Rick Wise

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 180 lb

BornSeptember 13, 1945 · Jackson, MI, USA

MLB debutApril 18, 1964

Final gameApril 10, 1982

Seasons18 (1964–1982)

Philadelphia Phillies 1964; Philadelphia Phillies 1966–1971; St. Louis Cardinals 1972–1973; Boston Red Sox 1974–1977; Cleveland Indians 1978–1979; San Diego Padres 1980–1982

Percentile snapshot

1979 season — qualified pitchers

48.2

70.6

65.9

56.5

58.8

SHO

229

30.6

31.8

47.1

108

52.9

22.4

231.7

64.7

ERA

3.73

48.2

WHIP

1.282

55.3

K/9

4.20

37.6

FIP

4.07

38.8

FIP-

95.4

58.8

ERA+

114.5

65.9

sWAR

3.7

75.3

of 86 qualified 1979 pitchers (min 161 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

ERA+

100.0

38.7

sWAR

34.3

97.2

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	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1964	25	22	17	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	7	.294	.350	.294	.644	88.7	85.8	.303	0.4
1966	23	31	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	.000	.000	.000	.000	-126.0	-100.0	.000	0.4
1967	36	59	53	1	11	0	1	0	1	4	25	.208	.263	.245	.508	46.5	46.3	.246	2.4
1968	30	63	58	6	14	4	1	2	7	3	15	.241	.279	.448	.727	117.8	115.3	.334	-1.2
1969	33	84	74	9	20	3	1	1	4	3	25	.270	.295	.378	.673	87.0	89.3	.309	3.8
1970	37	85	75	6	15	4	0	2	10	4	20	.200	.241	.333	.574	49.5	52.7	.262	2.3
1971	39	104	97	14	23	2	1	6	15	3	34	.237	.260	.464	.724	99.9	102.6	.325	5.7
1972	35	100	93	8	16	2	0	1	9	1	30	.172	.181	.226	.407	3.3	16.2	.188	3.7
1973	35	102	88	12	17	3	1	3	14	5	36	.193	.250	.352	.602	64.2	66.7	.277	4.0
1974	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5
1975	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.8
1976	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.1
1977	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8
1978	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6
1979	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3.7
1980	28	62	58	1	8	2	0	0	4	2	21	.138	.167	.172	.339	-12.0	-2.8	.163	1.0
1981	18	29	25	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	11	.040	.077	.080	.157	-69.6	-54.0	.081	0.2
1982	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	-0.1

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1964	25	8	5	3	0	0	78	31	25	39	7	69.0	4.04	1.493	5.09	4.16	119.5	86.1	0.4
1966	22	13	5	6	3	0	100	41	24	58	5	99.3	3.71	1.248	5.26	2.97	82.9	96.6	0.4
1967	36	25	11	11	6	3	177	66	45	111	8	181.3	3.28	1.224	5.51	2.82	82.8	103.9	2.4
1968	30	30	9	15	7	1	210	92	37	97	12	182.0	4.55	1.357	4.80	3.05	101.3	66.1	-1.2
1969	33	31	15	13	14	4	215	79	61	144	17	220.0	3.23	1.255	5.89	3.21	90.6	109.7	3.8
1970	35	34	13	14	5	1	253	102	65	113	15	220.3	4.17	1.443	4.62	3.63	89.8	97.1	2.3
1971	38	37	17	14	17	4	261	87	70	155	20	272.3	2.88	1.215	5.12	3.17	92.3	119.7	5.7
1972	35	35	16	16	20	2	250	93	71	142	16	269.0	3.11	1.193	4.75	3.05	89.5	109.4	3.7
1973	35	34	16	12	14	5	259	97	59	144	18	259.0	3.37	1.228	5.00	3.06	84.4	107.6	4.0
1974	9	9	3	4	1	0	47	21	16	25	2	49.0	3.86	1.286	4.59	3.12	81.7	99.1	0.5
1975	35	35	19	12	17	1	262	112	72	141	34	255.3	3.95	1.308	4.97	4.08	100.6	102.7	2.8
1976	34	34	14	11	11	4	218	88	48	93	18	224.3	3.53	1.186	3.73	3.50	90.5	109.6	3.1
1977	26	20	11	5	4	2	151	68	28	85	19	128.3	4.77	1.395	5.96	4.09	92.1	93.2	0.8
1978	33	31	9	19	9	1	226	102	59	106	22	211.7	4.34	1.346	4.51	3.78	100.6	86.7	0.6
1979	34	34	15	10	9	2	229	96	68	108	24	231.7	3.73	1.282	4.20	4.07	95.4	114.5	3.7
1980	27	27	6	8	1	0	172	63	37	59	14	154.3	3.67	1.354	3.44	3.88	112.1	94.2	1.0
1981	18	18	4	8	0	0	116	41	19	27	10	98.0	3.77	1.378	2.48	4.03	122.0	87.7	0.2
1982	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	2.0	9.00	1.500	0.00	2.75	79.3	38.5	-0.1

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

511

741

668

130

RBI

240

.1946

OBP

.2282

SLG

.3084

OPS

.5366

Pitching

G (P)

506

428th-most career G (P)

455

86th-most career GS

188

152nd-most career W

181

71st-most career L

138

265th-most career CG

SHO

111th-most career SHO

3,127

120th-most career IP

SO (P)

1,647

180th-most career SO (P)

BB allowed

804

252nd-most career BB allowed

ERA

3.687

WHIP

1.2891

K/9

4.74

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	HR	RBI	TB
1971-08-28	SF @ PHI Gameday	3	2	2	0	2	5	8
1971-06-23	PHI @ CIN Gameday	4	2	2	0	2	3	8
1971-06-14	SF @ PHI Gameday	4	2	2	1	1	3	6
1973-08-01	STL @ WSH Gameday	4	1	2	0	1	3	5
1969-08-16	HOU @ PHI Gameday	3	2	2	0	1	1	5

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1969-09-05	PHI @ NYM Gameday	9.0	8	2	2	3	11	0
1971-08-28	SF @ PHI Gameday	9.0	8	3	2	2	11	0
1971-09-18	CHC @ PHI Gameday	12.0	5	3	2	0	10	2
1969-08-22	SD @ PHI Gameday	9.0	6	0	0	2	10	0
1972-09-01	LAD @ STL Gameday	9.0	4	1	1	3	10	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.