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Rick Waits
Michael Richard Waits

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 195 lb.

MLB Debut September 17, 1973
Final Game October 6, 1985
Born May 15, 1952 in Atlanta, GA (age 71)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV SHO   IP     H   BFP    R   ER   HR  BB  IBB HBP  SO   WP BK  ERA
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 1975 23 MNA AL   4   3  .571  30   6   0  12   4   0   69.1   88   314   32   26   4   16   5   1   40   1  0  3.38  
 1976 24 MNA AL   2   4  .333  22  11   0   4   0   0   61.2   66   279   48   40   4   32   0   4   28   3  0  5.84  
 1977 25 MNA AL  10   6  .625  33  17   0   8   3   0  131.0  130   573   66   57   7   62   2   3   69   1  0  3.92  
 1978 26 MNA AL  12  14  .462  33  33   9   0   0   1  241.1  243  1050  130  116  25   99   3   5   99  12  0  4.33  
 1979 27 MNA AL  13  16  .448  35  35   7   0   0   0  243.1  235  1059  150  140  24  113   4   9  103   4  0  5.18  
 1980 28 MNA AL  11  15  .423  32  32   8   0   0   2  230.2  230  1002  123  111  24  108   5   5   94  11  0  4.33  
 1981 29 CHN NL   1  21  .045  28  28   5   0   0   0  153.2  233   726  126  114   9   62   8   3   84  11  0  6.68  
 1982 30 CHN NL   3   8  .273  61  10   2  16   0   0  139.0  183   662  109   97  14   76   5   2   52   7  0  6.28  
 1983 31 CIN NL   2   2  .500  21   4   1   1   0   1   42.0   58   198   31   30   3   19   0   0   27   2  0  6.43  
 1984 32 TEA AL   1   1  .500  30   0   0  15   1   0   42.0   79   213   42   40   5   12   1   0   26   0  0  8.57  
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 10 Seasons      59  90  .396 325 176  32  56   8   4 1354.0 1545  6076  857  771 119  599  33  32  622  52  0  5.12
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
   With MNA      52  58  .473 185 134  24  24   7   3  977.1  992  4277  549  490  88  430  19  27  433  32  0  4.51
   With CHN       4  29  .121  89  38   7  16   0   0  292.2  416  1388  235  211  23  138  13   5  136  18  0  6.49
   With CIN       2   2  .500  21   4   1   1   0   1   42.0   58   198   31   30   3   19   0   0   27   2  0  6.43
   With TEA       1   1  .500  30   0   0  15   1   0   42.0   79   213   42   40   5   12   1   0   26   0  0  8.57
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 MLB Totals      79  92  .462 317 190  47  45   8  10 1427.0 1514  6152  741  674 110  568  34  11  659  37  1  4.25
+--------------+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+-----+----+----+---+----+---+---+----+---+--+-----+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27 SOp RnSup  AB   H   HR  AVG   E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  OPS Star 
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 1975 23 MNA AL  24   41   5.2   7  3.83    0   0   0  .000   3    4    1  .250    3    0 1.000  140   
 1976 24 MNA AL  18   35   5.2   0  4.64    0   0   0  .000   0    4    2  .500   13    4  .765  -49   
 1977 25 MNA AL  32   64   4.4   4  5.12    0   0   0  .000   3    6    3  .500    4    1  .800  -18   
 1978 26 MNA AL  24  125   4.7   0  3.97    0   0   0  .000   2    7    5  .714   19   12  .613   48   
 1979 27 MNA AL  31  128   4.7   0  5.37    0   0   0  .000   0    9    7  .778    0    1  .000  -25   
 1980 28 MNA AL  30  122   4.8   0  3.59    0   0   0  .000   1   16   13  .812   11    5  .688  -11   
 1981 29 CHN NL  24  128   7.6   0  2.96   51   3   0  .059   0    4    4 1.000   20    9  .690   24   
 1982 30 CHN NL  29  114   7.5   0  4.10   26   1   0  .038   0    5    5 1.000    4    1  .800   33   
 1983 31 CIN NL  25   31   6.7   4  5.75    8   0   0  .000   2    2    0  .000    3    1  .750   39   
 1984 32 TEA AL  29   43   9.3   2          0   0   0  .000   0    2    2 1.000    0    1  .000  187   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+
 10 Seasons          836   5.5  17         85   4   0  .047  11   59   42  .712   77   35  .688   18   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+-----+----+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+----+

HOF Standards: Pitching - 0.4 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 0.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1975  MNA   63-99   James Taglia
 1976  MNA   75-87   James Taglia
 1977  MNA   68-94   James Taglia, Tom Austad
 1978  MNA   81-81   Tom Austad
 1979  MNA   74-88   Tom Austad
 1980  MNA   74-88   Tom Austad
 1981  CHN   41-121  Alan Bosslet
 1982  CHN   56-106  Alan Bosslet
 1983  CIN   72-90   Alan Boodman
 1984  TEA   74-88   John Storer

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