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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 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
1972 23 CHC NL 10 8 .556 2.93 21 18 1 5 4 0 129.0 127 46 42 3 29 6 87 2 2 1 527 130 1.209 8.9 0.2 2.0 6.1 3.00
1973 24 CHC NL 14 15 .483 3.00 36 36 0 7 3 0 237.0 244 95 79 15 62 6 168 5 1 10 1003 131 1.291 9.3 0.6 2.4 6.4 2.71
1974 25 CHC NL 13 12 .520 4.30 41 38 2 8 2 0 240.2 262 130 115 18 83 12 160 6 1 7 1061 89 1.434 9.8 0.7 3.1 6.0 1.93
1975 26 CHC NL 11 17 .393 3.73 38 37 1 6 0 1 234.0 244 116 97 17 67 8 155 7 1 4 1007 103 1.329 9.4 0.7 2.6 6.0 2.31
1976 27 CHC NL 14 12 .538 3.46 38 37 1 9 2 1 260.0 260 117 100 17 64 5 146 8 1 7 1078 110 1.246 9.0 0.6 2.2 5.1 2.28
1977 28 CHC NL 20 10 .667 2.79 39 37 2 8 4 1 252.0 233 84 78 13 74 11 166 5 1 9 1030 157 1.218 8.3 0.5 2.6 5.9 2.24 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1978 29 CHC NL 14 15 .483 3.41 35 35 0 9 1 0 242.2 235 98 92 16 54 8 115 5 1 13 1007 118 1.191 8.7 0.6 2.0 4.3 2.13
1979 30 CHC NL 18 12 .600 3.62 36 36 0 5 1 0 239.0 251 104 96 16 75 8 125 10 0 5 1021 115 1.364 9.5 0.6 2.8 4.7 1.67
1980 31 CHC NL 11 13 .458 3.40 38 38 0 6 0 0 257.0 281 111 97 13 76 10 140 4 1 3 1094 116 1.389 9.8 0.5 2.7 4.9 1.84
1981 32 TOT MLB 8 11 .421 3.11 25 24 1 4 0 0 156.1 162 64 54 8 33 4 75 5 0 5 640 117 1.247 9.3 0.5 1.9 4.3 2.27
1981 32 CHC NL 4 7 .364 3.47 13 13 0 1 0 0 85.2 87 40 33 4 23 4 53 4 0 5 358 107 1.284 9.1 0.4 2.4 5.6 2.30
1981 32 NYY AL 4 4 .500 2.67 12 11 1 3 0 0 70.2 75 24 21 4 10 0 22 1 0 0 282 133 1.203 9.6 0.5 1.3 2.8 2.20
1983 34 CHC NL 1 1 .500 3.92 4 4 0 0 0 0 20.2 18 9 9 1 10 2 9 0 0 0 88 97 1.355 7.8 0.4 4.4 3.9 0.90
1984 35 CHC NL 5 5 .500 5.17 19 14 2 1 0 0 92.1 123 57 53 7 23 0 43 3 0 2 405 75 1.581 12.0 0.7 2.2 4.2 1.87
1985 36 PIT NL 14 8 .636 2.27 31 26 4 9 1 1 194.0 153 58 49 7 52 10 138 3 0 4 773 158 1.057 7.1 0.3 2.4 6.4 2.65 GG
1986 37 PIT NL 9 16 .360 3.96 35 34 0 4 2 0 215.2 232 106 95 20 57 2 125 8 1 6 930 97 1.340 9.7 0.8 2.4 5.2 2.19
1987 38 TOT NL 13 9 .591 3.09 34 33 0 12 4 0 227.0 207 91 78 13 42 3 107 8 0 7 920 131 1.097 8.2 0.5 1.7 4.2 2.55 AS,CYA-3,GG
1987 38 PIT NL 8 6 .571 2.75 25 25 0 9 3 0 177.0 163 63 54 12 35 1 80 6 0 5 715 149 1.119 8.3 0.6 1.8 4.1 2.29
1987 38 SFG NL 5 3 .625 4.32 9 8 0 3 1 0 50.0 44 28 24 1 7 2 27 2 0 2 205 90 1.020 7.9 0.2 1.3 4.9 3.86
1988 39 SFG NL 19 11 .633 3.12 36 36 0 7 2 0 245.0 242 88 85 11 42 8 92 6 0 4 1000 105 1.159 8.9 0.4 1.5 3.4 2.19
1989 40 SFG NL 17 8 .680 2.94 32 32 0 2 0 0 208.1 195 75 68 18 54 4 111 2 0 1 860 114 1.195 8.4 0.8 2.3 4.8 2.06 AS,CYA-8
1990 41 SFG NL 3 6 .333 3.93 15 13 1 0 0 1 87.0 102 40 38 8 31 9 49 1 0 1 390 93 1.529 10.6 0.8 3.2 5.1 1.58
1991 42 SFG NL 0 2 .000 4.22 4 1 1 0 0 0 10.2 17 5 5 0 7 1 4 0 0 0 54 85 2.250 14.3 0.0 5.9 3.4 0.57
19 Seasons 214 191 .528 3.37 557 529 16 102 26 5 3548.1 3588 1494 1330 221 935 117 2015 88 10 89 14888 114 1.275 9.1 0.6 2.4 5.1 2.16
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .528 3.37 35 33 1 6 2 0 222 225 94 83 14 59 7 126 6 1 6 932 114 1.275 9.1 0.6 2.4 5.1 2.16
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
CHC (12 yrs) 135 127 .515 3.50 358 343 9 65 17 3 2290.0 2365 1007 891 140 640 80 1367 59 9 66 9679 113 1.312 9.3 0.6 2.5 5.4 2.14
SFG (5 yrs) 44 30 .595 3.29 96 90 2 12 3 1 601.0 600 236 220 38 141 24 283 11 0 8 2509 104 1.233 9.0 0.6 2.1 4.2 2.01
PIT (3 yrs) 31 30 .508 3.04 91 85 4 22 6 1 586.2 548 227 198 39 144 13 343 17 1 15 2418 126 1.180 8.4 0.6 2.2 5.3 2.38
NYY (1 yr) 4 4 .500 2.67 12 11 1 3 0 0 70.2 75 24 21 4 10 0 22 1 0 0 282 133 1.203 9.6 0.5 1.3 2.8 2.20
NL (19 yrs) 210 187 .529 3.39 545 518 15 99 26 5 3477.2 3513 1470 1309 217 925 117 1993 87 10 89 14606 113 1.276 9.1 0.6 2.4 5.2 2.15
AL (1 yr) 4 4 .500 2.67 12 11 1 3 0 0 70.2 75 24 21 4 10 0 22 1 0 0 282 133 1.203 9.6 0.5 1.3 2.8 2.20

