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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: 15-18 / in Starts: 15-18

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1980 Pitching Game Log

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1980 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	149	4	Apr 14	CLE	@	TEX	L,4-7	GS-7	L(0-1)	99	6.1	7	6	6	4	2	1	0	8.53	6.07	29	10	6	0	0	7	33			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.372	1.18	-0.28%	-3.29	1b start a 4	7b -2- 1 out d2
2	150	7	Apr 19	CLE		TOR	W,8-1	CG	W(1-1)	4	9.0	6	1	1	0	6	0	0	4.11	3.34	32	15	5	1	0	6	77			0	1	1	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.82	0.277	.94	0.19%	3.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
3	151	12	Apr 25	CLE		TEX	L,1-4	GS-9	L(1-2)	5	8.2	6	4	3	1	8	0	0	3.75	2.59	33	12	6	1	0	6	65			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.46	-0.103	1.50	-0.06%	-0.04	1t start tie	9t -23 2 out d3
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	152	18	May 3	CLE	@	TOR	L,3-8	GS-5	L(1-3)	7	4.1	5	5	5	4	0	1	0	4.76	3.49	22	7	6	0	1	5	29			0	0	0	18	1	0	2	0	0	0	1.10	-0.281	1.45	-0.22%	-2.91	1b start tie	5b 1-- 1 out d3
5	153	23	May 7	CLE	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(2-3)	3	9.0	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.62	3.42	32	15	10	0	0	4	76			1	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.54	0.617	1.32	0.32%	3.16	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
6	154	28	May 15	CLE		BOS	L,2-6	GS-8	L(2-4)	7	8.0	9	6	6	2	5	1	0	4.17	3.50	35	6	13	0	0	9	43			0	1	0	32	2	1	1	0	1	1	.83	-0.210	.82	-0.13%	-1.94	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
7	155	32	May 19	CLE		BAL	L,1-4	GS-6	L(2-5)	3	5.2	12	4	4	3	7	0	0	4.41	3.32	29	5	2	1	0	12	33			2	0	0	26	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.06	-0.129	1.03	-0.08%	-1.19	1t start tie	6t 1-- 2 out d4
8	156	37	May 24	CLE	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	W(3-5)	4	9.0	8	2	2	0	6	0	0	4.05	3.04	34	13	7	0	1	8	69			0	0	0	34	3	0	0	1	0	0	.62	0.225	.55	0.12%	2.79	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
9	157	41	May 28	CLE	@	BAL	W,10-6	GS-8	W(4-5)	3	7.2	11	6	6	3	7	1	0	4.39	3.12	37	10	6	0	2	11	37			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.105	.53	-0.06%	-2.26	1b start tie	8b 1-- 2 out a4
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
10	158	45	Jun 1	CLE		SEA	L,7-8	GS-4		3	3.2	6	5	5	1	2	0	0	4.79	3.09	18	6	3	0	0	6	30			1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.15	-0.224	1.15	-0.13%	-2.47	1t start tie	4t 1-3 2 out d4
11	159	49	Jun 6	CLE	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-2		4	1.1	3	4	4	2	2	1	0	5.20	3.29	9	2	0	0	0	3	32			0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.311	1.28	-0.22%	-3.95	1b start tie	2b --3 1 out d4
12	160	52	Jun 11(1)	CLE		KCR	L,0-5	GS-4	L(4-6)	4	3.0	6	5	5	4	0	1	0	5.59	3.60	19	6	3	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	14	1	0	0	0	1	0	.92	-0.307	.85	-0.17%	-4.10	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d5
13	161	58	Jun 17	CLE		CHW	L,3-5	GS-7		5	6.2	10	2	2	0	2	0	0	5.36	3.48	30	11	7	2	0	10	48			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.132	1.44	0.09%	1.11	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out a1
14	162	63	Jun 22	CLE	@	MIN	W,11-6	GS-8	W(5-6)	4	8.0	7	5	3	2	3	0	0	5.18	3.42	32	8	12	3	0	7	53			0	1	0	29	2	0	0	1	1	1	.76	-0.077	.53	-0.03%	-0.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out a6
15	163	67	Jun 27	CLE	@	NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(6-6)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.71	3.37	33	12	12	1	0	7	73			0	1	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.37	0.633	1.03	0.29%	4.43	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
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
16	164	72	Jul 2	CLE	@	DET	L,6-7	GS-6	L(6-7)	4	5.2	10	7	7	4	1	2	0	5.06	3.68	31	8	8	2	0	10	18			0	0	0	26	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.47	-0.466	.52	-0.10%	-4.03	1b start tie	6b --- 2 out d4
