Rick Waits
Born: May 15, 1952, Atlanta, GAHeight: 6'3" Weight: 194 Bats: Left Throws: Left
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Pitching Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age W L ERA G GS CG MI GF SV SHO IP H BFP R ER HR UW IW HP SO 1973 Texas AL 21 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1.0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1975 Cleveland AL 23 6 2 2.94 16 7 3 5 4 1 0 70.1 57 285 25 23 3 20 5 1 34 1976 Cleveland AL 24 7 9 4.00 26 22 4 3 1 0 2 123.2 143 539 60 55 7 53 1 0 65 1977 Cleveland AL 25 9 7 3.99 37 16 1 12 9 2 0 135.1 132 581 67 60 8 57 7 1 62 1978 Cleveland AL 26 13 15 3.20 34 33 15 0 1 0 2 230.1 206 957 97 82 16 86 0 2 97 1979 Cleveland AL 27 16 13 4.44 34 34 8 0 0 0 3 231.0 230 982 123 114 26 90 1 4 91 1980 Cleveland AL 28 13 14 4.45 33 33 9 0 0 0 2 224.1 231 955 118 111 18 76 6 1 109 1981 Cleveland AL 29 8 10 4.92 22 21 5 1 0 0 1 126.1 173 578 74 69 7 43 1 1 51 1982 Cleveland AL 30 2 13 5.40 25 21 2 4 0 0 0 115.0 128 510 74 69 13 55 2 1 44 1983 Cleveland AL 31 0 1 4.58 8 0 0 5 3 0 0 19.2 23 91 13 10 1 7 2 0 13 1983 Milwaukee AL 31 0 2 5.10 10 2 0 6 2 0 0 30.0 39 134 20 17 1 10 1 0 20 1984 Milwaukee AL 32 2 4 3.58 47 1 0 30 16 3 0 73.0 84 316 32 29 7 21 3 0 49 1985 Milwaukee AL 33 3 2 6.51 24 0 0 16 8 1 0 47.0 67 220 37 34 3 15 5 0 24 TOTALS 79 92 4.25 317 190 47 82 45 8 10 1427.0 1514 6152 741 674 110 534 34 11 659
| Pitcher data: *: Throws lefthanded; W: Wins; L: Losses; ERA: Earned run average; G: Games; GS: Games started; CG: Complete games; MI: Middle relief (games not started nor finished); GF: Games finished in relief; SV: Saves; SHO: Shutouts; IP: Innings pitched; H: Hits allowed; BFP: Batters faced; R: Runs allowed; ER: Earned runs; HR: Home runs allowed; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit batters; SO: Strikeouts |
Pitching Statistics (Batters' format) Year Team Lg G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1973 Texas AL 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .500 1975 Cleveland AL 16 258 25 57 79 11 1 3 1 0 3 5 20 5 1 34 3 .221 .306 .292 1976 Cleveland AL 26 481 60 143 199 29 3 7 4 0 4 10 53 1 0 65 17 .297 .414 .368 1977 Cleveland AL 37 503 67 132 184 22 3 8 11 2 7 3 57 7 1 62 21 .262 .366 .346 1978 Cleveland AL 34 860 97 206 291 23 7 16 6 3 17 7 86 0 2 97 29 .240 .338 .309 1979 Cleveland AL 34 872 123 230 357 43 3 26 9 6 19 10 90 1 4 91 28 .264 .409 .334 1980 Cleveland AL 33 855 118 231 334 37 6 18 10 7 12 9 76 6 1 109 23 .270 .391 .332 1981 Cleveland AL 22 524 74 173 225 27 2 7 5 4 7 5 43 1 1 51 12 .330 .429 .380 1982 Cleveland AL 25 442 74 128 199 28 2 13 7 3 6 7 55 2 1 44 9 .290 .450 .370 1983 Cleveland AL 8 75 13 23 29 3 0 1 3 4 2 1 7 2 0 13 1 .307 .387 .364 1983 Milwaukee AL 10 122 20 39 50 6 1 1 0 1 1 1 10 1 0 20 5 .320 .410 .373 1984 Milwaukee AL 47 283 32 84 114 5 2 7 6 3 6 4 21 3 0 49 7 .297 .403 .348 1985 Milwaukee AL 24 197 37 67 92 12 2 3 2 1 3 2 15 5 0 24 6 .340 .467 .399
| Pitcher data (batters' format): G: Games pitched; AB: At bats; R: Runs allowed; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1973 Texas AL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1975 Cleveland AL 23 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1976 Cleveland AL 24 36 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1977 Cleveland AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1978 Cleveland AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1979 Cleveland AL 27 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1980 Cleveland AL 28 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1981 Cleveland AL 29 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1982 Cleveland AL 30 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 Cleveland AL 31 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1983 Milwaukee AL 31 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1984 Milwaukee AL 32 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1985 Milwaukee AL 33 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000 TOTALS 256 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000 .000
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1973 Texas AL P 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 0 1975 Cleveland AL P 70.1 7 16 5 12 1 1 .944 2.18 3 5 1 1976 Cleveland AL P 123.2 22 26 10 20 2 2 .938 2.18 4 10 1 1977 Cleveland AL P 135.1 16 37 4 24 2 1 .933 1.86 7 3 2 1978 Cleveland AL P 230.1 33 34 19 49 1 1 .986 2.66 17 7 4 1979 Cleveland AL P 231.0 34 34 15 43 0 2 1.000 2.26 19 10 3 1980 Cleveland AL P 224.1 33 33 10 30 1 0 .976 1.60 12 9 3 1981 Cleveland AL P 126.1 21 22 12 28 0 2 1.000 2.85 7 5 2 1982 Cleveland AL P 115.0 21 25 6 23 0 1 1.000 2.27 6 7 4 1983 Cleveland AL P 19.2 0 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.37 2 1 0 1983 Milwaukee AL P 30.0 2 10 0 4 1 0 .800 1.20 1 1 1 1984 Milwaukee AL P 73.0 1 47 2 12 0 0 1.000 1.73 6 4 0 1985 Milwaukee AL P 47.0 0 24 8 4 0 0 1.000 2.30 3 2 0
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Washington Senators in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown and $100,000 to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Gaylord Perry (June 13, 1975).
- Placed on disabled list by Cleveland Indians (April 30, 1976)
- Activated by Cleveland Indians (May 29, 1976)
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (January 15, 1982).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Rick Manning to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Gorman Thomas, Jamie Easterly and Ernie Camacho (June 6, 1983).
- Released by Milwaukee Brewers (November 14, 1985).
- Signed by San Francisco Giants (February 3, 1986).
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