Rick Behenna

Richard Kipp Behenna

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 6, 1960 in Miami, FL
High School: Miami Southridge Sr HS (Miami, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 4th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1983
Teams (by GP): Braves/Indians 1983-1985

Final Game: June 21, 1985
Died: January 31, 2012 in Newnan, GA
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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
1978	18	ATL-min	Rk	6	4	.600	3.77	12	12					74.0	66	37	31	5	50								1.568	8.0	0.6	6.1			KPT · APPY
1979	19	ATL-min	Rk,A	5	9	.357	4.79	20	17					126.0	114	82	67	15	74								1.492	8.1	1.1	5.3			KPT,GRW · APPY,WCRS
1980	20	ATL-min	A	8	13	.381	4.15	27	27		6	2	0	180.0	181	97	83	16	81	1	107	10	2	9			1.456	9.0	0.8	4.0	5.4	1.32	DHM · CARL
1981	21	ATL-min	A	13	12	.520	3.63	29	27	2	9	2	1	196.0	182	92	79	19	76	0	162	12	1	6			1.316	8.4	0.9	3.5	7.4	2.13	DHM · CARL
1982	22	ATL-min	AA	13	10	.565	3.71	28	28	0	11	2	0	201.1	195	97	83	10	97	3	153	5	1	13			1.450	8.7	0.4	4.3	6.8	1.58	SAV · SOUL
1983	23	ATL-min	AAA	6	5	.545	4.47	17	16	1	1	0	0	94.2	91	55	47	7	61	1	50	10	1	7			1.606	8.7	0.7	5.8	4.8	0.82	RMD · IL
1983	23	TOT	MLB	3	5	.375	4.41	19	10	1	0	0	0	63.1	59	33	31	7	26	3	26	2	3	1	271	93	1.342	8.4	1.0	3.7	3.7	1.00
1983	23	ATL	NL	3	3	.500	4.58	14	6	1	0	0	0	37.1	37	20	19	7	12	2	17	1	3	0	160	86	1.313	8.9	1.7	2.9	4.1	1.42
1983	23	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	4.15	5	4	0	0	0	0	26.0	22	13	12	0	14	1	9	1	0	1	111	104	1.385	7.6	0.0	4.8	3.1	0.64
1984	24	CLE	AL	0	3	.000	13.97	3	3	0	0	0	0	9.2	17	15	15	5	8	0	6	1	0	2	54	31	2.586	15.8	4.7	7.4	5.6	0.75
1985	25	CLE-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.57	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.0	21	8	8	5	12	0	10	1	0	3			1.179	6.8	1.6	3.9	3.2	0.83	MAI · IL
1985	25	CLE	AL	0	2	.000	7.78	4	4	0	0	0	0	19.2	29	17	17	3	8	0	4	0	0	1	91	54	1.881	13.3	1.4	3.7	1.8	0.50
3 Yrs				3	10	.231	6.12	26	17	1	0	0	0	92.2	105	65	63	15	42	3	36	3	3	4	416	68	1.586	10.2	1.5	4.1	3.5	0.86
162 Game Avg.				5	16	.231	6.12	41	27	2	0	0	0	147	166	103	100	24	66	5	57	5	5	6	658	68	1.586	10.2	1.5	4.1	3.5	0.86

CLE (3 yrs)				0	7	.000	7.16	12	11	0	0	0	0	55.1	68	45	44	8	30	1	19	2	0	4	256	60	1.771	11.1	1.3	4.9	3.1	0.63
ATL (1 yr)				3	3	.500	4.58	14	6	1	0	0	0	37.1	37	20	19	7	12	2	17	1	3	0	160	86	1.313	8.9	1.7	2.9	4.1	1.42

AL (3 yrs)				0	7	.000	7.16	12	11	0	0	0	0	55.1	68	45	44	8	30	1	19	2	0	4	256	60	1.771	11.1	1.3	4.9	3.1	0.63
NL (1 yr)				3	3	.500	4.58	14	6	1	0	0	0	37.1	37	20	19	7	12	2	17	1	3	0	160	86	1.313	8.9	1.7	2.9	4.1	1.42

