Rickey Clark
Rickey Charles Clark
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 21, 1946 in Mount Clemens, MI
High School: Redford Union (Redford, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1967
Final Game: September 7, 1972
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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
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 62 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 4 196 113 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 Seasons 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

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
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
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
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
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
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
5 Seasons 96 1857 1591 200 371 48 6 37 26 14 213 236 .233 .325 .341 .666 .251 542 34 11 27 15 6
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 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% 52 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 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 0 1 1 1 3 43% 56 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% 50 72 25 19 6 9 2 2.5 2.0 5.9
5 Seasons 96 70 18 31 21 3 13 31 38 .449 4 10 4 2 35 50% 52 88 25 72 26 19 28 3.3 3.0 5.5
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
1967 21 CAL AL 32 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.058 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 1.044 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 0.560 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 1.198 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 1.000 1 4 6 2 1 8 6 5 7 3 9 0 5.7
5 Seasons 96 26 9 1 1 3 2 1 67% 4 1 24 14 58% 1.042 3 7 15 4 2 20 11 15 14 4 18 3 5.1

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%
1967 21 CAL AL 728 45% 2.1% 11.1% 9.5% 4.7% 24% 1.93 76% 139 16 12%
1968 22 CAL AL 407 45% 1.0% 14.7% 13.3% 3.9% 22% 1.91 69% 75 7 9%
1969 23 CAL AL 48 38% 4.2% 12.5% 14.6% 10.4% 42% 1.56 67% 12 1 8%
1971 25 CAL AL 196 43% 3.1% 14.3% 14.3% 3.6% 19% 1.40 66% 32 2 6%
1972 26 CAL AL 478 39% 2.1% 12.8% 11.5% 6.1% 28% 1.94 71% 94 8 9%
5 Seasons 1857 43% 2.0% 12.7% 11.5% 4.9% 25% 1.86 72% 352 34 10%
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
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 3 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 2 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 2 0 17 0
5 Seasons 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 10 0 68 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+
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 101 1.295 7.4 0.7 4.2 4.8 1.13 101
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 101 1.295 7.4 0.7 4.2 4.8 1.13 101
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

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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
1967 21 10 7 .588 3.47 161.0 162 69 62 17 78 75 7 1.491 9.1 4.4 4.2 0.96 1.0 32
1968 22 3 6 .333 5.13 86.0 85 54 49 5 62 55 1 1.709 8.9 6.5 5.8 0.89 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 3.95 41.0 41 20 18 7 32 26 2 1.780 9.0 7.0 5.7 0.81 1.5 11
1972 26 3 8 .273 6.95 101.0 128 87 78 12 67 56 2 1.931 11.4 6.0 5.0 0.84 1.1 26
5 Seasons 18 24 .429 4.84 398.0 429 238 214 43 247 218 12 1.698 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 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1967 AL--2.586--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

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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