Rich Reese
Richard Benjamin Reese
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 29, 1941 in Leipsic, OH
High School: Deshler (Deshler, OH)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1964
Final Game: September 29, 1973
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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
1964 22 MIN AL 10 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 /3
1965 23 MIN AL 14 9 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .286 .444 .429 .873 145 3 0 0 0 0 1 /37
1966 24 MIN AL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 25 MIN AL 95 110 101 13 25 5 0 4 20 0 0 8 17 .248 .300 .416 .716 103 42 1 0 0 1 2 37
1968 26 MIN AL 126 359 332 40 86 15 2 4 28 3 1 18 36 .259 .301 .352 .654 93 117 6 3 4 2 4 37
1969 27 MIN AL 132 451 419 52 135 24 4 16 69 1 5 23 57 .322 .362 .513 .875 139 215 6 5 1 3 3 *3/7 MVP-29
1970 28 MIN AL 153 564 501 63 131 15 5 10 56 5 4 48 70 .261 .332 .371 .703 92 186 7 7 4 4 5 *3
1971 29 MIN AL 120 359 329 40 72 8 3 10 39 7 4 20 35 .219 .270 .353 .623 74 116 9 5 0 5 2 3/79
1972 30 MIN AL 132 223 197 23 43 3 2 5 26 0 1 25 27 .218 .305 .330 .635 86 65 4 0 0 1 4 37
1973 31 TOT AL 81 140 125 17 18 2 1 3 7 0 0 13 23 .144 .225 .248 .473 30 31 2 0 2 0 1 37/9
1973 31 DET AL 59 110 102 10 14 1 0 2 4 0 0 7 17 .137 .193 .206 .399 10 21 2 0 1 0 1 37/9
1973 31 MIN AL 22 30 23 7 4 1 1 1 3 0 0 6 6 .174 .345 .435 .780 115 10 0 0 1 0 0 3
10 Seasons 866 2225 2020 248 512 73 17 52 245 16 15 158 270 .253 .312 .384 .695 95 775 36 20 11 16 22
162 Game Avg. 162 416 378 46 96 14 3 10 46 3 3 30 51 .253 .312 .384 .695 95 145 7 4 2 3 4
MIN (10 yrs) 807 2115 1918 238 498 72 17 50 241 16 15 151 253 .260 .318 .393 .711 99 754 34 20 10 16 21
DET (1 yr) 59 110 102 10 14 1 0 2 4 0 0 7 17 .137 .193 .206 .399 10 21 2 0 1 0 1

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1964 22 MIN AL 7 8 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .257 .000 .325 .000 .399 .000 .724 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1965 23 MIN AL 9 5 1 5.4 96 .400 .286 .256 .444 .327 .429 .393 .873 .720 145 .629 0.6 0.1 1.000 .429 .143
1966 24 MIN AL 3 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .256 .333 .324 .000 .394 .333 .718 3 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1967 25 MIN AL 110 78 13 4.5 91 .259 .248 .252 .300 .322 .416 .377 .716 .699 103 .585 0.3 0.0 .649 .248 .168 .0
1968 26 MIN AL 359 259 35 3.6 85 .279 .259 .245 .301 .316 .352 .363 .654 .679 93 .515 -3.6 -0.4 .553 .154 .093 3.4
1969 27 MIN AL 451 299 76 6.9 98 .341 .322 .259 .362 .336 .513 .390 .875 .727 139 .709 20.4 2.1 .810 .236 .191 1.9
1970 28 MIN AL 564 389 64 4.4 100 .285 .261 .261 .332 .336 .371 .399 .703 .735 92 .513 -5.9 -0.6 .635 .208 .110 6.7
1971 29 MIN AL 359 275 30 2.9 95 .215 .219 .258 .270 .331 .353 .384 .623 .714 74 .359 -13.0 -1.4 .533 .204 .134 8.2
1972 30 MIN AL 223 160 20 3.4 87 .229 .218 .252 .305 .321 .330 .364 .635 .685 86 .465 -3.8 -0.4 .560 .234 .112 .0
1973 31 TOT AL 140 111 8 1.9 98 .152 .144 .266 .225 .335 .248 .391 .473 .726 30 .185 -12.5 -1.3 .404 .208 .104 .0
1973 31 DET AL 110 91 4 1.2 98 .145 .137 .266 .193 .336 .206 .391 .399 .727 10 .084 -13.0 -1.3 .311 .137 .069 .0
1973 31 MIN AL 30 20 4 5.4 97 .188 .174 .264 .345 .334 .435 .388 .780 .722 115 .596 0.5 0.0 .842 .522 .261 .0
10 Seasons 2225 1586 247 4.2 94 .268 .253 .257 .312 .330 .384 .384 .695 .713 95 .519 -19.6 -2.1 .612 .209 .130 24.5
162 Game Avg. 416 297 46 4.2 94 .268 .253 .257 .312 .330 .384 .384 .695 .713 95 .519 -19.6 -2.1 .612 .209 .130 5
MIN (10 yrs) 2115 1495 243 4.4 94 .275 .260 .256 .318 .329 .393 .383 .711 .713 99 .541 -6.6 -0.8 .630 .213 .133 24.2
DET (1 yr) 110 91 4 1.2 98 .145 .137 .266 .193 .336 .206 .391 .399 .727 10 .084 -13.0 -1.3 .311 .137 .069 .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
1969 27 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 3 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .167 .231 .167 .397 2 0 0 0 0 1
1970 28 MIN AL ALCS BAL L 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 5 21 19 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .158 .238 .158 .396 3 0 0 0 0 1
2 ALCS 5 21 19 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .158 .238 .158 .396 3 0 0 0 0 1

