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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 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
1994 23 TEX AL 3 2 .600 5.88 9 9 0 1 1 0 52.0 62 34 34 14 18 0 25 0 1 4 228 83 1.538 10.7 2.4 3.1 4.3 1.39
1995 24 TEX AL 0 2 .000 6.57 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.1 17 11 9 2 8 0 5 2 0 0 62 74 2.027 12.4 1.5 5.8 3.6 0.63
1996 25 TOT MLB 3 3 .500 4.31 11 6 2 0 0 0 48.0 37 23 23 9 16 0 42 0 1 1 198 106 1.104 6.9 1.7 3.0 7.9 2.63
1996 25 TEX AL 1 2 .333 7.52 6 2 2 0 0 0 20.1 23 17 17 7 9 0 16 0 0 1 92 70 1.574 10.2 3.1 4.0 7.1 1.78
1996 25 FLA NL 2 1 .667 1.95 5 4 0 0 0 0 27.2 14 6 6 2 7 0 26 0 1 0 106 210 0.759 4.6 0.7 2.3 8.5 3.71
1997 26 TOT MLB 5 9 .357 4.47 41 16 9 0 0 0 131.0 108 67 65 17 69 2 99 6 0 3 550 98 1.351 7.4 1.2 4.7 6.8 1.43
1997 26 FLA NL 2 6 .250 4.38 31 8 8 0 0 0 76.0 61 38 37 12 48 2 53 4 0 0 324 92 1.434 7.2 1.4 5.7 6.3 1.10
1997 26 TEX AL 3 3 .500 4.58 10 8 1 0 0 0 55.0 47 29 28 5 21 0 46 2 0 3 226 105 1.236 7.7 0.8 3.4 7.5 2.19
1998 27 TEX AL 20 7 .741 4.41 33 33 0 4 2 0 216.1 209 109 106 27 78 6 164 1 0 10 922 109 1.327 8.7 1.1 3.2 6.8 2.10 MVP-21
1999 28 TEX AL 13 11 .542 4.84 35 35 0 3 0 0 219.1 228 127 118 41 85 5 131 6 0 8 943 106 1.427 9.4 1.7 3.5 5.4 1.54
2000 29 TEX AL 16 13 .552 4.48 35 35 0 0 0 0 217.0 212 122 108 29 99 2 146 9 0 2 963 112 1.433 8.8 1.2 4.1 6.1 1.47
2001 30 TEX AL 12 11 .522 5.17 34 34 0 2 1 0 215.2 256 134 124 38 63 2 154 4 0 6 941 91 1.479 10.7 1.6 2.6 6.4 2.44
2002 31 ARI NL 10 12 .455 4.51 30 30 0 0 0 0 175.2 180 94 88 31 48 6 120 6 1 7 751 101 1.298 9.2 1.6 2.5 6.1 2.50
2003 32 TOT MLB 8 8 .500 5.17 35 24 5 0 0 0 155.0 167 91 89 31 45 0 98 12 1 5 665 86 1.368 9.7 1.8 2.6 5.7 2.18
2003 32 BAL AL 7 8 .467 5.71 24 24 0 0 0 0 138.2 156 90 88 30 40 0 86 12 1 4 603 79 1.413 10.1 1.9 2.6 5.6 2.15
2003 32 FLA NL 1 0 1.000 0.55 11 0 5 0 0 0 16.1 11 1 1 1 5 0 12 0 0 1 62 762 0.980 6.1 0.6 2.8 6.6 2.40
2005 34 MIL NL 3 1 .750 2.39 15 7 2 0 0 0 49.0 39 13 13 2 18 1 42 2 0 1 199 179 1.163 7.2 0.4 3.3 7.7 2.33
2006 35 MIL NL 0 2 .000 4.11 20 2 4 0 0 0 35.0 25 17 16 6 15 0 32 0 0 1 142 110 1.143 6.4 1.5 3.9 8.2 2.13
12 Seasons 93 81 .534 4.68 301 234 22 10 4 0 1526.1 1540 842 793 247 562 24 1058 48 4 48 6564 101 1.377 9.1 1.5 3.3 6.2 1.88
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .534 4.68 38 30 3 1 1 0 194 196 107 101 31 71 3 134 6 1 6 834 101 1.377 9.1 1.5 3.3 6.2 1.88
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
TEX (8 yrs) 68 51 .571 4.86 165 159 3 10 4 0 1008.0 1054 583 544 163 381 15 687 24 1 34 4377 101 1.424 9.4 1.5 3.4 6.1 1.80
FLA (3 yrs) 5 7 .417 3.30 47 12 13 0 0 0 120.0 86 45 44 15 60 2 91 4 1 1 492 123 1.217 6.5 1.1 4.5 6.8 1.52
MIL (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 3.11 35 9 6 0 0 0 84.0 64 30 29 8 33 1 74 2 0 2 341 141 1.155 6.9 0.9 3.5 7.9 2.24
ARI (1 yr) 10 12 .455 4.51 30 30 0 0 0 0 175.2 180 94 88 31 48 6 120 6 1 7 751 101 1.298 9.2 1.6 2.5 6.1 2.50
BAL (1 yr) 7 8 .467 5.71 24 24 0 0 0 0 138.2 156 90 88 30 40 0 86 12 1 4 603 79 1.413 10.1 1.9 2.6 5.6 2.15
AL (9 yrs) 75 59 .560 4.96 189 183 3 10 4 0 1146.2 1210 673 632 193 421 15 773 36 2 38 4980 98 1.422 9.5 1.5 3.3 6.1 1.84
NL (6 yrs) 18 22 .450 3.82 112 51 19 0 0 0 379.2 330 169 161 54 141 9 285 12 2 10 1584 115 1.241 7.8 1.3 3.3 6.8 2.02

