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Rick Waits
Michael Richard Waits

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.

Debut September 17, 1973
  vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, Sv
Final Game October 6, 1985
Born May 15, 1952 in Atlanta, GA

Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1973 21 TEX AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  1    1.0    1    1    1   0    1    0   0   0     4   0   0  9.00  3.71   41 2.000
 1975 23 CLE AL   6   2  16   7   3   0   4  1   70.3   57   25   23   3   25   34   1   2   285   5   0  2.94  3.75  127 1.166
 1976 24 CLE AL   7   9  26  22   4   2   1  0  123.7  143   60   55   7   54   65   0   2   539   1   1  4.00  3.45   86 1.593
 1977 25 CLE AL   9   7  37  16   1   0   9  2  135.3  132   67   60   8   64   62   1   0   581   7   0  3.99  3.95   99 1.448
 1978 26 CLE AL  13  15  34  33  15   2   1  0  230.3  206   97   82  16   86   97   2  10   957   0   0  3.20  3.78  118 1.268
 1979 27 CLE AL  16  13  34  34   8   3   0  0  231.0  230  123  114  26   91   91   4   5   982   1   0  4.44  4.27   96 1.390
 1980 28 CLE AL  13  14  33  33   9   2   0  0  224.3  231  118  111  18   82  109   1   5   955   6   0  4.45  4.12   93 1.395
 1981 29 CLE AL   8  10  22  21   5   1   0  0  126.3  173   74   69   7   44   51   1   5   578   1   0  4.92  3.66   75 1.718
 1982 30 CLE AL   2  13  25  21   2   0   0  0  115.0  128   74   69  13   57   44   1   4   510   2   0  5.40  4.12   76 1.609
 1983 31 TOT AL   0   3  18   2   0   0   5  0   49.7   62   33   27   2   20   33   0   3   225   3   0  4.89  3.96   81 1.651
         CLE AL   0   1   8   0   0   0   3  0   19.7   23   13   10   1    9   13   0   1    91   2   0  4.58  4.28   94 1.627
         MIL AL   0   2  10   2   0   0   2  0   30.0   39   20   17   1   11   20   0   2   134   1   0  5.10  3.75   74 1.667
 1984 32 MIL AL   2   4  47   1   0   0  16  3   73.0   84   32   29   7   24   49   0   0   316   3   0  3.58  3.88  108 1.479
 1985 33 MIL AL   3   2  24   0   0   0   8  1   47.0   67   37   34   3   20   24   0   1   220   5   0  6.51  4.19   64 1.851
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .462  79  92 317 190  47  10  45  8 1427.0 1514  741  674 110  568  659  11  37  6152  34   1  4.25  3.94   93 1.459
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  12  42  25   6   1   6  1  191.3  203   99   90  14   76   88   1   4   825   4   0  4.25  3.94   93 1.459
 Career High     16  15  47  34  15   3  16  3  231.0  231  123  114  26   91  109   4  10   982   7   1  2.94  4.27  127 1.166

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1976 24 CLE AL  10    0    4    0   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
 1985 33 MIL AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons      13    1    4    0   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         12   50    0   0  0   0    0   0 12   0  12  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     10    1    4    0   0  0   0    0   0  1   0   1                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1976 24 CLE AL    0    1    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0   0%
 1985 33 MIL AL    1    1    0   0.0    99| .000  .261| .000  .327| .000  .406| .000  .733|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons        1    2    0   0.0    99| .000  .261| .000  .327| .000  .406| .000  .733|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     

