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Dave
Hitchener		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 31, 1989 in Canada
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2027   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 18 OR GE     0 0 1 0 1 2 1 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 1 0 1 2 1 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     0 0 1 0 1 2 1 8 8 8 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 19 OR GE   3 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2010 20 OR GE   2 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 5 5
2011 21 OR GE   2 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 6
2012 22 ME FF   2 2 2 2 4 5 5 6 6 6
2013 23 ME FF   3 4 5 4 4 5 5 7 7 7
2014 24 ME FF   3 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 8 8
2015 25 ME FF $ 300,000 3 10 10 10 5 5 5 7 7 7
2016 26 ME FF $ 300,000 3 10 10 10 5 5 5 8 8 8
2017 27 ME FF $ 300,000 3 10 10 10 4 5 5 8 8 8
2018 28 ME FF $ 300,000 3 10 10 10 4 5 5 8 8 8
2019 29 ME FF $ 300,000 3 10 10 10 4 5 5 9 9 9
2020 30 ME FF $ 300,000 3 10 10 10 4 5 5 9 9 9
2021 31 ME FF $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 4 5 5 9 9 9
2022 32 ME FF $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 4 5 5 8 8 8
2023 33 ME FF $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 4 5 5 8 8 8
2024 34 ME FF $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 4 5 4 9 9 9
2025 35 ME FF $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
2026 36 NJ FF $ 300,000 4 9 9 9 3 4 4 8 8 8
2027 37 NJ FF $ 300,000 4 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 6 6
2028 38 NJ FF $ 300,000 4 7 8 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
2029 39 NJ FF $ 300,000 4 7 7 7 2 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 10 10 10 5 5 5 9 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 18 OR GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 19 OR GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2010 20 OR GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2011 21 OR GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2012 22 ME FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2013 23 ME FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2014 24 ME FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2015 25 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2016 26 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2017 27 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2018 28 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2019 29 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2020 30 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2021 31 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2022 32 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2023 33 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2024 34 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2025 35 ME FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2026 36 NJ FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2027 37 NJ FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2028 38 NJ FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2029 39 NJ FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2008 18 A   4 3 .571 52 0 0 0 1 70.7 85 31 5 19 62 3.95 .299 .343 .408 .752  
2009 19 A   6 1 .857 64 0 0 0 3 76.0 49 13 2 15 45 1.54 .190 .234 .287 .521  
2010 20 AA   0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.3 2 0 0 0 2 0.00 .143 .143 .143 .286  
    A   5 4 .556 60 0 0 0 2 85.3 59 20 5 22 50 2.11 .195 .249 .287 .536  
2011 21 AA   6 1 .857 34 1 0 0 5 38.3 40 12 1 10 20 2.82 .274 .321 .370 .690  
    A   0 2 .000 11 0 0 0 2 13.7 6 3 2 1 8 1.98 .130 .149 .261 .410  
2012 22 AA   2 3 .400 40 0 0 0 23 45.0 47 16 3 15 26 3.20 .272 .330 .405 .734  
2013 23 AAA   2 0 1.000 16 0 0 0 9 17.3 10 2 0 10 8 1.04 .164 .282 .197 .478  
    AA   0 3 .000 39 0 0 0 11 40.3 41 14 1 11 23 3.12 .268 .317 .366 .683  
2014 24 AAA   3 7 .300 51 0 0 0 32 55.7 46 20 3 18 36 3.23 .225 .288 .309 .597  
2015 25 ME FF 5 5 .500 35 0 0 0 4 40.0 42 21 9 13 25 4.73 .266 .335 .487 .823 0.7
    AAA   0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 3 3.3 4 2 0 1 2 5.41 .308 .357 .462 .819  
