Dave Ricketts

David William Ricketts

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 12, 1935 in Pottstown, PA
High School: Pottstown HS (Pottstown, PA)
School: Duquesne University (Pittsburgh, PA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1963
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates 1963-1970

Final Game: July 30, 1970
Died: July 13, 2008 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: St. Charles Memorial Gardens, St. Charles, MO
Relatives: Brother of Dick Ricketts
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Standard Batting

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
1957	21	STL-min	AAA	73	247	229	16	70	15	3	0	29	0		13	18	.306	.336	.397	.733		91		0	0	5			ROC · IL
1958		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1959		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1960	24	CHC-STL-min	A,AAA	113	385	349	48	100	16	3	2	28	1	0	34	31	.287	.350	.367	.717		128		0	2	0			LNC,ROC · EL,IL
1961	25	STL-min	AAA,AA	138	543	500	66	141	22	2	2	47	0	0	40	30	.282	.335	.346	.681		173		0	3	0			POR,TUL · PCL,TL
1962	26	OAK-min	AAA	110	383	358	49	106	22	4	4	41	0	2	21	18	.296	.337	.413	.750		148		2	0	2			POR · PCL
1963	27	STL-min	AAA	132	443	424	34	118	16	1	5	36	1	3	19	22	.278	.309	.356	.665		151							ATA · IL
1963	27	STL	NL	3	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1964	28	STL-min	AAA	134	450	417	20	106	21	1	1	28	0	0	28	24	.254	.302	.317	.619		132		2	0	3			JCK · IL
1965	29	NYY-STL-CHW-min	AAA	70	219	199	9	46	7	0	1	22	1	0	7	18	.231	.263	.281	.544		56		3	6	4			TOL,JCK,INA · IL,PCL
1965	29	STL	NL	11	31	29	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.241	.267	.241	.508	40	7	0	0	1	0	0	2

1966	30	STL-min	AAA	116	404	376	44	123	15	4	2	31	0	0	18	11	.327	.358	.404	.763		152		2	5	3			TUL · PCL
1967	31	STL	NL	52	105	99	11	27	8	0	1	14	0	0	4	7	.273	.295	.384	.679	94	38	3	0	0	2	0	2
1968	32	STL	NL	20	22	22	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.136	.136	.136	.273	-17	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1969	33	STL	NL	30	50	44	2	12	1	0	0	5	0	0	4	5	.273	.320	.295	.615	74	13	1	0	0	2	0	/2
1970	34	PIT	NL	14	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	/2
6 Yrs				130	228	213	15	53	9	0	1	20	0	0	10	23	.249	.278	.305	.583	66	65	4	0	1	4	0
162 Game Avg.				162	284	265	19	66	11	0	1	25	0	0	12	29	.249	.278	.305	.583	66	81	5	0	1	5	0

STL (5 yrs)				116	216	202	15	51	9	0	1	20	0	0	9	20	.252	.279	.312	.591	68	63	4	0	1	4	0
PIT (1 yr)				14	12	11	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	20	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1963	27	STL	NL	3	8	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.480	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2

1965	29	STL	NL	11	31	-2	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.460	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	2

1967	31	STL	NL	52	105	-1	-1	-0	2	1	1	0.2	4	5	0.5	.503	.501	0.3	0.4	3	$	2
1968	32	STL	NL	20	22	-3	0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.476	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$	/2
1969	33	STL	NL	30	50	-2	-1	-0	-1	0	-3	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.488	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
1970	34	PIT	NL	14	12	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
6 Seasons				130	228	-10	-1	0	-2	2	-11	-1.3	8	-4	-0.5	.490	.499	-0.3	0.1	-2	$

STL (5 yrs)				116	216	-9	-1	-0	-2	2	-10	-1.2	7	-3	-0.4	.490	.499	-0.2	0.1	-1	$
PIT (1 yr)				14	12	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1963	27	STL	NL	8	6	1	4.5	97	.333	.250	.265	.250	.328	.250	.396	.500	.725	39	.563	-0.7	-0.1	.333	.000	.000

1965	29	STL	NL	31	23	2	2.4	101	.269	.241	.268	.267	.333	.241	.405	.508	.738	40	.262	-2.5	-0.3	.364	.034	.000

1967	31	STL	NL	105	77	11	3.9	90	.280	.273	.257	.295	.319	.384	.377	.679	.697	94	.487	-0.6	-0.1	.560	.152	.111	.0
1968	32	STL	NL	22	19	0	0.0	81	.158	.136	.251	.136	.309	.136	.354	.273	.663	-17	.000	-3.2	-0.4	.158	.000	.000
1969	33	STL	NL	50	35	5	3.8	95	.293	.273	.259	.320	.330	.295	.384	.615	.714	74	.461	-1.2	-0.1	.515	.114	.023
1970	34	PIT	NL	12	9	1	3.0	101	.250	.182	.263	.250	.336	.182	.402	.432	.738	20	.308	-1.2	-0.1	.333	.091	.000
6 Yrs				228	169	20	3.2	92	.269	.249	.259	.278	.324	.305	.382	.583	.706	66	.395	-9.4	-1.0	.457	.103	.056	.0
162 Game Avg.				284	211	25	3.2	92	.269	.249	.259	.278	.324	.305	.382	.583	.706	66	.395	-9.4	-1.0	.457	.103	.056