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1998 27 TEX AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 8 3 3 2 1 0 9 0 0 0 27 1.500 12.0 3.0 1.5 13.5 9.00
1999 28 TEX AL ALDS L NYY 0 1 .000 2.84 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 2 2 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 25 0.947 7.1 0.0 1.4 11.4 8.00
2002 31 ARI NL NLDS L STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 0.250 2.3 0.0 0.0 4.5
2003 32 FLA NL NLDS W SFG 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 12.000 54.0 0.0 54.0 0.0 0.00
2003 32 FLA NL NLCS W CHC 0 0 6.35 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 4 2 4 1 5 0 0 2 28 1.941 11.1 3.2 6.4 7.9 1.25
2003 32 FLA NL WS W NYY 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.750 6.8 3.4 0.0 6.8
4 Seasons (6 Series) 0 2 .000 4.32 8 2 1 0 0 0 25.0 25 13 12 5 8 2 26 0 0 2 108 1.320 9.0 1.8 2.9 9.4 3.25
2 ALDS 0 2 .000 3.65 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.1 13 5 5 2 2 0 17 0 0 0 52 1.216 9.5 1.5 1.5 12.4 8.50
2 NLDS 0 0 2.08 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 18 1.154 6.2 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
1 NLCS 0 0 6.35 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 5 4 2 4 1 5 0 0 2 28 1.941 11.1 3.2 6.4 7.9 1.25
1 WS 0 0 6.75 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 2 2 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.750 6.8 3.4 0.0 6.8

Standard Batting

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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
1996 25 FLA NL 5 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1997 26 TOT MLB 30 15 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .071 .071 .071 .143 -62 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1997 26 FLA NL 29 12 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 -51 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1997 26 TEX AL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 27 TEX AL 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 MVP-21
1999 28 TEX AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2000 29 TEX AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 30 TEX AL 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 31 ARI NL 29 61 46 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 16 .043 .200 .043 .243 -34 2 1 1 6 0 0 1
2003 32 TOT MLB 12 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 155 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 32 BAL AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 32 FLA NL 11 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 282 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 34 MIL NL 15 14 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
2006 35 MIL NL 18 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 116 122 104 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 43 .058 .133 .067 .200 -46 7 2 1 9 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 170 145 6 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 11 60 .058 .133 .067 .200 -46 10 3 1 13 0 0
TEX (8 yrs) 8 20 19 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .053 .053 .053 .105 -73 1 0 0 1 0 0
FLA (3 yrs) 45 23 22 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .136 .136 .182 .318 -16 4 0 0 1 0 0
MIL (2 yrs) 33 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
ARI (1 yr) 29 61 46 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 16 .043 .200 .043 .243 -34 2 1 1 6 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 9 21 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .050 .050 .050 .100 -74 1 0 0 1 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 107 101 84 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 35 .060 .151 .071 .222 -40 6 2 1 8 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2002 31 ARI NL NLDS STL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 32 FLA NL NLDS SFG W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 32 FLA NL NLCS CHC W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1998 AL (21, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1684th)

Wins s c a p y
1998 AL  20 (1st)
2000 AL  16 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1998 AL  .741 (3rd)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 AL  8.793 (8th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
Career  6.239 (180th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1999 AL  219.3 (5th)
2000 AL  217.0 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1998 AL  33 (7th)
1999 AL  35 (1st)
2000 AL  35 (1st)
2001 AL  34 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1998 AL  2 (5th)
2001 AL  1 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1999 AL  41 (1st)
2000 AL  29 (9th)
2001 AL  38 (1st)
2002 NL  31 (2nd)
2003 AL  30 (8th)
Career  247 (103rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1999 AL  85 (10th)
2000 AL  99 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
2001 AL  256 (1st)

Losses s c a p y
2000 AL  13 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1999 AL  118 (6th)
2000 AL  108 (8th)
2001 AL  124 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1998 AL  10 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2000 AL  9 (8th)
2003 AL  12 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1999 AL  943 (4th)
2000 AL  963 (5th)
2001 AL  941 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (368), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (920), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (840), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 50th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 1992.

September 3, 1996: Sent by the Texas Rangers to the Florida Marlins to complete an earlier deal made on August 8, 1996. The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Ryan Dempster to the Florida Marlins for John Burkett.

August 12, 1997: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Texas Rangers for Ed Vosberg.

December 21, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 20, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

February 11, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

August 18, 2003: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

August 22, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

January 22, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

June 2, 2004: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

June 11, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

July 15, 2004: Released by the Texas Rangers.

January 14, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

November 28, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1997Texas Rangers$165,000
1998Texas Rangers$216,500
1999Texas Rangers$2,250,000
2000Texas Rangers$3,750,000
2001Texas Rangers$4,500,000
2002Arizona Diamondbacks$3,000,000
2003Baltimore Orioles$1,000,000
2006Milwaukee Brewers$850,000
Career (may be incomplete)$15,731,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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