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Rick Waits

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Full Name: Michael Richard Waits Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 3"/194 First Game: September 17, 1973
Birthdate: May 15, 1952 Final Game: October 6, 1985
Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Left
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on May 15, 1952 in Atlanta, Georgia, Rick Waits (Michael Richard Waits) played for the Texas Rangers, Cleveland Indians and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 12 year career. Waits broke into the bigs on September 17, 1973 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 2.94 ERA in 70.1 innings pitched in 1975, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rick Waits's best season was 1978, when he posted a 3.20 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 97 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1973 TEX A 1 0 0 0 9.00 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
1975 CLE A 16 7 6 2 2.94 34 25 23 3 0 1 70.1 57 3 25 5 2 1
1976 CLE A 26 22 7 9 4.00 65 60 55 4 2 0 123.2 143 7 54 1 2 0
1977 CLE A 37 16 9 7 3.99 62 67 60 1 0 2 135.1 132 8 64 7 0 1
1978 CLE A 34 33 13 15 3.20 97 97 82 15 2 0 230.1 206 16 86 0 10 2
1979 CLE A 34 34 16 13 4.44 91 123 114 8 3 0 231 230 26 91 1 5 4
1980 CLE A 33 33 13 14 4.45 109 118 111 9 2 0 224.1 231 18 82 6 5 1
1981 CLE A 22 21 8 10 4.92 51 74 69 5 1 0 126.1 173 7 44 1 5 1
1982 CLE A 25 21 2 13 5.40 44 74 69 2 0 0 115 128 13 57 2 4 1
1983 MIL A 10 2 0 2 5.10 20 20 17 0 0 0 30 39 1 11 1 2 0
1983 CLE A 8 0 0 1 4.58 13 13 10 0 0 0 19.2 23 1 9 2 1 0
1983 TOT A 18 2 0 3 4.89 33 33 27 0 0 0 49.2 62 2 20 3 3 0
1984 MIL A 47 1 2 4 3.58 49 32 29 0 0 3 73 84 7 24 3 0 0
1985 MIL A 24 0 3 2 6.51 24 37 34 0 0 1 47 67 3 20 5 1 0
Total 317 190 79 92 4.25 659 741 674 47 10 8 1427 1514 110 568 34 37 11

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1973 TEX A P 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1975 CLE A P 16 7 70.1 5 12 1 1 0 1 3 5 1 .944
1976 CLE A DH 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1976 CLE A P 26 22 123.2 10 20 2 2 0 1 4 10 1 .938
1977 CLE A P 37 16 135.1 4 24 2 1 0 1 7 3 2 .933
1977 CLE A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1978 CLE A P 34 33 230.1 19 49 1 1 0 1 17 7 4 .986
1978 CLE A DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1979 CLE A P 34 34 231 15 43 0 2 0 1 19 10 3 1.000
1980 CLE A P 33 33 224.1 10 30 1 0 0 2 12 9 3 .976
1981 CLE A P 22 21 126.1 12 28 0 2 0 1 7 5 2 1.000
1982 CLE A P 25 21 115 6 23 0 1 0 0 6 7 4 1.000
1983 MIL A P 10 2 30 0 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 .800
1983 CLE A P 8 0 19.2 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1.000
1983 TOT A P 18 2 49.2 0 7 1 0 0 2 3 2 1 .875
1984 MIL A P 47 1 73 2 12 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 1.000
1985 MIL A P 24 0 47 8 4 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1.000
Total P 317 190 1427 91 252 8 10 0 10 87 64 21 .977
Total DH 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1973 TEX A 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE A 16 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE A 36 0 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CLE A 38 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CLE A 35 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CLE A 34 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CLE A 33 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CLE A 22 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 CLE A 25 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MIL A 10 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 CLE A 8 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOT A 18 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MIL A 47 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 MIL A 24 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Total 329 1 4 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by Washington Senators in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1970).
  • Traded by Texas Rangers with Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown and $100000 to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Gaylord Perry (June 13, 1975).
  • Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
  • Signed by Cleveland Indians (January 15, 1982).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Rick Manning to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Gorman Thomas, Jamie Easterly and Ernie Camacho (June 6, 1983).
  • Released by Milwaukee Brewers (November 14, 1985).
  • Signed by San Francisco Giants (February 3, 1986).

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