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Richie
Zisk		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 213
 
Born: February 6, 1949 in Usa, NY, BROOKLYN
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
All-Star Selections 1977    1981   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1971 22 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5
1972 23 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 5 6 5 5
1973 24 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5
1974 25 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 8 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6
1975 26 COL NL $ 3,700,000   7 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6
1976 27 COL NL $ 3,700,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6
1977 28 COL NL $ 3,700,000   8 8 9 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 6
1978 29 BOS AL $ 14,150,000   8 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 6
1979 30 BOS AL $ 14,150,000   7 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6
1980 31 BOS AL $ 14,150,000   7 7 8 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6
1981 32 CLN NL $ 14,150,000   7 7 8 8 7 7 7 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6
1982 33 IND AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 6 7 6 6 6 5 6
1983 34 IND AL $ 7,000,000   7 7 7 8 7 8 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5
1984 35 IND AL $ 7,000,000   6 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5
1985 36 IND AL $ 7,000,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 4 4
1986 37 DET AL $ 300,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 14,150,000   8 8 9 8 7 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1971 22 COL NL 99 347 39 81 13 2 11 50 0 2 36 79 .233 .305 .378 .682 38.1 5.3
    AAA   26 104 22 35 1 0 9 26 1 2 13 16 .337 .410 .606 1.016 23.5  
1972 23 COL NL 152 530 56 142 20 0 18 74 2 2 44 116 .268 .323 .408 .730 66.6 10.5
1973 24 COL NL 154 569 78 163 28 0 19 84 3 2 44 77 .286 .336 .436 .772 76.3 13.8
1974 25 COL NL 135 467 64 130 23 1 17 81 1 0 50 78 .278 .346 .441 .787 70.0 11.6
1975 26 COL NL 151 543 77 157 31 3 19 103 0 0 53 85 .289 .349 .462 .811 87.9 17.4
1976 27 COL NL 155 554 72 161 29 1 18 102 2 1 52 64 .291 .347 .444 .791 82.7 16.6
1977 28 COL NL 153 601 86 183 24 3 22 109 1 0 46 72 .304 .355 .464 .819 90.7 21.0
1978 29 BOS AL 155 583 79 181 36 7 15 92 1 0 60 93 .310 .374 .473 .847 91.6 19.2
1979 30 BOS AL 154 570 85 154 15 1 18 78 1 0 75 86 .270 .350 .395 .744 80.5 15.6
1980 31 BOS AL 147 506 66 138 25 3 18 58 2 0 48 70 .273 .336 .441 .776 72.4 12.1
1981 32 CLN NL 154 575 81 181 26 3 24 112 1 1 55 88 .315 .371 .496 .867 98.5 24.7
1982 33 IND AL 129 454 71 121 18 3 19 71 0 0 61 73 .267 .351 .445 .796 67.5 14.1
    AAA   15 55 12 21 3 0 8 18 0 0 5 6 .382 .433 .873 1.306 17.1  
1983 34 IND AL 153 537 77 140 29 3 21 99 0 3 54 79 .261 .329 .443 .773 76.1 15.4
1984 35 IND AL 148 585 56 162 30 1 15 96 0 2 53 106 .277 .335 .409 .743 76.8 13.8
1985 36 IND AL 152 548 62 141 24 2 21 90 0 1 43 99 .257 .308 .423 .731 71.5 12.2
1986 37 AAA   80 311 23 67 9 1 2 28 3 2 22 78 .215 .267 .270 .537 21.9  
15 Years Sim 2191 7969 1049 2235 371 33 275 1299 14 14 774 1265 .280 .342 .439 .781 1147.3 223.4
3 Years AAA 121 470 57 123 13 1 19 72 4 4 40 100 .262 .317 .415 .731 62.5  
162 Game Average 589 77 165 27 2 20 96 1 1 57 93 .280 .342 .439 .781 84.8  
Career Highs 155 601 86 183 36 7 24 112 3 3 75 116 .315 .374 .496 .867 98.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   5472 689 1483 227 18 176 857 9 9 467 894 .271 .326 .416 .742 741.2
vs LH   2497 360 752 144 15 99 442 5 5 307 371 .301 .376 .490 .866 445.0
Home 1086 3838 515 1099 184 19 134 632 8 4 366 594 .286 .346 .449 .795 587.9
Away 1105 4131 534 1136 187 14 141 667 6 10 408 671 .275 .339 .429 .768 598.3
RISP   2182 0 644 116 11 90 996 0 0 273 363 .295 .364 .482 .846 383.2
Pinch Hitting   125 13 26 3 0 5 19 0 0 12 26 .208 .271 .352 .623 12.9
Close/Late   911 109 278 50 3 28 134 0 0 107 124 .305 .376 .459 .835 153.6
Mar/Apr 311 1171 163 343 45 3 34 154 4 2 104 163 .293 .349 .424 .772 170.9
May 402 1501 190 398 77 5 47 219 4 3 155 264 .265 .333 .417 .750 209.4
June 381 1384 176 382 63 9 48 236 0 4 120 233 .276 .330 .439 .769 198.2
July 370 1354 191 384 63 5 57 239 2 2 125 214 .284 .343 .464 .806 211.2
August 386 1383 166 371 58 9 39 218 4 2 147 205 .268 .337 .408 .744 192.7
Sep/Oct 341 1176 163 357 65 2 50 233 0 1 123 186 .304 .367 .490 .857 203.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1971 22 COL NL LF 55 50 447.0 107 7 2 0 .983 2.30   2.9
    RF 38 38 332.7 90 2 0 1 1.000 2.49    
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1972 23 COL NL RF 136 134 1159.0 215 9 4 2 .982 1.74   3.4
    LF 7 1 19.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 2.84    
1973 24 COL NL LF 151 149 1268.0 250 8 2 2 .992 1.83   4.6
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1974 25 COL NL LF 130 124 1046.0 195 6 4 2 .980 1.73   3.2
    RF 4 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 26 COL NL LF 146 137 1179.0 192 15 1 3 .995 1.58   3.2
    RF 2 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1976 27 COL NL LF 145 138 1191.7 207 8 7 2 .968 1.62   3.8
