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Rick White PRays

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
18 613 858.7 42 54 16 4.45 7
Birth Date12-23-1968
Height6' 4"
Weight245 lbs
Age55 years, 3 months, 30 days
BatsR
ThrowsR
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
1994 PIT MLB 43 5 75.3 4 5 6 79 17 38 9 101 9.4 2.0 1.1 4.5 0% .283 1.27 4.52 3.82 98 4.67 94.1 0.8
1995 PIT MLB 15 9 55.0 2 3 0 66 18 29 3 101 10.8 2.9 0.5 4.7 0% .323 1.53 3.81 4.75 98 4.99 102.2 0.5
1998 TBA MLB 38 3 68.7 2 6 0 66 23 39 8 94 8.7 3.0 1.0 5.1 0% .267 1.30 4.69 3.80 107 5.70 118.0 -0.2
1999 TBA MLB 63 1 108.0 5 3 0 132 38 81 8 96 11.0 3.2 0.7 6.8 0% .352 1.57 3.74 4.08 88 4.97 96.7 0.8
2000 NYN 0 22 0 28.3 2 3 1 26 12 20 2 106 8.3 3.8 0.6 6.4 0% .264 1.34 4.04 3.81 92 3.96 76.2 0.5
2000 TBA 0 44 0 71.3 3 6 2 57 26 47 7 89 7.2 3.3 0.9 5.9 0% .240 1.16 4.48 3.41 100 5.27 101.5 0.3
2001 NYN MLB 55 0 69.7 4 5 2 71 17 51 7 94 9.2 2.2 0.9 6.6 0% .288 1.26 3.66 3.88 87 3.81 78.9 1.2
2002 COL 0 41 0 40.7 2 6 0 49 18 27 4 117 10.8 4.0 0.9 6.0 0% .341 1.65 4.22 6.20 102 5.32 114.1 0.0
2002 SLN 0 20 0 22.0 3 1 0 13 3 14 0 104 5.3 1.2 0.0 5.7 0% .200 0.73 2.01 0.82 95 4.14 88.8 0.3
2003 CHA 0 34 0 47.7 1 2 1 56 13 37 11 99 10.6 2.5 2.1 7.0 0% .310 1.45 5.42 6.61 88 3.49 73.1 1.0
2003 HOU 0 15 0 19.3 0 0 0 18 8 17 2 105 8.4 3.7 0.9 7.9 0% .286 1.34 4.26 3.72 86 3.19 66.8 0.5
2004 CLE MLB 59 0 78.3 5 5 1 88 29 44 15 104 10.1 3.3 1.7 5.1 0% .292 1.49 5.70 5.29 109 5.94 122.4 -0.3
2005 PIT MLB 71 0 75.0 4 7 2 90 29 40 3 104 10.8 3.5 0.4 4.8 0% .332 1.59 3.76 3.72 101 5.03 108.2 0.4
2006 CIN 0 26 0 27.3 1 0 1 34 5 17 5 98 11.2 1.6 1.6 5.6 0% .322 1.43 4.89 6.26 83 3.60 73.2 0.6
2006 PHI 0 38 0 37.3 3 1 0 38 15 23 3 99 9.2 3.6 0.7 5.5 0% .304 1.42 4.28 4.34 89 4.21 85.8 0.6
2007 HOU 0 23 0 29.3 1 0 0 36 14 15 4 104 11.0 4.3 1.2 4.6 0% .320 1.70 5.35 7.67 105 5.22 107.9 0.1
2007 SEA 0 6 0 5.3 0 1 0 11 4 3 0 99 18.6 6.8 0.0 5.1 0% .500 2.81 4.42 8.44 111 7.93 164.1 -0.1
2000 TOT MLB 66 0 99.7 5 9 3 83 38 67 9 94 7.5 3.4 0.8 6.1 0% .000 1.21 4.35 3.52 98 4.90 94.3 0.9
2002 TOT MLB 61 0 62.7 5 7 0 62 21 41 4 112 8.9 3.0 0.6 5.9 0% .000 1.32 3.44 4.31 100 4.90 105.2 0.3
2003 TOT MLB 49 0 67.0 1 2 1 74 21 54 13 101 9.9 2.8 1.7 7.3 0% .000 1.42 5.08 5.78 88 3.40 71.3 1.5
2006 TOT MLB 64 0 64.7 4 1 1 72 20 40 8 99 10.0 2.8 1.1 5.6 0% .000 1.42 4.54 5.15 87 3.95 80.5 1.2
2007 TOT MLB 29 0 34.7 1 1 0 47 18 18 4 104 12.2 4.7 1.0 4.7 0% .000 1.88 5.21 7.79 107 5.64 116.6 -0.1
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Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1990 WEL A- NYP 9 5 38.7 1 4 0 39 14 43 3 9.1 3.3 0.7 10.0 0% .000 1.37 2.94 3.26 0 0.00 0.0
