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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: The Bolles School (Jacksonville, FL)
School: Furman University
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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 1:35PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1476. Charlie Irwin… #1477. Mark Koenig… #1478. Babe Dahlgren… #1479. RICK WILKINS… #1480. Mike Gallego… #1481. Chet Laabs… #1482. Harry Bay… 

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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
1991 24 CHC NL 86 235 203 21 45 9 0 6 22 3 3 19 56 .222 .307 .355 .662 83 72 3 6 7 0 2 2
1992 25 CHC NL 83 274 244 20 66 9 1 8 22 0 2 28 53 .270 .344 .414 .758 113 101 6 0 1 1 7 2
1993 26 CHC NL 136 500 446 78 135 23 1 30 73 2 1 50 99 .303 .376 .561 .937 150 250 6 3 0 1 13 *2
1994 27 CHC NL 100 358 313 44 71 25 2 7 39 4 3 40 86 .227 .317 .387 .703 83 121 3 2 1 2 5 *2/3
1995 28 TOT NL 65 251 202 30 41 3 0 7 19 0 0 46 61 .203 .351 .322 .672 82 65 9 1 0 2 2 2/3
1995 28 CHC NL 50 200 162 24 31 2 0 6 14 0 0 36 51 .191 .340 .315 .655 76 51 8 1 0 1 1 2/3
1995 28 HOU NL 15 51 40 6 10 1 0 1 5 0 0 10 10 .250 .392 .350 .742 105 14 1 0 0 1 1 2
1996 29 TOT NL 136 489 411 53 100 18 2 14 59 0 3 67 121 .243 .344 .399 .743 102 164 5 1 0 10 13 *2/3
1996 29 HOU NL 84 306 254 34 54 8 2 6 23 0 1 46 81 .213 .330 .331 .661 82 84 1 1 0 5 10 2
1996 29 SFG NL 52 183 157 19 46 10 0 8 36 0 2 21 40 .293 .366 .510 .876 134 80 4 0 0 5 3 2/3
1997 30 TOT MLB 71 224 202 20 40 6 0 7 27 0 0 18 67 .198 .259 .332 .591 55 67 0 0 0 4 0 2/D
1997 30 SEA AL 5 14 12 2 3 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 2 .250 .286 .583 .869 122 7 0 0 0 1 0 2/2
1997 30 SFG NL 66 210 190 18 37 5 0 6 23 0 0 17 65 .195 .257 .316 .573 51 60 0 0 0 3 0 2/2
1998 31 TOT MLB 24 63 56 8 10 1 1 1 5 0 0 6 16 .179 .254 .286 .540 42 16 1 0 0 1 0 2/3D
1998 31 SEA AL 19 46 41 5 8 1 1 1 4 0 0 4 14 .195 .261 .341 .602 56 14 1 0 0 1 0 /322
1998 31 NYM NL 5 17 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .133 .235 .133 .369 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 /322
1999 32 LAD NL 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2000 33 STL NL 4 13 11 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .273 .385 .273 .657 69 3 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2001 34 SDP NL 12 24 22 3 4 1 0 1 8 0 0 2 8 .182 .250 .364 .614 63 8 1 0 0 0 0 /23
11 Seasons 720 2435 2114 280 515 95 7 81 275 9 12 278 571 .244 .332 .410 .742 100 867 34 13 9 21 42
162 Game Avg. 162 548 476 63 116 21 2 18 62 2 3 63 128 .244 .332 .410 .742 100 195 8 3 2 5 9
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
CHC (5 yrs) 455 1567 1368 187 348 68 4 57 170 9 9 173 345 .254 .342 .435 .777 109 595 26 12 9 5 28
SFG (2 yrs) 118 393 347 37 83 15 0 14 59 0 2 38 105 .239 .308 .403 .711 88 140 4 0 0 8 3
SEA (2 yrs) 24 60 53 7 11 2 1 2 8 0 0 5 16 .208 .267 .396 .663 71 21 1 0 0 2 0
HOU (2 yrs) 99 357 294 40 64 9 2 7 28 0 1 56 91 .218 .339 .333 .672 85 98 2 1 0 6 11
NYM (1 yr) 5 17 15 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .133 .235 .133 .369 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
STL (1 yr) 4 13 11 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .273 .385 .273 .657 69 3 0 0 0 0 0
LAD (1 yr) 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 12 24 22 3 4 1 0 1 8 0 0 2 8 .182 .250 .364 .614 63 8 1 0 0 0 0
NL (11 yrs) 696 2375 2061 273 504 93 6 79 267 9 12 273 555 .245 .334 .410 .744 100 846 33 13 9 19 42
