOR	AL	33	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	TOR	AL	33	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	TOR	AL	33	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	TOR	AL	9	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	TOR	AL	21	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	CHA	AL	4	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	TOR	AL	19	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			454	2	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0

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 Stieb — 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

Dave Stieb — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1989	ALCS	TOR	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1985	ALCS	TOR	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Dave Stieb — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	3	5	5	0	31.7	23	15	16	28	4.26

Playoff Pitching by Year

Dave Stieb — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1989	ALCS	TOR	0	2	2	2	0	11.3	12	8	6	10	6.35
1985	ALCS	TOR	1	1	3	3	0	20.3	11	7	10	18	3.10

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Dave Stieb — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	224	1	1	0	0	0	.000
Away	230	1	1	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Dave Stieb — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	217	1428.1	1309	572	482	826	3.60
Away	226	1467.0	1263	534	552	843	3.28

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Dave Stieb — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1998-09-25	TOR	DET	—	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0
1998-09-20	TOR	TBR	—	2.2	2	1	0	2	3	0
1998-09-15	TOR	CLE	L	4.2	9	6	5	1	2	2
1998-09-10	TOR	NYY	—	2.0	2	1	1	1	1	1
1998-09-04	TOR	BOS	SV	2.1	2	0	0	0	1	0
1998-08-29	TOR	MIN	W	5.0	7	4	4	2	4	1
1998-08-24	TOR	KCR	—	1.2	3	1	1	1	2	0
1998-08-19	TOR	SEA	SV	3.0	2	1	1	1	1	0
1998-08-14	TOR	LAA	—	1.1	2	1	1	0	2	0
1998-08-08	TOR	OAK	—	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Dave Stieb — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
P	443	412	272	493	22	45

Season-by-Season Fielding

Dave Stieb — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1979	TOR	P	18	18	12	31	1	1
1980	TOR	OF	1	0	0	0	0	0
1980	TOR	P	34	32	20	58	1	8
1981	TOR	P	25	25	11	38	1	3
1982	TOR	P	38	38	27	53	2	6
1983	TOR	P	36	36	28	33	2	1
1984	TOR	P	35	35	22	34	1	4
1985	TOR	P	36	36	34	53	5	5
1986	TOR	P	37	34	15	33	1	4
1987	TOR	P	33	31	24	25	2	2
1988	TOR	P	32	31	19	26	0	3
1989	TOR	P	33	33	18	29	0	1
1990	TOR	P	33	33	24	40	4	3
1991	TOR	P	9	9	5	12	1	2
1992	TOR	P	21	14	8	21	0	1
1993	CHA	P	4	4	0	2	1	1
1998	TOR	P	19	3	5	5	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Dave Stieb Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	443
Left Field	1
Designated Hitter	5

Awards & Honors

Dave Stieb — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1990	Player of the Week	Week of 1990-09-01
1985	Pitcher of the Month	May
1983	Pitcher of the Month	May
1983	Player of the Week	Week of 1983-05-20
1982	TSN All-Star	RHP
1982	TSN Pitcher of the Year
1980	Pitcher of the Month	April
1980	Player of the Week	Week of 1980-04-25

Salary History

Dave Stieb — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1998	TOR	AL	$450,000
1993	CHA	AL	$300,000
1992	TOR	AL	$3,250,000
1991	TOR	AL	$3,000,000
1990	TOR	AL	$1,750,000
1989	TOR	AL	$1,500,000
1988	TOR	AL	$1,000,000
1987	TOR	AL	$1,000,000
1986	TOR	AL	$1,000,000
1985	TOR	AL	$1,000,000
Total Career Earnings			$14,250,000

College History

Dave Stieb — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
San Jose City College	San Jose	CA	1976, 1977
Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Carbondale	IL	1978

Award Voting History

Dave Stieb — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1990	Cy Young Award	AL	5th	2.0	140	0
1990	Most Valuable Player	AL	25th	1.0	392	0
1985	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	2.0	140	0
1984	Cy Young Award	AL	7th	1.0	140	0
1984	Most Valuable Player	AL	22th	4.0	392	0
1982	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	36.0	140	5
1981	Most Valuable Player	AL	27th	1.0	392	0

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Frequently Asked Questions about Dave Stieb

What years did Dave Stieb play?: Dave Stieb played in Major League Baseball from 1979 to 1998.
Was Dave Stieb a pitcher?: Yes. Dave Stieb pitched in the major leagues, recording 176 wins and 1669 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Dave Stieb hit?: Dave Stieb hit 0 career home runs.
What was Dave Stieb's career batting average?: Dave Stieb batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 2 at bats.
What was Dave Stieb's career ERA?: Dave Stieb finished with a 3.44 career ERA, going 176-137 with 1,669 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Dave Stieb have?: Dave Stieb recorded 1,669 career strikeouts.