Dick Weik
[edit] Biography
Born on November 17, 1927 in Waterloo, Iowa, Dick Weik (Richard Henry Weik) played for the Washington Senators, Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 5 year career. Weik broke into the bigs on September 8, 1948 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 5.38 ERA in 95.1 innings pitched in 1949, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 3
| 1
| 2
| 5.68
| 8
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 12.2
| 14
| 1
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| 27
| 14
| 3
| 12
| 5.38
| 58
| 61
| 57
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 95.1
| 78
| 5
| 103
| 0
| 10
| 0
|
| 1950
| WAS
| A
| 14
| 5
| 1
| 3
| 4.30
| 26
| 27
| 21
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 38
| 2
| 47
| 0
| 2
| 0
|
| 1950
| CLE
| A
| 11
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 3.81
| 16
| 17
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 26
| 18
| 1
| 26
| 0
| 3
| 1
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| 25
| 7
| 2
| 6
| 4.11
| 42
| 44
| 32
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 70
| 56
| 3
| 73
| 0
| 5
| 1
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 13.97
| 6
| 30
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 19.1
| 32
| 3
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1954
| DET
| A
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 7.16
| 9
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.1
| 23
| 3
| 16
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 76
| 26
| 6
| 22
| 5.90
| 123
| 157
| 140
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 213.2
| 203
| 15
| 237
| 0
| 19
| 2
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| P
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| P
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 22
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .964
|
| 1950
| WAS
| A
| P
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| CLE
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1954
| DET
| A
| P
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .500
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 76
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 37
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .958
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1948
| WAS
| A
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .750
| .750
| 1.250
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1949
| WAS
| A
| 28
| 28
| 3
| 5
| 0
| 2
| .179
| .207
| .179
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1950
| WAS
| A
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .154
| .154
| .154
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| CLE
| A
| 11
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .400
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1950
| TOT
| A
| 25
| 18
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .222
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| DET
| A
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .500
| .500
| 1.000
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| CLE
| A
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1953
| TOT
| A
| 13
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| .500
| .500
| 1.000
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1954
| DET
| A
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 78
| 53
| 6
| 12
| 0
| 3
| .226
| .241
| .302
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (1946).
- Traded by Washington Senators to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Mickey Vernon (June 14, 1950).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Ray Boone, Al Aber and Steve Gromek to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Art Houtteman, Owen Friend, Bill Wight and Joe Ginsberg (June 15, 1953).
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