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Dick Selma
Richard Jay Selma (Mortimer Snerd)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 2, 1965
  vs. HOU 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 9, 1974
Born November 4, 1943 in Santa Ana, CA
Died August 29, 2001 in Clovis, CA

Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1965 21 NYM NL   2   1   4   4   1   1   0  0   26.7   22   11   11   2    9   26   1   0   108   0   0  3.71  3.50   94 1.163
 1966 22 NYM NL   4   6  30   7   0   0   7  1   80.7   84   47   38  11   39   58   3   4   355   5   0  4.24  3.61   85 1.525
 1967 23 NYM NL   2   4  38   4   0   0  12  2   81.3   71   29   25   3   36   52   2   5   341   6   0  2.77  3.38  122 1.316
 1968 24 NYM NL   9  10  33  23   4   3   3  0  169.7  148   63   52  11   54  117   5   7   703   5   0  2.76  3.02  109 1.191
 1969 25 TOT NL  12  10  40  28   5   2   7  1  190.7  156   84   78  16   81  181   3   8   791   7   1  3.68  3.97  108 1.243
         SDP NL   2   2   4   3   1   0   1  0   22.0   19   10   10   3    9   20   0   0    92   0   0  4.09  3.53   86 1.273
         CHC NL  10   8  36  25   4   2   6  1  168.7  137   74   68  13   72  161   3   8   699   7   1  3.63  4.03  111 1.239
 1970 26 PHI NL   8   9  73   0   0   0  47 22  134.3  108   42   41   8   59  153   4  10   552   9   1  2.75  4.01  146 1.243
 1971 27 PHI NL   0   2  17   0   0   0   9  1   24.7   21    9    9   2    8   15   2   2   102   0   0  3.28  3.54  108 1.176
 1972 28 PHI NL   2   9  46  10   1   0  25  3   98.7   91   67   61  13   73   58   5   6   459   9   0  5.56  3.59   65 1.662
 1973 29 PHI NL   1   1   6   0   0   0   1  0    8.0    6    5    5   1    5    4   0   0    32   1   0  5.63  3.78   67 1.375
 1974 30 TOT AL   2   2  20   0   0   0  13  1   25.3   27   18   18   2   17   17   2   4   115   2   0  6.39  3.42   54 1.737
         CAL AL   2   2  18   0   0   0  12  1   23.0   22   13   13   2   17   15   1   4   102   2   0  5.09  3.41   67 1.696
         MIL AL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.3    5    5    5   0    0    2   1   0    13   0   0 19.29  3.59   19 2.143
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .438  42  54 307  76  11   6 124 31  840.0  734  375  338  69  381  681  27  46  3558  44   2  3.62  3.60   99 1.327
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7   9  54  13   1   1  22  5  149.0  130   66   60  12   67  120   4   8   631   7   0  3.62  3.60   99 1.327
 Career High     12  10  73  28   5   3  47 22  190.7  156   84   78  16   81  181   5  10   791   9   1  2.75  4.01  146 1.191

