Rick Sawyer
Richard Clyde Sawyer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 7, 1948 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: East (Bakersfield, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1974
Final Game: September 23, 1977
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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
1974 26 NYY AL 0 0 16.20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 22 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1975 27 NYY AL 0 0 3.00 4 0 2 0 0 0 6.0 7 4 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 25 124 1.500 10.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
1976 28 SDP NL 5 3 .625 2.53 13 11 1 4 2 0 81.2 84 24 23 2 38 8 33 1 1 3 354 130 1.494 9.3 0.2 4.2 3.6 0.87
1977 29 SDP NL 7 6 .538 5.84 56 9 15 0 0 0 111.0 136 77 72 15 55 11 45 7 2 10 508 61 1.721 11.0 1.2 4.5 3.6 0.82
4 Seasons 12 9 .571 4.49 74 20 18 4 2 0 200.1 229 108 100 17 96 19 82 8 3 14 895 77 1.622 10.3 0.8 4.3 3.7 0.85
162 Game Avg. 9 7 .571 4.49 54 14 13 3 1 0 145 166 78 72 12 69 14 59 6 2 10 647 77 1.622 10.3 0.8 4.3 3.7 0.85
SDP (2 yrs) 12 9 .571 4.44 69 20 16 4 2 0 192.2 220 101 95 17 93 19 78 8 3 13 862 78 1.625 10.3 0.8 4.3 3.6 0.84
NYY (2 yrs) 0 0 5.87 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 9 7 5 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 33 63 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.33
NL (2 yrs) 12 9 .571 4.44 69 20 16 4 2 0 192.2 220 101 95 17 93 19 78 8 3 13 862 78 1.625 10.3 0.8 4.3 3.6 0.84
AL (2 yrs) 0 0 5.87 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 9 7 5 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 33 63 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 26 NYY AL 1 8 4 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 .667 2 0 0 3 0 0
1975 27 NYY AL 4 25 23 4 7 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 .304 .360 .304 .664 .350 7 1 0 0 0 0
1976 28 SDP NL 13 354 309 24 84 13 0 2 6 5 38 33 .272 .351 .333 .685 .297 103 8 1 4 2 8
1977 29 SDP NL 56 508 431 77 136 24 2 15 12 6 55 45 .316 .399 .485 .884 .324 209 9 7 12 3 11
4 Seasons 74 895 767 108 229 37 2 17 19 11 96 82 .299 .380 .419 .799 .315 321 18 8 19 5 19
162 Game Avg. 54 647 555 78 166 27 1 12 14 8 69 59 .299 .380 .419 .799 .315 232 13 6 14 4 14
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1976 28 SDP NL 13 11 5 2 4 0 2 7 4 .636 0 3 4 2 8 73% 53 78 26 15 2 2 6 4.2 3.6 6.8
1977 29 SDP NL 56 9 1 4 4 1 1 2 7 .222 1 2 0 0 1 11% 35 48 20 30 13 4 3 5.5 5.3 5.3
2 Seasons 69 20 6 6 8 1 3 9 11 .450 1 5 4 2 9 45% 45 78 20 45 15 6 9 4.8 4.2 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 26 NYY AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 1.497 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 5.0
1975 27 NYY AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 0.377 1 0 3 0 1 3 1 3 2 0 3 0 4.5
1976 28 SDP NL 13 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 1.187 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 10.5
1977 29 SDP NL 56 47 15 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 44 18 41% 8 0.919 10 11 26 7 6 34 22 25 15 17 16 18 4.0
4 Seasons 74 54 18 6 3 0 0 0 1 1 49 21 43% 1.015 13 11 30 8 8 38 25 29 19 17 21 18 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 26 NYY AL 8 13% 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 3.00 38% 3 0 0%
1975 27 NYY AL 25 36% 0.0% 12.0% 8.0% 0.0% 0% 1.50 80% 7 1 14%
1976 28 SDP NL 354 43% 0.6% 9.3% 10.7% 4.2% 18% 1.08 78% 65 8 12%
1977 29 SDP NL 508 34% 3.0% 8.9% 10.8% 8.1% 30% 1.33 74% 100 9 9%
4 Seasons 895 38% 1.9% 9.2% 10.7% 6.3% 25% 1.23 75% 175 18 10%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1974 26 NYY AL 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1975 27 NYY AL 25 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 28 SDP NL 354 84 2 0 9 1 1 0 2 17 8 3 47% 4 3 0 140 6 5 55% 6 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1977 29 SDP NL 508 136 15 0 23 8 7 7 8 39 18 2 46% 7 10 1 198 12 6 67% 10 6 2 0 0 0 4 0 25 0
4 Seasons 895 229 17 0 32 9 8 7 10 59 28 5 47% 11 14 1 355 19 11 63% 17 11 2 0 0 0 6 0 34 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1974 26 0 0 16.20 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 2 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 8 22 1.800 10.8 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00 22
1975 27 0 0 5.87 5 0 2 0 0 0 7.2 9 7 5 0 3 0 4 0 0 1 33 63 1.565 10.6 0.0 3.5 4.7 1.33 63
1976 28 5 3 .625 2.82 18 11 3 4 2 0 89.1 93 31 28 2 41 8 37 1 1 4 387 118 1.500 9.4 0.2 4.1 3.7 0.90 118
1977 29 12 9 .571 4.49 74 20 18 4 2 0 200.1 229 108 100 17 96 19 82 8 3 14 895 77 1.622 10.3 0.8 4.3 3.7 0.85 77

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1974 26 0 0 18.00 2.0 2 4 4 0 1 1 0 1.500 9.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 1
1975 27 0 0 3.60 5.0 7 2 2 0 2 2 0 1.800 12.6 3.6 3.6 1.00 0.0 4
1976 28 5 3 .625 3.28 74.0 90 30 27 2 41 30 1 1.770 10.9 5.0 3.6 0.73 0.2 13
1977 29 3 8 .273 7.04 101.0 142 88 79 16 57 41 7 1.970 12.7 5.1 3.7 0.72 1.4 56
4 Seasons 8 11 .421 5.54 182.0 241 124 112 18 101 74 8 1.879 11.9 3.7 0.73 0.9 74

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 NL  10 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1977 NL  7 (4th)

                           

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