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Rick Mahler
Richard Keith Mahler

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 202 lb.
School Trinity University

Debut April 20, 1979
  vs. SDP 0.3 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game August 6, 1991
Born August 5, 1953 in Austin, TX
Died March 2, 2005 in Jupiter, FL

Brother of Mickey Mahler

Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1979 25 ATL NL   0   0  15   0   0   0   5  0   22.0   28   16   15   4   11   12   0   1   101   2   1  6.14  4.08   66 1.773
 1980 26 ATL NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    3.7    2    1    1   0    0    1   0   0    13   0   0  2.45  3.72  151 0.545
 1981 27 ATL NL   8   6  34  14   1   0  10  2  112.3  109   41   35   5   43   54   1   3   478   5   1  2.80  3.60  128 1.353
 1982 28 ATL NL   9  10  39  33   5   2   0  0  205.3  213  105   96  18   62  105   1   8   857   5   2  4.21  3.75   89 1.339
 1983 29 ATL NL   0   0  10   0   0   0   1  0   14.3   16    8    8   0    9    7   0   0    66   1   0  5.02  3.89   77 1.744
 1984 30 ATL NL  13  10  38  29   9   1   1  0  222.0  209   86   77  13   62  106   3   3   918   7   1  3.12  3.84  123 1.221
 1985 31 ATL NL  17  15  39  39   6   1   0  0  266.7  272  116  103  24   79  107   2   3  1110   8   1  3.48  3.81  110 1.316
 1986 32 ATL NL  14  18  39  39   7   1   0  0  237.7  283  139  129  25   95  137   3   5  1056  10   1  4.88  3.95   81 1.590
 1987 33 ATL NL   8  13  39  28   3   1   1  0  197.0  212  118  109  24   85   95   2   5   849   8   2  4.98  4.33   87 1.508
 1988 34 ATL NL   9  16  39  34   5   0   2  0  249.0  279  125  102  17   42  131   8   5  1063   6   8  3.69  3.66   99 1.289
 1989 35 CIN NL   9  13  40  31   5   2   1  0  220.7  242  113   94  15   51  102  10   4   940  13   4  3.83  3.61   94 1.328
 1990 36 CIN NL   7   6  35  16   2   1   9  4  134.7  134   67   64  16   39   68   3   3   564   4   2  4.28  3.99   93 1.285
 1991 37 TOT NL   2   4  23   8   0   0   2  0   66.0   70   37   33   4   28   27   2   1   291   1   0  4.50  3.76   84 1.485
         MON NL   1   3  10   6   0   0   1  0   37.3   37   17   15   2   15   17   0   0   158   0   0  3.62  3.65  101 1.393
         ATL NL   1   1  13   2   0   0   1  0   28.7   33   20   18   2   13   10   2   1   133   1   0  5.65  3.91   69 1.605
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 13 Yr WL% .464  96 111 392 271  43   9  32  6 1951.3 2069  972  866 165  606  952  35  41  8306  70  23  3.99  3.84   96 1.371
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  11  40  27   4   0   3  0  200.0  212   99   88  16   62   97   3   4   851   7   2  3.99  3.84   96 1.371
 Career High     17  18  40  39   9   2  10  4  266.7  283  139  129  25   95  137  10   8  1110  13   8  2.80  4.33  128 1.221
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1979 25 ATL NL  15    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .500  .500  .500  167    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1981 27 ATL NL  34   27    0    4   1  0   0    2   0  1   0   4  .148  .148  .185   -6    5   2   0   0   0   0
 1982 28 ATL NL  39   58    5   11   0  0   1    4   0  0   4  17  .190  .242  .241   34   14  11   0   0   0   0
 1983 29 ATL NL  10    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1984 30 ATL NL  38   71    6   21   3  0   0    3   0  0   2   8  .296  .315  .338   79   24   3   0   0   0   1
 1985 31 ATL NL  39   90    9   14   1  0   0    8   0  0   3  18  .156  .181  .167   -4   15  11   1   0   0   2
 1986 32 ATL NL  40   83    8   16   3  0   0    7   0  0   4  14  .193  .230  .229   25   19   9   0   0   0   2
 1987 33 ATL NL  40   65    4   11   4  0   0    5   0  0   2  19  .169  .194  .231   11   15   7   0   0   0   1
 1988 34 ATL NL  39   72    3    9   1  0   0    5   0  0   0  20  .125  .137  .139  -22   10  11   0   0   1   1
 1989 35 CIN NL  40   62    4   11   2  0   0    1   0  0   4   8  .177  .239  .210   28   13   3   0   0   1   0
 1990 36 CIN NL  35   35    1    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   4  .114  .135  .143  -25    5   5   1   0   0   3
 1991 37 TOT NL  23   14    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .143  .143  .214   -1    3   4   0   0   0   0
         MON NL  10    9    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .111  .111  .111  -37    1   3   0   0   0   0
         ATL NL  13    5    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .200  .200  .400   61    2   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     394  581   40  104  17  0   1   37   0  1  20 117  .179  .208  .213   16  124  66   2   0   2  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        239   16   43   7  0   0   15   0  0   8  48  .179  .208  .213   16   51  27   1   0   1   4
