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Rick Auerbach
Frederick Steven Auerbach

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 13, 1971
  vs. OAK 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 12, 1981
Born February 15, 1950 in Woodland Hills, CA

Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 21 MIL AL  79  236   22   48  10  0   1    9   3  2  20  40  .203  .271  .258   53   61   5   0   1   2   3
 1972 22 MIL AL 153  554   50  121  16  3   2   30  24  8  43  62  .218  .277  .269   65  149   5   1   5   2  14
 1973 23 MIL AL   6   10    2    1   1  0   0    0   0  1   0   1  .100  .100  .200  -16    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1974 24 LAD NL  45   73   12   25   0  0   1    4   4  2   8   9  .342  .407  .384  127   28   1   0   0   0   4
 1975 25 LAD NL  85  170   18   38   9  0   0   12   3  2  18  22  .224  .298  .276   64   47   0   0   3   0   8
 1976 26 LAD NL  36   47    7    6   0  0   0    1   0  1   6   6  .128  .226  .128    4    6   0   0   0   0   3
 1977 27 CIN NL  33   45    5    7   2  0   0    3   0  0   4   7  .156  .216  .200   12    9   1   2   0   0   1
 1978 28 CIN NL  63   55   17   18   6  0   2    5   1  0   7  12  .327  .413  .545  167   30   2   0   0   1   1
 1979 29 CIN NL  62  100   17   21   8  1   1   12   0  1  14  19  .210  .304  .340   75   34   1   1   1   0   1
 1980 30 CIN NL  24   33    5   11   1  1   1    4   0  3   3   5  .333  .389  .515  150   17   1   0   0   0   0
 1981 31 SEA AL  38   84   12   13   3  0   1    6   1  1   4  15  .155  .200  .226   21   19   6   1   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     624 1407  167  309  56  5   9   86  36 21 127 198  .220  .286  .286   66  402  22   5  10   6  36
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        365   43   80  15  1   2   22   9  5  33  51  .220  .286  .286   66  104   6   1   3   2   9
 Career High    153  554   50  121  16  3   2   30  24  8  43  62  .218  .277  .269   65  149   6   2   5   2  14
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 21 MIL AL  263  198   17   2.3    91| .203  .253| .271  .324| .258  .375| .529  .700|  53  .265 -14.6  -1.6  60%
 1972 22 MIL AL  605  461   42   2.4    81| .218  .243| .277  .311| .269  .351| .546  .662|  65  .328 -23.8  -2.7  75%
 1973 23 MIL AL   10   10    0   0.0    91| .100  .256| .100  .324| .200  .376| .300  .701| -16  .000  -1.5  -0.2   0%
 1974 24 LAD NL   82   55   11   5.4    91| .342  .258| .407  .329| .384  .372| .791  .701| 127  .607   2.8   0.3  66%
 1975 25 LAD NL  188  142   13   2.5    93| .224  .261| .298  .331| .276  .376| .574  .707|  64  .264  -7.9  -0.8  60%
 1976 26 LAD NL   53   45    1   0.6    90| .128  .260| .226  .326| .128  .371| .354  .697|   4  .029  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1977 27 CIN NL   52   42    2   1.3   105| .156  .272| .216  .340| .200  .414| .416  .754|  12  .088  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1978 28 CIN NL   65   40   13   8.7    95| .327  .262| .413  .330| .545  .385| .958  .715| 167  .793   5.3   0.5 100%
 1979 29 CIN NL  116   83   11   3.6   100| .210  .270| .304  .336| .340  .401| .644  .737|  75  .405  -3.1  -0.3   0%
 1980 30 CIN NL   37   26    5   5.2    96| .333  .268| .389  .330| .515  .389| .904  .719| 150  .592   2.1   0.2   0%
 1981 31 SEA AL   96   80    4   1.4    93| .155  .262| .200  .327| .226  .381| .426  .708|  21  .116  -9.0  -1.0  50%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     1567 1182  119   2.7    89| .220  .254| .286  .322| .286  .370| .572  .692|  66  .330 -61.3  -6.8  63%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1971 21 MIL AL SS 78 120 193 12 31 .963 .965 4.01 4.32 4.50 4.90 72 626.3 1972 22 MIL AL SS 153 256 452 30 90 .959 .967 4.63 4.51 4.82 4.99 151 1320.7 1973 23 MIL AL SS 2 4 6 2 0 .833 .962 5.00 4.45 4.66 5.08 2 19.3 1974 24 LAD NL SS 19 12 26 2 4 .950 .962 2.00 4.26 4.16 4.96 8 82.3 2B 16 25 31 6 2 .903 .972 3.50 4.64 5.73 5.47 10 88.0 3B 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 2.63 4.50 3.04 0 8.0 1975 25 LAD NL SS 81 77 137 9 17 .960 .963 2.64 4.21 3.96 4.99 53 486.3 2B 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 .980 5.00 4.90 7.50 5.55 0 6.0 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1976 26 LAD NL SS 12 23 27 3 8 .943 .963 4.17 4.48 5.56 5.04 8 81.0 3B 8 2 3 2 1 .714 .943 0.62 2.61 3.00 2.94 0 15.0 2B 7 16 20 1 4 .973 .976 5.14 4.93 6.48 5.47 4 50.0 1977 27 CIN NL 2B 19 19 22 1 4 .976 .976 2.16 4.47 5.35 5.24 5 69.0 SS 12 18 24 4 3 .913 .963 3.50 4.30 5.56 5.02 5 68.0 1978 28 CIN NL SS 26 24 42 2 8 .971 .966 2.54 4.25 5.03 4.88 10 118.0 2B 10 3 4 1 1 .875 .972 0.70 4.34 3.50 5.30 0 18.0 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 2.53 3.86 2.96 0 7.0 1979 29 CIN NL 3B 18 2 26 2 2 .933 .952 1.56 2.50 2.38 2.89 9 106.0 SS 16 27 28 2 5 .965 .965 3.44 4.51 5.32 5.00 8 93.0 2B 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 0.67 4.53 2.25 5.40 0 8.0 1980 30 CIN NL SS 3 3 11 0 1 1.000 .966 4.67 4.30 7.00 5.00 2 18.0 3B 3 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 1.00 2.40 1.35 2.88 1 20.0 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 5.29 5.29 0 1.7 1981 31 SEA AL SS 38 44 99 3 26 .979 .967 3.76 4.19 5.05 4.99 29 254.