Rick Kester
Richard Lee Kester
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 7, 1946 in Iola, KS
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 18, 1968
Final Game: September 27, 1970
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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
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 53 1.737 11.4 0.0 4.3 12.8 3.00
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 27 2.500 22.5 4.5 0.0 9.0
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
3 Seasons 0 0 5.98 21 0 14 0 0 0 40.2 49 31 27 4 22 0 31 0 0 2 189 68 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 68 1.746 10.8 0.9 4.9 6.9 1.41

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
1968 21 ATL NL 5 29 26 4 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 9 .308 .379 .346 .725 .471 9 1 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
1970 23 ATL NL 15 150 128 24 36 8 2 3 4 1 19 20 .281 .372 .445 .817 .311 57 3 0 2 1 0
3 Seasons 21 190 165 31 49 9 2 4 5 1 22 31 .297 .378 .448 .826 .344 74 4 0 2 1 0
162 Game Avg. 68 615 534 100 159 29 6 13 16 3 71 100 .297 .378 .448 .826 .344 240 13 0 6 3 0
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
1968 21 ATL NL 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.016 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 4 2 0 2 1 3.8
1969 22 ATL NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.006 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1970 23 ATL NL 15 15 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 3 0.237 1 2 12 1 0 14 6 9 11 1 12 1 6.5
3 Seasons 21 21 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 0.191 1 2 15 1 0 19 6 14 14 1 15 2 5.8

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%
1968 21 ATL NL 29 46% 0.0% 31.0% 10.3% 3.5% 13% 0.80 59% 8 1 13%
1969 22 ATL NL 11 18% 9.1% 18.2% 0.0% 9.1% 20% 0.33 73% 5 0 0%
1970 23 ATL NL 150 26% 2.0% 13.3% 12.7% 8.7% 36% 1.26 71% 23 3 13%
3 Seasons 190 28% 2.1% 16.3% 11.6% 7.9% 31% 1.11 69% 36 4 11%
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
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 1 0 3 13
3 Seasons 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 1 0 3 18
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+
1968 21 0 0 5.68 5 0 5 0 0 0 6.1 8 4 4 0 3 0 9 0 0 1 29 53 1.737 11.4 0.0 4.3 12.8 3.00 53
1969 22 0 0 7.56 6 0 6 0 0 0 8.1 13 7 7 1 3 0 11 0 0 1 40 42 1.920 14.0 1.1 3.2 11.9 3.67 42
1970 23 0 0 5.98 21 0 14 0 0 0 40.2 49 31 27 4 22 0 31 0 0 2 189 68 1.746 10.8 0.9 4.9 6.9 1.41 68

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 HBP 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 9 0 2.000 13.5 4.5 13.5 3.00 0.0 5
1969 22 0 0 6.75 4.0 0 3 3 0 0 4 0 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 0 1.625 9.6 5.1 5.6 1.11 0.8 15
3 Seasons 1 2 .333 5.57 42.0 43 29 26 3 21 33 0 1.524 9.2 7.1 1.57 0.6 21

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