2016 26 ME FF 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 5.0 4 5 3 4 4 9.00 .211 .348 .684 1.032 0.0
    AAA   4 0 1.000 73 0 0 0 6 70.7 28 5 0 29 70 0.64 .127 .228 .149 .377  
2017 27 ME FF 2 2 .500 59 0 0 0 2 69.0 47 28 6 39 40 3.65 .196 .317 .325 .642 3.6
    AAA   0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 0 12.7 4 1 0 6 13 0.71 .095 .208 .143 .351  
2018 28 ME FF 7 4 .636 73 0 0 0 2 74.7 73 34 6 30 59 4.10 .250 .336 .370 .706 3.6
2019 29 ME FF 7 6 .538 91 0 0 0 6 94.7 74 38 3 47 90 3.61 .218 .321 .291 .612 7.7
2020 30 ME FF 4 1 .800 69 0 0 0 1 87.7 53 19 6 39 79 1.95 .173 .268 .265 .533 10.1
2021 31 ME FF 3 2 .600 76 0 0 0 29 98.0 72 35 4 45 78 3.21 .205 .305 .313 .618 16.8
2022 32 ME FF 4 5 .444 89 0 0 0 32 104.7 78 33 5 54 81 2.84 .209 .320 .302 .623 16.5
2023 33 ME FF 4 8 .333 47 0 0 0 18 55.3 54 28 7 31 47 4.55 .261 .362 .444 .807 4.0
2024 34 ME FF 6 8 .429 61 0 0 0 33 68.3 57 23 4 43 59 3.03 .227 .347 .319 .665 10.7
2025 35 ME FF 7 7 .500 64 0 0 0 26 75.3 76 36 3 29 60 4.30 .262 .333 .372 .706 9.4
2026 36 RI FF 0 2 .000 22 0 0 0 7 28.7 29 15 3 20 21 4.71 .271 .397 .411 .808 1.1
  NJ FF 3 7 .300 65 0 0 0 2 69.7 72 37 8 26 53 4.78 .275 .349 .431 .780 2.9
  TOT   3 9 .250 87 0 0 0 9 98.3 101 52 11 46 74 4.76 .274 .364 .425 .789 4.0
2027 37 NJ FF 3 5 .375 68 0 0 0 5 67.0 38 18 2 32 50 2.42 .164 .281 .246 .527 8.4
2028 38 NJ FF 5 4 .556 52 0 0 0 1 59.3 61 33 8 29 45 5.01 .264 .355 .403 .757 2.3
2029 39 NJ FF 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 1 6.0 5 7 1 6 5 10.50 .217 .379 .391 .771 0.0
    AAA   2 2 .500 55 0 0 0 2 72.7 65 27 7 31 71 3.34 .242 .320 .401 .721  
15 Years Sim 60 67 .472 883 0 0 0 169 1003.3 835 410 78 487 796 3.68 .227 .326 .346 .672 97.9
6 Years AAA 11 10 .524 212 0 0 0 52 232.3 157 57 10 95 200 2.21 .194 .278 .281 .560  
4 Years AA 8 7 .533 116 1 0 0 39 128.0 130 42 5 36 71 2.95 .267 .318 .374 .692  
4 Years A 15 10 .600 187 0 0 0 8 245.7 199 67 14 57 165 2.45 .223 .270 .324 .594  
14 Years Minors 34 27 .557 515 1 0 0 99 605.9 486 166 29 188 436 2.47 .222 .284 .320 .603  
Season Average 4 4 .500 58 0 0 0 11 66.9 55 27 5 32 53 3.68 .227 .326 .346 .672  
Career Highs 7 9 .800 91 0 0 0 33 104.7 101 52 11 54 90 10.50 .274 .379 .684 1.032  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   506 247 49 280 505   .226 .313 .349 .661
vs LH   329 163 29 207 291   .227 .324 .342 .666
Home 32 29 .525 465 0 0 0 81 529.3 417 226 46 260 432 3.84 .216 .309 .344 .653
Away 28 38 .424 418 0 0 0 88 474.0 418 184 32 227 364 3.49 .238 .326 .349 .674
Mar/Apr 6 4 .600 118 0 0 0 23 143.3 107 59 17 69 104 3.71 .208 .302 .344 .646
May 11 16 .407 162 0 0 0 34 184.3 174 83 13 86 137 4.05 .250 .332 .349 .681
June 11 15 .423 156 0 0 0 24 172.0 148 61 12 83 154 3.19 .233 .322 .336 .658
July 7 12 .368 154 0 0 0 34 179.6 136 73 12 88 136 3.66 .212 .306 .336 .642
August 13 12 .520 157 0 0 0 26 173.3 142 72 12 97 147 3.74 .223 .326 .359 .685
Sep/Oct 12 8 .600 136 0 0 0 28 150.6 128 62 12 64 118 3.70 .229 .308 .352 .661
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2011 21 A   4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
2013 23 AA   13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
2014 24 AAA   5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
2015 25 ME FF 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2016 26 ME FF 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2017 27 ME FF 60 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2018 28 ME FF 74 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2019 29 ME FF 92 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
2020 30 ME FF 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0
2021 31 ME FF 78 22 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .136 .136 .182 .318 0.0 0.0
2022 32 ME FF 89 13 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .077 .200 .154 .354 0.1 0.0
2023 33 ME FF 47 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
2024 34 ME FF 63 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2025 35 ME FF 65 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
2026 36 RI FF 25 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  NJ FF 67 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4 0.0
