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Rick Waits
Michael Richard Waits
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 15, 1952 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Therrell (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted
by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1973
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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Career Home Runs Allowed

For all seasons after 1973, the play-by-play data is complete (summary of missing data for pre-1974). For some games from 1954 to 1973, we do not have complete play-by-play.

Rick Waits: 110 Career Home Runs Allowed

2 leading off, 2 walk-off, 14 tying, 35 go ahead
2 Tms
CLE99
MIL11
 
vs RHB85
vs LHB25
 
Home60
Away50
 
Leverage
High Lev24
Medium Lev37
Low Lev49
14 Opps
NYY14
TEX13
DET12
KCR11
BAL11
TOR9
CHW9
OAK7
BOS6
CAL6
MIL6
MIN2
CLE2
SEA2
78 Batters
Otto Velez4
Bobby Bonds3
Chris Chambliss3
Buddy Bell3
Amos Otis3
Dave Winfield2
Ben Oglivie2
Lamar Johnson2
Wayne Nordhagen2
Cecil Cooper2
George Wright2
Reggie Jackson2
Lance Parrish2
Gorman Thomas2
Jason Thompson2
Gary Roenicke2
Rich Dauer2
Eddie Murray2
Fred Lynn2
Eric Soderholm2
13 Parks
ClevelandStd56
Tiger Stad9
County Stad7
Memor. Stad6
NetworkAssoc5
Comiskey Pk5
KauffmanStad5
Yankee Stad4
Arlington4
Exhibit Stad3
Fenway Pk3
Angel Stad2
Shea Stad1
Where Hit
757
920
817
Unk12
892
782
General field locations when available.
 
 
Game Totals
1·HR gms74
2·HR gms12
3·HR gms4
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
3rd18
5th18
4th17
6th16
8th13
1st10
2nd9
7th6
9th3
Outs
141
235
034
 
DefPos
1B22
RF18
CF17
LF11
3B11
2B9
DH8
C7
PH4
SS3
Bases
---57
1--27
12-10
-2-7
1235
1-32
--31
-231
 