1991 AUG A SAL 34 0 63.0 4 4 6 68 18 52 2 9.7 2.6 0.3 7.4 0% .000 1.37 2.93 3.00 0 0.00 0.0
1991 SLM A+ CRL 13 5 46.3 2 3 1 41 9 36 2 8.0 1.7 0.4 7.0 0% .000 1.08 2.52 4.67 0 0.00 0.0
1992 SLM A+ CRL 18 18 120.7 7 9 0 116 24 70 15 8.6 1.8 1.1 5.2 0% .000 1.16 4.14 3.80 0 0.00 0.0
1992 CAR AA SOU 10 10 57.7 1 7 0 59 18 45 8 9.2 2.8 1.2 7.0 0% .000 1.33 4.19 4.21 0 0.00 0.0
1993 CAR AA SOU 12 12 69.3 4 3 0 59 12 52 5 7.7 1.6 0.6 6.8 0% .000 1.02 3.13 3.51 0 0.00 0.0
1993 BUF AAA AA 7 3 28.0 0 3 0 25 8 16 1 8.0 2.6 0.3 5.1 0% .000 1.18 3.36 3.54 0 0.00 0.0
1994 PIT MLB NL 43 5 75.3 4 5 6 79 17 38 9 101 9.4 2.0 1.1 4.5 0% .283 1.27 4.52 3.82 98 4.67 94.1
1995 PIT MLB NL 15 9 55.0 2 3 0 66 18 29 3 101 10.8 2.9 0.5 4.7 0% .323 1.53 3.81 4.75 98 4.99 102.2
1995 CLG AAA PCL 14 11 79.3 6 4 0 97 10 56 13 11.0 1.1 1.5 6.4 0% .000 1.35 4.91 4.20 0 0.00 0.0
1996 CAR AA SOU 2 1 6.3 0 1 0 9 1 7 2 12.9 1.4 2.9 10.0 0% .000 1.59 5.70 11.43 0 0.00 0.0
1997 ORL AA SOU 39 8 86.0 5 7 12 93 22 65 7 9.7 2.3 0.7 6.8 0% .315 1.34 3.92 4.71 0 0.00 0.0
1998 TBA MLB AL 38 3 68.7 2 6 0 66 23 39 8 94 8.7 3.0 1.0 5.1 0% .267 1.30 4.69 3.80 107 5.70 118.0
1998 DUR AAA INT 9 9 53.3 4 2 0 63 11 31 3 10.6 1.9 0.5 5.2 0% -1.333 1.39 3.46 4.22 0 0.00 0.0
1999 TBA MLB AL 63 1 108.0 5 3 0 132 38 81 8 96 11.0 3.2 0.7 6.8 0% .352 1.57 3.74 4.08 88 4.97 96.7
2000 NYN MLB NL 22 0 28.3 2 3 1 26 12 20 2 106 8.3 3.8 0.6 6.4 0% .264 1.34 4.04 3.81 92 3.96 76.2
2000 TBA MLB AL 44 0 71.3 3 6 2 57 26 47 7 89 7.2 3.3 0.9 5.9 0% .240 1.16 4.48 3.41 100 5.27 101.5
2001 NYN MLB NL 55 0 69.7 4 5 2 71 17 51 7 94 9.2 2.2 0.9 6.6 0% .288 1.26 3.66 3.88 87 3.81 78.9
2002 COL MLB NL 41 0 40.7 2 6 0 49 18 27 4 117 10.8 4.0 0.9 6.0 0% .341 1.65 4.22 6.20 102 5.32 114.1
2002 SLN MLB NL 20 0 22.0 3 1 0 13 3 14 0 104 5.3 1.2 0.0 5.7 0% .200 0.73 2.01 0.82 95 4.14 88.8
2002 CSP AAA PCL 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 13.5 0.0 4.5 9.0 0% .333 1.50 7.95 9.00 0 0.00 0.0
2002 MEM AAA PCL 3 0 3.7 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 9.7 7.3 0.0 9.7 0% .400 1.89 3.72 2.43 0 0.00 0.0
2003 CHA MLB AL 34 0 47.7 1 2 1 56 13 37 11 99 10.6 2.5 2.1 7.0 0% .310 1.45 5.42 6.61 88 3.49 73.1
2003 HOU MLB NL 15 0 19.3 0 0 0 18 8 17 2 105 8.4 3.7 0.9 7.9 0% .286 1.34 4.26 3.72 86 3.19 66.8
2004 CLE MLB AL 59 0 78.3 5 5 1 88 29 44 15 104 10.1 3.3 1.7 5.1 0% .292 1.49 5.70 5.29 109 5.94 122.4
2004 LVG AAA PCL 6 0 11.7 0 0 2 4 1 14 0 3.1 0.8 0.0 10.8 0% .167 0.43 1.37 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2005 PIT MLB NL 71 0 75.0 4 7 2 90 29 40 3 104 10.8 3.5 0.4 4.8 0% .332 1.59 3.76 3.72 101 5.03 108.2
