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Rick Wilkins

Richard David Wilkins

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 4, 1967 in Jacksonville, FL
High School: Bolles HS (Jacksonville, FL)
School: Furman University (Greenville, SC)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 23rd round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed May 28, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 6, 1991
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants/Astros/Mariners/Padres/... 1991-2001
Agents: Scott Boras [*]
Final Game: October 3, 2001
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1991 CHC NL 24 C 82 54 47 539.1 418 373 42 3 6 .993 4 9 6.93 5.06 .988 6.78 6.75 6 19 46 30 39% 33% 1
1992 CHC NL 25 C 73 66 51 589.0 458 408 47 3 5 .993 4 8 6.95 6.23 .991 6.67 6.67 3 18 49 29 37% 32% 1
1993 CHC NL 26 C 133 118 113 1077.1 809 717 89 3 9 .996 14 16 6.73 6.06 .989 6.74 6.69 11 30 66 56 46% 31% 0
1994 CHC NL 27 C 95 83 75 754.0 601 546 51 4 3 .993 3 5 7.13 6.28 .991 7.10 7.05 9 36 51 30 37% 32% 5
1994 CHC NL 27 1B 2 0 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 60 9.00 2.00 .992 9.67 9.65
1995 TOT NL 28 C 62 59 51 512.4 412 375 33 4 7 .990 5 12 7.17 6.58 .989 7.40 7.37 6 16 44 23 34% 30% 2
1995 CHC NL 28 C 49 47 42 407.2 321 288 29 4 7 .988 4 12 7.00 6.47 .989 7.40 7.37 6 12 36 20 36% 30% 2
1995 CHC NL 28 1B 2 0 0 6.0 8 6 2 0 1 1.000 0 80 12.00 4.00 .992 9.75 9.65
1995 HOU NL 28 C 13 12 9 104.2 91 87 4 0 0 1.000 1 11 7.82 7.00 .989 7.40 7.37 0 4 8 3 27% 30% 0
1996 TOT NL 29 C 124 106 97 970.1 814 738 68 8 7 .990 2 2 7.48 6.50 .989 7.50 7.45 11 47 88 40 31% 28% 3
1996 HOU NL 29 C 82 72 67 655.0 595 550 39 6 3 .990 -1 -2 8.09 7.18 .989 7.50 7.45 7 35 55 22 29% 28% 2
1996 SFG NL 29 C 42 34 30 315.1 219 188 29 2 4 .991 3 11 6.19 5.17 .989 7.50 7.45 4 12 33 18 35% 28% 1
1996 SFG NL 29 1B 7 6 3 52.0 57 52 5 0 4 1.000 -1 -18 9.87 8.14 .992 9.62 9.56
1997 TOT MLB 30 C 60 52 43 462.0 378 335 38 5 5 .987 9 23 7.27 6.22 .990 7.66 7.59 1 7 35 29 45% 32% 1
1997 SFG NL 30 C 57 50 43 446.0 368 326 37 5 5 .986 9 24 7.33 6.37 .990 7.68 7.62 1 6 31 28 47% 32% 1
1997 SEA AL 30 C 3 2 0 16.0 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 5.62 3.33 .991 7.14 7.10 0 1 4 1 20% 33% 0
1997 SEA AL 30 DH 2 2
1998 TOT MLB 31 C 10 9 7 76.0 53 49 3 1 0 .981 1 16 6.16 5.20 .990 7.31 7.22 0 2 5 2 29% 31% 0
1998 SEA AL 31 1B 6 4 2 36.1 44 42 2 0 2 1.000 1 43 10.90 7.33 .992 9.41 9.33
1998 SEA AL 31 C 6 5 3 42.0 30 28 2 0 0 1.000 1 29 6.43 5.00 .990 7.14 7.05 0 0 2 1 33% 31% 0
1998 SEA AL 31 DH 1 1
1998 NYM NL 31 C 4 4 4 34.0 23 21 1 1 0 .957 0 0 5.82 5.50 .990 7.52 7.48 0 2 3 1 25% 32% 0
1999 LAD NL 32 C 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.50 1.00 .990 7.20 7.40 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 33 C 3 3 2 25.0 31 28 3 0 0 1.000 0 0 11.16 10.33 .990 7.45 7.37 0 2 0 1 100% 32% 0
2001 SDP NL 34 C 7 3 1 33.2 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -36 10.16 5.43 .992 7.75 7.66 1 3 2 0 0% 34% 0
2001 SDP NL 34 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 9.00 9.20
11 Seasons C 650 553 487 5041.0 4013 3608 374 31 42 .992 41 10 7.11 6.13 .990 7.11 7.06 48 180 386 240 38% 31% 13
5 Seasons 1B 18 10 5 99.1 114 105 9 0 7 1.000 1 13 10.33 6.33 .992 9.55 9.48
11 Seasons TOT 668 563 492 5140.1 4127 3713 383 31 49 .992 42 10 7.17 6.13 .990 7.15 7.13 48 180 386 240 38% 31% 13
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP 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.
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1991 CHC NL 24 C 4 9 4
1992 CHC NL 25 C 4 8 4
1993 CHC NL 26 C 14 16 14
1994 CHC NL 27 C 3 5 3
1994 CHC NL 27 1B 0 60 0 0 0 0
1995 CHC NL 28 C 4 12 4
1995 CHC NL 28 1B 0 80 0 0 0 0
1995 HOU NL 28 C 1 11 1
1996 HOU NL 29 C -1 -2 -1
1996 SFG NL 29 C 3 11 3
1996 SFG NL 29 1B -1 -18 -1 0 -1 0
1997 SFG NL 30 C 9 24 9
1997 SEA AL 30 C 0 0 0
1998 SEA AL 31 1B 1 43 1 1 0 0
1998 SEA AL 31 C 1 29 1
1998 NYM NL 31 C 0 0 0
1999 LAD NL 32 C 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 33 C 0 0 0
2001 SDP NL 34 C -1 -36 -1
2001 SDP NL 34 1B 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons C 41 10 41
5 Seasons 1B 1 13 1 2 -0 0
11 Seasons TOT 42 10 1 2 -0 0 41
