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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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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

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1970 21 CLE AL 35 49 41 2 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 11 .146 .159 .146 .305 -16 6 0 0 5 2 0 1
1971 22 CLE AL 16 19 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .125 .176 .125 .301 -16 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1972 23 TEX AL 30 58 52 2 8 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 13 .154 .200 .231 .431 31 12 0 2 3 0 0 1
4 Seasons 81 126 109 5 16 2 1 0 8 0 0 3 31 .147 .181 .183 .365 5 20 0 2 10 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 252 218 10 32 4 2 0 16 0 0 6 62 .147 .181 .183 .365 5 40 0 4 20 4 0
CLE (2 yrs) 51 68 57 3 8 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 18 .140 .164 .140 .304 -16 8 0 0 7 2 0
TEX (2 yrs) 30 58 52 2 8 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 13 .154 .200 .231 .431 31 12 0 2 3 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1970 CLE AL 21 P 35 25 159.2 35 11 22 2 2 .943 1.86 0.94 .951 1.86 0.67
1971 CLE AL 22 P 15 12 60.2 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 1.34 0.60 .956 1.99 0.77
1972 TEX AL 23 P 30 28 170.2 38 10 25 3 2 .921 1.85 1.17 .953 1.86 0.75
1973 TOT AL 24 P 24 13 96.4 26 8 16 2 0 .923 2.24 1.00 .954 1.86 0.86
1973 TEX AL 24 P 8 7 41.2 10 3 5 2 0 .800 1.73 1.00 .960 1.86 0.86
1973 CAL AL 24 P 16 6 54.2 16 5 11 0 0 1.000 2.63 1.00 .950 1.86 0.86
4 Seasons P 104 78 487.1 108 33 68 7 4 .935 1.87 0.97 .953 1.88 0.75
4 Seasons TOT 104 78 487.1 108 33 68 7 4 .935 1.87 0.97 .888 1.88 0.75

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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Transactions

June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 38th round of the 1966 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 5th round of the 1968 amateur draft (June Secondary), but did not sign.

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (June Secondary).

December 2, 1971: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Roy Foster, Mike Paul and Ken Suarez to the Texas Rangers for Gary Jones, Terry Ley, Denny Riddleberger and Del Unser.

May 20, 1973: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Mike Epstein and Rick Stelmaszek to the California Angels for Lloyd Allen and Jim Spencer.

October 15, 1974: Sent by the California Angels to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete an earlier deal made on September 5, 1974. The California Angels sent a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals for Orlando Pena.

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