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Steve Ridzik
Stephen George Ridzik

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

Debut September 4, 1950
Final Game May 10, 1966
Born April 29, 1929 in Yonkers, NY
Died January 8, 2008 in Bradenton, FL

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1950 21 PHI NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    3.0    3    2    2   1    1    2   0   0    11       0  6.00  4.06   68 1.333
 1952 23 PHI NL   4   2  24   9   2   0   5  0   92.7   74   37   31  10   37   43   1   0   381       0  3.01  3.66  121 1.198
 1953 24 PHI NL   9   6  42  12   1   0  13  0  124.0  119   61   52  15   48   53   5   1   526       0  3.77  4.20  111 1.347
 1954 25 PHI NL   4   5  35   6   0   0  15  0   80.7   72   42   37   7   44   45   0   2   359       1  4.13  4.03   98 1.438
 1955 26 TOT NL   0   4  16   3   0   0   3  0   41.0   42   25   18   5   22   12   4   3   185   1   0  3.95  4.10  104 1.561
         PHI NL   0   1   3   1   0   0   0  0   11.0    7    9    3   1    8    6   3   1    51   0   0  2.45  3.96  161 1.364
         CIN NL   0   3  13   2   0   0   3  0   30.0   35   16   15   4   14    6   1   2   134   1   0  4.50  4.16   92 1.633
 1956 27 NYG NL   6   2  41   5   1   1  12  0   92.3   80   42   39   7   65   53   5   0   414   5   0  3.80  3.77   99 1.570
 1957 28 NYG NL   0   2  15   0   0   0   3  0   26.7   19   14   14   3   19   13   2   1   112   1   0  4.73  3.92   83 1.425
 1958 29 CLE AL   0   2   6   0   0   0   2  0    8.7    9    7    2   1    5    6   0   1    41   2   0  2.08  3.69  178 1.615
 1963 34 WSA AL   5   6  20  10   0   0   3  1   89.7   82   53   48  16   35   47   5   3   388   0   0  4.82  3.74   78 1.305
 1964 35 WSA AL   5   5  49   3   0   0  17  2  112.0   96   46   36  10   31   60   7   4   458   6   0  2.89  3.70  128 1.134
 1965 36 WSA AL   6   4  63   0   0   0  25  8  109.7  108   61   49  18   43   72   7   3   480   4   0  4.02  3.46   86 1.377
 1966 37 PHI NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.3    5    2    2   0    1    0   0   0    13   0   0  7.71  3.57   46 2.571
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .506  39  38 314  48   4   1  99 11  782.7  709  392  330  93  351  406  36  18  3368  19   1  3.79  3.82  101 1.354
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   7  58   9   0   0  18  2  147.0  133   73   61  17   65   76   6   3   632   3   0  3.79  3.82  101 1.354
 Career High      9   6  63  12   2   1  25  8  124.0  119   61   52  18   65   72   7   4   526   6   1  2.89  4.20  128 1.134

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 23 PHI NL  24   22    2    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   3   5  .136  .240  .136    7    3   2           0   0
 1953 24 PHI NL  42   36    3    7   3  0   1    4   0  0   2   9  .194  .237  .361   54   13   2           0   1
 1954 25 PHI NL  35   22    2    5   2  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .227  .227  .318   41    7   1   0       0   0
 1955 26 TOT NL  16   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .100  .100  .100  -47    1   0   0   0   0   0
         PHI NL   3    4    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  13    6    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .167  .167  .167  -12    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1956 27 NYG NL  44   28    3    7   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .250  .250  .286   45    8   0   0   0   0   2
 1957 28 NYG NL  16    5    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .200    9    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1958 29 CLE AL   6    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1963 34 WSA AL  20   29    1    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   1   7  .172  .200  .207   15    6   0   0   0   0   0
 1964 35 WSA AL  49   27    3    6   1  0   0    3   0  0   1   8  .222  .250  .259   42    7   2   0   0   0   0
 1965 36 WSA AL  63   18    2    3   2  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .167  .167  .278   25    5   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     318  198   16   38  10  0   1    7   0  0   7  52  .192  .220  .258   30   51   9   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        101    8   19   5  0   1    4   0  0   4  26  .192  .220  .258   30   26   5   0   0   0   2
 Career High     63   36    3    7   3  0   1    4   0  0   3   9                          13   2   0   0   0   2

