Dan Quisenberry | Major Leaguer 1979-1990

Full Name: Daniel Raymond Quisenberry
Born: February 7,1953 in Santa Monica, California
Death: September 30,1998
Height: 6-2 Weight: 185 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Costa Mesa (Costa Mesa,CA)
College: University of La Verne

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Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Kansas City Royals in 1975

Transactions: [Jun 7,1975] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Royals. [Jul 4,1988] - Released by Royals. [Jul 14,1988] - Signed as Free Agent by Cardinals. [Oct 11,1989] - Released by Cardinals. [Jan 28,1990] - Signed as Free Agent by Giants.

Signed by: Rosey Gilhousen

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1975	Waterloo	Midw	22	Kc	A	3	2	2.45	20						44.0	40	16	12		6	31			8.18	---	1.23	6.34	1.05	--
	Jcksnvlle	Sou	22	Kc	AA	0	1	2.25	6						8.0	5	3	2		4	2			5.63	---	4.50	2.25	1.13	--
1976	Waterloo	Midw	23	Kc	A	2	1	0.64	34						42.0	28	4	3		9	19			6.00	---	1.93	4.07	0.88	--
	Jcksnvlle	Sou	23	Kc	AA	0	1	2.25	9						12.0	8	6	3		2	6			6.00	---	1.50	4.50	0.83	--
1977	Jcksnvlle	Sou	24	Kc	AA	3	1	1.34	33						74.0	61	18	11		11	33			7.42	---	1.34	4.01	0.97	--
1978	Jcksnvlle	Sou	25	Kc	AA	4	2	2.39	48	0	0	0		15	64.0	62	22	17	1	12	29	0		8.72	0.14	1.69	4.08	1.16	--
1979	Omaha	Amer	26	Kc	AAA	2	1	3.60	26	0	0	0		5	35.0	29	15	14	1	10	16	0		7.46	0.26	2.57	4.11	1.11	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	3	2	3.15	32	0	0	0	21	5	40.0	42	16	14	5	7	13	1	0	9.45	1.13	1.58	2.93	1.23	67%
1980	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	12	7	3.09	75	0	0	0	68	33	128.1	129	47	44	5	27	37	1	0	9.05	0.35	1.89	2.59	1.22	71%
1981	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	1	4	1.73	40	0	0	0	35	18	62.1	59	16	12	1	15	20	0	0	8.52	0.14	2.17	2.89	1.19	63%
1982	Kansas Cty	AL	29	Kc	MLB	9	7	2.57	72	0	0	0	68	35	136.2	126	43	39	12	12	46	1	0	8.30	0.79	0.79	3.03	1.01	64%
1983	Kansas Cty	AL	30	Kc	MLB	5	3	1.94	69	0	0	0	62	45	139.0	118	35	30	6	11	48	0	0	7.64	0.39	0.71	3.11	0.93	62%
1984	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	6	3	2.64	72	0	0	0	67	44	129.1	121	39	38	10	12	41	0	0	8.42	0.70	0.84	2.85	1.03	53%
1985	Kansas Cty	AL	32	Kc	MLB	8	9	2.37	84	0	0	0	76	37	129.0	142	41	34	8	16	54	0	0	9.91	0.56	1.12	3.77	1.22	65%
1986	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	3	7	2.77	62	0	0	0	54	12	81.1	92	30	25	2	24	36	0	0	10.18	0.22	2.66	3.98	1.43	66%
1987	Kansas Cty	AL	34	Kc	MLB	4	1	2.76	47	0	0	0	39	8	49.0	58	15	15	3	10	17	0	0	10.65	0.55	1.84	3.12	1.39	62%
1988	Kansas Cty	AL	35	Kc	MLB	0	1	3.55	20	0	0	0	13	1	25.1	32	11	10	0	5	9	1	1	11.37	0.00	1.78	3.20	1.46	62%
	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	MLB	2	0	6.16	33	0	0	0	13	0	38.0	54	26	26	4	6	19	0	2	12.79	0.95	1.42	4.50	1.58	58%
1989	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	3	1	2.64	63	0	0	0	35	6	78.1	78	25	23	2	14	37	0	1	8.96	0.23	1.61	4.25	1.17	62%
1990	SF Giants	NL	37	Sf	MLB	0	1	13.51	5	0	0	0	2	0	6.2	13	12	10	1	3	2	0	1	17.57	1.35	4.05	2.70	2.40	43%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)						56	46	2.76	674	0	0	0	553	244	1,043.1	1064	356	320	59	162	379	4	5	9.18	0.51	1.40	3.27	1.18	63%
Minor League Totals - 5 Season(s)						14	9	2.00	176						279.0	233	84	62		54	136			7.52	---	1.74	4.39	1.03	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1979	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	p	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1980	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	p	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	p	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1982	Kansas Cty	AL	29	Kc	MLB	p	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1983	Kansas Cty	AL	30	Kc	MLB	p	0	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	p	0	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Kansas Cty	AL	32	Kc	MLB	p	0	84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	p	0	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Kansas Cty	AL	34	Kc	MLB	p	0	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	MLB	p	9	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000	500	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	35	Kc	MLB	p	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1989	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	p	9	63	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	500	100%
1990	SF Giants	NL	37	Sf	MLB	p	9,2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)								674	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.286	.167	453	100%

