Rick Auerbach
Frederick Steven Auerbach
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 165 lb.

Born: February 15, 1950 in Woodland Hills, CA
High School: Taft (Woodland Hills, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1971
Final Game: August 12, 1981
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1971 21 MIL AL 79 263 236 22 48 10 0 1 9 3 2 20 40 .203 .271 .258 .530 53 61 3 2 5 0 1 6
1972 22 MIL AL 153 605 554 50 121 16 3 2 30 24 8 43 62 .218 .277 .269 .546 65 149 14 2 5 1 5 *6
1973 23 MIL AL 6 10 10 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .100 .100 .200 .300 -16 2 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1974 24 LAD NL 45 82 73 12 25 0 0 1 4 4 2 8 9 .342 .407 .384 .791 127 28 4 0 1 0 0 64/5
1975 25 LAD NL 85 188 170 18 38 9 0 0 12 3 2 18 22 .224 .298 .276 .574 64 47 8 0 0 0 3 6/45
1976 26 LAD NL 36 53 47 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 6 .128 .226 .128 .354 4 6 3 0 0 0 0 6/54
1977 27 CIN NL 33 52 45 5 7 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 7 .156 .216 .200 .416 12 9 1 0 1 2 0 46
1978 28 CIN NL 63 65 55 17 18 6 0 2 5 1 0 7 12 .327 .413 .545 .958 167 30 1 1 2 0 0 64/5
1979 29 CIN NL 62 116 100 17 21 8 1 1 12 0 1 14 19 .210 .304 .340 .644 75 34 1 0 1 1 1 56/4
1980 30 CIN NL 24 37 33 5 11 1 1 1 4 0 3 3 5 .333 .389 .515 .904 150 17 0 0 1 0 0 /564
1981 31 SEA AL 38 96 84 12 13 3 0 1 6 1 1 4 15 .155 .200 .226 .426 21 19 1 1 6 1 0 6
11 Seasons 624 1567 1407 167 309 56 5 9 86 36 21 127 198 .220 .286 .286 .572 66 402 36 6 22 5 10
162 Game Avg. 162 407 365 43 80 15 1 2 22 9 5 33 51 .220 .286 .286 .572 66 104 9 2 6 1 3
CIN (4 yrs) 182 270 233 44 57 17 2 4 24 1 4 28 43 .245 .325 .386 .711 94 90 3 1 5 3 1
LAD (3 yrs) 166 323 290 37 69 9 0 1 17 7 5 32 37 .238 .314 .279 .593 70 81 15 0 1 0 3
MIL (3 yrs) 238 878 800 74 170 27 3 3 39 27 11 63 103 .213 .273 .265 .538 61 212 17 4 10 1 6
SEA (1 yr) 38 96 84 12 13 3 0 1 6 1 1 4 15 .155 .200 .226 .426 21 19 1 1 6 1 0
NL (7 yrs) 348 593 523 81 126 26 2 5 41 8 9 60 80 .241 .319 .327 .646 81 171 18 1 6 3 4
AL (4 yrs) 276 974 884 86 183 30 3 4 45 28 12 67 118 .207 .266 .261 .527 57 231 18 5 16 2 6