 Career High     40   90    9   21   4  0   1    8   0  1   4  20                          24  11   1   0   1   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1979 25 ATL NL    2    1    1  26.9   105| .500  .277| .500  .344| .500  .411|1.000  .754| 167  .965   0.2   0.0   0%
 1981 27 ATL NL   29   26    1   1.0    93| .148  .265| .148  .330| .185  .379| .333  .710|  -6  .075  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 1982 28 ATL NL   73   58    4   1.9    98| .190  .270| .242  .334| .241  .393| .483  .727|  34  .183  -5.5  -0.6   0%
 1983 29 ATL NL    2    2    0   0.0   103| .000  .272| .000  .342| .000  .404| .000  .746|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1984 30 ATL NL   76   54    8   4.0    99| .296  .271| .315  .337| .338  .394| .653  .732|  79  .479  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1985 31 ATL NL  105   90    3   0.9    99| .156  .266| .181  .334| .167  .396| .348  .730|  -4  .056 -13.1  -1.4   0%
 1986 32 ATL NL   96   78    5   1.7   102| .193  .267| .230  .338| .229  .403| .459  .741|  25  .158  -9.0  -0.9   0%
 1987 33 ATL NL   74   62    3   1.3   109| .169  .274| .194  .344| .231  .426| .425  .770|  11  .085  -8.7  -0.9   0%
 1988 34 ATL NL   84   75    2   0.7    93| .125  .261| .137  .325| .139  .383| .276  .708| -22  .042 -11.7  -1.3   0%
 1989 35 CIN NL   70   54    4   2.0    94| .177  .258| .239  .326| .210  .385| .449  .711|  28  .215  -6.0  -0.6   0%
 1990 36 CIN NL   42   40    0   0.0   102| .114  .270| .135  .337| .143  .406| .278  .743| -25  .000  -6.2  -0.6   0%
 1991 37 TOT NL   18   16    0   0.0    95| .143  .259| .143  .327| .214  .388| .357  .716|  -1  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
         MON NL   12   11    0   0.0    93| .111  .256| .111  .324| .111  .384| .222  .708| -37  .000  -1.6  -0.2   0%
         ATL NL    6    5    0   0.0    98| .200  .264| .200  .333| .400  .396| .600  .729|  61  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons      671  556   31   1.5    99| .179  .267| .208  .334| .213  .397| .421  .731|  16  .129 -68.6  -7.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1979 25 ATL NL P 15 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 0.27 0.66 1.64 1.80 0 22.0 1980 26 ATL NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 0.70 2.43 1.95 0 3.7 1981 27 ATL NL P 34 14 19 2 0 .943 .959 0.97 0.68 2.64 1.97 14 112.3 1982 28 ATL NL P 39 19 36 1 5 .982 .952 1.41 0.70 2.41 1.96 33 205.3 1983 29 ATL NL P 10 1 1 1 1 .667 .952 0.20 0.68 1.26 1.95 0 14.3 1984 30 ATL NL P 38 20 42 2 5 .969 .954 1.63 0.67 2.51 1.88 29 222.0 1985 31 ATL NL P 39 21 45 4 9 .943 .952 1.69 0.68 2.23 1.92 39 266.7 1986 32 ATL NL P 39 23 41 3 2 .955 .955 1.64 0.66 2.42 1.94 39 237.7 1987 33 ATL NL P 39 13 42 1 2 .982 .955 1.41 0.62 2.51 1.91 28 197.0 1988 34 ATL NL P 39 22 43 3 4 .956 .954 1.67 0.69 2.35 1.96 34 249.0 1989 35 CIN NL P 40 8 35 1 2 .977 .947 1.07 0.63 1.75 1.87 31 220.7 1990 36 CIN NL P 35 11 17 1 1 .966 .956 0.80 0.58 1.87 1.80 16 134.7 1991 37 TOT NL P 23 7 13 1 0 .952 .952 0.87 0.59 2.73 1.85 8 66.0 MON NL P 10 3 9 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 0.59 2.90 1.86 6 37.3 ATL NL P 13 4 4 1 0 .889 .952 0.62 0.59 2.51 1.85 2 28.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1979 25 ATL NL P 15 1 3 1 0 .800 .952 0.27 0.66 1.64 1.80 0 22.0 1980 26 ATL NL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 0.70 2.43 1.95 0 3.7 1981 27 ATL NL P 34 14 19 2 0 .943 .959 0.97 0.68 2.64 1.97 14 112.3 1982 28 ATL NL P 39 19 36 1 5 .982 .952 1.41 0.70 2.41 1.96 33 205.3 1983 29 ATL NL P 10 1 1 1 1 .667 .952 0.20 0.68 1.26 1.95 0 14.3 1984 30 ATL NL P 38 20 42 2 5 .969 .954 1.63 0.67 2.51 1.88 29 222.0 1985 31 ATL NL P 39 21 45 4 9 .943 .952 1.69 0.68 2.23 1.92 39 266.7 1986 32 ATL NL P 39 23 41 3 2 .955 .955 1.64 0.66 2.42 1.94 39 237.7 1987 33 ATL NL P 39 13 42 1 2 .982 .955 1.41 0.62 2.51 1.91 28 197.0 1988 34 ATL NL P 39 22 43 3 4 .956 .954 1.67 0.69 2.35 1.96 34 249.0 1989 35 CIN NL P 40 8 35 1 2 .977 .947 1.07 0.63 1.75 1.87 31 220.7 1990 36 CIN NL P 35 11 17 1 1 .966 .956 0.80 0.58 1.87 1.80 16 134.7 1991 37 TOT NL P 23 7 13 1 0 .952 .952 0.87 0.59 2.73 1.85 8 66.0 MON NL P 10 3 9 0 0 1.000 .952 1.20 0.59 2.90 1.86 6 37.3 ATL NL P 13 4 4 1 0 .889 .952 0.62 0.59 2.51 1.85 2 28.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 392 160 338 21 31 .960 .953 1.27 0.65 2.30 1.91 271 1951.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 392 160 338 21 31 .960 .953 1.27 0.65 2.30 1.91 271 1951
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1982   NLCS  ATL STL     L   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.2   3   0   2   0 
 1990   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   1   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   1.2   2   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   3.1   5   0   2   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1982   NLCS  ATL STL     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1990   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1985 NL-11-7

