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: 11-11 / in Starts: 10-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 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	182	3	Apr 14	CLE	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	10	1	1	2	3	0	0	1.00	2.60	36	15	16	7	2	0	64			1	0	0	34	1	0	0	1	0	0	.46	0.162	.24	0.05%	2.84	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
2	183	8	Apr 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-1	CG	W(2-0)	6	9.0	7	1	1	1	3	0	0	1.00	2.43	36	18	7	1	0	7	71			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.04	0.306	.69	0.12%	3.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
3	184	12	Apr 30	CLE		CHW	W,3-2	CG	W(3-0)	8	9.0	9	2	2	3	4	0	0	1.33	2.53	38	11	11	0	0	9	62			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.299	.90	0.15%	2.05	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
May				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
4	185	17	May 7	CLE	@	TOR	L,2-6	GS-4	L(3-1)	6	3.1	5	4	4	2	1	1	0	2.37	3.09	18	5	6	1	1	4	33			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.11	-0.218	1.05	-0.12%	-2.96	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d4
5	186	22	May 12	CLE	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS-6	L(3-2)	4	5.2	9	6	4	3	1	0	1	3.00	3.29	30	8	8	0	0	9	29			3	0	0	26	0	1	1	1	0	0	.53	-0.292	.53	-0.18%	-2.76	1b start tie	6b 12- 2 out d2
6	187	26	May 17(1)	CLE		TOR	W,1-0	GS-8	W(4-2)	4	8.0	9	0	0	2	2	0	0	2.45	3.21	36	13	10	0	0	9	64			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.76	0.551	1.64	0.31%	3.60	1t start tie	8t 3 out a1
7	188	33	May 23	CLE	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(4-3)	5	8.0	9	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.60	3.29	34	10	8	3	1	9	55			0	0	0	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.100	.87	-0.06%	0.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
8	189	38	May 29	CLE		NYY	L,2-5	GS-4	L(4-4)	5	3.1	8	5	2	2	1	0	0	2.77	3.32	20	5	4	0	1	8	29			0	0	0	16	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.05	-0.317	1.00	-0.18%	-4.34	1t start tie	4t 1-3 1 out d5
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
9	190	43	Jun 3	CLE		BOS	W,4-1	GS-9	W(5-4)	4	8.1	9	1	1	1	2	0	0	2.54	3.21	33	9	12	4	0	9	62			0	0	0	32	0	1	0	2	0	0	.81	0.310	.62	0.14%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out a3
10	191	47	Jun 7	CLE	@	SEA	L,4-5	GS-6		3	5.1	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	2.74	3.17	25	9	5	0	0	6	43			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.38	-0.294	.98	-0.13%	-1.33	1b start tie	6b 1-3 1 out d1
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
11	192	53	Aug 11(2)	CLE		MIL	L,1-6	GS-6	L(5-5)	64	6.0	11	4	4	0	1	2	0	3.00	3.44	27	9	6	0	0	11	35			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	-0.215	.94	-0.12%	-1.30	1t start tie	6t 3 out d3
12	193	58	Aug 16(1)	CLE		KCR	L,2-6	GS-7	L(5-6)	4	6.1	11	6	6	0	0	1	0	3.43	3.53	30	9	10	3	0	11	27			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	1	0	.70	-0.240	.24	-0.05%	-2.49	1t start tie	7t -2- 1 out d4
13	194	62	Aug 20	CLE	@	SEA	W,6-5	GS-2		3	1.1	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.92	3.59	11	0	3	0	2	6	20			1	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.398	.43	-0.09%	-4.56	1b start a 1	2b 1-- 1 out d4
14	195	66	Aug 24	CLE	@	OAK	L,4-16	GS-3	L(5-7)	3	2.0	7	6	6	1	1	1	0	4.46	3.73	13	1	3	0	0	7	18			0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	-0.469	.47	-0.08%	-4.11	1b start a 2	3b 12- 0 out d1
15	196	70	Aug 29	CLE		SEA	W,7-3	GS-7	W(6-7)	4	6.2	9	3	3	4	3	0	0	4.43	3.72	29	8	5	0	0	9	43			0	1	0	23	1	0	0	3	1	0	.76	0.119	.43	0.04%	0.85	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out a4
Sep/Oct				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
16	197	74	Sep 2(2)	CLE		OAK	W,10-4	GS-6		3	5.2	6	2	2	3	4	0	0	4.36	3.66	25	8	4	1	0	6	50			0	0	1	22	2	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.034	.61	-0.01%	0.23	1t start tie	6t 1-3 2 out d1
17	198	79	Sep 7	CLE	@	BAL	L,2-9	GS-5	L(6-8)	4	4.0	8	6	6	4	3	1	0	4.72	3.81	20	5	1	0	0	7	21			0	1	1	16	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.01	-0.201	.82	-0.10%	-3.00	1b start tie	5b 123 0 out d3
18	199	83	Sep 11	CLE	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-3	L(6-9)	3	2.0	6	4	4	1	0	0	0	4.98	3.81	13	4	3	0	0	5	27			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.49	-0.289	1.82	-0.21%	-2.54	1b start a 2	3b -23 0 out a1
19	200	88	Sep 18	CLE		DET	W,8-4	9-9		6	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.96	3.82	3	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.018	.06	0.00%	-0.41	9t --- 0 out a4	9t 12- 1 out a4
20	201	91	Sep 21	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(7-9)	2	9.0	6	0	0	5	3	0	0	4.57	3.80	37	15	8	0	0	6	73			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.432	.00	0.00%	4.01	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
21	202	96	Sep 26	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-5	GS-7	W(8-9)	4	6.2	6	5	5	2	5	0	0	4.69	3.70	28	9	11	5	0	1	45			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	1	0	.79	0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.94	1b start a 4	7b -2- 2 out a3
22	203	103	Oct 5	CLE		KCR	L,0-9	GS-8	L(8-10)	8	7.1	14	7	7	1	5	0	0	4.92	3.58	36	9	7	1	0	14	26			1	1	0	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.233	.00	0.00%	-2.88	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d6
							11-11		W-L:8-10	4.5	126.1	173	74	69	44	51	7	1	4.92	3.58	578	1.22		8%	2%	154	43	0	---%	7	5	2	524	27	2	1	12	4	5	.96	-1.094	.63	-0.52%	-13.91

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