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1991 CHC NL 24 86 54 86 82 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 8
1992 CHC NL 25 83 66 83 73 0 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1993 CHC NL 26 136 118 136 133 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1994 CHC NL 27 100 83 100 95 0 95 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1
1995 CHC NL 28 50 47 50 49 0 49 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 HOU NL 28 15 12 15 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1996 HOU NL 29 84 72 84 82 0 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1996 SFG NL 29 52 40 52 48 0 42 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1997 SFG NL 30 66 50 66 57 0 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1997 SEA AL 30 5 4 5 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
1998 SEA AL 31 19 10 19 12 0 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
1998 NYM NL 31 5 4 5 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1999 LAD NL 32 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2000 STL NL 33 4 3 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2001 SDP NL 34 12 3 12 8 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
11 Seasons 720 566 720 663 0 650 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 91 9
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1991 CHC NL 24 2372 4.84 5.31 22 100% 1 0 373 14 2 12 344 42 8 0 0 9 3 0 1 2 0 6 0 0 2 6 100%
1992 CHC NL 25 2465 3.41 3.91 28 100% 0 0 408 18 0 8 382 47 8 2 0 8 3 0 0 3 0 5 1 0 1 7 100%
1993 CHC NL 26 4551 4.03 4.36 43 95% 0 0 718 18 6 12 682 88 22 1 0 11 3 0 0 3 0 9 0 3 3 16 88%
1994 CHC NL 27 3243 4.40 4.77 28 89% 0 0 546 14 1 7 524 52 7 2 1 7 5 0 2 3 0 3 1 0 1 9 78%
1995 CHC NL 28 1764 4.37 4.95 11 73% 0 1 288 5 4 5 274 29 4 0 0 3 4 0 2 2 0 7 0 1 1 3 33%
1995 HOU NL 28 450 3.70 3.96 3 67% 0 0 86 1 0 2 83 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 HOU NL 29 2907 4.33 5.03 21 90% 1 0 551 12 3 11 525 38 7 1 0 8 6 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 2 9 89%
1996 SFG NL 29 1379 4.57 4.99 16 94% 0 0 188 10 2 2 174 29 5 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 6 100%
1997 SFG NL 30 1905 3.87 4.50 16 94% 0 0 326 7 1 8 309 37 7 0 1 6 5 0 0 5 0 5 0 1 2 8 88%
1997 SEA AL 30 72 3.38 5.06 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 SEA AL 31 188 4.71 5.36 1 100% 0 0 28 1 0 0 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 NYM NL 31 161 3.97 4.76 1 100% 0 0 21 1 0 0 20 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 LAD NL 32 10 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 33 125 9.36 10.80 1 100% 0 0 28 0 0 0 28 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2001 SDP NL 34 148 4.28 4.81 2 100% 0 0 38 2 1 1 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Seasons 21740 4.21 4.70 193 93% 2 1 3609 103 20 68 3416 374 70 6 2 58 32 0 8 24 2 42 2 6 12 65 88%
MLB Averages 4.38 4.81 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1991 CHC NL 24 6 19 903 46 30 22 39% 36 25 10 2 0 3 1 0 93 32 1.40 1.54
1992 CHC NL 25 3 18 854 49 29 26 37% 42 24 6 3 1 2 1 0 88 32 1.46 1.29
1993 CHC NL 26 11 30 1629 66 56 50 46% 56 52 10 4 0 0 0 0 139 62 1.12 1.37
1994 CHC NL 27 9 36 1218 51 30 27 37% 46 24 5 5 0 1 5 1 117 38 1.22 1.16
1995 CHC NL 28 6 12 618 36 20 19 36% 30 17 6 2 0 1 2 1 64 23 1.22 1.44
1995 HOU NL 28 0 4 182 8 3 3 27% 8 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 16 3 1.30 1.72
1996 HOU NL 29 7 35 1148 55 22 20 29% 43 22 12 0 0 0 2 0 123 24 1.74 1.12
1996 SFG NL 29 4 12 564 33 18 16 35% 29 13 4 5 0 0 1 0 60 20 1.74 1.30
1997 SFG NL 30 1 6 693 31 28 20 47% 28 25 3 1 0 2 1 1 50 30 0.95 0.95
1997 SEA AL 30 0 1 25 4 1 1 20% 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 1.65 1.68
1998 SEA AL 31 0 0 86 2 1 1 33% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0.92 0.84
1998 NYM NL 31 0 2 71 3 1 0 25% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 0.87 2.07
1999 LAD NL 32 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 33 0 2 45 0 1 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0.96
2001 SDP NL 34 1 3 54 2 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1.87
11 Seasons 48 180 8096 386 240 206 38% 327 207 58 23 1 10 13 3 774 269 1.36 1.29
MLB Averages 32% 1.29 1.25