ERA
1981 NL-2.80-10

Wins
1985 NL-17-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1988 NL-1.52-2
1989 NL-2.08-7

Innings
1985 NL-266.7-5
1986 NL-237.7-10
1988 NL-249.0-4

Games Started
1985 NL-39-1
1986 NL-39-1
1988 NL-34-4

Comp. Games
1984 NL-9-5
1986 NL-7-8

Shutouts
1982 NL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1985 NL-24-4
1986 NL-25-4

Bases On Balls Allow.
1986 NL-95-5
1987 NL-85-10

Hits Allowed
1985 NL-272-1
1986 NL-283-1
1987 NL-212-10
1988 NL-279-1
1989 NL-242-1

SO to Walk
1988 NL-3.12-5

Losses
1985 NL-15-5
1986 NL-18-1
1988 NL-16-2
1989 NL-13-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1982 NL-96-5
1985 NL-103-2
1986 NL-129-1
1987 NL-109-5
1988 NL-102-1
1989 NL-94-3

Hit Batsmen
1988 NL-8-4
1989 NL-10-1

Batters Faced
1985 NL-1110-2
1986 NL-1056-3
1988 NL-1063-2
1989 NL-940-9

Adjusted ERA+
1981 NL-128-9
1984 NL-123-8

Oldest Player
1991 NL-37-5

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (733) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 29 (802) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 16, 1975: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

February 27, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

June 10, 1991: Released by the Montreal Expos.

June 14, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

August 8, 1991: Released by the Atlanta Braves.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Atlanta Braves$407,500
1986Atlanta Braves$687,500
1987Atlanta Braves$695,000
1988Atlanta Braves$737,500
1989Cincinnati Reds$790,000
1990Cincinnati Reds$790,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,107,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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