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Steve Ridzik
Stephen George Ridzik
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: April 29, 1929 in Yonkers, NY
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1950
Final Game: May 10, 1966
Died: January 8, 2008 in Bradenton, FL
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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
1950 21 PHI NL 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 11 68 1.333 9.0 3.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
1952 23 PHI NL 4 2 .667 3.01 24 9 5 2 0 0 92.2 74 37 31 10 37 43 1 0 0 381 121 1.198 7.2 1.0 3.6 4.2 1.16
1953 24 PHI NL 9 6 .600 3.77 42 12 13 1 0 0 124.0 119 61 52 15 48 53 5 0 1 526 111 1.347 8.6 1.1 3.5 3.8 1.10
1954 25 PHI NL 4 5 .444 4.13 35 6 15 0 0 0 80.2 72 42 37 7 44 45 0 1 2 359 98 1.438 8.0 0.8 4.9 5.0 1.02
1955 26 TOT NL 0 4 .000 3.95 16 3 3 0 0 0 41.0 42 25 18 5 22 1 12 4 0 3 185 104 1.561 9.2 1.1 4.8 2.6 0.55
1955 26 PHI NL 0 1 .000 2.45 3 1 0 0 0 0 11.0 7 9 3 1 8 0 6 3 0 1 51 161 1.364 5.7 0.8 6.5 4.9 0.75
1955 26 CIN NL 0 3 .000 4.50 13 2 3 0 0 0 30.0 35 16 15 4 14 1 6 1 0 2 134 92 1.633 10.5 1.2 4.2 1.8 0.43
1956 27 NYG NL 6 2 .750 3.80 41 5 12 1 1 0 92.1 80 42 39 7 65 5 53 5 0 0 414 99 1.570 7.8 0.7 6.3 5.2 0.82
1957 28 NYG NL 0 2 .000 4.72 15 0 3 0 0 0 26.2 19 14 14 3 19 1 13 2 0 1 112 83 1.425 6.4 1.0 6.4 4.4 0.68
1958 29 CLE AL 0 2 .000 2.08 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 9 7 2 1 5 2 6 0 0 1 41 178 1.615 9.3 1.0 5.2 6.2 1.20
1963 34 WSA AL 5 6 .455 4.82 20 10 3 0 0 1 89.2 82 53 48 16 35 0 47 5 0 3 388 78 1.305 8.2 1.6 3.5 4.7 1.34
1964 35 WSA AL 5 5 .500 2.89 49 3 17 0 0 2 112.0 96 46 36 10 31 6 60 7 0 4 458 128 1.134 7.7 0.8 2.5 4.8 1.94
1965 36 WSA AL 6 4 .600 4.02 63 0 25 0 0 8 109.2 108 61 49 18 43 4 72 7 0 3 480 86 1.377 8.9 1.5 3.5 5.9 1.67
1966 37 PHI NL 0 0 7.71 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 5 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 46 2.571 19.3 0.0 3.9 0.0 0.00
12 Seasons 39 38 .506 3.79 314 48 99 4 1 11 782.2 709 392 330 93 351 19 406 36 1 18 3368 101 1.354 8.2 1.1 4.0 4.7 1.16
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .506 3.79 59 9 19 1 0 2 147 133 74 62 17 66 76 7 0 3 633 101 1.354 8.2 1.1 4.0 4.7 1.16
PHI (6 yrs) 17 14 .548 3.64 107 28 34 3 0 0 313.2 280 153 127 34 139 0 149 9 1 4 1341 109 1.336 8.0 1.0 4.0 4.3 1.07
WSA (3 yrs) 16 15 .516 3.84 132 13 45 0 0 11 311.1 286 160 133 44 109 10 179 19 0 10 1326 94 1.269 8.3 1.3 3.2 5.2 1.64
NYG (2 yrs) 6 4 .600 4.01 56 5 15 1 1 0 119.0 99 56 53 10 84 6 66 7 0 1 526 95 1.538 7.5 0.8 6.4 5.0 0.79
CLE (1 yr) 0 2 .000 2.08 6 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 9 7 2 1 5 2 6 0 0 1 41 178 1.615 9.3 1.0 5.2 6.2 1.20
CIN (1 yr) 0 3 .000 4.50 13 2 3 0 0 0 30.0 35 16 15 4 14 1 6 1 0 2 134 92 1.633 10.5 1.2 4.2 1.8 0.43
NL (8 yrs) 23 21 .523 3.79 176 35 52 4 1 0 462.2 414 225 195 48 237 7 221 17 1 7 2001 104 1.407 8.1 0.9 4.6 4.3 0.93
AL (4 yrs) 16 17 .485 3.80 138 13 47 0 0 11 320.0 295 167 135 45 114 12 185 19 0 11 1367 96 1.278 8.3 1.3 3.2 5.2 1.62
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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
1950 21 PHI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1952 23 PHI NL 24 27 22 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .136 .240 .136 .376 7 3 0 0 2 1
1953 24 PHI NL 42 40 36 3 7 3 0 1 4 0 0 2 9 .194 .237 .361 .598 54 13 1 0 2 1
1954 25 PHI NL 35 23 22 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .227 .227 .318 .545 41 7 0 0 1 0 1
1955 26 TOT NL 16 10 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .100 .100 .100 .200 -47 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1955 26 PHI NL 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 26 CIN NL 13 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 -12 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 27 NYG NL 44 28 28 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .250 .250 .286 .536 45 8 2 0 0 0 0 1
1957 28 NYG NL 16 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1958 29 CLE AL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 34 WSA AL 20 30 29 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .172 .200 .207 .407 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 35 WSA AL 49 30 27 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .222 .250 .259 .509 42 7 0 0 2 0 0 1
