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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 MIL AL 21 SS 78 72 626.1 325 120 193 12 31 .963 0.8 1.5 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1 4.50 4.01 .965 4.90 4.32
1972 MIL AL 22 SS 153 151 1320.2 738 256 452 30 90 .959 -3.9 -3.5 -4.9 -4.8 -0.1 1 4.82 4.63 .967 4.99 4.51
1973 MIL AL 23 SS 2 2 19.1 12 4 6 2 0 .833 -1.4 -86.9 -1.4 -1.4 0.0 0 4.66 5.00 .967 5.07 4.45
1974 LAD NL 24 SS 19 8 82.1 40 12 26 2 4 .950 -4.3 -62.7 -3.3 -2.0 -1.2 -1 4.15 2.00 .962 4.96 4.26
1974 LAD NL 24 2B 16 10 88.0 62 25 31 6 2 .903 -0.5 -6.8 0.5 1.0 -0.5 -1 5.73 3.50 .974 5.47 4.64
1974 LAD NL 24 3B 3 0 8.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 4.50 1.33 .950 3.04 2.63
1975 LAD NL 25 SS 81 53 486.1 223 77 137 9 17 .960 1.4 3.5 1.4 -2.5 3.9 0 3.96 2.64 .963 4.99 4.21
1975 LAD NL 25 2B 1 0 6.0 5 5 0 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -80.0 -0.4 -0.4 0.0 0 7.50 5.00 .980 5.55 4.90
1975 LAD NL 25 3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 120.0 0.2 0.3 -0.1 0 0.00 0.00 3.15 2.60
1976 LAD NL 26 SS 12 8 81.0 53 23 27 3 8 .943 0.5 7.4 -0.5 -0.1 -0.4 1 5.56 4.17 .964 5.04 4.48
1976 LAD NL 26 3B 8 0 15.0 7 2 3 2 1 .714 -1.1 -88.0 -1.1 -0.3 -0.8 0 3.00 0.63 .957 2.94 2.61
1976 LAD NL 26 2B 7 4 50.0 37 16 20 1 4 .973 0.6 14.4 0.6 -0.2 0.9 0 6.48 5.14 .976 5.47 4.93
1977 CIN NL 27 2B 19 5 69.0 42 19 22 1 4 .976 -1.5 -26.1 -1.5 -0.3 -1.2 0 5.35 2.16 .976 5.24 4.47
1977 CIN NL 27 SS 12 5 68.0 46 18 24 4 3 .913 0.9 15.9 0.9 -0.2 1.1 0 5.56 3.50 .965 5.02 4.30
1978 CIN NL 28 SS 26 10 118.0 68 24 42 2 8 .971 1.8 18.3 0.8 -0.2 1.0 1 5.03 2.54 .966 4.88 4.25
1978 CIN NL 28 2B 10 0 18.0 8 3 4 1 1 .875 -0.1 -6.7 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 0 3.50 0.70 .975 5.30 4.34
1978 CIN NL 28 3B 3 0 7.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -102.9 -0.6 -0.2 -0.4 0 3.86 1.00 .933 2.96 2.53
1979 CIN NL 29 3B 18 9 106.0 30 2 26 2 2 .933 -0.4 -4.5 -0.4 0.4 -0.8 0 2.38 1.56 .953 2.89 2.50
1979 CIN NL 29 SS 16 8 93.0 57 27 28 2 5 .965 0.1 1.3 0.1 -1.1 1.1 0 5.32 3.44 .965 5.00 4.51
1979 CIN NL 29 2B 3 0 8.0 3 2 0 1 0 .667 -0.9 -135.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 2.25 0.67 1.000 5.40 4.53
1980 CIN NL 30 3B 3 1 20.0 4 0 3 1 0 .750 -0.3 -18.0 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.35 1.00 .950 2.88 2.40
1980 CIN NL 30 SS 3 2 18.0 14 3 11 0 1 1.000 0.9 60.0 0.9 0.8 0.1 0 7.00 4.67 .964 5.00 4.30
1980 CIN NL 30 2B 1 0 1.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 5.40 1.00 1.000 5.40 4.70
1981 SEA AL 31 SS 38 29 254.2 146 44 99 3 26 .979 -0.6 -2.8 -2.6 -2.6 0.1 2 5.05 3.76 .966 4.99 4.19
11 Seasons SS 440 348 3167.2 1722 608 1045 69 193 .960 -3.8 -1.4 -8.8 -14.0 5.3 5 4.70 3.76 .966 4.97 4.36
7 Seasons 2B 57 19 240.2 158 71 77 10 12 .937 -2.8 -14.0 -1.8 0.2 -1.9 -1 5.53 2.60 .976 5.39 4.56
6 Seasons 3B 36 10 158.0 48 7 36 5 3 .896 -2.0 -15.2 -2.0 0.2 -2.2 0 2.45 1.19 .952 2.91 2.53
11 Seasons TOT 533 377 3566.1 1928 686 1158 84 208 .956 -8.6 -2.9 -12.6 -13.6 1.2 4 4.65 3.46 .923 4.91 4.26
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 MIL AL 21 79 72 79 79 0 0 0 0 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 2
1972 MIL AL 22 153 151 153 153 0 0 0 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 1 0
1973 MIL AL 23 6 2 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
1974 LAD NL 24 45 18 45 36 0 0 0 15 3 19 0 0 0 0 0 4 16
1975 LAD NL 25 85 53 85 83 0 0 0 1 2 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
1976 LAD NL 26 36 12 36 26 0 0 0 7 8 12 0 0 0 0 0 4 10