  TOT   92 8 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .125 .125 .125 .250 0.2 0.0
2027 37 NJ FF 71 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.0
2028 38 NJ FF 52 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .200 .333 .200 .533 0.5 0.0
14 Years Sim 893 85 10 7 3 0 0 4 3 1 3 21 .082 .114 .118 .231 -2.0 0.0
1 Years AAA 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3  
1 Years AA 13 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4  
1 Years A 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
3 Years Minors 22 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
162 Game Average 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .082 .114 .118 .231 -0.4  
Career Highs 92 22 3 3 1 0 0 2 2 1 2 5 .250 .333 .500 .750 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   59 9 4 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 15 .068 .068 .102 .169 -2.8
vs LH   26 1 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 3 6 .115 .207 .154 .361 0.7
Home 407 48 6 6 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 10 .125 .143 .188 .330 0.3
Away 364 37 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 11 .027 .077 .027 .104 -2.4
RISP   20 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200 -0.7
Close/Late   23 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 7 .087 .192 .130 .323 0.2
Mar/Apr 99 19 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .053 .100 .105 .205 -0.7
May 109 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
June 135 15 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .133 .133 .133 .267 -0.2
July 96 17 3 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 5 .176 .222 .294 .516 0.9
August 77 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .100 .000 .100 -0.5
Sep/Oct 92 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2015 25 ME FF P 35 0 40.0 1 3 1 0 .800 0.90    
2016 26 ME FF P 5 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.60    
2017 27 ME FF P 59 0 69.0 5 9 0 2 1.000 1.83    
2018 28 ME FF P 73 0 74.7 5 8 1 0 .929 1.57    
2019 29 ME FF P 91 0 94.7 6 13 0 1 1.000 1.81    
2020 30 ME FF P 69 0 87.7 4 18 2 1 .917 2.26    
2021 31 ME FF P 76 0 98.0 5 13 0 2 1.000 1.65    
2022 32 ME FF P 89 0 104.7 8 11 2 0 .905 1.63    
2023 33 ME FF P 47 0 55.3 5 7 1 2 .923 1.95    
2024 34 ME FF P 61 0 68.3 5 14 1 0 .950 2.50    
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2025 35 ME FF P 64 0 75.3 3 8 0 1 1.000 1.31    
2026 36 RI FF P 22 0 28.7 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.26    
  NJ FF P 65 0 69.7 3 8 0 0 1.000 1.42    
  TOT   P 87 0 98.3 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.37    
2027 37 NJ FF P 68 0 67.0 2 11 0 0 1.000 1.75    
2028 38 NJ FF P 52 0 59.3 5 4 1 1 .900 1.37    
2029 39 NJ FF P 7 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50    
  P 883 0 1003.3 59 132 9 10 .955 1.71    
  1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   884 0 1004.3 60 132 9 11 .955 1.72    
Career Highs   91 0 104.7 8 18 2 2 1.000 3.60    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2015 25 ME FF 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 3 1 0.00 .286 .500 .286 .786
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 3 1 0.00 .286 .500 .286 .786
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2021-8-29
2022-5-32
2024-5-33
2025-8-26
CAR-48-169
 Games Pitched
2019-5-91
2022-6-89
CAR-47-883
 Hits per 9IP
CAR-48-7.5
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 44th overall pick, by Oregon in 2008
Earned first career win on 4/30/2015
Injured on 8/24/2018 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Injured on 4/9/2020 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 9/12/2020 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 7-8 weeks
Had first career hit (double) on 4/14/2021, off Carmine Whittingham (MA)
Injured on 8/11/2023 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 4/22/2025 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Rhode Island to New Jersey on 6/1/2026 (Going to NJ: P Dave Hitchener, P JC Santos, RI's 3rd round pick in 2027. Going to RI: P Stephen Kittrell, C Joselito Goytia, NJ's 3rd round pick in 2027)
Was selected to the 2027 Allstar game
 
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