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Dick Weik

Richard Henry Weik (Legs)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 184 lb.

Born: November 17, 1927 in Waterloo, IA
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1948
Teams (by GP): Senators/Tigers/Indians 1948-1954

Final Game: July 5, 1954
Died: April 21, 1991 in Harvey, IL
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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
1948 20 WSH AL 3 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 433 5 0 0 0 /1
1949 21 WSH AL 28 31 28 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .179 .207 .179 .385 4 5 1 0 2 1
1950 22 TOT AL 25 18 18 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .222 .389 1 4 0 0 0 1
1950 22 WSH AL 14 13 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .154 .154 .154 .308 -19 2 0 0 0 1
1950 22 CLE AL 11 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .400 .600 53 2 0 0 0 1
1953 25 TOT AL 13 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 300 2 0 0 1 1
1953 25 CLE AL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 25 DET AL 12 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 300 2 0 0 1 1
1954 26 DET AL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Yrs 78 57 53 6 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 16 .226 .241 .302 .543 44 16 1 0 3 0
162 Game Avg. 162 118 110 12 25 4 2 0 6 0 0 2 33 .226 .241 .302 .543 44 33 2 0 6
WSH (3 yrs) 45 48 45 4 10 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 11 .222 .239 .267 .506 34 12 1 0 2
CLE (2 yrs) 12 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .200 .200 .400 .600 53 2 0 0 0
DET (2 yrs) 21 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 168 2 0 0 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 Awards
1948 20 WSH AL 3 4 2 -0 0 0 0 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .554 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ /1
1949 21 WSH AL 28 31 -4 -0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1950 22 WSH AL 14 13 -2 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1950 22 CLE AL 11 5 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1953 25 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
1953 25 DET AL 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .509 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1954 26 DET AL 9 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
5 Seasons 78 57 -5 -1 0 0 6 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $
WSH (3 yrs) 45 48 -5 -1 0 0 5 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $
CLE (2 yrs) 12 5 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
DET (2 yrs) 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 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
1948 20 WSH AL 4 1 4 106.6 103 .750 .750 .270 .750 .354 1.250 .390 2.000 .744 433 .997 1.7 0.2 5.000 .500 .500
1949 21 WSH AL 31 26 1 1.0 104 .250 .179 .267 .207 .358 .179 .388 .385 .747 4 .060 -4.0 -0.4 .250 .036 .000
1950 22 TOT AL 18 15 0 0.0 109 .273 .167 .273 .167 .359 .222 .408 .389 .767 1 .000 -2.7 -0.2 .267 .056 .056
1950 22 WSH AL 13 11 0 0.0 109 .200 .154 .272 .154 .358 .154 .408 .308 .766 -19 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .182 .000 .000
1950 22 CLE AL 5 4 0 0.0 110 1.000 .200 .274 .200 .360 .400 .410 .600 .770 53 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .200 .200
1953 25 TOT AL 3 2 1 13.4 101 1.000 .500 .268 .500 .343 1.000 .394 1.500 .736 300 .882 0.6 0.1 2.000 .500 .500
1953 25 DET AL 3 2 1 13.4 101 1.000 .500 .268 .500 .343 1.000 .394 1.500 .736 300 .882 0.6 0.1 2.000 .500 .500
1954 26 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .264 .000 .340 .000 .386 .000 .726 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 57 45 6 3.5 105 .324 .226 .269 .241 .357 .302 .395 .543 .753 44 .375 -4.7 -0.5 .405 .094 .075
162 Game Avg. 118 93 12 3.5 105 .324 .226 .269 .241 .357 .302 .395 .543 .753 44 .375 -4.7 -0.5 .405 .094 .075
WSH (3 yrs) 48 38 5 3.5 105 .294 .222 .269 .239 .358 .267 .394 .506 .752 34 .370 -4.7 -0.5 .361 .067 .044
DET (2 yrs) 4 3 1 8.9 100 .500 .333 .266 .333 .342 .667 .391 1.000 .733 168 .785 0.3 0.0 1.000 .333 .333
CLE (2 yrs) 5 4 0 0.0 110 1.000 .200 .274 .200 .360 .400 .410 .600 .770 53 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .200 .200

