Rick Baldwin

Rickey Alan Baldwin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 1, 1953 in Fresno, CA
High School: Downey HS (Modesto, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 9th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1975
Team: Mets 1975-1977

Final Game: October 2, 1977
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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
1971	18	NYM-min	Rk	4	4	.500	2.94	10	7					52.0	50	20	17	4	8								1.115	8.7	0.7	1.4			MIO · APPY
1972	19	NYM-min	A	12	8	.600	4.94	27	27				0	164.0	172	109	90	20	79		105						1.530	9.4	1.1	4.3	5.8	1.33	VIS · CALL
1973	20	NYM-min	AA	9	8	.529	3.94	29	17		5	2	1	121.0	133	65	53	10	43	0	66	6	2	3			1.455	9.9	0.7	3.2	4.9	1.53	MEM · TL
1974	21	NYM-min	AA	9	5	.643	3.19	40	4					96.0	96	43	34	5	40								1.417	9.0	0.5	3.8			VCT · TL
1975	22	NYM	NL	3	5	.375	3.33	54	0	29	0	0	6	97.1	97	39	36	4	34	4	54	4	2	5	418	104	1.346	9.0	0.4	3.1	5.0	1.59
1976	23	NYM-min	AAA	8	4	.667	2.31	46	0		0	0	14	74.0	53	20	19	1	36	11	35	5	1	2			1.203	6.4	0.1	4.4	4.3	0.97	TID · IL
1976	23	NYM	NL	0	0		2.38	11	0	4	0	0	0	22.2	14	6	6	0	10	1	9	2	0	0	89	140	1.059	5.6	0.0	4.0	3.6	0.90
1977	24	NYM-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.75	12	0		0	0	3	36.0	24	11	11	2	11	1	20	2	0	1			0.972	6.0	0.5	2.8	5.0	1.82	TID · IL
1977	24	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	4.45	40	0	13	0	0	1	62.2	62	32	31	6	31	9	23	5	1	2	274	84	1.484	8.9	0.9	4.5	3.3	0.74
1978	25	SEA-PIT-min	AAA	6	8	.429	4.86	35	11		1	0	0	100.0	109	63	54	4	69	1	44	8	1	17			1.780	9.8	0.4	6.2	4.0	0.64	SJO,CLB · PCL,IL
3 Yrs				4	7	.364	3.60	105	0	46	0	0	7	182.2	173	77	73	10	75	14	86	11	3	7	781	99	1.358	8.5	0.5	3.7	4.2	1.15
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.364	3.60	68	0	30	0	0	5	118	112	50	47	6	49	9	56	7	2	5	506	99	1.358	8.5	0.5	3.7	4.2	1.15

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1975	22	NYM	NL	97.1	54	39	3.61	4.02	-0.00	-0.33	96.0	3.55	-1	-0.2	1.5	-0.1	0.5	8	.497	.499	$
1976	23	NYM	NL	22.2	11	6	2.38	3.75	0.07	-0.30	90.3	3.05	2	0.2	.8	-0.1	0.3	4	.516	.501	$
1977	24	NYM	NL	62.2	40	32	4.60	4.47	-0.04	-0.34	95.9	3.99	-5	-0.5	.7	-0.1	-0.1	2	.488	.497	$
3 Seasons				182.2	105	77	3.79	4.14	-0.01	-0.33	95.3	3.64	-5	-0.5	1.1	-0.3	0.7	14	.495	.499	$