* 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 ------+
1973 21 TEX AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1975 23 CLE AL P 16 5 12 1 1 .944 .939 1.06 0.85 2.18 1.87 7 70.3 1976 24 CLE AL P 26 10 20 2 2 .938 .949 1.15 0.85 2.18 1.87 22 123.7 DH 7 1977 25 CLE AL P 37 4 24 2 1 .933 .949 0.76 0.84 1.86 1.95 16 135.3 DH 1 1978 26 CLE AL P 34 19 49 1 1 .986 .954 2.00 0.85 2.66 1.90 33 230.3 DH 1 1979 27 CLE AL P 34 15 43 0 2 1.000 .949 1.71 0.81 2.26 1.92 34 231.0 1980 28 CLE AL P 33 10 30 1 0 .976 .957 1.21 0.77 1.60 1.85 33 224.3 1981 29 CLE AL P 22 12 28 0 2 1.000 .964 1.82 0.81 2.85 1.98 21 126.3 1982 30 CLE AL P 25 6 23 0 1 1.000 .957 1.16 0.73 2.27 1.80 21 115.0 1983 31 TOT AL P 18 0 7 1 0 .875 .959 0.39 0.73 1.27 1.79 2 49.7 CLE AL P 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.72 1.37 1.78 0 19.7 MIL AL P 10 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 0.40 0.73 1.20 1.80 2 30.0 1984 32 MIL AL P 47 2 12 0 0 1.000 .959 0.30 0.70 1.73 1.79 1 73.0 1985 33 MIL AL P 24 8 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.70 2.30 1.86 0 47.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1976 24 CLE AL DH 7 1977 25 CLE AL DH 1 1978 26 CLE AL DH 1 1973 21 TEX AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.90 0.00 1.80 0 1.0 1975 23 CLE AL P 16 5 12 1 1 .944 .939 1.06 0.85 2.18 1.87 7 70.3 1976 24 CLE AL P 26 10 20 2 2 .938 .949 1.15 0.85 2.18 1.87 22 123.7 1977 25 CLE AL P 37 4 24 2 1 .933 .949 0.76 0.84 1.86 1.95 16 135.3 1978 26 CLE AL P 34 19 49 1 1 .986 .954 2.00 0.85 2.66 1.90 33 230.3 1979 27 CLE AL P 34 15 43 0 2 1.000 .949 1.71 0.81 2.26 1.92 34 231.0 1980 28 CLE AL P 33 10 30 1 0 .976 .957 1.21 0.77 1.60 1.85 33 224.3 1981 29 CLE AL P 22 12 28 0 2 1.000 .964 1.82 0.81 2.85 1.98 21 126.3 1982 30 CLE AL P 25 6 23 0 1 1.000 .957 1.16 0.73 2.27 1.80 21 115.0 1983 31 TOT AL P 18 0 7 1 0 .875 .959 0.39 0.73 1.27 1.79 2 49.7 CLE AL P 8 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.38 0.72 1.37 1.78 0 19.7 MIL AL P 10 0 4 1 0 .800 .952 0.40 0.73 1.20 1.80 2 30.0 1984 32 MIL AL P 47 2 12 0 0 1.000 .959 0.30 0.70 1.73 1.79 1 73.0 1985 33 MIL AL P 24 8 4 0 0 1.000 .952 0.50 0.70 2.30 1.86 0 47.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 317 91 252 8 10 .977 .954 1.08 0.78 2.16 1.88 190 1427.0 DH 9 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 317 91 252 8 10 .977 .954 1.08 0.78 2.16 1.88 190 1427
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Wins
1979 AL-16-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1978 AL-8.05-9

Shutouts
1979 AL-3-6
1980 AL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1979 AL-26-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1978 AL-86-10
1979 AL-91-8

Hits Allowed
1981 AL-173-4

Losses
1978 AL-15-5
1981 AL-10-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1979 AL-114-6
1980 AL-111-8
1981 AL-69-4

Wild Pitches
1978 AL-10-5

Youngest Player
1973 AL-21-9

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 8 (1574) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1779) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1611) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 4, 1970: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 amateur draft.

June 13, 1975: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, and $100,000 to the Cleveland Indians for Gaylord Perry.

November 13, 1981: Granted Free Agency.

January 15, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

June 6, 1983: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Rick Manning to the Milwaukee Brewers for Gorman Thomas, Jamie Easterly, and Ernie Camacho.

November 14, 1985: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

February 3, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Milwaukee Brewers$460,000
Career (may be incomplete)$460,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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