Rich Yett

Richard Martin Yett

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: October 6, 1962 in Pomona, CA
High School: Don Antonio Lugo HS (Chino, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 26th round of the 1980 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1985
Teams (by GP): Indians/Twins 1985-1990

Final Game: April 25, 1990
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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
1980	17	MIN-min	Rk	3	4	.429	4.33	10	8		2	0	0	52.0	46	30	25	2	19	0	35	0	1	0			1.250	8.0	0.3	3.3	6.1	1.84	ELZ · APPY
1981	18	MIN-min	A	12	6	.667	3.68	25	25	0	12	1	0	164.0	147	87	67	14	77	2	121	5	1	13			1.366	8.1	0.8	4.2	6.6	1.57	WRA · MIDW
1982	19	MIN-min	A	16	9	.640	3.66	27	27	0	11	0	0	196.2	183	98	80	9	97	2	121	6	0	13			1.424	8.4	0.4	4.4	5.5	1.25	VIS · CALL
1983	20	MIN-min	AA	8	10	.444	3.78	24	24	0	5	0	0	162.0	153	82	68	16	78	2	93	1	0	15			1.426	8.5	0.9	4.3	5.2	1.19	ORL · SOUL
1984	21	MIN-min	AAA	12	9	.571	3.25	26	26	0	9	2	0	174.2	159	71	63	14	66	2	129	6	1	6			1.288	8.2	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.95	TOL · IL
1985	22	MIN-min	AAA	9	11	.450	4.15	25	25	0	8	1	0	165.0	162	82	76	14	101	2	99	4	1	16			1.594	8.8	0.8	5.5	5.4	0.98	TOL · IL
1985	22	MIN	AL	0	0		27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	33	9.000	27.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
1986	23	CLE-min	AAA	0	0		4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	3	3	1	2	0	2	0	0	0			1.500	10.5	1.5	3.0	3.0	1.00	MAI · IL
1986	23	CLE	AL	5	3	.625	5.15	39	3	17	1	1	1	78.2	84	48	45	10	37	4	50	1	0	8	350	81	1.538	9.6	1.1	4.2	5.7	1.35
1987	24	CLE-min	AAA	3	3	.500	3.05	7	7	0	1	0	0	44.1	38	17	15	7	18	0	33	1	1	2			1.263	7.7	1.4	3.7	6.7	1.83	BFL · AA
1987	24	CLE	AL	3	9	.250	5.25	37	11	13	2	0	1	97.2	96	63	57	21	49	3	59	3	0	9	432	86	1.485	8.8	1.9	4.5	5.4	1.20
1988	25	CLE-min	AAA,AA	0	2	.000	8.74	3	3	0	0	0	0	11.1	16	14	11	1	6	0	9	1	0	1			1.941	12.7	0.8	4.8	7.1	1.50	CSP,WPT · PCL,EL
1988	25	CLE	AL	9	6	.600	4.62	23	22	0	0	0	0	134.1	146	72	69	11	55	1	71	1	3	4	590	89	1.496	9.8	0.7	3.7	4.8	1.29
1989	26	CLE	AL	5	6	.455	5.00	32	12	5	1	0	0	99.0	111	56	55	10	47	1	47	2	0	7	446	80	1.596	10.1	0.9	4.3	4.3	1.00
1990	27	MIN-min	AAA	4	6	.400	6.17	22	20	1	1	1	0	100.2	117	72	69	7	60	0	58	1	0	6			1.758	10.5	0.6	5.4	5.2	0.97	POR · PCL
1990	27	MIN	AL	0	0		2.08	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	6	2	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	19	217	1.615	12.5	2.1	2.1	4.2	2.00
6 Yrs				22	24	.478	4.95	136	49	35	4	1	2	414.1	444	242	228	53	191	10	229	7	3	29	1842	85	1.533	9.6	1.2	4.1	5.0	1.20
162 Game Avg.				8	9	.478	4.95	50	18	13	1	0	1	152	163	89	84	19	70	4	84	3	1	11	677	85	1.533	9.6	1.2	4.1	5.0	1.20

CLE (4 yrs)				22	24	.478	4.97	131	48	35	4	1	2	409.2	437	239	226	52	188	9	227	7	3	28	1818	84	1.526	9.6	1.1	4.1	5.0	1.21
MIN (2 yrs)				0	0		3.86	5	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	7	3	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	1	24	125	2.143	13.5	1.9	5.8	3.9	0.67

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
1985	22	MIN	AL	0.1	1	1	1	27.00	4.48	0.62	0.16	102.0	4.10	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-1	.419	.499	$
1986	23	CLE	AL	78.2	39	3	48	5.49	4.66	-0.26	-0.24	99.7	4.66	-7	-0.7	1.6	-0.3	-0.3	1	.481	.495	$60,000
1987	24	CLE	AL	97.2	37	11	63	5.81	4.99	-0.28	-0.07	100.1	5.21	-7	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	0.1	5	.483	.496	$67,500
1988	25	CLE	AL	134.1	23	22	72	4.82	4.31	-0.28	0.14	102.8	4.86	0	0.0	2.2	-0.1	1.1	14	.502	.500	$90,000
1989	26	CLE	AL	99.0	32	12	56	5.09	4.47	-0.01	-0.05	101.4	4.49	-7	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	0.0	3	.477	.495	$155,000
1990	27	MIN	AL	4.1	4	0	2	4.15	4.44	-0.01	-0.34	103.8	4.27	0	0.0	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.502	.500	$120,000
6 Seasons				414.1	136	49	242	5.26	4.58	-0.21	-0.03	101.2	4.81	-21	-2.1	1.3	-0.6	0.8	24	.484	.498	$492,500

