Rick Waits

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 194lb (190cm, 87kg)

Born: May 15, 1952 in Atlanta, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Therrell HS (Atlanta, GA).

High School: Therrell HS (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: September 17, 1973 (Age 21-125d, 13,460th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, Sv

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 33-144d)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Michael Richard Waits

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

ERA

4.25

317

190

1427.0

659

WHIP

1.459

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
1970	18	WSA-min	A	2	3	.400	4.71	9	8		1	0	0	42.0	27	25	22	2	33	0	37	2	0	3				1.429	5.8	0.4	7.1	7.9	1.12	AND WCRS
1971	19	WSA-min	AA	5	9	.357	3.24	25	23		6	1	0	139.0	123	65	50	7	82	4	98	1	2	10				1.475	8.0	0.5	5.3	6.3	1.20	PFD EL
1972	20	TEX-min	AA	8	8	.500	3.10	25	22		5	3	0	116.0	104	66	40	7	82	3	84	4	0	9				1.603	8.1	0.5	6.4	6.5	1.02	PFD EL
1973	21	TEX-min	AAA	14	7	.667	3.92	28	23		6	0	0	154.0	153	96	67	6	103	0	99	2	0	5				1.662	8.9	0.4	6.0	5.8	0.96	SPO PCL
1973	21	TEX	AL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	58	5.57	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

1974	22	TEX-min	AAA	12	6	.667	4.41	26	22		9	0	0	153.0	152	98	75	12	95	2	90	1	0	7				1.614	8.9	0.7	5.6	5.3	0.95	SPO PCL
1975	23	TEX-CLE-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.65	20	17		10	0	0	120.0	131	75	62	7	64	2	69	1	0	3				1.625	9.8	0.5	4.8	5.2	1.08	SPO,OKC PCL,AA
1975	23	CLE	AL	6	2	.750	2.94	16	7	4	3	0	1	70.1	57	25	23	3	25	5	34	1	0	2	285	128	3.28	1.166	7.3	0.4	3.2	4.4	1.36
1976	24	CLE	AL	7	9	.438	4.00	26	22	1	4	2	0	123.2	143	60	55	7	54	1	65	0	1	2	539	87	3.63	1.593	10.4	0.5	3.9	4.7	1.20
1977	25	CLE	AL	9	7	.563	3.99	37	16	9	1	0	2	135.1	132	67	60	8	64	7	62	1	0	0	581	99	4.03	1.448	8.8	0.5	4.3	4.1	0.97
1978	26	CLE	AL	13	15	.464	3.20	34	33	1	15	2	0	230.1	206	97	82	16	86	0	97	2	0	10	957	117	3.79	1.268	8.0	0.6	3.4	3.8	1.13
1979	27	CLE	AL	16	13	.552	4.44	34	34	0	8	3	0	231.0	230	123	114	26	91	1	91	4	0	5	982	96	4.64	1.390	9.0	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.00
1980	28	CLE	AL	13	14	.481	4.45	33	33	0	9	2	0	224.1	231	118	111	18	82	6	109	1	0	5	955	93	3.93	1.395	9.3	0.7	3.3	4.4	1.33
1981	29	CLE	AL	8	10	.444	4.92	22	21	0	5	1	0	126.1	173	74	69	7	44	1	51	1	0	5	578	75	3.58	1.718	12.3	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.16
1982	30	CLE	AL	2	13	.133	5.40	25	21	0	2	0	0	115.0	128	74	69	13	57	2	44	1	0	4	510	77	4.93	1.609	10.0	1.0	4.5	3.4	0.77
1983	31	TOT	AL	0	3	.000	4.89	18	2	5	0	0	0	49.2	62	33	27	2	20	3	33	0	0	3	225	82	3.16	1.651	11.2	0.4	3.6	6.0	1.65
1983	31	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	4.58	8	0	3	0	0	0	19.2	23	13	10	1	9	2	13	0	0	1	91	95	3.47	1.627	10.5	0.5	4.1	5.9	1.44
1983	31	MIL	AL	0	2	.000	5.10	10	2	2	0	0	0	30.0	39	20	17	1	11	1	20	0	0	2	134	75	2.96	1.667	11.7	0.3	3.3	6.0	1.82
1984	32	MIL	AL	2	4	.333	3.58	47	1	16	0	0	3	73.0	84	32	29	7	24	3	49	0	0	0	316	109	3.66	1.479	10.4	0.9	3.0	6.0	2.04
1985	33	MIL-min	AAA	10	5	.667	2.87	16	16	0	5	1	0	116.0	108	43	37	6	22	3	64	0	0	4				1.121	8.4	0.5	1.7	5.0	2.91	VAN PCL
1985	33	MIL	AL	3	2	.600	6.51	24	0	8	0	0	1	47.0	67	37	34	3	20	5	24	0	0	1	220	64	3.77	1.851	12.8	0.6	3.8	4.6	1.20
1986	34	MIL-min	AAA	11	8	.579	4.42	28	19	4	3	0	1	130.1	145	77	64	13	45	3	72	1	0	5				1.458	10.0	0.9	3.1	5.0	1.60	VAN PCL
12 Yrs				79	92	.462	4.25	317	190	45	47	10	8	1427.0	1514	741	674	110	568	34	659	11	1	37	6152	93	3.98	1.459	9.5	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.16
162 Game Avg.				11	12	.462	4.25	43	25	6	6	1	1	191	203	99	90	15	76	5	88	1	0	5	825	93	3.98	1.459	9.5	0.7	3.6	4.2	1.16

CLE (9 yrs)				74	84	.468	4.18	235	187	18	47	10	3	1276.0	1323	651	593	99	512	25	566	11	1	34	5478	94	4.03	1.438	9.3	0.7	3.6	4.0	1.11
MIL (3 yrs)				5	8	.385	4.80	81	3	26	0	0	4	150.0	190	89	80	11	55	9	93	0	0	3	670	83	3.55	1.633	11.4	0.7	3.3	5.6	1.69
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	58	5.57	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00

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