186 Runs
RISP26
0 on57
1 on35
2 on13
3 on5
Any on53
Inning
113
210
310
420
515
616
77
811
98
 
1-333
4-651
7-end26
RelScore
+4..6
+33
+27
+114
Tied24
-118
-210
-310
-4..18
 
Ahead30
Tied24
Behind56
Before event, for batter

Play By Play

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1975 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1975-09-14 Roy White NYY CLE tied 0-0 b 3 2 --- 1 3 7 14% 65% Home Run
2 2 2 1 1975-09-21 (1) Bobby Bonds NYY @ CLE behind 0-3 t 8 1 --- 1 1 9 5% 9% Home Run
3 3 3 1 1975-09-27 Deron Johnson BOS CLE behind 0-2 b 4 1 1-- 2 5 3 22% 53% Home Run; Lynn Scores
1976 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
4 4 1 1 1976-07-02 Chris Chambliss NYY @ CLE ahead 1-0 t 1 1 12- 3 5 3 20% 84% Home Run; White Scores; Munson Scores
5 5 2 1 1976-07-07 Bobby Bonds CAL CLE tied 0-0 b 1 2 --- 1 3 9 12% 63% Home Run (Deep CF)
6 6 3 1 1976-07-31 (2) Gorman Thomas MIL CLE behind 0-1 b 2 2 --- 1 6 9 12% 51% Home Run
7 7 4 1 1976-08-14 Jeff Burroughs TEX @ CLE behind 1-2 t 5 2 1-- 2 4 9 31% 62% Home Run; Harrah Scores
8 8 5 1 1976-08-19 Jeff Burroughs TEX CLE behind 0-4 b 4 1 --- 1 4 9 6% 17% Home Run
9 9 6 1 1976-09-05 Rick Burleson BOS @ CLE behind 1-2 t 5 0 --- 1 1 6 16% 50% Home Run
10 10 7 1 1976-09-21 Ben Oglivie DET CLE ahead 3-0 b 7 2 1-- 2 2 3 4% 99% Home Run; Scrivener Scores
1977 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
11 11 1 1 1977-05-03 Butch Wynegar MIN @ CLE behind 2-3 t 8 1 --- 1 5 2 26% 45% Home Run
12 12 2 1 1977-06-17 Ron LeFlore DET @ CLE ahead 2-0 t 2 2 --- 1 1 8 9% 76% Home Run
13 13 3 1 1977-06-26 (1) Jason Thompson DET CLE tied 0-0 b 2 0 --- 1 5 3 10% 65% Home Run
14 14 4 1 1977-07-01 John Mayberry KCR @ CLE behind 0-2 t 2 1 --- 1 5 3 9% 37% Home Run
15 15 5 2 1977-07-01 Amos Otis KCR @ CLE behind 1-2 t 4 0 --- 1 3 8 13% 50% Home Run (CF-RF)
16 16 6 1 1977-08-20 Jim Tyrone OAK CLE behind 2-4 b 9 1 1-- 2 5 9 47% 58% Home Run; Alexander Scores
17 17 7 1 1977-08-29 Eric Soderholm CHW @ CLE behind 0-5 t 5 1 --- 1 6 5 3% 8% Home Run
18 18 8 1 1977-09-10 Andres Mora BAL CLE ahead 1-0 b 7 0 12- 3 7 7 11% 97% Home Run; Murray Scores; DeCinces Scores
1978 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
19 19 1 1 1978-04-23 (1) Butch Hobson BOS CLE behind 0-1 b 2 2 1-- 2 8 5 20% 62% Home Run; Evans Scores
20 20 2 1 1978-04-27 Mike Hargrove TEX CLE ahead 1-0 b 5 1 1-- 2 1 3 17% 88% Home Run (Deep RF); Campaneris Scores
21 21 3 1 1978-05-21 (1) Rich Dauer BAL @ CLE ahead 2-0 t 8 1 --- 1 2 5 7% 93% Home Run
22 22 4 1 1978-05-29 Graig Nettles NYY @ CLE tied 0-0 t 7 2 1-- 2 6 5 35% 81% Home Run (Deep CF); Piniella Scores
23 23 5 1 1978-06-23 Otto Velez TOR @ CLE behind 1-8 t 8 2 1-- 2 5 9 0% 0% Home Run; Carty Scores
24 24 6 1 1978-07-06 Jason Thompson DET CLE tied 0-0 b 1 1 12- 3 4 3 22% 80% Home Run; Whitaker Scores; Staub Scores
25 25 7 1 1978-07-13 Dave Revering OAK CLE ahead 4-3 b 6 0 --- 1 6 3 11% 86% Home Run
