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Rick Sawyer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: April 7, 1948 in Bakersfield, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 29th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA) and the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, CA).

High Schools: Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA), East Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA)

Schools: Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, CA), California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 28, 1974 (Age 26-021d, 13,494th in major league history)
vs. TEX 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1977 (Age 29-169d)
vs. SFG 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Richard Clyde Sawyer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

ERA

4.49

200.1

WHIP

1.622

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1968	20	CLE-min	Rk,A	2	4	.333	4.28	11	4		2	1		40.0	43	22	19	1	17	0	35	2	0	4				1.500	9.7	0.2	3.8	7.9	2.06	INS,REN GULF,CALL
1969	21	CLE-min	A	7	7	.500	3.15	26	14		4	3	4	100.0	106	43	35	4	33	2	99	3	0	3				1.390	9.5	0.4	3.0	8.9	3.00	REN CALL
1970	22	CLE-min	A	10	5	.667	3.39	23	19		5	2	0	130.0	125	60	49	10	42	2	122	7	1	4				1.285	8.7	0.7	2.9	8.4	2.90	REN CALL
1971	23	CLE-min	AA	8	3	.727	3.20	19	18		6	1	0	138.0	121	62	49	10	47	12	112	4	0	5				1.217	7.9	0.7	3.1	7.3	2.38	JCK DIXA
1972	24	CLE-min	AAA,A	7	9	.438	4.60	30	17		4	1	0	135.0	148	76	69	5	55	8	87	6	1	8				1.504	9.9	0.3	3.7	5.8	1.58	POR,REN PCL,CALL
1973	25	CLE-min	AA	18	5	.783	2.82	27	24		10	3	1	179.0	159	73	56	6	66	3	124	8	0	4				1.257	8.0	0.3	3.3	6.2	1.88	SAN TL
1974	26	NYY-min	AAA	8	7	.533	2.80	24	24		8	2	0	164.0	131	65	51	9	59	3	136	2	0	7				1.159	7.2	0.5	3.2	7.5	2.31	SYR IL
1974	26	NYY	AL	0	0		16.20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	8	28	3.18	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
1975	27	NYY-min	AAA	13	9	.591	2.47	25	24		10	4	0	175.0	134	53	48	9	47	3	96	3	0	7				1.034	6.9	0.5	2.4	4.9	2.04	SYR IL
1975	27	NYY	AL	0	0		3.00	4	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	7	4	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	25	132	2.59	1.500	10.5	0.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
1976	28	NYY-min	AAA	9	4	.692	2.75	19	18		8	0	0	134.0	125	55	41	10	38	4	65	5	0	4				1.216	8.4	0.7	2.6	4.4	1.71	SYR IL
1976	28	SDP	NL	5	3	.625	2.53	13	11	1	4	2	0	81.2	84	24	23	2	38	8	33	1	1	3	354	129	3.58	1.494	9.3	0.2	4.2	3.6	0.87
1977	29	SDP	NL	7	6	.538	5.84	56	9	15	0	0	0	111.0	136	77	72	15	55	11	45	7	2	10	508	61	5.36	1.721	11.0	1.2	4.5	3.6	0.82
1978	30	CLE-min	AAA	1	3	.250	6.43	8	4		1	0	0	28.0	30	30	20	3	18	0	6	2	0	2				1.714	9.6	1.0	5.8	1.9	0.33	POR PCL
4 Yrs				12	9	.571	4.49	74	20	18	4	2	0	200.1	229	108	100	17	96	19	82	8	3	14	895	77	4.53	1.622	10.3	0.8	4.3	3.7	0.85
162 Game Avg.				9	7	.571	4.49	54	14	13	3	1	0	145	166	78	72	12	69	14	59	6	2	10	647	77	4.53	1.622	10.3	0.8	4.3	3.7	0.85

SDP (2 yrs)				12	9	.571	4.44	69	20	16	4	2	0	192.2	220	101	95	17	93	19	78	8	3	13	862	78	4.60	1.625	10.3	0.8	4.3	3.6	0.84
NYY (2 yrs)				0	0		5.87	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	9	7	5	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	33	69	2.72	1.565	10.6	0.0	3.5	4.7	1.33

NL (2 yrs)				12	9	.571	4.44	69	20	16	4	2	0	192.2	220	101	95	17	93	19	78	8	3	13	862	78	4.60	1.625	10.3	0.8	4.3	3.6	0.84
AL (2 yrs)				0	0		5.87	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.2	9	7	5	0	3	0	4	0	0	1	33	69	2.72	1.565	10.6	0.0	3.5	4.7	1.33