Rich Hand
Rich Hand | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: Bellevue, Washington | July 10, 1948|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 9, 1970, for the Cleveland Indians | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 26, 1973, for the California Angels | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 24–39 |
Earned run average | 4.01 |
Strikeouts | 278 |
Teams | |
Richard Allen Hand (born July 10, 1948) is an American retired professional baseball player. Hand was a right-handed pitcher who played all or parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers and California Angels. Born in Bellevue, Washington, he graduated from Lincoln High School in Seattle and attended University of Puget Sound.[1] He was listed as 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and 195 pounds (88 kg).
Hand's professional career lasted for six seasons after he was selected by Cleveland in the first round of the supplementary phase of the 1969 Major League Baseball Draft. He made the Indians' 1970 roster out of spring training after only one year of minor league experience. His most productive seasons were 1970 and 1972, when he recorded over 100 strikeouts and logged over 150 innings pitched in each year.[1]
Altogether he worked in 104 games pitched in the majors, with 78 starting assignments, and compiled a 24–39 win–loss record and a 4.01 earned run average. In 4871⁄3 innings pitched, he allowed 452 hits and 250 bases on balls, with 278 strikeouts. As a starter, he threw three complete games and two shutouts; he registered three saves as a relief pitcher.
Hand and his wife Susan live in the Fort Worth area.
References
- ^ a b "Rich Hand Statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2007-08-21.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs
- 1948 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Washington (state)
- California Angels players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Denver Bears players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Pawtucket Red Sox players
- Portland Beavers players
- Puget Sound Loggers baseball players
- Salt Lake City Angels players
- Sportspeople from Bellevue, Washington
- Texas Rangers players
- Wichita Aeros players
- American baseball pitcher, 1940s births stubs