Rick Waits
Michael Richard Waits
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 15, 1952 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Therrell (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1973
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 TEX AL 21 P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.90
1975 CLE AL 23 P 16 7 70.1 18 5 12 1 1 .944 2.18 1.06 .939 1.87 0.85
1976 CLE AL 24 P 26 22 123.2 32 10 20 2 2 .938 2.18 1.15 .950 1.87 0.85
1976 CLE AL 24 DH 7
1977 CLE AL 25 P 37 16 135.1 30 4 24 2 1 .933 1.86 0.76 .950 1.95 0.84
1977 CLE AL 25 DH 1
1978 CLE AL 26 P 34 33 230.1 69 19 49 1 1 .986 2.66 2.00 .952 1.90 0.85
1978 CLE AL 26 DH 1
1979 CLE AL 27 P 34 34 231.0 58 15 43 0 2 1.000 2.26 1.71 .947 1.92 0.81
1980 CLE AL 28 P 33 33 224.1 41 10 30 1 0 .976 1.60 1.21 .956 1.85 0.77
1981 CLE AL 29 P 22 21 126.1 40 12 28 0 2 1.000 2.85 1.82 .962 1.98 0.81
1982 CLE AL 30 P 25 21 115.0 29 6 23 0 1 1.000 2.27 1.16 .955 1.80 0.73
1983 TOT AL 31 P 18 2 49.2 8 0 7 1 0 .875 1.27 0.39 .962 1.79 0.73
1983 CLE AL 31 P 8 0 19.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.37 0.38 .967 1.78 0.72
1983 MIL AL 31 P 10 2 30.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 1.20 0.40 .960 1.80 0.73
1984 MIL AL 32 P 47 1 73.0 14 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.73 0.30 .957 1.79 0.70
1985 MIL AL 33 P 24 0 47.0 12 8 4 0 0 1.000 2.30 0.50 .950 1.86 0.70
12 Seasons P 317 190 1427.0 351 91 252 8 10 .977 2.16 1.08 .952 1.88 0.78
3 Seasons DH 9
12 Seasons TOT 317 190 1427.0 351 91 252 8 10 .977 2.16 1.08 .930 1.88 0.78
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1973 TEX AL 21 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 23 16 0 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE AL 24 36 0 10 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
1977 CLE AL 25 38 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 CLE AL 26 35 0 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 CLE AL 27 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CLE AL 28 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CLE AL 29 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CLE AL 30 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MIL AL 31 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CLE AL 31 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MIL AL 32 47 0 47 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIL AL 33 24 0 1 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 329 0 13 317 317 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1973 TEX AL 21 4 75% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 23 296 80% 32% 12 92% 1 5 0 3 12 8 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1976 CLE AL 24 555 79% 26% 24 92% 1 11 3 5 20 12 4 2 0 2 0 1 2 1 1 1 2 100%
1977 CLE AL 25 594 79% 35% 25 88% 0 5 1 2 23 17 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 6 83%
1978 CLE AL 26 995 81% 35% 52 94% 0 19 3 15 49 36 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1979 CLE AL 27 1018 82% 31% 50 94% 1 15 4 6 42 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 8 100%
1980 CLE AL 28 979 80% 31% 33 94% 1 10 3 5 31 25 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1981 CLE AL 29 599 84% 28% 29 97% 0 13 0 10 28 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 100%
1982 CLE AL 30 532 81% 29% 20 95% 0 6 1 5 24 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1983 MIL AL 31 140 78% 26% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CLE AL 31 96 77% 24% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1984 MIL AL 32 323 77% 29% 10 100% 0 2 0 2 12 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1985 MIL AL 33 227 81% 29% 4 100% 1 8 0 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 6358 81% 31% 265 93% 5 94 15 61 250 178 23 8 0 6 2 4 10 7 7 3 31 94%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 91% 89%

* 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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