Rick Reuschel
Rickey Eugene Reuschel (Big Daddy)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 235 lb.

Born: May 16, 1949 in Quincy, IL
High School: Central (Camp Point, IL)
School: Western Illinois University
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1972
Final Game: April 22, 1991
Relatives: Brother of Paul Reuschel
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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
1972 CHC NL 23 P 21 18 129.0 25 9 15 1 1 .960 1.67 1.14 .948 1.78 0.73
1973 CHC NL 24 P 36 36 237.0 76 24 49 3 0 .961 2.77 2.03 .950 1.88 0.73
1974 CHC NL 25 P 41 38 240.2 84 28 51 5 4 .940 2.95 1.93 .944 1.88 0.71
1975 CHC NL 26 P 38 37 234.0 62 23 39 0 5 1.000 2.38 1.63 .944 1.86 0.72
1976 CHC NL 27 P 38 37 260.0 80 23 53 4 0 .950 2.63 2.00 .950 1.88 0.72
1977 CHC NL 28 P 39 37 252.0 73 27 45 1 4 .986 2.57 1.85 .948 1.85 0.67 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1978 CHC NL 29 P 35 35 242.2 70 24 44 2 1 .971 2.52 1.94 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 CHC NL 30 P 36 36 239.0 79 27 49 3 9 .962 2.86 2.11 .951 1.80 0.66
1980 CHC NL 31 P 38 38 257.0 86 28 56 2 5 .977 2.94 2.21 .951 1.91 0.69
1981 TOT MLB 32 P 25 24 156.4 47 10 35 2 2 .957 2.59 1.80 .960 1.98 0.74
1981 CHC NL 32 P 13 13 85.2 27 4 21 2 2 .926 2.63 1.92 .959 1.98 0.68
1981 NYY AL 32 P 12 11 70.2 20 6 14 0 0 1.000 2.55 1.67 .960 1.99 0.81
1983 CHC NL 34 P 4 4 20.2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 4.79 2.75 .945 1.92 0.68
1984 CHC NL 35 P 19 14 92.1 27 6 20 1 1 .963 2.53 1.37 .952 1.88 0.67
1985 PIT NL 36 P 31 26 194.0 64 24 40 0 2 1.000 2.97 2.06 .950 1.92 0.68 GG
1986 PIT NL 37 P 35 34 215.2 70 24 44 2 0 .971 2.84 1.94 .954 1.94 0.66
1987 TOT NL 38 P 34 33 227.0 65 25 38 2 2 .969 2.50 1.85 .954 1.91 0.62 AS,CYA-3,GG
1987 PIT NL 38 P 25 25 177.0 50 17 31 2 2 .960 2.44 1.92 .954 1.91 0.62
1987 SFG NL 38 P 9 8 50.0 15 8 7 0 0 1.000 2.70 1.67 .953 1.91 0.62
1988 SFG NL 39 P 36 36 245.0 44 12 32 0 2 1.000 1.62 1.22 .952 1.96 0.69
1989 SFG NL 40 P 32 32 208.1 41 8 33 0 0 1.000 1.77 1.28 .944 1.87 0.63 AS,CYA-8
1990 SFG NL 41 P 15 13 87.0 19 2 16 1 1 .947 1.86 1.20 .958 1.80 0.58
1991 SFG NL 42 P 4 1 10.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.84 0.25 1.000 1.86 0.60
19 Seasons P 557 529 3548.1 1024 328 667 29 39 .972 2.52 1.79 .950 1.89 0.69
19 Seasons TOT 557 529 3548.1 1024 328 667 29 39 .972 2.52 1.79 .922 1.89 0.69
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1972 CHC NL 23 21 18 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 CHC NL 24 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CHC NL 25 41 38 41 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CHC NL 26 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CHC NL 27 38 37 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CHC NL 28 41 37 41 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1978 CHC NL 29 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CHC NL 30 38 36 38 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1980 CHC NL 31 44 38 44 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
1981 CHC NL 32 16 13 16 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
1981 NYY AL 32 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CHC NL 34 4 4 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHC NL 35 20 14 20 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 PIT NL 36 31 26 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 PIT NL 37 43 34 43 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
1987 PIT NL 38 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 SFG NL 38 9 8 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 SFG NL 39 36 36 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SFG NL 40 32 32 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 SFG NL 41 15 13 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SFG NL 42 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 579 518 567 557 557 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 17
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 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%
1972 CHC NL 23 548 78% 36% 23 78% 0 9 0 7 17 14 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 33%
1973 CHC NL 24 1041 77% 38% 53 91% 1 22 2 15 48 38 2 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1974 CHC NL 25 1105 77% 34% 58 86% 2 28 1 15 50 33 6 5 0 3 2 3 4 3 4 0 17 76%
1975 CHC NL 26 1032 78% 36% 54 91% 0 22 6 12 41 32 6 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 5 0 16 100%
1976 CHC NL 27 1115 80% 40% 66 82% 1 23 1 18 54 46 3 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 55%
1977 CHC NL 28 1075 77% 45% 47 85% 1 28 1 24 42 32 5 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 5 40%
1978 CHC NL 29 1039 83% 42% 54 85% 0 23 1 17 44 38 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 13 62%
1979 CHC NL 30 1054 80% 33% 52 96% 0 28 2 19 49 32 7 3 0 1 2 1 9 6 7 2 8 88%
1980 CHC NL 31 1142 81% 34% 62 89% 1 30 1 25 55 44 5 1 0 1 0 0 5 3 5 0 12 92%
1981 CHC NL 32 375 79% 41% 22 82% 0 6 1 4 18 15 2 2 0 0 2 1 2 2 2 0 8 63%
1981 NYY AL 32 287 89% 39% 15 100% 0 7 0 5 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1983 CHC NL 34 89 79% 38% 8 100% 0 4 1 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CHC NL 35 416 83% 29% 19 100% 0 6 0 4 20 18 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1985 PIT NL 36 794 76% 37% 41 100% 1 23 1 20 40 34 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1986 PIT NL 37 960 80% 38% 48 96% 2 25 2 21 45 37 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 88%
1987 PIT NL 38 735 84% 37% 36 92% 1 18 3 14 31 25 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 4 100%
1987 SFG NL 38 206 83% 32% 9 89% 1 8 0 7 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1988 SFG NL 39 1014 86% 36% 42 86% 0 11 2 8 33 29 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 8 63%
1989 SFG NL 40 875 81% 35% 35 91% 1 7 0 7 33 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 100%
1990 SFG NL 41 397 80% 30% 18 89% 0 2 0 2 16 14 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 4 75%
1991 SFG NL 42 54 80% 30% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Seasons 15353 80% 37% 763 90% 12 330 25 246 665 537 47 28 1 15 12 12 39 29 36 3 144 78%
MLB Averages 78% 28% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* 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.

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