Rick Luecken

Richard Fred Luecken

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: November 15, 1960 in McAllen, TX
High School: Spring Woods HS (Houston, TX)
School: Texas A&M University (College Station, TX)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 27th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1989
Teams (by GP): Braves/Royals/BlueJays 1989-1990

Final Game: September 29, 1990
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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
1983	22	SEA-min	A-	5	4	.556	3.56	14	12	1	2	0	0	78.1	70	39	31	4	37	0	83	4	0	5			1.366	8.0	0.5	4.3	9.5	2.24	BLH · NORW
1984	23	SEA-min	AA	11	13	.458	3.79	26	26	0	5	1	0	163.2	166	85	69	13	88	0	90	2	0	9			1.552	9.1	0.7	4.8	4.9	1.02	CNG · SOUL
1985	24	SEA-min	AAA	4	8	.333	6.93	18	14	4	2	0	0	85.2	111	70	66	12	39	1	44	1	0	5			1.751	11.7	1.3	4.1	4.6	1.13	CGY · PCL
1986	25	SEA-min	AA	6	7	.462	5.28	17	14	0	4	2	0	88.2	106	57	52	10	42	3	55	2	0	2			1.669	10.8	1.0	4.3	5.6	1.31	CNG · SOUL
1987	26	KCR-min	AA	9	9	.500	4.75	28	24	0	2	0	0	146.0	163	86	77	12	53	3	88	3	0	5			1.479	10.0	0.7	3.3	5.4	1.66	MEM · SOUL
1988	27	KCR-min	AAA,AA	9	1	.900	2.09	47	0	41	0	0	14	64.2	62	18	15	1	22	5	57	2	1	3			1.299	8.6	0.1	3.1	7.9	2.59	OMA,MEM · AA,SOUL
1989	28	KCR-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.31	36	0	29	0	0	16	46.2	33	14	12	0	22	0	39	1	0	6			1.179	6.4	0.0	4.2	7.5	1.77	OMA · AA
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	116	1.521	8.7	1.1	4.9	6.1	1.23
1990	29	ATL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.35	8	0	6	0	0	4	13.1	11	3	2	0	8	4	15	0	0	0			1.425	7.4	0.0	5.4	10.1	1.88	RMD · IL
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	70	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	63	3.000	18.0	9.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
1991	30	CHC-min	AAA	0	0		9.82	5	0	1	0	0	0	7.1	12	8	8	1	8	1	3	0	0	2			2.727	14.7	1.2	9.8	3.7	0.38	IWA · AA
2 Yrs				3	5	.375	5.10	56	0	24	0	0	2	77.2	98	46	44	9	44	11	51	3	1	2	364	79	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	79	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	116	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	63	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	110	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

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	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1989	28	KCR	AL	23.2	19	0	9	3.42	4.34	-0.24	-0.34	100.2	4.24	2	0.2	.7	-0.1	0.3	5	.512	.501	$68,000
1990	29	ATL	NL	53.0	36	0	36	6.11	4.24	-0.39	-0.32	105.5	4.54	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-5	.470	.493	$114,000
1990	29	TOR	AL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	4.22	0.20	-0.32	108.0	4.00	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.444	.500	$
2 Seasons				77.2	56	0	46	5.33	4.27	-0.33	-0.33	103.9	4.44	-9	-0.9	.9	-0.2	-0.5	-0	.484	.498	$182,000

KCR (1 yr)				23.2	19	0	9	3.42	4.34	-0.24	-0.34	100.2	4.24	2	0.2	.7	-0.1	0.3	5	.512	.501	$68,000
ATL (1 yr)				53.0	36	0	36	6.11	4.24	-0.39	-0.32	105.5	4.54	-10	-1.1	1.0	-0.1	-0.8	-5	.470	.493	$114,000
TOR (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	1	9.00	4.22	0.20	-0.32	108.0	4.00	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.444	.500	$

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
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	0
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	3
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	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	3
2 Yrs				56	364	310	46	98	8	2	9	5	2	44	51	.316	.405	.442	.847	.355	137	11	3	6	1	11	3
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	4
MLB Averages																.256	.322	.380	.702	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1989	28	KCR	AL	1.9	0.2	108	-0.3	1.3	-1.6	.84	-0.2	-0.1	2.5	0.3	0.84	-0.1	3	4	12
1990	29	TOT	MLB	-9.1	-0.9	268	-2.1	2.5	-4.6	.78	-1.1	-1.5	-13.2	-1.3	0.78	-15.7	11	2	21
1990	29	ATL	NL	-8.8	-0.9	263	-2.1	2.5	-4.6	.79	-1.0	-1.6	-12.7	-1.2	0.79	-12.9	11	2	20
1990	29	TOR	AL	-0.3	-0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.01	-0.2	0.1	-0.5	-0.0	0.01	-2.8	0	0	1
2 Yrs				-7.2	-0.7	376	-2.3	3.8	-6.2	.80	-1.3	-1.6	-10.7	-1.0	0.80	-15.8	14	6	33

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	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	.838	3	4	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%		.778	11	2	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	.793	11	2	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	.010	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
2 Yrs				56	56	24	3	5	4	2	2	50%	6	2	32	12	38%		.795	14	6	33	11	8	37	15	41	26	10	29	7	4.2	23

Ratio Pitching*

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	49%	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	51%	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	80%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	100%	1.00		60%	25%	50.0%	0%	1	1	100%
2 Yrs				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					39%	2.0%	14.8%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	0.80	1.04	73%	20%	6.0%	19%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 Yrs				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						3.61		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	57%	6%			18%				26%

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
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 Yrs				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																		53%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

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	116	1.521	8.7	1.1	4.9	6.1	1.23	116
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	79	1.828	11.4	1.0	5.1	5.9	1.16	79

Neutralized Pitching

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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	24	11	10	3	14	15	0	1.727	9.8	5.7	6.1	1.07	1.2	19
1990	29	1	4	.200	6.30	50.0	75	39	35	6	31	33	3	2.120	13.5	5.6	5.9	1.06	1.1	37
2 Yrs		2	5	.286	5.63	72.0	99	50	45	9	45	48	3	2.000	12.4		6.0	1.07	1.1	56

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