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Rick Sawyer

Richard Clyde Sawyer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 7, 1948 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: East HS (Bakersfield, CA)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1968 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1974
Teams (by GP): Padres/Yankees 1974-1977

Final Game: September 23, 1977
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Standard Pitching

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
1968	20	CLE-min	Rk,A	2	4	.333	4.28	11	4					40.0	43	22	19	1	17								1.500	9.7	0.2	3.8			INS,REN · GULF,CALL
1969	21	CLE-min	A	7	7	.500	3.15	26	14				4	100.0	106	43	35	4	33		99						1.390	9.5	0.4	3.0	8.9	3.00	REN · CALL
1970	22	CLE-min	A	10	5	.667	3.39	23	19		5	2	0	130.0	125	60	49	10	42	2	122	7	1	4			1.285	8.7	0.7	2.9	8.4	2.90	REN · CALL
1971	23	JCK	AA	8	3	.727	3.20	19	18		6	1	0	138.0	121	62	49	10	47	12	112	4	0	5			1.217	7.9	0.7	3.1	7.3	2.38	JCK · SOUL
1972	24	CLE-min	AAA,A	7	9	.438	4.60	30	17		4	1	0	135.0	148	76	69	5	55	8	87	5	1	7			1.504	9.9	0.3	3.7	5.8	1.58	POR,REN · PCL,CALL
1973	25	CLE-min	AA	18	5	.783	2.82	27	24		10	3	1	179.0	159	73	56	6	66	3	124	8	0	4			1.257	8.0	0.3	3.3	6.2	1.88	SAN · TL
1974	26	NYY-min	AAA	8	7	.533	2.80	24	24		8	2	0	164.0	131	65	51	9	59	3	136	2	0	7			1.159	7.2	0.5	3.2	7.5	2.31	SYR · IL
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	28	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
1975	27	NYY-min	AAA	13	9	.591	2.47	25	24		10	4	0	175.0	134	53	48	9	47	3	96	3	0	7			1.034	6.9	0.5	2.4	4.9	2.04	SYR · IL
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	132	1.500	10.5	0.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
1976	28	NYY-min	AAA	9	4	.692	2.75	19	18		8	0	0	134.0	125	55	41	10	38	4	65	5	0	4			1.216	8.4	0.7	2.6	4.4	1.71	SYR · IL
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	129	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
1978	30	CLE-min	AAA	1	3	.250	6.43	8	4		1	0	0	28.0	30	30	20	3	18	0	6	2	0	2			1.714	9.6	1.0	5.8	1.9	0.33	POR · PCL
4 Yrs				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	69	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	69	1.565	10.6	0.0	3.5	4.7	1.33

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1974	26	NYY	AL	1.2	1	0	3	16.20	4.48	0.15	-0.37	96.0	3.80	-2	-0.2	2.2	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.296	.499	$
1975	27	NYY	AL	6.0	4	0	4	6.00	4.32	0.26	-0.36	98.6	3.65	-2	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.1	-1	.459	.499	$10,200
1976	28	SDP	NL	81.2	13	11	24	2.64	4.01	0.13	0.09	93.2	3.70	9	1.1	1.1	-0.0	1.7	17	.583	.507	$
1977	29	SDP	NL	111.0	56	9	77	6.24	4.36	-0.19	-0.12	94.2	4.17	-26	-2.7	.8	-0.1	-1.9	-15	.452	.483	$
4 Seasons				200.1	74	20	108	4.85	4.22	-0.05	-0.05	93.9	3.96	-21	-2.0	.9	-0.2	-0.6	-1	.473	.497	$10,200

SDP (2 yrs)				192.2	69	20	101	4.72	4.21	-0.06	-0.03	93.8	3.97	-17	-1.6	.9	-0.1	-0.2	2	.477	.495	$
NYY (2 yrs)				7.2	5	0	7	8.22	4.35	0.24	-0.36	98.1	3.68	-4	-0.4	.8	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.427	.499	$10,200

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
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	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	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	4
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	7
4 Yrs				74	895	767	108	229	37	2	17	19	11	96	82	.299	.380	.419	.799	.315	321	18	8	19	5	19	11
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	8
MLB Averages																.259	.325	.377	.702	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1974	26	NYY	AL	-2.0	-0.2	9	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.57	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.57	-1.3	1	0	0
1975	27	NYY	AL	-0.1	-0.0	26	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.37	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.37	0.6	1	0	3
1976	28	SDP	NL	8.5	1.0	370	0.6	7.1	-6.5	1.20	0.3	0.2	7.6	0.9	1.20	3.6	1	0	1
1977	29	SDP	NL	-28.8	-2.8	542	-0.9	7.6	-8.5	.90	-2.4	1.4	-28.2	-2.9	0.90	-27.4	10	9	27
4 Yrs				-22.4	-2.1	947	-0.4	15.1	-15.5	1.01	-2.2	1.8	-21.4	-2.1	1.01	-24.5	13	9	31

Starting Pitching*

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
1976	28	SDP	NL	13	11	5	2	4	0	2	7	4	.636	0	3	4	2	8	73%	53.5	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%	35.4	48	20	30	13	4	3	5.5	5.3	5.3
2 Yrs				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													.500						53%	51	106	-13					4.2	4.2	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1974	26	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	1.571	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	1	0	0%	8	.369	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	2	2	100%	2	1.200	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	10.5
1977	29	SDP	NL	56	47	15	6	2	1	1	44	18	41%	8	.905	10	9	27	7	6	34	22	25	15	17	16	18	4.0
4 Yrs				74	54	18	6	3	1	1	49	21	43%		1.013	13	9	31	8	8	38	25	29	19	17	21	18	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1974	26	NYY	AL	8	88%	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	3.00	38%	3	0	0%
1975	27	NYY	AL	25	64%	0.0%	12.0%	8.0%	0.0%	0%	1.50	80%	7	1	14%
1976	28	SDP	NL	354	57%	0.6%	9.3%	10.7%	4.2%	18%	1.08	78%	65	8	12%
1977	29	SDP	NL	508	66%	3.0%	8.9%	10.8%	8.1%	30%	1.33	74%	100	9	9%
4 Yrs				895	62%	1.9%	9.2%	10.7%	6.3%	25%	1.23	75%	175	18	10%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.1%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.09	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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	3	0	25	0
4 Yrs				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	5	0	34	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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	1.2	2	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	28	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00	28
1975	27	0	0		5.87	5	0	2	0	0	7.2	9	7	5	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	33	69	1.565	10.6	0.0	3.5	4.7	1.33	69
1976	28	5	3	.625	2.82	18	11	3	4	2	89.1	93	31	28	2	41	8	37	1	1	4	387	119	1.500	9.4	0.2	4.1	3.7	0.90	119
1977	29	12	9	.571	4.49	74	20	18	4	2	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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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		13.50	2.0	2	3	3	0	1	1	0	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	1
1975	27	0	0		5.40	5.0	8	3	3	0	2	2	0	2.000	14.4	3.6	3.6	1.00	0.0	4
1976	28	5	3	.625	3.45	73.0	92	31	28	2	42	29	1	1.836	11.3	5.2	3.6	0.69	0.2	13
1977	29	3	8	.273	7.11	100.0	143	88	79	16	58	41	7	2.010	12.9	5.2	3.7	0.71	1.4	56
4 Yrs		8	11	.421	5.65	180.0	245	125	113	18	103	73	8	1.933	12.3		3.7	0.71	0.9	74

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