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Rick Sawyer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: April 7, 1948 in Bakersfield, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 29th round of the 1967 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA) and the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd round of the 1968 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, CA).

High Schools: Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA), East Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA)

Schools: Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, CA), California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: April 28, 1974 (Age 26-021d, 13,480th in major league history)
vs. TEX 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1977 (Age 29-169d)
vs. SFG 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: Richard Clyde Sawyer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.0

ERA

4.49

200.1

WHIP

1.622

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-41 / in Starts: 2-7

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 22

1977 Pitching Game Log

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1977 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	19	6	Apr 13	SDP		SFG	L,1-3	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	6	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.50	5.24	25	8	7	3	0	6	48			1	0	0	22	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.13	-0.170	1.91	-0.17%	-0.39	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	20	11	Apr 18	SDP	@	ATL	W,12-6	GS-6	W(1-1)	4	5.2	10	5	5	3	3	1	0	6.17	5.40	27	6	5	2	0	10	29			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	1	0	0	.71	0.079	.95	0.06%	-1.96	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out a5
3	21	17	Apr 24	SDP	@	HOU	L,8-9	GS-6		5	6.0	6	5	5	4	2	1	0	6.62	5.68	26	10	4	1	0	6	38			1	0	1	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.34	-0.349	2.05	-0.32%	-2.34	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
4	22	22	Apr 29	SDP		NYM	L,2-9	GS-5	L(1-2)	4	4.1	8	7	7	1	2	2	1	8.18	6.38	21	4	5	0	0	8	20			2	0	0	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.56	-0.347	.42	-0.15%	-3.95	1t start tie	5t 1-3 1 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	23	26	May 3	SDP		PHI	L,7-8	GS-6		3	5.0	9	4	4	0	1	1	0	8.00	6.11	24	6	8	3	2	9	34			0	0	1	24	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.03	-0.218	.58	-0.07%	-1.29	1t start tie	6t -23 0 out d1
6	24	30	May 7	SDP		MON	L,6-7	GS-5	L(1-3)	3	4.1	7	4	2	1	1	1	1	7.47	6.19	23	11	2	1	0	7	37			0	2	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	3	1.34	-0.295	.60	-0.08%	-2.45	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d2
7	25	34	May 13	SDP	@	PHI	L,4-5	GS-6		5	5.1	5	2	2	4	2	0	0	6.87	5.90	25	7	7	1	1	5	48			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.17	0.040	.70	0.02%	0.49	1b start tie	6b 123 1 out a3
8	26	37	May 16	SDP	@	CHC	L,6-9	4-5		2	1.1	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	7.11	5.87	9	5	3	2	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.093	.32	-0.02%	-1.13	4b 12- 1 out d4	5b -23 2 out d4
9	27	38	May 17	SDP	@	CHC	L,6-23	6-GF(8)		0	2.2	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	6.86	6.06	12	6	4	3	1	1		3	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.29	6b 123 1 out d18	8b end d17
10	28	41	May 21	SDP	@	MON	W,11-8	14-GF(21)	W(2-3)	3	8.0	5	0	0	3	4	0	0	5.73	5.53	31	15	8	2	3	1		0	0	0	0	0	28	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.31	0.954	.80	0.20%	3.75	14b --- 0 out tie	21b end a 3
11	29	44	May 24	SDP		ATL	W,4-3	5-8	W(3-3)	2	4.0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	5.30	5.28	12	7	4	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.64	0.327	.50	0.06%	1.55	5t 123 0 out a3	8t 3 out a1
12	30	47	May 27	SDP		HOU	L,3-4	GS-7	L(3-4)	2	6.2	9	4	4	2	4	1	1	5.31	5.23	31	10	5	1	0	9	42			3	0	0	27	2	0	2	1	0	0	1.30	-0.070	.40	-0.01%	-0.35	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
13	31	50	May 30(1)	SDP	@	SFG	W,12-8	6-6	W(4-4)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.22	5.19	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.61	0.046	.23	0.01%	0.48	6b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d1
14	32	51	May 30(2)	SDP	@	SFG	W,9-8	6-6		-1	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	5.43	5.36	5	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.93	-0.250	.41	-0.07%	-1.52	6b --- 0 out tie	6b 3 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
15	33	54	Jun 3	SDP	@	LAD	W,1-0	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.34	5.42	5	2	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.86	0.143	2.42	0.07%	0.86	7b 1-- 0 out tie	7b 3 out tie