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 23 PHI NL   27   21    1   1.3    96| .136  .260| .240  .333| .136  .387| .376  .721|   7  .103  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1953 24 PHI NL   40   32    3   2.5   109| .194  .273| .237  .344| .361  .425| .598  .769|  54  .228  -2.5  -0.2   0%
 1954 25 PHI NL   23   18    2   3.0   108| .227  .273| .227  .344| .318  .422| .545  .766|  41  .295  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1955 26 TOT NL   10    9    0   0.0   107| .100  .267| .100  .338| .100  .423| .200  .762| -47  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
         PHI NL    4    4    0   0.0   104| .000  .263| .000  .334| .000  .416| .000  .750|-100  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL    6    5    0   0.0   109| .167  .270| .167  .342| .167  .428| .334  .769| -12  .000  -1.0  -0.1   0%
 1956 27 NYG NL   28   23    1   1.2   102| .250  .263| .250  .330| .286  .415| .536  .745|  45  .078  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1957 28 NYG NL    5    4    0   0.0   102| .200  .267| .200  .331| .200  .414| .400  .745|   9  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1958 29 CLE AL    1    1    0   0.0    97| .000  .260| .000  .329| .000  .396| .000  .725|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1963 34 WSA AL   30   24    1   1.1    95| .172  .255| .200  .322| .207  .394| .407  .716|  15  .083  -3.4  -0.4   0%
 1964 35 WSA AL   30   23    2   2.3    96| .222  .255| .250  .324| .259  .397| .509  .721|  42  .252  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1965 36 WSA AL   20   17    1   1.6    90| .167  .248| .167  .318| .278  .381| .445  .699|  25  .153  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      214  172   11   1.7   101| .192  .262| .220  .332| .258  .406| .478  .738|  30  .149 -19.7  -2.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1950 21 PHI NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00  0.00  2.10    0    3.0
 1952 23 PHI NL   P   24      4    7    1    1  .917  .957  0.46  0.98  1.07  2.18    9   92.7
 1953 24 PHI NL   P   42      7   17    0    4 1.000  .956  0.57  0.87  1.74  2.06   12  124.0
 1954 25 PHI NL   P   35      6   13    0    0 1.000  .960  0.54  0.87  2.12  2.07    6   80.7
 1955 26 TOT NL   P   16      3    5    2    0  .800  .941  0.50  0.83  1.76  2.04    3   41.0
         PHI NL   P    3      2    1    1    0  .750  .938  1.00  0.83  2.45  2.05    1   11.0
         CIN NL   P   13      1    4    1    0  .833  .943  0.38  0.83  1.50  2.04    2   30.0
 1956 27 NYG NL   P   41      8   12    2    1  .909  .966  0.49  0.83  1.95  2.05    5   92.3
 1957 28 NYG NL   P   15      2    5    0    2 1.000  .959  0.47  0.82  2.36  2.06    0   26.7
 1958 29 CLE AL   P    6      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  0.82  3.10  1.97    0    8.7
 1963 34 WSA AL   P   20      9   13    1    0  .957  .957  1.10  0.79  2.21  1.99   10   89.7
 1964 35 WSA AL   P   49      7   13    2    2  .909  .957  0.41  0.72  1.61  1.90    3  112.0
 1965 36 WSA AL   P   63      5   19    1    3  .960  .952  0.38  0.75  1.97  2.04    0  109.7
 1966 37 PHI NL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.75  0.00  1.96    0    2.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1950 21 PHI NL   P    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  1.00  0.00  2.10    0    3.0
 1952 23 PHI NL   P   24      4    7    1    1  .917  .957  0.46  0.98  1.07  2.18    9   92.7
 1953 24 PHI NL   P   42      7   17    0    4 1.000  .956  0.57  0.87  1.74  2.06   12  124.0
 1954 25 PHI NL   P   35      6   13    0    0 1.000  .960  0.54  0.87  2.12  2.07    6   80.7
 1955 26 TOT NL   P   16      3    5    2    0  .800  .941  0.50  0.83  1.76  2.04    3   41.0
         PHI NL   P    3      2    1    1    0  .750  .938  1.00  0.83  2.45  2.05    1   11.0
         CIN NL   P   13      1    4    1    0  .833  .943  0.38  0.83  1.50  2.04    2   30.0
 1956 27 NYG NL   P   41      8   12    2    1  .909  .966  0.49  0.83  1.95  2.05    5   92.3
 1957 28 NYG NL   P   15      2    5    0    2 1.000  .959  0.47  0.82  2.36  2.06    0   26.7
 1958 29 CLE AL   P    6      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  0.82  3.10  1.97    0    8.7
 1963 34 WSA AL   P   20      9   13    1    0  .957  .957  1.10  0.79  2.21  1.99   10   89.7
 1964 35 WSA AL   P   49      7   13    2    2  .909  .957  0.41  0.72  1.61  1.90    3  112.0
 1965 36 WSA AL   P   63      5   19    1    3  .960  .952  0.38  0.75  1.97  2.04    0  109.7
 1966 37 PHI NL   P    2      0    0    0    0              0.00  0.75  0.00  1.96    0    2.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 314     51  107    9   13  .946  .957  0.50  0.81  1.82  2.04   48  782.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       314     51  107    9   13  .946  .957  0.50  0.81  1.82  2.04   48    783

An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1965 AL-63-9

Hit Batsmen
1953 NL-5-8
1956 NL-5-10
1964 AL-7-9
1965 AL-7-5

Oldest Player
1966 NL-37-8

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2552) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1072) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
August 5, 1945: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.
April 30, 1955: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Smoky Burgess and Stan Palys to the Cincinnati Redlegs for Andy Seminick, Glen Gorbous, and Jim Greengrass.
October 17, 1955: Purchased by the Seattle (PCL) from the Cincinnati Redlegs.
November 27, 1955: Drafted by the New York Giants from the Seattle (PCL) in the 1955 rule 5 draft.
April 8, 1958: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from the San Francisco Giants.
May 7, 1959: Purchased by the Chicago Cubs from the Cleveland Indians.
April 1, 1960: Purchased by the Toronto (International) from the Chicago Cubs.
November 8, 1961: Obtained by the Milwaukee Braves from the Toronto (International) as part of a minor league working agreement.
Before 1963 Season: Obtained by the Washington Senators from the Milwaukee Braves as part of a minor league working agreement.
April 13, 1966: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Washington Senators.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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