Rick Austin

Rick Gerald Austin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 27, 1946 in Seattle, WA
High School: Lakes HS (Lakewood, WA)
School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1970
Teams (by GP): Indians/Brewers 1970-1976

Final Game: June 27, 1976
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Standard Batting

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
1968	21	CLE-min	AA	12	17	16	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.125	.176	.125	.301		2							WBY · EL
1969	22	CLE-min	AAA,AA	19	37	34	3	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	13	.147	.194	.176	.371		6		0	1	0			POR,WBY · PCL,EL
1970	23	CLE-min	AAA	6	20	17	1	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	9	.176	.250	.176	.426		3		0	0	1			WCH · AA
1970	23	CLE	AL	31	21	18	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	10	.111	.238	.167	.405	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	24	CLE-min	AAA	14	33	26	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	16	.115	.303	.154	.457		4		0	0	0			WCH · AA
1971	24	CLE	AL	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1972	25	CHW-CLE-min	AAA	26	19	17	1	3	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	6	.176	.263	.353	.616		6		0	0	0			TUC,POR · PCL
1973	26	CLE-MIL-min	AA,AAA	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SAN,EVN · TL,AA
1974	27	HAU	Fgn																										HAU · JPPL
1975	28	MIL-min	AAA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SAC · PCL
1975	28	MIL	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	29	MIL-min	AAA	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SPO · PCL
1976	29	MIL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
4 Yrs				89	22	19	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.105	.227	.158	.385	7	3	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	40	35	0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	20	.105	.227	.158	.385	7	5	0	0	0	0	0

CLE (2 yrs)				54	22	19	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	.105	.227	.158	.385	7	3	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1970	23	CLE	AL	31	21	-2	-0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1971	24	CLE	AL	23	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1

1975	28	MIL	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1976	29	MIL	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
4 Seasons				89	22	-3	-0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$

CLE (2 yrs)				54	22	-3	-0	0	0	3	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$
MIL (2 yrs)				35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1970	23	CLE	AL	21	16	1	1.7	101	.250	.111	.262	.238	.337	.167	.401	.405	.738	12	.152	-2.2	-0.2	.375	.222	.056
1971	24	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	99		.000	.265	.000	.338	.000	.393	.000	.731	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				22	17	1	1.6	101	.250	.105	.263	.227	.337	.158	.400	.385	.738	7	.138	-2.4	-0.2	.353	.211	.053
162 Game Avg.				40	31	2	1.6	101	.250	.105	.263	.227	.337	.158	.400	.385	.738	7	.138	-2.4	-0.2	.353	.211	.053

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	23	CLE	AL	21	0.0%	47.6%	14.3%	4.8%	50%	3.33	1.8			1.00	38%
1971	24	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
4 Yrs				22	0.0%	50.0%	13.6%	4.6%	50%	3.67	1.7			1.00	36%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.8%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.58	6.4	46.9	9.0	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1970	23	CLE	AL	-2.2	-0.2	21	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	.69	-0.3	0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.81	-3.0	0
1971	24	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.33	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.60	-0.3	0

1975	28	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1976	29	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
4 Yrs				-2.4	-0.2	22	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	.68	-0.3	0.1	-2.5	-0.2	0.80	-3.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3
1970	23	CLE	AL	0%	6	0%	1	1	1	1
1971	24	CLE	AL		0		0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0%	6	0%	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1970	23	CLE	AL	21	52%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	12	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	24	CLE	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				22	55%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	12	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			75%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1970	23	31	21	18	2	1	3	10	.111	.238	.167	.405	12	3
1971	24	54	22	19	2	1	3	11	.105	.227	.158	.385	7	3
1972	25	54	22	19	2	1	3	11	.105	.227	.158	.385	7	3
1973	26	54	22	19	2	1	3	11	.105	.227	.158	.385	7	3
1974	27	54	22	19	2	1	3	11	.105	.227	.158	.385	7	3
1975	28	86	22	19	2	1	3	11	.105	.227	.158	.385	7	3
1976	29	89	22	19	2	1	3	11	.105	.227	.158	.385	7	3

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1970	23	31	21	18	2	1	3	10	.111	.238	.167	.405	1	31
1971	24	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
2 Yrs		54	22	19	2	1	3	11	.105	.227	.158	.385	1	54
162 Game Avg.		162	66	57	6	3	9	33	.105	.227	.158	.385	3	54

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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