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1980	Kansas Cty	AL	27		Ch	1	0	0.00	2		0			1	4.2	4		0		2	1			7.73	---	3.86	1.93	1.29	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	27		Ws	1	2	5.23	6		0			1	10.1	10		6		3	0			8.71	---	2.61	0.00	1.26	--
1981	Kansas Cty	AL	28		Div	0	0	0.00	1		0			0	0.1	1		0		0	0			27.27	---	0.00	0.00	3.03	--
1984	Kansas Cty	AL	31		Ch	0	1	3.00	1		0			0	3.0	2		1		1	1			6.00	---	3.00	3.00	1.00	--
1985	Kansas Cty	AL	32		Ch	0	1	3.86	4		0			1	4.2	7		2		0	3			13.52	---	0.00	5.79	1.50	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	32		Ws	1	0	2.08	4		0			0	4.1	5		1		3	3			10.39	---	6.24	6.24	1.85	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						3	4	3.29	18		0			3	27.1	29		10		9	8			9.55	---	2.96	2.63	1.39	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1980	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	Ch	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	Ws	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1981	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1984	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	Ch	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Kansas Cty	AL	32	Kc	Ch	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Kansas Cty	AL	32	Kc	Ws	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1978	Jcksnvlle	Sou	25	Kc	AA	P	48			4	15	2	21	1	-	-	-	.905	--

1979	Omaha	Amer	26	Kc	AAA	P	26			4	9	1	14	2	-	-	-	.929	--
1979	Kansas Cty	AL	26	Kc	MLB	P	32		40	0	10	1	11	2	-	-	-	.909	2.25

1980	Kansas Cty	AL	27	Kc	MLB	P	75		128.1	17	29	2	48	4	-	-	-	.958	3.23

1981	Kansas Cty	AL	28	Kc	MLB	P	40		62.1	8	23	1	32	1	-	-	-	.969	4.48

1982	Kansas Cty	AL	29	Kc	MLB	P	72		136.2	18	46	2	66	3	-	-	-	.970	4.21

1983	Kansas Cty	AL	30	Kc	MLB	P	69		139	8	30	3	41	1	-	-	-	.927	2.46

1984	Kansas Cty	AL	31	Kc	MLB	P	72		129.1	15	29	0	44	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.06

1985	Kansas Cty	AL	32	Kc	MLB	P	84		129	8	24	2	34	2	-	-	-	.941	2.23

1986	Kansas Cty	AL	33	Kc	MLB	P	62		81.1	9	19	1	29	3	-	-	-	.966	3.10

1987	Kansas Cty	AL	34	Kc	MLB	P	47		49	6	13	0	19	3	-	-	-	1.000	3.49

1988	Kansas Cty	AL	35	Kc	MLB	P	20		25.1	0	9	0	9	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.20
1988	St. Louis	NL	35	Stl	MLB	P	33		38	1	9	1	11	0	-	-	-	.909	2.37

1989	St. Louis	NL	36	Stl	MLB	P	63		78.1	7	22	0	29	1	-	-	-	1.000	3.33

1990	SF Giants	NL	37	Sf	MLB	P	5		6.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.35

Awards

[1980] - AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #5), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #8), AL Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year [1982] - AL Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year, AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3), Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #9) [1983] - Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #6), AL Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year [1984] - AL Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year, AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2), Played in MLB All-Star Game, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #3) [1985] - AL Rolaids Relief Pitcher of the Year, AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #3), AL MVP (Voting Rank: #11) [1996] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (18 votes - 3.83%)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	975,000	49	299,108	6
1986	925,000	78	325,466	9
1987	1,262,350	34	292,853	4
1988	1,562,350	26	325,305	3
1989	62,500		375,257	80
1989	2,515,362	3	375,257	80
1990	100,000		426,358	80

Career:	$7,402,562	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Kansas City Royals in 1985.

Quisenberry died of a brain tumor at the age of 45.

Notes: Played in 3 All-Star games during his career (1982-1984)

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