Rick Helling

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: December 15, 1970 in Devils Lake, ND us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 50th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kishwaukee College (Malta, IL) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: Shanley HS (Fargo, ND)

Schools: Kishwaukee College (Malta, IL), University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND), Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: April 10, 1994 (Age 23-116d, 16,475th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 9, 2006 (Age 35-268d)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Agents: Jeff Moorad • Previously: Barry Axelrod

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ricky Allen Helling

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2003 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.2

ERA

4.68

301

234

1526.1

1058

WHIP

1.377

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-26 / in Starts: 7-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 13

1997 Pitching Game Log

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1997 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	24	2	Apr 2	FLA		CHC	W,4-3	6-8	H(1)	99	2.1	1	1	1	1	2	1	0	3.86	8.25	9	42	26	10	0	2	4	0	2	0		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.151	1.60	0.09%	0.83	6t -2- 0 out a2	8t --- 1 out a1
2	25	4	Apr 4	FLA		CIN	L,7-9	7-GF		1	2.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.80	5.71	9	45	26	6	2	1	6	1	2	0		3	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	.71	-0.040	.77	-0.03%	0.53	7t 123 1 out d1	9t end d 2
3	26	7	Apr 8	FLA	@	CHC	W,5-3	7-8	H(2)	3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	4.97	6	20	14	3	1	2	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.85	0.255	2.08	0.17%	1.05	7b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
4	27	10	Apr 12	FLA	@	CIN	L,1-2	9-GF(10)	L(0-1)	3	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	2.25	5.11	6	27	13	2	3	3	2	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.60	-0.228	4.31	-0.16%	-0.34	9b --3 2 out tie	10b end d 1
5	28	12	Apr 15	FLA		STL	L,3-9	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	4.71	7	26	16	6	0	3	4	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.09	0.010	.10	0.01%	0.90	7t --3 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
6	29	16	Apr 19	FLA	@	SFG	L,2-3	8-GF(8)	BS(1)	3	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.69	4.89	4	9	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.95	-0.432	3.62	-0.32%	-1.09	8b 12- 1 out a1	8b end d 1
7	30	19	Apr 23	FLA	@	COL	L,3-7	6-7		3	1.2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	2.19	5.78	8	21	13	4	1	1	5	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.36	0.001	.40	0.00%	0.26	6b 1-- 1 out d3	7b 3 out d4
8	31	20	Apr 25	FLA		LAD	W,4-2	8-8	H(3)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2.03	5.66	4	20	12	4	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	0.119	2.59	0.08%	0.49	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 3 out a1
9	32	22	Apr 27	FLA		LAD	W,4-3	6-7	H(4)	1	1.2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	5.58	5	20	10	1	2	0	4	0	4	0		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.04	0.179	2.37	0.13%	1.00	6t 1-- 1 out a1	7t 3 out a1
10	33	25	Apr 30	FLA	@	STL	L,2-6	6-7		2	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.59	5.05	6	18	12	4	1	0	4	0	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.017	.13	0.01%	1.02	6b --- 0 out d4	7b 3 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	34	30	May 5	FLA		PIT	W,3-0	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	1	1.17	4.59	23	92	54	11	10	4	12	2	3	0	70			1	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	0.304	1.24	0.21%	2.93	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
12	35	35	May 10	FLA		HOU	L,2-4	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.1	5	3	3	3	2	0	1	1.98	4.65	21	80	44	12	3	8	7	3	2	0	40			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.12	0.035	1.35	0.03%	0.54	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out tie
13	36	42	May 18	FLA	@	PIT	W,5-3	6-8	H(5)	7	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1	1.78	4.33	10	41	26	7	5	4	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	0.346	2.27	0.27%	1.59	6b --- 0 out a1	8b 3 out a1
14	37	48	May 26	FLA	@	LAD	L,3-5	GS-6	L(1-3)	7	6.0	5	4	4	2	4	2	0	2.48	4.79	26	101	56	18	10	4	16	4	3	0	48			2	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	.66	-0.216	.92	-0.18%	-1.13	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	38	53	Jun 1	FLA		COL	L,2-9	GS-4	L(1-4)	5	4.0	8	5	5	4	0	1	0	3.35	5.24	21	85	48	11	4	7	10	5	1	0	22			0	1	0	17	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.08	-0.343	1.55	-0.29%	-3.05	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
16	39	58	Jun 7	FLA	@	COL	W,7-5	GS-2		5	2.0	4	4	4	0	1	3	0	4.04	6.01	10	41	26	10	3	3	6	4	0	0	33			0	0	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.255	.83	-0.23%	-2.75	1b start a 1	2b 3 out d3
17	40	63	Jun 11	FLA	@	SFG	W,6-3	GS-5	W(2-4)	3	5.0	5	2	2	7	5	0	0	3.99	5.94	27	109	59	16	13	2	13	2	4	0	47			0	0	0	19	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.39	0.085	2.05	0.08%	0.52	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a4
18	41	68	Jun 17	FLA	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-7		5	6.2	4	2	2	6	6	0	0	3.83	5.70	29	111	55	16	9	3	14	4	5	0	58			3	0	0	21	2	1	0	1	1	0	1.45	0.058	2.04	0.05%	1.46	1b start a 1	7b --3 2 out d1