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
1983	23	ATL	NL	37.1	14	6	20	4.82	4.15	-0.10	0.01	107.2	4.58	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	0.2	3	.491	.499	$
1983	23	CLE	AL	26.0	5	4	13	4.50	5.05	-0.32	0.12	95.3	5.24	2	0.2	1.4	-0.0	0.4	5	.545	.501	$
1984	24	CLE	AL	9.2	3	3	15	13.97	4.98	-0.05	0.16	95.2	4.94	-10	-0.8		-0.0	-0.7	-9	.248	.495	$
1985	25	CLE	AL	19.2	4	4	17	7.78	4.83	-0.35	0.17	98.2	5.24	-6	-0.5		-0.0	-0.4	-3	.374	.497	$
3 Seasons				92.2	26	17	65	6.31	4.63	-0.21	0.09	100.7	4.94	-14	-1.2	.9	-0.1	-0.5	-5	.455	.498	$

CLE (3 yrs)				55.1	12	11	45	7.32	4.96	-0.28	0.14	96.3	5.19	-13	-1.0	1.4	-0.0	-0.7	-7	.414	.498	$
ATL (1 yr)				37.1	14	6	20	4.82	4.15	-0.10	0.01	107.2	4.58	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	0.2	3	.491	.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
1983	23	ATL	NL	14	160	144	20	37	8	1	7	4	1	12	17	.257	.316	.472	.789	.248	68	2	1	1	1	2	1
1983	23	CLE	AL	5	111	95	13	22	7	2	0	5	0	14	9	.232	.336	.347	.684	.256	33	4	1	1	0	1	2
1983	23	TOT	MLB	19	271	239	33	59	15	3	7	9	1	26	26	.247	.325	.423	.747	.251	101	6	2	2	1	3	3
1984	24	CLE	AL	3	54	44	15	17	2	0	5	2	1	8	6	.386	.491	.773	1.263	.364	34	0	1	1	0	0	0
1985	25	CLE	AL	4	91	82	17	29	9	4	3	2	2	8	4	.354	.407	.671	1.077	.342	55	1	0	0	1	0	0
3 Yrs				26	416	365	65	105	26	7	15	13	4	42	36	.288	.364	.521	.885	.285	190	7	3	3	2	3	3
162 Game Avg.				41	658	577	103	166	41	11	24	21	6	66	57	.288	.364	.521	.885	.285	300	11	5	5	3	5	5
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.388	.712	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	23	TOT	MLB	-1.3	-0.1	285	-0.4	4.7	-5.2	1.01	-0.2	-0.2	-0.9	-0.1	1.01	-1.1	1	2	5
1983	23	ATL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	168	-0.5	2.5	-3.0	.91	-0.3	-0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.91	-2.4	1	1	5
1983	23	CLE	AL	0.6	0.1	117	0.0	2.2	-2.2	1.15	0.1	-0.1	0.8	0.1	1.15	1.3	0	1	0
1984	24	CLE	AL	-9.4	-0.8	58	-0.8	0.6	-1.5	.84	-1.0	-0.0	-9.8	-0.8	0.84	-10.9	0	0	0
1985	25	CLE	AL	-6.9	-0.6	96	-0.6	1.5	-2.1	.99	-0.9	0.3	-7.0	-0.6	0.99	-9.1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				-17.6	-1.6	439	-1.9	6.9	-8.8	.98	-2.0	0.1	-17.7	-1.6	0.98	-21.1	1	2	5

