Rich Hand
Richard Allen Hand
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 10, 1948 in Bellevue, WA
High School: Lincoln (Seattle, WA)
School: University of Puget Sound
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1970
Final Game: September 26, 1973
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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
1970 21 CLE AL 6 13 .316 3.83 35 25 5 3 1 3 159.2 132 71 68 27 69 3 110 4 2 1 664 102 1.259 7.4 1.5 3.9 6.2 1.59
1971 22 CLE AL 2 6 .250 5.79 15 12 0 0 0 0 60.2 74 43 39 6 38 1 26 4 0 4 283 66 1.846 11.0 0.9 5.6 3.9 0.68
1972 23 TEX AL 10 14 .417 3.32 30 28 1 2 1 0 170.2 139 66 63 12 103 8 109 3 0 2 744 91 1.418 7.3 0.6 5.4 5.7 1.06
1973 24 TOT AL 6 6 .500 4.39 24 13 7 1 0 0 96.1 107 58 47 7 40 5 33 3 0 3 434 82 1.526 10.0 0.7 3.7 3.1 0.83
1973 24 TEX AL 2 3 .400 5.40 8 7 1 1 0 0 41.2 49 29 25 2 19 5 14 2 0 1 195 69 1.632 10.6 0.4 4.1 3.0 0.74
1973 24 CAL AL 4 3 .571 3.62 16 6 6 0 0 0 54.2 58 29 22 5 21 0 19 1 0 2 239 97 1.445 9.5 0.8 3.5 3.1 0.90
4 Seasons 24 39 .381 4.01 104 78 13 6 2 3 487.1 452 238 217 52 250 17 278 14 2 10 2125 88 1.440 8.3 1.0 4.6 5.1 1.11
162 Game Avg. 9 15 .381 4.01 39 29 5 2 1 1 182 169 89 81 19 93 6 104 5 1 4 794 88 1.440 8.3 1.0 4.6 5.1 1.11
TEX (2 yrs) 12 17 .414 3.73 38 35 2 3 1 0 212.1 188 95 88 14 122 13 123 5 0 3 939 84 1.460 8.0 0.6 5.2 5.2 1.01
CLE (2 yrs) 8 19 .296 4.37 50 37 5 3 1 3 220.1 206 114 107 33 107 4 136 8 2 5 947 89 1.421 8.4 1.3 4.4 5.6 1.27
CAL (1 yr) 4 3 .571 3.62 16 6 6 0 0 0 54.2 58 29 22 5 21 0 19 1 0 2 239 97 1.445 9.5 0.8 3.5 3.1 0.90

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
1970 21 CLE AL 35 664 580 71 132 19 1 27 7 8 69 110 .228 .313 .403 .716 .235 234 13 4 8 3 3
1971 22 CLE AL 15 283 238 43 74 14 3 6 4 4 38 26 .311 .413 .471 .883 .329 112 10 4 2 1 1
1972 23 TEX AL 30 744 615 66 139 19 3 12 15 6 103 109 .226 .336 .325 .661 .253 200 15 3 15 8 8
1973 24 CAL AL 16 239 212 29 58 9 1 5 6 0 21 19 .274 .336 .396 .732 .276 84 4 1 1 4 0
1973 24 TEX AL 8 195 169 29 49 9 5 2 3 0 19 14 .290 .363 .438 .801 .301 74 2 2 2 3 5
1973 24 TOT AL 24 434 381 58 107 18 6 7 9 0 40 33 .281 .348 .415 .763 .287 158 6 3 3 7 5
4 Seasons 104 2125 1814 238 452 70 13 52 35 18 250 278 .249 .341 .388 .730 .266 704 44 14 28 19 17
162 Game Avg. 39 794 678 89 169 26 5 19 13 7 93 104 .249 .341 .388 .730 .266 263 16 5 10 7 6
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
1970 21 CLE AL 35 25 6 12 7 1 4 11 14 .440 1 4 3 1 12 48% 52 83 27 19 6 6 9 3.7 3.4 5.8
1971 22 CLE AL 15 12 2 5 5 2 2 5 7 .417 0 2 0 0 3 25% 41 61 23 11 3 1 6 5.1 4.8 4.5
1972 23 TEX AL 30 28 10 14 4 3 3 12 16 .429 0 2 2 1 12 43% 53 77 26 28 5 5 9 3.3 3.1 5.9
1973 24 TOT AL 24 13 4 6 3 1 1 6 7 .462 1 1 1 0 5 38% 43 67 13 21 10 1 5 3.7 4.4 5.4
1973 24 TEX AL 8 7 2 3 2 0 0 3 4 .429 1 1 1 0 3 43% 41 63 13 10 5 1 2 3.8 4.7 5.7
1973 24 CAL AL 16 6 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 .500 0 0 0 0 2 33% 46 67 25 11 5 0 3 3.7 3.9 5.1
4 Seasons 104 78 22 37 19 7 10 34 44 .436 2 9 6 2 32 41% 49 83 13 79 24 13 29 3.8 3.6 5.6
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
1970 21 CLE AL 35 10 5 0 1 3 3 0 100% 4 0 3 1 33% 9 0.997 6 2 2 4 3 3 2 8 5 2 5 0 4.4
1971 22 CLE AL 15 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 1.075 1 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 3 0 3 0 6.3
1972 23 TEX AL 30 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.089 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 7.5
1973 24 TOT AL 24 11 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 0.888 1 1 8 0 1 10 5 6 10 0 10 1 7.1
1973 24 TEX AL 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.966 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1973 24 CAL AL 16 10 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 7 0.825 1 1 7 0 1 9 5 5 9 0 9 1 7.2
4 Seasons 104 26 13 2 2 3 3 0 100% 4 0 14 7 50% 1.017 8 4 13 4 6 16 8 18 20 2 20 1 6.0