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
1981 32 NYY AL ALDS W MIL 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
1981 32 NYY AL WS L LAD 0 0 4.91 2 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 7 3 2 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 22 2.727 17.2 0.0 7.4 4.9 0.67
1987 38 SFG NL NLCS L STL 0 1 .000 6.30 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.0 15 8 7 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 45 1.700 13.5 0.0 1.8 1.8 1.00
1989 40 SFG NL NLCS W CHC 1 1 .500 5.19 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.2 12 6 5 0 2 1 5 1 0 0 39 1.615 12.5 0.0 2.1 5.2 2.50
1989 40 SFG NL WS L OAK 0 1 .000 11.25 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 5 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 20 2.250 11.3 2.3 9.0 4.5 0.50
3 Seasons (5 Series) 1 4 .200 5.85 8 7 0 0 0 0 32.1 43 24 21 1 12 3 14 1 0 1 148 1.701 12.0 0.3 3.3 3.9 1.17
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 3.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 4 2 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 22 0.833 6.0 0.0 1.5 4.5 3.00
2 NLCS 1 2 .333 5.79 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.2 27 14 12 0 4 1 7 1 0 1 84 1.661 13.0 0.0 1.9 3.4 1.75
2 WS 0 1 .000 8.22 3 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 12 8 7 1 7 2 4 0 0 0 42 2.478 14.1 1.2 8.2 4.7 0.57

