Rick Auerbach
Milwaukee Brewers 1971–1973; Los Angeles Dodgers 1974–1976; Cincinnati Reds 1977–1980; Seattle Mariners 1981
Percentile snapshot
1972 season — qualified batters
of 112 qualified 1972 batters (min 483 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 79 | 263 | 236 | 22 | 48 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 40 | 3 | 2 | .203 | .271 | .258 | .530 | 49.9 | 52.2 | .256 | -0.2 |
| 1972 | 153 | 605 | 554 | 50 | 121 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 43 | 62 | 24 | 8 | .218 | .277 | .269 | .546 | 60.1 | 64.5 | .261 | 0.2 |
| 1973 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .100 | .200 | .300 | -34.6 | -16.5 | .132 | -0.1 |
| 1974 | 45 | 82 | 73 | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | .342 | .407 | .384 | .791 | 137.4 | 129.0 | .382 | 0.8 |
| 1975 | 85 | 188 | 170 | 18 | 38 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .224 | .298 | .276 | .574 | 63.3 | 65.2 | .275 | 0.2 |
| 1976 | 36 | 53 | 47 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | .128 | .226 | .128 | .354 | 8.4 | 4.7 | .193 | -0.3 |
| 1977 | 33 | 52 | 45 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .156 | .216 | .200 | .416 | 6.8 | 12.1 | .200 | -0.3 |
| 1978 | 63 | 65 | 55 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .327 | .413 | .545 | .958 | 176.0 | 167.1 | .439 | 1.0 |
| 1979 | 62 | 116 | 100 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 1 | .210 | .304 | .340 | .644 | 76.9 | 76.0 | .301 | 0.2 |
| 1980 | 24 | 37 | 33 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | .333 | .389 | .515 | .904 | 159.2 | 151.7 | .413 | 0.4 |
| 1981 | 38 | 96 | 84 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 1 | .155 | .200 | .226 | .426 | 11.9 | 20.7 | .202 | -0.4 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979-06-27 | CIN @ LAD Gameday | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1971-09-24 | MIL @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1972-06-06 | MIL @ KC Gameday | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980-05-29 | CIN @ SD Gameday | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 1980-06-15 | CIN @ STL Gameday | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.