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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 Pitching

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
1948 20 WSH AL 1 2 .333 5.68 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.2 14 8 8 1 22 8 0 0 0 68 78 2.842 9.9 0.7 15.6 5.7 0.36
1949 21 WSH AL 3 12 .200 5.38 27 14 8 2 2 1 95.1 78 61 57 5 103 58 0 1 10 448 79 1.899 7.4 0.5 9.7 5.5 0.56
1950 22 TOT AL 2 6 .250 4.11 25 7 7 1 0 0 70.0 56 44 32 3 73 42 1 0 5 330 108 1.843 7.2 0.4 9.4 5.4 0.58
1950 22 WSH AL 1 3 .250 4.30 14 5 5 1 0 0 44.0 38 27 21 2 47 26 0 0 2 212 105 1.932 7.8 0.4 9.6 5.3 0.55
1950 22 CLE AL 1 3 .250 3.81 11 2 2 0 0 0 26.0 18 17 11 1 26 16 1 0 3 118 115 1.692 6.2 0.3 9.0 5.5 0.62
1953 25 DET AL 0 1 .000 13.97 12 1 2 0 0 0 19.1 32 30 30 3 23 6 0 0 3 109 29 2.845 14.9 1.4 10.7 2.8 0.26
1954 26 DET AL 0 1 .000 7.16 9 1 5 0 0 0 16.1 23 14 13 3 16 9 1 0 1 84 53 2.388 12.7 1.7 8.8 5.0 0.56
5 Yrs 6 22 .214 5.90 76 26 22 3 2 1 213.2 203 157 140 15 237 123 2 1 19 1039 73 2.059 8.6 0.6 10.0 5.2 0.52
162 Game Avg. 4 15 .214 5.90 51 17 15 2 1 1 142 135 105 93 10 158 82 1 1 13 693 73 2.059 8.6 0.6 10.0 5.2 0.52
WSH (3 yrs) 5 17 .227 5.09 44 22 13 3 2 1 152.0 130 96 86 8 172 92 0 1 12 728 85 1.987 7.7 0.5 10.2 5.4 0.53
DET (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 10.85 21 2 7 0 0 0 35.2 55 44 43 6 39 15 1 0 4 193 37 2.636 13.9 1.5 9.8 3.8 0.38
CLE (1 yr) 1 3 .250 3.81 11 2 2 0 0 0 26.0 18 17 11 1 26 16 1 0 3 118 115 1.692 6.2 0.3 9.0 5.5 0.62