AL (2 yrs) 24 60 53 7 11 2 1 2 8 0 0 5 16 .208 .267 .396 .663 71 21 1 0 0 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1991 24 CHC NL 235 -4 0 2 0 4 4 7 13 1.2 9 1.0 0.2 $ 2
1992 25 CHC NL 274 2 -1 2 -1 4 4 8 18 1.8 14 1.6 0.2 $140,000 2
1993 26 CHC NL 500 28 -1 -1 1 14 8 14 63 6.5 49 5.0 1.5 $212,500 *2
1994 27 CHC NL 358 -9 0 2 0 3 6 10 12 1.2 9 0.9 0.3 $350,000 *2/3
1995 28 CHC NL 200 -3 0 1 -1 4 3 6 10 1.0 6 0.6 0.4 $ 2/3
1995 28 HOU NL 51 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 0.5 3 0.3 0.2 $1,475,000 2
1996 29 HOU NL 306 -9 -3 -1 0 -1 5 9 0 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $1,550,000 2
1996 29 SFG NL 183 9 -2 1 0 2 2 5 17 1.7 15 1.5 0.2 $ 2/3
1997 30 SFG NL 210 -13 0 0 1 9 3 6 6 0.6 -3 -0.3 0.9 $2,000,000 2/2
1997 30 SEA AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0.0 0.1 $150,000 2/2
1998 31 SEA AL 46 -3 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $425,000 /322
1998 31 NYM NL 17 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ /322
1999 32 LAD NL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $410,000 /2
2000 33 STL NL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /2
2001 34 SDP NL 24 -1 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $ /23
11 Seasons 2435 -5 -6 7 0 42 36 69 142 14.4 101 10.5 3.9 $6,712,500
CHC (5 yrs) 1567 14 -2 6 -1 30 25 45 116 11.7 87 9.1 2.6 $702,500
SFG (2 yrs) 393 -4 -2 1 1 11 5 11 23 2.3 12 1.2 1.1 $2,000,000
SEA (2 yrs) 60 -3 1 0 0 2 0 2 2 0.3 0 0.0 0.3 $575,000
HOU (2 yrs) 357 -8 -3 -1 0 0 6 10 4 0.4 4 0.4 -0.0 $3,025,000
NYM (1 yr) 17 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $
STL (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
LAD (1 yr) 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $410,000
SDP (1 yr) 24 -1 0 1 0 -1 0 1 0 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1997 30 SEA AL ALDS BAL L 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 33 STL NL NLCS NYM L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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% PO Awards
1991 CHC NL 24 C 82 418 373 42 3 6 .993 4 5.06 .988 6.75 6 46 30 39%
1992 CHC NL 25 C 73 458 408 47 3 5 .993 4 6.23 .991 6.67 3 49 29 37%
1993 CHC NL 26 C 133 809 717 89 3 9 .996 14 6.06 .989 6.69 11 66 56 46%
1994 CHC NL 27 C 95 601 546 51 4 3 .993 3 6.28 .991 7.05 9 51 30 37%
1994 CHC NL 27 1B 2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 2.00 .992 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 73.49 7.37 6 16 44 23 34% 2
1995 CHC NL 28 C 49 47 42 407.2 321 288 29 4 7 .988 4 12 7.00 6.47 .989 73.49 7.37 6 12 36 20 36% 2
1995 CHC NL 28 1B 2 0 0 6.0 8 6 2 0 1 1.000 0 80 12.00 4.00 .992 100.05 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 73.50 7.37 0 4 8 3 27% 0
1996 TOT NL 29 C 124 106 97 970.1 814 738 68 8 7 .990 2 2 7.48 6.50 .989 72.83 7.45 11 47 88 40 31% 3
1996 HOU NL 29 C 82 72 67 655.0 595 550 39 6 3 .990 -1 -2 8.09 7.18 .989 72.83 7.45 7 35 55 22 29% 2
1996 SFG NL 29 C 42 34 30 315.1 219 188 29 2 4 .991 3 11 6.19 5.17 .989 72.82 7.45 4 12 33 18 35% 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 0.00 9.56
1997 TOT MLB 30 C 60 378 335 38 5 5 .987 9 6.22 .990 7.59 1 35 29 45%
1997 SFG NL 30 C 57 368 326 37 5 5 .986 9 6.37 .990 7.62 1 31 28 47%
1997 SEA AL 30 C 3 10 9 1 0 0 1.000 0 3.33 .991 7.10 0 4 1 20%
1997 SEA AL 30 DH 2 2
1998 TOT MLB 31 C 10 53 49 3 1 0 .981 1 5.20 .990 7.22 0 5 2 29%
1998 SEA AL 31 1B 6 44 42 2 0 2 1.000 1 7.33 .992 9.33
1998 SEA AL 31 C 6 30 28 2 0 0 1.000 1 5.00 .990 7.05 0 2 1 33%