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
1983	23	TOT	MLB	19	10	3	3	4	1	0	3	7	.300	3	1	0	0	5	50%	0.0	66	22	7	3	1	4	3.8	3.7	5.1
1983	23	ATL	NL	14	6	3	2	1	1	0	3	3	.500	0	1	0	0	2	33%	46.0	62	22	2	0	1	2	4.2	4.5	4.5
1983	23	CLE	AL	5	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	4	.000	3	0	0	0	3	75%	52.5	66	44	5	3	0	2	3.3	2.9	6.0
1984	24	CLE	AL	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.7	34	17	3	1	0	3	1.7	1.8	3.2
1985	25	CLE	AL	4	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	.250	1	0	0	0	1	25%	34.2	62	21	4	1	0	3	4.4	4.7	4.9
3 Yrs				26	17	3	8	6	1	0	4	13	.235	4	1	0	0	6	35%	42	66	17	14	5	1	10	3.5	3.7	4.7
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	97	-5					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1983	23	TOT	MLB	19	9	1	2	15	3	20%		1.012	1	2	5	1	8	8	1	5	3	5	1	4.1
1983	23	ATL	NL	14	8	1	1	12	2	17%	4	.913	1	1	5	1	7	7	1	4	3	4	1	3.9
1983	23	CLE	AL	5	1	0	1	3	1	33%	1	1.155	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	6.0
1 Yr				19	9	1	2	15	3	20%		1.012	1	2	5	1	8	8	1	5	3	5	1	4.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1983	23	TOT	MLB	271	53%	2.6%	9.6%	9.6%	9.2%	42%	1.12	76%	40	6	15%
1983	23	ATL	NL	160	54%	4.4%	10.6%	7.5%	10.0%	43%	1.09	76%	18	2	11%
1983	23	CLE	AL	111	51%	0.0%	8.1%	12.6%	8.1%	41%	1.16	77%	22	4	18%
1984	24	CLE	AL	54	46%	9.3%	11.1%	14.8%	13.0%	41%	0.83	61%	11	0	0%
1985	25	CLE	AL	91	30%	3.3%	4.4%	8.8%	17.6%	55%	0.83	84%	17	1	6%
3 Yrs				416	47%	3.6%	8.7%	10.1%	11.5%	46%	1.02	76%	68	7	10%
MLB Averages					41%	2.1%	13.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.07	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
1983	23	TOT	MLB	271	59			7	0	8	3	4	6	1	16	10	0	63%	3	1	0	84	9	1	90%	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1983	23	ATL	NL	160	37			7	0	3	3	4	6	1	9	5	0	56%	1	0	0	49	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1983	23	CLE	AL	111	22			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	7	5	0	71%	2	1	0	35	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1984	24	CLE	AL	54	17			5	0	1	2	3	1	4	2	0	1	0%	0	2	0	21	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1985	25	CLE	AL	91	29			3	0	2	2	1	2	1	7	3	0	43%	0	1	0	33	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				416	105			15	0	11	7	8	9	6	25	13	1	52%	3	4	0	138	13	4	76%	13	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1983	23	3	5	.375	4.41	19	10	1	63.1	59	33	31	7	26	3	26	2	3	1	271	93	1.342	8.4	1.0	3.7	3.7	1.00	93
1984	24	3	8	.273	5.67	22	13	1	73.0	76	48	46	12	34	3	32	3	3	3	325	73	1.507	9.4	1.5	4.2	3.9	0.94	73
1985	25	3	10	.231	6.12	26	17	1	92.2	105	65	63	15	42	3	36	3	3	4	416	68	1.586	10.2	1.5	4.1	3.5	0.86	68

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
1983	23	3	3	.500	4.57	61.0	59	34	31	7	26	25	2	1.393	8.7	3.8	3.7	0.96	1.0	19
1984	24	0	1	.000	15.00	9.0	17	17	15	5	8	6	1	2.778	17.0	8.0	6.0	0.75	5.0	3
1985	25	0	1	.000	9.00	18.0	30	20	18	3	8	4	0	2.111	15.0	4.0	2.0	0.50	1.5	4
3 Yrs		3	5	.375	6.55	88.0	106	71	64	15	42	35	3	1.682	10.8		3.6	0.83	1.5	26

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