Rich Hand
[edit] Biography
Born on July 10, 1948 in Bellevue, Washington, Rich Hand (Richard Allen Hand) played for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and California Angels over the course of his 4 year career. Hand broke into the bigs on April 9, 1970 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 3.83 ERA in 159.2 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.
There is some disagreement on what was Rich Hand's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1972, when he posted a 3.32 ERA, won 10 games and struck out 109 batters. However, others believe that it was 1970, when he posted a 3.83 ERA and struck out 110 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1970
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 25
| 6
| 13
| 3.83
| 110
| 71
| 68
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 159.2
| 132
| 27
| 69
| 3
| 1
| 4
|
| 1971
| CLE
| A
| 15
| 12
| 2
| 6
| 5.79
| 26
| 43
| 39
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 60.2
| 74
| 6
| 38
| 1
| 4
| 4
|
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| 30
| 28
| 10
| 14
| 3.32
| 109
| 66
| 63
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 170.2
| 139
| 12
| 103
| 8
| 2
| 3
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| 8
| 7
| 2
| 3
| 5.40
| 14
| 29
| 25
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 41.2
| 49
| 2
| 19
| 5
| 1
| 2
|
| 1973
| CAL
| A
| 16
| 6
| 4
| 3
| 3.62
| 19
| 29
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 54.2
| 58
| 5
| 21
| 0
| 2
| 1
|
| 1973
| TOT
| A
| 24
| 13
| 6
| 6
| 4.39
| 33
| 58
| 47
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 96.1
| 107
| 7
| 40
| 5
| 3
| 3
|
| Total
|
|
| 104
| 78
| 24
| 39
| 4.01
| 278
| 238
| 217
| 6
| 2
| 3
| 487.1
| 452
| 52
| 250
| 17
| 10
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1970
| CLE
| A
| P
| 35
| 25
| 159.2
| 11
| 22
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 8
| 1
| .943
|
| 1971
| CLE
| A
| P
| 15
| 12
| 60.2
| 4
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| P
| 30
| 28
| 170.2
| 10
| 25
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 15
| 6
| 0
| .921
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| P
| 8
| 7
| 41.2
| 3
| 5
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 1973
| CAL
| A
| P
| 16
| 6
| 54.2
| 5
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1973
| TOT
| A
| P
| 24
| 13
| 96.1
| 8
| 16
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .923
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 104
| 78
| 487.1
| 33
| 68
| 7
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 35
| 18
| 1
| .935
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1970
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 41
| 2
| 6
| 0
| 5
| .146
| .159
| .146
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1971
| CLE
| A
| 16
| 16
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .125
| .176
| .125
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| 30
| 52
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 3
| .154
| .200
| .231
| 2
| 1
| 1
| 13
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| TEX
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| CAL
| A
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| TOT
| A
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 105
| 109
| 5
| 16
| 0
| 8
| .147
| .181
| .183
| 2
| 1
| 3
| 31
| 2
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 38th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1966).
- Selected by New York Mets in the 5th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1968).
- Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st pick overall) of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 5, 1969).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Roy Foster, Ken Suarez and Mike Paul to Texas Rangers in exchange for Del Unser, Denny Riddleberger, Terry Ley and Gary Jones (December 2, 1971).
- Traded by Texas Rangers with Mike Epstein and Rick Stelmaszek to California Angels in exchange for Jim Spencer and Lloyd Allen (May 20, 1973).
- Traded by California Angels to St. Louis Cardinals (October 15, 1974) completing trade in which St. Louis Cardinals traded Orlando Pena to California Angels in exchange for a player to be named later (September 5, 1974).
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