STL (5 yrs)				216	160	19	3.2	92	.270	.252	.259	.279	.323	.312	.381	.591	.704	68	.400	-8.2	-0.9	.465	.104	.059	.0
PIT (1 yr)				12	9	1	3.0	101	.250	.182	.263	.250	.336	.182	.402	.432	.738	20	.308	-1.2	-0.1	.333	.091	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB
1967	31	STL	NL	WS	BOS	W	3	3	3	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1968	32	STL	NL	WS	DET	L	1	1	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1
2 Yrs (2 Series)							4	4	4	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1
2 WS							4	4	4	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	27	STL	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			1.00	75%

1965	29	STL	NL	31	0.0%	9.7%	3.2%	0.0%	0%	3.00	9.7			1.00	84%

1967	31	STL	NL	105	1.0%	6.7%	3.8%	8.6%	33%	1.75	14.1	99.0	7.1	1.33	89%
1968	32	STL	NL	22	0.0%	13.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.3		22.0	1.29	86%
1969	33	STL	NL	50	0.0%	10.0%	8.0%	2.0%	8%	1.25	8.8		8.8	1.00	82%
1970	34	PIT	NL	12	0.0%	25.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.7			5.00	67%
6 Yrs				228	0.4%	10.1%	4.4%	4.4%	19%	2.30	9.3	213.0	10.7	1.25	85%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.5%	8.2%	6.1%	28%	1.89	5.8	42.4	9.2	1.11	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1963	27	STL	NL	-0.7	-0.1	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.74	0.0	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.75	0.1		0

1965	29	STL	NL	-2.5	-0.3	31	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	1.02	-0.3	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.88	-2.8	4.61	1

1967	31	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	105	-0.0	2.5	-2.5	1.41	0.2	-0.2	2.4	0.3	1.08	3.5	2.36	32
1968	32	STL	NL	-3.2	-0.4	22	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	1.84	-0.3	-0.0	-4.0	-0.5	1.07	-3.2	1.92	19
1969	33	STL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	50	-0.3	1.1	-1.4	1.48	-0.1	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	1.02	-1.7	1.48	18
1970	34	PIT	NL	-1.2	-0.1	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.97	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.87	-1.2	0.97	7
6 Yrs				-9.5	-1.0	228	-1.4	4.4	-5.8	1.37	-0.6	-0.4	-7.1	-0.8	1.01	-5.3	1.95	77

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	27	STL	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1965	29	STL	NL	0	0	13%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

1967	31	STL	NL	1	0	33%	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	55%	5	4	1	1	0	1	5	1	4
1968	32	STL	NL	0	0	33%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	33	STL	NL	0	0	13%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
1970	34	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
6 Yrs				1	0	23%	72	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	46%	12	8	4	1	0	1	9	4	5

Situational Hitting*

						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
1963	27	STL	NL	8	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1965	29	STL	NL	31	100%	7			1	0	0	0	4.61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	3	1	33%	14	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1967	31	STL	NL	105	100%	27			32	7	0	2	2.36	1	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		20	3	15%	9	4	44%	81	15	19%	8	7	88%	3	2	67%	0
1968	32	STL	NL	22	100%	3			19	2	0	1	1.92	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	17	1	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1969	33	STL	NL	50	100%	12			18	5	0	1	1.48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	1	8%	10	4	40%	32	5	16%	6	3	50%	4	1	25%	0
1970	34	PIT	NL	12	100%	2			7	1	0	0	0.97	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				228	100%	53			77	15	0	4	1.95	1	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	46	4	9%	24	9	38%	152	21	14%	15	10	67%	8	3	38%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			47%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1963	27	3	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	2	0	0	0
1964	28	3	8	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	39	2	0	0	0
1965	29	14	39	37	1	9	0	0	0	1	5	.243	.263	.243	.506	40	9	0	1	0
1966	30	14	39	37	1	9	0	0	0	1	5	.243	.263	.243	.506	40	9	0	1	0
1967	31	66	144	136	12	36	8	1	14	5	12	.265	.287	.346	.632	79	47	3	1	2
1968	32	86	166	158	13	39	8	1	15	5	15	.247	.267	.316	.583	66	50	3	1	2
1969	33	116	216	202	15	51	9	1	20	9	20	.252	.279	.312	.591	68	63	4	1	4
1970	34	130	228	213	15	53	9	1	20	10	23	.249	.278	.305	.583	66	65	4	1	4

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1963	27	3	9	9	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	3

1965	29	11	31	29	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.241	.267	.241	.508	2	11

1967	31	52	107	101	13	29	9	0	1	16	0	4	7	.287	.308	.406	.714	13	52
1968	32	20	24	24	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	.208	.208	.208	.417	1	20
1969	33	30	51	45	2	13	1	0	0	6	0	4	5	.289	.333	.311	.644	5	30
1970	34	14	14	12	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.250	.357	.250	.607	1	14
6 Yrs		130	236	220	18	60	10	0	1	24	0	11	23	.273	.302	.332	.634	23	130
162 Game Avg.		162	294	274	22	75	12	0	1	30	0	14	29	.273	.302	.332	.634	29	130

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