Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1973
Bio
- Height
- 6' 3"
- Debut
- 1973
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 317
- W
- 79
- L
- 92
- ERA
- 4.25
- IP
- 1427.0
- K
- 659
- BB
- 568
- WHIP
- 1.46
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | TEX | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 2.00 |
| 1975 | CLE | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2.94 | 70.1 | 34 | 25 | 1.17 |
| 1976 | CLE | 26 | 7 | 9 | 4.00 | 123.2 | 65 | 54 | 1.59 |
| 1977 | CLE | 37 | 9 | 7 | 3.99 | 135.1 | 62 | 64 | 1.45 |
| 1978 | CLE | 34 | 13 | 15 | 3.20 | 230.1 | 97 | 86 | 1.27 |
| 1979 | CLE | 34 | 16 | 13 | 4.44 | 231.0 | 91 | 91 | 1.39 |
| 1980 | CLE | 33 | 13 | 14 | 4.45 | 224.1 | 109 | 82 | 1.40 |
| 1981 | CLE | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4.92 | 126.1 | 51 | 44 | 1.72 |
| 1982 | CLE | 25 | 2 | 13 | 5.40 | 115.0 | 44 | 57 | 1.61 |
| 1983 |  CLE/MIL | 18 | 0 | 3 | 4.89 | 49.2 | 33 | 20 | 1.65 |
| 1984 | MIL | 47 | 2 | 4 | 3.58 | 73.0 | 49 | 24 | 1.48 |
| 1985 | MIL | 24 | 3 | 2 | 6.51 | 47.0 | 24 | 20 | 1.85 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 47
- SHO
- 10
- K/9
- 4.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | CLE | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | CLE | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | CLE | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | CLE | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | CLE | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CLE | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | CLE | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CLE | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | CLE/MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | MIL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Rick Waits's career stats?
Rick Waits played 12 seasons for the Rangers, the Guardians and the Brewers. He had 79 wins and 659 strikeouts with a 4.25 ERA over 1,427.0 innings. His best season was 1979: 16 wins, a 4.44 ERA and 91 strikeouts.
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