26 26 8 1 1978-07-26 Lou Piniella NYY CLE behind 0-1 b 9 1 1-3 3 4 7 55% 100% Walk-Off Home Run; Rivers Scores; Munson Scores
27 27 9 1 1978-08-06 Gary Gray TEX CLE behind 1-2 b 9 2 1-- 2 2 PH 91% 100% Walk-Off Home Run; Jorgensen Scores
28 28 10 1 1978-08-11 Bobby Bonds TEX @ CLE tied 1-1 t 4 0 1-- 2 5 9 20% 74% Home Run; Oliver Scores
29 29 11 1 1978-09-05 Otto Velez TOR CLE behind 1-6 b 9 0 --- 1 3 9 1% 2% Home Run
30 30 12 1 1978-09-11 (1) Otto Velez TOR @ CLE behind 0-1 t 2 0 --- 1 4 7 11% 50% Home Run
31 31 13 2 1978-09-11 (1) Doug Ault TOR @ CLE behind 1-2 t 4 1 -2- 2 6 3 22% 61% Home Run; Alberts Scores
32 32 14 3 1978-09-11 (1) Dave McKay TOR @ CLE ahead 3-2 t 4 1 --- 1 7 4 12% 73% Home Run
33 33 15 1 1978-09-22 Chris Chambliss NYY @ CLE behind 3-6 t 6 0 --- 1 6 3 8% 21% Home Run
34 34 16 1 1978-09-27 Gary Roenicke BAL CLE ahead 1-0 b 5 1 --- 1 2 7 12% 81% Home Run
1979 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
35 35 1 1 1979-04-22 Lamar Johnson CHW @ CLE behind 2-8 t 9 1 12- 3 5 3 1% 1% Home Run; Lemon Scores; Nordhagen Scores; Johnson Scores
36 36 2 1 1979-04-28 Al Cowens KCR CLE behind 0-2 b 4 0 -2- 2 4 9 17% 56% Home Run; Otis Scores
37 37 3 2 1979-04-28 Hal McRae KCR CLE tied 2-2 b 4 0 --- 1 5 10 12% 68% Home Run
38 38 4 1 1979-05-04 Amos Otis KCR @ CLE behind 2-3 t 7 1 1-- 2 3 8 35% 66% Home Run; Brett Scores
39 39 5 1 1979-05-09 Gorman Thomas MIL CLE behind 3-8 b 6 0 --- 1 4 8 4% 10% Home Run
40 40 6 1 1979-05-26 Cliff Johnson NYY @ CLE behind 1-4 t 5 0 1-- 2 8 10 16% 36% Home Run; Chambliss Scores
41 41 7 1 1979-05-30 Lamar Johnson CHW CLE behind 0-2 b 3 2 12- 3 6 3 31% 63% Home Run; Soderholm Scores/unER; Bannister Scores/unER; Johnson Scores/unER
42 42 8 1 1979-06-05 Larry Murray OAK CLE behind 0-7 b 5 1 1-- 2 9 9 3% 6% Home Run; Armas Scores
43 43 9 1 1979-06-15 Ruppert Jones SEA @ CLE behind 0-9 t 4 0 --- 1 2 8 1% 2% Home Run
44 44 10 1 1979-06-20 Gary Roenicke BAL @ CLE behind 0-3 t 4 0 --- 1 4 8 8% 27% Home Run
45 45 11 2 1979-06-20 Eddie Murray BAL @ CLE behind 1-3 t 4 1 --- 1 6 3 10% 35% Home Run (LF-CF)
46 46 12 3 1979-06-20 Rich Dauer BAL @ CLE behind 2-3 t 4 1 -2- 2 8 4 20% 60% Home Run; May Scores
47 47 13 1 1979-06-29 John Wockenfuss DET CLE behind 0-1 b 2 2 --- 1 6 7 11% 51% Home Run
48 48 14 2 1979-06-29 Lynn Jones DET CLE behind 4-6 b 6 2 1-- 2 8 8 29% 52% Home Run; Thompson Scores
49 49 15 1 1979-07-04 Chet Lemon CHW @ CLE ahead 4-0 t 3 0 --- 1 3 8 5% 90% Home Run
50 50 16 2 1979-07-04 Wayne Nordhagen CHW @ CLE ahead 5-0 t 5 1 123 4 5 10 4% 99% Home Run; Bannister Scores; Washington Scores; Johnson Scores
51 51 17 1 1979-07-08 (2) Dave Edwards MIN @ CLE ahead 3-2 t 6 0 --- 1 6 8 12% 78% Home Run
52 52 18 1 1979-07-20 Amos Otis KCR CLE tied 0-0 b 1 0 12- 3 3 8 17% 80% Home Run; White Scores; Brett Scores
53 53 19 1 1979-08-04 John Ellis TEX @ CLE behind 1-8 t 4 2 --- 1 5 3 1% 4% Home Run
54 54 20 2 1979-08-04 Buddy Bell TEX @ CLE behind 2-9 t 5 2 -23 3 2 5 5% 8% Home Run; Sundberg Scores; Norman Scores
