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Rick Mahler
Richard Keith Mahler
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 202 lb.

Born: August 5, 1953 in Austin, TX
Schools: Trinity University
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1975. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1979
Final Game: August 6, 1991
Died: March 2, 2005 in Jupiter, FL
Relatives: Brother of Mickey Mahler
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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
1979 25 ATL NL 0 0 6.14 15 0 5 0 0 0 22.0 28 16 15 4 11 2 12 0 1 1 101 66 1.773 11.5 1.6 4.5 4.9 1.09
1980 26 ATL NL 0 0 2.45 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 151 0.545 4.9 0.0 0.0 2.5
1981 27 ATL NL 8 6 .571 2.80 34 14 10 1 0 2 112.1 109 41 35 5 43 5 54 1 1 3 478 128 1.353 8.7 0.4 3.4 4.3 1.26
1982 28 ATL NL 9 10 .474 4.21 39 33 0 5 2 0 205.1 213 105 96 18 62 5 105 1 2 8 857 89 1.339 9.3 0.8 2.7 4.6 1.69
1983 29 ATL NL 0 0 5.02 10 0 1 0 0 0 14.1 16 8 8 0 9 1 7 0 0 0 66 77 1.744 10.0 0.0 5.7 4.4 0.78
1984 30 ATL NL 13 10 .565 3.12 38 29 1 9 1 0 222.0 209 86 77 13 62 7 106 3 1 3 918 123 1.221 8.5 0.5 2.5 4.3 1.71
1985 31 ATL NL 17 15 .531 3.48 39 39 0 6 1 0 266.2 272 116 103 24 79 8 107 2 1 3 1110 110 1.316 9.2 0.8 2.7 3.6 1.35
1986 32 ATL NL 14 18 .438 4.88 39 39 0 7 1 0 237.2 283 139 129 25 95 10 137 3 1 5 1056 81 1.590 10.7 0.9 3.6 5.2 1.44
1987 33 ATL NL 8 13 .381 4.98 39 28 1 3 1 0 197.0 212 118 109 24 85 8 95 2 2 5 849 87 1.508 9.7 1.1 3.9 4.3 1.12
1988 34 ATL NL 9 16 .360 3.69 39 34 2 5 0 0 249.0 279 125 102 17 42 6 131 8 8 5 1063 99 1.289 10.1 0.6 1.5 4.7 3.12
1989 35 CIN NL 9 13 .409 3.83 40 31 1 5 2 0 220.2 242 113 94 15 51 13 102 10 4 4 940 94 1.328 9.9 0.6 2.1 4.2 2.00
1990 36 CIN NL 7 6 .538 4.28 35 16 9 2 1 4 134.2 134 67 64 16 39 4 68 3 2 3 564 93 1.285 9.0 1.1 2.6 4.5 1.74
1991 37 TOT NL 2 4 .333 4.50 23 8 2 0 0 0 66.0 70 37 33 4 28 1 27 2 0 1 291 84 1.485 9.5 0.5 3.8 3.7 0.96
1991 37 MON NL 1 3 .250 3.62 10 6 1 0 0 0 37.1 37 17 15 2 15 0 17 0 0 0 158 101 1.393 8.9 0.5 3.6 4.1 1.13
1991 37 ATL NL 1 1 .500 5.65 13 2 1 0 0 0 28.2 33 20 18 2 13 1 10 2 0 1 133 69 1.605 10.4 0.6 4.1 3.1 0.77
13 Seasons 96 111 .464 3.99 392 271 32 43 9 6 1951.1 2069 972 866 165 606 70 952 35 23 41 8306 96 1.371 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.57
162 Game Avg. 10 11 .464 3.99 40 28 3 4 1 1 200 212 100 89 17 62 7 98 4 2 4 852 96 1.371 9.5 0.8 2.8 4.4 1.57
ATL (11 yrs) 79 89 .470 4.00 307 218 21 36 6 2 1558.2 1656 775 693 132 501 53 765 22 17 34 6644 97 1.384 9.6 0.8 2.9 4.4 1.53
CIN (2 yrs) 16 19 .457 4.00 75 47 10 7 3 4 355.1 376 180 158 31 90 17 170 13 6 7 1504 94 1.311 9.5 0.8 2.3 4.3 1.89
MON (1 yr) 1 3 .250 3.62 10 6 1 0 0 0 37.1 37 17 15 2 15 0 17 0 0 0 158 101 1.393 8.9 0.5 3.6 4.1 1.13