1977 CIN NL 27 33 10 33 29 0 0 0 18 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
1978 CIN NL 28 63 10 63 39 0 0 0 11 3 26 0 0 0 0 0 17 13
1979 CIN NL 29 62 17 62 36 0 0 0 3 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 28 5
1980 CIN NL 30 24 3 24 7 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 18 0
1981 SEA AL 31 38 29 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 624 377 624 529 0 0 0 56 37 441 0 0 0 0 0 75 64
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1971 MIL AL 21 2701 55% 77% 26% 263 89% 2 121 56 38 27 197 150 40 0 3 12 0 11 1 11 31 10 3 12 0 2 28 13 15 0 0 0
1972 MIL AL 22 5733 60% 79% 27% 567 92% 5 255 119 113 23 451 354 83 0 3 30 3 20 7 19 90 32 10 31 2 6 83 42 39 5 3 1
1973 MIL AL 23 96 75% 81% 29% 11 82% 0 5 3 1 1 6 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 LAD NL 24 377 60% 78% 30% 32 81% 1 10 3 7 0 28 20 6 0 0 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 3 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 25 1999 55% 76% 25% 211 91% 2 79 60 18 1 141 109 27 0 0 9 1 8 0 5 19 10 1 4 1 1 18 11 6 1 1 0
1976 LAD NL 26 341 55% 81% 25% 43 84% 0 22 9 11 2 27 21 6 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 8 3 3 0 0 0 8 6 0 0 0 0
1977 CIN NL 27 283 55% 73% 23% 33 85% 0 18 7 8 3 23 17 6 0 1 4 0 4 0 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0
1978 CIN NL 28 503 56% 77% 29% 48 88% 2 22 9 12 1 42 34 4 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 10 2 1 5 0 1 9 3 6 1 0 0
1979 CIN NL 29 383 54% 85% 27% 52 85% 0 27 16 10 2 29 25 4 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 5 2 1 2 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0
1980 CIN NL 30 85 45% 89% 28% 14 86% 0 3 1 2 0 13 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1981 SEA AL 31 1162 62% 81% 26% 106 96% 2 45 16 22 7 98 72 21 0 1 3 1 1 1 2 27 14 4 9 0 0 27 18 9 0 0 0
11 Seasons 13663 58% 79% 26% 1380 90% 14 607 299 242 67 1055 817 199 1 10 70 6 54 10 48 199 74 23 67 4 11 185 97 83 7 4 1
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1974 LAD NL 24 379 63% 80% 30% 43 91% 0 22 9 10 3 31 29 2 0 0 5 0 3 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 25 39 64% 67% 10% 3 67% 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1976 LAD NL 26 204 55% 77% 29% 20 100% 0 18 5 9 4 18 15 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 1 0 0 4 0 4 0 0 0
1977 CIN NL 27 338 66% 80% 22% 32 88% 0 20 10 9 1 21 19 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 1 0 3 1 2 1 1 0
1978 CIN NL 28 81 62% 73% 22% 5 100% 0 3 0 2 1 5 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1979 CIN NL 29 38 68% 71% 21% 1 0% 0 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CIN NL 30 6 67% 67% 17% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1085 63% 78% 26% 105 90% 0 71 26 34 11 76 66 9 0 0 9 0 5 4 5 12 4 3 3 0 10 3 7 2 2 0
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 LAD NL 24 31 58% 74% 10% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 LAD NL 25 8 38% 100% 75% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 LAD NL 26 68 57% 87% 34% 8 63% 0 3 2 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1978 CIN NL 28 35 57% 63% 14% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CIN NL 29 478 56% 79% 24% 32 84% 0 2 2 0 0 26 18 6 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 5 80%
1980 CIN NL 30 83 46% 78% 33% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 703 55% 79% 25% 48 81% 0 5 4 1 0 37 23 10 1 1 5 0 5 0 5 3 2 0 2 1 1 0 5 80%
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 89% 67%

* 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.

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