Rick Helling

Position: Starting 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)

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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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1992	21	-1.5	Port Charlotte	FLOR	A+	TEX	1	1	.500	2.29	2.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	13	5	5	1	4	0	20	2	1	1	79	0.864	5.9	0.5	1.8	9.2	5.00
1993	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	TEX	13	9	.591	3.49	3.78	28	28	0	3	2	0	188.1	155	79	73	14	49	1	205	10	3	3	766	1.083	7.4	0.7	2.3	9.8	4.18
1993	22	-4.6	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	1	1	.500	1.64	2.45	2	2	0	1	0	0	11.0	5	3	2	0	3	0	17	0	0	0	41	0.727	4.1	0.0	2.5	13.9	5.67
1993	22	-2.0	Tulsa	TL	AA	TEX	12	8	.600	3.60	3.86	26	26	0	2	2	0	177.1	150	76	71	14	46	1	188	10	3	3	725	1.105	7.6	0.7	2.3	9.5	4.09
1994	23	-3.4	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	4	12	.250	5.78	6.32	20	20	0	2	0	0	132.1	153	93	85	17	43	2	85	6	2	8	585	1.481	10.4	1.2	2.9	5.8	1.98
1994	23	-6.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	3	2	.600	5.88	5.88	9	9	0	1	1	0	52.0	62	34	34	14	18	0	25	0	1	4	228	1.538	10.7	2.4	3.1	4.3	1.39
1995	24	-3.2	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	4	8	.333	5.33	5.99	20	20	0	3	0	0	109.2	132	73	65	13	41	1	80	10	1	3	493	1.578	10.8	1.1	3.4	6.6	1.95
1995	24	-4.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	0	2	.000	6.57	8.03	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	17	11	9	2	8	0	5	2	0	0	62	2.027	12.4	1.5	5.8	3.6	0.63
1996	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	TEX	3	3	.500	4.31	4.31	11	6	2	0	0	0	48.0	37	23	23	9	16	0	42	0	1	1	198	1.104	6.9	1.7	3.0	7.9	2.63
1996	25	-1.5	Oklahoma City	AA	AAA	TEX	12	4	.750	2.96	3.47	23	22	1	2	1	0	140.0	124	54	46	10	38	1	157	7	2	4	574	1.157	8.0	0.6	2.4	10.1	4.13
1996	25	-3.4	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	2	1	.667	1.95	1.95	5	4	0	0	0	0	27.2	14	6	6	2	7	0	26	0	1	0	106	0.759	4.6	0.7	2.3	8.5	3.71
1996	25	-3.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	1	2	.333	7.52	7.52	6	2	2	0	0	0	20.1	23	17	17	7	9	0	16	0	0	1	92	1.574	10.2	3.1	4.0	7.1	1.78
1997	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	FLA	5	9	.357	4.47	4.60	41	16	9	0	0	0	131.0	108	67	65	17	69	2	99	6	0	3	550	1.351	7.4	1.2	4.7	6.8	1.43
1997	26	-2.1	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	2	6	.250	4.38	4.50	31	8	8	0	0	0	76.0	61	38	37	12	48	2	53	4	0	0	324	1.434	7.2	1.4	5.7	6.3	1.10
1997	26	-2.8	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	3	3	.500	4.58	4.75	10	8	1	0	0	0	55.0	47	29	28	5	21	0	46	2	0	3	226	1.236	7.7	0.8	3.4	7.5	2.19
1998	27	-2.3	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	20	7	.741	4.41	4.53	33	33	0	4	2	0	216.1	209	109	106	27	78	6	164	1	0	10	922	1.327	8.7	1.1	3.2	6.8	2.10
1999	28	-1.2	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	13	11	.542	4.84	5.21	35	35	0	3	0	0	219.1	228	127	118	41	85	5	131	6	0	8	943	1.427	9.4	1.7	3.5	5.4	1.54
2000	29	0.1	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	16	13	.552	4.48	5.06	35	35	0	0	0	0	217.0	212	122	108	29	99	2	146	9	0	2	963	1.433	8.8	1.2	4.1	6.1	1.47
