Rick Baldwin
Rickey Alan Baldwin
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 1, 1953 in Fresno, CA
High School: Downey (Modesto, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 9th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1975
Final Game: October 2, 1977
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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
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 NL 0 0 2.38 11 0 4 0 0 0 22.2 14 6 6 0 10 1 9 2 0 0 89 138 1.059 5.6 0.0 4.0 3.6 0.90
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
3 Seasons 4 7 .364 3.60 105 0 46 0 0 7 182.2 173 77 73 10 75 14 86 11 3 7 781 98 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 98 1.358 8.5 0.5 3.7 4.2 1.15

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
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
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
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 Seasons 105 781 677 77 173 25 1 10 14 3 75 86 .256 .336 .340 .676 .277 230 24 11 10 8 14
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
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
1975 22 NYM NL 54 54 29 3 5 13 6 7 46% 15 2 42 19 45% 8 1.184 22 8 24 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 0.462 1 3 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 0.478 5 9 26 6 2 32 21 19 22 13 24 10 4.7
3 Seasons 105 105 46 4 7 15 7 8 47% 20 5 86 32 37% 0.854 28 20 57 24 9 72 45 60 58 27 63 22 5.2

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%
1975 22 NYM NL 418 42% 1.0% 12.9% 8.1% 4.8% 21% 1.07 75% 80 10 13%
1976 23 NYM NL 89 29% 0.0% 10.1% 11.2% 4.5% 29% 0.78 76% 18 1 6%
1977 24 NYM NL 274 39% 2.2% 8.4% 11.3% 4.4% 19% 1.17 76% 49 13 27%
3 Seasons 781 39% 1.3% 11.0% 9.6% 4.6% 21% 1.06 75% 147 24 16%
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1975 22 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 1.59 104
1976 23 3 5 .375 3.15 65 0 33 0 0 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 0 46 0 0 7 182.2 173 77 73 10 75 14 86 11 3 7 781 98 1.358 8.5 0.5 3.7 4.2 1.15 98

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 4.01 92.0 103 46 41 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 4.97 58.0 63 36 32 6 32 21 5 1.638 9.8 5.0 3.3 0.66 0.9 40
3 Seasons 8 10 .444 4.24 170.0 181 90 80 10 79 80 11 1.529 9.6 4.2 1.01 0.5 105

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