55 55 21 3 1979-08-04 Dave Roberts TEX @ CLE behind 5-12 t 6 1 12- 3 8 4 4% 7% Home Run; Ellis Scores; Sundberg Scores
56 56 22 1 1979-08-29 (2) Bill Stein SEA @ CLE tied 0-0 t 2 2 --- 1 6 5 11% 56% Home Run
57 57 23 1 1979-09-02 Don Baylor CAL @ CLE ahead 3-1 t 6 1 --- 1 4 10 9% 85% Home Run
58 58 24 1 1979-09-07 Rico Carty TOR @ CLE ahead 2-0 t 5 2 123 4 4 10 19% 95% Home Run; Gomez Scores; Bailor Scores; Velez Scores
59 59 25 1 1979-09-22 Al Bumbry BAL CLE tied 0-0 b 1 0 --- 1 1 8 10% 65% Lead-Off Home Run (CF-RF)
60 60 26 1 1979-09-27 Chris Chambliss NYY CLE behind 0-1 b 4 1 --- 1 5 3 13% 53% Home Run
1980 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
61 61 1 1 1980-04-14 Jim Sundberg TEX CLE behind 2-4 b 1 2 123 4 8 2 34% 71% Home Run; Bell Scores; Zisk Scores; Sample Scores
62 62 2 1 1980-05-03 Barry Bonnell TOR CLE ahead 3-2 b 5 1 -2- 2 3 9 15% 87% Home Run; Griffin Scores
63 63 3 1 1980-05-15 Tony Perez BOS @ CLE ahead 4-2 t 8 0 1-- 2 5 3 8% 96% Home Run; Rice Scores
64 64 4 1 1980-05-28 Benny Ayala BAL CLE behind 3-10 b 8 2 12- 3 9 PH 1% 2% Home Run; Dempsey Scores; Sakata Scores
65 65 5 1 1980-06-06 Wayne Nordhagen CHW CLE tied 0-0 b 1 2 12- 3 5 9 25% 79% Home Run; Morrison Scores; Bell Scores
66 66 6 1 1980-06-11 (1) Frank White KCR @ CLE ahead 4-0 t 4 0 --- 1 9 4 4% 92% Home Run
67 67 7 1 1980-07-02 Alan Trammell DET CLE ahead 4-3 b 6 2 --- 1 2 6 12% 82% Home Run
68 68 8 2 1980-07-02 Lance Parrish DET CLE ahead 5-3 b 6 2 1-- 2 4 2 11% 94% Home Run; Cowens Scores
69 69 9 1 1980-07-06 Reggie Jackson NYY @ CLE tied 0-0 t 1 2 -2- 2 4 9 17% 66% Home Run; Piniella Scores
70 70 10 1 1980-08-06 Doug Ault TOR @ CLE behind 0-2 t 7 2 1-- 2 6 3 29% 43% Home Run; Bonnell Scores
71 71 11 1 1980-08-17 (1) Ben Oglivie MIL @ CLE tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 1 5 7 11% 58% Home Run
72 72 12 2 1980-08-17 (1) Sixto Lezcano MIL @ CLE ahead 3-0 t 4 1 --- 1 6 9 7% 87% Home Run
73 73 13 1 1980-08-21 George Brett KCR CLE behind 0-3 b 4 1 --- 1 3 5 9% 28% Home Run
74 74 14 2 1980-08-21 U L Washington KCR CLE behind 1-4 b 6 0 1-- 2 1 6 19% 39% Home Run; White Scores
75 75 15 1 1980-09-10 Jim Rice BOS @ CLE tied 0-0 t 4 1 --- 1 4 7 13% 60% Home Run
76 76 16 1 1980-09-30 Reggie Jackson NYY @ CLE tied 0-0 t 1 2 1-- 2 4 9 18% 66% Home Run; Dent Scores
77 77 17 2 1980-09-30 Eric Soderholm NYY @ CLE behind 4-8 t 5 1 --- 1 5 10 5% 14% Home Run
78 78 18 1 1980-10-04 (2) Dan Graham BAL CLE behind 3-6 b 9 2 --- 1 8 2 1% 1% Home Run
1981 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
79 79 1 1 1981-05-07 Otto Velez TOR CLE tied 0-0 b 4 1 --- 1 4 10 14% 67% Home Run
80 80 2 1 1981-05-23 Dave Winfield NYY CLE tied 1-1 b 3 1 -2- 2 3 8 19% 77% Home Run; Milbourne Scores
81 81 3 1 1981-08-11 (2) Cecil Cooper MIL @ CLE tied 0-0 t 1 2 --- 1 3 3 11% 57% Home Run
82 82 4 2 1981-08-11 (2) Cecil Cooper MIL @ CLE tied 1-1 t 6 0 --- 1 3 3 17% 67% Home Run
83 83 5 1 1981-08-16 (1) Frank White KCR @ CLE tied 0-0 t 2 0 12- 3 7 4 20% 80% Home Run (LF-CF); Otis Scores; May Scores