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%
1970 21 CLE AL 664 46% 4.1% 16.6% 10.4% 7.1% 36% 0.97 67% 112 13 12%
1971 22 CLE AL 283 43% 2.1% 9.2% 13.4% 8.1% 31% 1.05 73% 69 10 14%
1972 23 TEX AL 744 41% 1.6% 14.7% 13.8% 4.6% 25% 0.89 67% 154 15 10%
1973 24 TOT AL 434 40% 1.6% 7.6% 9.2% 7.1% 29% 0.81 80% 89 6 7%
1973 24 TEX AL 195 40% 1.0% 7.2% 9.7% 8.2% 33% 0.73 80% 40 2 5%
1973 24 CAL AL 239 39% 2.1% 8.0% 8.8% 6.3% 26% 0.88 80% 49 4 8%
4 Seasons 2125 42% 2.5% 13.1% 11.8% 6.4% 30% 0.92 71% 424 44 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
1970 21 CLE AL 664 132 27 1 4 14 13 15 12 17 10 4 59% 8 1 0 240 7 8 47% 6 7 1 1 0 0 3 0 6 0
1971 22 CLE AL 283 74 6 0 13 3 3 3 3 19 8 3 42% 4 4 1 112 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1972 23 TEX AL 744 139 12 1 24 4 8 5 7 46 17 8 37% 8 2 2 285 15 6 71% 15 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 15 0
1973 24 TOT AL 434 107 7 0 10 5 2 5 2 32 20 1 63% 10 3 0 180 9 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1973 24 TEX AL 195 49 2 0 5 2 0 1 1 16 9 0 56% 5 1 0 80 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1973 24 CAL AL 239 58 5 0 5 3 2 4 1 16 11 1 69% 5 2 0 100 6 0 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
4 Seasons 2125 452 52 2 51 26 26 28 24 114 55 16 48% 30 10 3 817 35 18 66% 34 16 1 2 0 0 4 0 41 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+
1970 21 6 13 .316 3.83 35 25 5 3 1 3 159.2 132 71 68 27 69 3 110 4 2 1 664 102 1.259 7.4 1.5 3.9 6.2 1.59 102
1971 22 8 19 .296 4.37 50 37 5 3 1 3 220.1 206 114 107 33 107 4 136 8 2 5 947 89 1.421 8.4 1.3 4.4 5.6 1.27 89
1972 23 18 33 .353 3.91 80 65 6 5 2 3 391.0 345 180 170 45 210 12 245 11 2 7 1691 89 1.419 7.9 1.0 4.8 5.6 1.17 89
1973 24 24 39 .381 4.01 104 78 13 6 2 3 487.1 452 238 217 52 250 17 278 14 2 10 2125 88 1.440 8.3 1.0 4.6 5.1 1.11 88

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
1970 21 8 8 .500 4.03 152.0 134 76 68 27 70 105 4 1.342 7.9 4.1 6.2 1.50 1.6 35
1971 22 2 4 .333 6.43 56.0 75 44 40 6 39 24 4 2.036 12.1 6.3 3.9 0.62 1.0 15
1972 23 7 10 .412 4.81 161.0 167 96 86 14 124 103 4 1.807 9.3 6.9 5.8 0.83 0.8 30
1973 24 3 7 .300 5.50 90.0 117 61 55 8 44 31 3 1.789 11.7 4.4 3.1 0.70 0.8 24
4 Seasons 20 29 .408 4.88 459.0 493 277 249 55 277 263 15 1.678 9.7 5.2 0.95 1.1 104

* 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

Home Runs s c a p y
1970 AL--27--9th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1972 AL--103--3rd

                           

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