1998 NYM NL 31 C 4 23 21 1 1 0 .957 0 5.50 .990 7.48 0 3 1 25%
1998 SEA AL 31 DH 1 1
1999 LAD NL 32 C 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 7.40 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 33 C 3 31 28 3 0 0 1.000 0 10.33 .990 7.37 0 0 1 100%
2001 SDP NL 34 C 7 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 -1 5.43 .992 7.66 1 2 0 0%
2001 SDP NL 34 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.20
11 Seasons C 650 165 148 1482.2 4013 3608 374 31 42 .992 41 33 7.37 6.13 .990 73.06 7.06 48 63 386 240 38% 5
5 Seasons 1B 18 6 3 58.0 114 105 9 0 7 1.000 1 23 10.09 6.33 .992 10.35 9.48
11 Seasons TOT 668 171 151 1540.2 4127 3713 383 31 49 .992 42 33 7.47 6.13 .990 70.70 7.13 48 63 386 240 38% 5
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% 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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1993 NL  6.5 (5th)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1993 NL  6.5 (4th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1993 NL  5.0 (6th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1993 NL  1.5 (5th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1993 NL  .561 (5th)**

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1993 NL  .937 (3rd)**

Home Runs s c a p y
1993 NL  30 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1991 NL  6 (6th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1996 NL  10 (1st)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1993 NL  13 (4th)
1996 NL  13 (7th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1993 NL  14.9 (5th)**

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1993 NL  3.5 (7th)

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  7.37 (27th)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
Career  6.13 (77th)

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

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1608), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 4 (1653), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Les Moss (936)
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  9. Bob Tillman (934)
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  3. Tom Haller (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Mike Macfarlane (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ozzie Virgil (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jason LaRue (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jason LaRue (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Ernie Whitt (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Ernie Whitt (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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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 Notes
199225Chicago Cubs$140,0004/2/92 USA Today
199326Chicago Cubs$212,5001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199427Chicago Cubs$350,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199528Houston Astros$1,475,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199629Houston Astros$1,550,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Arbitration win; offered $1,250,000
199730San Francisco Giants$2,000,0001997 AP surveyReleased midseason
30Seattle Mariners$150,0001997 postseason AP surveyReleased midseason by SF
199831Seattle Mariners$425,0004/3/98 USA Today
199932Los Angeles Dodgers$410,0004/6/99 USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$6,712,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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