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Rich Reese
Richard Benjamin Reese

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 200 lb.

Debut September 4, 1964
  vs. BOS 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 29, 1973
Born September 29, 1941 in Leipsic, OH

Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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        His pinch-hit grand slam in August 1969 ending Dave McNally's 17-game win streak is a top childhood memory. So is mom's decision to take my sick sister to the game rather than stay home and and have all of us miss it. A good mom understands priorities.

Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1964 22 MIN AL  10    7    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
 1965 23 MIN AL  14    7    0    2   1  0   0    0   0  0   2   2  .286  .444  .429  145    3   0   0   1   0   0
 1966 24 MIN AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .333  .000    3    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1967 25 MIN AL  95  101   13   25   5  0   4   20   0  0   8  17  .248  .300  .416  103   42   0   1   2   0   1
 1968 26 MIN AL 126  332   40   86  15  2   4   28   3  1  18  36  .259  .301  .352   93  117   4   2   4   3   6
 1969 27 MIN AL 132  419   52  135  24  4  16   69   1  5  23  57  .322  .362  .513  139  215   1   3   3   5   6 MVP-29
 1970 28 MIN AL 153  501   63  131  15  5  10   56   5  4  48  70  .261  .332  .371   92  186   4   4   5   7   7
 1971 29 MIN AL 120  329   40   72   8  3  10   39   7  4  20  35  .219  .270  .353   74  116   0   5   2   5   9
 1972 30 MIN AL 132  197   23   43   3  2   5   26   0  1  25  27  .218  .305  .330   86   65   0   1   4   0   4
 1973 31 TOT AL  81  125   17   18   2  1   3    7   0  0  13  23  .144  .225  .248   30   31   2   0   1   0   2
         DET AL  59  102   10   14   1  0   2    4   0  0   7  17  .137  .193  .206   10   21   1   0   1   0   2
         MIN AL  22   23    7    4   1  1   1    3   0  0   6   6  .174  .345  .435  115   10   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     866 2020  248  512  73 17  52  245  16 15 158 270  .253  .312  .384   95  775  11  16  22  20  36
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        378   46   96  14  3  10   46   3  3  30  51  .253  .312  .384   95  145   2   3   4   4   7
 Career High    153  501   63  135  24  5  16   69   7  5  48  70  .322  .362  .513  139  215   4   5   5   7   9
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1964 22 MIN AL    7    8    0   0.0    97| .000  .257| .000  .325| .000  .399| .000  .724|-100  .000  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1965 23 MIN AL    9    5    1   5.4    96| .286  .256| .444  .327| .429  .393| .873  .720| 145  .629   0.6   0.1   0%
 1966 24 MIN AL    3    2    0   0.0    95| .000  .256| .333  .324| .000  .394| .333  .718|   3  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1967 25 MIN AL  110   78   13   4.5    91| .248  .252| .300  .322| .416  .377| .716  .699| 103  .585   0.3   0.0   0%
 1968 26 MIN AL  359  259   35   3.6    85| .259  .245| .301  .316| .352  .363| .653  .679|  93  .515  -3.6  -0.4  75%
 1969 27 MIN AL  451  299   76   6.9    98| .322  .259| .362  .336| .513  .390| .875  .727| 139  .709  20.4   2.1  16%
 1970 28 MIN AL  564  389   64   4.4   100| .261  .261| .332  .336| .371  .399| .703  .735|  92  .513  -5.9  -0.6  55%
 1971 29 MIN AL  359  275   30   2.9    95| .219  .258| .270  .331| .353  .384| .623  .714|  74  .359 -13.0  -1.4  63%
 1972 30 MIN AL  223  160   20   3.4    87| .218  .252| .305  .321| .330  .364| .635  .685|  86  .465  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 1973 31 TOT AL  140  111    8   1.9    98| .144  .266| .225  .335| .248  .391| .473  .726|  30  .185 -12.5  -1.2   0%
         DET AL  110   91    4   1.2    98| .137  .266| .193  .336| .206  .391| .399  .727|  10  .084 -13.0  -1.3   0%
         MIN AL   30   20    4   5.4    97| .174  .264| .345  .334| .435  .388| .780  .722| 115  .596   0.5   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2225 1586  247   4.2    94| .253  .257| .312  .330| .384  .384| .696  .713|  95  .519 -19.6  -2.0  51%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1964 22 MIN AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 27.00 9.00 0 1.0 1965 23 MIN AL 1B 6 14 1 0 0 1.000 .993 2.50 7.88 11.25 9.53 0 12.0 LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1967 25 MIN AL 1B 36 93 3 1 5 .990 .991 2.67 8.32 9.39 9.53 4 92.0 LF 10 14 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.50 1.40 1.71 1.87 9 79.0 1968 26 MIN AL 1B 87 620 38 6 36 .991 .989 7.56 8.32 10.10 9.59 64 586.3 LF 15 23 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.53 1.45 1.88 1.85 13 110.0 1969 27 MIN AL 1B 117 924 56 7 97 .993 .992 8.38 8.33 10.08 9.63 95 874.7 LF 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.60 2.32 2.00 3 31.0 1970 28 MIN AL 1B 146 1118 82 10 94 .992 .991 8.22 6.85 9.13 7.61 127 1183.3 1971 29 MIN AL 1B 95 673 43 4 71 .994 .992 7.54 8.10 9.30 9.59 76 692.7 OF 9 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 0.78 1.96 1.19 2.24 6 53.0 LF 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 0.75 1.60 1.17 1.94 5 46.