Richie Zisk
Richard Walter Zisk
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 208 lb.

Born: February 6, 1949 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Parsippany (Parsippany, NJ)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1971
Final Game: September 21, 1983
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 PIT NL 22 OF 6 5 35.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 17.1 0.5 0.2 0.3 0 1.80 1.17 .971 2.19 1.92
1971 PIT NL 22 LF 3 3 24.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -20.0 -0.4 -0.2 -0.2 0 0.75 0.67 .950 1.88 1.53
1971 PIT NL 22 RF 3 2 11.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 98.2 0.9 0.4 0.5 0 4.09 1.67 .980 2.05 1.80
1972 PIT NL 23 LF 12 8 81.1 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -1.4 -20.7 -1.4 -1.7 0.4 0 1.66 1.25 .975 1.91 1.67
1972 PIT NL 23 OF 12 8 84.1 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -1.2 -17.1 -1.2 -1.5 0.4 0 1.60 1.25 .981 2.18 1.96
1972 PIT NL 23 RF 1 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 80.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 6.00 2.00 1.000 2.10 1.70
1973 PIT NL 24 OF 84 78 708.2 153 139 12 2 4 .987 -2.0 -3.4 -4.0 -2.1 -2.0 2 1.92 1.80 .976 2.23 1.96 RoY-9
1973 PIT NL 24 RF 64 62 552.0 110 102 6 2 3 .982 -4.9 -10.7 -4.9 -2.1 -2.8 0 1.76 1.69 .973 2.01 1.77 RoY-9
1973 PIT NL 24 LF 23 16 156.2 45 39 6 0 1 1.000 2.9 22.2 0.9 0.0 0.8 2 2.59 1.96 .976 2.05 1.67 RoY-9
1974 PIT NL 25 OF 141 137 1197.0 326 312 9 5 3 .985 3.3 3.3 7.3 4.7 2.6 -4 2.41 2.28 .979 2.27 1.96 MVP-9
1974 PIT NL 25 RF 131 128 1102.1 306 293 9 4 3 .987 5.2 5.7 9.2 5.0 4.2 -4 2.47 2.31 .975 2.04 1.66 MVP-9
1974 PIT NL 25 LF 12 9 94.2 16 15 0 1 0 .938 -1.9 -24.1 -1.9 -0.3 -1.6 0 1.43 1.25 .975 1.99 1.55 MVP-9
1975 PIT NL 26 LF 140 138 1210.1 281 267 7 7 1 .975 5.5 5.5 6.5 6.0 0.5 -1 2.04 1.96 .973 2.10 1.71
1975 PIT NL 26 OF 140 138 1210.1 278 264 7 7 1 .975 5.5 5.5 6.5 6.0 0.5 -1 2.02 1.94 .978 2.29 2.01
1976 PIT NL 27 LF 152 152 1322.1 317 302 11 4 2 .987 8.9 8.1 6.9 1.0 5.9 2 2.13 2.06 .976 2.02 1.59 MVP-25
1976 PIT NL 27 OF 152 152 1322.1 315 300 11 4 2 .987 8.9 8.1 6.9 1.0 5.9 2 2.12 2.05 .979 2.34 2.03 MVP-25
1977 CHW AL 28 OF 109 109 931.1 223 210 9 4 3 .982 -8.8 -11.3 -9.8 -3.8 -6.1 1 2.12 2.01 .978 2.34 2.03 AS,MVP-14
1977 CHW AL 28 RF 102 102 869.1 202 190 9 3 3 .985 -8.7 -12.0 -10.7 -3.1 -7.6 2 2.06 1.95 .974 2.08 1.71 AS,MVP-14
1977 CHW AL 28 DH 28 AS,MVP-14
1977 CHW AL 28 LF 8 7 62.0 22 21 0 1 0 .955 -0.1 -1.9 0.9 -0.7 1.5 -1 3.05 2.63 .977 2.10 1.74 AS,MVP-14
1978 TEX AL 29 OF 90 89 779.2 163 155 6 2 0 .988 -5.4 -8.3 -6.4 -2.0 -4.5 1 1.86 1.79 .979 2.47 2.13 AS
1978 TEX AL 29 DH 49 AS
1978 TEX AL 29 LF 48 47 408.2 95 93 0 2 0 .979 -3.1 -9.1 -2.1 0.1 -2.3 -1 2.05 1.94 .974 2.21 1.78 AS
1978 TEX AL 29 RF 42 42 371.0 67 61 6 0 1 1.000 -2.3 -7.4 -4.3 -2.1 -2.2 2 1.63 1.60 .978 2.24 1.85 AS
1979 TEX AL 30 OF 134 132 1136.1 251 234 10 7 6 .972 -4.9 -5.2 -1.9 -2.1 0.3 -3 1.93 1.82 .981 2.46 2.13
1979 TEX AL 30 RF 127 118 1020.1 228 213 10 5 6 .978 -3.4 -4.0 -0.4 -0.9 0.6 -3 1.97 1.76 .980 2.25 1.88
1979 TEX AL 30 LF 15 14 116.0 23 20 1 2 0 .913 -1.5 -15.5 -1.5 -1.2 -0.3 0 1.63 1.40 .983 2.22 1.80
1979 TEX AL 30 DH 3
1980 TEX AL 31 DH 86
1980 TEX AL 31 OF 37 34 281.1 49 45 3 1 1 .980 -4.8 -20.5 -5.8 -1.1 -4.7 1 1.54 1.30 .980 2.47 2.15
1980 TEX AL 31 RF 35 32 262.0 44 40 3 1 1 .977 -4.1 -18.8 -6.1 -0.8 -5.3 2 1.48 1.23 .975 2.13 1.77
1980 TEX AL 31 LF 2 2 19.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0.7 -43.4 0.3 -0.3 0.6 -1 2.79 3.00 .983 2.33 1.90
1981 SEA AL 32 DH 93
1982 SEA AL 33 DH 130
1983 SEA AL 34 DH 84
10 Seasons OF 905 882 7686.1 1781 1680 68 33 20 .981 -8.9 -1.4 -7.9 -0.7 -7.3 -1 2.05 1.93 .979 2.34 2.04
8 Seasons RF 505 486 4191.0 964 906 43 15 17 .984 -17.1 -4.9 -16.1 -3.4 -12.6 -1 2.04 1.88 .976 2.12 1.76
7 Seasons DH 473
10 Seasons LF 415 396 3495.1 823 779 26 18 4 .978 8.2 2.8 8.2 2.7 5.3 0 2.07 1.94 .975 2.08 1.67
13 Seasons TOT 905 882 7686.1 1781 1680 68 33 20 .981 -8.9 -1.4 -7.9 -0.7 -7.3 -1 2.05 1.93 .960 2.34 2.04
