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Rick Waits

Michael Richard Waits

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 194 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
Teams (by GP): Indians/Brewers/Rangers 1973-1985
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:23AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #936. Tony Cloninger… #937. David Palmer… #938. Lee Viau… #939. RICK WAITS… #940. Larry McWilliams… #941. Pat Ragan… #942. Jim Bagby… 

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
1973 21 TEX AL 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 58 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00
1975 23 CLE AL 6 2 .750 2.94 16 7 4 3 0 1 70.1 57 25 23 3 25 5 34 1 0 2 285 128 1.166 7.3 0.4 3.2 4.4 1.36
1976 24 CLE AL 7 9 .438 4.00 26 22 1 4 2 0 123.2 143 60 55 7 54 1 65 0 1 2 539 87 1.593 10.4 0.5 3.9 4.7 1.20
1977 25 CLE AL 9 7 .563 3.99 37 16 9 1 0 2 135.1 132 67 60 8 64 7 62 1 0 0 581 99 1.448 8.8 0.5 4.3 4.1 0.97
1978 26 CLE AL 13 15 .464 3.20 34 33 1 15 2 0 230.1 206 97 82 16 86 0 97 2 0 10 957 118 1.268 8.0 0.6 3.4 3.8 1.13
1979 27 CLE AL 16 13 .552 4.44 34 34 0 8 3 0 231.0 230 123 114 26 91 1 91 4 0 5 982 96 1.390 9.0 1.0 3.5 3.5 1.00
1980 28 CLE AL 13 14 .481 4.45 33 33 0 9 2 0 224.1 231 118 111 18 82 6 109 1 0 5 955 93 1.395 9.3 0.7 3.3 4.4 1.33
1981 29 CLE AL 8 10 .444 4.92 22 21 0 5 1 0 126.1 173 74 69 7 44 1 51 1 0 5 578 75 1.718 12.3 0.5 3.1 3.6 1.16
1982 30 CLE AL 2 13 .133 5.40 25 21 0 2 0 0 115.0 128 74 69 13 57 2 44 1 0 4 510 77 1.609 10.0 1.0 4.5 3.4 0.77
1983 31 TOT AL 0 3 .000 4.89 18 2 5 0 0 0 49.2 62 33 27 2 20 3 33 0 0 3 225 82 1.651 11.2 0.4 3.6 6.0 1.65
1983 31 CLE AL 0 1 .000 4.58 8 0 3 0 0 0 19.2 23 13 10 1 9 2 13 0 0 1 91 95 1.627 10.5 0.5 4.1 5.9 1.44
1983 31 MIL AL 0 2 .000 5.10 10 2 2 0 0 0 30.0 39 20 17 1 11 1 20 0 0 2 134 75 1.667 11.7 0.3 3.3 6.0 1.82
1984 32 MIL AL 2 4 .333 3.58 47 1 16 0 0 3 73.0 84 32 29 7 24 3 49 0 0 0 316 109 1.479 10.4 0.9 3.0 6.0 2.04
1985 33 MIL AL 3 2 .600 6.51 24 0 8 0 0 1 47.0 67 37 34 3 20 5 24 0 0 1 220 65 1.851 12.8 0.6 3.8 4.6 1.20
12 Seasons 79 92 .462 4.25 317 190 45 47 10 8 1427.0 1514 741 674 110 568 34 659 11 1 37 6152 93 1.459 9.5 0.7 3.6 4.2 1.16
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .462 4.25 43 25 6 6 1 1 191 203 99 90 15 76 5 88 1 0 5 825 93 1.459 9.5 0.7 3.6 4.2 1.16
CLE (9 yrs) 74 84 .468 4.18 235 187 18 47 10 3 1276.0 1323 651 593 99 512 25 566 11 1 34 5478 94 1.438 9.3 0.7 3.6 4.0 1.11
MIL (3 yrs) 5 8 .385 4.80 81 3 26 0 0 4 150.0 190 89 80 11 55 9 93 0 0 3 670 83 1.633 11.4 0.7 3.3 5.6 1.69
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 9.00 1 0 1 0 0 1 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 58 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1973 21 TEX AL 1.0 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0.0 $
1975 23 CLE AL 70.1 7 25 42 0 1.1 17 1.8 $
1976 24 CLE AL 123.2 22 60 68 -3 1.1 8 1.0 $
1977 25 CLE AL 135.1 16 67 82 -1 1.1 15 1.4 $
1978 26 CLE AL 230.1 33 97 133 -3 .9 36 3.8 $
1979 27 CLE AL 231.0 34 123 150 -6 1.0 27 2.7 $
1980 28 CLE AL 224.1 33 118 147 -7 1.1 29 3.0 $
1981 29 CLE AL 126.1 21 74 78 -9 1.0 4 0.4 $
1982 30 CLE AL 115.0 21 74 70 -2 1.0 -4 -0.5 $
1983 31 CLE AL 19.2 0 13 13 -1 .8 0 -0.1 $
1983 31 MIL AL 30.0 2 20 18 0 .6 -2 -0.2 $
1984 32 MIL AL 73.0 1 32 44 -2 1.3 12 0.9 $
1985 33 MIL AL 47.0 0 37 30 -1 .7 -7 -0.9 $460,000
12 Seasons 1427.0 190 741 876 -35 1.0 135 13.3 $460,000
CLE (9 yrs) 1276.0 187 651 783 -32 1.0 132 13.5 $
MIL (3 yrs) 150.0 3 89 92 -3 1.0 3 -0.2 $460,000
TEX (1 yr) 1.0 0 1 1 0 .0 0 0.0 $

