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Rick Auerbach

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 165lb (183cm, 74kg)

Born: February 15, 1950 in Woodland Hills, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the California Angels in the 13th round of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from William Howard Taft Charter HS (Woodland Hills, CA), the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1969 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Los Angeles Pierce College (Woodland Hills, CA) and the Seattle Pilots in the 7th round of the 1969 MLB June Amateur Draft from Estancia HS (Costa Mesa, CA).

High Schools: Estancia HS (Costa Mesa, CA), William Howard Taft Charter HS (Woodland Hills, CA)

School: Los Angeles Pierce College (Woodland Hills, CA)

Debut: April 13, 1971 (Age 21-057d, 13,110th in major league history)
vs. OAK 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: August 12, 1981 (Age 31-178d)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Frederick Steven Auerbach

Nicknames: Reindeer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

1407

309

.220

167

RBI

OBP

.286

SLG

.286

OPS

.572

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	12-25 / in Starts: 8-20
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	20 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 96 PAs	6
Actual Runners on Base	56 (27-21-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 96 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	58 (28-19-10)

Most Driven In
D Edler	2
J Cruz	1
T Paciorek	1
J Narron	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
J Simpson	5
L Randle	1
G Gray	1
J Cruz	1
Self	1
T Paciorek	1
B Bochte	0

1981 Batting Game Log

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1981 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	587	1	Apr 9	SEA		CAL	L,2-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						PR SS
2	588	2	Apr 10	SEA		CAL	W,10-2	CG	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.667	.750	1.000	1.750	9	.43	0.016	.27	0.01%	1.42	SS
3	589	3	Apr 11	SEA		CAL	L,4-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.600	1.100	9	1.92	-0.144	1.39	-0.06%	-1.27	SS
4	590	4	Apr 12	SEA		CAL	L,6-8	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.375	.775	9	1.15	-0.045	.72	-0.02%	-0.28	SS
5	591	6 (1)	Apr 15	SEA		MIN	W,6-5	CG	4	4	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.357	.417	.774	9	.54	0.082	.26	0.02%	0.56	SS
6	592	7	Apr 17	SEA	@	OAK	L,1-16	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.294	.333	.627	9	.08	-0.006	.05	0.00%	-0.38	SS
7	593	8	Apr 18	SEA	@	OAK	L,0-8	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.294	.333	.627	6						SS
8	594	9	Apr 19 (1)	SEA	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.263	.501	8	.69	-0.066	.35	-0.02%	-1.06	SS
9	595	10	Apr 19 (2)	SEA	@	OAK	W,3-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	8	1.25	0.006	.58	0.00%	-0.02	SS
10	596	11	Apr 20	SEA	@	CAL	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	8	.92	-0.115	.40	-0.03%	-1.52	SS
11	597	12	Apr 21	SEA	@	CAL	W,3-0	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.214	.231	.445	9						SS
12	598	15 (2)	Apr 25	SEA		OAK	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.194	.207	.400	9	.52	-0.041	.20	-0.01%	-0.69	SS
13	599	17 (1)	Apr 27	SEA	@	MIN	W,8-3	7-GF(10)	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.212	.200	.412	9	1.85	-0.051	.33	-0.01%	-0.06	SS
14	600	18	Apr 28	SEA	@	MIN	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.200	.188	.388	9	.82	-0.041	.18	-0.01%	-0.33	SS
15	601	19	Apr 29	SEA	@	MIN	T,7-7	CG(8)	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.147	.237	.206	.443	9	.70	0.012	.13	0.00%	-0.51	SS
16	602	20	Apr 30	SEA		DET	L,0-2	GS-9	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.250	.222	.472	9	.91	-0.019	.15	0.00%	-0.10	SS
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	603	22 (1)	May 2	SEA		DET	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.158	.238	.211	.449	9	.46	-0.020	.05	0.00%	-0.39	SS
18	604	23	May 3	SEA		DET	L,5-8	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.200	.427	9	1.63	-0.078	.22	-0.01%	-0.68	SS
19	605	24	May 4	SEA		MIL	L,5-9	GS-9	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.163	.234	.233	.467	9	.38	0.012	.05	0.00%	0.37	SS
20	606	25	May 5	SEA		MIL	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.224	.222	.447	9	1.06	-0.035	.13	0.00%	-0.29	SS
21	607	33 (7)	May 16	SEA	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.146	.212	.208	.420	9	.56	-0.042	.06	0.00%	-0.33	SS
22	608	35 (1)	May 18	SEA	@	BOS	L,5-8	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.208	.204	.412	9	.13	-0.003	.02	0.00%	-0.10	SS
23	609	39 (3)	May 22	SEA		TEX	L,2-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.135	.196	.192	.389	9	.46	-0.034	.09	0.00%	-0.60	SS
24	610	40	May 23	SEA		TEX	L,4-6	12-GF(12)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.135	.196	.192	.389	2						SS
25	611	43 (2)	May 25 (2)	SEA		KCR	W,5-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.203	.255	.458	9	.87	0.021	.06	0.00%	1.18	SS
26	612	44	May 26	SEA		KCR	L,4-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.145	.203	.255	.458	8						SS
27	613	45	May 27	SEA		KCR	L,5-8	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.140	.194	.246	.439	2	.82	-0.039	.04	0.00%	-0.32	SS
28	614	46	May 29	SEA	@	TEX	W,5-4	8-GF(12)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.190	.241	.432	2	2.12	-0.036	.14	0.00%	-0.43	SS
29	615	48 (1)	May 31	SEA	@	TEX	W,5-3	CG	5	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.191	.238	.429	8	1.10	-0.143	.07	-0.01%	-2.24	SS
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
30	616	49	Jun 1	SEA	@	KCR	L,2-3	GS-9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.203	.250	.453	9	1.27	-0.006	.08	0.00%	0.01	SS
31	617	52 (2)	Jun 5	SEA		CLE	L,1-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.147	.192	.235	.427	8	.25	-0.028	.01	0.00%	-0.97	SS
32	618	53	Jun 6	SEA		CLE	L,3-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.141	.184	.225	.410	9	.95	-0.071	.04	0.00%	-0.67	SS
33	619	54	Jun 7	SEA		CLE	W,5-4	11-GF(11)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.141	.184	.225	.410	8						SS
34	620	56 (1)	Jun 9	SEA		BOS	L,1-10	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.135	.177	.216	.393	9	.14	-0.007	.00	0.00%	0.08	SS
35	621	57	Jun 10	SEA		BOS	L,2-4	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.132	.173	.211	.383	8	1.03	-0.051	.03	0.00%	-0.38	SS
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
36	622	59 (1)	Aug 10	SEA		CAL	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.176	.213	.389	9	1.05	-0.013	1.26	-0.01%	-0.51	SS
37	623	60	Aug 11	SEA		CAL	W,4-1	CG	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.157	.193	.229	.422	9	.63	0.056	.86	0.05%	0.48	SS
38	624	61	Aug 12	SEA		CAL	L,1-4	GS-6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.155	.200	.226	.426	9	1.30	0.010	1.82	0.01%	-0.03	SS
							12-25		96	84	12	13	3	0	1	6	4	0	15	1	6	1	2	1	1	1	.155	.200	.226	.426		.83	-0.919	.31	-0.10%	-10.05

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