84 84 6 1 1981-08-24 Rickey Henderson OAK CLE behind 0-2 b 1 0 --- 1 1 7 11% 43% Lead-Off Home Run
85 85 7 1 1981-09-07 Rick Dempsey BAL CLE tied 0-0 b 3 0 --- 1 8 2 12% 68% Home Run
1982 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
86 86 1 1 1982-04-10 George Wright TEX @ CLE behind 1-2 t 3 0 --- 1 1 8 11% 50% Home Run
87 87 2 2 1982-04-10 Buddy Bell TEX @ CLE tied 2-2 t 3 1 --- 1 3 5 12% 59% Home Run
88 88 3 3 1982-04-10 Buddy Bell TEX @ CLE ahead 4-3 t 5 0 --- 1 3 5 11% 75% Home Run
89 89 4 1 1982-05-02 Jeff Newman OAK @ CLE behind 1-2 t 4 2 --3 2 8 2 23% 59% Home Run; Rudi Scores
90 90 5 1 1982-05-07 Cliff Johnson OAK CLE tied 0-0 b 1 1 1-- 2 3 10 18% 73% Home Run; Murphy Scores
91 91 6 1 1982-06-26 Graig Nettles NYY CLE behind 0-3 b 5 1 1-- 2 8 5 19% 38% Home Run; Wynegar Scores
92 92 7 1 1982-07-02 Dave Winfield NYY @ CLE tied 0-0 t 1 2 --- 1 3 7 10% 56% Home Run
93 93 8 1 1982-07-07 Fred Lynn CAL CLE behind 1-8 b 7 0 1-- 2 7 8 2% 4% Home Run; Grich Scores
94 94 9 1 1982-07-15 Fred Lynn CAL @ CLE behind 0-1 t 3 1 123 4 6 8 28% 78% Home Run; Jackson Scores; Baylor Scores; DeCinces Scores
95 95 10 2 1982-07-15 Bobby Grich CAL @ CLE ahead 4-1 t 3 1 --- 1 7 4 7% 85% Home Run
96 96 11 1 1982-07-27 Lee May KCR @ CLE ahead 2-1 t 6 0 1-- 2 6 3 17% 86% Home Run; Martin Scores
97 97 12 1 1982-08-04 George Wright TEX @ CLE behind 0-3 t 6 0 1-- 2 1 8 16% 34% Home Run; Tolleson Scores
98 98 13 1 1982-08-30 Tony Bernazard CHW CLE ahead 1-0 b 3 2 --- 1 2 4 11% 74% Home Run
1983 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
99 99 1 1 1983-04-10 Eddie Murray BAL @ CLE ahead 9-2 t 8 2 1-- 2 4 3 0% 100% Home Run; Ripken Scores
100 100 2 1 1983-09-21 Alan Bannister CLE MIL behind 3-9 b 8 2 123 4 8 PH 8% 9% Home Run; Thomas Scores; Hassey Scores; Hargrove Scores
1984 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
101 101 1 1 1984-06-09 Dwight Evans BOS MIL ahead 7-6 b 6 0 --- 1 2 9 11% 85% Home Run
102 102 2 1 1984-06-21 Larry Herndon DET MIL behind 1-4 b 7 2 -2- 2 8 PH 17% 27% Home Run; Lemon Scores
103 103 3 1 1984-08-11 Harold Baines CHW MIL behind 3-7 b 8 1 --- 1 3 9 3% 6% Home Run
104 104 4 2 1984-08-11 Vance Law CHW MIL behind 4-10 b 9 0 --- 1 8 4 1% 1% Home Run
105 105 5 1 1984-09-17 Lance Parrish DET MIL behind 1-2 b 6 1 --- 1 4 2 19% 54% Home Run
106 106 6 1 1984-09-24 Chet Lemon DET @ MIL ahead 4-3 t 8 2 --- 1 6 8 13% 85% Home Run
107 107 7 2 1984-09-24 Lou Whitaker DET @ MIL ahead 5-3 t 9 1 1-- 2 1 4 5% 99% Home Run; Baker Scores
1985 HRs #car #yr #gm Date Batter @Bat   Score Inn Out RoB R BOP Pos bWPA bWE Notes Play Description
108 108 1 1 1985-07-22 Doug DeCinces CAL @ MIL behind 1-8 t 8 1 1-- 2 5 5 1% 1% Home Run; Jackson Scores
109 109 2 1 1985-07-25 Bruce Bochte OAK @ MIL ahead 6-2 t 6 2 1-3 3 3 3 6% 98% Home Run; Murphy Scores; Lansford Scores
110 110 3 1 1985-09-01 Joe Carter CLE @ MIL ahead 8-4 t 5 0 --- 1 7 7 4% 94% Home Run

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