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Rich Hand

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: July 10, 1948 in Bellevue, WA us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 38th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lincoln HS (Seattle, WA), the New York Mets in the 5th round of the 1968 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA) and the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (1st) of the 1969 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA).

High School: Lincoln HS (Seattle, WA)

School: University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA)

Debut: April 9, 1970 (Age 21-273d, 12,962nd in major league history)
vs. BAL 3.1 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 2 BB, 6 ER, L

Last Game: September 26, 1973 (Age 25-078d)
vs. TEX 7.0 IP, 8 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1970 season

Full Name: Richard Allen Hand

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.8

ERA

4.01

104

487.1

278

WHIP

1.440

Summary of 52 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 26 go ahead

3 Tms
CLE	33
TEX	14
CAL	5

Platoon
vs RHB	26
vs LHB	26

Home/Road
Home	28
Away	24

Outs
2	23
0	15
1	14

12 Opps
BOS	10
CAL	7
BAL	6
TEX/WSA	5
KCR	4
OAK	4
NYY	4
DET	4
MIL	4
CHW	2
MIN	1
CLE	1

40 Batters
Bob Oliver	2
Jim Fregosi	2
Mike Epstein	2
Roger Repoz	2
Tommy Harper	2
Carl Yastrzemski	2
Rico Petrocelli	2
Jim Spencer	2
George Scott	2
Jeff Burroughs	2
Willie Horton	2
Ed Herrmann	2
Blue Moon Odom	1
Bobby Murcer	1
George Brunet	1
Rick Miller	1
Russ Snyder	1
Boog Powell	1
Bill Voss	1
Gene Tenace	1
Terry Crowley	1
Graig Nettles	1
Jim Palmer	1
Bobby Grich	1
Norm Cash	1
Horace Clarke	1
Dave Duncan	1
Paul Schaal	1
Jim Rooker	1
Reggie Smith	1
Davey Johnson	1
Jake Gibbs	1
John Briggs	1
Ken McMullen	1
George Mitterwald	1
Dick McAuliffe	1
Carlton Fisk	1
Don Buford	1
John Lowenstein	1
Richie Scheinblum	1

11 Parks
ClevelandStd (CLE)	19
Angel Stad (ANA)	8
Fenway Pk (BOS)	6
Arlington St (ARL)	6
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
RFK Stad (WAS)	1

Where Hit
9	23
7	17
8	6
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	31
2·HR gms	6
3·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
1--	9
12-	4
-2-	3
123	2
1-3	1

80 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	33
1 on	12
2 on	5
3 on	2
Any on	19

Inning
1	9
2	12
3	7
4	10
5	6
6	2
7	1
8	2
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	28
4-6	18
7-end	6

RelScore
+4..	2
+3	2
+2	5
+1	3
Tied	24
-1	7
-2	6
-4..	3

Ahead	12
Tied	24
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	13
C	7
RF	7
3B	6
LF	5
P	4
CF	4
2B	3
SS	3

OrderPos
4th	10
5th	9
6th	7
7th	6
1st	6
2nd	5
3rd	4
9th	4
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	19
Low Lev	22

