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Rich
Wortham		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 22, 1953 in Usa, TX, ODESSA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 24 BAL AL   7 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1979 25 BAL AL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1980 26 BAL AL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1981 27 BAL AL $ 300,000 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1982 28 SEM AL $ 300,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1983 29 SEM AL $ 613,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1984 30 SEM AL $ 613,000 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings   7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 613,000 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1978 24 AAA   3 5 .375 33 2 0 0 5 55.3 56 27 3 30 28 4.39 .268 .360 .349 .709  
1979 25 BAL AL 3 5 .375 10 8 0 0 1 44.0 55 40 6 30 19 8.18 .309 .410 .545 .954 0.0
    AAA   6 9 .400 22 22 0 0 0 136.3 146 73 14 59 112 4.82 .265 .337 .395 .731  
1980 26 BAL AL 1 0 1.000 23 0 0 0 1 42.3 56 25 5 17 30 5.32 .315 .372 .466 .839 0.4
1981 27 BAL AL 4 3 .571 40 0 0 0 0 86.7 86 43 10 40 48 4.47 .270 .351 .408 .758 3.2
1982 28 BAL AL 3 1 .750 35 0 0 0 1 44.3 50 25 5 19 31 5.07 .284 .352 .432 .784 1.3
  SEM AL 3 1 .750 33 0 0 0 5 42.0 35 23 4 15 27 4.93 .224 .292 .346 .639 3.0
  TOT   6 2 .750 68 0 0 0 6 86.3 85 48 9 34 58 5.00 .256 .324 .392 .716 4.3
1983 29 SEM AL 1 2 .333 15 0 0 0 3 19.0 18 6 1 7 10 2.84 .254 .321 .380 .701 1.6
1984 30 AAA   13 7 .650 26 26 2 2 0 182.7 156 55 10 84 171 2.71 .230 .315 .333 .648  
1985 31 AAA   9 8 .529 23 23 1 1 0 157.0 155 64 19 58 146 3.67 .256 .321 .401 .722  
5 Years Sim 15 12 .556 156 8 0 0 11 278.3 300 162 31 128 165 5.24 .278 .354 .433 .788 9.5
4 Years AAA 31 29 .517 104 73 3 3 5 531.3 513 219 46 231 457 3.71 .251 .327 .372 .699  
Season Average 3 2 .600 31 1 0 0 2 55.7 60 32 6 25 33 5.24 .278 .354 .433 .788  
Career Highs 6 5 1.000 68 8 0 0 6 86.7 86 48 10 40 58 8.18 .315 .410 .545 .954  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   200 118 26 88 112   .282 .362 .460 .822
vs LH   100 44 5 40 53   .270 .341 .381 .723
Home 8 7 .533 90 3 0 0 7 170.6 183 95 19 70 109 5.01 .280 .349 .425 .775
Away 7 5 .583 66 5 0 0 4 107.7 117 67 12 58 56 5.60 .276 .363 .446 .809
Mar/Apr 1 2 .333 25 0 0 0 0 46.3 54 29 4 25 26 5.63 .303 .389 .421 .811
May 3 1 .750 31 0 0 0 2 48.3 39 20 3 25 35 3.73 .225 .323 .335 .658
June 3 3 .500 23 0 0 0 1 35.3 38 19 5 20 21 4.84 .281 .374 .444 .819
July 3 0 1.000 28 0 0 0 4 41.0 50 21 4 10 34 4.61 .292 .331 .415 .747
August 3 5 .375 29 5 0 0 1 66.0 83 52 10 31 35 7.09 .311 .383 .524 .907
Sep/Oct 2 1 .667 20 3 0 0 3 41.3 36 21 5 17 14 4.57 .234 .310 .409 .719
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1979 25 BAL AL P 10 8 44.0 7 10 0 0 1.000 3.48    
1980 26 BAL AL P 23 0 42.3 2 8 0 1 1.000 2.13    
1981 27 BAL AL P 40 0 86.7 9 19 1 3 .966 2.91    
1982 28 BAL AL P 35 0 44.3 2 10 2 0 .857 2.44    
  SEM AL P 33 0 42.0 2 9 1 0 .917 2.36    
  TOT   P 68 0 86.3 4 19 3 0 .885 2.40    
1983 29 SEM AL P 15 0 19.0 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.37    
Career Totals   156 8 278.3 22 61 4 4 .954 2.68    
Career Highs   68 8 86.7 9 19 3 3 1.000 3.48    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1981 27 BAL AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 4.7 4 2 0 0 2 3.86 .222 .222 .278 .500
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 4.7 4 2 0 0 2 3.86 .222 .222 .278 .500
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Roy Henshaw (987)
  2. Bob Patterson (980)
  3. Tony Freitas (976)
  4. Jim Rooker (974)
  5. Keith Comstock (974)
  6. Joe Shaute (973)
  7. Don Carman (973)
  8. Bob Hendley (971)
  9. Greg Cadaret (971)
  10. Ray Bressler (970)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 55th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1978
Earned first career win on 8/10/1979
Traded from Baltimore to Seattle on 7/1/1982 (Going to SEM: P Tom Dixon, P Rich Wortham, DH Harold Baines, 3B Gary Gaetti. Going to BAL: 2B Bump Wills)
10/29/1982: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $613,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 7/26/1983 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 10 weeks
Released by Seattle on 10/13/1985
 
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