Rick Luecken
Richard Fred Luecken
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 15, 1960 in McAllen, TX
High School: Spring-Woods (Houston, TX)
School: Texas A&M University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 27th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1989
Final Game: September 29, 1990
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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
1989 28 KCR AL 2 1 .667 3.42 19 0 12 0 0 1 23.2 23 9 9 3 13 4 16 0 1 0 104 114 1.521 8.7 1.1 4.9 6.1 1.23
1990 29 TOT MLB 1 4 .200 5.83 37 0 12 0 0 1 54.0 75 37 35 6 31 7 35 3 0 2 260 69 1.963 12.5 1.0 5.2 5.8 1.13
1990 29 ATL NL 1 4 .200 5.77 36 0 11 0 0 1 53.0 73 36 34 5 30 7 35 3 0 2 255 70 1.943 12.4 0.8 5.1 5.9 1.17
1990 29 TOR AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 46 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons 3 5 .375 5.10 56 0 24 0 0 2 77.2 98 46 44 9 44 11 51 3 1 2 364 78 1.828 11.4 1.0 5.1 5.9 1.16
162 Game Avg. 4 6 .375 5.10 68 0 29 0 0 2 94 119 56 53 11 53 13 62 4 1 2 442 78 1.828 11.4 1.0 5.1 5.9 1.16
KCR (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.42 19 0 12 0 0 1 23.2 23 9 9 3 13 4 16 0 1 0 104 114 1.521 8.7 1.1 4.9 6.1 1.23
ATL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 5.77 36 0 11 0 0 1 53.0 73 36 34 5 30 7 35 3 0 2 255 70 1.943 12.4 0.8 5.1 5.9 1.17
TOR (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 46 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
AL (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.65 20 0 13 0 0 1 24.2 25 10 10 4 14 4 16 0 1 0 109 107 1.581 9.1 1.5 5.1 5.8 1.14
NL (1 yr) 1 4 .200 5.77 36 0 11 0 0 1 53.0 73 36 34 5 30 7 35 3 0 2 255 70 1.943 12.4 0.8 5.1 5.9 1.17

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
1989 28 KCR AL 19 104 89 9 23 1 2 3 1 1 13 16 .258 .353 .416 .769 .286 37 1 0 2 0 4
1990 29 ATL NL 36 255 217 36 73 6 0 5 4 1 30 35 .336 .422 .433 .855 .382 94 9 3 4 1 7
1990 29 TOR AL 1 5 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500 .600 1.500 2.100 .333 6 1 0 0 0 0
1990 29 TOT MLB 37 260 221 37 75 7 0 6 4 1 31 35 .339 .426 .452 .878 .381 100 10 3 4 1 7
2 Seasons 56 364 310 46 98 8 2 9 5 2 44 51 .316 .405 .442 .847 .355 137 11 3 6 1 11
162 Game Avg. 68 442 376 56 119 10 2 11 6 2 53 62 .316 .405 .442 .847 .355 166 13 4 7 1 13
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
1989 28 KCR AL 19 19 12 2 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 12 3 25% 8 0.872 4 3 12 5 2 12 6 13 6 3 6 1 3.7 21
1990 29 TOT MLB 37 37 12 1 4 3 1 2 33% 4 1 20 9 45% 0.810 11 3 21 6 6 25 9 28 20 7 23 6 4.4 25
1990 29 ATL NL 36 36 11 1 4 3 1 2 33% 4 1 20 9 45% 7 0.826 11 3 20 6 6 24 9 27 20 7 23 6 4.4 25
1990 29 TOR AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.010 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
2 Seasons 56 56 24 3 5 4 2 2 50% 6 2 32 12 38% 0.828 15 6 33 11 8 37 15 41 26 10 29 7 4.2 23

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%
1989 28 KCR AL 104 51% 2.9% 15.4% 12.5% 5.8% 26% 1.03 1.30 67% 15% 10.0% 14% 20 1 5%
1990 29 TOT MLB 260 49% 2.3% 13.5% 11.9% 5.0% 17% 1.19 2.07 70% 24% 8.6% 16% 62 10 16%
1990 29 ATL NL 255 50% 2.0% 13.7% 11.8% 4.3% 15% 1.20 2.00 70% 24% 7.4% 16% 61 9 15%
1990 29 TOR AL 5 20% 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 100% 1.00 60% 25% 50.0% 0% 1 1 100%
2 Seasons 364 50% 2.5% 14.0% 12.1% 5.2% 19% 1.14 1.80 69% 21% 9.0% 15% 82 11 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1989 28 KCR AL 104 390 3.75 232 59% 21% 14% 31% 32% 78% 9% 46% 81% 46% 9% 9 3 18% 19 12 3 19% 4 2 0 0 2
1990 29 TOT MLB 183 646 3.53 384 59% 28% 12% 25% 34% 72% 10% 43% 83% 55% 9% 16 6 19% 34 17 1 27% 5 4 77 0 1
1990 29 ATL NL 183 646 3.53 384 59% 28% 12% 25% 34% 72% 10% 43% 83% 55% 9% 16 6 19% 34 17 1 27% 5 4 72 0 1
2 Seasons 287 1036 3.61 616 59% 25% 13% 27% 34% 74% 10% 44% 82% 52% 9% 25 9 18% 53 29 4 24% 9 6 72 0 3
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
1989 28 KCR AL 104 23 4 2 3 0 4 1 2 1 2 9 3 2 33% 0 0 0 42 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 29 TOT MLB 260 75 14 1 6 1 9 5 1 3 3 16 10 2 63% 3 2 1 116 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1990 29 ATL NL 255 73 14 1 5 1 9 4 1 3 2 16 10 2 63% 3 2 1 114 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0
1990 29 TOR AL 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 364 98 18 3 9 1 13 6 3 4 5 25 13 4 52% 3 2 1 158 5 2 71% 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
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+
1989 28 2 1 .667 3.42 19 0 12 0 0 1 23.2 23 9 9 3 13 4 16 0 1 0 104 114 1.521 8.7 1.1 4.9 6.1 1.23 114
1990 29 3 5 .375 5.10 56 0 24 0 0 2 77.2 98 46 44 9 44 11 51 3 1 2 364 78 1.828 11.4 1.0 5.1 5.9 1.16 78

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1989 28 1 1 .500 4.09 22.0 25 11 10 3 14 15 0 1.773 10.2 5.7 6.1 1.07 1.2 19
1990 29 2 3 .400 6.00 51.0 74 38 34 6 31 33 3 2.059 13.1 5.5 5.8 1.06 1.1 37
2 Seasons 3 4 .429 5.42 73.0 99 49 44 9 45 48 3 1.973 12.2 5.9 1.07 1.1 56

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