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1970-04-09	Don Buford	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	---	1	1	7	11%	69%		Home Run (CF-RF)
2	2	2	2	1970-04-09	Boog Powell	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	1--	2	4	3	12%	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Crowley Scores
3	3	3	3	1970-04-09	Davey Johnson	BAL	@	CLE	ahead 5-0	t 4	1	---	1	7	4	3%	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
4	4	4	1	1970-05-18	George Brunet	WSA		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	1	12-	3	9	1	24%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Allen Scores; J. French Scores
5	5	5	1	1970-05-27	Jim Palmer	BAL		CLE	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	9	1	12%	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	6	1	1970-06-03	Tommy Harper	MIL		CLE	behind 2-4	b 2	2	-2-	2	1	5	20%	51%		Home Run; R. Peña Scores
7	7	7	1	1970-06-07	Jim Fregosi	CAL		CLE	behind 0-2	b 4	1	---	1	2	6	12%	38%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	2	1970-06-07	Jim Fregosi	CAL		CLE	behind 1-2	b 6	0	---	1	2	6	20%	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	9	3	1970-06-07	Ken McMullen	CAL		CLE	behind 2-6	b 9	2	1--	2	6	5	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Johnson Scores
10	10	10	1	1970-06-12	Russ Snyder	MIL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 8	2	123	4	2	9	43%	96%		Home Run; G. Gil Scores; M. Pattin Scores; T. Harper Scores
11	11	11	1	1970-06-16	Jim Spencer	CAL	@	CLE	behind 1-9	t 9	1	---	1	5	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
12	12	12	1	1970-06-21 (1)	Norm Cash	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	5	3	11%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	13	1	1970-06-26	Willie Horton	DET		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	3	4	7	22%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. McAuliffe Scores; M. Stanley Scores
14	14	14	2	1970-06-26	Willie Horton	DET		CLE	ahead 3-0	b 3	2	---	1	4	7	6%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	15	1	1970-07-10	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 3	0	---	1	3	3	8%	80%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	16	1	1970-07-24 (1)	Jim Rooker	KCR	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	9	1	20%	68%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Sorrell Scores/unER; J. Rooker Scores/unER
17	17	17	2	1970-07-24 (1)	Bob Oliver	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	-2-	2	6	3	14%	85%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Otis Scores
18	18	18	1	1970-08-02 (1)	Ed Herrmann	CHW		CLE	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	1	6	2	12%	51%		Home Run
19	19	19	1	1970-08-23	Gene Tenace	OAK	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	7	2	11%	59%		Home Run
20	20	20	2	1970-08-23	Blue Moon Odom	OAK	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	---	1	9	1	10%	68%		Home Run
21	21	21	1	1970-08-28 (2)	Roger Repoz	CAL	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	3	10%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	22	1	1970-09-04	Jake Gibbs	NYY		CLE	tied 1-1	b 3	0	---	1	2	2	13%	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	23	1	1970-09-09	Mike Epstein	WSA	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	2	1--	2	4	3	19%	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Howard Scores
24	24	24	1	1970-09-15	Dick McAuliffe	DET	@	CLE	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	5	10%	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	25	1	1970-09-21	Carl Yastrzemski	BOS		CLE	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	10%	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
26	26	26	2	1970-09-21	Rico Petrocelli	BOS		CLE	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---	1	5	6	11%	66%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	27	1	1970-09-25	Terry Crowley	BAL	@	CLE	tied 7-7	t 13	0	1--	2	5	3	35%	93%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Baylor Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
28	28	1	1	1971-05-08	Roger Repoz	CAL	@	CLE	tied 1-1	t 6	2	---	1	5	8	19%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	2	1	1971-05-31	Bill Voss	MIL		CLE	behind 1-2	b 3	2	---	1	4	9	14%	51%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	3	1	1971-06-22 (2)	George Scott	BOS		CLE	tied 0-0	b 4	2	1--	2	6	3	24%	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Petrocelli Scores
31	31	4	1	1971-09-04	George Scott	BOS		CLE	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	5	3	12%	64%		Home Run (Deep CF)
32	32	5	1	1971-09-16	Rick Miller	BOS	@	CLE	behind 0-1	t 2	1	12-	3	7	7	26%	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Petrocelli Scores; C. Cooper Scores/unER
33	33	6	2	1971-09-16	Rico Petrocelli	BOS	@	CLE	behind 4-5	t 5	2	---	1	5	5	15%	45%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1972-05-30	Dave Duncan	OAK	@	TEX	behind 1-2	t 7	2	---	1	7	2	24%	44%		Home Run (Deep LF)
35	35	2	1	1972-06-14	John Briggs	MIL	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 4	1	---	1	4	7	16%	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	3	1	1972-06-20	Tommy Harper	BOS		TEX	behind 1-3	b 5	1	---	1	1	8	13%	35%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	4	1	1972-07-04	John Lowenstein	CLE		TEX	tied 0-0	b 5	2	-2-	2	1	8	27%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Fosse Scores
38	38	5	1	1972-07-08 (1)	Bobby Grich	BAL		TEX	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---	1	6	4	11%	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
39	39	6	1	1972-08-05	Ed Herrmann	CHW		TEX	behind 1-7	b 4	2	1--	2	7	2	5%	8%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. May Scores
40	40	7	1	1972-08-11	Richie Scheinblum	KCR	@	TEX	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---	1	4	9	15%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
41	41	8	1	1972-08-16	Reggie Smith	BOS	@	TEX	behind 1-3	t 5	2	123	4	4	9	52%	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Kennedy Scores; L. Aparicio Scores; C. Yastrzemski Scores
42	42	9	1	1972-08-31	Horace Clarke	NYY		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	12%	66%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	10	2	1972-08-31	Bobby Murcer	NYY		TEX	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	1-3	3	3	8	16%	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Clarke Scores; T. Munson Scores
44	44	11	1	1972-09-05	Paul Schaal	KCR	@	TEX	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	---	1	7	5	6%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
45	45	12	1	1972-09-16	Mike Epstein	OAK		TEX	ahead 1-0	b 4	0	---	1	5	3	11%	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1973-05-14 (2)	George Mitterwald	MIN	@	TEX	behind 0-2	t 5	0	1--	2	8	2	22%	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Thompson Scores
47	47	2	1	1973-05-19	Bob Oliver	CAL		TEX	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	9	27%	81%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Grabarkewitz Scores; F. Robinson Scores
48	48	3	1	1973-06-17 (2)	Graig Nettles	NYY	@	CAL	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	1--	2	6	5	15%	84%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Blomberg Scores
49	49	4	1	1973-08-12	Carlton Fisk	BOS		CAL	ahead 6-0	b 5	0	---	1	6	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	5	1	1973-09-26	Jim Spencer	TEX	@	CAL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	11%	58%		Home Run (Deep RF)
51	51	6	2	1973-09-26	Jeff Burroughs	TEX	@	CAL	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	9	14%	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
52	52	7	3	1973-09-26	Jeff Burroughs	TEX	@	CAL	behind 3-4	t 8	0	---	1	4	9	27%	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)