Rick Waits

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 194lb (190cm, 87kg)

Born: May 15, 1952 in Atlanta, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 5th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Therrell HS (Atlanta, GA).

High School: Therrell HS (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: September 17, 1973 (Age 21-125d, 13,453rd in major league history)
vs. CHW 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER, Sv

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 33-144d)
vs. BOS 1.0 IP, 5 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Michael Richard Waits

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.2

ERA

4.25

317

190

1427.0

659

WHIP

1.459

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-17 / in Starts: 9-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 24, Entered with runners on base: 2

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	18	5	Apr 17	CLE	@	KCR	L,3-5	1-GF(5)		99	4.1	4	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.00	3.56	18	4	7	0	0	4		2	2	1	1	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	.46	0.016	.53	0.01%	0.99	1b 12- 0 out d3	5b end d 2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
2	19	44	Jun 4	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	5-7		47	2.2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.00	3.06	10	3	4	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.31	0.063	.36	0.05%	1.80	5b --3 1 out d3	7b 3 out d3
3	20	48	Jun 7	CLE		MIN	L,2-7	GS-5	L(0-1)	2	4.0	7	4	4	4	1	0	0	3.27	3.81	21	7	2	0	0	7	29			1	2	1	17	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	-0.219	1.72	-0.16%	-1.60	1t start tie	5t 1-3 0 out d1
4	21	52	Jun 12	CLE		CHW	W,3-0	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	6.0	6	0	0	2	5	0	0	2.12	3.16	24	5	6	1	0	6	63			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.15	0.289	1.36	0.21%	2.61	1t start tie	6t 3 out a3
5	22	57	Jun 18	CLE		KCR	L,3-5	GS-3		5	3.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	0	3.15	2.88	14	4	3	1	0	5	39			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.197	1.50	-0.17%	-1.70	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
6	23	61	Jun 22	CLE	@	NYY	W,3-2	GS-9	W(2-1)	3	8.0	8	2	2	3	3	0	0	2.89	2.92	32	14	4	0	0	8	58			1	0	0	29	4	0	0	3	0	1	1.51	0.086	2.71	0.09%	0.90	1b start tie	9b -2- 0 out a1
7	24	67	Jun 27(2)	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-6	GS-2	L(2-2)	4	1.1	4	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.99	3.04	9	2	0	0	0	4	29			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.358	1.52	-0.31%	-3.38	1b start a 1	2b --- 1 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
8	25	71	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,1-7	GS-1	L(2-3)	4	0.1	5	4	4	0	1	1	0	5.16	3.41	6	0	0	0	0	5	26			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.353	3.41	-0.56%	-4.03	1t start tie	1t 1-- 1 out d4
9	26	72	Jul 3	CLE		NYY	L,3-7	8-9		0	1.1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.94	3.37	6	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.006	.18	-0.01%	-0.25	8t --- 0 out d5	9t 1-3 1 out d3
10	27	76	Jul 7	CLE	@	CAL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(2-4)	3	6.1	6	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.58	3.68	28	10	6	0	1	6	53			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.64	-0.052	.64	-0.03%	0.07	1b start tie	7b 12- 1 out d2
11	28	82	Jul 17	CLE	@	MIN	W,4-0	SHO	W(3-4)	9	9.0	4	0	0	4	8	0	0	3.69	3.39	31	8	7	2	0	4	83			0	1	0	27	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.15	0.522	.44	0.12%	4.11	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a4
12	29	87	Jul 21	CLE		CAL	W,6-2	CG	W(4-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	3	2	0	0	3.42	3.36	33	13	8	0	0	7	64			0	1	0	30	0	0	1	3	0	0	1.02	0.205	.28	0.03%	1.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
13	30	92	Jul 25(2)	CLE		DET	L,4-5	GS-3	L(4-5)	3	2.1	9	3	3	1	2	0	0	3.75	3.31	15	3	0	0	0	9	28			0	1	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	-0.277	.27	-0.04%	-3.19	1t start tie	3t 123 1 out d3
14	31	99	Jul 31(2)	CLE	@	MIL	L,5-6	GS-3		5	2.2	5	5	1	0	3	1	0	3.73	3.40	14	2	4	0	0	5	39			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.36	-0.502	.37	-0.08%	-4.03	1b start a 1	3b --3 2 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
15	32	103	Aug 4	CLE		BAL	W,3-0	SHO	W(5-5)	3	9.0	8	0	0	3	6	0	0	3.25	3.25	35	8	10	1	2	8	74			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.04	0.366	.33	0.07%	3.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
16	33	108	Aug 8(2)	CLE	@	DET	L,5-15	GS-3		3	2.0	1	4	4	4	1	0	0	3.66	3.38	11	3	2	0	0	1	35			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.255	.21	-0.03%	-2.56	1b start a 3	3b -23 0 out a2
17	34	113	Aug 14	CLE		TEX	L,3-4	GS-5		5	4.2	7	3	3	4	1	1	0	3.79	3.63	23	7	4	0	0	7	35			0	1	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	-0.233	.10	-0.01%	-1.13	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d1
18	35	119	Aug 19	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-5	GS-5		4	4.0	5	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.94	3.71	18	6	3	0	0	5	42			1	0	0	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.110	.03	0.00%	-1.16	1b start tie	5b 12- 0 out a2
19	36	124	Aug 24	CLE		KCR	W,2-1	CG	W(6-5)	4	9.0	3	1	1	5	2	0	0	3.64	3.72	34	8	17	0	3	2	74			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.51	0.580	.09	0.02%	2.91	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
20	37	129	Aug 31	CLE	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-8		6	7.1	8	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.46	3.62	31	7	10	0	0	8	60			0	1	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.73	0.081	.04	0.00%	1.73	1b start tie	8b 12- 1 out tie
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
21	38	134	Sep 5	CLE		BOS	W,6-3	GS-7	W(7-5)	4	6.1	9	3	3	2	5	1	0	3.51	3.65	29	6	7	0	0	9	46			0	1	0	26	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.30	0.028	.01	0.00%	-0.08	1t start tie	7t 1-3 1 out a4
22	39	137	Sep 7	CLE	@	MIL	L,4-17	7-7		1	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.47	3.67	5	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.43	7b --- 0 out d10	7b 3 out d10
23	40	140	Sep 10	CLE	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS-2	L(7-6)	2	2.0	6	3	3	0	1	0	0	3.66	3.63	12	5	1	0	0	5	33			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.231	.00	0.00%	-2.17	1b start tie	2b 3 out d3
24	41	145	Sep 15	CLE		NYY	L,0-2	GS-8	L(7-7)	4	7.1	6	2	2	3	3	0	0	3.58	3.59	29	6	11	2	0	6	58			0	0	0	26	1	0	1	1	0	0	.99	0.141	.00	0.00%	1.35	1t start tie	8t 1-3 1 out d1
25	42	150	Sep 21	CLE	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-7	L(7-8)	5	7.0	8	5	5	2	3	1	0	3.75	3.64	30	11	6	0	0	8	42			0	0	0	27	2	0	0	1	0	1	.68	-0.105	.00	0.00%	-1.81	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
26	43	157	Sep 30	CLE		DET	L,4-6	GS-4	L(7-9)	8	3.2	9	5	5	2	2	0	0	4.00	3.63	21	3	5	2	0	9	23			0	0	0	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	-0.355	.00	0.00%	-2.56	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d2
							9-17		W-L:7-9	3.9	123.2	143	60	55	54	65	7	0	4.00	3.63	539	1.15		3%	2%	140	47	3	67%	4	10	1	481	29	3	2	17	0	4	1.11	-0.876	.56	-0.80%	-6.94

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