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Dick Weik
Richard Henry Weik (Legs)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 184 lb.
School University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Debut September 8, 1948
Final Game July 5, 1954
Born November 17, 1927 in Waterloo, IA
Died April 21, 1991 in Harvey, IL

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1948 20 WSH AL   1   2   3   3   0   0   0  0   12.7   14    8    8   1   22    8   0   0    68       0  5.68  4.33   76 2.842
 1949 21 WSH AL   3  12  27  14   2   2   8  1   95.3   78   61   57   5  103   58   0  10   448       1  5.38  4.24   79 1.899
 1950 22 TOT AL   2   6  25   7   1   0   7  0   70.0   56   44   32   3   73   42   1   5   330       0  4.11  4.43  108 1.843
         WSH AL   1   3  14   5   1   0   5  0   44.0   38   27   21   2   47   26   0   2   212       0  4.30  4.49  104 1.932
         CLE AL   1   3  11   2   0   0   2  0   26.0   18   17   11   1   26   16   1   3   118       0  3.81  4.35  114 1.692
 1953 25 DET AL   0   1  12   1   0   0   2  0   19.3   32   30   30   3   23    6   0   3   109       0 13.97  4.08   29 2.845
 1954 26 DET AL   0   1   9   1   0   0   5  0   16.3   23   14   13   3   16    9   1   1    85       0  7.16  3.69   51 2.388
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  5 Yr WL% .214   6  22  76  26   3   2  22  1  213.7  203  157  140  15  237  123   2  19  1040       1  5.90  4.25   72 2.059
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4  14  50  17   2   1  14  0  142.3  135  104   93  10  158   82   1  12   693   0   0  5.90  4.25   72 2.059
 Career High      3  12  27  14   2   2   8  1   95.3   78   61   57   5  103   58   1  10   448   0   1  4.11  4.43  108 1.843

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1948 20 WSH AL   3    4    1    3   0  1   0    0   0  0   0   0  .750  .750 1.250  433    5   0           0   0
 1949 21 WSH AL  28   28    3    5   0  0   0    2   0  0   1   8  .179  .207  .179    3    5   2           0   1
 1950 22 TOT AL  25   18    0    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .167  .167  .222    1    4   0           0   0
         WSH AL  14   13    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .154  .154  .154  -19    2   0           0   0
         CLE AL  11    5    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .200  .200  .400   53    2   0           0   0
 1953 25 TOT AL  13    2    2    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .500  .500 1.000  298    2   1           0   0
         CLE AL   1    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0           0   0
         DET AL  12    2    1    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   1  .500  .500 1.000  298    2   1           0   0
 1954 26 DET AL   9    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0       0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons       78   53    6   12   2  1   0    3   0  0   1  16  .226  .241  .302   43   16   3   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        110   12   25   4  2   0    6   0  0   2  33  .226  .241  .302   43   33   6   0   0   0   2
 Career High     28   28    3    5   1  1   0    2   0  0   1   8                           5   2   0   0   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1948 20 WSH AL    4    1    4 106.5   103| .750  .269| .750  .354|1.250  .389|2.000  .743| 433  .997   1.7   0.2   0%
 1949 21 WSH AL   31   26    1   1.0   105| .179  .268| .207  .360| .179  .390| .386  .750|   3  .060  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1950 22 TOT AL   18   15    0   0.0   109| .167  .273| .167  .359| .222  .409| .389  .768|   1  .000  -2.7  -0.2   0%
         WSH AL   13   11    0   0.0   109| .154  .272| .154  .358| .154  .408| .308  .766| -19  .000  -2.4  -0.2   0%
         CLE AL    5    4    0   0.0   111| .200  .275| .200  .361| .400  .412| .600  .773|  53  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1953 25 TOT AL    3    2    1  13.4   102| .500  .268| .500  .344|1.000  .395|1.500  .740| 298  .882   0.6   0.1   0%
         CLE AL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
         DET AL    3    2    1  13.4   102| .500  .268| .500  .344|1.000  .395|1.500  .740| 298  .882   0.6   0.1   0%
 1954 26 DET AL    1    1    0   0.0    97| .000  .263| .000  .338| .000  .384| .000  .722|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons        57   45    6   3.5   106| .226  .270| .241  .358| .302  .396| .543  .755|  43  .375  -4.8  -0.3   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 ------+
1948 20 WSH AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.90 1.42 2.06 3 12.7 1949 21 WSH AL P 27 5 22 1 0 .964 .961 1.00 1.01 2.55 2.12 14 95.3 1950 22 TOT AL P 25 1 9 0 1 1.000 .943 0.40 0.96 1.29 2.03 7 70.0 WSH AL P 14 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.36 0.96 1.02 2.03 5 44.0 CLE AL P 11 0 5 0 1 1.000 .943 0.45 0.96 1.73 2.04 2 26.0 1953 25 DET AL P 12 3 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.50 0.88 2.80 1.96 1 19.3 1954 26 DET AL P 9 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.11 0.93 0.55 1.99 1 16.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1948 20 WSH AL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 0.90 1.42 2.06 3 12.7 1949 21 WSH AL P 27 5 22 1 0 .964 .961 1.00 1.01 2.55 2.12 14 95.3 1950 22 TOT AL P 25 1 9 0 1 1.000 .943 0.40 0.96 1.29 2.03 7 70.0 WSH AL P 14 1 4 0 0 1.000 .943 0.36 0.96 1.02 2.03 5 44.0 CLE AL P 11 0 5 0 1 1.000 .943 0.45 0.96 1.73 2.04 2 26.0 1953 25 DET AL P 12 3 3 0 1 1.000 .952 0.50 0.88 2.80 1.96 1 19.3 1954 26 DET AL P 9 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.11 0.93 0.55 1.99 1 16.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 76 9 37 2 2 .958 .956 0.61 0.96 1.94 2.06 26 213.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 76 9 37 2 2 .958 .956 0.61 0.96 1.93 2.06 26 214
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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.

Wild Pitches
1949 AL-10-2
1950 AL-5-9

Youngest Player
1948 AL-20-6

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Transactions 

Before 1946 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

June 14, 1950: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Cleveland Indians for Mickey Vernon.

June 15, 1953: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Al Aber, Ray Boone, and Steve Gromek to the Detroit Tigers for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight, and Joe Ginsberg.


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