Chuck Rainey
[edit] Biography
Born on July 14, 1954 in San Diego, California, Chuck Rainey (Charles David Rainey) played for the Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs and Oakland Athletics over the course of his 6 year career. Rainey broke into the bigs on April 8, 1979 with the Boston Red Sox, and put up a 3.82 ERA in 103.2 innings pitched in 1979, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Chuck Rainey's best season was 1983, when he posted a 4.48 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 84 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1979
| BOS
| A
| 20
| 16
| 8
| 5
| 3.82
| 41
| 47
| 44
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 103.2
| 97
| 7
| 41
| 1
| 3
| 3
|
| 1980
| BOS
| A
| 16
| 13
| 8
| 3
| 4.86
| 43
| 49
| 47
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 87
| 92
| 7
| 41
| 3
| 4
| 2
|
| 1981
| BOS
| A
| 11
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 2.70
| 20
| 21
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 40
| 39
| 2
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
|
| 1982
| BOS
| A
| 27
| 25
| 7
| 5
| 5.02
| 57
| 75
| 72
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 129
| 146
| 14
| 63
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
| 1983
| CHI
| N
| 34
| 34
| 14
| 13
| 4.48
| 84
| 109
| 95
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 191
| 219
| 17
| 74
| 3
| 7
| 3
|
| 1984
| OAK
| A
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 6.75
| 10
| 27
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 30.2
| 43
| 2
| 17
| 4
| 2
| 0
|
| 1984
| CHI
| N
| 17
| 16
| 5
| 7
| 4.28
| 45
| 55
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 88.1
| 102
| 4
| 38
| 1
| 3
| 2
|
| 1984
| Total
|
| 33
| 16
| 6
| 8
| 4.92
| 55
| 82
| 65
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 119
| 145
| 6
| 55
| 5
| 5
| 2
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 51
| 50
| 19
| 20
| 4.41
| 129
| 164
| 137
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 279.1
| 321
| 21
| 112
| 4
| 10
| 5
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 90
| 56
| 24
| 15
| 4.57
| 171
| 219
| 198
| 9
| 5
| 2
| 390.1
| 417
| 32
| 175
| 11
| 12
| 7
|
| Total
|
|
| 141
| 106
| 43
| 35
| 4.50
| 300
| 383
| 335
| 10
| 6
| 2
| 669.2
| 738
| 53
| 287
| 15
| 22
| 12
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1979
| BOS
| A
| P
| 20
| 16
| 103.2
| 10
| 18
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 1
| .966
|
| 1980
| BOS
| A
| P
| 16
| 13
| 87
| 4
| 10
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 2
| 0
| .875
|
| 1981
| BOS
| A
| P
| 11
| 2
| 40
| 5
| 9
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .875
|
| 1982
| BOS
| A
| P
| 27
| 25
| 129
| 17
| 19
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 12
| 9
| 0
| .973
|
| 1983
| CHI
| N
| P
| 34
| 34
| 191
| 28
| 38
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 7
| 4
| .904
|
| 1984
| OAK
| A
| P
| 16
| 0
| 30.2
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| CHI
| N
| P
| 17
| 16
| 88.1
| 10
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1984
| Total
|
| P
| 33
| 16
| 119
| 13
| 17
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 10
| 6
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 141
| 106
| 669.2
| 77
| 111
| 13
| 7
| 0
| 5
| 49
| 27
| 5
| .935
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1979
| BOS
| A
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1980
| BOS
| A
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1981
| BOS
| A
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1982
| BOS
| A
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1983
| CHI
| N
| 34
| 56
| 4
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .161
| .242
| .161
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 20
| 0
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| OAK
| A
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| CHI
| N
| 17
| 31
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 3
| .097
| .152
| .097
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1984
| Total
|
| 33
| 31
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 3
| .097
| .152
| .097
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 12
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 51
| 87
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .138
| .211
| .138
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 32
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 141
| 87
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .138
| .211
| .138
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 32
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (19th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (January 9, 1974).
- Traded by Boston Red Sox to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Doug Bird (December 10, 1982).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs with a player to be named later to Oakland Athletics in exchange for a player to be named later (July 15, 1984); Chicago Cubs received Davey Lopes (August 31, 1984) and Oakland Athletics received Damon Farmar (March 18, 1985).
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