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
1975	22	NYM	NL	54	418	369	39	97	15	1	4	4	2	34	54	.263	.329	.341	.671	.296	126	10	4	8	3	4	5
1976	23	NYM	NL	11	89	74	6	14	4	0	0	4	1	10	9	.189	.292	.243	.535	.206	18	1	2	0	3	1	0
1977	24	NYM	NL	40	274	234	32	62	6	0	6	6	0	31	23	.265	.360	.368	.728	.271	86	13	5	2	2	9	3
3 Yrs				105	781	677	77	173	25	1	10	14	3	75	86	.256	.336	.340	.676	.277	230	24	11	10	8	14	8
162 Game Avg.				68	506	438	50	112	16	1	6	9	2	49	56	.256	.336	.340	.676	.277	149	16	7	6	5	9	5
MLB Averages																.259	.326	.379	.705	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1975	22	NYM	NL	2.5	0.3	431	-0.7	7.3	-8.0	1.12	0.4	-1.0	-5.6	-0.6	1.12	1.8	20	9	25
1976	23	NYM	NL	3.0	0.3	95	0.1	0.6	-0.5	.39	0.3	0.0	5.2	0.6	0.39	4.5	1	2	7
1977	24	NYM	NL	-3.9	-0.4	284	-0.4	2.1	-2.5	.43	-0.3	-0.6	-0.4	-0.0	0.43	-0.5	5	8	27
3 Yrs				1.6	0.2	810	-1.0	10.0	-10.9	.79	0.4	-1.6	-0.7	-0.0	0.79	5.8	26	19	59

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
1975	22	NYM	NL	54	54	29	3	5	13	6	7	46%	15	2	42	19	45%	8	1.122	20	9	25	17	7	30	19	35	29	14	31	12	5.4
1976	23	NYM	NL	11	11	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	9	3	33%	6	.389	1	2	7	1	0	10	5	6	7	0	8	0	6.2
1977	24	NYM	NL	40	40	13	1	2	2	1	1	50%	4	2	35	10	29%	6	.433	5	8	27	6	2	32	21	19	22	13	24	10	4.7
3 Yrs				105	105	46	4	7	15	7	8	47%	20	5	86	32	37%		.797	26	19	59	24	9	72	45	60	58	27	63	22	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1975	22	NYM	NL	418	58%	1.0%	12.9%	8.1%	4.8%	21%	1.07	75%	80	10	13%
1976	23	NYM	NL	89	71%	0.0%	10.1%	11.2%	4.5%	29%	0.78	76%	18	1	6%
1977	24	NYM	NL	274	61%	2.2%	8.4%	11.3%	4.4%	19%	1.17	76%	49	13	27%
3 Yrs				781	61%	1.3%	11.0%	9.6%	4.6%	21%	1.06	75%	147	24	16%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.1%	8.6%	6.3%	27%	1.09	75%			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
1975	22	NYM	NL	418	97			4	0	26	1	3	1	3	32	19	3	59%	5	5	0	160	4	2	67%	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	0
1976	23	NYM	NL	89	14			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	12	6	1	50%	0	0	0	30	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
1977	24	NYM	NL	274	62			6	1	16	3	3	5	1	26	8	0	31%	3	2	1	107	6	0	100%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
3 Yrs				781	173			10	1	46	4	6	6	4	70	33	4	47%	8	7	1	297	14	3	82%	14	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
1975	22	3	5	.375	3.33	54	29	6	97.1	97	39	36	4	34	4	54	4	2	5	418	104	1.346	9.0	0.4	3.1	5.0	1.59	104
1976	23	3	5	.375	3.15	65	33	6	120.0	111	45	42	4	44	5	63	6	2	5	507	109	1.292	8.3	0.3	3.3	4.7	1.43	109
1977	24	4	7	.364	3.60	105	46	7	182.2	173	77	73	10	75	14	86	11	3	7	781	99	1.358	8.5	0.5	3.7	4.2	1.15	99

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
1975	22	5	5	.500	3.91	92.0	103	44	40	4	36	51	4	1.511	10.1	3.5	5.0	1.42	0.4	54
1976	23	1	1	.500	3.15	20.0	15	8	7	0	11	8	2	1.300	6.8	5.0	3.6	0.73	0.0	11
1977	24	2	4	.333	5.12	58.0	64	37	33	6	32	21	5	1.655	9.9	5.0	3.3	0.66	0.9	40
3 Yrs		8	10	.444	4.24	170.0	182	89	80	10	79	80	11	1.535	9.6		4.2	1.01	0.5	105

* 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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