Standard Batting

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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
1973 21 TEX AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1975 23 CLE AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 24 CLE AL 36 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 25 CLE AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 26 CLE AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 27 CLE AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 28 CLE AL 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 29 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 30 CLE AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 31 TOT AL 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 31 CLE AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1983 31 MIL AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 32 MIL AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 33 MIL AL 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 329 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (9 yrs) 247 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (3 yrs) 81 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1985 33 MIL AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $460,000 1
1 Season 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $460,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1973 TEX AL 21 P 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1975 CLE AL 23 P 16 70.1 18 5 12 1 1 .944 2.18 1.06 .940 1.87 1.86
1976 CLE AL 24 P 26 123.2 32 10 20 2 2 .938 2.18 1.15 .950 1.87 1.88
1977 CLE AL 25 P 37 135.1 30 4 24 2 1 .933 1.86 0.76 .948 1.95 1.93
1978 CLE AL 26 P 34 230.1 69 19 49 1 1 .986 2.66 2.00 .954 1.90 1.88
1979 CLE AL 27 P 34 231.0 58 15 43 0 2 1.000 2.26 1.71 .949 1.92 1.89
1980 CLE AL 28 P 33 224.1 41 10 30 1 0 .976 1.60 1.21 .957 1.85 1.85
1981 CLE AL 29 P 22 126.1 40 12 28 0 2 1.000 2.85 1.82 .963 1.98 1.98
1982 CLE AL 30 P 25 115.0 29 6 23 0 1 1.000 2.27 1.16 .958 1.80 1.80
1983 TOT AL 31 P 18 2 0 49.2 8 0 7 1 0 .875 1.27 0.39 .958 1.79 1.78 3 2 40% 1
1983 CLE AL 31 P 8 0 0 19.2 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.37 0.38 .957 1.78 1.78 2 1 33% 0
1983 MIL AL 31 P 10 2 0 30.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 1.20 0.40 .958 1.80 1.78 1 1 50% 1
1984 MIL AL 32 P 47 73.0 14 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.73 0.30 .958 1.79 1.78
1985 MIL AL 33 P 24 47.0 12 8 4 0 0 1.000 2.30 0.50 .953 1.86 1.84
12 Seasons P 317 2 0 1427.0 351 91 252 8 10 .977 2.16 1.08 .954 1.88 1.86 3 2 40% 1
12 Seasons TOT 317 2 0 1427.0 351 91 252 8 10 .977 2.16 1.08 .954 1.88 1.86 3 2 40% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1979 AL  16 (8th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1978 AL  8.049 (9th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1979 AL  3 (6th)
1980 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  26 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1978 AL  86 (10th)
1979 AL  91 (8th)

Hits s c a p y
1981 AL  173 (4th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1981 AL  0.499 (6th)

Losses s c a p y
1978 AL  15 (5th)
1981 AL  10 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1979 AL  114 (6th)
1980 AL  111 (8th)
1981 AL  69 (4th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1978 AL  10 (5th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1978 AL  49 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1978 AL  2.00 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1973 AL  born 1952-05-15 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1600), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1856), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  6. Larry McWilliams (958)
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  9. Andy Hawkins (954)
  10. Ken Brett (953)
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  7. Joe Shaute (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ruben Gomez (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ruben Gomez (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198028Cleveland Indians$200,0003/1/80 TSN
198129Cleveland Indians$275,0002/6/82 TSN
198230Cleveland Indians$375,0002/6/82 TSN
198331Cleveland Indians$400,0002/6/82 TSN
198432Cleveland Indians$425,0002/6/82 TSN
198533Milwaukee Brewers$460,0001985 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,135,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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