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1974 24 LAD NL 2B 16 25 31 6 2 .903 .972 3.50 4.64 5.73 5.47 10 88.0 1975 25 LAD NL 2B 1 5 0 0 1 1.000 .980 5.00 4.90 7.50 5.55 0 6.0 1976 26 LAD NL 2B 7 16 20 1 4 .973 .976 5.14 4.93 6.48 5.47 4 50.0 1977 27 CIN NL 2B 19 19 22 1 4 .976 .976 2.16 4.47 5.35 5.24 5 69.0 1978 28 CIN NL 2B 10 3 4 1 1 .875 .972 0.70 4.34 3.50 5.30 0 18.0 1979 29 CIN NL 2B 3 2 0 1 0 .667 1.000 0.67 4.53 2.25 5.40 0 8.0 1980 30 CIN NL 2B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 4.70 5.29 5.29 0 1.7 1974 24 LAD NL 3B 3 1 3 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 2.63 4.50 3.04 0 8.0 1975 25 LAD NL 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.60 0.00 3.15 0 2.0 1976 26 LAD NL 3B 8 2 3 2 1 .714 .943 0.62 2.61 3.00 2.94 0 15.0 1978 28 CIN NL 3B 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 .938 1.00 2.53 3.86 2.96 0 7.0 1979 29 CIN NL 3B 18 2 26 2 2 .933 .952 1.56 2.50 2.38 2.89 9 106.0 1980 30 CIN NL 3B 3 0 3 1 0 .750 .938 1.00 2.40 1.35 2.88 1 20.0 1971 21 MIL AL SS 78 120 193 12 31 .963 .965 4.01 4.32 4.50 4.90 72 626.3 1972 22 MIL AL SS 153 256 452 30 90 .959 .967 4.63 4.51 4.82 4.99 151 1320.7 1973 23 MIL AL SS 2 4 6 2 0 .833 .962 5.00 4.45 4.66 5.08 2 19.3 1974 24 LAD NL SS 19 12 26 2 4 .950 .962 2.00 4.26 4.16 4.96 8 82.3 1975 25 LAD NL SS 81 77 137 9 17 .960 .963 2.64 4.21 3.96 4.99 53 486.3 1976 26 LAD NL SS 12 23 27 3 8 .943 .963 4.17 4.48 5.56 5.04 8 81.0 1977 27 CIN NL SS 12 18 24 4 3 .913 .963 3.50 4.30 5.56 5.02 5 68.0 1978 28 CIN NL SS 26 24 42 2 8 .971 .966 2.54 4.25 5.03 4.88 10 118.0 1979 29 CIN NL SS 16 27 28 2 5 .965 .965 3.44 4.51 5.32 5.00 8 93.0 1980 30 CIN NL SS 3 3 11 0 1 1.000 .966 4.67 4.30 7.00 5.00 2 18.0 1981 31 SEA AL SS 38 44 99 3 26 .979 .967 3.76 4.19 5.05 4.99 29 254.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 440 608 1045 69 193 .960 .966 3.76 4.36 4.70 4.97 348 3167.7 2B* 57 71 77 10 12 .937 .975 2.60 4.56 5.53 5.39 19 240.7 3B* 36 7 36 5 3 .896 .949 1.19 2.53 2.45 2.91 10 158.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 533 686 1158 84 208 .956 .966 3.46 4.26 4.65 4.91 377 3566
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1974   NLCS  LAD PIT     W   1   1   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    LAD OAK     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1979   NLCS  CIN PIT     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Lg Champ Series     1-1   3   3   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   1  .333  .333  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
  3 Postseason Series   1-2   4   3   0   1  1  0  0   0   0   1  .333  .333  .667   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Games
1972 AL-153-4

Stolen Bases
1972 AL-24-7

Outs
1972 AL-461-4

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the California Angels in the 13th round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign.

February 1, 1969: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1969 amateur draft (Secondary Phase).

April 24, 1973: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tim Johnson.

September 4, 1973: Purchased by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 27, 1973: Purchased by the Los Angeles Dodgers from the Milwaukee Brewers.

February 7, 1977: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the New York Mets for Hank Webb and Richard Sander (minors).

May 20, 1977: Sent by the New York Mets to the Texas Rangers to complete an earlier deal made on April 26, 1977. The New York Mets sent a player to be named later and cash to the Texas Rangers for Len Randle. The New York Mets sent Rick Auerbach (May 20, 1977) to the Texas Rangers to complete the trade.

June 15, 1977: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Texas Rangers.

July 19, 1980: Purchased by the Texas Rangers from the Cincinnati Reds.

December 12, 1980: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Steve Finch (minors), Brian Allard, Ken Clay, Jerry Don Gleaton, and Richie Zisk to the Seattle Mariners for Rick Honeycutt, Mario Mendoza, Larry Cox, Leon Roberts, and Willie Horton.

October 23, 1981: Released by the Seattle Mariners.


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