1965 36 WSA AL 63 20 18 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .278 .444 25 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1966 37 PHI NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 318 214 198 16 38 10 0 1 7 0 0 7 52 .192 .220 .258 .477 30 51 3 0 9 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 109 101 8 19 5 0 1 4 0 0 4 26 .192 .220 .258 .477 30 26 2 0 5
PHI (6 yrs) 107 94 84 7 15 5 0 1 4 0 0 5 19 .179 .225 .274 .499 32 23 1 0 5 0 0
WSA (3 yrs) 132 80 74 6 14 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 19 .189 .211 .243 .454 28 18 0 0 4 0 0
NYG (2 yrs) 60 33 33 3 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .242 .242 .273 .515 39 9 2 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 13 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .167 .333 -12 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 180 133 123 10 24 6 0 1 4 0 0 5 33 .195 .227 .268 .495 32 33 3 0 5 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 138 81 75 6 14 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 19 .187 .208 .240 .448 26 18 0 0 4 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1950 PHI NL 21 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.00
1952 PHI NL 23 P 24 12 4 7 1 1 .917 0.46 .958 0.98
1953 PHI NL 24 P 42 24 7 17 0 4 1.000 0.57 .954 0.87
1954 PHI NL 25 P 35 6 80.2 19 6 13 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.12 0.54 .958 2.08 0.87
1955 TOT NL 26 P 16 3 41.0 10 3 5 2 0 .800 0.0 0.0 1.76 0.50 .950 2.04 0.83
1955 PHI NL 26 P 3 1 11.0 4 2 1 1 0 .750 0.0 0.0 2.45 1.00 .950 2.05 0.83
1955 CIN NL 26 P 13 2 30.0 6 1 4 1 0 .833 0.0 0.0 1.50 0.38 .950 2.04 0.83
1956 NYG NL 27 P 41 5 92.1 22 8 12 2 1 .909 0.0 0.0 1.95 0.49 .968 2.05 0.83
1957 NYG NL 28 P 15 0 26.2 7 2 5 0 2 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.36 0.47 .957 2.06 0.82
1958 CLE AL 29 P 6 0 8.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 3.12 0.50 .967 1.97 0.82
1963 WSA AL 34 P 20 10 89.2 23 9 13 1 0 .957 0.0 0.0 2.21 1.10 .957 1.99 0.79
1964 WSA AL 35 P 49 3 112.0 22 7 13 2 2 .909 0.0 0.0 1.61 0.41 .959 1.90 0.72
1965 WSA AL 36 P 63 0 109.2 25 5 19 1 3 .960 0.0 0.0 1.97 0.38 .952 2.04 0.75
1966 PHI NL 37 P 2 0 2.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.93 0.75
12 Seasons P 314 27 563.0 167 51 107 9 13 .946 0.0 0.0 2.53 0.50 .957 2.01 0.81
12 Seasons TOT 314 27 563.0 167 51 107 9 13 .946 0.0 0.0 2.53 0.50 .904 2.01 0.81

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1965 AL--63--9th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 NL--5--8th
1956 NL--5--10th
1964 AL--7--9th
1965 AL--7--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1950 NL--0--1st

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1950 NL--0--1st

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1950 NL--0--1st

Oldest s c a p y
1966 NL--born 1929-04-29--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2875), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1071), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 5, 1945: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

April 30, 1955: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Smoky Burgess and Stan Palys to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Glen Gorbous, Jim Greengrass and Andy Seminick.

October 17, 1955: Purchased by Seattle (PCL) from the Cincinnati Redlegs.

November 27, 1955: Drafted by the New York Giants from Seattle (PCL) in the 1955 rule 5 draft.

April 8, 1958: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the San Francisco Giants.

May 7, 1959: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Cleveland Indians.

April 1, 1960: Purchased by Toronto (International) from the Chicago Cubs.

November 8, 1961: Obtained by the Milwaukee Braves from Toronto (International) as part of a minor league working agreement.

Before 1963 Season: Obtained by the Washington Senators from the Milwaukee Braves as part of a minor league working agreement.

April 13, 1966: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Washington Senators.

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