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Rickey Clark

Rickey Charles Clark

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

Born: March 21, 1946 in Mount Clemens, MI
High School: Redford Union HS (Redford, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1967
Team: Angels 1967-1972

Final Game: September 7, 1972
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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
1967 21 CAL AL 12 11 .522 2.59 32 30 0 1 1 0 174.0 144 69 50 15 69 0 81 6 1 12 729 120 1.224 7.4 0.8 3.6 4.2 1.17
1968 22 CAL AL 1 11 .083 3.53 21 17 2 0 0 0 94.1 74 51 37 4 54 1 60 1 0 13 407 82 1.357 7.1 0.4 5.2 5.7 1.11
1969 23 CAL AL 0 0 5.59 6 1 2 0 0 0 9.2 12 6 6 2 7 1 6 0 0 0 48 65 1.966 11.2 1.9 6.5 5.6 0.86
1971 25 CAL AL 2 1 .667 2.86 11 7 3 1 1 1 44.0 36 15 14 6 28 2 28 2 0 4 196 114 1.455 7.4 1.2 5.7 5.7 1.00
1972 26 CAL AL 4 9 .308 4.51 26 15 2 2 0 1 109.2 105 59 55 10 55 2 61 2 0 7 478 65 1.459 8.6 0.8 4.5 5.0 1.11
5 Yrs 19 32 .373 3.38 96 70 9 4 2 2 431.2 371 200 162 37 213 6 236 11 1 36 1858 90 1.353 7.7 0.8 4.4 4.9 1.11
162 Game Avg. 8 13 .373 3.38 39 29 4 2 1 1 177 152 82 66 15 87 2 97 5 0 15 761 90 1.353 7.7 0.8 4.4 4.9 1.11

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 Awards
1967 21 CAL AL 174.0 32 30 69 3.57 3.60 0.25 0.06 95.6 3.26 -4 -0.4 .7 -0.1 0.8 8 .487 .497 $3,900
1968 22 CAL AL 94.1 21 17 51 4.87 3.42 0.17 0.04 98.0 3.23 -16 -1.9 .3 -0.0 -1.2 -10 .411 .488 $
1969 23 CAL AL 9.2 6 1 6 5.59 4.24 0.17 -0.12 101.2 3.99 -2 -0.2 1.6 -0.1 -0.2 -1 .470 .499 $
1971 25 CAL AL 44.0 11 7 15 3.07 3.98 0.11 0.04 94.7 3.70 3 0.4 .9 -0.0 0.7 7 .534 .502 $
1972 26 CAL AL 109.2 26 15 59 4.84 3.60 0.06 0.01 94.2 3.35 -17 -2.0 1.0 -0.1 -1.2 -9 .422 .488 $17,500
5 Seasons 431.2 96 70 200 4.17 3.61 0.17 0.04 95.8 3.34 -35 -4.1 1.0 -0.3 -1.1 -6 .457 .495 $21,400

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
1967 21 CAL AL 32 728 643 69 144 18 1 15 9 4 69 81 .224 .304 .325 .629 .235 209 16 6 7 3 0 12
1968 22 CAL AL 21 407 341 51 74 10 2 4 7 3 54 60 .217 .323 .293 .617 .250 100 7 1 8 3 1 8
1969 23 CAL AL 6 48 40 6 12 2 1 2 0 0 7 6 .300 .404 .550 .954 .313 22 1 0 1 0 1 2
1971 25 CAL AL 11 196 164 15 36 1 0 6 2 2 28 28 .220 .340 .335 .676 .231 55 2 2 2 0 2 3
1972 26 CAL AL 26 478 403 59 105 17 2 10 8 5 55 61 .261 .345 .387 .733 .279 156 8 2 9 9 2 4
5 Yrs 96 1857 1591 200 371 48 6 37 26 14 213 236 .233 .325 .341 .666 .251 542 34 11 27 15 6 29
162 Game Avg. 39 761 652 82 152 20 2 15 11 6 87 97 .233 .325 .341 .666 .251 222 14 5 11 6 2 12
MLB Averages .246 .314 .363 .676 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1967 21 CAL AL 5.2 0.6 758 0.0 12.7 -12.7 1.05 0.0 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.05 -0.8 0 1 1
1968 22 CAL AL -10.6 -1.2 436 -1.9 6.6 -8.5 1.04 -0.7 -1.1 -12.1 -1.4 1.04 -7.1 0 1 2
1969 23 CAL AL -1.9 -0.2 48 -0.1 0.4 -0.5 .56 -0.1 -0.1 -3.6 -0.4 0.56 -3.4 1 1 3
1971 25 CAL AL 2.4 0.3 205 1.1 4.2 -3.1 1.21 0.2 0.7 4.7 0.5 1.21 0.2 1 0 3
1972 26 CAL AL -18.7 -2.0 500 -2.1 7.0 -9.1 .99 -1.8 -0.3 -19.1 -2.1 0.99 -19.5 1 4 6
5 Yrs -23.6 -2.6 1947 -3.0 30.9 -33.9 1.03 -2.5 -0.5 -31.2 -3.4 1.03 -30.7 3 7 15

