Rick Stelmaszek

Richard Francis Stelmaszek

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 8, 1948 in Chicago, IL
High School: Mendel Catholic HS (Chicago, IL)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 11th round of the 1967 amateur draft.
Signed August 28, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1971
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Angels/Rangers/Senators 1971-1974

Final Game: September 25, 1974
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Standard Batting

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
1968	19	TEX-min	A,A-	101	280	280		65	7	5	5						.232	.232	.346	.579		97							SBY,GEN · WCRS,NYPL
1969	20	TEX-min	A	115	358	358		103	16	5	5						.288	.288	.402	.690		144							SHL · WCRS
1970	21	TEX-min	AA	128	501	386	50	95	11	4	4	47	1	0	98	41	.246	.398	.326	.724		126		4	6	7			PFD · EL
1971	22	TEX-min	AAA	73	247	194	27	48	1	1	1	25	0	2	49	43	.247	.397	.278	.675		54		1	0	3			DEN · AA
1971	22	WSA	AL	6	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1972	23	CIN-TEX-SDP-min	AAA	99	332	256	22	56	6	2	1	34	0	2	74	68	.219	.393	.270	.662		69		0	1	1			INA,DEN,HAW · AA,PCL
1973	24	ANA-min	AAA	43	150	106	17	25	7	1	0	8	2	1	39	19	.236	.438	.321	.759		34		0	4	1			SLC · PCL
1973	24	TOT	AL	29	43	35	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	9	.143	.286	.171	.457	37	6	1	0	1	0	0	2
1973	24	TEX	AL	7	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.111	.200	.111	.311	-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1973	24	CAL	AL	22	33	26	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	7	.154	.313	.192	.505	51	5	1	0	1	0	0	2
1974	25	ANA-min	AAA	83	322	260	39	70	12	3	6	40	2	1	55	34	.269	.399	.408	.806		106		3	1	3			SLC · PCL
1974	25	CHC	NL	25	56	44	2	10	2	0	1	7	0	0	10	6	.227	.364	.341	.705	96	15	2	0	1	1	0	2
1975	26	CHC-min	AAA	106	402	336	40	89	14	3	6	47	1	1	61	52	.265	.376	.378	.754		127		1	0	4			WCH · AA
1976	27	NYY-min	AAA	74	270	214	30	47	10	0	2	23	0	1	49	26	.220	.365	.294	.659		63		0	7	0			SYR · IL
1977	28	TEX-min	AAA	83	295	240	27	68	9	1	2	35	2	6	50	19	.283	.403	.354	.757		85		0	2	3			TUC · PCL
1978	29	MIN-min	A	23	71	55	15	15	6	0	0	7	0	0	16	7	.273	.437	.382	.818		21							WRA · MIDW
3 Yrs				60	108	88	4	15	3	0	1	10	0	0	17	18	.170	.302	.239	.541	55	21	3	0	2	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	292	238	11	41	8	0	3	27	0	0	46	49	.170	.302	.239	.541	55	57	8	0	5	3	0

TEX (2 yrs)				13	19	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.056	.105	.056	.161	-52	1	0	0	0	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				25	56	44	2	10	2	0	1	7	0	0	10	6	.227	.364	.341	.705	96	15	2	0	1	1	0
CAL (1 yr)				22	33	26	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	6	7	.154	.313	.192	.505	51	5	1	0	1	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				35	52	44	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	0	7	12	.114	.235	.136	.372	11	6	1	0	1	0	0
NL (1 yr)				25	56	44	2	10	2	0	1	7	0	0	10	6	.227	.364	.341	.705	96	15	2	0	1	1	0

Player Value--Batters

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1971	22	WSA	AL	6	9	-2	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.480	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/2

1973	24	TEX	AL	7	10	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$15,000	/2
1973	24	CAL	AL	22	33	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
1974	25	CHC	NL	25	56	1	-0	-0	-1	1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.3	-0.0	3	$	2
3 Seasons				60	108	-4	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.496	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$15,000

TEX (2 yrs)				13	19	-3	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.481	.499	-0.3	0.2	-2	$15,000
CHC (1 yr)				25	56	1	-0	-0	-1	1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.3	-0.0	3	$
CAL (1 yr)				22	33	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.498	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$

Advanced Batting

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
1971	22	WSA	AL	9	9	0	0.0	86	.000	.000	.247	.000	.318	.000	.366	.000	.684	-100	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