2001	30	1.5	TEX	AL	Maj	TEX	12	11	.522	5.17	5.59	34	34	0	2	1	0	215.2	256	134	124	38	63	2	154	4	0	6	941	1.479	10.7	1.6	2.6	6.4	2.44
2002	31	4.1	Tucson	PCL	AAA	ARI	1	0	1.000	1.29	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	25	0.714	5.1	0.0	1.3	9.0	7.00
2002	31	2.2	ARI	NL	Maj	ARI	10	12	.455	4.51	4.82	30	30	0	0	0	0	175.2	180	94	88	31	48	6	120	6	1	7	751	1.298	9.2	1.6	2.5	6.1	2.50
2003	32		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Maj	FLA	8	8	.500	5.17	5.28	35	24	5	0	0	0	155.0	167	91	89	31	45	0	98	12	1	5	665	1.368	9.7	1.8	2.6	5.7	2.18
2003	32	3.4	BAL	AL	Maj	BAL	7	8	.467	5.71	5.84	24	24	0	0	0	0	138.2	156	90	88	30	40	0	86	12	1	4	603	1.413	10.1	1.9	2.6	5.6	2.15
2003	32	3.2	FLA	NL	Maj	FLA	1	0	1.000	0.55	0.55	11	0	5	0	0	0	16.1	11	1	1	1	5	0	12	0	0	1	62	0.980	6.1	0.6	2.8	6.6	2.40
2004	33		3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-AAA	MIN	3	6	.333	6.26	6.91	12	12	0	1	1	0	69.0	93	53	48	13	23	0	43	1	0	2	305	1.681	12.1	1.7	3.0	5.6	1.87
2004	33	5.8	Oklahoma	PCL	AAA	TEX	1	4	.200	9.00	10.16	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.0	59	35	31	8	11	0	20	0	0	1	149	2.258	17.1	2.3	3.2	5.8	1.82
2004	33	6.1	Rochester	IL	AAA	MIN	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	1	1	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	25	0.714	5.1	0.0	1.3	2.6	2.00
2004	33	8.7	New Britain	EL	AA	MIN	1	2	.333	4.94	5.23	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.0	30	18	17	5	11	0	21	1	0	1	131	1.323	8.7	1.5	3.2	6.1	1.91
2005	34	6.8	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	9	3	.750	4.13	5.10	21	21	0	0	0	0	130.2	128	74	60	12	50	1	105	7	1	5	570	1.362	8.8	0.8	3.4	7.2	2.10
2005	34	4.8	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	3	1	.750	2.39	2.39	15	7	2	0	0	0	49.0	39	13	13	2	18	1	42	2	0	1	199	1.163	7.2	0.4	3.3	7.7	2.33
2006	35	8.2	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	1	0	1.000	3.75	3.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	6	1	0	0	47	0.917	6.8	0.0	1.5	4.5	3.00
2006	35	5.9	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	2	.000	4.11	4.37	20	2	4	0	0	0	35.0	25	17	16	6	15	0	32	0	0	1	142	1.143	6.4	1.5	3.9	8.2	2.13
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (12 seasons)					Majors		93	81	.534	4.68	4.96	301	234	22	10	4	0	1526.1	1540	842	793	247	562	24	1058	48	4	48	6564	1.377	9.1	1.5	3.3	6.2	1.88
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		48	43	.527	4.32	4.86	130	129	1	11	4	0	808.2	811	437	388	80	251	6	708	44	10	26	3444	1.313	9.0	0.9	2.8	7.9	2.82
All Levels (15 Seasons)							141	124	.532	4.55	4.93	431	363	23	21	8	0	2335.0	2351	1279	1181	327	813	30	1766	92	14	74	10008	1.355	9.1	1.3	3.1	6.8	2.17

AAA (8 seasons)					Minors		34	32	.515	4.57	5.24	96	95	1	9	2	0	580.2	618	338	295	60	190	5	479	31	6	21	2509	1.392	9.6	0.9	2.9	7.4	2.52
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		13	10	.565	3.80	4.06	31	31	0	2	2	0	208.1	180	94	88	19	57	1	209	11	3	4	856	1.138	7.8	0.8	2.5	9.0	3.67
A+ (1 season)					Minors		1	1	.500	2.29	2.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	13	5	5	1	4	0	20	2	1	1	79	0.864	5.9	0.5	1.8	9.2	5.00