Rick Helling
Ricky Allen Helling
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 15, 1970 in Devils Lake, ND
High School: Shanley (Fargo, ND)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1994
Final Game: September 9, 2006
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Standard Fielding

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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
1994 TEX AL 23 P 9 9 52.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.56 .960 1.71 0.52
1995 TEX AL 24 P 3 3 12.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73 0.33 1.000 1.75 0.53
1996 TOT MLB 25 P 11 6 48.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.94 0.45 .960 1.82 0.52
1996 TEX AL 25 P 6 2 20.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.50 .967 1.77 0.52
1996 FLA NL 25 P 5 4 27.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.65 0.40 .950 1.85 0.52
1997 TOT MLB 26 P 41 16 131.0 11 1 9 1 0 .909 0.69 0.24 .955 1.79 0.51
1997 FLA NL 26 P 31 8 76.0 9 0 8 1 0 .889 0.95 0.26 .956 1.85 0.52
1997 TEX AL 26 P 10 8 55.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 0.20 .950 1.70 0.49
1998 TEX AL 27 P 33 33 216.1 21 8 12 1 0 .952 0.83 0.61 .957 1.78 0.50 MVP-21
1999 TEX AL 28 P 35 35 219.1 31 4 24 3 2 .903 1.15 0.80 .955 1.69 0.47
2000 TEX AL 29 P 35 35 217.0 26 8 17 1 1 .962 1.04 0.71 .954 1.62 0.46
2001 TEX AL 30 P 34 34 215.2 32 15 16 1 1 .969 1.29 0.91 .953 1.75 0.49
2002 ARI NL 31 P 30 30 175.2 22 4 17 1 1 .955 1.08 0.70 .964 1.83 0.48
2003 TOT MLB 32 P 35 24 155.0 21 4 14 3 0 .857 1.05 0.51 .962 1.75 0.49
2003 BAL AL 32 P 24 24 138.2 18 3 12 3 0 .833 0.97 0.63 .961 1.73 0.49
2003 FLA NL 32 P 11 0 16.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.27 .967 1.87 0.48
2005 MIL NL 34 P 15 7 49.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.47 .957 1.74 0.46
2006 MIL NL 35 P 20 2 35.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.51 0.10 .950 1.72 0.43
12 Seasons P 301 234 1526.1 184 53 120 11 5 .940 1.02 0.57 .957 1.74 0.48
12 Seasons TOT 301 234 1526.1 184 53 120 11 5 .940 1.02 0.57 .897 1.74 0.48
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1994 TEX AL 23 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 TEX AL 24 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 TEX AL 25 6 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 FLA NL 25 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 FLA NL 26 31 7 29 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 TEX AL 26 10 1 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TEX AL 27 33 2 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 TEX AL 28 35 1 1 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 TEX AL 29 35 2 2 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 TEX AL 30 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 ARI NL 31 30 29 29 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 BAL AL 32 24 1 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 FLA NL 32 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 MIL NL 34 15 7 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 MIL NL 35 20 1 18 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 301 57 116 301 301 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1994 TEX AL 23 236 82% 25% 5 60% 1 2 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1995 TEX AL 24 62 76% 35% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 TEX AL 25 95 74% 17% 1 100% 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1996 FLA NL 25 109 70% 19% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1997 FLA NL 26 341 69% 18% 6 83% 1 0 0 0 8 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
1997 TEX AL 26 233 70% 20% 2 50% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 TEX AL 27 951 74% 21% 16 88% 0 8 2 6 12 11 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1999 TEX AL 28 983 77% 24% 22 91% 0 4 1 3 24 17 3 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 2 0 5 60%
2000 TEX AL 29 985 74% 19% 17 100% 0 8 0 6 16 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
2001 TEX AL 30 967 77% 24% 16 94% 0 15 2 12 16 12 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 50%
2002 ARI NL 31 771 77% 22% 16 100% 0 1 0 1 17 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
2003 BAL AL 32 627 78% 25% 12 83% 1 4 0 2 12 9 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2003 FLA NL 32 65 74% 34% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 MIL NL 34 206 70% 20% 6 83% 0 4 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2006 MIL NL 35 145 68% 19% 1 100% 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 6776 75% 22% 124 90% 4 51 7 39 119 92 6 11 2 1 8 2 5 4 5 0 31 77%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* 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.

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