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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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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

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

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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 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)

             

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Gray InkBatting - 3 (2006), Average HOFer ≈ 144

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Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the California Angels in the 13th round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign.

February 1, 1969: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary).

April 24, 1973: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tim Johnson.

September 4, 1973: Purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 27, 1973: Purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

February 7, 1977: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the New York Mets for Richard Sander (minors) and Hank Webb.

May 20, 1977: Sent by the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers to complete an earlier deal made on April 26, 1977. The New York Mets sent a player to be named later and cash to the Texas Rangers for Len Randle.

June 15, 1977: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Texas Rangers.

July 19, 1980: Purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Cincinnati Reds.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Steve Finch (minors), Brian Allard, Ken Clay, Jerry Don Gleaton and Richie Zisk to the Seattle Mariners for Larry Cox, Rick Honeycutt, Willie Horton, Mario Mendoza and Leon Roberts.

October 23, 1981: Released by the Seattle Mariners.

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