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Rick Sawyer

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Full Name: Richard Clyde Sawyer Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/205 First Game: April 28, 1974
Birthdate: April 7, 1948 Final Game: September 23, 1977
Birthplace: Bakersfield, California MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[edit] Biography

Born on April 7, 1948 in Bakersfield, California, Rick Sawyer (Richard Clyde Sawyer) played for the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres over the course of his 4 year career. Sawyer broke into the bigs on April 28, 1974 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 2.53 ERA in 81.2 innings pitched in 1976, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rick Sawyer's best season was 1976, when he posted a 2.53 ERA.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
1974 NY A 1 0 0 0 16.20 1 3 3 0 0 0 1.2 2 0 1 0 1 0
1975 NY A 4 0 0 0 3.00 3 4 2 0 0 0 6 7 0 2 0 0 0
1976 SD N 13 11 5 3 2.53 33 24 23 4 2 0 81.2 84 2 38 8 3 1
1977 SD N 56 9 7 6 5.84 45 77 72 0 0 0 111 136 15 55 11 10 7
Total NL 69 20 12 9 4.44 78 101 95 4 2 0 192.2 220 17 93 19 13 8
Total AL 5 0 0 0 5.87 4 7 5 0 0 0 7.2 9 0 3 0 1 0
Total 74 20 12 9 4.49 82 108 100 4 2 0 200.1 229 17 96 19 14 8

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
1974 NY A P 1 0 1.2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
1975 NY A P 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000
1976 SD N P 13 11 81.2 3 12 0 0 0 0 6 5 2 1.000
1977 SD N P 56 9 111 3 24 2 2 0 1 12 6 2 .931
Total P 74 20 200.1 6 38 2 2 0 1 19 11 4 .957

[edit] Batting Stats

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
1974 NY A 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 NY A 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SD N 13 24 2 5 0 2 .208 .269 .208 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 0
1977 SD N 56 20 2 3 0 2 .150 .320 .150 0 0 5 8 0 2 0 0 0
Total NL 69 44 4 8 0 4 .182 .294 .182 0 0 7 10 0 7 0 0 0
Total AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 74 44 4 8 0 4 .182 .294 .182 0 0 7 10 0 7 0 0 0

[edit] Transactions

  • Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 29th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 6, 1967).
  • Selected by Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 27, 1968).
  • Traded by Cleveland Indians with Walt Williams to New York Yankees as part of 3-team trade in which Detroit Tigers sent Jim Perry to Cleveland Indians; New York Yankees sent Jerry Moses to Detroit Tigers; and Detroit Tigers sent Ed Farmer to New York Yankees (March 19, 1974).
  • Traded by New York Yankees to San Diego Padres (July 31, 1976) completing trade in which San Diego Padres traded Gene Locklear to New York Yankees in exchange for a player to be named later (July 10, 1976).
  • Claimed on waivers by Montreal Expos from San Diego Padres (September 29, 1977).
  • Released by Montreal Expos (March 31, 1978).

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