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: 10-15 / in Starts: 7-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 3

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	204	1	Apr 10	CLE		TEX	L,3-8	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	4.2	9	5	4	2	1	3	0	7.71	11.93	24	8	4	1	0	9	27			1	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.05	-0.345	1.28	-0.25%	-2.73	1t start tie	5t 1-- 2 out d2
2	205	7	Apr 17	CLE		KCR	L,10-12	8-8	BL(0-2)	6	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9.00	11.32	2	1	0	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.10	-0.154	3.89	-0.12%	-0.69	8t -23 0 out a2	8t -2- 1 out tie
3	206	10	Apr 21	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS-3	L(0-3)	3	2.1	3	2	2	6	1	0	0	8.59	10.76	15	3	2	0	0	3	38			0	0	0	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.33	-0.109	1.96	-0.10%	-1.13	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d1
4	207	15	Apr 27	CLE		SEA	L,4-7	GS-8		5	7.0	6	2	2	2	1	0	0	5.65	7.11	27	10	9	0	0	5	56			0	1	1	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.105	.98	0.06%	1.88	1t start tie	8t -2- 0 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
5	208	20	May 2	CLE		OAK	L,2-5	GS-9	L(0-4)	4	8.2	10	5	5	3	3	1	0	5.48	6.15	39	15	9	0	0	9	44			1	0	0	36	4	1	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.265	.70	-0.14%	-0.82	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out d3
6	209	24	May 7	CLE	@	OAK	W,15-6	GS-1		4	0.2	6	5	5	1	0	1	0	7.23	6.73	9	1	1	0	0	6	19			0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.369	.52	-0.14%	-5.01	1b start tie	1b 1-3 2 out d5
7	210	29	May 12	CLE	@	SEA	W,8-5	GS-2		4	1.0	4	3	3	2	1	0	0	8.03	6.73	9	2	0	0	0	4	32			1	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.211	1.03	-0.11%	-2.87	1b start a 3	2b 1-- 0 out a2
8	211	42	May 26	CLE	@	MIN	W,2-1	GS-7		13	7.0	4	1	1	1	3	0	0	6.54	5.75	26	8	10	2	0	4	67			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	0.283	.63	0.09%	2.61	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
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	212	47	Jun 1	CLE		MIN	W,6-4	GS-8		5	7.0	5	4	4	2	2	0	0	6.28	5.25	27	13	5	2	0	5	51			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.004	.90	0.00%	0.12	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out a1
10	213	51	Jun 6(2)	CLE	@	TOR	W,7-5	GS-2		4	2.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	6.20	5.03	9	3	2	0	0	2	48			0	0	0	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.87	-0.002	.82	0.00%	0.09	1b start tie	2b 3 out tie
11	214	64	Jun 21	CLE		BAL	L,0-7	GS-5	L(0-5)	14	4.1	8	5	5	4	1	0	0	6.60	5.03	22	7	2	0	0	8	24			0	0	0	17	2	0	0	1	1	0	.84	-0.186	.56	-0.08%	-1.69	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d3
12	215	69	Jun 26	CLE	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6		4	6.0	5	2	2	2	2	1	0	6.18	5.05	23	9	5	0	0	5	54			0	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.148	.48	0.04%	0.94	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
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
13	216	74	Jul 2	CLE		NYY	L,1-3	GS-8	L(0-6)	5	8.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	0	5.64	4.90	29	7	13	3	0	5	66			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	.82	0.166	.71	0.09%	2.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
14	217	79	Jul 7	CLE	@	CAL	W,8-6	GS-7	W(1-6)	4	6.0	5	4	4	5	2	1	0	5.68	5.07	26	9	5	0	0	5	43			0	1	0	20	0	0	0	1	1	0	.86	0.130	.30	0.03%	-0.38	1b start a 1	7b 1-- 0 out a5
15	218	84	Jul 15	CLE		CAL	L,2-8	GS-3	L(1-7)	7	2.1	6	5	5	2	0	2	1	6.15	5.51	16	6	1	0	0	6	23			0	1	1	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	-0.368	.84	-0.13%	-3.76	1t start tie	3t --- 1 out d4
16	219	89	Jul 20	CLE		OAK	L,4-6	GS-5	L(1-8)	4	4.1	4	3	2	3	1	0	0	6.03	5.44	21	7	6	1	0	4	43			0	0	0	18	3	0	1	0	0	1	.84	-0.134	.33	-0.03%	-1.41	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
17	220	95	Jul 27	CLE		KCR	L,1-8	GS-7	L(1-9)	6	6.2	10	4	4	2	5	1	0	5.97	5.32	31	6	8	0	0	10	41			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	1	.99	-0.160	.21	-0.02%	-0.73	1t start tie	7t 1-- 2 out d3
18	221	99	Jul 31	CLE	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(1-10)	3	8.0	6	4	2	5	4	0	0	5.63	5.16	33	9	9	4	0	6	57			0	0	0	27	2	0	1	2	0	0	.75	-0.173	.31	-0.04%	-0.24	1b start a 2	8b 3 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
19	222	105	Aug 4	CLE		TEX	W,8-4	GS-6		3	5.1	4	3	2	3	0	1	0	5.50	5.26	22	10	5	0	0	4	47			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.047	.30	-0.01%	-0.19	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out a1
20	223	110	Aug 10	CLE	@	KCR	L,1-5	GS-3	L(1-11)	5	3.0	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	5.51	5.24	14	2	6	0	1	4	41			0	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.082	.14	-0.01%	-0.50	1b start tie	3b 3 out d2
21	224	115	Aug 16	CLE	@	TOR	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(1-12)	5	8.0	5	2	2	4	6	0	0	5.26	5.04	33	9	9	0	1	5	66			0	1	0	27	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.12	0.073	.08	0.00%	2.37	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
22	225	121	Aug 23	CLE		CHW	W,5-4	3-6		6	3.1	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	5.35	5.01	15	3	4	1	0	5		1	0	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.62	-0.201	.09	-0.01%	-1.19	3t 1-- 0 out tie	6t 123 1 out d1
23	226	122	Aug 24	CLE		CHW	W,14-7	3-5	W(2-12)	0	3.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	5.28	4.96	12	5	2	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	.40	0.104	.03	0.01%	0.99	3t -23 0 out a4	5t 3 out a8
24	227	127	Aug 30	CLE	@	CHW	L,1-4	GS-5	L(2-13)	5	5.0	6	2	2	1	3	1	0	5.21	4.95	20	7	3	0	0	6	49			3	1	1	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.50	1b start tie	5b 3 out d2
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
25	228	133	Sep 4	CLE		TOR	W,4-3	6-7	H(1)	4	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.40	4.93	6	2	1	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.259	.00	0.00%	-1.99	6t --- 0 out a3	7t -23 0 out a2
							10-15		W-L:2-13,BSv:1,Hld:1	4.4	115.0	128	74	69	57	44	13	1	5.40	4.93	510	1.34		6%	1%	125	45	5	60%	6	7	4	442	28	2	2	9	3	5	1.00	-2.063	.55	-0.86%	-13.85

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