Rick Lysander
Richard Eugene Lysander
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 21, 1953 in Huntington Park, CA
School: California State University, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 19th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1980
Final Game: October 1, 1985
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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
1980 27 OAK AL 0 0 7.90 5 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 24 13 12 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 67 48 2.049 15.8 2.0 2.6 3.3 1.25
1983 30 MIN AL 5 12 .294 3.38 61 4 19 1 1 3 125.0 132 63 47 8 43 12 58 2 1 6 543 126 1.400 9.5 0.6 3.1 4.2 1.35
1984 31 MIN AL 4 3 .571 3.49 36 0 15 0 0 5 56.2 62 23 22 2 27 7 22 0 0 1 252 120 1.571 9.8 0.3 4.3 3.5 0.81
1985 32 MIN AL 0 2 .000 6.05 35 1 9 0 0 3 61.0 72 43 41 3 22 2 26 0 0 9 262 72 1.541 10.6 0.4 3.2 3.8 1.18
4 Seasons 9 17 .346 4.28 137 5 46 1 1 11 256.1 290 142 122 16 96 21 111 2 1 16 1124 99 1.506 10.2 0.6 3.4 3.9 1.16
162 Game Avg. 4 8 .346 4.28 66 2 22 0 0 5 123 139 68 58 8 46 10 53 1 0 8 538 99 1.506 10.2 0.6 3.4 3.9 1.16
MIN (3 yrs) 9 17 .346 4.08 132 5 43 1 1 11 242.2 266 129 110 13 92 21 106 2 1 16 1057 105 1.475 9.9 0.5 3.4 3.9 1.15
OAK (1 yr) 0 0 7.90 5 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 24 13 12 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 67 48 2.049 15.8 2.0 2.6 3.3 1.25

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
1980 27 OAK AL 5 67 63 13 24 3 1 3 0 1 4 5 .381 .418 .603 1.021 .382 38 3 0 0 0 0
1983 30 MIN AL 61 542 479 63 132 20 5 8 11 3 43 58 .276 .333 .388 .721 .295 186 11 2 10 8 12
1984 31 MIN AL 36 251 218 23 62 10 2 2 6 1 27 22 .284 .359 .376 .735 .305 82 8 0 3 3 7
1985 32 MIN AL 35 262 236 43 72 9 4 3 5 0 22 26 .305 .362 .415 .777 .330 98 12 0 2 2 2
4 Seasons 137 1122 996 142 290 42 12 16 22 5 96 111 .291 .350 .406 .756 .311 404 34 2 15 13 21
162 Game Avg. 66 537 477 68 139 20 6 8 11 2 46 53 .291 .350 .406 .756 .311 193 16 1 7 6 10
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1983 30 MIN AL 61 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 1 1 1 25% 38 67 21 35 14 3 1 3.9 4.3 4.8
1985 32 MIN AL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 25 14 0 1 2.0 6.0 2.3
2 Seasons 96 5 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 .200 0 0 1 1 1 20% 37 67 21 60 28 3 2 3.5 4.5 4.3
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
1980 27 OAK AL 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 5 0.061 0 0 4 0 0 5 3 2 4 0 4 0 8.2
1983 30 MIN AL 61 57 19 4 9 8 3 5 38% 13 4 69 20 29% 7 1.121 29 9 19 15 13 29 44 13 39 11 43 8 5.6
1984 31 MIN AL 36 36 15 4 3 7 5 2 71% 15 5 51 18 35% 7 1.285 18 7 11 17 6 13 31 5 20 11 24 13 4.7
1985 32 MIN AL 35 34 9 0 1 5 3 2 60% 8 2 49 23 47% 7 0.750 10 8 16 8 2 24 28 6 19 12 20 4 5.2
4 Seasons 137 132 46 8 13 20 11 9 55% 36 11 173 65 38% 1.008 57 24 50 40 21 71 106 26 82 34 91 25 5.3

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%
1980 27 OAK AL 67 64% 4.5% 7.5% 6.0% 10.5% 29% 1.92 82% 21 3 14%
1983 30 MIN AL 543 39% 1.5% 10.7% 7.9% 6.1% 25% 1.55 78% 112 11 10%
1984 31 MIN AL 252 45% 0.8% 8.8% 10.8% 5.6% 23% 2.65 78% 55 8 15%
1985 32 MIN AL 262 46% 1.2% 9.9% 8.4% 6.1% 22% 2.33 80% 58 12 21%
4 Seasons 1124 44% 1.4% 9.9% 8.6% 6.2% 24% 1.93 79% 246 34 14%
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
1980 27 OAK AL 67 24 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 5 5 0 100% 2 0 0 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1983 30 MIN AL 543 132 8 0 15 4 4 1 7 43 22 5 51% 10 6 2 233 11 3 79% 10 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 20 0
1984 31 MIN AL 252 62 2 0 8 0 2 1 1 20 13 0 65% 2 1 0 114 6 1 86% 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 5 0
1985 32 MIN AL 262 72 3 0 8 0 3 0 3 30 22 2 73% 1 9 1 105 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
4 Seasons 1124 290 16 0 31 4 12 2 14 98 62 7 63% 15 16 3 483 22 5 81% 19 3 3 2 0 0 5 2 42 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+
1980 27 0 0 7.90 5 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 24 13 12 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 67 48 2.049 15.8 2.0 2.6 3.3 1.25 48
1981 28 0 0 7.90 5 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 24 13 12 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 67 48 2.049 15.8 2.0 2.6 3.3 1.25 48
1982 29 0 0 7.90 5 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 24 13 12 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 67 48 2.049 15.8 2.0 2.6 3.3 1.25 48
1983 30 5 12 .294 3.83 66 4 22 1 1 3 138.2 156 76 59 11 47 12 63 2 1 6 610 110 1.464 10.1 0.7 3.1 4.1 1.34 110
1984 31 9 15 .375 3.73 102 4 37 1 1 8 195.1 218 99 81 13 74 19 85 2 1 7 862 113 1.495 10.0 0.6 3.4 3.9 1.15 113
1985 32 9 17 .346 4.28 137 5 46 1 1 11 256.1 290 142 122 16 96 21 111 2 1 16 1124 99 1.506 10.2 0.6 3.4 3.9 1.16 99

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
1980 27 0 1 .000 9.00 13.0 25 14 13 3 4 5 0 2.231 17.3 2.8 3.5 1.25 2.1 5
1983 30 7 6 .538 3.47 122.0 133 52 47 8 43 57 2 1.443 9.8 3.2 4.2 1.33 0.6 61
1984 31 3 3 .500 3.67 54.0 62 24 22 2 27 21 0 1.648 10.3 4.5 3.5 0.78 0.3 36
1985 32 2 4 .333 6.47 57.0 70 46 41 3 21 24 0 1.596 11.1 3.3 3.8 1.14 0.5 35
4 Seasons 12 14 .462 4.50 246.0 290 136 123 16 95 107 2 1.565 10.6 3.9 1.13 0.6 137

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1983 AL  61 (7th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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