17	165	76	Jul 6	CLE		NYY	W,5-3	GS-9	W(7-7)	3	8.1	9	3	3	2	4	1	1	4.92	3.73	37	12	9	0	0	9	55			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	1	0	1.26	0.110	.29	0.02%	0.65	1t start tie	9t 12- 1 out a2
18	166	81	Jul 14	CLE	@	TEX	L,2-4	GS-7	L(7-8)	7	6.1	6	4	4	1	4	0	0	4.96	3.64	25	9	6	1	0	5	48			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.134	.19	-0.01%	-0.01	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out tie
19	167	86	Jul 19	CLE	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(7-9)	4	8.0	5	3	3	5	0	0	0	4.86	3.70	31	11	10	0	0	5	55			2	1	1	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.25	0.060	.13	0.00%	0.70	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
20	168	91	Jul 25(1)	CLE		CAL	W,9-8	GS-6		5	5.1	8	5	4	3	4	0	0	4.94	3.67	26	6	5	0	0	8	35			2	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.146	.06	-0.01%	-1.64	1t start tie	6t -2- 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
21	169	97	Aug 1	CLE		OAK	L,1-2	GS-9	L(7-10)	6	8.1	7	2	2	3	3	0	0	4.78	3.64	34	13	8	1	0	7	61			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	0.156	.27	0.02%	1.88	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out d1
22	170	102	Aug 6	CLE		TOR	W,5-2	GS-8	W(8-10)	4	7.1	5	2	2	4	1	1	0	4.66	3.75	27	13	4	1	0	5	57			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	4	0	0	1.13	0.101	.24	0.01%	1.53	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out a1
23	171	108	Aug 12	CLE		TEX	W,2-1	GS-9	W(9-10)	5	8.2	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	4.46	3.68	30	12	11	1	0	6	69			1	1	0	29	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.27	0.470	.20	0.04%	3.25	1t start tie	9t -2- 2 out a1
24	172	113	Aug 17(1)	CLE		MIL	L,0-4	GS-8	L(9-11)	4	7.2	8	4	3	2	4	2	0	4.42	3.78	32	13	5	0	0	8	51			0	1	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	1	.59	-0.159	.07	-0.01%	-0.38	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out d4
25	173	119	Aug 21	CLE	@	KCR	W,4-3	GS-6	W(10-11)	3	5.0	4	3	3	1	3	2	0	4.45	3.89	19	3	8	0	0	4	49			0	1	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.062	.10	0.00%	-0.49	1b start a 3	6b --- 0 out a1
26	174	124	Aug 26	CLE		MIN	L,1-5	GS-5	L(10-12)	4	4.1	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.59	3.88	21	9	4	0	0	7	28			0	0	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.31	-0.282	.10	-0.01%	-2.38	1t start tie	5t 12- 1 out d3
27	175	128	Aug 31(1)	CLE		CHW	L,8-10	GS-7		4	6.1	4	2	2	7	1	0	0	4.53	3.94	30	12	6	0	0	4	51			0	0	0	23	1	0	1	1	0	1	1.50	-0.011	.10	0.00%	0.14	1t start tie	7t -23 1 out a2
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
28	176	133	Sep 5	CLE		KCR	L,1-2	CG	L(10-13)	4	9.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	0	4.41	3.87	34	18	5	0	0	7	67			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	1	0	0	.99	0.193	.02	0.00%	2.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
29	177	138	Sep 10	CLE		BOS	W,7-4	CG	W(11-13)	4	9.0	9	4	4	5	8	1	0	4.39	3.88	39	9	8	1	0	9	56			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	1	0	.92	0.102	.00	0.00%	0.57	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
30	178	147	Sep 20	CLE	@	DET	L,3-13	GS-4	L(11-14)	9	3.1	5	5	5	5	3	0	0	4.54	3.91	18	1	4	1	0	5	28			2	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.45	-0.236	.00	0.00%	-1.88	1b start tie	4b 12- 1 out d1
31	179	152	Sep 25	CLE	@	NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(12-14)	4	9.0	7	0	0	4	6	0	0	4.35	3.86	37	12	8	0	0	7	75			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.462	.00	0.00%	4.43	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
32	180	156	Sep 30	CLE		NYY	W,12-9	GS-5		4	4.1	8	6	5	3	0	2	0	4.47	4.00	24	5	8	1	0	8	22			0	0	0	21	0	1	0	0	0	0	.57	-0.206	.00	0.00%	-3.15	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out a3
33	181	159	Oct 4(2)	CLE	@	BAL	W,6-4	CG	W(13-14)	3	9.0	9	4	4	2	11	1	0	4.45	3.93	36	11	5	0	2	7	62			0	1	1	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	0.241	.00	0.00%	0.47	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
							15-18		W-L:13-14	4.4	224.1	231	118	111	82	109	18	1	4.45	3.93	955	1.43		3%	1%	228	49		---%	12	9	3	855	37	6	6	23	7	5	1.08	-0.042	.52	-0.43%	-5.53

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