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1971 21 MIL AL 263 198 17 2.3 91 .241 .203 .253 .271 .324 .258 .375 .530 .700 53 .265 -14.6 -1.6 .435 .144 .055 1.5
1972 22 MIL AL 605 461 42 2.4 81 .242 .218 .243 .277 .311 .269 .351 .546 .662 65 .328 -23.8 -2.7 .462 .157 .051 3.7
1973 23 MIL AL 10 10 0 0.0 91 .111 .100 .256 .100 .324 .200 .376 .300 .701 -16 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .100 .000 .100
1974 24 LAD NL 82 55 11 5.4 91 .381 .342 .258 .407 .329 .384 .372 .791 .701 127 .607 2.8 0.3 .704 .178 .041 1.6
1975 25 LAD NL 188 142 13 2.5 93 .257 .224 .261 .298 .331 .276 .376 .574 .707 64 .264 -7.9 -0.8 .465 .165 .053 .0
1976 26 LAD NL 53 45 1 0.6 90 .146 .128 .260 .226 .326 .128 .371 .354 .697 4 .029 -5.9 -0.6 .244 .106 .000
1977 27 CIN NL 52 42 2 1.3 105 .175 .156 .272 .216 .340 .200 .414 .416 .754 12 .088 -5.6 -0.6 .333 .133 .044
1978 28 CIN NL 65 40 13 8.7 95 .390 .327 .262 .413 .330 .545 .385 .958 .715 167 .793 5.3 0.5 1.026 .364 .218 1.3
1979 29 CIN NL 116 83 11 3.6 100 .247 .210 .270 .304 .336 .340 .401 .644 .737 75 .405 -3.1 -0.3 .580 .260 .130 .0
1980 30 CIN NL 37 26 5 5.2 96 .370 .333 .268 .389 .330 .515 .389 .904 .719 150 .592 2.1 0.2 .680 .182 .182 .0
1981 31 SEA AL 96 80 4 1.4 93 .174 .155 .262 .200 .327 .226 .381 .426 .708 21 .116 -9.0 -1.0 .329 .119 .071 1.0
11 Seasons 1567 1182 119 2.7 89 .249 .220 .254 .286 .322 .286 .370 .572 .692 66 .330 -61.3 -6.8 .476 .167 .066 14.4
162 Game Avg. 407 307 31 2.7 89 .249 .220 .254 .286 .322 .286 .370 .572 .692 66 .330 -61.3 -6.8 .476 .167 .066 4
CIN (4 yrs) 270 191 31 4.4 99 .280 .245 .268 .325 .334 .386 .398 .711 .732 94 .499 -1.3 -0.2 .634 .249 .142 1.6
LAD (3 yrs) 323 242 25 2.8 92 .270 .238 .260 .314 .330 .279 .374 .593 .704 70 .314 -11.0 -1.1 .477 .159 .041 1.8
MIL (3 yrs) 878 669 59 2.4 84 .240 .213 .246 .273 .315 .265 .358 .538 .674 61 .301 -39.9 -4.5 .448 .151 .053 5.4
SEA (1 yr) 96 80 4 1.3 93 .174 .155 .262 .200 .327 .226 .381 .426 .708 21 .115 -9.0 -1.0 .329 .119 .071 1.0
NL (7 yrs) 593 433 56 3.5 95 .274 .241 .263 .319 .332 .327 .385 .646 .717 81 .403 -12.4 -1.3 .545 .199 .086 6.2
AL (4 yrs) 974 749 63 2.3 85 .234 .207 .248 .266 .316 .261 .361 .527 .677 57 .280 -48.9 -5.5 .436 .148 .054 7.0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 24 LAD NL NLCS PIT W 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1974 24 LAD NL WS OAK L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 29 CIN NL NLCS PIT L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 4 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 3 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 21 MIL AL 263 0.4% 15.2% 7.6% 4.2% 23% 2.00 5.9 236.0 26.2 1.01 74%
1972 22 MIL AL 605 0.3% 10.3% 7.1% 3.5% 17% 1.44 8.9 277.0 18.5 1.02 81%
1973 23 MIL AL 10 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 10.0% 100% 10.0 0.40 90%
1974 24 LAD NL 82 1.2% 11.0% 9.8% 1.2% 4% 1.13 8.1 73.0 18.3 2.58 77%
1975 25 LAD NL 188 0.0% 11.7% 9.6% 4.8% 24% 1.22 7.7 14.2 1.19 79%
1976 26 LAD NL 53 0.0% 11.3% 11.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 7.8 47.0 1.24 77%
1977 27 CIN NL 52 0.0% 13.5% 7.7% 3.9% 29% 1.75 6.4 15.0 0.84 77%
1978 28 CIN NL 65 3.1% 18.5% 10.8% 12.3% 44% 1.71 4.6 27.5 11.0 1.08 63%
1979 29 CIN NL 116 0.9% 16.4% 12.1% 8.6% 48% 1.36 5.3 100.0 8.3 0.74 70%
1980 30 CIN NL 37 2.7% 13.5% 8.1% 8.1% 27% 1.67 6.6 33.0 8.3 0.80 73%
1981 31 SEA AL 96 1.0% 15.6% 4.2% 4.2% 31% 3.75 5.6 84.0 14.0 1.00 72%
11 Seasons 1567 0.6% 12.6% 8.1% 4.5% 23% 1.56 7.1 156.3 16.4 1.05 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 21 MIL AL 4 0 30% 119 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 7 70% 10 4 5 2 0 2 8 1 7
1972 22 MIL AL 11 0 29% 205 24 8 75% 19 6 5 1 0 1 3 1 6 6 50% 24 21 3 3 1 2 25 4 21
1973 23 MIL AL 1 0 200% 7 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1974 24 LAD NL 1 0 34% 86 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 24% 9 7 2 4 3 1 8 3 2
1975 25 LAD NL 2 0 32% 87 3 2 60% 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 61% 8 3 4 3 1 1 7 1 6
1976 26 LAD NL 0 0 58% 30 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60% 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 0 4
1977 27 CIN NL 0 0 46% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 2 2
1978 28 CIN NL 2 0 63% 52 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 40% 5 4 1 2 0 1 8 4 4
1979 29 CIN NL 2 0 47% 56 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 29% 9 7 2 2 2 0 3 1 2
1980 30 CIN NL 0 0 31% 18 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 50% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1981 31 SEA AL 2 0 65% 21 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 55% 7 4 3 1 1 0 3 0 3
11 Seasons 25 0 37% 697 36 21 63% 30 16 6 2 0 3 9 3 21 39 47% 83 58 23 20 10 8 72 16 52
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1971 21 MIL AL 263 30% 48 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 5 83% 50 3 6% 23 7 30% 135 9 7% 7 3 43% 8 1 13% 0
1972 22 MIL AL 605 35% 121 1 0 0 0 1.49 2 0 11 2 0 0 2 0 6 5 83% 108 14 13% 38 10 26% 316 31 10% 25 6 24% 26 9 35% 0
1973 23 MIL AL 10 80% 1 1 0 0 0 1.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1974 24 LAD NL 82 28% 25 4 1 0 1 0.51 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 15 4 27% 6 1 17% 35 3 9% 1 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1975 25 LAD NL 188 27% 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 31 8 26% 11 5 45% 117 12 10% 7 1 14% 13 6 46% 0
1976 26 LAD NL 53 30% 6 3 0 0 0 0.81 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 3 23% 3 2 67% 28 1 4% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1977 27 CIN NL 52 50% 7 2 0 0 0 2.82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 8 3 38% 31 3 10% 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 0
1978 28 CIN NL 64 52% 18 13 7 0 2 1.90 2 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 4 2 50% 8 1 13% 6 3 50% 38 4 11% 2 0 0% 6 1 17% 1
1979 29 CIN NL 116 50% 21 23 5 0 3 1.71 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 33% 35 1 3% 15 5 33% 93 11 12% 9 3 33% 9 3 33% 0
1980 30 CIN NL 37 76% 11 17 3 1 1 1.65 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 3 1 33% 23 3 13% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1981 31 SEA AL 96 23% 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 6 100% 17 1 6% 12 9 75% 56 5 9% 5 2 40% 8 1 13% 0
11 Seasons 1566 35% 309 64 16 1 7 1.64 9 0 25 5 4 3 6 0 29 22 76% 295 36 12% 125 46 37% 873 82 9% 59 17 29% 78 24 31% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 21 79 263 236 22 48 10 0 1 9 3 2 20 40 .203 .271 .258 .530 53 61 3 2 5 0 1
1972 22 232 868 790 72 169 26 3 3 39 27 10 63 102 .214 .275 .266 .541 61 210 17 4 10 1 6
1973 23 238 878 800 74 170 27 3 3 39 27 11 63 103 .213 .273 .265 .538 61 212 17 4 10 1 6
1974 24 283 960 873 86 195 27 3 4 43 31 13 71 112 .223 .285 .275 .559 66 240 21 4 11 1 6
1975 25 368 1148 1043 104 233 36 3 4 55 34 15 89 134 .223 .287 .275 .562 66 287 29 4 11 1 9
1976 26 404 1201 1090 111 239 36 3 4 56 34 16 95 140 .219 .284 .269 .553 63 293 32 4 11 1 9
1977 27 437 1253 1135 116 246 38 3 4 59 34 16 99 147 .217 .281 .266 .547 61 302 33 4 12 3 9
1978 28 500 1318 1190 133 264 44 3 6 64 35 16 106 159 .222 .288 .279 .567 66 332 34 5 14 3 9
1979 29 562 1434 1290 150 285 52 4 7 76 35 17 120 178 .221 .289 .284 .573 67 366 35 5 15 4 10
1980 30 586 1471 1323 155 296 53 5 8 80 35 20 123 183 .224 .291 .289 .581 69 383 35 5 16 4 10
1981 31 624 1567 1407 167 309 56 5 9 86 36 21 127 198 .220 .286 .286 .572 66 402 36 6 22 5 10

