Rick Helling

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 215lb (190cm, 97kg)

Born: December 15, 1970 in Devils Lake, ND us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 50th round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft from Kishwaukee College (Malta, IL) and the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (22nd) of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA).

High School: Shanley HS (Fargo, ND)

Schools: Kishwaukee College (Malta, IL), University of North Dakota (Grand Forks, ND), Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)

Debut: April 10, 1994 (Age 23-116d, 16,475th in major league history)
vs. BAL 4.0 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER

Last Game: September 9, 2006 (Age 35-268d)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1994 season

Agents: Jeff Moorad • Previously: Barry Axelrod

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ricky Allen Helling

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2003 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

20.2

ERA

4.68

301

234

1526.1

1058

WHIP

1.377

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Team Record in Appearances: 25-8 / in Starts: 25-8

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1998 Pitching Game Log

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1998 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	65	3	Apr 3	TEX	@	TOR	W,5-0	SHO	W(1-0)	99	9.0	4	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	3.36	32	105	65	20	4	9	19	5	3	0	79			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.387	.78	0.24%	5.04	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
2	66	8	Apr 10	TEX		TOR	W,4-3	GS-8	W(2-0)	6	8.0	6	2	2	1	4	2	0	1.06	4.49	29	104	65	19	3	6	18	4	8	0	65			0	1	0	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	.94	0.281	1.05	0.19%	2.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
3	67	13	Apr 15	TEX		DET	W,7-3	GS-7	W(3-0)	4	6.0	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	1.96	4.23	25	86	53	13	4	8	13	5	3	0	48			0	1	0	22	3	0	0	0	1	0	.95	-0.061	1.08	-0.04%	-0.50	1t start tie	7t 12- 0 out a3
4	68	18	Apr 22	TEX		TBD	W,7-2	GS-6	W(4-0)	6	5.1	4	1	1	2	5	0	0	1.91	3.88	20	91	57	16	10	5	8	0	2	0	59			0	1	0	18	0	1	0	0	0	0	.89	0.118	1.10	0.09%	1.53	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a3
5	69	23	Apr 27	TEX	@	MIN	W,9-4	GS-9	W(5-0)	4	8.2	8	4	4	3	10	1	0	2.43	3.76	37	138	90	24	12	10	14	2	5	0	59			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	0	.68	0.217	.82	0.16%	2.60	1b start tie	9b 1-3 2 out a7
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	70	28	May 2	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-6	GS-7	W(6-0)	4	6.0	8	4	4	2	6	1	0	2.93	3.84	28	89	56	13	7	7	13	5	4	0	44			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.48	0.035	1.92	0.03%	0.06	1b start tie	7b 1-- 0 out a3
7	71	33	May 8	TEX		CLE	W,6-3	GS-7		5	6.2	7	3	3	3	8	2	0	3.08	4.13	30	132	78	25	11	4	15	8	2	0	53			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.09	0.052	1.35	0.04%	0.85	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out tie
8	72	38	May 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,6-8	GS-5	L(6-1)	4	5.0	9	7	7	4	1	2	0	3.95	4.69	26	84	47	16	3	7	14	8	4	0	18			0	1	0	22	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.04	-0.456	1.28	-0.34%	-4.25	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
9	73	43	May 19	TEX		SEA	W,10-4	GS-6	W(7-1)	5	5.2	8	4	4	1	2	0	0	4.18	4.53	26	97	64	14	3	11	12	4	3	0	38			0	0	0	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	.91	0.007	1.42	0.01%	-0.74	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out a2
10	74	48	May 24	TEX		KCR	L,3-8	GS-7	L(7-2)	4	6.2	8	5	5	1	4	1	0	4.43	4.51	29	117	78	19	8	10	14	6	4	0	41			1	1	0	27	2	0	0	1	1	1	.84	-0.199	.84	-0.12%	-1.15	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d2
11	75	53	May 30	TEX	@	BAL	W,10-8	GS-6		5	5.1	8	5	5	4	3	0	0	4.73	4.49	27	104	61	20	8	6	14	4	3	0	31			0	1	0	21	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	-0.078	1.47	-0.06%	-1.40	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	76	58	Jun 4	TEX	@	OAK	L,1-6	GS-7	L(7-3)	4	7.0	8	4	4	2	5	1	0	4.76	4.49	31	121	75	24	13	8	16	3	4	0	48			1	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.105	1.28	-0.07%	-0.19	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
13	77	63	Jun 9	TEX	@	COL	W,5-2	GS-7	W(8-3)	4	6.1	5	2	2	5	5	1	0	4.62	4.60	28	99	57	18	8	9	9	3	1	0	55			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	0.118	1.04	0.08%	1.63	1b start tie	7b 123 1 out a4
14	78	67	Jun 14	TEX		ANA	W,4-2	GS-8	W(9-3)	4	8.0	2	2	2	1	7	2	0	4.42	4.63	27	96	61	23	9	3	16	1	4	0	76			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.84	0.353	1.62	0.41%	2.70	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
