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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 HS (Atlanta, GA)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1973 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Brewers/Rangers 1973-1985
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 33)
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Fine Details · Last updated Feb 13, 2013 1:17AM

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1004. Pat Ragan… #1005. Al Smith… #1006. Stump Wiedman… #1007. RICK WAITS… #1008. John Thomson… #1009. Tom Ferrick… #1010. Hardie Henderson…

All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #1004. Pat Ragan… #1005. Al Smith… #1006. Stump Wiedman… #1007. RICK WAITS… #1008. John Thomson… #1009. Tom Ferrick… #1010. Hardie Henderson…

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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
1970	18	TEX-min	A	2	3	.400	4.71	9	8		1	0	0	42.0	27	25	22	2	33	0	37	2	0	3			1.429	5.8	0.4	7.1	7.9	1.12	AND · WCRS
1971	19	TEX-min	AA	5	9	.357	3.24	25	23		6	1	0	139.0	123	65	50	7	82	4	98	1	2	10			1.475	8.0	0.5	5.3	6.3	1.20	PFD · EL
1972	20	TEX-min	AA	8	8	.500	3.10	25	22		5	3	0	116.0	104	66	40	7	82	3	84	4	0	9			1.603	8.1	0.5	6.4	6.5	1.02	PFD · EL
1973	21	TEX-min	AAA	14	7	.667	3.92	28	23		6	0	0	154.0	153	96	67	6	103	0	99	2	0	5			1.662	8.9	0.4	6.0	5.8	0.96	SPO · PCL
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

1974	22	TEX-min	AAA	12	6	.667	4.41	26	22		9	0	0	153.0	152	98	75	12	95	2	90	1	0	7			1.614	8.9	0.7	5.6	5.3	0.95	SPO · PCL
1975	23	TEX-CLE-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.65	20	17		10	0	0	120.0	131	75	62	7	64	2	69	1	0	3			1.625	9.8	0.5	4.8	5.2	1.08	SPO,OKC · PCL,AA
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	117	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-min	AAA	10	5	.667	2.87	16	16	0	5	1	0	116.0	108	43	37	6	22	3	64	0	0	4			1.121	8.4	0.5	1.7	5.0	2.91	VAN · PCL
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	64	1.851	12.8	0.6	3.8	4.6	1.20
1986	34	MIL-min	AAA	11	8	.579	4.42	28	19	4	3	0	1	130.1	145	77	64	13	45	3	72	1	0	5			1.458	10.0	0.9	3.1	5.0	1.60	VAN · PCL
12 Yrs				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 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
1973	21	TEX	AL	1.0	1	0	1	9.00	3.87	-0.45	-0.32	94.0	3.76	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.440	.500

1975	23	CLE	AL	70.1	16	7	25	3.20	4.38	-0.04	-0.01	100.2	4.43	10	1.1	2.5	0.2	1.9	17	.568	.507
1976	24	CLE	AL	123.2	26	22	60	4.37	4.00	-0.19	0.09	97.8	4.18	-2	-0.3	.4	-0.1	0.7	9	.490	.498
1977	25	CLE	AL	135.1	37	16	67	4.46	4.71	-0.05	0.00	96.7	4.60	2	0.2	1.6	-0.1	1.3	17	.506	.501
1978	26	CLE	AL	230.1	34	33	97	3.79	4.27	-0.13	0.12	98.4	4.45	18	2.0	.1	-0.1	3.8	41	.559	.512
1979	27	CLE	AL	231.0	34	34	123	4.79	4.62	-0.24	0.15	101.0	5.07	7	0.7		-0.1	2.6	34	.521	.504
1980	28	CLE	AL	224.1	33	33	118	4.73	4.61	-0.30	0.15	101.5	5.13	9	0.9		-0.1	2.7	34	.529	.506	$200,000
1981	29	CLE	AL	126.1	22	21	74	5.27	4.11	-0.62	0.13	99.5	4.84	-6	-0.6	.3	-0.1	0.3	2	.471	.496	$275,000
1982	30	CLE	AL	115.0	25	21	74	5.79	4.47	-0.14	0.12	101.5	4.80	-12	-1.2	1.8	-0.1	-0.4	-1	.451	.493	$375,000
1983	31	CLE	AL	19.2	8	0	13	5.95	4.57	-0.33	-0.37	106.4	4.83	-2	-0.3	.8	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.468	.498	$400,000
1983	31	MIL	AL	30.0	10	2	20	6.00	5.07	-0.08	-0.19	89.4	4.44	-5	-0.5	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.448	.497
1984	32	MIL	AL	73.0	47	1	32	3.95	4.63	-0.21	-0.33	97.6	4.41	4	0.4	1.7	0.0	1.1	11	.509	.503
1985	33	MIL	AL	47.0	24	0	37	7.09	4.64	-0.23	-0.36	99.7	4.49	-13	-1.3	.6	0.1	-0.8	-9	.445	.492	$460,000
12 Seasons				1427.0	317	190	741	4.67	4.46	-0.22	0.06	99.5	4.71	7	1.1	1.3	-0.4	12.8	153	.504	.501	$1,710,000

CLE (9 yrs)				1276.0	235	187	651	4.59	4.43	-0.22	0.10	99.8	4.75	22	2.6	1.5	-0.5	12.8	153	.511	.502	$1,250,000
MIL (3 yrs)				150.0	81	3	89	5.34	4.72	-0.19	-0.31	96.6	4.44	-15	-1.4	1.3	0.2	0.0	1	.482	.497	$460,000
TEX (1 yr)				1.0	1	0	1	9.00	3.87	-0.45	-0.32	94.0	3.76	-1	-0.1	.0	0.0	0.0	-0	.440	.500

