Rick Wise

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: September 13, 1945 in Jackson, MI us

High School: Madison HS (Portland, OR)

Debut: April 18, 1964 (Age 18-218d, 12,222nd in major league history)
vs. CHC 3.0 IP, 3 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: April 10, 1982 (Age 36-209d)
vs. LAD 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1964 season

Agents: LaRue Harcourt

Full Name: Richard Charles Wise

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2x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

36.3

188

181

ERA

3.69

506

455

3127.1

1647

WHIP

1.289

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1963	17	PHI-min	A	6	3	.667	2.63	12	9		6	1		65.0	47	26	19	7	23	0	98	1	0	1				1.077	6.5	1.0	3.2	13.6	4.26	BAK CALL
1964	18	PHI	NL	5	3	.625	4.04	25	8	2	0	0	0	69.0	78	41	31	7	25	2	39	3	0	3	313	86	4.01	1.493	10.2	0.9	3.3	5.1	1.56

1965	19	PHI-min	AAA	8	16	.333	4.45	30	28		10	1		194.0	195	107	96	17	84	13	148	5	1	7				1.438	9.0	0.8	3.9	6.9	1.76	ARK PCL
1966	20	PHI-min	AAA	3	1	.750	2.29	12	6		1	0		55.0	44	16	14	1	9	1	26	1	0	1				0.964	7.2	0.2	1.5	4.3	2.89	SDG PCL
1966	20	PHI	NL	5	6	.455	3.71	22	13	3	3	0	0	99.1	100	50	41	5	24	3	58	3	0	0	416	98	2.86	1.248	9.1	0.5	2.2	5.3	2.42
1967	21	PHI-min	WRk	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	2		0	0		8.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0				0.250	2.3	0.0	0.0	6.8		PHL FLIL
1967	21	PHI	NL	11	11	.500	3.28	36	25	4	6	3	0	181.1	177	69	66	8	45	5	111	4	0	4	745	104	2.70	1.224	8.8	0.4	2.2	5.5	2.47
1968	22	PHI	NL	9	15	.375	4.54	30	30	0	7	1	0	182.1	210	100	92	12	37	3	97	6	0	4	776	67	2.88	1.355	10.4	0.6	1.8	4.8	2.62
1969	23	PHI	NL	15	13	.536	3.23	33	31	1	14	4	0	220.0	215	100	79	17	61	3	144	2	3	4	916	110	3.06	1.255	8.8	0.7	2.5	5.9	2.36
1970	24	PHI	NL	13	14	.481	4.17	35	34	0	5	1	0	220.1	253	115	102	15	65	7	113	3	1	3	962	96	3.42	1.443	10.3	0.6	2.7	4.6	1.74
1971	25	PHI	NL	17	14	.548	2.88	38	37	0	17	4	0	272.1	261	110	87	20	70	5	155	4	0	7	1123	123	3.08	1.215	8.6	0.7	2.3	5.1	2.21	AS
1972	26	STL	NL	16	16	.500	3.11	35	35	0	20	2	0	269.0	250	98	93	16	71	13	142	1	0	4	1089	110	2.92	1.193	8.4	0.5	2.4	4.8	2.00
1973	27	STL	NL	16	12	.571	3.37	35	34	1	14	5	0	259.0	259	113	97	18	59	12	144	3	1	5	1083	109	3.08	1.228	9.0	0.6	2.1	5.0	2.44	AS
1974	28	BOS	AL	3	4	.429	3.86	9	9	0	1	0	0	49.0	47	23	21	2	16	1	25	1	0	0	208	101	3.13	1.286	8.6	0.4	2.9	4.6	1.56
1975	29	BOS	AL	19	12	.613	3.95	35	35	0	17	1	0	255.1	262	126	112	34	72	1	141	4	1	6	1091	105	4.11	1.308	9.2	1.2	2.5	5.0	1.96	CYA-8,MVP-26
1976	30	BOS	AL	14	11	.560	3.53	34	34	0	11	4	0	224.1	218	100	88	18	48	1	93	2	0	2	919	112	3.52	1.186	8.7	0.7	1.9	3.7	1.94
1977	31	BOS	AL	11	5	.688	4.77	26	20	2	4	2	0	128.1	151	68	68	19	28	1	85	4	1	1	555	95	4.09	1.395	10.6	1.3	2.0	6.0	3.04
1978	32	CLE	AL	9	19	.321	4.34	33	31	1	9	1	0	211.2	226	116	102	22	59	3	106	3	0	1	903	86	3.81	1.346	9.6	0.9	2.5	4.5	1.80
1979	33	CLE	AL	15	10	.600	3.73	34	34	0	9	2	0	231.2	229	111	96	24	68	9	108	1	0	2	979	115	4.04	1.282	8.9	0.9	2.6	4.2	1.59
1980	34	SDP	NL	6	8	.429	3.67	27	27	0	1	0	0	154.1	172	69	63	14	37	10	59	0	2	1	651	94	3.89	1.354	10.0	0.8	2.2	3.4	1.59
1981	35	SDP	NL	4	8	.333	3.77	18	18	0	0	0	0	98.0	116	44	41	10	19	4	27	0	0	2	419	88	3.96	1.378	10.7	0.9	1.7	2.5	1.42
1982	36	SDP	NL	0	0		9.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	47	2.72	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
18 Yrs				188	181	.509	3.69	506	455	15	138	30	0	3127.1	3227	1455	1281	261	804	83	1647	44	9	49	13157	101	3.41	1.289	9.3	0.8	2.3	4.7	2.05
162 Game Avg.				13	13	.509	3.69	36	32	1	10	2	0	221	228	103	91	18	57	6	117	3	1	3	931	101	3.41	1.289	9.3	0.8	2.3	4.7	2.05
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
PHI (7 yrs)				75	76	.497	3.60	219	178	10	52	13	0	1244.2	1294	585	498	84	327	28	717	25	4	25	5251	98	3.09	1.302	9.4	0.6	2.4	5.2	2.19
BOS (4 yrs)				47	32	.595	3.96	104	98	2	33	7	0	657.0	678	317	289	73	164	4	344	11	2	9	2773	104	3.83	1.282	9.3	1.0	2.2	4.7	2.10
SDP (3 yrs)				10	16	.385	3.75	46	45	1	1	0	0	254.1	291	115	106	24	56	14	86	0	2	3	1079	90	3.90	1.364	10.3	0.8	2.0	3.0	1.54
STL (2 yrs)				32	28	.533	3.24	70	69	1	34	7	0	528.0	509	211	190	34	130	25	286	4	1	9	2172	110	3.00	1.210	8.7	0.6	2.2	4.9	2.20
CLE (2 yrs)				24	29	.453	4.02	67	65	1	18	3	0	443.1	455	227	198	46	127	12	214	4	0	3	1882	100	3.93	1.313	9.2	0.9	2.6	4.3	1.69

NL (12 yrs)				117	120	.494	3.53	335	292	12	87	20	0	2027.0	2094	911	794	142	513	67	1089	29	7	37	8502	100	3.17	1.286	9.3	0.6	2.3	4.8	2.12
AL (6 yrs)				71	61	.538	3.98	171	163	3	51	10	0	1100.1	1133	544	487	119	291	16	558	15	2	12	4655	103	3.87	1.294	9.3	1.0	2.4	4.6	1.92

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