Rick Waits

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 194lb (190cm, 87kg)

Born: May 15, 1952 in Atlanta, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Therrell HS (Atlanta, GA).

High School: Therrell HS (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: September 17, 1973 (Age 21-125d, 13,453rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, Sv

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 33-144d)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Michael Richard Waits

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

ERA

4.25

317

190

1427.0

659

WHIP

1.459

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Team Record in Appearances: 16-18 / in Starts: 16-17

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	81	4	Apr 12	CLE		BOS	L,3-6	7-GF		99	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.00	1.25	11	3	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	-0.002	.15	0.00%	0.40	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 4
2	82	8	Apr 17	CLE		TEX	W,6-0	SHO	W(1-0)	4	9.0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.75	2.25	30	16	8	1	1	1	84			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.76	0.360	.73	0.21%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
3	83	11	Apr 23(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,3-6	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	2	3	4	1	0	1.50	3.14	32	10	8	2	5	7	49			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	4	1.03	-0.031	1.29	-0.02%	0.17	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
4	84	16	Apr 27	CLE	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(1-1)	3	8.0	5	3	3	2	7	1	0	2.08	3.16	32	12	6	2	2	5	65			1	0	0	30	0	1	0	0	0	1	.71	-0.040	.80	-0.03%	0.77	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
5	85	20	May 2	CLE	@	SEA	W,4-1	GS-9	W(2-1)	4	8.0	5	1	0	5	1	0	0	1.59	3.41	32	11	10	1	3	5	66			4	0	1	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.26	0.257	1.22	0.15%	2.36	1b start tie	9b 1-- 0 out a3
6	86	24	May 7	CLE	@	CAL	L,3-16	GS-2	L(2-2)	4	1.2	7	5	5	1	1	0	1	2.78	3.48	12	1	1	1	0	7	21			0	1	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.335	.86	-0.17%	-4.51	1b start tie	2b 12- 2 out d5
7	87	28	May 13	CLE		CAL	W,2-1	CG	W(3-2)	5	9.0	7	1	1	4	6	0	0	2.42	3.30	36	13	6	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	3	0	1	1.42	0.525	1.46	0.32%	3.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
8	88	32	May 17	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS-4		3	3.2	6	4	2	2	0	0	0	2.61	3.37	19	8	3	0	0	6	35			1	1	0	17	1	0	0	1	0	2	.87	-0.299	.84	-0.17%	-2.88	1t start tie	4t 123 2 out d3
9	89	36	May 21(1)	CLE		BAL	L,0-3	CG	L(3-3)	3	9.0	6	3	3	2	7	1	0	2.67	3.34	34	15	4	0	1	6	68			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.79	0.002	.62	0.00%	1.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
10	90	39	May 25	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-9	GS-3	L(3-4)	3	2.0	8	6	6	0	1	0	0	3.49	3.28	13	2	2	0	0	8	17			0	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.331	.65	-0.15%	-5.43	1b start tie	3b 1-3 0 out d5
11	91	44	May 29	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	CG	L(3-5)	3	9.0	6	2	2	2	4	1	0	3.29	3.35	33	12	9	1	1	6	69			1	0	0	31	0	0	0	1	0	0	.85	0.088	.46	0.03%	2.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
12	92	50	Jun 5	CLE		CHW	L,0-2	CG	L(3-6)	6	9.0	6	2	1	1	7	0	0	3.03	3.12	34	15	6	1	0	5	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	1	.83	0.086	.34	0.02%	2.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
13	93	55	Jun 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(3-7)	6	8.0	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	2.74	3.11	29	14	9	0	0	3	71			1	1	1	25	0	0	0	0	1	2	.88	0.229	.34	0.05%	2.80	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
14	94	60	Jun 18(1)	CLE		MIL	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-7)	5	9.0	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	2.48	3.06	34	15	8	3	0	6	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.432	.04	0.01%	4.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
15	95	65	Jun 23	CLE		TOR	W,8-3	CG	W(5-7)	4	9.0	7	3	3	6	3	1	0	2.53	3.26	37	15	6	0	0	7	58			0	1	1	31	1	1	0	2	0	0	.88	0.248	.05	0.01%	1.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
16	96	71	Jun 28(1)	CLE		DET	L,3-4	GS-8	L(5-8)	4	7.1	8	4	2	3	2	0	0	2.52	3.26	33	16	5	0	0	7	49			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	2	1	2	.90	-0.206	.03	0.00%	-1.18	1t start tie	8t --3 1 out d1
