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 Pitching

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
1968	21	CLE-min	AA	1	8	.111	2.73	12	10					56.0	62	36	17	1	18		44						1.429	10.0	0.2	2.9	7.1	2.44	WBY · EL
1969	22	CLE-min	AAA,AA	6	6	.500	4.17	19	17		4	0	1	110.0	140	58	51	10	28	5	69	2	0	0			1.527	11.5	0.8	2.3	5.6	2.46	POR,WBY · PCL,EL
1970	23	CLE-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.44	6	6		2	1	0	48.0	43	15	13	3	18	0	36	0	0	0			1.271	8.1	0.6	3.4	6.8	2.00	WCH · AA
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-min	AAA	4	5	.444	4.28	14	13		2	1	1	80.0	95	44	38	7	44	0	66	2	0	3			1.738	10.7	0.8	5.0	7.4	1.50	WCH · AA
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	76	1.957	9.8	1.2	7.8	7.8	1.00

1972	25	CHW-CLE-min	AAA	3	5	.375	7.23	26	9		1	0	0	71.0	86	69	57	11	66	0	52	0	1	10			2.141	10.9	1.4	8.4	6.6	0.79	TUC,POR · PCL
1973	26	MIL-CLE-min	AAA,AA	3	7	.300	4.61	36	17		0	0	0	125.0	116	75	64	13	83	2	15	0	0	0			1.592	8.4	0.9	6.0	1.1	0.18	EVN,SAN · AA,TL
1975	28	MIL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	3.69	29	1		0	0	5	61.0	54	31	25	7	40	0	53	1	0	5			1.541	8.0	1.0	5.9	7.8	1.33	SAC · PCL
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	95	1.600	7.2	0.7	7.2	6.8	0.94
1976	29	MIL-min	AAA	3	4	.429	3.89	42	0		0	0	11	74.0	74	36	32	4	49	5	57	3	0	1			1.662	9.0	0.5	6.0	6.9	1.16	SPO · PCL
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	75	1.875	16.9	1.7	0.0	5.1
4 Yrs				4	8	.333	4.63	89	8	36	1	1	6	136.0	141	73	70	17	78	15	106	8	0	5	618	84	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	84	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	92	1.632	8.3	0.8	6.4	6.6	1.03

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1970	23	CLE	AL	67.2	31	8	36	4.79	4.24	0.05	-0.03	103.7	4.30	-3	-0.3	1.9	-0.1	0.1	3	.489	.498	$
1971	24	CLE	AL	23.0	23	0	15	5.87	4.19	-0.08	-0.18	107.6	4.40	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.482	.497	$

1975	28	MIL	AL	40.0	32	0	19	4.28	4.56	-0.22	-0.38	100.9	4.44	1	0.1	1.4	-0.1	0.4	5	.502	.500	$
1976	29	MIL	AL	5.1	3	0	3	5.06	4.38	-0.05	-0.36	96.7	3.93	-1	-0.1	.3	0.0	0.0	-0	.476	.500	$
4 Seasons				136.0	89	8	73	4.83	4.33	-0.05	-0.17	103.2	4.34	-7	-0.8	1.4	-0.3	0.2	6	.491	.499	$

CLE (2 yrs)				90.2	54	8	51	5.06	4.22	0.02	-0.07	104.7	4.33	-7	-0.8	1.5	-0.2	-0.2	2	.486	.498	$
MIL (2 yrs)				45.1	35	0	22	4.37	4.54	-0.20	-0.38	100.4	4.38	0	0.0	1.3	-0.0	0.4	5	.500	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1970	23	CLE	AL	31	297	263	36	74	15	0	10	1	3	26	53	.281	.352	.452	.804	.318	119	4	3	5	1	6	3
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	2

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	1
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	0
4 Yrs				89	618	517	73	141	22	0	17	6	8	78	106	.273	.373	.414	.787	.310	214	8	8	10	6	15	6
162 Game Avg.				62	433	362	51	99	15	0	12	4	6	55	74	.273	.373	.414	.787	.310	150	6	6	7	4	11	4
MLB Averages																.253	.322	.370	.691	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1970	23	CLE	AL	-4.3	-0.4	305	0.1	5.4	-5.3	1.04	-0.7	0.8	-3.6	-0.4	1.05	-6.7	11	5	7
1971	24	CLE	AL	-3.0	-0.3	121	-0.7	0.7	-1.4	.51	-0.9	-0.5	-8.8	-0.9	0.51	-9.6	7	6	10

1975	28	MIL	AL	-0.2	-0.0	189	-1.1	2.6	-3.8	1.01	0.2	-1.3	-2.4	-0.2	1.01	0.8	14	4	11
1976	29	MIL	AL	-0.6	-0.1	26	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.30	-0.2	-0.3	-1.5	-0.2	0.30	-2.5	0	0	3
4 Yrs				-8.0	-0.8	641	-1.9	8.8	-10.7	.90	-1.6	-0.5	-16.4	-1.6	0.90	-18.0	32	15	31

Starting Pitching*

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
1970	23	CLE	AL	31	8	1	4	3	0	1	2	6	.250	0	1	1	1	2	25%	44.1	82	28	18	8	4	3	3.6	4.8	4.8
1 Yr				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													.500						55%	53	109	-5					4.1	4.0	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1970	23	CLE	AL	31	23	7	1	1	3	3	0	100%	6	3	27	7	26%	8	1.045	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	.508	7	6	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	1.007	14	4	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	.300	0	0	3	0	0	3	3	0	2	1	2	1	5.3
4 Yrs				89	81	36	3	4	9	6	3	67%	17	5	98	33	34%		.903	32	15	31	21	13	47	55	26	32	35	34	18	3.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1970	23	CLE	AL	298	26%	3.4%	17.9%	8.8%	8.4%	34%	1.16	68%	61	4	7%
1971	24	CLE	AL	115	46%	2.6%	17.4%	17.4%	6.1%	28%	1.14	57%	34	1	3%

1975	28	MIL	AL	180	38%	1.7%	16.7%	17.8%	3.3%	19%	0.81	62%	48	2	4%
1976	29	MIL	AL	26	54%	3.9%	11.5%	0.0%	3.9%	10%	0.44	81%	9	1	11%
4 Yrs				619	34%	2.8%	17.2%	12.6%	6.3%	28%	1.00	65%	152	8	5%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.8%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.09	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	2	2	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 Yrs				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	3	2	21	1
MLB Averages																		50%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	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	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	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	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	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	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	5	592	85	1.599	9.0	1.1	5.4	7.1	1.32	85
1976	29	4	8	.333	4.63	89	8	36	1	1	6	136.0	141	73	70	17	78	15	106	8	5	618	84	1.610	9.3	1.1	5.2	7.0	1.36	84

Neutralized Pitching

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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	74	40	36	10	26	51	3	1.538	10.2	3.6	7.1	1.96	1.4	31
1971	24	1	1	.500	5.32	22.0	26	14	13	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 Yrs		6	7	.462	4.98	132.0	134	80	73	16	81	103	8	1.629	9.1		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 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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