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 Awards
1948 20 WSH AL 12.2 3 3 8 5.68 4.73 -0.21 0.00 102.3 5.05 -1 -0.1 -0.0 0.0 0 .471 .499 $
1949 21 WSH AL 95.1 27 14 61 5.76 4.67 -0.28 0.00 102.5 5.07 -7 -0.7 1.3 -0.1 -0.1 1 .474 .496 $
1950 22 WSH AL 44.0 14 5 27 5.52 4.90 -0.14 0.00 102.0 5.14 -2 -0.2 .3 -0.0 0.1 3 .486 .499 $
1950 22 CLE AL 26.0 11 2 17 5.88 5.49 0.14 0.00 91.0 4.87 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.1 -0 .474 .498 $
1953 25 DET AL 19.1 12 1 30 13.97 4.13 -0.76 0.00 103.5 5.06 -19 -1.7 1.0 -0.0 -1.6 -17 .355 .489 $
1954 26 DET AL 16.1 9 1 14 7.71 4.24 0.09 0.00 106.2 4.40 -6 -0.6 .5 0.1 -0.4 -5 .431 .496 $
5 Seasons 213.2 76 26 157 6.61 4.74 -0.21 0.00 101.4 5.01 -38 -3.6 .8 -0.1 -2.1 -18 .452 .496 $
WSH (3 yrs) 152.0 44 22 96 5.68 4.74 -0.23 0.00 102.3 5.09 -10 -1.0 .9 -0.1 0.0 4 .477 .498 $
DET (2 yrs) 35.2 21 2 44 11.10 4.18 -0.37 0.00 104.7 4.76 -25 -2.4 .8 0.1 -2.0 -22 .388 .493 $
CLE (1 yr) 26.0 11 2 17 5.88 5.49 0.14 0.00 91.0 4.87 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.1 -0 .474 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1948 20 WSH AL 3 58 45 8 14 1 0 1 2 2 22 8 .311 .537 .400 .937 .361 18 1 0 1 0 0
1949 21 WSH AL 27 366 340 61 78 12 2 5 6 5 103 58 .229 .409 .321 .729 .264 109 6 0 5 0 0
1950 22 TOT AL 25 330 249 44 56 9 4 3 7 3 73 42 .225 .402 .329 .732 .260 82 7 1 7 0 4
1950 22 CLE AL 11 118 88 17 18 1 0 1 2 1 26 16 .205 .391 .250 .641 .239 22 3 1 3 0 1
1950 22 WSH AL 14 212 161 27 38 8 4 2 5 2 47 26 .236 .409 .373 .781 .271 60 4 0 4 0 3
1953 25 DET AL 12 109 83 30 32 5 1 3 1 1 23 6 .386 .519 .578 1.097 .392 48 0 0 3 0 0
1954 26 DET AL 9 83 64 14 23 2 2 3 0 3 16 9 .359 .488 .594 1.082 .377 38 1 1 1 1 0
5 Yrs 76 946 781 157 203 29 9 15 16 14 237 123 .260 .433 .378 .811 .292 295 15 2 17 1 4
162 Game Avg. 51 631 521 105 135 19 6 10 11 9 158 82 .260 .433 .378 .811 .292 197 10 1 11 1 3
MLB Averages .261 .338 .377 .714 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1948 20 WSH AL -1.3 -0.1 63 0.0 1.4 -1.4 1.47 -0.2 0.2 0.9 0.1 1.47 -1.9 0 0 0
1949 21 WSH AL -10.3 -1.0 390 -2.1 5.9 -7.9 1.05 -0.8 -1.2 -17.0 -1.6 1.05 -11.2 4 2 7
1950 22 TOT AL -1.0 -0.1 346 -0.8 3.7 -4.5 .73 -0.3 -0.8 -3.7 -0.3 0.73 -3.1 1 3 14
1950 22 WSH AL -0.4 -0.0 221 -0.3 2.3 -2.6 .71 -0.4 0.0 -4.8 -0.4 0.71 -4.5 0 1 8
1950 22 CLE AL -0.5 -0.1 125 -0.5 1.4 -1.9 .76 0.1 -0.8 1.1 0.1 0.76 1.4 1 2 6
1953 25 DET AL -19.0 -1.8 116 -1.1 0.6 -1.7 .52 -1.2 -0.9 -23.3 -2.1 0.52 -15.5 2 1 7
1954 26 DET AL -5.8 -0.6 87 -0.4 0.7 -1.1 .46 -0.7 -0.2 -6.2 -0.6 0.46 -9.3 1 1 6
5 Yrs -37.3 -3.5 1002 -4.4 12.3 -16.7 .85 -3.2 -1.9 -49.4 -4.6 0.85 -41.0 8 7 34