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 22 MIN AL 7 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0 2.50 86%
1965 23 MIN AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 22.2% 11.1% 50% 1.00 3.5 2.00 56%
1966 24 MIN AL 3 0.0% 66.7% 33.3% 0.0% 2.00 1.0 0%
1967 25 MIN AL 110 3.6% 15.5% 7.3% 8.2% 36% 2.13 5.9 25.3 5.1 0.85 74%
1968 26 MIN AL 359 1.1% 10.0% 5.0% 5.9% 24% 2.00 9.2 83.0 11.9 1.45 82%
1969 27 MIN AL 451 3.6% 12.6% 5.1% 9.8% 33% 2.48 7.4 26.2 6.1 1.04 77%
1970 28 MIN AL 564 1.8% 12.4% 8.5% 5.3% 23% 1.46 7.2 50.1 8.9 1.19 75%
1971 29 MIN AL 359 2.8% 9.8% 5.6% 5.9% 29% 1.75 9.4 32.9 8.4 1.17 81%
1972 30 MIN AL 223 2.2% 12.1% 11.2% 4.5% 23% 1.08 7.3 39.4 7.6 1.20 74%
1973 31 TOT AL 140 2.1% 16.4% 9.3% 4.3% 33% 1.77 5.4 41.7 17.9 0.87 71%
1973 31 DET AL 110 1.8% 15.5% 6.4% 2.7% 21% 2.43 6.0 51.0 25.5 0.92 75%
1973 31 MIN AL 30 3.3% 20.0% 20.0% 10.0% 75% 1.00 3.8 23.0 7.7 0.63 53%
10 Seasons 2225 2.3% 12.1% 7.1% 6.4% 28% 1.71 7.5 38.8 8.2 1.16 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 22 MIN AL 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 23 MIN AL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1966 24 MIN AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 25 MIN AL 1 0 31% 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 1 3
1968 26 MIN AL 9 0 35% 152 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 48% 23 13 10 8 7 1 11 2 9
1969 27 MIN AL 4 0 25% 171 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 54% 17 12 5 3 2 1 17 3 14
1970 28 MIN AL 10 0 30% 194 5 4 56% 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 9 56% 26 14 12 7 4 3 8 0 8
1971 29 MIN AL 6 0 35% 121 7 4 64% 7 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 14 31% 21 17 4 5 3 2 10 3 5
1972 30 MIN AL 2 0 29% 100 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 50% 21 13 8 2 2 0 7 0 7
1973 31 TOT AL 2 0 50% 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 33% 9 7 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
1973 31 DET AL 2 0 42% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 44% 6 4 2 0 0 0 3 1 2
1973 31 MIN AL 0 0 67% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 34 0 31% 839 16 15 52% 15 12 1 2 0 1 3 0 27 44 47% 123 79 44 25 18 7 61 11 48
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1964 22 MIN AL 7 100% 0 7 0 0 0 1.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 23 MIN AL 9 100% 2 4 1 0 0 2.27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1966 24 MIN AL 3 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0.36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 25 MIN AL 110 89% 25 41 13 2 9 1.71 4 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 24 1 4% 14 5 36% 102 16 16% 12 5 42% 7 1 14% 0
1968 26 MIN AL 358 83% 86 30 6 0 0 1.44 4 0 5 2 2 2 2 0 4 4 100% 70 6 9% 37 16 43% 218 27 12% 11 5 45% 33 17 52% 0
1969 27 MIN AL 451 78% 135 19 4 1 2 2.08 16 1 19 10 6 8 8 0 1 1 100% 103 6 6% 47 10 21% 310 56 18% 27 7 26% 23 11 48% 0
1970 28 MIN AL 564 74% 131 12 4 1 6 2.19 10 1 16 9 1 5 5 0 4 4 100% 123 7 6% 60 17 28% 381 47 12% 25 13 52% 27 10 37% 0