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1982 28 ATL NL NLCS L STL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 11 3.000 16.2 0.0 10.8 0.0 0.00
1990 36 CIN NL NLCS W PIT 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.200 10.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
2 NLCS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 18 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1979 25 ATL NL 15 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 167 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 26 ATL NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1981 27 ATL NL 34 29 27 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 4 .148 .148 .185 .333 -6 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1982 28 ATL NL 39 73 58 5 11 0 0 1 4 0 0 4 17 .190 .242 .241 .483 34 14 0 0 11 0 0 1
1983 29 ATL NL 10 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 30 ATL NL 38 76 71 6 21 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .296 .315 .338 .653 79 24 1 0 3 0 0 1
1985 31 ATL NL 39 105 90 9 14 1 0 0 8 0 0 3 18 .156 .181 .167 .348 -4 15 2 0 11 1 0 1
1986 32 ATL NL 40 96 83 8 16 3 0 0 7 0 0 4 14 .193 .230 .229 .459 25 19 2 0 9 0 0 1
1987 33 ATL NL 40 74 65 4 11 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 19 .169 .194 .231 .425 11 15 1 0 7 0 0 1
1988 34 ATL NL 39 84 72 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 20 .125 .137 .139 .276 -22 10 1 1 11 0 0 1
1989 35 CIN NL 40 70 62 4 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 8 .177 .239 .210 .448 28 13 0 1 3 0 0 1
1990 36 CIN NL 35 42 35 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .114 .135 .143 .278 -25 5 3 0 5 1 0 1
1991 37 TOT NL 23 18 14 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .214 .357 -1 3 0 0 4 0 0 1
1991 37 MON NL 10 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 1 0 0 3 0 0 1
1991 37 ATL NL 13 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 61 2 0 0 1 0 0 1
13 Seasons 394 671 581 40 104 17 0 1 37 0 1 20 117 .179 .208 .213 .422 16 124 10 2 66 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 276 239 16 43 7 0 0 15 0 0 8 48 .179 .208 .213 .422 16 51 4 1 27 1 0
ATL (11 yrs) 309 547 475 35 88 14 0 1 34 0 1 15 103 .185 .211 .221 .432 19 105 7 1 55 1 0
CIN (2 yrs) 75 112 97 5 15 3 0 0 3 0 0 5 12 .155 .202 .186 .387 8 18 3 1 8 1 0
MON (1 yr) 10 12 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -37 1 0 0 3 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 28 ATL NL NLCS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 36 CIN NL NLCS PIT W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1985 NL--17--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL--1.518--2nd
1989 NL--2.080--7th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1985 NL--266.7--5th
1986 NL--237.7--10th
1988 NL--249.0--4th

Games Started s c a p y
1985 NL--39--1st
1986 NL--39--1st
1988 NL--34--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 NL--9--5th
1986 NL--7--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1982 NL--2--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1985 NL--24--4th
1986 NL--25--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 NL--95--5th
1987 NL--85--10th

Hits s c a p y
1985 NL--272--1st
1986 NL--283--1st
1987 NL--212--10th
1988 NL--279--1st
1989 NL--242--1st

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1988 NL--3.119--5th

Losses s c a p y
1985 NL--15--5th
1986 NL--18--1st
1988 NL--16--2nd
1989 NL--13--8th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1982 NL--96--5th
1985 NL--103--2nd
1986 NL--129--1st
1987 NL--109--5th
1988 NL--102--1st
1989 NL--94--3rd

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1988 NL--8--4th
1989 NL--10--1st

Batters Faced s c a p y
1985 NL--1110--2nd
1986 NL--1056--3rd
1988 NL--1063--2nd
1989 NL--940--9th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1981 NL--128--9th
1984 NL--123--8th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1985 NL--11--7th

Oldest s c a p y
1991 NL--born 1953-08-05--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (731), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 29 (831), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1635), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Andy Ashby (954)
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  5. Steve Hargan (949)
  6. Denny Galehouse (946)
  7. Kirk McCaskill (944)
  8. Max Butcher (942)
  9. Reggie Cleveland (942)
  10. Dave Roberts (940)
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  2. Willard Schmidt (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bob Stoddard (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Kelly Downs (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Art Ditmar (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ruben Gomez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Larry McWilliams (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. John Candelaria (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 16, 1975: Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent.

November 4, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

December 2, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

February 27, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Montreal Expos.

June 10, 1991: Released by the Montreal Expos.

June 14, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

August 8, 1991: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Atlanta Braves$407,500
1986Atlanta Braves$687,500
1987Atlanta Braves$695,000
1988Atlanta Braves$737,500
1989Cincinnati Reds$790,000
1990Cincinnati Reds$790,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,107,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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