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.29 2.06 1 7.0 1972 30 MIN AL 1B 98 392 30 5 35 .988 .991 4.31 8.04 9.79 9.75 26 388.0 LF 13 26 0 2 0 .929 .981 2.00 1.53 2.44 1.89 12 96.0 1973 31 TOT AL 1B 54 170 13 0 15 1.000 .992 3.39 8.27 9.75 9.86 7 169.0 DET AL 1B 37 106 7 0 7 1.000 .992 3.05 8.27 9.27 9.86 3 109.7 OF 21 28 0 1 0 .966 .979 1.33 2.02 1.78 2.29 18 141.3 LF 21 27 0 1 0 .964 .978 1.29 1.68 1.73 2.00 18 140.3 RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 MIN AL 1B 17 64 6 0 8 1.000 .992 4.12 8.27 10.62 9.87 4 59.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1964 22 MIN AL 1B 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.00 8.10 27.00 9.00 0 1.0 1965 23 MIN AL 1B 6 14 1 0 0 1.000 .993 2.50 7.88 11.25 9.53 0 12.0 1967 25 MIN AL 1B 36 93 3 1 5 .990 .991 2.67 8.32 9.39 9.53 4 92.0 1968 26 MIN AL 1B 87 620 38 6 36 .991 .989 7.56 8.32 10.10 9.59 64 586.3 1969 27 MIN AL 1B 117 924 56 7 97 .993 .992 8.38 8.33 10.08 9.63 95 874.7 1970 28 MIN AL 1B 146 1118 82 10 94 .992 .991 8.22 6.85 9.13 7.61 127 1183.3 1971 29 MIN AL 1B 95 673 43 4 71 .994 .992 7.54 8.10 9.30 9.59 76 692.7 1972 30 MIN AL 1B 98 392 30 5 35 .988 .991 4.31 8.04 9.79 9.75 26 388.0 1973 31 TOT AL 1B 54 170 13 0 15 1.000 .992 3.39 8.27 9.75 9.86 7 169.0 DET AL 1B 37 106 7 0 7 1.000 .992 3.05 8.27 9.27 9.86 3 109.7 MIN AL 1B 17 64 6 0 8 1.000 .992 4.12 8.27 10.62 9.87 4 59.3 1965 23 MIN AL LF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1967 25 MIN AL LF 10 14 1 0 0 1.000 .974 1.50 1.40 1.71 1.87 9 79.0 1968 26 MIN AL LF 15 23 0 0 0 1.000 .979 1.53 1.45 1.88 1.85 13 110.0 1969 27 MIN AL LF 5 7 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.60 2.32 2.00 3 31.0 1971 29 MIN AL LF 8 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 0.75 1.60 1.17 1.94 5 46.0 1972 30 MIN AL LF 13 26 0 2 0 .929 .981 2.00 1.53 2.44 1.89 12 96.0 1973 31 DET AL LF 21 27 0 1 0 .964 .978 1.29 1.68 1.73 2.00 18 140.3 1965 23 MIN AL OF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 0.00 3.00 0 0.3 1967 25 MIN AL OF 10 14 1 0 0 1.000 .980 1.50 1.76 1.71 2.05 9 79.0 1968 26 MIN AL OF 15 22 0 0 0 1.000 .982 1.47 1.80 1.80 2.08 13 110.0 1969 27 MIN AL OF 5 5 1 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 1.84 1.74 2.12 3 31.0 1971 29 MIN AL OF 9 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 0.78 1.96 1.19 2.24 6 53.0 1972 30 MIN AL OF 13 27 0 2 0 .931 .982 2.08 1.91 2.53 2.22 12 96.0 1973 31 DET AL OF 21 28 0 1 0 .966 .979 1.33 2.02 1.78 2.29 18 141.3 1971 29 MIN AL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.70 1.29 2.06 1 7.0 1973 31 DET AL RF 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.70 0.00 1.80 0 1.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 1B* 640 4007 266 33 353 .992 .991 6.68 7.90 9.62 9.04 399 3999.0 OF* 74 102 3 3 0 .972 .981 1.42 1.90 1.85 2.18 61 510.7 73 0 2# LF* 73 102 3 3 0 .972 .979 1.44 1.55 1.88 1.92 60 502.7 RF* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.70 1.12 2.02 1 8.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 714 4109 269 36 353 .992 .991 6.13 7.28 8.74 8.26 460 4510
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1969   ALCS  MIN BAL     L   3  12   0   2  0  0  0   2   1   1  .167  .231  .167   0  0   0   0   0 
 1970   ALCS  MIN BAL     L   2   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   1   1  .143  .250  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     0-2   5  19   0   3  0  0  0   2   2   2  .158  .238  .158   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1969-AL-29-0.01
Car-1456-0.01 shares

Hit By Pitch
1970 AL-7-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

Before 1962 Season: Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent.

November 26, 1962: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins from the Detroit Tigers in the 1962 first-year draft.

November 30, 1972: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Minnesota Twins.

August 17, 1973: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

August 17, 1973: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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