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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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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 41 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 2 285 127 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 86 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 76 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 81 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 94 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 74 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 0 316 108 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 64 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 82 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 41 2.000 9.0 0.0 9.0 0.0 0.00

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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
1976 24 CLE AL 10 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1977 25 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1978 26 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1985 33 MIL AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
13 Seasons 13 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 12 12 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (9 yrs) 12 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (3 yrs) 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 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  .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)

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

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 2 (1804), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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 and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Milwaukee Brewers$460,000
Career (may be incomplete)$460,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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