Rick Ownbey
Richard Wayne Ownbey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 20, 1957 in Corona, CA
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 13th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1982
Final Game: July 3, 1986
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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
1982 24 NYM NL 1 2 .333 3.75 8 8 0 2 0 0 50.1 44 23 21 3 43 1 28 0 3 0 232 97 1.728 7.9 0.5 7.7 5.0 0.65
1983 25 NYM NL 1 3 .250 4.67 10 4 3 0 0 0 34.2 31 19 18 4 21 0 19 1 2 1 152 78 1.500 8.0 1.0 5.5 4.9 0.90
1984 26 STL NL 0 3 .000 4.74 4 4 0 0 0 0 19.0 23 13 10 1 8 0 11 0 0 0 88 74 1.632 10.9 0.5 3.8 5.2 1.38
1986 28 STL NL 1 3 .250 3.80 17 3 4 0 0 0 42.2 47 20 18 4 19 0 25 2 0 2 185 97 1.547 9.9 0.8 4.0 5.3 1.32
4 Seasons 3 11 .214 4.11 39 19 7 2 0 0 146.2 145 75 67 12 91 1 83 3 5 3 657 89 1.609 8.9 0.7 5.6 5.1 0.91
162 Game Avg. 4 13 .214 4.11 46 22 8 2 0 0 172 170 88 79 14 107 1 97 4 6 4 770 89 1.609 8.9 0.7 5.6 5.1 0.91
NYM (2 yrs) 2 5 .286 4.13 18 12 3 2 0 0 85.0 75 42 39 7 64 1 47 1 5 1 384 88 1.635 7.9 0.7 6.8 5.0 0.73
STL (2 yrs) 1 6 .143 4.09 21 7 4 0 0 0 61.2 70 33 28 5 27 0 36 2 0 2 273 89 1.573 10.2 0.7 3.9 5.3 1.33

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
1982 24 NYM NL 8 232 182 23 44 9 0 3 8 1 43 28 .242 .382 .341 .722 .266 62 5 0 4 3 1
1983 25 NYM NL 10 152 129 19 31 8 2 4 5 2 21 19 .240 .351 .426 .777 .255 55 3 1 1 0 0
1984 26 STL NL 4 88 76 13 23 5 1 1 4 0 8 11 .303 .360 .434 .795 .333 33 0 0 2 2 0
1986 28 STL NL 17 185 160 20 47 6 0 4 2 5 19 25 .294 .372 .406 .778 .323 65 3 2 2 2 0
4 Seasons 39 657 547 75 145 28 3 12 19 8 91 83 .265 .369 .393 .762 .290 215 11 3 9 7 1
162 Game Avg. 46 770 641 88 170 33 4 14 22 9 107 97 .265 .369 .393 .762 .290 252 13 4 11 8 1
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
1982 24 NYM NL 8 8 1 2 5 0 1 3 5 .375 1 2 2 0 4 50% 50 72 29 6 3 0 5 4.4 4.3 6.3
1983 25 NYM NL 10 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 .000 0 1 0 0 1 25% 41 64 28 6 5 1 2 2.8 3.7 4.5
1984 26 STL NL 4 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 1 0 0 0 1 25% 44 77 27 6 3 0 4 2.0 1.5 4.8
1986 28 STL NL 17 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 1 0 0 0 2 67% 50 59 37 12 4 0 2 2.8 2.5 5.9
4 Seasons 39 19 2 9 8 0 2 5 14 .263 3 3 2 0 8 42% 47 77 27 30 15 1 13 3.3 3.4 5.5
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
1983 25 NYM NL 10 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.079 1 2 3 0 2 4 0 6 4 0 4 0 8.3
1986 28 STL NL 17 14 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 29% 8 0.846 4 5 4 1 3 10 4 10 9 5 10 2 5.4
2 Seasons 27 20 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 7 2 29% 0.951 5 7 7 1 5 14 4 16 13 5 14 2 6.3

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%
1982 24 NYM NL 232 39% 1.3% 12.1% 18.5% 5.2% 27% 1.20 66% 40 5 13%
1983 25 NYM NL 152 44% 2.6% 12.5% 13.8% 9.2% 45% 0.62 70% 29 3 10%
1984 26 STL NL 88 23% 1.1% 12.5% 9.1% 8.0% 30% 0.28 75% 17 0 0%
1986 28 STL NL 185 26% 2.2% 13.5% 10.3% 5.4% 21% 0.79 72% 40 3 8%
4 Seasons 657 34% 1.8% 12.6% 13.9% 6.5% 30% 0.76 70% 126 11 9%
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
1982 24 NYM NL 232 44 3 0 12 2 1 1 2 13 7 3 54% 4 0 1 98 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
1983 25 NYM NL 152 31 4 0 3 2 2 2 2 9 3 2 33% 1 1 1 59 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1984 26 STL NL 88 23 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 4 2 0 50% 1 0 0 40 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986 28 STL NL 185 47 4 0 2 3 1 1 3 9 6 1 67% 2 2 0 71 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
4 Seasons 657 145 12 0 19 8 4 4 8 35 18 6 51% 8 3 2 268 19 8 70% 18 8 1 0 0 0 4 0 20 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+
1982 24 1 2 .333 3.75 8 8 0 2 0 0 50.1 44 23 21 3 43 1 28 0 3 0 232 97 1.728 7.9 0.5 7.7 5.0 0.65 97
1983 25 2 5 .286 4.13 18 12 3 2 0 0 85.0 75 42 39 7 64 1 47 1 5 1 384 88 1.635 7.9 0.7 6.8 5.0 0.73 88
1984 26 2 8 .200 4.24 22 16 3 2 0 0 104.0 98 55 49 8 72 1 58 1 5 1 472 85 1.635 8.5 0.7 6.2 5.0 0.81 85
1985 27 2 8 .200 4.24 22 16 3 2 0 0 104.0 98 55 49 8 72 1 58 1 5 1 472 85 1.635 8.5 0.7 6.2 5.0 0.81 85
1986 28 3 11 .214 4.11 39 19 7 2 0 0 146.2 145 75 67 12 91 1 83 3 5 3 657 89 1.609 8.9 0.7 5.6 5.1 0.91 89

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1982 24 2 3 .400 4.40 47.0 46 26 23 3 45 26 0 1.936 8.8 8.6 5.0 0.58 0.6 8
1983 25 1 2 .333 5.62 32.0 32 22 20 4 22 18 1 1.688 9.0 6.2 5.1 0.82 1.1 10
1984 26 1 1 .500 5.21 19.0 24 12 11 1 8 11 0 1.684 11.4 3.8 5.2 1.38 0.5 4
1986 28 2 2 .500 4.38 39.0 48 21 19 4 19 23 2 1.718 11.1 4.4 5.3 1.21 0.9 17
4 Seasons 6 8 .429 4.80 137.0 150 81 73 12 94 78 3 1.781 9.9 5.1 0.83 0.8 39

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