Rick Reuschel

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 3 in · 215 lb

BornMay 16, 1949 · Quincy, IL, USA

MLB debutJune 19, 1972

Final gameApril 22, 1991

Seasons19 (1972–1991)

Chicago Cubs 1972–1981; New York Yankees 1981; Chicago Cubs 1983–1984; Pittsburgh Pirates 1985–1987; San Francisco Giants 1987–1991

Percentile snapshot

1989 season — qualified pitchers

40.3

80.5

77.9

10.4

SHO

195

46.8

88.3

71.4

111

31.2

208.3

46.8

ERA

2.94

76.6

WHIP

1.195

K/9

4.80

29.9

FIP

3.53

55.8

FIP-

103.2

32.5

ERA+

116.2

58.4

sWAR

3.4

62.3

of 78 qualified 1989 pitchers (min 162 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

113.0

78.9

sWAR

55.0

99.2

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	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1972	21	52	44	3	6	1	0	0	3	2	15	0	0	.136	.174	.159	.333	-24.5	-8.2	.163	2.5
1973	36	84	73	3	9	1	0	0	2	1	27	0	1	.123	.133	.137	.270	-45.7	-26.8	.127	4.6
1974	41	96	86	4	19	4	1	0	2	0	27	0	0	.221	.218	.291	.509	27.4	38.9	.234	1.1
1975	38	86	77	3	16	2	0	1	7	3	11	0	1	.208	.238	.273	.510	30.4	38.4	.242	2.8
1976	38	97	83	9	19	4	0	0	6	6	16	0	0	.229	.289	.277	.566	54.7	55.5	.276	4.2
1977	41	95	87	9	18	3	1	1	8	1	18	0	0	.207	.225	.299	.524	23.2	33.2	.237	7.1
1978	35	89	73	5	10	2	0	0	4	4	23	1	0	.137	.190	.164	.354	-17.4	-4.6	.176	4.0
1979	38	91	79	8	13	2	1	0	6	7	26	0	1	.165	.233	.215	.448	13.1	18.5	.219	3.8
1980	44	93	82	4	13	3	1	0	5	1	23	0	0	.159	.169	.220	.388	-12.0	4.2	.179	3.9
1981	28	30	25	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	7	0	0	.080	.115	.080	.195	-65.1	-44.8	.102	2.4
1983	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-40.4	-21.9	.133	0.1
1984	20	36	29	2	7	3	0	0	3	2	8	0	0	.241	.281	.345	.626	64.9	69.4	.288	-0.3
1985	31	68	59	8	10	2	0	1	7	3	17	1	0	.169	.210	.254	.464	24.2	30.0	.218	5.2
1986	43	81	70	7	11	2	0	0	6	3	19	0	0	.157	.192	.186	.377	-5.6	3.7	.181	1.8
1987	34	91	79	8	11	3	0	1	10	5	26	1	0	.139	.190	.215	.406	2.7	7.8	.191	4.9
1988	36	94	73	4	8	1	0	0	3	2	25	0	1	.110	.133	.123	.257	-35.4	-24.0	.125	2.8
1989	32	83	61	2	10	1	0	0	3	5	16	0	1	.164	.224	.180	.404	17.5	18.9	.201	3.4
1990	15	29	26	2	4	1	0	0	3	0	11	0	0	.154	.154	.192	.346	-15.5	-3.6	.157	0.6
1991	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-122.5	-100.0	.000	0.0

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1972	21	18	10	8	0	5	4	127	42	29	87	3	129.0	2.93	1.209	6.07	2.20	58.8	127.8	2.5
1973	36	36	14	15	0	7	3	244	79	62	168	15	237.0	3.00	1.291	6.38	2.80	72.1	129.7	4.6
1974	41	38	13	12	0	8	2	262	115	83	160	18	240.7	4.30	1.434	5.98	3.34	88.0	88.2	1.1
1975	38	37	11	17	1	6	0	244	97	67	155	17	234.0	3.73	1.329	5.96	3.19	83.4	102.3	2.8
1976	38	37	14	12	1	9	2	260	100	64	146	17	260.0	3.46	1.246	5.05	3.21	84.4	109.7	4.2
1977	39	37	20	10	1	8	4	233	78	74	166	13	252.0	2.79	1.218	5.93	3.03	70.4	154.3	7.1
1978	35	35	14	15	0	9	1	235	92	54	115	16	242.7	3.41	1.191	4.27	3.26	82.5	115.8	4.0
1979	36	36	18	12	0	5	1	251	96	75	125	16	239.0	3.62	1.364	4.71	3.58	88.2	112.4	3.8
1980	38	38	11	13	0	6	0	281	97	76	140	13	257.0	3.40	1.389	4.90	3.25	83.9	114.0	3.9
1981	25	24	8	11	0	4	0	162	54	33	75	8	156.3	3.11	1.247	4.32	3.05	84.1	116.6	2.4
1983	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	18	9	10	9	1	20.7	3.92	1.355	3.92	3.88	102.5	96.7	0.1
1984	19	14	5	5	0	1	0	123	53	23	43	7	92.3	5.17	1.581	4.19	3.69	95.5	74.8	-0.3
1985	31	26	14	8	1	9	1	153	49	52	138	7	194.0	2.27	1.057	6.40	2.52	70.3	157.4	5.2
1986	35	34	9	16	0	4	2	232	95	57	125	20	215.7	3.96	1.340	5.22	3.70	96.8	96.3	1.8
1987	34	33	13	9	0	12	4	207	78	42	107	13	227.0	3.09	1.097	4.24	3.33	81.6	131.6	4.9
1988	36	36	19	11	0	7	2	242	85	42	92	11	245.0	3.12	1.159	3.38	3.13	94.4	106.1	2.8
1989	32	32	17	8	0	2	0	195	68	54	111	18	208.3	2.94	1.195	4.80	3.53	103.2	116.2	3.4
1990	15	13	3	6	1	0	0	102	38	31	49	8	87.0	3.93	1.529	5.07	3.98	108.1	93.7	0.6
1991	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	17	5	7	4	0	10.7	4.22	2.250	3.38	4.01	111.5	85.3	0.0

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

579

1,304

1,115

187

RBI

317

.1677

OBP

.2019

SLG

.2170

OPS

.4189

Pitching

G (P)

557

320th-most career G (P)

529

38th-most career GS

214

94th-most career W

191

52nd-most career L

102

402nd-most career CG

SHO

163rd-most career SHO

3,548

69th-most career IP

SO (P)

2,015

85th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

935

144th-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.373

356th-lowest career ERA

WHIP

1.2747

444th-lowest career WHIP

K/9

5.11

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	TB
1985-08-25	HOU @ PIT Gameday	4	2	2	1	0	1	3	6
1977-09-18	CHC @ NYM Gameday	3	0	2	1	1	0	3	5
1977-05-24	WSH @ CHC Gameday	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	5
1974-08-07	CHC @ PHI Gameday	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	5
1975-09-28	WSH @ CHC Gameday	3	0	3	1	0	0	2	4

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1973-08-19	LAD @ CHC Gameday	9.0	4	2	2	0	13	1
1985-09-10	CHC @ PIT Gameday	9.0	8	1	0	1	12	0
1973-04-24	SF @ CHC Gameday	7.0	8	2	2	2	12	0
1973-08-03	CHC @ WSH Gameday	9.0	4	0	0	0	11	0
1975-05-31	LAD @ CHC Gameday	9.0	3	1	1	4	11	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× Gold Glove3× 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.