Rick Waits
1973–1985 · bats L / throws L · Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers, Texas Rangers
328G
.000AVG
.000OBP
.000SLG
More career statistics
0H
0HR
0RBI
0SB
79–92W–L
1,427.0IP
659K
4.25ERA
190GS
8SV
3Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 328 | 329 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 328 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,427.0 | 317 | 190 | 47 | 79 | 92 | 8 | 1,514 | 741 | 674 | 110 | 568 | 659 | 0 | 0 | 4.25 | 1.459 |
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47 | One-Hit Shutout | 1979-04-07 | 1 in 193 games | box score ↗ |
| 42 | Four Runs, No Outs | 1977-07-21 | 1 in 121 games | box score ↗ |
| 30 | 11 strikeouts | 1980-10-04 | 1 in 218 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 |  Texas Rangers | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| 1975 |  Cleveland Guardians | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 70 | 34 |
| 1976 | Cleveland Guardians | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 123 | 65 |
| 1977 | Cleveland Guardians | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 135 | 62 |
| 1978 | Cleveland Guardians | 35 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 230 | 97 |
| 1979 | Cleveland Guardians | 34 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 231 | 91 |
| 1980 | Cleveland Guardians | 33 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 224 | 109 |
| 1981 | Cleveland Guardians | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 126 | 51 |
| 1982 | Cleveland Guardians | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 115 | 44 |
| 1983 | Cleveland Guardians, Milwaukee Brewers | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 49 | 33 |
| 1984 |  Milwaukee Brewers | 47 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 73 | 49 |
| 1985 | Milwaukee Brewers | 24 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 47 | 24 |