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Richie Zisk Richie Zisk

Full name: Richard Walter Zisk Born: February 6, 1949, Brooklyn, New York First Game: September 8, 1971; Final Game: September 21, 1983 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 200 TSN AL Comeback Player of the Year (1981) OF on TSN NL All-Star Team (1974) DH on TSN AL All-Star Team (1981) Richie Zisk Collectibles! Richie Zisk Memorabilia! Richie Zisk Cards! Richie Zisk Autographs! Game Used Memorabilia! Register on eBay for free today and start buying & selling with millions each week! Photo by Legend in Time, © 2006 BaseballChronology.com

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Batting RecordBatting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam
1971 PIT N Daily Splits    7    15    2    3   1   0   1    2    4   0    7   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .200  .368  .467   0.0 1971 PIT N
1972 PIT N Daily Splits   17    37    4    7   3   0   0    4    7   0   10   0   0   0   0   1   1    0   0  .189  .318  .270  -0.2 1972 PIT N
1973 PIT N Daily Splits  103   333   44  108  23   7  10   54   21   0   63   0   0   0   0   2   8    0   0  .324  .364  .526   1.8 1973 PIT N
1974 PIT N Daily Splits  149   536   75  168  30   3  17  100   65   7   91   0   0   3   0  16  12    1   1  .313  .386  .476   3.4 1974 PIT N
1975 PIT N Daily Splits  147   504   69  146  27   3  20   75   68   9  109   2   0   4   0   9  12    0   1  .290  .374  .474   1.3 1975 PIT N
1976 PIT N Daily Splits  155   581   91  168  35   2  21   89   52   3   96   0   0   8   0   4  20    1   0  .289  .343  .465   1.4 1976 PIT N
1977 CHI A Daily Splits  141   531   78  154  17   6  30  101   55   7   98   3   1   9   0  10  15    0   4  .290  .355  .514   1.9 1977 CHI A
1978 TEX A Daily Splits  140   511   68  134  19   1  22   85   58   7   76   3   4   5   0   5  14    3   3  .262  .338  .432  -0.2 1978 TEX A
1979 TEX A Daily Splits  144   503   69  132  21   1  18   64   57   4   75   0   1   2   0   8  15    1   1  .262  .336  .416  -1.1 1979 TEX A
1980 TEX A Daily Splits  135   448   48  130  17   1  19   77   39   5   72   0   1   4   0   2  18    0   2  .290  .344  .460   0.5 1980 TEX A
1981 SEA A Daily Splits   94   357   42  111  12   1  16   43   28   3   63   3   0   0   0   2   8    0   2  .311  .366  .485   1.4 1981 SEA A
1982 SEA A Daily Splits  131   503   61  147  28   1  21   62   49   4   89   1   0   3   0   6   9    2   1  .292  .354  .477   1.2 1982 SEA A
1983 SEA A Daily Splits   90   285   30   69  12   0  12   36   30   3   61   0   0   3   0   4   6    0   0  .242  .311  .411  -0.5 1983 SEA A
Total NL                 578  2006  285  600 119  15  69  324  217  19  376   2   0  15   0  32  53    2   2  .299  .366  .477   7.7 Total NL        
Total AL                 875  3138  396  877 126  11 138  468  316  33  534  10   7  26   0  37  85    6  13  .279  .345  .459   3.2 Total AL        
Total            Splits 1453  5144  681 1477 245  26 207  792  533  52  910  12   7  41   0  69 138    8  15  .287  .353  .466  10.9 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG   BFW Year TeamTeam

League Championship Series Batting RecordLeague Championship Series Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1974 PIT N Daily Splits    3    10    1    3   0   0   0    0    0   0    3   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .300  .300  .300 1974 PIT N
1975 PIT N Daily Splits    3    10    0    5   1   0   0    0    2   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .500  .583  .600 1975 PIT N
Total            Splits    6    20    1    8   1   0   0    0    2   0    5   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .400  .455  .450 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

All-Star Game Batting RecordAll-Star Game Batting Record

Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team
1977 AL    Daily Splits    1     3    0    2   1   0   0    2    0   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   0  .667  .667 1.000 1977 AL   
1978 AL    Daily Splits    1     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    1   0    1   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .500  .667  .500 1978 AL   
Total            Splits    2     5    0    3   1   0   0    2    1   0    2   0   0   0   0   0   0    0   1  .600  .667  .800 Total
Year Team                  G    AB    R    H  2B  3B  HR  RBI   BB IBB   SO HBP  SH  SF  XI ROE GDP   SB  CS   AVG   OBP   SLG Year Team

