Dave Ricketts
David William Ricketts
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 12, 1935 in Pottstown, PA
High School: Pottstown (Pottstown, PA)
School: Duquesne University
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1963
Final Game: July 30, 1970
Relatives: Brother of Dick Ricketts
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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
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
1965 29 STL NL 11 31 29 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .241 .267 .241 .508 39 7 0 0 1 0 0 2
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 Seasons 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

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
1963 27 STL NL 8 6 1 4.5 97 .333 .250 .265 .250 .328 .250 .396 .500 .724 39 .563 -0.7 -0.1 .333 .000 .000
1965 29 STL NL 31 23 2 2.4 101 .269 .241 .269 .267 .334 .241 .407 .508 .741 39 .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 .696 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 94 .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 Seasons 228 169 20 3.2 92 .269 .249 .259 .278 .324 .305 .382 .583 .706 66 .395 -9.5 -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 -9.5 -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

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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
1967 31 STL NL WS BOS W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 32 STL NL WS DET L 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
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 Seasons 228 0.4% 10.1% 4.4% 4.4% 19% 2.30 9.3 213.0 10.7 1.25 85%
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
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 Seasons 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
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
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 2.38 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 20 3 15% 9 4 44% 81 15 19% 8 7 88% 8 5 63% 0
1968 32 STL NL 22 100% 3 19 2 0 1 2.08 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 17 1 6% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1969 33 STL NL 50 100% 12 18 5 0 1 1.52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 10 4 40% 32 5 16% 6 3 50% 2 0 0% 0
1970 34 PIT NL 12 100% 2 7 1 0 0 0.99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
6 Seasons 228 100% 53 77 15 0 4 2.01 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 46 4 9% 24 9 38% 152 21 14% 15 10 67% 14 7 50% 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
1963 27 3 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 39 2 0 0 0 0 0
1964 28 3 8 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 39 2 0 0 0 0 0
1965 29 14 39 37 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .243 .263 .243 .506 39 9 0 0 1 0 0
1966 30 14 39 37 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .243 .263 .243 .506 39 9 0 0 1 0 0
1967 31 66 144 136 12 36 8 0 1 14 0 0 5 12 .265 .287 .346 .632 79 47 3 0 1 2 0
1968 32 86 166 158 13 39 8 0 1 15 0 0 5 15 .247 .267 .316 .583 66 50 3 0 1 2 0
1969 33 116 216 202 15 51 9 0 1 20 0 0 9 20 .252 .279 .312 .591 68 63 4 0 1 4 0
1970 34 130 228 213 15 53 9 0 1 20 0 0 10 23 .249 .278 .305 .583 66 65 4 0 1 4 0

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 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 3
1965 29 11 30 29 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .241 .267 .241 .508 2 11
1967 31 52 106 100 12 28 8 0 1 16 0 4 7 .280 .302 .390 .692 12 52
1968 32 20 22 22 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 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 Seasons 130 231 216 17 51 9 0 1 24 0 11 23 .236 .268 .292 .560 22 130
162 Game Avg. 162 288 269 21 64 11 0 1 30 0 14 29 .236 .268 .292 .560 27 130

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