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1948 20 WSH AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 33% 100%
1949 21 WSH AL 31 0.0% 25.8% 3.2% 0.0% 0% 8.00 3.5 14.0 1.20 65%
1950 22 TOT AL 18 0.0% 38.9% 0.0% 5.6% 33% 2.6 1.00 61%
1950 22 WSH AL 13 0.0% 23.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.3 1.00 77%
1950 22 CLE AL 5 0.0% 80.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 1.3 20%
1953 25 TOT AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 2.0 2.0 33%
1953 25 DET AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 2.0 2.0 33%
1954 26 DET AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
5 Yrs 57 0.0% 28.1% 1.8% 5.3% 25% 16.00 3.3 17.7 1.20 65%
MLB Averages 1.9% 10.1% 9.8% 6.5% 28% 1.04 8.7 45.8 8.0 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1948 20 WSH AL 1.7 0.2 5 0.2 0.2 -0.0 .82 0.2 0.1 1.3 0.1 0.60 1.7 0
1949 21 WSH AL -4.0 -0.4 27 -0.0 0.4 -0.5 1.17 -0.2 0.1 -2.4 -0.2 1.02 -2.2 0
1950 22 TOT AL -2.7 -0.2 18 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .74 -0.3 -0.1 -2.5 -0.2 0.75 -3.2 0
1950 22 WSH AL -2.4 -0.2 13 -0.2 0.1 -0.2 .78 -0.2 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 0.77 -2.6 0
1950 22 CLE AL -0.4 -0.0 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .63 -0.0 -0.1 -0.8 -0.1 0.72 -0.6 0
1953 25 TOT AL 0.6 0.1 3 0.1 0.1 -0.0 1.14 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.98 0.4 0
1953 25 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1953 25 DET AL 0.6 0.1 3 0.1 0.1 -0.0 1.14 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.98 0.4 0
1954 26 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .75 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.74 -0.3 0
5 Yrs -4.8 -0.5 54 -0.0 0.8 -0.8 .98 -0.2 0.2 -3.1 -0.3 0.88 -3.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 20 WSH AL 0 0 33% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 21 WSH AL 2 0 50% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
1950 22 TOT AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 22 WSH AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 22 CLE AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 25 TOT AL 0 0 200% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1953 25 DET AL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1954 26 DET 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
5 Yrs 2 0 46% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 40% 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 1 1

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
1948 20 WSH AL 4 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 21 WSH AL 31 42% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 9 1 11% 7 3 43% 17 2 12% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1950 22 TOT AL 18 22% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1950 22 WSH AL 13 23% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1950 22 CLE AL 5 20% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 25 TOT AL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1953 25 DET AL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
1954 26 DET AL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 57 29% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 11 1 9% 9 4 44% 22 3 14% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 50% 96% 13% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1948 20 3 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 433 5 0 0 0
1949 21 31 35 32 4 8 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 8 .250 .273 .313 .585 57 10 1 0 2
1950 22 56 53 50 4 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 15 .220 .235 .280 .515 36 14 1 0 2
1951 23 56 53 50 4 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 15 .220 .235 .280 .515 36 14 1 0 2
1952 24 56 53 50 4 11 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 15 .220 .235 .280 .515 36 14 1 0 2
1953 25 69 56 52 6 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 16 .231 .245 .308 .553 46 16 1 0 3
1954 26 78 57 53 6 12 2 1 0 3 0 0 1 16 .226 .241 .302 .543 44 16 1 0 3 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1948 20 3 4 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .750 .750 1.250 2.000 4 3
1949 21 29 32 29 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 .172 .200 .172 .372 1 28
1950 22 26 20 20 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 .200 .200 .250 .450 1 25
1953 25 14 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 .500 .500 1.000 1.500 1 13
1954 26 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
5 Yrs 81 60 56 6 13 2 1 0 3 0 1 16 .232 .246 .304 .549 7 78
162 Game Avg. 162 120 112 12 26 4 2 0 6 0 2 32 .232 .246 .304 .549 14 78

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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1948 AL  born 1927-11-17 (6th)

                                         

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