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
1972 23 CHC NL 21 52 44 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 15 .136 .174 .159 .333 -8 7 1 0 6 0 0 1
1973 24 CHC NL 36 84 73 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 27 .123 .133 .137 .270 -27 10 0 0 9 1 0 1
1974 25 CHC NL 41 96 86 4 19 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 27 .221 .218 .291 .509 40 25 0 0 9 1 0 1
1975 26 CHC NL 38 86 77 3 16 2 0 1 7 0 1 3 11 .208 .238 .273 .510 39 21 2 0 6 0 0 1
1976 27 CHC NL 38 97 83 9 19 4 0 0 6 0 0 6 16 .229 .289 .277 .566 57 23 2 1 7 0 0 1
1977 28 CHC NL 41 95 87 9 18 3 1 1 8 0 0 1 18 .207 .225 .299 .524 34 26 0 1 6 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-21
1978 29 CHC NL 35 89 73 5 10 2 0 0 4 1 0 4 23 .137 .190 .164 .354 -4 12 0 1 10 1 0 1
1979 30 CHC NL 38 91 79 8 13 2 1 0 6 0 1 7 26 .165 .233 .215 .448 19 17 0 0 5 0 0 1
1980 31 CHC NL 44 93 82 4 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 1 23 .159 .169 .220 .388 5 18 0 0 10 0 0 1
1981 32 TOT MLB 16 30 25 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .080 .115 .080 .195 -44 2 1 0 4 0 0 1
1981 32 CHC NL 16 30 25 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .080 .115 .080 .195 -44 2 1 0 4 0 0 1
1983 34 CHC NL 4 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -22 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1984 35 CHC NL 20 36 29 2 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 .241 .281 .345 .626 70 10 1 0 4 1 0 1
1985 36 PIT NL 31 68 59 8 10 2 0 1 7 1 0 3 17 .169 .210 .254 .464 30 15 0 0 6 0 0 1 GG
1986 37 PIT NL 43 81 70 7 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 19 .157 .192 .186 .377 4 13 0 0 8 0 0 1
1987 38 TOT NL 34 91 79 8 11 3 0 1 10 1 0 5 26 .139 .190 .215 .406 8 17 1 0 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-3,GG
1987 38 PIT NL 25 70 60 7 9 2 0 1 5 1 0 4 23 .150 .203 .233 .436 16 14 0 0 6 0 0 1
1987 38 SFG NL 9 21 19 1 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 3 .105 .150 .158 .308 -17 3 1 0 1 0 0 /1
1988 39 SFG NL 36 94 73 4 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 25 .110 .133 .123 .257 -24 9 1 0 19 0 0 1
1989 40 SFG NL 32 83 61 2 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 5 16 .164 .224 .180 .404 19 11 2 0 16 1 0 1 AS,CYA-8
1990 41 SFG NL 15 29 26 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 .154 .154 .192 .346 -3 5 0 0 3 0 0 1
1991 42 SFG NL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
19 Seasons 567 1304 1115 82 187 35 4 4 79 3 5 46 310 .168 .202 .217 .419 15 242 11 3 135 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 373 319 23 53 10 1 1 23 1 1 13 89 .168 .202 .217 .419 15 69 3 1 39 1 0
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
CHC (12 yrs) 372 856 745 51 133 25 4 2 47 1 3 28 203 .179 .210 .231 .441 19 172 7 3 76 4 0
SFG (5 yrs) 96 229 181 9 24 4 0 0 14 0 2 8 55 .133 .168 .155 .323 -6 28 4 0 39 1 0
PIT (3 yrs) 99 219 189 22 30 6 0 2 18 2 0 10 59 .159 .201 .222 .423 16 42 0 0 20 0 0
NL (19 yrs) 567 1304 1115 82 187 35 4 4 79 3 5 46 317 .168 .202 .217 .419 15 242 11 3 135 5 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
1981 32 NYY AL WS LAD L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 38 SFG NL NLCS STL L 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1989 40 SFG NL NLCS CHC W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (3 Series) 6 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
2 NLCS 4 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1977 *
1987 *
1989 (P)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1985-ML-Hutch Award

Gold Gloves
1985-NL-P
1987-NL-P
All multiple winners

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-NL-21-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1977-NL--3--15%
1987-NL--3--45%
1989-NL--8--2%
0.62 Career Shares (79th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1977 NL--2.786--6th
1985 NL--2.273--4th
1987 NL--3.093--4th

Wins s c a p y
1977 NL--20--3rd
1979 NL--18--3rd
1987 NL--13--9th
1988 NL--19--4th
1989 NL--17--5th
Career--214--87th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1977 NL--.667--7th
1989 NL--.680--5th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1985 NL--1.057--7th
1987 NL--1.097--1st

