Rick Mahler

Richard Keith Mahler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 5, 1953 in Austin, TX
High School: John Jay (San Antonio, TX)
School: Trinity University
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1979
Teams (by GP): Braves/Reds/Expos 1979-1991
Final Game: August 6, 1991
Died: March 2, 2005 in Jupiter, FL
Cremated
Relatives: Brother of Mickey Mahler
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1979 ATL NL 25 P 15 0 22.0 5 1 3 1 0 .800 1.64 0.27 .960 1.80 0.66
1980 ATL NL 26 P 2 0 3.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.45 0.50 .900 1.96 0.70
1981 ATL NL 27 P 34 14 112.1 35 14 19 2 0 .943 2.64 0.97 .960 1.97 0.68
1982 ATL NL 28 P 39 33 205.1 56 19 36 1 5 .982 2.41 1.41 .950 1.96 0.70
1983 ATL NL 29 P 10 0 14.1 3 1 1 1 1 .667 1.26 0.20 .967 1.95 0.68
1984 ATL NL 30 P 38 29 222.0 64 20 42 2 5 .969 2.51 1.63 .953 1.88 0.67
1985 ATL NL 31 P 39 39 266.2 70 21 45 4 9 .943 2.23 1.69 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 ATL NL 32 P 39 39 237.2 67 23 41 3 2 .955 2.42 1.64 .955 1.94 0.66
1987 ATL NL 33 P 39 28 197.0 56 13 42 1 2 .982 2.51 1.41 .954 1.91 0.62
1988 ATL NL 34 P 39 34 249.0 68 22 43 3 4 .956 2.35 1.67 .954 1.96 0.69
1989 CIN NL 35 P 40 31 220.2 44 8 35 1 2 .977 1.75 1.08 .945 1.87 0.63
1990 CIN NL 36 P 35 16 134.2 29 11 17 1 1 .966 1.87 0.80 .955 1.80 0.58
1991 TOT NL 37 P 23 8 66.0 21 7 13 1 0 .952 2.73 0.87 .952 1.85 0.59
1991 MON NL 37 P 10 6 37.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 2.89 1.20 .950 1.86 0.59
1991 ATL NL 37 P 13 2 28.2 9 4 4 1 0 .889 2.51 0.62 .956 1.85 0.59
13 Seasons P 392 271 1951.1 519 160 338 21 31 .960 2.30 1.27 .953 1.91 0.65
13 Seasons TOT 392 271 1951.1 519 160 338 21 31 .960 2.30 1.27 .913 1.91 0.65

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1979 ATL NL 25 15 0 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 ATL NL 26 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 ATL NL 27 34 14 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 ATL NL 28 39 33 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 ATL NL 29 10 0 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 ATL NL 30 38 29 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 ATL NL 31 39 39 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 ATL NL 32 40 39 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 ATL NL 33 40 28 40 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1988 ATL NL 34 39 34 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 CIN NL 35 40 31 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 CIN NL 36 35 16 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 ATL NL 37 13 2 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 MON NL 37 10 6 10 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 394 271 394 392 392 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1920 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1979 ATL NL 25 101 82% 30% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 ATL NL 26 13 92% 38% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 ATL NL 27 478 85% 33% 26 81% 1 14 0 10 18 16 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 100%
1982 ATL NL 28 856 85% 33% 39 85% 1 21 2 16 34 24 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 3 4 1 5 100%
1983 ATL NL 29 66 82% 26% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
1984 ATL NL 30 918 85% 32% 44 98% 2 17 0 14 42 33 6 2 0 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 9 89%
1985 ATL NL 31 1110 86% 34% 49 96% 1 21 5 13 45 25 6 4 1 2 1 1 8 4 6 2 8 100%
1986 ATL NL 32 1056 81% 36% 44 95% 0 23 2 20 40 32 5 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2 0 8 88%
1987 ATL NL 33 849 83% 38% 47 87% 2 11 2 9 43 34 3 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1988 ATL NL 34 1063 87% 40% 51 92% 2 24 3 19 44 37 3 3 0 1 2 1 3 2 3 0 18 83%
1989 CIN NL 35 940 87% 39% 42 93% 0 8 1 5 38 31 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 15 87%
1990 CIN NL 36 564 84% 37% 21 86% 1 11 1 10 18 13 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 3 100%
1991 ATL NL 37 133 89% 41% 5 80% 1 4 0 3 4 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 MON NL 37 158 84% 48% 9 100% 1 3 0 3 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
13 Seasons 8305 85% 36% 383 91% 12 158 16 123 340 257 32 21 1 12 8 8 29 16 25 4 80 91%
MLB Averages 81% 29% 92% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1920 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.

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