16	34	55	Jun 4	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		0	0.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	5.46	5.45	4	1	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	-0.023	.12	-0.02%	-3.24	8b 123 2 out d3	8b end d 7
17	35	56	Jun 5	SDP	@	LAD	L,2-4	7-7		0	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.37	5.42	4	1	1	0	0	0		2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.01	0.025	.86	0.01%	0.83	7b 1-3 0 out d1	7b 3 out d2
18	36	63	Jun 12(2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-7	3-8	L(4-5)	6	5.0	5	3	3	3	4	1	0	5.37	5.43	21	5	4	0	0	5		2	2	0	2	0	16	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.02	-0.044	.38	-0.01%	-0.51	3b -23 0 out a1	8b -23 0 out d1
19	37	65	Jun 15	SDP		CHC	L,0-2	9-GF		2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.30	5.39	3	1	2	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.013	.04	0.00%	0.44	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
20	38	66	Jun 16	SDP		CHC	W,8-6	9-9		0	0.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.30	5.39	2	0	2	2	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	-0.062	.12	-0.01%	-1.84	9t -2- 1 out a4	9t 1-- 1 out a2
21	39	71	Jun 21	SDP		PIT	L,2-9	7-8		4	2.0	4	4	4	3	0	0	0	5.65	5.45	13	2	4	0	1	4		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	2	0	0	0	.19	-0.039	.04	0.00%	-3.13	7t --- 0 out d3	8t 3 out d7
22	40	73	Jun 24	SDP	@	ATL	L,8-9	6-6	H(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.60	5.42	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.80	0.057	.23	0.00%	0.23	6b 1-3 1 out a3	6b 3 out a2
23	41	74	Jun 25	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-9	7-7		0	1.0	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	5.77	5.40	7	2	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-1.45	7b --- 0 out d6	7b 3 out d8
24	42	75	Jun 26	SDP	@	ATL	L,5-8	5-5		0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.72	5.37	2	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.11	0.005	.01	0.00%	0.29	5b --- 1 out d5	5b 3 out d5
25	43	77	Jun 28	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-5	6-6		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5.69	5.40	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.002	.01	0.00%	0.09	6b --- 2 out d4	6b 3 out d4
26	44	78	Jun 29	SDP	@	HOU	W,7-4	1-2		0	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.57	5.29	5	2	0	0	0	1		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.195	.03	0.00%	1.95	1b 123 1 out tie	2b 3 out tie
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	45	79	Jul 1	SDP		CIN	L,1-2	6-8		1	3.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.35	5.21	9	5	2	0	1	0		0	0	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.083	.01	0.00%	1.31	6t --- 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
28	46	82	Jul 4	SDP		HOU	L,7-12	5-6		2	1.0	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	5.51	5.43	10	3	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.17	-0.220	.01	0.00%	-3.38	5t --- 0 out d1	6t 123 0 out d3
29	47	85	Jul 7	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-5	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	5.67	5.43	6	2	1	0	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.31	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-1.52	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 4
30	48	88	Jul 10(1)	SDP	@	LAD	W,7-5	2-5		2	2.1	4	2	2	1	2	1	0	5.72	5.50	12	4	1	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	-0.226	.00	0.00%	-1.89	2b 1-3 2 out a1	5b 1-3 0 out d1
31	49	89	Jul 10(2)	SDP	@	LAD	W,5-4	8-8	W(5-5)	-1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.70	5.49	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.018	.01	0.00%	0.76	8b 123 2 out d2	8b 3 out d2
32	50	90	Jul 11	SDP		SFG	L,1-5	8-8		0	0.2	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	5.76	5.54	4	0	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.18	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.04	8t --- 0 out d3	8t 12- 2 out d3
33	51	95	Jul 17	SDP		LAD	L,3-4	5-5		5	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.74	5.53	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.016	.01	0.00%	0.20	5t 1-- 2 out d2	5t 3 out d2
34	52	97	Jul 22	SDP		NYM	L,0-5	4-5		4	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.61	5.44	8	2	3	2	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.20	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.87	4t --- 0 out d4	5t 3 out d4
35	53	98	Jul 23	SDP		NYM	W,4-3	3-3		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.54	5.41	3	0	2	2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.034	.00	0.00%	0.44	3t --- 0 out d2	3t 3 out d2
36	54	99	Jul 24	SDP		PHI	L,4-7	2-2		0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.54	5.41	0							0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						7t --- 0 out a1	7t 1-- 0 out a1