CLE (4 yrs)				409.2	131	48	239	5.25	4.58	-0.21	-0.03	101.2	4.82	-21	-2.1	1.3	-0.6	0.9	24	.484	.497	$372,500
MIN (2 yrs)				4.2	5	1	3	5.79	4.45	0.04	-0.30	103.7	4.25	-1	-0.1	.6	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.486	.500	$120,000

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
1985	22	MIN	AL	1	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	.333	.600	.333	.933	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	23	CLE	AL	39	350	306	48	84	15	1	10	2	5	37	50	.275	.351	.428	.779	.296	131	3	1	2	4	4	2
1987	24	CLE	AL	37	431	373	63	96	17	3	21	3	6	49	59	.257	.347	.488	.835	.254	182	7	3	4	2	3	5
1988	25	CLE	AL	23	590	531	72	146	27	8	11	10	5	55	71	.275	.344	.418	.762	.300	222	10	1	2	1	1	2
1989	26	CLE	AL	32	446	392	56	111	20	4	10	10	2	47	47	.283	.360	.431	.791	.299	169	5	2	2	3	1	3
1990	27	MIN	AL	4	19	17	2	6	3	0	1	0	0	1	2	.353	.389	.706	1.095	.357	12	1	0	1	0	1	1
6 Yrs				136	1841	1622	242	444	82	16	53	26	18	191	229	.274	.351	.442	.793	.290	717	26	7	11	10	10	14
162 Game Avg.				50	677	596	89	163	30	6	19	10	7	70	84	.274	.351	.442	.793	.290	264	10	3	4	4	4	5
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.390	.714	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1985	22	MIN	AL	-0.6	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.32	-0.2	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.32	-1.8	0	0	0
1986	23	CLE	AL	-7.8	-0.8	365	-1.5	4.7	-6.2	.83	-0.5	-1.4	-10.3	-1.0	0.83	-9.7	14	5	15
1987	24	CLE	AL	-7.7	-0.7	451	-1.4	6.6	-8.0	.92	-1.3	-0.2	-5.4	-0.5	0.92	-12.1	8	4	12
1988	25	CLE	AL	-5.6	-0.6	613	0.2	10.7	-10.5	1.02	-0.2	0.4	-2.1	-0.2	1.02	-3.0	1	0	0
1989	26	CLE	AL	-8.6	-0.9	466	-0.6	6.0	-6.6	.80	-1.4	0.6	-9.1	-0.9	0.80	-13.3	3	6	10
1990	27	MIN	AL	0.7	0.1	19	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.51	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.51	-1.3	0	2	2
6 Yrs				-29.5	-2.9	1921	-3.6	28.2	-31.8	.90	-3.6	-0.4	-30.2	-2.9	0.90	-41.1	26	17	39

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
1985	22	MIN	AL	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	43.0	43	43	3	0	0	1	7.0	9.0	0.3
1986	23	CLE	AL	39	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	1	1	1	33%	46.0	79	22	26	12	1	1	6.9	5.5	6.2
1987	24	CLE	AL	37	11	2	4	5	0	1	6	5	.545	0	1	2	0	4	36%	45.6	83	24	28	14	1	7	5.0	3.8	5.0
1988	25	CLE	AL	23	22	9	6	7	0	2	14	8	.636	3	4	0	0	16	73%	48.3	69	22	25	13	0	11	4.2	3.9	6.0	98	4	4	10	3	135
1989	26	CLE	AL	32	12	4	5	3	1	1	5	7	.417	1	2	1	0	4	33%	45.5	67	23	34	12	1	7	4.9	5.0	4.9	77	6	3	3	0	115
5 Yrs				132	49	16	16	17	1	4	27	22	.551	4	8	4	1	25	51%	47	83	22	116	51	3	27	4.8	4.3	5.4	91	10	7	13	3	135
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	103	-3					4.4	4.3	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1986	23	CLE	AL	39	36	17	4	2	4	1	3	25%	9	3	48	21	44%	8	.828	14	5	15	13	5	18	23	13	20	11	22	3	5.0
1987	24	CLE	AL	37	26	13	1	5	3	1	2	33%	4	1	28	8	29%	8	.924	8	4	12	5	2	19	14	12	13	8	15	2	5.0
1988	25	CLE	AL	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	3	1.016	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	4.0	38
1989	26	CLE	AL	32	20	5	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	23	8	35%	6	.795	3	6	10	2	3	15	13	7	12	6	13	2	6.1	34
1990	27	MIN	AL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		7	.513	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	4	1	0	2	0	3.3	16
5 Yrs				135	87	35	6	8	7	2	5	29%	13	4	101	39	39%		.900	26	17	39	21	11	55	51	36	47	25	53	7	5.1	31