Fielding RecordFielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1971 PIT N Daily  OF    5    4    3    35       7    0    0    0   0 1.000     3    0    2 
1971 PIT N        LF    3    3    2    24       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1971 PIT N        RF    2    1    1    11       5    0    0    0   0 1.000
1972 PIT N Daily  OF   12    8    8    84.1    14    1    1    0   0  .938    12    0    1 
1972 PIT N        LF   12    8    8    81.1    14    1    1    0   0  .938
1972 PIT N        RF    1    0    0     3       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1973 PIT N Daily  OF   84   78   71   708.2   139   12    2    4   0  .987    23    0   64 
1973 PIT N        RF   64   62   56   552     102    6    2    3   0  .982
1973 PIT N        LF   23   16   15   156.2    39    6    0    1   0 1.000
1974 PIT N Daily  OF  141  137  113  1197     312    9    5    3   0  .985    12    0  131 
1974 PIT N        RF  131  128  104  1102.1   293    9    4    3   0  .987
1974 PIT N        LF   12    9    9    94.2    15    0    1    0   0  .938
1975 PIT N Daily  OF  140  138  123  1210.1   264    7    7    1   0  .975   140    0    0 
1975 PIT N        LF  140  138  123  1210.1   267    7    7    1   0  .975
1976 PIT N Daily  OF  152  152  128  1322.1   300   11    4    2   0  .987   152    0    0 
1976 PIT N        LF  152  152  128  1322.1   302   11    4    2   0  .987
1977 CHI A Daily  OF  108  108   97   931.1   210    9    4    3   0  .982     8    0  101 
1977 CHI A        RF  101  101   91   869.1   190    9    3    3   0  .985
1977 CHI A        DH   28   28   23                                      -
1977 CHI A        LF    8    7    6    62      21    0    1    0   0  .955
1978 TEX A Daily  OF   90   89   77   779.2   155    6    2    0   0  .988    48    0   42 
1978 TEX A        DH   49   49   43                                      -
1978 TEX A        LF   48   47   38   408.2    93    0    2    0   0  .979
1978 TEX A        RF   42   42   39   371      61    6    0    1   0 1.000
1979 TEX A Daily  OF  135  132  111  1136.1   234   10    7    6   0  .972    15    0  127 
1979 TEX A        RF  127  118  103  1020.1   213   10    5    6   0  .978
1979 TEX A        LF   15   14    8   116      20    1    2    0   0  .913
1979 TEX A        DH    3    2    2                                      -
1980 TEX A Daily  DH   87   77   63                                      -
1980 TEX A        OF   37   34   19   281.1    45    3    1    1   0  .980     2    0   35 
1980 TEX A        RF   35   32   17   262      40    3    1    1   0  .977
1980 TEX A        LF    2    2    2    19.1     6    0    0    0   0 1.000
1981 SEA A Daily  DH   93   93   77                                      -
1982 SEA A Daily  DH  130  130  109                                      -
1983 SEA A Daily  DH   84   77   54                                      -
Total             OF  904  880  750  7686.1  1680   68   33   20   0  .981   415    0  503 
Total             RF  503  484  411  4191     906   43   15   17   0  .984
Total             DH  474  456  371                                      -
Total             LF  415  396  339  3495.1   779   26   18    4   0  .978
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

League Championship Series Fielding RecordLeague Championship Series Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1974 PIT N Daily  OF    2    2    1    17       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    2 
1974 PIT N        RF    2    2    1    17       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
1975 PIT N Daily  OF    3    3    3    26       0    0    0    0   0     -     3    0    0 
1975 PIT N        LF    3    3    3    26       9    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             OF    5    5    4    43       0    0    0    0   0     -     3    0    2 
Total             LF    3    3    3    26       9    0    0    0   0 1.000
Total             RF    2    2    1    17       2    0    0    0   0 1.000
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

All-Star Game Fielding RecordAll-Star Game Fielding Record

Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G
1977 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    0 
1977 AL           LF    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -
1978 AL    Daily  OF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -     0    0    1 
1978 AL           RF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             OF    2    2    0    10       0    0    0    0   0     -     1    0    1 
Total             RF    1    1    0     4       0    0    0    0   0     -
Total             LF    1    1    0     6       0    0    0    0   0     -
Year Team        POS    G   GS   CG   INN      PO    A  ERR   DP  TP   AVG  LF-G CF-G RF-G

TransactionsTransactions

Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the free-agent draft (June 6,
1967).

Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Silvio Martinez to Chicago White Sox in exchange
for Rich Gossage and Terry Forster (December 10, 1976).

Granted free agency (November 2, 1977).

Signed by Texas Rangers (November 9, 1977).

Traded by Texas Rangers with Rick Auerbach, Ken Clay, Jerry Gleaton, Brian Allard
and Steve Finch to Seattle Mariners in exchange for Rick Honeycutt, Mario Mendoza,
Larry Cox, Leon Roberts and Willie Horton (December 12, 1980).

Released by Seattle Mariners (January 16, 1985).

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