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1948 20 WSH AL 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 40.7 52 34 2 0 0 3 3.3 2.7 4.2
1949 21 WSH AL 27 14 2 11 1 0 3 3 11 .214 0 0 2 2 5 36% 46.1 78 15 20 8 6 5 2.7 3.2 5.3
1950 22 TOT AL 25 7 1 5 1 1 2 2 5 .286 0 1 1 0 2 29% 45.4 62 36 21 6 0 4 3.3 2.5 4.7
1950 22 WSH AL 14 5 1 3 1 1 2 2 3 .400 0 1 1 0 2 40% 48.4 62 41 13 1 0 3 3.0 2.9 5.4
1950 22 CLE AL 11 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 40 36 8 5 0 1 4.0 0.0 2.8
1953 25 DET AL 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 52.0 52 52 12 5 0 1 10.0 0.0 4.0
1954 26 DET AL 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 3 0 0 0 16.0 9.0 4.0
5 Yrs 76 26 4 18 4 1 5 8 18 .308 0 2 3 2 8 31% 45 78 15 58 19 6 13 3.7 3.0 4.9
MLB Averages .500 49% 50 109 -9 4.6 4.5 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1949 21 WSH AL 27 13 8 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 8 4 50% 9 1.050 4 2 7 2 2 9 5 8 6 4 6 1 4.8
1950 22 TOT AL 25 18 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 35% .727 1 3 14 0 0 18 9 9 15 2 15 3 6.2
1950 22 WSH AL 14 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 8 .706 0 1 8 0 0 9 3 6 7 1 7 3 5.7
1950 22 CLE AL 11 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 4 33% 3 .764 1 2 6 0 0 9 6 3 8 1 8 0 6.8
1953 25 DET AL 12 11 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 8 67% 2 .525 2 1 7 0 3 8 6 5 5 5 6 0 4.2
1954 26 DET AL 9 8 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 .460 1 1 6 0 1 7 1 7 4 0 4 1 4.6
4 Yrs 73 50 22 2 4 2 1 1 50% 2 0 38 18 47% .810 8 7 34 2 6 42 21 29 30 11 31 5 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1948 20 WSH AL 68 60% 1.7% 13.8% 37.9% 3.5% 14% 0.39 62% 13 1 8%
1949 21 WSH AL 449 57% 1.4% 15.9% 28.1% 5.2% 24% 0.88 76% 93 6 6%
1950 22 TOT AL 330 63% 0.9% 12.7% 22.1% 4.9% 29% 0.75 62% 88 7 8%
1950 22 WSH AL 212 65% 0.9% 12.3% 22.2% 6.6% 37% 0.57 63% 46 4 9%
1950 22 CLE AL 118 60% 0.9% 13.6% 22.0% 1.7% 11% 1.18 60% 42 3 7%
1953 25 DET AL 109 61% 2.8% 5.5% 21.1% 8.3% 28% 0.53 68% 33 0 0%
1954 26 DET AL 83 63% 3.6% 10.8% 19.3% 8.4% 30% 0.71 64% 14 1 7%
5 Yrs 1039 60% 1.6% 13.0% 25.1% 5.6% 26% 0.74 68% 241 15 6%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 12.4% 12.0% 7.0% 25% 0.95 94% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1948 20 WSH AL 58 14 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 4 1 3 25% 0 0 0 19 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
1949 21 WSH AL 366 78 5 1 13 3 1 1 3 24 19 2 79% 0 10 0 162 6 5 55% 2 4 2 1 2 0 4 2 15 83
1950 22 TOT AL 330 56 3 0 14 2 1 1 2 24 12 4 50% 4 5 2 151 7 3 70% 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0
1950 22 WSH AL 212 38 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 18 9 3 50% 3 2 1 88 5 2 71% 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
1950 22 CLE AL 118 18 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 6 3 1 50% 1 3 1 63 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1953 25 DET AL 109 32 3 1 11 2 1 1 2 11 8 0 73% 0 3 1 47 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1954 26 DET AL 83 23 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 4 2 0 50% 0 1 0 35 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
5 Yrs 946 203 15 2 49 7 7 6 8 67 42 9 63% 4 19 3 414 16 14 53% 10 12 3 2 3 0 5 2 33 93
MLB Averages 53% 55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1948 20 1 2 .333 5.68 3 3 0 0 0 0 12.2 14 8 8 1 22 8 0 0 0 68 78 2.842 9.9 0.7 15.6 5.7 0.36 78
1949 21 4 14 .222 5.42 30 17 8 2 2 1 108.0 92 69 65 6 125 66 0 1 10 516 79 2.009 7.7 0.5 10.4 5.5 0.53 79
1950 22 6 20 .231 4.90 55 24 15 3 2 1 178.0 148 113 97 9 198 108 1 1 15 846 89 1.944 7.5 0.5 10.0 5.5 0.55 89
1951 23 6 20 .231 4.90 55 24 15 3 2 1 178.0 148 113 97 9 198 108 1 1 15 846 89 1.944 7.5 0.5 10.0 5.5 0.55 89
1952 24 6 20 .231 4.90 55 24 15 3 2 1 178.0 148 113 97 9 198 108 1 1 15 846 89 1.944 7.5 0.5 10.0 5.5 0.55 89
1953 25 6 21 .222 5.79 67 25 17 3 2 1 197.1 180 143 127 12 221 114 1 1 18 955 75 2.032 8.2 0.5 10.1 5.2 0.52 75
1954 26 6 22 .214 5.90 76 26 22 3 2 1 213.2 203 157 140 15 237 123 2 1 19 1039 73 2.059 8.6 0.6 10.0 5.2 0.52 73

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1948 20 0 1 .000 6.00 12.0 14 9 8 1 22 7 0 3.000 10.5 16.5 5.3 0.32 0.8 3
1949 21 4 6 .400 5.31 95.0 79 62 56 5 104 58 0 1.926 7.5 9.9 5.5 0.56 0.5 27
1950 22 4 3 .571 3.75 72.0 56 33 30 3 73 43 1 1.792 7.0 9.1 5.4 0.59 0.4 25
1953 25 0 2 .000 14.68 19.0 33 34 31 3 24 6 0 3.000 15.6 11.4 2.8 0.25 1.4 12
1954 26 0 1 .000 9.00 15.0 25 17 15 3 17 8 1 2.800 15.0 10.2 4.8 0.47 1.8 9
5 Yrs 8 13 .381 5.92 213.0 207 155 140 15 240 122 2 2.099 8.7 5.2 0.51 0.6 76

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1949 AL  10 (2nd)
1950 AL  5 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1948 AL  born 1927-11-17 (6th)

                           

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