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%
1985	22	MIN	AL	5	60%	0.0%	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0%		0.00	60%				2	0	0%
1986	23	CLE	AL	350	45%	2.9%	14.3%	10.6%	7.4%	31%		0.75	71%				53	3	6%
1987	24	CLE	AL	432	53%	4.9%	13.7%	11.4%	9.5%	43%		1.04	68%				80	7	9%
1988	25	CLE	AL	590	41%	1.9%	12.0%	9.3%	7.8%	32%	0.71	0.86	76%	25%	7.9%	47%	106	10	9%
1989	26	CLE	AL	446	50%	2.2%	10.5%	10.5%	7.6%	31%	0.71	0.88	76%	20%	6.2%	18%	81	5	6%
1990	27	MIN	AL	19	63%	5.3%	10.5%	5.3%	21.1%	67%	0.56	1.20	74%	25%	12.5%	11%	3	1	33%
6 Yrs				1842	47%	2.9%	12.4%	10.4%	8.2%	34%	0.71	0.88	73%	23%	7.1%	34%	325	26	8%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	14.9%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	25	CLE	AL	564	2105	3.73	1275	61%	24%	12%	30%	35%	76%	0%	46%	84%	55%	7%	39	25	19%	108	51	8	25%	10	13	26	0	0
1989	26	CLE	AL	447	1611	3.60	965	60%	23%	14%	27%	36%	77%	1%	46%	82%	59%	5%	23	14	15%	68	29	5	15%	8	8	-1	1	4
1990	27	MIN	AL	19	64	3.37	43	67%	23%	12%	28%	37%	77%	19%	52%	85%	68%	5%	1	0	42%	8	4	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1030	3780	3.67	2283	60%	23%	13%	28%	35%	77%	1%	46%	83%	57%	6%	63	39	18%	184	84	14	21%	18	21	25	1	4
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1985	22	MIN	AL	5	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1986	23	CLE	AL	350	84			10	1	17	7	3	5	5	25	11	5	44%	2	8	0	118	2	5	29%	1	5	1	0	0	0	1	1	16	0
1987	24	CLE	AL	431	96			21	0	6	16	5	10	11	21	11	3	52%	5	9	0	161	3	6	33%	3	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	14	1
1988	25	CLE	AL	590	146	30	3	11	0	3	5	6	5	6	25	17	2	68%	2	4	0	218	10	5	67%	10	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	0
1989	26	CLE	AL	446	111	12	2	10	0	4	3	7	6	4	23	16	2	70%	3	7	0	181	10	2	83%	10	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	11	0
1990	27	MIN	AL	19	6	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1841	444	43	6	53	1	30	32	21	26	27	95	56	12	59%	14	29	0	688	26	18	59%	25	14	1	2	0	2	3	1	51	1
MLB Averages																		53%							69%

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+
1985	22	0	0		27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	5	33	9.000	27.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00	33
1986	23	5	3	.625	5.24	40	4	17	1	1	1	79.0	85	49	46	10	39	4	50	1	0	9	355	80	1.570	9.7	1.1	4.4	5.7	1.28	80
1987	24	8	12	.400	5.25	77	15	30	3	1	2	176.2	181	112	103	31	88	7	109	4	0	18	787	83	1.523	9.2	1.6	4.5	5.6	1.24	83
1988	25	17	18	.486	4.98	100	37	30	3	1	2	311.0	327	184	172	42	143	8	180	5	3	22	1377	86	1.511	9.5	1.2	4.1	5.2	1.26	86
1989	26	22	24	.478	4.98	132	49	35	4	1	2	410.0	438	240	227	52	190	9	227	7	3	29	1823	84	1.532	9.6	1.1	4.2	5.0	1.19	84
1990	27	22	24	.478	4.95	136	49	35	4	1	2	414.1	444	242	228	53	191	10	229	7	3	29	1842	85	1.533	9.6	1.2	4.1	5.0	1.20	85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1985	22	0	0		9.00	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.000	9.0	18.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
1986	23	3	5	.375	5.64	75.0	86	52	47	10	38	48	1	1.653	10.3	4.6	5.8	1.26	1.2	39
1987	24	4	6	.400	5.06	96.0	94	60	54	21	48	58	3	1.479	8.8	4.5	5.4	1.21	2.0	37
1988	25	5	9	.357	5.17	127.0	150	81	73	11	57	67	1	1.630	10.6	4.0	4.7	1.18	0.8	23
1989	26	3	7	.300	5.71	93.0	115	66	59	10	49	44	2	1.763	11.1	4.7	4.3	0.90	1.0	32
1990	27	0	0		2.25	4.0	6	1	1	1	1	2	0	1.750	13.5	2.3	4.5	2.00	2.3	4
6 Yrs		15	27	.357	5.34	396.0	452	261	235	53	195	219	7	1.634	10.3		5.0	1.12	1.2	136

* 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.

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Name and misspellings: Richard Martin Rich rick rip Yett

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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