Rick Honeycutt

HandednessBats Left · Throws Left

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 185 lb

BornJune 29, 1954 · Chattanooga, TN, USA

MLB debutAugust 24, 1977

Final gameMay 2, 1997

Seasons21 (1977–1997)

Seattle Mariners 1977–1980; Texas Rangers 1981–1982; Los Angeles Dodgers 1983; Texas Rangers 1983; Los Angeles Dodgers 1984–1987; Oakland Athletics 1987–1993; Texas Rangers 1994; New York Yankees 1995; Oakland Athletics 1995; St. Louis Cardinals 1996–1997

Percentile snapshot

1986 season — qualified pitchers

18.3

14.6

74.4

SHO

164

90.2

96.3

91.5

100

14.6

96.3

171.0

4.9

ERA

3.32

75.6

WHIP

1.222

64.6

K/9

5.26

34.1

FIP

3.10

90.2

FIP-

88.8

ERA+

105.4

56.1

sWAR

2.1

40.2

of 83 qualified 1986 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

103.9

53.3

sWAR

25.1

95.4

ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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	RBI	BB	SO	SB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1977	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2
1978	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
1979	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.6
1980	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.4
1981	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.6
1982	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.9
1983	34	14	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	.083	.083	.083	.167	-72.7	-53.1	.078	4.1
1984	29	68	56	1	8	0	1	3	17	1	.143	.186	.143	.329	-10.6	-4.9	.165	3.3
1985	32	49	38	5	5	1	1	3	6	0	.132	.195	.158	.353	-0.9	2.0	.178	1.5
1986	32	57	43	3	3	1	3	8	11	0	.070	.216	.093	.309	2.2	-8.4	.180	2.1
1987	34	35	30	3	7	1	2	2	8	0	.233	.281	.267	.548	49.9	49.1	.258	0.5
1988	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.1
1989	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0
1990	66	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.1	-100.0	.000	1.3
1991	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
1992	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4
1993	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.0
1994	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.4
1995	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2
1996	61	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	201.3	97.9	.493	1.2
1997	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1977	10	3	0	1	0	0	0	26	14	11	17	7	29.0	4.34	1.276	5.28	6.16	150.3	94.3	0.2
1978	26	24	5	11	0	4	1	150	73	49	50	12	134.3	4.89	1.481	3.35	4.13	108.5	77.9	-0.4
1979	33	28	11	12	0	8	1	201	87	67	83	22	194.0	4.04	1.381	3.85	4.51	104.0	107.6	2.6
1980	30	30	10	17	0	9	1	221	89	60	79	22	203.3	3.94	1.382	3.50	4.32	105.0	104.4	2.4
1981	20	20	11	6	0	8	2	120	47	17	40	12	127.7	3.31	1.073	2.82	3.53	100.3	106.3	1.6
1982	30	26	5	17	0	4	1	201	96	54	64	20	164.0	5.27	1.555	3.51	4.54	115.9	74.3	-0.9
1983	34	32	16	11	0	6	2	214	72	50	74	15	213.7	3.03	1.236	3.12	3.83	98.4	129.3	4.1
1984	29	28	10	9	0	6	2	180	58	51	75	11	183.7	2.84	1.258	3.68	3.62	103.0	123.7	3.3
1985	31	25	8	12	1	1	0	141	54	49	67	9	142.0	3.42	1.338	4.25	3.56	102.3	101.6	1.5
1986	32	28	11	9	0	0	0	164	63	45	100	9	171.0	3.32	1.222	5.26	3.10	88.8	105.4	2.1
1987	34	24	3	16	0	1	1	158	73	54	102	13	139.3	4.72	1.522	6.59	3.87	96.5	84.7	0.5
1988	55	0	3	2	7	0	0	74	31	25	47	6	79.7	3.50	1.243	5.31	3.68	96.5	108.7	1.1
1989	64	0	2	2	12	0	0	56	20	26	52	5	76.7	2.35	1.070	6.10	3.40	91.6	158.1	2.0
1990	63	0	2	2	7	0	0	46	19	22	38	2	63.3	2.70	1.074	5.40	3.11	83.2	138.3	1.3
1991	43	0	2	4	0	0	0	37	15	20	26	3	37.7	3.58	1.513	6.21	4.32	111.3	108.2	0.5
1992	54	0	1	4	3	0	0	41	16	10	32	2	39.0	3.69	1.308	7.38	2.82	74.6	102.2	0.4
1993	52	0	1	4	1	0	0	30	13	20	21	2	41.7	2.81	1.200	4.54	4.13	99.9	147.2	1.0
1994	42	0	1	2	1	0	0	37	20	9	18	4	25.0	7.20	1.840	6.48	5.16	108.4	66.1	-0.4
1995	52	0	5	1	2	0	0	39	15	10	21	6	45.7	2.96	1.073	4.14	4.65	102.1	153.9	1.2
1996	61	0	2	1	4	0	0	42	15	7	30	3	47.3	2.85	1.035	5.70	3.09	74.2	146.3	1.2
1997	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	2	0	2.0	13.50	3.000	9.00	2.57	61.7	30.9	-0.2

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

801

228

182

RBI

.1319

OBP

.2100

SLG

.1484

OPS

.3584

Pitching

G (P)

797

59th-most career G (P)

268

465th-most career GS

109

143

195th-most career L

460th-most career SV

SHO

2,160

365th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,038

BB allowed

657

459th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.721

WHIP

1.3148

K/9

4.33

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	RBI	BB	TB
1984-05-19	WSH @ LAD Gameday	3	0	2	0	1	1	2
1985-09-10	LAD @ ATL Gameday	3	2	2	0	1	0	2
1987-05-12	CHC @ LAD Gameday	4	1	2	0	0	0	2
1985-06-28	ATL @ LAD Gameday	2	1	1	1	0	0	2
1986-07-20	LAD @ STL Gameday	2	0	1	1	0	1	2

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1987-05-07	PIT @ LAD Gameday	8.1	8	3	2	0	10	1
1987-05-01	LAD @ STL Gameday	5.1	4	3	3	3	9	0
1979-09-23	CWS @ SEA Gameday	9.0	9	3	3	2	8	1
1987-07-19	PIT @ LAD Gameday	6.1	8	4	4	2	8	0
1982-04-23	MIL @ TEX Gameday	9.0	6	2	2	4	7	0

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.

Honors

2× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.