37	55	103	Jul 27	SDP		MON	W,7-5	GS-5		2	4.2	10	5	5	3	2	0	0	5.75	5.33	24	5	4	1	0	10	23			0	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.96	-0.220	.00	0.00%	-1.22	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out tie
38	56	105	Jul 29	SDP	@	NYM	L,1-4	8-GF(8)		1	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.71	5.31	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.43	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.52	8b 123 1 out d2	8b end d 3
39	57	107	Jul 31	SDP	@	NYM	L,9-10	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.65	5.28	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	.50	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.46	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
40	58	109	Aug 3	SDP	@	PHI	L,1-8	5-6		2	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.57	5.23	4	0	3	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.96	5b 12- 2 out d6	6b 3 out d6
41	59	111	Aug 5	SDP	@	CHC	W,11-8	3-3		1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.57	5.26	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.068	.00	0.00%	-0.72	3b -2- 0 out tie	3b 1-3 0 out tie
42	60	112	Aug 6	SDP	@	CHC	L,5-10	6-GF(8)		0	3.0	1	1	1	2	3	1	0	5.49	5.31	12	2	5	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.012	.00	0.00%	0.63	6b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
43	61	114	Aug 7(2)	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.53	5.32	5	0	3	3	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.07	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.46	8b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 5
44	62	118	Aug 10(2)	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	11-GF(11)	W(6-5)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.47	5.29	3	1	2	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.70	0.124	.00	0.00%	0.44	11t --- 0 out tie	11t end tie
45	63	119	Aug 11	SDP		ATL	W,2-1	9-GF	W(7-5)	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.44	5.27	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.75	0.032	.00	0.00%	0.47	9t 1-- 1 out d1	9t end d 1
46	64	121	Aug 14	SDP		HOU	L,3-6	7-7		2	1.0	3	3	3	2	1	0	0	5.65	5.29	7	0	1	0	0	3		0	0	3	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.30	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-2.57	7t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d6
47	65	123	Aug 16	SDP	@	CIN	L,1-5	8-8		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.63	5.31	3	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.41	8b --- 0 out d4	8b 12- 1 out d4
48	66	125	Aug 19	SDP	@	STL	L,4-12	1-1		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.61	5.30	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.009	.00	0.00%	0.32	1b -2- 2 out d5	1b 3 out d5
49	67	126	Aug 20	SDP	@	STL	L,1-7	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.56	5.28	4	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.01	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.48	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 6
50	68	132	Aug 28	SDP		PIT	L,1-10	8-GF		7	2.0	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	5.62	5.21	11	5	1	1	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	3	0	0	0	0	1	.01	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-2.13	8t --- 0 out d6	9t end d 9
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
51	69	142	Sep 8	SDP	@	HOU	L,1-7	7-GF(8)		10	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.60	5.19	8	2	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	1	0	0	.03	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.11	7b --- 0 out d5	8b end d 6
52	70	143	Sep 9	SDP	@	ATL	L,6-8	5-5	L(7-6)	0	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.68	5.19	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	-0.125	.00	0.00%	-1.00	5b 12- 0 out a2	5b 12- 0 out a1
53	71	144	Sep 10	SDP	@	ATL	L,6-9	5-6		0	1.2	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	5.68	5.19	9	2	1	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.21	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.73	5b -2- 1 out d4	6b 3 out d6
54	72	147	Sep 13	SDP	@	LAD	L,4-18	2-2		2	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	1	0	5.91	5.33	4	1	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.46	-0.100	.00	0.00%	-5.24	2b 123 2 out d4	2b 3 out d10
55	73	151	Sep 17	SDP		HOU	L,0-11	3-3		3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.86	5.31	4	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.44	3t --- 0 out d6	3t 3 out d6
56	74	155	Sep 23	SDP		SFG	L,4-6	9-GF		5	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5.84	5.36	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.21	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.60	9t 12- 2 out d1	9t end d 2
							15-41		W-L:7-6,Hld:1	1.8	111.0	136	77	72	55	45	15	7	5.84	5.36	508	1.36		13%	4%	122	35	44	41%	12	6	2	431	24	2	11	9	3	7	.90	-0.899	.50	-0.50%	-28.53

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