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 teams did Dave Stieb play for?

Dave Stieb played for 2 teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (1979–1992, 1998) and the Chicago White Sox (1993).

Did Dave Stieb win a Cy Young Award?

No. Dave Stieb did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Dave Stieb win?

Dave Stieb was selected to 7 All-Star Games.

What were Dave Stieb's career stats?

In 443 games, Dave Stieb went 176-137 with a 3.44 ERA, 1,669 strikeouts, 2,895.1 innings pitched, and 3 saves.

What was Dave Stieb's salary?

Dave Stieb's last recorded salary was $450,000, in 1998. His highest recorded salary was $3,250,000, in 1992, and his lowest was $300,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1998.

What position did Dave Stieb play?

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

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

Dave Stieb was listed at 6 feet and 185 pounds.

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.

Is Dave Stieb in the Hall of Fame?

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

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 October 24, 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	2895.1	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	129.1	139	62	48	52	4.31	4.00 (-8%)	-769.1
1980	TOR	AL	12	15	34	32	14	4	0	242.2	232	100	83	108	3.71	3.84 (+3%)	1505.9
1981	TOR	AL	11	10	25	25	11	2	0	183.2	148	65	61	89	3.19	3.58 (+11%)	326.7
1982	TOR	AL	17	14	38	38	19	5	0	288.1	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	207.1	157	70	79	147	3.04	3.73 (+19%)	599.6
1989	TOR	AL	17	8	33	33	3	2	0	206.2	164	77	76	101	3.35	3.71 (+10%)	-629.7
1990	TOR	AL	18	6	33	33	2	2	0	208.2	179	68	64	125	2.93	3.86 (+24%)	2730.5
1991	TOR	AL	4	3	9	9	1	0	0	59.2	52	21	23	29	3.17	3.91 (+19%)	-150.5
1992	TOR	AL	4	6	21	14	1	0	0	96.1	98	54	43	45	5.04	3.75 (-35%)	-1882.4
1993	CHA	AL	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	22.1	27	15	14	11	6.04	4.19 (-44%)	-153.7
1998	TOR	AL	1	2	19	3	0	0	2	50.1	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	31.2	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	11.1	12	8	6	10	6.35
1985	ALCS	TOR	1	1	3	3	0	20.1	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's recorded salaries total $14,250,000 over 10 seasons, 1985 to 1998. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Stieb's career ran from 1979 to 1998. His seasons before 1985 are not included.

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 recorded salary (partial)			$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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Dave Stieb: the record in brief

Between the debut on June 29, 1979 and the final game on September 25, 1998, Dave Stieb built the record summarized on this page. Club by club, the record runs the Toronto Blue Jays (1979 through 1998) and the Chicago White Sox (1993). Stieb played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Born on July 22, 1957, in Santa Ana, CA, USA, Stieb was listed at 6-foot-0 and 185 pounds. The given name on file is David Andrew Stieb.

Stieb's career pitching line is 176 wins, 137 losses and a 3.44 ERA over 443 appearances. Stieb had 1,669 strikeouts, 103 complete games, and 30 shutouts. That 3.44 ERA compares with a 3.93 league average across the same seasons, 12.6% better. Stieb won 18 games in 1990, the most of any season listed. Stieb struck out 198 batters in 1984, a career high. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.48 in 1985, when the league's was 3.89.

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 teams did Dave Stieb play for?: Dave Stieb played for 2 teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (1979–1992, 1998) and the Chicago White Sox (1993).
Did Dave Stieb win a Cy Young Award?: No. Dave Stieb did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Dave Stieb win?: Dave Stieb was selected to 7 All-Star Games.
What were Dave Stieb's career stats?: In 443 games, Dave Stieb went 176-137 with a 3.44 ERA, 1,669 strikeouts, 2,895.1 innings pitched, and 3 saves.
How much did Dave Stieb earn in his career?: Dave Stieb's recorded salaries total $14,250,000 over 10 seasons, 1985 to 1998. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Stieb's career ran from 1979 to 1998. His seasons before 1985 are not included.
What was Dave Stieb's salary?: Dave Stieb's last recorded salary was $450,000, in 1998. His highest recorded salary was $3,250,000, in 1992, and his lowest was $300,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1998.
What position did Dave Stieb play?: Dave Stieb played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Dave Stieb and how much did he weigh?: Dave Stieb was listed at 6 feet and 185 pounds.
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.
Is Dave Stieb in the Hall of Fame?: No. Dave Stieb has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.