2006 CIN MLB NL 26 0 27.3 1 0 1 34 5 17 5 98 11.2 1.6 1.6 5.6 0% .322 1.43 4.89 6.26 83 3.60 73.2
2006 PHI MLB NL 38 0 37.3 3 1 0 38 15 23 3 99 9.2 3.6 0.7 5.5 0% .304 1.42 4.28 4.34 89 4.21 85.8
2007 HOU MLB NL 23 0 29.3 1 0 0 36 14 15 4 104 11.0 4.3 1.2 4.6 0% .320 1.70 5.35 7.67 105 5.22 107.9
2007 SEA MLB AL 6 0 5.3 0 1 0 11 4 3 0 99 18.6 6.8 0.0 5.1 0% .500 2.81 4.42 8.44 111 7.93 164.1
2007 CCH AA TXS 2 2 3.0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 106 9.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.00 1.18 3.00 71 3.98 81.7
2007 TAC AAA PCL 7 0 9.0 1 1 2 4 5 6 1 100 4.0 5.0 1.0 6.0 0% .130 1.00 5.31 1.00 112 3.06 62.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2007-06-01 2007-06-16 15-DL 15 14 Neck Nerve Injury Pinched Nerve -
2007-04-24 2007-05-11 15-DL 17 16 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique -
2002-05-27 2002-06-18 15-DL 22 19 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2001-05-01 2001-05-17 15-DL 16 14 Right Shoulder Strain Rotator Cuff - -
2001-04-03 2001-04-24 15-DL 21 18 Right Elbow Inflammation - -
1995-12-14 1995-12-14 Off 0 0 Right Elbow Surgery Tommy John Surgery 1995-12-14 -
1995-04-25 1995-05-16 15-DL 21 17 Right Elbow Sprain Ulnar Collateral Ligament - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 SEA $600,000
2007 HOU $600,000
2006 CIN, PHI $600,000
2003 CHA, HOU $600,000
2002 COL, SLN $1,000,000
2001 NYN $1,150,000
2000 TBA, NYN $610,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
6 yrPrevious$5,160,000
6 yrTotal$5,160,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
11 y 29 d1 yr/$0.6M (07)

Details
  • released 9/6/07 contract purchased 8/23/07
  • signed as a free agent from HOU 7/07
  • released 6/28/07
  • contract purchased 3/07 signed as a free agent from PHI 2/07, 1 year/$0.6M (07)+$0.25M performance bonus (minor-league contract)
  • claimed off waivers from CIN 6/06 designated for assignment 6/06 signed as a free agent from PIT 1/06, 1 year/$0.6M (06)
  • signed as a free agent from CLE 1/05 (minor-league contract) contract purchased 4/04 acquired in trade from LA 4/04 sent outright to Triple-A 4/04 waived 8/03 designated for assignment 8/03
  • 1 year/$0.775M (03)+$1.3M 04 club option $0.15M in bonuses ($50K each for 60, 65, 70 g) signed as a free agent from STL 1/03
  • signed as a free agent from CO 8/02 released 8/02 1 year/$1M (02)
  • non-tendered 12/01 1 year/$1.15M (01)+$0.1M in interests

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Rick White threw 136 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2007, including pitches thrown in . In 2007, he relied primarily on his Fourseam Fastball (93mph) and Curve (81mph), also mixing in a Change (82mph).