#34 Dave Gassner Portland Sea Dogs  |  Pitcher

     
 

Age: 29
Born: December 14, 1978
Hortonville, WI
Height: 6-2
Weight: 190
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Drafted: 24th round, 2001 by TOR
How Acquired: Contract purchased from York 
(Atlantic League)
College: Purdue
High School: Hortonville HS

Scouting Report: Starter whose fastball sits around 88-90 mph.  Mixes in a curveball, a slider, and a changeup.  Very good command.  Missed most of 2006 season with a left elbow strain, but racked up a year of MLB service time in the process. Could prove to be an effective LOOGY down the line.
 

  
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs cg sh sv ip h r er hr bb so k/bb
  1998 Purdue NCAA NCAA 19   1 6 0.143 6.21 16 6 0 0 3 42.0 51 43 29 9 21 32 1.52
  1999 Purdue NCAA NCAA 20   4 5 0.444 5.47 16 10 2 0 1 79.0 85 58 48 8 31 64 2.06
  2000 Purdue NCAA NCAA 21   6 3 0.667 3.86 13 13 4 0 0 84.0 91 48 36 3 25 51 2.04
  2001 Purdue NCAA NCAA 22   6 5 0.545 5.11 14 11 6 2 0 74.0 91 45 42 9 16 71 4.44
  2001 Charleston SAL A 22 Tor 4 4 0.500 3.03 13 11 1 0 0 74.1 72 30 25 3 11 51 4.64
  2002 Dunedin FSL A+ 23 Tor 11 6 0.647 3.44 23 21 2 1 0 146.2 143 64 56 17 26 104 4.00
  2002 Tennessee Sou AA 23 Tor 1 2 0.333 2.49 4 4 0 0 0 25.1 22 8 7 1 7 14 2.00
  2002 Syracuse IL AAA 23 Tor 0 1 0.000 5.40 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 7 3 3 0 2 1 0.50
  2003 New Haven East AA 24 Tor 10 4 0.714 2.79 35 19 1 0 1 145.1 139 54 45 10 28 92 3.29
  2003 Syracuse IL AAA 24 Tor 1 0 1.000 1.80 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 5 1 1 0 1 4 4.00
  2004 Rochester IL AAA 25 Min 16 8 0.667 3.41 28 28 0 0 0 174.1 175 72 66 16 30 93 3.10
  2005 Rochester IL AAA 26 Min 8 8 0.500 4.95 22 20 2 0 0 116.1 138 65 64 18 33 64 1.94
  2005 Minnesota AL MLB 26 Min 1 0 1.000 5.87 2 2 0 0 0 7.2 9 7 5 1 1 2 2.00
  2006 GCL Twins GCL Rk 27 Min 0 0 --- 3.60 2 2 0 0 0 5.0 4 3 2 0 0 4 ---
  2006 Fort Myers FSL A+ 27 Min 0 1 0.000 3.75 3 3 0 0 0 12.0 11 5 5 1 2 2 1.00
  2006 Rochester IL AAA 27 Min 2 0 1.000 4.72 6 5 0 0 0 26.2 29 15 14 2 9 14 1.56
  2007 Rochester