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, 13,453rd 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

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-20 / in Starts: 9-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 28, Entered with runners on base: 13

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	44	6	Apr 17(1)	CLE		BOS	L,1-4	7-7		99	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	inf	inf	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.160	2.15	-0.16%	-1.42	7t 1-- 1 out d1	7t --3 1 out d2
2	45	8	Apr 18	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	7-8		0	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	6.75	1.99	6	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	.47	0.036	.78	0.04%	0.83	7b 1-- 0 out d2	8b 1-- 1 out d2
3	46	11	Apr 23	CLE		NYY	L,3-9	3-6		4	3.1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.86	2.52	14	8	2	1	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.012	.14	0.01%	0.78	3t -2- 2 out d6	6t 3 out d7
4	47	15	Apr 28	CLE		TOR	W,4-3	6-GF	S(1)	4	4.0	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	2.08	2.28	14	5	3	0	2	2		1	0	1	0	0	13	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.42	0.552	2.06	0.28%	2.57	6t -2- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	48	20	May 3	CLE		MIN	L,3-4	8-8	BS(1)	4	0.1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.00	3.85	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	-0.254	1.40	-0.13%	-1.03	8t --- 0 out a1	8t 1-- 1 out tie
6	49	22	May 6	CLE		CHW	L,5-7	5-9		2	4.2	1	2	2	3	2	0	1	3.29	4.06	17	9	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	2	0	0	.62	0.173	.46	0.08%	2.00	5t --- 0 out d5	9t 12- 2 out d1
7	50	26	May 10(2)	CLE		MIL	W,7-4	7-7		3	0.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.29	4.28	2	0	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.49	-0.202	1.77	-0.09%	-2.00	7t 1-3 2 out a3	7t 1-3 2 out a1
8	51	29	May 14	CLE	@	CHW	L,2-18	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	3	4	4	2	1	0	0	5.52	4.44	8	1	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-3.49	8b --- 0 out d12	8b end d16
9	52	31	May 16	CLE	@	MIN	L,1-8	8-GF(8)		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.41	2	0	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	-0.001	.01	0.00%	-0.68	8b -2- 2 out d6	8b end d 7
10	53	32	May 17	CLE	@	MIN	L,4-10	5-7		0	2.1	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.71	4.18	11	4	2	0	1	5		3	3	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	.54	-0.325	.31	-0.11%	-3.23	5b 123 2 out tie	7b 3 out d5
11	54	34	May 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,12-7	10-GF(12)	W(1-0)	3	3.0	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	4.87	4.31	13	3	4	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	2	1	0	0	2.11	0.289	1.00	0.08%	1.55	10b --- 0 out tie	12b end a 5
12	55	36	May 24	CLE		SEA	W,7-5	5-9	W(2-0)	2	4.1	4	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.01	3.91	17	5	4	0	0	4		3	3	0	1	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	0.060	.68	0.02%	0.19	5t 123 1 out tie	9t -2- 2 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	56	46	Jun 4	CLE	@	SEA	W,7-5	6-9	BW(3-0)	10	3.2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.81	3.62	15	7	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.63	0.168	1.66	0.10%	0.77	6b --- 0 out a1	9b 1-- 2 out a2
14	57	49	Jun 8	CLE	@	OAK	L,2-3	7-8	BS(3)	3	0.2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	3.60	4	1	1	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.405	1.60	-0.25%	-1.69	7b 1-3 2 out a1	8b -2- 1 out d1
15	58	56	Jun 17	CLE		DET	W,8-5	GS-5		8	4.1	6	5	4	1	0	1	0	4.32	3.97	21	7	7	0	0	6	32			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.293	.34	-0.09%	-3.24	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d4
16	59	61	Jun 21	CLE	@	TOR	W,4-0	GS-7	W(4-0)	3	6.2	4	0	0	4	3	0	0	3.60	3.91	27	11	5	2	0	4	65			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	0.375	.90	0.19%	3.11	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out a3
17	60	66	Jun 26(1)	CLE	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-8	W(5-0)	4	7.0	6	2	1	2	6	1	0	3.26	3.89	30	8	8	2	0	6	63			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.20	0.175	1.45	0.13%	1.34	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out a3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	61	72	Jul 1	CLE		KCR	L,2-12	GS-5	L(5-1)	4	4.1	9	5	5	1	0	2	0	3.86	4.36	21	6	5	2	0	9	24			2	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.12	-0.285	1.41	-0.22%	-2.24	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