    RF 3 2 19.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.89    
1977 28 COL NL LF 30 23 219.7 48 3 2 1 .962 2.09   0.9
    RF 1 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1978 29 BOS AL LF 149 144 1293.0 296 11 3 2 .990 2.14   3.8
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 30 BOS AL LF 150 146 1306.3 277 8 5 1 .983 1.96   3.7
    RF 2 0 6.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05    
1980 31 BOS AL LF 140 125 1143.7 240 12 9 8 .966 1.98   3.6
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1981 32 CLN NL LF 153 147 1294.3 271 6 3 1 .989 1.93   3.6
1982 33 IND AL LF 125 120 1070.0 259 8 6 2 .978 2.25   3.3
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    RF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1983 34 IND AL LF 149 140 1209.7 283 3 5 0 .983 2.13   2.3
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1984 35 IND AL LF 146 145 1271.3 302 12 8 1 .975 2.22   2.9
1985 36 IND AL LF 147 146 1266.3 246 7 9 0 .966 1.80   2.2
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1986 37 DET AL 3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1823 1735 15225.0 3178 115 66 26 .980 1.95   43.9
  RF 193 174 1549.3 317 11 4 3 .988 1.91   3.4
  3B 3 0 4.7 0 2 1 0 .667 3.86   0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
Career Totals   2021 1909 16783.9 3497 128 71 29 .981 1.94   47.3
Career Highs   153 149 1313.0 302 16 9 8 .995 2.39    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1973 24 COL NL 11 41 6 14 1 0 2 6 0 0 4 7 .341 .400 .512 .912
1974 25 COL NL 18 70 12 18 2 0 3 10 0 0 10 14 .257 .350 .414 .764
1975 26 COL NL 11 45 3 12 4 1 1 8 0 0 2 10 .267 .298 .467 .765
1976 27 COL NL 18 78 8 28 5 1 1 12 0 0 7 13 .359 .407 .487 .894
1977 28 COL NL 18 74 11 28 11 0 1 14 0 2 3 9 .378 .397 .568 .965
1978 29 BOS AL 5 18 3 4 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 2 .222 .391 .389 .780
1979 30 BOS AL 7 26 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .115 .115 .154 .269
1982 33 IND AL 12 47 7 12 4 0 3 10 0 0 2 7 .255 .280 .532 .812
1983 34 IND AL 16 65 6 20 3 0 1 7 0 0 2 9 .308 .324 .400 .724
1984 35 IND AL 7 30 3 9 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 6 .300 .344 .433 .777
1985 36 IND AL 5 21 2 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 8 .190 .227 .333 .561
Career Post-Season Batting 128 515 62 152 32 2 15 77 0 2 38 88 .295 .341 .452 .794
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1977-6-.304
1978-9-.310
1981-3-.315
 On-Base Pct
1981-9-.371
 Slugging Pct
1978-8-.473
1981-5-.496
 OPS
1978-7-.847
1981-5-.867
 XR
1977-8-90.7
1981-6-98.5
 Games
1978-6-155
At-Bats
1977-7-601
 Hits
1977-4-183
1978-8-181
1981-4-181
 Total Bases
1977-7-279
1978-9-276
1981-4-285
 Singles
1977-7-134
1981-10-128
 Triples
1978-9-7
 Homeruns
1981-10-24
RBIs
1975-8-103
1976-7-102
1977-4-109
1981-2-112
1983-8-99
1984-7-96
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 58    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  2. Jackie Jensen (932)
  3. Ron Fairly (923)
  4. Amos Otis (919)
  5. Bill White (918)
  6. Jim Rice (917)
  7. Leon Wagner (916)
  8. Bob Hazle (911)
  9. Ellis Valentine (905)
  10. Fred Lynn (905)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Colorado in 1971
Had first career hit on 5/1/1971, off Jon Matlack (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 5/2/1971, off Dick Ellsworth (NYG)
Injured on 8/22/1971 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 6 weeks
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/20/1973
Injured on 4/13/1974 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1974, hitting .480 with 6 HR, 14 RBI
10/13/1974: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $3,700,000 per year, for 3 years
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 5/29/1976
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 6/8/1976
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against San Diego on 4/11/1977
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Detroit on 9/26/1977
Signed as a free agent by Boston (A) on 2/3/1978 to a 4-year deal worth $14,150,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1978, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Traded from Boston (A) to Cleveland (N) on 4/3/1981 (Going to CLN: LF Richie Zisk. Going to BOS: P Richard Dotson, P Tom Niedenfuer, 3B Toby Harrah)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/29/1981, hitting .450 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/1981, hitting .333 with 8 HR, 22 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1981, hitting .667 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Los Angeles on 9/23/1981
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/11/1982 to a 4-year deal worth $7,000,000 per year
Injured on 4/18/1982 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Player of the Week award on 7/8/1983, hitting .375 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Had 2000th career hit on 6/11/1984, off Tom Johnson (BSN)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 6/1/1986 to a minor league deal
 
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