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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1963 STL NL 27 C 3 3 22.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 5.73 4.67 .986 7.08 6.03 0 0 1 0 0%
1965 STL NL 29 C 11 8 72.2 44 41 2 1 0 .977 -2.0 -33.0 -2 5.33 3.91 .989 6.96 5.80 1 3 7 0 0%
1967 STL NL 31 C 21 16 166.0 121 111 10 0 0 1.000 2.0 14.5 2 6.56 5.76 .990 6.89 5.85 3 2 10 10 50%
1968 STL NL 32 C 1 1 5.1 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -225.0 -1 8.44 5.00 .980 6.75 6.10 1 1 1 0 0%
1969 STL NL 33 C 8 7 62.0 59 57 1 1 0 .983 -1.0 -19.4 -1 8.42 7.25 .990 7.05 6.25 0 1 8 2 20%
1970 PIT NL 34 C 7 0 15.0 11 8 2 1 0 .909 0.0 0.0 0 6.00 1.43 .991 6.84 5.94 0 1 1 1 50%
6 Seasons C 51 35 343.0 254 236 15 3 0 .988 -2.0 -7.0 -2 6.59 4.92 .989 6.94 5.93 5 8 28 13 32%
6 Seasons TOT 51 35 343.0 254 236 15 3 0 .988 -2.0 -7.0 -2 6.59 4.92 .978 6.94 5.93 5 8 28 13 32%

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
1963 STL NL 27 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 29 11 8 11 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1967 STL NL 31 52 16 52 52 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 0
1968 STL NL 32 20 1 20 20 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0
1969 STL NL 33 30 7 30 30 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 0
1970 PIT NL 34 14 0 14 14 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
6 Seasons 130 35 130 130 0 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 0
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 -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1963 STL NL 27 95 1.64 1.64 2 100% 0 0 14 1 0 0 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 STL NL 29 315 4.83 4.95 2 100% 0 0 41 2 1 0 38 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 STL NL 31 720 3.14 3.74 10 90% 0 0 111 6 0 2 103 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1968 STL NL 32 31 6.75 6.75 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 STL NL 33 273 3.05 3.63 4 100% 0 0 57 4 0 1 52 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 PIT NL 34 64 1.20 3.00 1 100% 0 0 9 1 0 0 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1498 3.36 3.86 19 95% 0 0 237 14 1 3 219 16 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
MLB Averages 3.50 3.98 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1963 STL NL 27 0 0 40 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.79
1965 STL NL 29 1 3 101 7 0 0 0% 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1.00
1967 STL NL 31 3 2 270 10 10 8 50% 8 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 17 10 1.48 1.42
1968 STL NL 32 1 1 13 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1.21
1969 STL NL 33 0 1 92 8 2 1 20% 7 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 10 3 1.02 1.48
1970 PIT NL 34 0 1 16 1 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 2.40 0.40
6 Seasons 5 8 532 28 13 10 32% 24 11 4 1 0 1 1 1 48 15 1.23 1.35
MLB Averages 38% 1.27 1.23

* 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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