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 21 NYM NL   7    9    1    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .222  .222  .222   28    2   0   0   0   0   1
 1966 22 NYM NL  31   14    1    1   0  1   0    1   0  0   2   7  .071  .222  .214   24    3   1   1   0   1   0
 1967 23 NYM NL  43   22    2    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  10  .091  .091  .091  -47    2   1   0   0   0   0
 1968 24 NYM NL  39   58    4   12   2  0   0    1   1  0   0  20  .207  .207  .241   35   14   4   0   0   0   1
 1969 25 TOT NL  40   59    3   10   1  1   0    1   0  0   1  19  .169  .183  .220    8   13   8   0   0   0   0
         SDP NL   4    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .286  .286  .286   64    2   1   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL  36   52    3    8   1  1   0    0   0  0   1  17  .154  .170  .212    1   11   7   0   0   0   0
 1970 26 PHI NL  73   20    1    3   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   8  .150  .190  .200    6    4   1   0   0   0   1
 1971 27 PHI NL  18    1    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  470    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 28 PHI NL  47   20    1    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   1   8  .200  .238  .250   38    5   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     324  203   13   35   5  2   0    7   1  0   5  76  .172  .195  .217   17   44  16   1   0   1   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        102    7   18   3  1   0    4   1  0   3  38  .172  .195  .217   17   22   8   1   0   1   2
 Career High     73   59    4   12   2  1   0    2   1  0   2  20                          14   8   1   0   1   1
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 21 NYM NL    9    8    0   0.0    90| .222  .254| .222  .316| .222  .383| .444  .700|  28  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1966 22 NYM NL   19   15    1   1.8    94| .071  .261| .222  .319| .214  .393| .436  .713|  24  .173  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1967 23 NYM NL   23   21    0   0.0    89| .091  .256| .091  .318| .091  .375| .182  .693| -47  .000  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1968 24 NYM NL   62   51    3   1.6    81| .207  .252| .207  .310| .241  .355| .448  .666|  35  .185  -4.8  -0.5 100%
 1969 25 TOT NL   68   57    3   1.4   103| .169  .271| .183  .344| .220  .402| .403  .746|   8  .121  -7.9  -0.8   0%
         SDP NL    8    6    1   4.5    91| .286  .255| .286  .324| .286  .377| .572  .702|  64  .532  -0.4   0.0   0%
         CHC NL   60   51    2   1.0   105| .154  .274| .170  .346| .212  .406| .382  .752|   1  .074  -7.6  -0.8   0%
 1970 26 PHI NL   22   19    1   1.4   102| .150  .265| .190  .337| .200  .404| .390  .741|   6  .102  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1971 27 PHI NL    1    0    1          92|1.000  .260|1.000  .326|1.000  .380|2.000  .706| 470         0.5   0.0   0%
 1972 28 PHI NL   22   18    1   1.5    93| .200  .259| .238  .327| .250  .382| .488  .710|  38  .139  -1.7  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      226  189   10   1.4    93| .172  .261| .195  .326| .217  .383| .412  .709|  17  .131 -23.0  -2.4 100%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 21 NYM NL P 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 2.25 0.80 3.03 2.09 4 26.7 1966 22 NYM NL P 30 4 20 1 1 .960 .949 0.80 0.74 2.68 1.96 7 80.7 1967 23 NYM NL P 38 7 16 1 1 .958 .958 0.61 0.78 2.55 2.00 4 81.3 1968 24 NYM NL P 33 12 35 1 0 .979 .957 1.42 0.85 2.48 2.01 23 170.3 1969 25 TOT NL P 40 8 25 2 2 .943 .959 0.82 0.78 1.56 1.95 28 190.7 SDP NL P 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 0.78 2.05 1.96 3 22.0 CHC NL P 36 7 21 2 2 .933 .959 0.78 0.78 1.49 1.95 25 168.7 1970 26 PHI NL P 73 8 24 1 3 .970 .952 0.44 0.71 2.14 1.85 0 134.3 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.40 0.00 9.00 0 0.3 1971 27 PHI NL P 17 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 0.41 0.78 2.55 1.89 0 24.7 1972 28 PHI NL P 46 3 18 0 1 1.000 .950 0.46 0.73 1.91 1.78 10 98.7 1973 29 PHI NL P 6 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 0.83 0.73 5.62 1.91 0 8.0 1974 30 TOT AL P 20 2 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.40 0.83 2.85 1.81 0 25.3 CAL AL P 18 2 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.44 0.83 3.13 1.80 0 23.0 MIL AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 1.96 0 2.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1970 26 PHI NL 1B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.40 0.00 9.00 0 0.3 1970 26 PHI NL 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1965 21 NYM NL P 4 4 5 0 0 1.000 .957 2.25 0.80 3.03 2.09 4 26.7 1966 22 NYM NL P 30 4 20 1 1 .960 .949 0.80 0.74 2.68 1.96 7 80.7 1967 23 NYM NL P 38 7 16 1 1 .958 .958 0.61 0.78 2.55 2.00 4 81.3 1968 24 NYM NL P 33 12 35 1 0 .979 .957 1.42 0.85 2.48 2.01 23 170.3 1969 25 TOT NL P 40 8 25 2 2 .943 .959 0.82 0.78 1.56 1.95 28 190.7 SDP NL P 4 1 4 0 0 1.000 .962 1.25 0.78 2.05 1.96 3 22.0 CHC NL P 36 7 21 2 2 .933 .959 0.78 0.78 1.49 1.95 25 168.7 1970 26 PHI NL P 73 8 24 1 3 .970 .952 0.44 0.71 2.14 1.85 0 134.3 1971 27 PHI NL P 17 2 5 1 0 .875 .959 0.41 0.78 2.55 1.89 0 24.7 1972 28 PHI NL P 46 3 18 0 1 1.000 .950 0.46 0.73 1.91 1.78 10 98.7 1973 29 PHI NL P 6 2 3 0 0 1.000 .943 0.83 0.73 5.62 1.91 0 8.0 1974 30 TOT AL P 20 2 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.40 0.83 2.85 1.81 0 25.3 CAL AL P 18 2 6 0 1 1.000 .952 0.44 0.83 3.13 1.80 0 23.0 MIL AL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.85 0.00 1.96 0 2.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 307 52 157 7 9 .968 .955 0.68 0.76 2.24 1.93 76 840.7 3B* 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 2.57 0 0.7 1B* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.40 0.00 9.00 0 0.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 310 52 157 7 9 .968 .955 0.67 0.80 2.23 1.93 76 842
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.

Hits Allowed/9IP
1969 NL-7.36-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1969 NL-8.54-4

Games
1970 NL-73-2

Saves
1970 NL-22-5

Games Finished
1970 NL-47-2

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1727) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 8.0 (981) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 3.0 (1456) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

May 28, 1963: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.

October 14, 1968: Drafted by the San Diego Padres from the New York Mets as the 5th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.

April 25, 1969: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Chicago Cubs for Joe Niekro, Gary Ross, and Frankie Libran.

November 17, 1969: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Oscar Gamble to the Philadelphia Phillies for a player to be named later and Johnny Callison. The Philadelphia Phillies sent Larry Colton (January, 1970) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

May 8, 1973: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

May 21, 1973: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

September 26, 1973: Purchased by the California Angels from the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 29, 1974: Purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the California Angels.

August 12, 1974: Returned to the California Angels by the Milwaukee Brewers following previous purchase.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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