Rick Kester

Richard Lee Kester

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 7, 1946 in Iola, KS
High School: Owens Valley HS (Independence, CA)
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1968
Team: Braves 1968-1970

Final Game: September 27, 1970
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Standard Pitching

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
1967	20	ATL-min	AA	1	0	1.000	0.00	1	1					6.0	3	0	0	0	0		3						0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5		AUS · TL
1968	21	ATL-min	AAA,A	4	2	.667	2.68	10	10		1	0		57.0	46	20	17	2	22	0	28	1	0	1			1.193	7.3	0.3	3.5	4.4	1.27	RMD,GRW · IL,WCRS
1968	21	ATL	NL	0	0		5.68	5	0	5	0	0	0	6.1	8	4	4	0	3	0	9	0	0	1	29	57	1.737	11.4	0.0	4.3	12.8	3.00
1969	22	ATL-min	AAA	8	13	.381	4.18	25	25		9	1	0	155.0	159	82	72	14	50	0	130	2	0	5			1.348	9.2	0.8	2.9	7.5	2.60	RMD · IL
1969	22	ATL	NL	0	0		13.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	33	2.500	22.5	4.5	0.0	9.0
1970	23	ATL-min	AAA	8	6	.571	3.43	19	19		5	1	0	126.0	113	48	48	8	41	0	114	3	0	8			1.222	8.1	0.6	2.9	8.1	2.78	RMD · IL
1970	23	ATL	NL	0	0		5.57	15	0	8	0	0	0	32.1	36	24	20	3	19	0	20	0	0	1	149	77	1.701	10.0	0.8	5.3	5.6	1.05
1971	24	ATL-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.22	14	14		3	2	0	95.0	81	36	34	8	28	1	80	2	0	3			1.147	7.7	0.8	2.7	7.6	2.86	RMD · IL
1972	25	ATL-min	AAA	8	9	.471	3.47	23	23		4	1	0	140.0	136	64	54	12	41	4	106	1	0	4			1.264	8.7	0.8	2.6	6.8	2.59	RMD · IL
1973	26	ATL-min	AAA	1	7	.125	4.85	32	9		2	0	3	91.0	90	51	49	13	32	2	67	3	0	0			1.341	8.9	1.3	3.2	6.6	2.09	RMD · IL
3 Yrs				0	0		5.98	21	0	14	0	0	0	40.2	49	31	27	4	22	0	31	0	0	2	189	69	1.746	10.8	0.9	4.9	6.9	1.41
162 Game Avg.				0	0		5.98	68	0	45	0	0	0	132	159	100	87	13	71	0	100	0	0	6	612	69	1.746	10.8	0.9	4.9	6.9	1.41

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1968	21	ATL	NL	6.1	5	4	5.68	3.48	0.01	-0.15	99.5	3.30	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-1	.457	.499	$
1969	22	ATL	NL	2.0	1	3	13.50	4.69	0.41	-0.20	102.0	4.16	-2	-0.2	.0	0.1	-0.1	-2	.309	.499	$
1970	23	ATL	NL	32.1	15	24	6.68	4.82	-0.09	-0.20	103.8	4.88	-7	-0.7	.4	0.2	-0.3	-3	.454	.496	$
3 Seasons				40.2	21	31	6.86	4.60	-0.05	-0.20	103.0	4.60	-11	-1.1	.3	0.3	-0.5	-6	.448	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1968	21	ATL	NL	5	24	26	4	8	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	.308	.379	.346	.725	.471	9	1	0	0	0	0	0
1969	22	ATL	NL	1	11	11	3	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.455	.455	.727	1.182	.500	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	23	ATL	NL	15	137	128	24	36	8	2	3	4	1	19	20	.281	.372	.445	.817	.311	57	3	0	2	1	0	3
3 Yrs				21	172	165	31	49	9	2	4	5	1	22	31	.297	.378	.448	.826	.344	74	4	0	2	1	0	3
162 Game Avg.				68	557	534	100	159	29	6	13	16	3	71	100	.297	.378	.448	.826	.344	240	13	0	6	3	0	10
MLB Averages																.247	.316	.366	.682	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1968	21	ATL	NL	-1.4	-0.2	25	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.01	-0.1	-0.5	-2.0	-0.2	0.01	-1.0	0	0	1
1969	22	ATL	NL	-1.8	-0.2	11	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.00	-0.2	-0.4	-2.1	-0.2	0.00	-1.4	0	0	1
1970	23	ATL	NL	-4.8	-0.5	159	-0.1	0.7	-0.9	.21	-1.0	0.3	-6.0	-0.6	0.25	-6.9	1	1	12
3 Yrs				-8.1	-0.8	195	-0.2	0.7	-0.9	.17	-1.3	0.4	-10.1	-1.0	0.20	-9.3	1	1	14

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1968	21	ATL	NL	5	5	5	0	0		7	.011	0	0	1	0	4	0	4	2	0	2	1	3.8
1969	22	ATL	NL	1	1	1	0	0		8	.005	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1970	23	ATL	NL	15	15	8	8	1	13%	3	.209	1	1	12	1	14	6	9	11	1	12	1	6.5
3 Yrs				21	21	14	8	1	13%		.168	1	1	14	1	19	6	14	14	1	15	2	5.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1968	21	ATL	NL	29	54%	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	4.2%	13%	0.80	71%	8	1	13%
1969	22	ATL	NL	11	82%	9.1%	18.2%	0.0%	9.1%	20%	0.33	73%	5	0	0%
1970	23	ATL	NL	150	74%	2.2%	14.6%	13.9%	9.5%	36%	1.26	77%	23	3	13%
3 Yrs				190	72%	2.3%	18.0%	12.8%	8.7%	31%	1.11	76%	36	4	11%
MLB Averages					47%	2.1%	15.5%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.11	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1968	21	ATL	NL	24	8			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	33%	0	1	0	12	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
1969	22	ATL	NL	11	5			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	23	ATL	NL	137	36			3	0	2	2	1	1	2	6	4	0	67%	3	1	1	62	4	1	80%	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	13
3 Yrs				172	49			4	0	2	3	1	2	2	10	6	1	60%	3	2	1	80	5	1	83%	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	18
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1968	21	5.68	5	5	6.1	8	4	4	0	3	9	1	29	57	1.737	11.4	0.0	4.3	12.8	3.00	57
1969	22	7.56	6	6	8.1	13	7	7	1	3	11	1	40	47	1.920	14.0	1.1	3.2	11.9	3.67	47
1970	23	5.98	21	14	40.2	49	31	27	4	22	31	2	189	69	1.746	10.8	0.9	4.9	6.9	1.41	69

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1968	21	0	0		7.50	6.0	9	6	5	0	3	8	2.000	13.5	4.5	12.0	2.67	0.0	5
1969	22	0	0		6.75	4.0	0	3	3	0	0	4	0.000	0.0	0.0	9.0		0.0	1
1970	23	1	2	.333	5.06	32.0	34	20	18	3	18	20	1.625	9.6	5.1	5.6	1.11	0.8	15
3 Yrs		1	2	.333	5.57	42.0	43	29	26	3	21	32	1.524	9.2		6.9	1.52	0.6	21

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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