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL--7.098--7th
1987 NL--8.207--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 NL--2.577--10th
1976 NL--2.215--8th
1978 NL--2.003--3rd
1987 NL--1.665--1st
1988 NL--1.543--3rd
Career--2.372--219th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1985 NL--6.402--9th

Games Played s c a p y
Career--557--240th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1976 NL--260.0--7th
1977 NL--252.0--7th
1979 NL--239.0--9th
1980 NL--257.0--4th
1987 NL--227.0--8th
1988 NL--245.0--7th
Career--3548.3--67th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1973 NL--168--9th
1975 NL--155--9th
1976 NL--146--10th
1977 NL--166--8th
1980 NL--140--9th
Career--2015--60th

Games Started s c a p y
1973 NL--36--7th
1974 NL--38--6th
1975 NL--37--4th
1976 NL--37--3rd
1977 NL--37--5th
1978 NL--35--9th
1979 NL--36--7th
1980 NL--38--1st
1986 NL--34--10th
1988 NL--36--1st
Career--529--34th

Complete Games s c a p y
1977 NL--8--10th
1985 NL--9--6th
1987 NL--12--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
1972 NL--4--6th
1973 NL--3--7th
1977 NL--4--2nd
1986 NL--2--5th
1987 NL--4--1st
Career--26--161st

Home Runs s c a p y
Career--221--151st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
Career--935--136th

Hits s c a p y
1973 NL--244--10th
1974 NL--262--3rd
1975 NL--244--7th
1976 NL--260--2nd
1977 NL--233--7th
1978 NL--235--5th
1979 NL--251--3rd
1980 NL--281--1st
1986 NL--232--4th
1988 NL--242--2nd
Career--3588--58th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1973 NL--2.710--4th
1975 NL--2.313--8th
1977 NL--2.243--10th
1985 NL--2.654--8th
1987 NL--2.548--7th
Career--2.155--191st

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL--.570--9th
1977 NL--.464--1st
1979 NL--.603--10th
1980 NL--.455--7th
1985 NL--.325--2nd
1987 NL--.515--2nd
1988 NL--.404--8th

Losses s c a p y
1975 NL--17--1st
1978 NL--15--3rd
1980 NL--13--9th
1986 NL--16--2nd
Career--191--52nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1974 NL--115--3rd
1976 NL--100--2nd
1978 NL--92--10th
1979 NL--96--8th
1980 NL--97--8th
1986 NL--95--7th
Career--1330--70th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1973 NL--10--5th
1977 NL--9--6th
1978 NL--13--2nd
Career--89--118th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 NL--6--9th
1975 NL--7--6th
1976 NL--8--2nd
1979 NL--10--2nd
1980 NL--4--10th
1981 NL--4--2nd
1986 NL--8--1st
1987 NL--8--5th
Career--88--91st

Batters Faced s c a p y
1976 NL--1078--6th
1977 NL--1030--7th
1978 NL--1007--10th
1979 NL--1021--9th
1980 NL--1094--5th
1987 NL--920--8th
1988 NL--1000--7th
Career--14888--57th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1973 NL--131--7th
1977 NL--157--2nd
1980 NL--116--8th
1985 NL--158--4th
1987 NL--131--4th
Career--114--229th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1988 NL--19--1st
1989 NL--16--2nd
Career--135--219th

Oldest s c a p y
1988 NL--born 1949-05-16--7th
1989 NL--born 1949-05-16--3rd
1990 NL--born 1949-05-16--1st
1991 NL--born 1949-05-16--1st

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 79 (149), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 48 (269), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 31 (135), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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  7. Rube Walberg (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rube Walberg (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rube Walberg (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Phil Niekro (980) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Phil Niekro (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Phil Niekro (978) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  13. Phil Niekro (976) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft.

June 12, 1981: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later, Doug Bird and $400,000. The New York Yankees sent Mike Griffin (August 5, 1981) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

June 9, 1983: Released by the New York Yankees.

June 28, 1983: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

February 28, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

August 21, 1987: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Francisco Giants for Scott Medvin and Jeff Robinson.

June 19, 1991: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Pittsburgh Pirates$200,000
1986Pittsburgh Pirates$700,000
1987Pittsburgh Pirates$750,000
1988San Francisco Giants$800,000
1989San Francisco Giants$1,175,000
1991San Francisco Giants$1,350,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,975,000
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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