Rick Kester

Richard Lee Kester

Position: Pitcher
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
Team: Braves 1968-1970

Final Game: September 27, 1970
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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	78	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 Seasons				0	0		5.98	21	0	14	0	0	0	40.2	49	31	27	4	22	0	31	0	0	2	189	70	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	70	1.746	10.8	0.9	4.9	6.9	1.41

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	R	Rrep	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1968	21	ATL	NL	6.1	4	3	.0	-1	-0.1	$
1969	22	ATL	NL	2.0	3	1	.0	-2	-0.1	$
1970	23	ATL	NL	32.1	24	22	.3	-2	-0.3	$
3 Seasons				40.2	31	26	.2	-5	-0.5	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1967	20	ATL-min	AA	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0						AUS · TL
1968	21	ATL-min	AAA,A	12	24	24	2	5	0	1	1	0	7	.208	.208	.292	.500		7		0	0	0		RMD,GRW · IL,WCRS
1968	21	ATL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	22	ATL-min	AAA	25	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		RMD · IL
1969	22	ATL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	23	ATL-min	AAA	20	47	43	1	9	0	0	1	1	12	.209	.227	.209	.437		9		0	3	0		RMD · IL
1970	23	ATL	NL	15	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	24	ATL-min	AAA	14	36	33	2	7	0	0	7	1	5	.212	.257	.212	.469		7		1	1	0		RMD · IL
1972	25	ATL-min	AAA	23	51	41	2	7	2	0	3	3	14	.171	.227	.220	.447		9		0	7	0		RMD · IL
1973	26	ATL-min	AAA	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0		RMD · IL
3 Seasons				21	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	69	69	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1970	23	ATL	NL	9	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	1
1 Season				9	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1968	ATL	NL	21	P	5	6.1	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.99	2.02	1	0	0%
1969	ATL	NL	22	P	1	2.0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90	0	0
1970	ATL	NL	23	P	15	32.1	5	3	2	.600	0.84	0.20	.952	1.84	1.84	4	1	20%
	3 Seasons			P	21	40.2	5	3	2	.600	0.66	0.14	.952	1.86	1.89	5	1	17%
	3 Seasons			TOT	21	40.2	5	3	2	.600	0.66	0.14	.952	1.86	1.89	5	1	17%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

August 28, 1967: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.

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