19	62	77	Jul 7	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-8	GS-5	L(5-2)	5	4.0	7	5	5	1	1	0	0	4.39	4.26	20	4	7	0	0	7	28			1	0	0	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	.97	-0.256	.95	-0.15%	-2.92	1b start tie	5b --3 0 out d3
20	63	82	Jul 12	CLE		BOS	W,7-1	7-GF		4	2.2	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	4.19	4.05	9	1	3	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	0.053	.15	0.02%	2.15	7t 1-3 1 out a5	9t end a 6
21	64	89	Jul 21(1)	CLE	@	BOS	L,4-11	7-7		8	0.0	1	4	4	3	0	0	0	4.81	4.20	4	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.92	-0.114	.29	-0.02%	-3.19	7b -2- 2 out d2	7b 1-3 2 out d5
22	65	92	Jul 23	CLE	@	BOS	W,9-8	6-6	H(1)	1	0.1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	4.94	4.25	2	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.47	-0.043	.53	-0.01%	-0.28	6b -2- 0 out a1	6b -23 1 out a1
23	66	95	Jul 27	CLE	@	KCR	L,4-5	10-GF(11)	L(5-3)	3	1.0	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.01	4.27	8	1	2	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	-0.219	.43	-0.02%	-1.48	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
24	67	100	Jul 31(2)	CLE		MIN	L,4-9	GS-6	L(5-4)	3	5.2	7	5	3	5	2	0	0	4.98	4.31	29	14	1	0	1	7	36			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.314	.03	-0.01%	-2.31	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	68	104	Aug 5	CLE	@	MIN	L,10-14	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.18	4.38	6	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	.09	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-1.50	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 5
26	69	110	Aug 11	CLE	@	CHW	W,3-1	GS-9	W(6-4)	5	8.2	5	1	0	2	6	0	0	4.58	4.11	33	14	6	0	0	5	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	0.416	.00	0.00%	3.33	1b start tie	9b 1-- 2 out a2
27	70	116	Aug 15	CLE		OAK	W,7-2	GS-6	W(7-4)	3	5.1	2	1	1	6	0	0	0	4.39	4.24	22	10	4	0	0	2	54			0	1	1	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.100	.00	0.00%	0.36	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out a6
28	71	121	Aug 20	CLE	@	OAK	W,5-4	GS-9		4	8.1	4	4	3	2	3	1	0	4.28	4.24	32	15	8	0	0	4	62			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.192	.00	0.00%	0.16	1b start tie	9b --- 1 out tie
29	72	126	Aug 24(2)	CLE	@	CAL	L,2-5	GS-5	L(7-5)	3	4.1	9	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.47	4.21	20	9	1	0	0	9	28			0	1	1	19	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.21	-0.155	.00	0.00%	-1.08	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d2
30	73	130	Aug 29	CLE		CHW	W,9-2	CG	W(8-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	8	1	0	4.25	4.11	34	15	3	1	0	6	73			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.36	0.203	.00	0.00%	2.38	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
31	74	138	Sep 5(2)	CLE		NYY	W,5-4	GS-8		6	7.0	4	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.14	4.03	26	7	8	1	0	4	62			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.321	.00	0.00%	2.42	1t start tie	8t 12- 0 out a3
32	75	143	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,5-6	GS-7		4	7.0	5	4	3	6	0	1	0	4.12	4.22	28	16	2	0	0	4	47			0	0	0	21	0	0	1	5	0	1	1.14	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.67	1b start tie	7b 3 out d4
33	76	149	Sep 17(2)	CLE		TOR	L,5-6	GS-2	L(8-6)	6	1.2	6	4	4	2	1	0	0	4.37	4.23	12	3	0	0	0	6	26			0	0	0	8	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.291	.00	0.00%	-3.25	1t start tie	2t 1-- 2 out d4
34	77	152	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,4-5	10-GF(10)	L(8-7)	2	0.1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	4.44	4.28	4	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.22	-0.356	.00	0.00%	-1.41	10b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
35	78	153	Sep 23	CLE		BAL	W,3-2	GS-9	W(9-7)	2	8.0	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	4.23	4.15	30	12	7	0	2	4	73			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	0.439	.00	0.00%	3.51	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a3
36	79	157	Sep 27	CLE	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-7		3	6.0	6	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.10	4.06	23	9	4	1	0	6	58			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.03	0.096	.00	0.00%	1.01	1b start tie	7b 12- 0 out d1
37	80	161	Oct 2(2)	CLE	@	TOR	W,5-4	6-GF	S(2)	4	3.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.99	4.03	13	9	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	1	2.56	0.360	.00	0.00%	0.44	6b 12- 1 out a3	9b end a 1
							17-20		W-L:9-7,Sv:2,BSv:3,Hld:1	3.5	135.1	132	67	60	64	62	8	1	3.99	4.03	581	2.12		4%	2%	130	50	21	71%	7	3	2	503	22	3	7	21	2	5	1.09	-0.079	.42	-0.28%	-8.20

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