19	42	73	Jun 23	FLA	@	PHI	L,3-9	GS-4	L(2-5)	5	4.0	6	7	7	5	5	2	0	4.66	6.06	22	111	69	15	12	3	9	5	1	0	22			0	0	0	17	2	1	0	1	0	0	.66	-0.302	.95	-0.26%	-4.95	1b start tie	4b 3 out d7
20	43	76	Jun 26	FLA		MON	L,2-5	8-GF		2	2.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	4.50	6.03	7	36	20	8	3	0	4	0	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.015	.20	0.02%	0.98	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
21	44	81	Jul 1	FLA	@	BOS	L,2-9	7-GF(8)		4	1.2	2	3	3	4	2	0	0	4.82	6.08	10					1	1	0	0	2		3	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	.15	-0.012	.21	-0.01%	-1.79	7b 123 1 out d3	8b end d 7
22	45	84	Jul 4	FLA	@	NYM	L,2-6	7-7		2	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.74	6.03	3					1	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.16	0.012	.29	0.01%	0.50	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
23	46	88	Jul 11	FLA		PHI	L,3-13	6-6		6	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.69	6.01	4	17	10	3	2	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.003	.65	0.00%	0.06	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 12- 2 out d3
24	47	90	Jul 14	FLA		MON	W,5-4	7-7		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.62	5.97	3	9	8	4	0	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.033	.90	0.04%	0.49	7t --- 0 out d2	7t 3 out d2
25	48	94	Jul 18	FLA		SDP	L,3-5	6-7		3	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.48	5.85	6	26	15	3	1	2	3	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.025	.26	0.02%	0.98	6t --- 0 out d4	7t 3 out d4
26	49	96	Jul 20	FLA		SDP	L,0-3	7-GF		1	2.2	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	4.30	5.70	8	48	31	5	6	0	4	1	1	0		1	0	1	1	0	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	.48	0.029	.75	0.03%	0.91	7t --3 1 out d2	9t end d 3
27	50	98	Jul 22	FLA	@	CIN	L,6-7	6-6	H(6)	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.28	5.66	1					0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.16	0.095	5.29	0.10%	0.62	6b -23 2 out a2	6b 3 out a2
28	51	101	Jul 26	FLA	@	STL	L,1-3	7-7	L(2-6)	3	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	0	4.48	5.82	5	25	13	4	2	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.276	1.56	-0.27%	-1.49	7b --- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d2
29	52	102	Jul 27	FLA	@	STL	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	1	1	0	3	1	0	4.48	5.85	8	31	21	8	6	0	5	3	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.019	.16	-0.02%	0.02	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
30	53	111	Aug 5	FLA		HOU	W,6-5	5-6		8	2.0	2	1	1	4	1	0	0	4.48	5.91	10	41	19	5	2	1	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.77	-0.003	3.09	0.00%	-0.03	5t --- 0 out a1	6t 3 out tie
31	54	115	Aug 9	FLA	@	ATL	L,3-4	7-GF(8)		3	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.38	5.82	6	24	16	7	1	2	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.041	.56	0.05%	1.07	7b 1-- 1 out d2	8b end d 2
				Player went from Florida Marlins to Texas Rangers
32	55	120	Aug 13	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-6	6-7		3	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.34	5.80	2	7	3	1	0	0	2	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	0.045	.06	0.00%	0.61	6b -2- 2 out a4	7b --- 1 out a4
33	56	121	Aug 15	TEX	@	NYY	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		1	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.23	5.65	5	22	14	5	2	0	2	1	0	0		2	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	0.045	.03	0.00%	2.13	7b 12- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
34	57	125	Aug 18(2)	TEX		MIL	W,2-0	GS-8	W(3-6)	2	8.0	1	0	0	2	5	0	0	3.84	5.37	25	102	59	24	4	4	14	4	4	0	83			0	2	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.569	.03	0.01%	4.66	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
35	58	130	Aug 24	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	GS-8	L(3-7)	5	8.0	7	3	2	2	7	1	0	3.71	5.23	31	112	73	26	4	7	15	4	3	0	63			0	1	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.03	0.055	.04	0.00%	1.66	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
36	59	135	Aug 29	TEX	@	SFG	L,4-5	GS-7		4	6.1	2	3	3	4	3	1	0	3.74	5.29	24	81	42	12	4	8	9	2	1	0	56			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	0.060	.04	0.00%	0.95	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
37	60	140	Sep 4	TEX	@	TOR	W,6-2	GS-9	W(4-7)	5	8.1	7	2	2	1	12	1	0	3.62	5.05	33	120	84	24	16	8	12	5	3	0	72			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.270	.01	0.00%	2.65	1b start a 1	9b --- 1 out a4
38	61	145	Sep 9	TEX	@	DET	L,0-4	GS-8	L(4-8)	4	7.1	6	4	4	3	5	0	0	3.70	4.92	30					6	10	0	0	6	52			1	0	0	26	0	1	0	1	1	0	.45	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-0.57	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out d4
39	62	150	Sep 15	TEX		KCR	L,9-11	GS-3		5	2.1	9	7	7	2	2	0	1	4.16	4.92	19	65	37	14	4	6	8	5	0	0	11			0	0	0	15	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.43	-0.463	.00	0.00%	-5.75	1t start tie	3t -23 1 out d4
40	63	155	Sep 20	TEX		ANA	L,6-7	GS-7	L(4-9)	4	6.0	9	6	6	4	3	1	0	4.39	4.99	30	104	58	23	4	5	18	8	4	0	29			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	-0.248	.00	0.00%	-1.36	1t start tie	7t 123 0 out a1
41	64	160	Sep 26	TEX	@	ANA	W,8-4	GS-6	W(5-9)	5	6.0	5	4	4	3	6	1	1	4.47	5.00	27	92	62	18	7	5	12	5	3	0	49			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-0.61	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
							15-26		W-L:5-9,BSv:1,Hld:6	3.4	131.0	108	67	65	69	99	17	6	4.47	5.00	550	1981	59%	18%	7%	0.46		21%	15%	9	47	20	30%	8	13	1	463	21	4	2	8	9	1	1.03	-0.298	.83	-0.37%	6.47

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