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 21 79 269 244 25 55 11 0 1 10 3 23 40 .225 .297 .283 .580 20 79
1972 22 160 659 603 69 150 20 4 2 41 30 53 65 .249 .311 .305 .616 57 153
1973 23 6 10 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1974 24 45 82 74 13 26 0 0 1 4 4 8 9 .351 .415 .392 .807 12 45
1975 25 85 188 170 20 38 9 0 0 13 3 18 22 .224 .298 .276 .574 14 85
1976 26 36 51 46 6 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 .109 .196 .109 .305 1 36
1977 27 33 51 45 4 7 2 0 0 3 0 4 7 .156 .216 .200 .416 2 33
1978 28 63 66 57 18 20 7 0 2 5 1 8 12 .351 .439 .579 1.018 14 63
1979 29 62 117 101 17 22 8 1 1 12 0 15 19 .218 .316 .347 .663 11 62
1980 30 24 35 32 6 10 1 1 1 4 0 3 5 .313 .371 .500 .871 6 24
1981 31 58 138 128 18 21 5 0 2 9 2 6 23 .164 .210 .250 .460 6 38
11 Seasons 651 1666 1510 198 354 63 6 10 102 43 143 209 .234 .303 .304 .606 143 624
162 Game Avg. 162 415 376 49 88 16 1 2 25 11 36 52 .234 .303 .304 .606 36 624

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1972 AL--153--4th

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1972 AL--24--7th

Outs Made s c a p y
1972 AL--461--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Similarity Scores

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