15	79	72	Jun 19	TEX	@	ANA	W,7-3	GS-8	W(10-3)	4	7.0	9	3	3	0	5	1	0	4.38	4.56	30	106	69	25	3	8	17	7	2	0	52			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	0.085	2.80	0.10%	1.04	1b start tie	8b --- 0 out a2
16	80	77	Jun 24	TEX	@	ARI	W,3-2	GS-8	W(11-3)	4	7.1	5	2	1	3	8	0	0	4.17	4.40	30	115	77	21	13	5	14	5	8	0	67			0	1	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.11	0.170	1.57	0.15%	1.56	1b start a 1	8b 1-- 1 out a1
17	81	82	Jun 30	TEX		LAD	L,1-4	GS-7	L(11-4)	5	6.1	8	4	4	4	7	1	0	4.25	4.42	30	112	70	16	14	4	15	3	4	0	44			0	1	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.078	1.28	-0.07%	-0.64	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	82	87	Jul 5	TEX		SEA	W,8-4	GS-5		4	4.1	5	4	4	4	3	1	0	4.40	4.54	22	99	56	18	0	5	10	2	3	0	36			3	0	0	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.177	1.53	-0.16%	-1.73	1t start tie	5t 123 1 out a1
19	83	89	Jul 10	TEX	@	OAK	W,1-0	GS-8	W(12-4)	4	8.0	4	0	0	4	2	0	0	4.12	4.51	31	109	64	13	7	7	18	5	7	0	72			0	0	0	26	0	0	2	0	0	0	1.37	0.570	2.26	0.56%	4.35	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
20	84	94	Jul 15	TEX		BAL	L,3-14	GS-5	L(12-5)	4	4.1	7	8	8	5	3	1	0	4.53	4.64	24	86	45	14	7	5	11	4	3	0	15			1	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.405	1.17	-0.38%	-4.81	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d4
21	85	99	Jul 21	TEX	@	KCR	W,15-5	CG	W(13-5)	5	9.0	7	5	4	0	3	2	1	4.50	4.70	35	126	76	19	7	6	25	7	2	0	58			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	.15	0.001	.24	0.00%	0.14	1b start a 9	9b 3 out a10
22	86	104	Jul 26	TEX	@	MIN	L,3-11	GS-6	L(13-6)	4	6.0	9	6	6	2	6	1	0	4.68	4.69	29	104	66	19	9	9	12	4	2	0	34			1	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	0	0	.76	-0.221	1.22	-0.21%	-2.57	1b start tie	6b 3 out d4
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	87	109	Aug 1	TEX		CHW	W,8-1	GS-6	W(14-6)	5	5.0	8	1	1	2	6	0	0	4.59	4.60	25	103	67	19	7	4	13	7	1	0	51			2	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.23	0.146	1.99	0.14%	1.30	1t start tie	6t -2- 0 out a4
24	88	114	Aug 7	TEX		BOS	W,4-3	GS-7	W(15-6)	5	6.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.59	4.54	27	98	54	13	4	4	18	7	5	0	47			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.29	-0.037	2.10	-0.04%	-0.11	1t start tie	7t -2- 0 out a1
25	89	119	Aug 13	TEX	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(15-7)	5	8.0	3	2	2	3	8	0	0	4.47	4.43	29	119	76	27	7	9	9	2	3	0	73			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	0	1	1	.66	0.091	1.15	0.10%	2.39	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
26	90	124	Aug 18(2)	TEX	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.2	6	4	4	4	6	0	0	4.54	4.39	27	126	75	15	8	2	15	5	1	0	43			2	0	0	21	5	0	0	1	2	1	1.43	-0.212	2.56	-0.23%	-1.09	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out tie
27	91	129	Aug 23	TEX		NYY	W,12-10	GS-6	W(16-7)	4	6.0	7	6	5	0	9	3	0	4.64	4.46	25	105	70	27	5	2	14	5	2	0	45			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.096	1.29	-0.10%	-2.47	1t start tie	6t 3 out a1
28	92	133	Aug 28(1)	TEX	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS-7		4	7.0	6	5	5	0	7	3	0	4.70	4.55	27	103	69	19	7	4	16	5	3	0	52			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.113	1.62	-0.12%	-1.16	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
29	93	139	Sep 2	TEX	@	DET	W,5-3	GS-7	W(17-7)	4	6.1	6	1	1	4	7	0	0	4.59	4.49	29	134	82	17	18	3	15	7	3	0	60			0	1	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	0.233	2.37	0.25%	2.38	1b start tie	7b 1-- 1 out a3
30	94	143	Sep 7	TEX		MIN	W,6-0	SHO	W(18-7)	4	9.0	3	0	0	3	8	0	0	4.39	4.40	33	119	74	24	8	8	14	5	4	0	86			0	0	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	.82	0.486	1.21	0.43%	5.29	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
31	95	147	Sep 12	TEX	@	TBD	W,8-2	GS-8	W(19-7)	4	8.0	8	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.30	4.35	34	128	79	23	8	6	21	8	2	0	59			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.213	2.48	0.27%	2.57	1b start tie	8b 3 out a4
32	96	152	Sep 17	TEX		ANA	W,7-6	GS-2		4	1.1	7	6	6	2	0	1	0	4.54	4.44	12	50	29	4	2	1	9	4	0	0	14			0	1	0	9	2	0	1	0	1	0	1.04	-0.446	6.34	-1.64%	-5.14	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out d2
33	97	157	Sep 22	TEX	@	ANA	W,9-1	GS-8	W(20-7)	4	8.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	0	4.41	4.34	28	110	71	26	6	14	9	1	3	0	77			0	0	0	27	1	1	0	0	1	1	.76	0.455	5.91	2.13%	3.62	1b start a 1	8b 3 out a8
							25-8		W-L:20-7	4.4	216.1	209	109	106	78	164	27	1	4.41	4.34	922	3515	62%	18%	7%	0.44		22%	16%	0	51		---%	11	12	0	827	44	5	6	7	10	7	.98	1.334	1.67	1.80%	13.83

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