1971 29 MIN AL 359 76% 72 20 6 0 2 1.80 10 0 18 10 0 4 6 0 1 0 0% 85 9 11% 43 10 23% 256 30 12% 27 13 48% 19 13 68% 0
1972 30 MIN AL 223 83% 43 26 5 1 1 1.46 5 1 4 5 0 2 3 0 0 0 50 4 8% 17 3 18% 143 22 15% 12 8 67% 6 1 17% 0
1973 31 TOT AL 140 92% 18 15 3 0 2 1.19 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 67% 26 2 8% 11 2 18% 87 4 5% 2 0 0% 10 3 30% 0
1973 31 DET AL 110 90% 14 8 0 0 0 0.79 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 50% 17 2 12% 10 2 20% 60 2 3% 2 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
1973 31 MIN AL 30 100% 4 7 3 0 2 1.64 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 27 2 7% 0 0 5 2 40% 0
10 Seasons 2224 80% 512 176 42 5 22 1.64 52 3 70 43 9 25 27 0 13 11 85% 484 36 7% 230 63 27% 1505 202 13% 118 51 43% 125 56 45% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 22 10 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0
1965 23 24 16 14 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .143 .250 .214 .464 31 3 1 0 0 0 1
1966 24 27 19 16 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .125 .263 .188 .451 28 3 1 0 0 0 1
1967 25 122 129 117 13 27 6 0 4 20 0 0 11 22 .231 .295 .385 .679 93 45 2 0 0 1 3
1968 26 248 488 449 53 113 21 2 8 48 3 1 29 58 .252 .300 .361 .660 93 162 8 3 4 3 7
1969 27 380 939 868 105 248 45 6 24 117 4 6 52 115 .286 .330 .434 .764 116 377 14 8 5 6 10
1970 28 533 1503 1369 168 379 60 11 34 173 9 10 100 185 .277 .331 .411 .742 107 563 21 15 9 10 15
1971 29 653 1862 1698 208 451 68 14 44 212 16 14 120 220 .266 .319 .400 .719 100 679 30 20 9 15 17
1972 30 785 2085 1895 231 494 71 16 49 238 16 15 145 247 .261 .317 .393 .710 99 744 34 20 9 16 21
1973 31 866 2225 2020 248 512 73 17 52 245 16 15 158 270 .253 .312 .384 .695 95 775 36 20 11 16 22

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1964 22 10 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 10
1965 23 14 11 8 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 2 .375 .545 .625 1.170 2 14
1966 24 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 3
1967 25 95 111 102 14 26 5 0 4 22 0 8 17 .255 .306 .422 .728 14 95
1968 26 126 370 344 49 98 17 2 5 34 3 21 36 .285 .330 .390 .719 43 126
1969 27 132 451 420 54 136 24 4 16 71 1 23 57 .324 .364 .514 .878 78 132
1970 28 153 570 508 65 138 16 5 11 58 5 51 70 .272 .344 .388 .732 66 153
1971 29 121 366 335 44 76 8 3 11 43 7 21 35 .227 .279 .367 .646 33 120
1972 30 138 241 211 29 50 3 2 6 33 0 29 28 .237 .328 .355 .683 25 132
1973 31 81 140 126 17 19 2 1 3 7 0 14 23 .151 .236 .254 .490 8 81
10 Seasons 873 2270 2063 272 546 77 17 56 268 16 171 271 .265 .325 .400 .725 269 866
162 Game Avg. 162 421 383 50 101 14 3 10 50 3 32 50 .265 .325 .400 .725 50 866

* 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

Hall of Fame
1979 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1969 AL (29, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1970 AL  7 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2808), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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