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
17	97	76	Jul 2(1)	CLE	@	TOR	W,2-0	GS-9	W(6-8)	3	8.2	3	0	0	5	2	0	0	2.34	3.31	32	16	6	0	0	3	75			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.512	.06	0.02%	3.86	1b start tie	9b 12- 2 out a2
18	98	81	Jul 6	CLE	@	DET	L,4-8	GS-3	L(6-9)	3	2.1	7	6	6	2	0	1	0	2.74	3.45	16	4	3	0	0	7	17			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.69	-0.356	.02	-0.01%	-5.06	1b start tie	3b 1-- 1 out d3
19	99	86	Jul 13	CLE	@	OAK	L,3-7	GS-6	L(6-10)	6	6.0	7	6	1	2	3	1	0	2.68	3.51	28	9	7	0	0	7	45			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.76	-0.440	.01	0.00%	-3.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
20	100	91	Jul 18	CLE	@	CAL	W,8-3	GS-6	W(7-10)	4	5.2	8	3	3	3	3	0	0	2.77	3.49	27	5	8	2	0	8	41			0	1	0	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.096	.01	0.00%	-1.02	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out a3
21	101	97	Jul 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-3	CG	L(7-11)	7	8.1	6	3	3	0	4	1	0	2.80	3.47	31	17	4	0	1	6	63			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.56	-0.287	.02	0.00%	0.87	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out d2
22	102	103	Jul 31	CLE		KCR	W,4-3	GS-9		4	8.1	7	2	2	4	7	0	0	2.76	3.41	33	9	6	2	1	7	64			0	2	1	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.34	0.401	.01	0.00%	2.70	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
23	103	108	Aug 6	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	L(7-12)	5	8.2	10	3	2	4	1	1	0	2.72	3.51	38	15	8	1	0	10	51			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.589	.00	0.00%	1.14	1b start tie	9b --- 2 out d1
24	104	112	Aug 11	CLE		TEX	L,2-8	GS-4	L(7-13)	4	3.1	7	4	4	1	1	1	0	2.89	3.58	17	4	4	0	0	7	30			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.309	.00	0.00%	-2.79	1t start tie	4t -2- 1 out d3
25	105	117	Aug 15	CLE		MIN	L,8-9	GS-2		3	1.2	3	5	5	4	0	0	0	3.13	3.64	12	3	2	0	1	3	25			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	-0.292	.00	0.00%	-2.65	1t start tie	2t -23 2 out d1
26	106	122	Aug 20	CLE		CHW	W,10-1	CG	W(8-13)	4	9.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.02	3.59	33	15	6	0	0	5	74			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	.53	0.110	.00	0.00%	3.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
27	107	127	Aug 25	CLE	@	CHW	W,2-1	GS-9	W(9-13)	4	8.0	5	1	1	1	3	0	0	2.94	3.53	28	7	12	2	0	5	70			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.31	0.378	.00	0.00%	2.43	1b start a 1	9b 1-- 0 out a1
28	108	132	Aug 31(2)	CLE		MIL	W,12-6	GS-8	W(10-13)	5	8.0	8	6	5	4	3	0	0	3.05	3.52	36	10	11	0	3	8	43			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	1	0	1	.54	0.084	.00	0.00%	-2.27	1t start tie	8t 3 out a6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
29	109	138	Sep 5	CLE	@	TOR	W,6-2	CG	W(11-13)	4	9.0	5	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.01	3.54	33	17	8	0	0	5	70			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.244	.00	0.00%	2.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
30	110	142	Sep 11(1)	CLE		TOR	W,6-4	CG	W(12-13)	5	9.0	9	4	4	2	3	3	0	3.05	3.69	37	14	9	1	0	9	54			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	1	0	0	.97	0.063	.00	0.00%	0.20	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
31	111	147	Sep 16	CLE		DET	L,4-10	GS-3	L(12-14)	4	2.1	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.14	3.68	13	3	2	1	0	6	33			2	0	0	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.43	-0.153	.00	0.00%	-1.48	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out d2
32	112	151	Sep 22	CLE		NYY	W,8-7	GS-6		5	5.1	7	4	4	3	3	1	1	3.23	3.74	26	8	4	0	0	7	38			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-1.70	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out a2
33	113	155	Sep 27	CLE	@	BAL	L,1-3	GS-8	L(12-15)	4	7.0	6	3	3	6	2	1	0	3.25	3.83	32	12	6	0	0	6	49			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	3	0	2	.84	-0.015	.00	0.00%	0.49	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out d1
34	114	159	Oct 1	CLE	@	NYY	W,9-2	CG	W(13-15)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.20	3.79	34	12	11	4	0	5	69			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	1	0	0	.51	0.004	.00	0.00%	2.11	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a7
							16-18		W-L:13-15	4.2	230.1	206	97	82	86	97	16	2	3.20	3.79	957	1.69		5%	3%	202	54	0	---%	17	7	4	860	23	7	0	29	3	18	.95	0.109	.30	0.26%	9.86

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