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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
1970	18	TEX-min	A	9	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.077	.143	.077	.220		1		0	0	0			AND · WCRS
1971	19	TEX-min	AA	25	53	45	1	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	3	22	.111	.167	.133	.300		6		0	5	0			PFD · EL
1972	20	TEX-min	AA	26	46	36	5	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	14	.167	.220	.167	.386		6		0	5	2			PFD · EL
1973	21	TEX-min	AAA	28	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			SPO · PCL
1973	21	TEX	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1974	22	TEX-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SPO · PCL
1975	23	TEX-CLE-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SPO,OKC · PCL,AA
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/D
1977	25	CLE	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D
1978	26	CLE	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1/D
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-min	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
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
1986	34	MIL-min	AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
12 Yrs				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 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
1973	21	TEX	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1

1975	23	CLE	AL	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1976	24	CLE	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.1	-1		1/D
1977	25	CLE	AL	38	0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0		1/D
1978	26	CLE	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0		1/D
1979	27	CLE	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1980	28	CLE	AL	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$200,000	1
1981	29	CLE	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$275,000	1
1982	30	CLE	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$375,000	1
1983	31	CLE	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$400,000	/1
1983	31	MIL	AL	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1984	32	MIL	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
1985	33	MIL	AL	24	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$460,000	1
12 Seasons				329	1	-0	-0	0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$1,710,000

CLE (9 yrs)				247	0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.500	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$1,250,000
MIL (3 yrs)				81	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$460,000
TEX (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0

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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%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1973	TEX	AL	21	P	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.80	1.80	0	0			0
1975	CLE	AL	23	P	16	7	3	70.1	18	5	12	1	1	.944	2.18	1.06	.940	1.87	1.86	3	5	63%	38%	1
1976	CLE	AL	24	P	26	22	4	123.2	32	10	20	2	2	.938	2.18	1.15	.950	1.87	1.88	4	10	71%	34%	1
1976	CLE	AL	24	DH	8	0
1977	CLE	AL	25	P	37	16	1	135.1	30	4	24	2	1	.933	1.86	0.76	.948	1.95	1.93	7	3	30%	39%	2
1977	CLE	AL	25	DH	1	0
1978	CLE	AL	26	P	34	33	15	230.1	69	19	49	1	1	.986	2.66	2.00	.954	1.90	1.88	17	7	29%	38%	4
1978	CLE	AL	26	DH	1	0
1979	CLE	AL	27	P	34	34	8	231.0	58	15	43	0	2	1.000	2.26	1.71	.949	1.92	1.89	19	10	34%	36%	3
1980	CLE	AL	28	P	33	33	9	224.1	41	10	30	1	0	.976	1.60	1.21	.957	1.85	1.85	12	9	43%	35%	3
1981	CLE	AL	29	P	22	21	5	126.1	40	12	28	0	2	1.000	2.85	1.82	.963	1.98	1.98	7	5	42%	38%	2
1982	CLE	AL	30	P	25	21	2	115.0	29	6	23	0	1	1.000	2.27	1.16	.958	1.80	1.80	6	7	54%	36%	4
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%	33%	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%	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%	32%	1
1984	MIL	AL	32	P	47	1	0	73.0	14	2	12	0	0	1.000	1.73	0.30	.958	1.79	1.78	6	4	40%	36%	0
1985	MIL	AL	33	P	24	0	0	47.0	12	8	4	0	0	1.000	2.30	0.50	.953	1.86	1.84	3	2	40%	33%	0
	12 Seasons			P	317	190	47	1427.0	351	91	252	8	10	.977	2.16	1.08	.954	1.88	1.86	87	64	42%	36%	21
	12 Seasons			TOT	317	190	47	1427.0	351	91	252	8	10	.977	2.16	1.08	.954	1.88	1.86	87	64	42%	36%	21
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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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)
Fielding % as P s c a p y 1979 AL 1.000 (1st) 1981 AL 1.000 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1973 AL born 1952-05-15 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 8 (1615), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1719), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 2 (1883), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Starting Pitcher (664th), 12.7 career WAR/14.0 7yr-peak WAR/13.3 JAWS Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Gustavo Chacin (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Greg Mathews (986) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dan Schatzeder (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Nuxhall (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Travers (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Earl Whitehill (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Shaute (958) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ruben Gomez (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ruben Gomez (962) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Neal Heaton (968) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft.
June 13, 1975: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown and $100,000 to the Cleveland Indians for Gaylord Perry.
November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.
January 15, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.
June 6, 1983: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Rick Manning to the Milwaukee Brewers for Ernie Camacho, Jamie Easterly and Gorman Thomas.
November 14, 1985: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
February 3, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

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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
1980	28	Cleveland Indians	$200,000	3/1/80 TSN
1981	29	Cleveland Indians	$275,000	2/6/82 TSN
1982	30	Cleveland Indians	$375,000	2/6/82 TSN
1983	31	Cleveland Indians	$400,000	2/6/82 TSN
1984	32	Cleveland Indians	$425,000	2/6/82 TSN
1985	33	Milwaukee Brewers	$460,000	1985 USA Today survey

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$2,135,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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