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1994 CHC NL 27 20 55% 80% 35% 1 100% 0 4 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CHC NL 28 28 43% 82% 36% 2 100% 0 6 0 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SFG NL 29 225 61% 76% 36% 8 100% 0 52 1 50 1 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1998 SEA AL 31 151 60% 77% 35% 10 90% 0 44 2 42 0 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2001 SDP NL 34 3 67% 33% 33% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 427 59% 77% 35% 21 95% 0 107 3 102 2 9 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 100%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 32% 93% 85%

* 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

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1993 NL  133 (4th)
1994 NL  95 (5th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1994 NL  546 (5th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1993 NL  89 (2nd)
1994 NL  51 (5th)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  11 (4th)
1994 NL  9 (3rd)
1996 NL  11 (2nd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1993 NL  56 (2nd)
1994 NL  30 (5th)
1996 NL  40 (2nd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1991 NL  39.5 (5th)
1993 NL  45.9 (2nd)
1997 NL  47.5 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1993 NL  14 (2nd)
1994 NL  3 (5th)
1995 NL  5 (3rd)
1997 NL  9 (3rd)
Career  41 (26th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
Career  7.11 (56th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
Career  6.13 (78th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1991 NL  .993 (3rd)
1993 NL  .996 (2nd)
Career  .992 (35th)

                           

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