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 21 CAL AL 32 30 11 11 8 2 5 18 12 .600 2 4 1 1 17 57% 53.4 85 31 28 6 5 10 3.7 3.6 5.6
1968 22 CAL AL 21 17 1 11 5 1 5 4 13 .235 2 1 0 0 7 41% 51.8 73 35 17 10 3 12 3.1 2.6 5.2
1969 23 CAL AL 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 49.0 49 49 3 2 0 1 0.9 0.0 2.0
1971 25 CAL AL 11 7 2 1 4 0 1 4 3 .571 1 1 1 1 3 43% 56.3 88 40 5 2 2 3 3.8 3.7 5.7
1972 26 CAL AL 26 15 4 8 3 0 2 5 10 .333 0 4 2 0 8 53% 49.9 72 25 19 6 9 2 2.5 2.0 5.9
5 Yrs 96 70 18 31 21 3 13 31 38 .449 5 10 4 2 35 50% 52 88 25 72 26 19 28 3.3 3.0 5.5
MLB Averages .500 57% 54 112 -3 3.9 3.8 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1967 21 CAL AL 32 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.046 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 9.0
1968 22 CAL AL 21 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 50% 8 1.036 0 1 2 1 0 3 1 3 2 0 3 1 4.3
1969 23 CAL AL 6 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 2 .562 1 1 3 0 1 4 3 2 3 1 4 2 4.6
1971 25 CAL AL 11 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 7 1.205 1 0 3 1 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 3.0
1972 26 CAL AL 26 11 2 0 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 14 8 57% 6 .988 1 4 6 2 1 8 6 5 7 3 9 0 5.7
5 Yrs 96 26 9 1 1 3 2 1 67% 4 1 24 14 58% 1.033 3 7 15 4 2 20 11 15 14 4 18 3 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1967 21 CAL AL 728 55% 2.1% 11.1% 9.5% 4.7% 24% 1.93 76% 139 16 12%
1968 22 CAL AL 407 55% 1.0% 14.7% 13.3% 3.9% 22% 1.91 69% 75 7 9%
1969 23 CAL AL 48 63% 4.2% 12.5% 14.6% 10.4% 42% 1.56 67% 12 1 8%
1971 25 CAL AL 196 57% 3.1% 14.3% 14.3% 3.6% 19% 1.40 66% 32 2 6%
1972 26 CAL AL 478 61% 2.1% 12.8% 11.5% 6.1% 28% 1.94 71% 94 8 9%
5 Yrs 1857 57% 2.0% 12.7% 11.5% 4.9% 25% 1.86 72% 352 34 10%
MLB Averages 47% 2.0% 15.2% 8.6% 5.9% 27% 1.11 73% 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
1967 21 CAL AL 728 144 15 0 11 10 5 10 5 32 20 5 63% 12 12 1 256 9 4 69% 8 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 0
1968 22 CAL AL 407 74 4 0 8 1 3 3 1 20 9 5 45% 8 13 4 158 7 3 70% 6 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 24 0
1969 23 CAL AL 48 12 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 50% 2 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 25 CAL AL 196 36 6 0 4 5 1 1 5 11 3 1 27% 3 4 0 76 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
1972 26 CAL AL 478 105 10 0 15 9 1 4 6 34 21 6 62% 4 7 0 186 8 5 62% 8 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 17 0
5 Yrs 1857 371 37 0 40 26 11 18 19 99 54 17 55% 29 36 5 699 26 14 65% 24 12 1 1 1 1 6 0 68 0
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1967 21 12 11 .522 2.59 32 30 0 1 1 0 174.0 144 69 50 15 69 0 81 6 1 12 729 120 1.224 7.4 0.8 3.6 4.2 1.17 120
1968 22 13 22 .371 2.92 53 47 2 1 1 0 268.1 218 120 87 19 123 1 141 7 1 25 1136 104 1.271 7.3 0.6 4.1 4.7 1.15 104
1969 23 13 22 .371 3.01 59 48 4 1 1 0 278.0 230 126 93 21 130 2 147 7 1 25 1184 102 1.295 7.4 0.7 4.2 4.8 1.13 102
1970 24 13 22 .371 3.01 59 48 4 1 1 0 278.0 230 126 93 21 130 2 147 7 1 25 1184 102 1.295 7.4 0.7 4.2 4.8 1.13 102
1971 25 15 23 .395 2.99 70 55 7 2 2 1 322.0 266 141 107 27 158 4 175 9 1 29 1380 103 1.317 7.4 0.8 4.4 4.9 1.11 103
1972 26 19 32 .373 3.38 96 70 9 4 2 2 431.2 371 200 162 37 213 6 236 11 1 36 1858 90 1.353 7.7 0.8 4.4 4.9 1.11 90

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1967 21 10 7 .588 3.47 161.0 161 69 62 17 77 75 7 1.478 9.0 4.3 4.2 0.97 1.0 32
1968 22 3 6 .333 5.23 86.0 86 56 50 5 63 54 1 1.733 9.0 6.6 5.7 0.86 0.5 21
1969 23 0 1 .000 7.00 9.0 13 8 7 2 8 6 0 2.333 13.0 8.0 6.0 0.75 2.0 6
1971 25 2 2 .500 3.73 41.0 40 19 17 7 31 26 2 1.732 8.8 6.8 5.7 0.84 1.5 11
1972 26 3 8 .273 6.86 101.0 127 86 77 12 67 56 2 1.921 11.3 6.0 5.0 0.84 1.1 26
5 Yrs 18 24 .429 4.82 398.0 427 238 213 43 246 217 12 1.691 9.7 4.9 0.88 1.0 96

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1967 AL  2.59 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1967 AL  12 (4th)
1968 AL  13 (3rd)
1972 AL  7 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1967 AL  120 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1998), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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