1973	24	TOT	AL	43	32	2	1.7	87	.192	.143	.250	.286	.317	.171	.368	.457	.685	37	.150	-2.5	-0.3	.419	.229	.029
1973	24	TEX	AL	10	8	0	0.0	89	.143	.111	.254	.200	.322	.111	.373	.311	.694	-8	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.250	.111	.000
1973	24	CAL	AL	33	24	2	2.2	86	.211	.154	.249	.313	.316	.192	.366	.505	.682	51	.230	-1.2	-0.1	.478	.269	.038
1974	25	CHC	NL	56	38	6	4.3	97	.237	.227	.266	.364	.338	.341	.384	.705	.722	96	.500	0.3	0.0	.694	.341	.114	.0
3 Yrs				108	79	8	2.7	92	.200	.170	.258	.302	.328	.239	.376	.541	.704	55	.306	-4.5	-0.5	.500	.261	.068	.0
162 Game Avg.				292	213	22	2.7	92	.200	.170	.258	.302	.328	.239	.376	.541	.704	55	.306	-4.5	-0.5	.500	.261	.068

TEX (2 yrs)				19	17	0	0.0	88	.077	.056	.250	.105	.320	.056	.370	.161	.689	-52	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.118	.056	.000
CHC (1 yr)				56	38	6	4.3	97	.237	.227	.266	.364	.338	.341	.384	.705	.722	96	.500	0.3	0.0	.694	.341	.114	.0
CAL (1 yr)				33	24	2	2.2	86	.211	.154	.249	.313	.316	.192	.366	.505	.682	51	.229	-1.2	-0.1	.478	.269	.038

AL (2 yrs)				52	41	2	1.3	87	.156	.114	.249	.235	.317	.136	.367	.372	.685	11	.103	-4.8	-0.5	.325	.182	.023
NL (1 yr)				56	38	6	4.3	97	.237	.227	.266	.364	.338	.341	.384	.705	.722	96	.500	0.3	0.0	.694	.341	.114	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	22	WSA	AL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			2.00	67%

1973	24	TOT	AL	43	0.0%	20.9%	16.3%	2.3%	20%	1.29	3.9		11.7	1.10	60%
1973	24	TEX	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.5			5.00	70%
1973	24	CAL	AL	33	0.0%	21.2%	18.2%	3.0%	25%	1.17	3.7		8.7	0.67	58%
1974	25	CHC	NL	56	1.8%	10.7%	17.9%	5.4%	30%	0.60	7.3	44.0	6.3	1.50	68%
3 Yrs				108	0.9%	16.7%	15.7%	3.7%	27%	1.06	4.9	88.0	8.8	1.38	65%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.0%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.62	6.4	46.6	9.1	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1971	22	WSA	AL	-2.3	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.46	-0.2	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.77	-2.1	0.69	4

1973	24	TOT	AL	-2.6	-0.3	45	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.78	-0.1	-0.2	-2.3	-0.2	0.89	-2.1		0
1973	24	TEX	AL	-1.3	-0.1	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.93	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.2	0.84	-1.3		0
1973	24	CAL	AL	-1.3	-0.1	35	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.74	0.0	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.90	-0.8		0
1974	25	CHC	NL	0.3	0.0	56	0.0	1.1	-1.1	1.14	-0.0	0.1	1.0	0.1	1.07	1.3	1.85	10
3 Yrs				-4.6	-0.5	110	-0.4	1.4	-1.8	.94	-0.4	-0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.97	-2.9	1.51	14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	22	WSA	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1973	24	TOT	AL	0	0	17%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1973	24	TEX	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	24	CAL	AL	0	0	20%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1974	25	CHC	NL	2	0	5%	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				2	0	10%	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	33%	3	3	0	1	1	0	2	0	2

Situational Hitting*

						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
1971	22	WSA	AL	9	78%	0			4	0	0	0	0.69	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1973	24	TOT	AL	43	84%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	4	1	25%	21	3	14%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	0
1973	24	TEX	AL	10	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1973	24	CAL	AL	33	79%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	1	25%	3	1	33%	17	3	18%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
1974	25	CHC	NL	56	96%	10			10	2	0	1	1.85	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	13	2	15%	9	3	33%	46	7	15%	3	2	67%	6	3	50%	0
3 Yrs				108	90%	15			14	2	0	1	1.51	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	19	3	16%	13	4	31%	70	10	14%	4	3	75%	9	3	33%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			32%			14%			48%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1971	22	6	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1972	23	6	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1973	24	35	52	44	2	5	1	0	3	7	12	.114	.235	.136	.372	11	6	1	1	0
1974	25	60	108	88	4	15	3	1	10	17	18	.170	.302	.239	.541	55	21	3	2	1

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
1971	22	6	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

1973	24	29	43	35	2	5	1	0	0	3	0	7	9	.143	.286	.171	.457	2	29
1974	25	25	56	44	2	10	2	0	1	8	0	10	6	.227	.364	.341	.705	6	25
3 Yrs		60	108	88	4	15	3	0	1	11	0	17	18	.170	.302	.239	.541	8	60
162 Game Avg.		162	292	238	11	41	8	0	3	30	0	46	49	.170	.302	.239	.541	22	60

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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