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 PIT NL 22 7 5 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 6 1 0
1972 PIT NL 23 17 8 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 12 5 0
1973 PIT NL 24 103 78 103 103 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 64 84 21 0
1974 PIT NL 25 149 137 149 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 131 141 0 11 0
1975 PIT NL 26 147 138 147 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 140 0 0 140 0 7 0
1976 PIT NL 27 155 152 155 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 152 0 0 152 0 3 0
1977 CHW AL 28 141 137 141 109 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 102 109 28 4 0
1978 TEX AL 29 140 138 140 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 0 42 90 49 1 0
1979 TEX AL 30 144 134 144 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 127 135 2 10 0
1980 TEX AL 31 135 111 135 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 35 37 77 23 0
1981 SEA AL 32 94 93 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 1 0
1982 SEA AL 33 131 130 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 1 0
1983 SEA AL 34 90 77 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 13 0
13 Seasons 1453 1338 1453 931 0 0 0 0 0 0 415 0 505 906 456 101 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 PIT NL 22 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 0 0 0 0 0 42 36% 83% 29% 5 100%
1972 PIT NL 23 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 0 0 0 0 0 15 40% 93% 40% 3 67%
1973 PIT NL 24 2 0 2 0 2 6 0 2 0 3 22 14 0 15 3 1 6 4 0 9 1 2 10 5 0 62 27 43.5% 32 3 4.8% 3 2404 55% 78% 26% 206 51%
1974 PIT NL 25 4 0 4 0 1 9 0 3 1 2 44 18 0 31 8 3 21 11 0 18 2 0 30 19 2 144 58 40.3% 81 5 3.5% 4 4862 68% 80% 29% 513 58%
1977 CHW AL 28 3 0 3 0 0 9 1 3 2 2 50 20 1 37 8 0 14 9 0 16 2 2 19 14 0 136 53 39.0% 80 3 2.2% 6 3974 56% 79% 27% 404 49%
1978 TEX AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 1 0 11 5 0 11 2 1 5 2 0 5 1 0 3 2 0 35 12 34.3% 22 1 2.9% 5 1560 51% 80% 26% 143 46%
1979 TEX AL 30 5 0 4 1 1 10 0 0 5 2 57 23 2 31 9 0 9 6 0 16 2 2 17 10 0 130 50 38.5% 76 4 3.1% 6 4496 53% 79% 25% 469 46%
1980 TEX AL 31 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 19 11 2 6 1 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 35 20 57.1% 13 2 5.7% 1 1194 48% 80% 24% 122 34%
8 Seasons 15 0 14 1 4 43 1 11 10 10 203 91 5 131 31 5 59 36 0 67 9 6 82 53 2 542 220 40.6% 304 18 3.3% 25 18547 57% 79% 26% 1865 50%
MLB Averages 43.0% 3.0% 59% 79% 26% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 PIT NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 90 49% 80% 34% 5 40%
1972 PIT NL 23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 3 1 16.7% 0 336 46% 79% 26% 29 52%
1973 PIT NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 3 1 1 4 3 1 4 1 1 5 3 0 2 0 0 4 3 1 19 10 52.6% 6 3 15.8% 3 721 59% 76% 23% 75 57%
1974 PIT NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 10 6 60.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 422 63% 78% 27% 33 45%
1975 PIT NL 26 7 0 7 0 2 7 0 1 2 3 40 32 2 54 13 3 28 17 0 11 2 0 20 20 0 153 84 54.9% 64 5 3.3% 2 5265 66% 79% 28% 620 44%
1976 PIT NL 27 4 0 4 0 0 11 0 3 6 1 45 40 1 50 14 1 30 15 1 11 0 0 30 25 2 166 94 56.6% 67 5 3.0% 6 5733 67% 80% 28% 653 48%
1977 CHW AL 28 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 0 281 60% 82% 30% 40 53%
1978 TEX AL 29 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 11 0 19 6 0 6 5 0 3 1 0 9 9 0 52 32 61.5% 20 0 0.0% 0 1770 49% 82% 27% 194 48%
1979 TEX AL 30 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 3 2 0 3 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 13 8 61.5% 5 0 0.0% 1 501 65% 78% 27% 46 46%
1980 TEX AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 89 39% 82% 33% 16 38%
10 Seasons 18 0 18 0 6 26 0 7 10 6 121 97 4 139 38 6 76 43 1 32 5 0 66 60 3 434 243 56.0% 177 14 3.2% 12 15208 63% 80% 28% 1711 47%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.7% 59% 79% 26% 47%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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