Rick Austin
Rick Gerald Austin
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 27, 1946 in Seattle, WA
High School: Lakes (Lakewood, WA)
School: Washington State University
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (6th pick) of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1970
Final Game: June 27, 1976
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1970 23 CLE AL 2 5 .286 4.79 31 8 7 1 1 3 67.2 74 36 36 10 26 6 53 3 0 1 298 82 1.478 9.8 1.3 3.5 7.0 2.04
1971 24 CLE AL 0 0 5.09 23 0 5 0 0 1 23.0 25 15 13 3 20 4 20 3 0 0 115 75 1.957 9.8 1.2 7.8 7.8 1.00
1975 28 MIL AL 2 3 .400 4.05 32 0 21 0 0 2 40.0 32 19 18 3 32 5 30 1 0 4 179 94 1.600 7.2 0.7 7.2 6.8 0.94
1976 29 MIL AL 0 0 5.06 3 0 3 0 0 0 5.1 10 3 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 26 69 1.875 16.9 1.7 0.0 5.1
4 Seasons 4 8 .333 4.63 89 8 36 1 1 6 136.0 141 73 70 17 78 15 106 8 0 5 618 83 1.610 9.3 1.1 5.2 7.0 1.36
162 Game Avg. 3 6 .333 4.63 62 6 25 1 1 4 95 99 51 49 12 55 11 74 6 0 4 433 83 1.610 9.3 1.1 5.2 7.0 1.36
CLE (2 yrs) 2 5 .286 4.86 54 8 12 1 1 4 90.2 99 51 49 13 46 10 73 6 0 1 413 80 1.599 9.8 1.3 4.6 7.2 1.59
MIL (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 4.17 35 0 24 0 0 2 45.1 42 22 21 4 32 5 33 2 0 4 205 91 1.632 8.3 0.8 6.4 6.6 1.03

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 23 CLE AL 31 298 263 36 74 15 0 10 1 3 26 53 .281 .352 .452 .804 .318 119 4 3 5 1 6
1971 24 CLE AL 23 115 86 15 25 4 0 3 3 2 20 20 .291 .429 .442 .870 .333 38 1 3 3 3 4
1975 28 MIL AL 32 180 145 19 32 3 0 3 2 3 32 30 .221 .365 .303 .669 .259 44 2 1 2 0 5
1976 29 MIL AL 3 26 23 3 10 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .435 .423 .565 .988 .429 13 1 1 0 2 0
4 Seasons 89 619 517 73 141 22 0 17 6 8 78 106 .273 .373 .414 .787 .310 214 8 8 10 6 15
162 Game Avg. 62 434 362 51 99 15 0 12 4 6 55 74 .273 .373 .414 .787 .310 150 6 6 7 4 11
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1970 23 CLE AL 31 8 1 4 3 0 1 2 6 .250 0 1 1 1 2 25% 44 82 28 18 8 4 3 3.6 4.8 4.8
1 Season 31 8 1 4 3 0 1 2 6 .250 0 1 1 1 2 25% 44 82 28 18 8 4 3 3.6 4.8 4.8
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1970 23 CLE AL 31 23 7 1 1 3 3 0 100% 6 3 27 7 26% 8 1.071 11 5 7 8 5 10 16 7 10 11 11 5 3.9
1971 24 CLE AL 23 23 5 0 0 2 1 1 50% 3 0 28 11 39% 6 0.566 8 5 10 5 3 15 14 9 7 12 8 4 3.0
1975 28 MIL AL 32 32 21 2 3 4 2 2 50% 8 2 39 13 33% 8 1.042 15 3 11 8 5 19 22 10 13 11 13 8 3.8
1976 29 MIL AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 8 0.350 0 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 2 1 5.3
4 Seasons 89 81 36 3 4 9 6 3 67% 17 5 98 33 34% 0.938 34 13 31 21 13 47 55 26 32 35 34 18 3.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1970 23 CLE AL 298 74% 3.4% 17.8% 8.7% 8.4% 34% 1.16 67% 61 4 7%
1971 24 CLE AL 115 54% 2.6% 17.4% 17.4% 6.1% 28% 1.14 57% 34 1 3%
1975 28 MIL AL 180 62% 1.7% 16.7% 17.8% 3.3% 19% 0.81 62% 48 2 4%
1976 29 MIL AL 26 46% 3.9% 11.5% 0.0% 3.9% 10% 0.44 81% 9 1 11%
4 Seasons 619 66% 2.8% 17.1% 12.6% 6.3% 28% 1.00 65% 152 8 5%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1970 23 CLE AL 297 74 10 0 7 8 2 8 2 20 10 2 50% 3 1 1 120 1 3 25% 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 5 1
1971 24 CLE AL 115 25 3 0 7 2 1 3 0 11 7 1 64% 2 0 1 56 3 2 60% 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 0
1975 28 MIL AL 180 32 3 1 20 3 0 1 2 18 7 4 39% 1 4 1 83 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1976 29 MIL AL 26 10 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Seasons 618 141 17 1 36 13 4 12 5 53 26 7 49% 6 5 3 274 6 8 43% 5 5 1 0 0 3 2 1 21 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1970 23 2 5 .286 4.79 31 8 7 1 1 3 67.2 74 36 36 10 26 6 53 3 0 1 298 82 1.478 9.8 1.3 3.5 7.0 2.04 82
1971 24 2 5 .286 4.86 54 8 12 1 1 4 90.2 99 51 49 13 46 10 73 6 0 1 413 80 1.599 9.8 1.3 4.6 7.2 1.59 80
1972 25 2 5 .286 4.86 54 8 12 1 1 4 90.2 99 51 49 13 46 10 73 6 0 1 413 80 1.599 9.8 1.3 4.6 7.2 1.59 80
1973 26 2 5 .286 4.86 54 8 12 1 1 4 90.2 99 51 49 13 46 10 73 6 0 1 413 80 1.599 9.8 1.3 4.6 7.2 1.59 80
1974 27 2 5 .286 4.86 54 8 12 1 1 4 90.2 99 51 49 13 46 10 73 6 0 1 413 80 1.599 9.8 1.3 4.6 7.2 1.59 80
1975 28 4 8 .333 4.61 86 8 33 1 1 6 130.2 131 70 67 16 78 15 103 7 0 5 592 84 1.599 9.0 1.1 5.4 7.1 1.32 84
1976 29 4 8 .333 4.63 89 8 36 1 1 6 136.0 141 73 70 17 78 15 106 8 0 5 618 83 1.610 9.3 1.1 5.2 7.0 1.36 83

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1970 23 3 4 .429 4.98 65.0 75 40 36 10 26 51 3 1.554 10.4 3.6 7.1 1.96 1.4 31
1971 24 1 1 .500 5.73 22.0 26 16 14 3 21 19 3 2.136 10.6 8.6 7.8 0.90 1.2 23
1975 28 2 2 .500 4.86 37.0 34 22 20 3 34 28 1 1.838 8.3 8.3 6.8 0.82 0.7 32
1976 29 0 0 4.50 8.0 0 4 4 0 0 5 1 0.000 0.0 0.0 5.6 0.0 3
4 Seasons 6 7 .462 5.05 132.0 135 82 74 16 81 103 8 1.636 9.2 7.0 1.27 1.1 89

* 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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