3B Rick Lintner #22
New York Empires MLB
Age: 28 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Great
08/22/1977
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3B RICK LINTNER #22 - AGE: 28 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: GREAT
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
124 437 107 15 1 21 80 72 79 .245 .356 .428 0 4.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 50 45 50 50
BABIP 55 55 60 60
Avoid K's 40 40 40 45
Gap 40 40 40 45
Power 70 65 70 75
Eye 60 60 60 60
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 55 50
Errors: - 65 55
Arm: 20 75 70
Turn DP: - 40 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: 65
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 35
Stealing Aggressiveness: 35
Stealing Ability: 20
Baserunning Inst.: 55
Sacrifice Bunt: 30
Bunt for Hit: 20
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/21/1977 @ DAL Loss, 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/20/1977 @ DAL Win, 8-3 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
08/19/1977 @ DAL Win, 4-0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/18/1977 @ HOU Loss, 5-7 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 0
08/17/1977 @ HOU Loss, 3-5 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
08/16/1977 @ HOU Loss, 5-7 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
08/14/1977 MON Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/14/1977 MON Win, 8-4 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 0
08/13/1977 MON Loss, 1-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
08/12/1977 MON Loss, 4-5 5 0 2 2 0 1 1 0
PERSONALITY
If he ran for mayor, he'd probably win.
Personality Class: Fan Fav
High: Loyalty, Adaptability, Work Ethic
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:08/04/1949
Born in:Phoenix, AZ
Nationality:American
Height:6' 0"
Weight:200 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Extremely Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$752,000
Signed Through:1980 Season
Major Service:7 Years, 70 Days
Service This Yr:139 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1968, 10th Pick in Round 1
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 124 437 107 15 1 21 80 63 72 79 .245 .356 .428 .784 .315 .183 102
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 117 517 5 27 0 11 0 3 187 37 0 1 0.0 67.1 5.25 4.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   118 29 3 0 9 27 23 19 21 0 0 2 .246 .360 .500 .860
Versus Right   319 78 12 1 12 53 40 53 58 3 0 3 .245 .354 .401 .756
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   17 3 1 0 1 4 3 4 3 0 0 1 .176 .364 .412 .775
April   78 16 2 0 5 15 12 22 17 1 0 1 .205 .382 .423 .805
May   101 29 6 0 4 24 16 15 13 1 0 2 .287 .387 .465 .852
June   95 18 4 0 2 7 12 12 15 1 0 0 .189 .278 .295 .573
July   101 25 2 1 6 23 12 12 24 0 0 1 .248 .333 .465 .799
August   62 19 1 0 4 11 11 11 10 0 0 1 .306 .419 .516 .935
Spring Training   48 18 3 0 5 14 9 6 12 1 0 0 .375 .436 .750 1.186
Last Year   437 121 11 1 18 62 67 74 84 3 0 0 .277 .379 .430 .810
2 Years Ago   443 136 19 0 32 87 77 67 77 3 0 5 .307 .402 .567 .968
Career   3128 838 112 2 143 513 477 534 623 25 1 29 .268 .377 .442 .819
Home   197 51 7 0 12 37 28 38 29 1 0 2 .259 .382 .477 .860
Road   240 56 8 1 9 43 35 34 50 2 0 3 .233 .333 .388 .721
Grass   437 107 15 1 21 80 63 72 79 3 0 5 .245 .356 .428 .784
Day   255 65 13 0 12 48 40 38 46 1 0 4 .255 .359 .447 .806
Night   182 42 2 1 9 32 23 34 33 2 0 1 .231 .352 .401 .753
As Starter   431 106 15 1 21 80 62 72 78 3 0 4 .246 .357 .432 .788
As Reliever / Substitution   6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452
Pinch Hitting   6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 .167 .286 .167 .452
Close/Late   96 22 2 1 5 16 14 24 17 1 0 4 .229 .400 .427 .827
Inning 1-3   149 39 8 0 5 32 20 20 27 2 0 1 .262 .349 .416 .765
Inning 4-6   147 38 5 0 8 25 22 22 28 0 0 0 .259 .355 .456 .811
Inning 7-9   132 27 2 1 7 22 17 26 24 1 0 3 .205 .346 .394 .740
Extra Innings   9 3 0 0 1 1 4 4 0 0 0 1 .333 .571 .667 1.238
0 Outs   143 24 3 0 3 5 17 15 28 1 0 2 .168 .255 .252 .506
1 Outs   142 44 8 0 9 36 27 23 19 2 0 2 .310 .408 .556 .965
2 Outs   152 39 4 1 9 39 19 34 32 0 0 1 .257 .396 .474 .869
Scoring Position   119 39 8 1 8 63 26 41 19 3 0 3 .328 .500 .613 1.113
Bases Empty   232 47 3 0 10 10 29 24 47 0 0 1 .203 .280 .345 .625
Runner on 1st   86 21 4 0 3 7 8 7 13 0 0 1 .244 .309 .395 .704
Runner on 2nd   39 12 2 0 2 12 8 22 8 0 0 1 .308 .565 .513 1.077
Runner on 3rd   9 5 1 0 0 6 4 5 1 0 0 1 .556 .733 .667 1.400
Runner on 1st & 2nd   30 10 3 1 2 14 3 2 2 0 0 0 .333 .375 .700 1.075
Runner on 1st & 3rd   11 3 0 0 1 7 2 0 3 1 0 1 .273 .308 .545 .853
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   13 3 1 0 1 6 3 10 1 0 0 0 .231 .565 .538 1.104
Bases Loaded   17 6 1 0 2 18 6 2 4 2 0 0 .353 .381 .765 1.146
Two Strikes   224 46 6 0 7 33 28 28 79 2 0 3 .205 .300 .326 .626
First Pitch   64 24 4 0 4 14 11 23 0 1 0 0 .375 .534 .625 1.159
Count 0-1   42 9 1 0 3 11 5 0 0 0 0 0 .214 .214 .452 .667
Count 0-2   46 10 4 0 2 7 7 0 18 0 0 0 .217 .217 .435 .652
Count 1-0   27 8 1 0 2 4 6 1 0 0 0 0 .296 .321 .556 .877
Count 1-1   31 10 2 1 3 13 4 2 0 0 0 1 .323 .382 .742 1.124
Count 1-2   69 18 2 0 2 10 8 0 23 0 0 2 .261 .282 .377 .659
Count 2-0   11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .083 .000 .083
Count 2-1   21 4 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 .190 .227 .333 .561
Count 2-2   62 10 0 0 2 10 5 0 20 2 0 0 .161 .156 .258 .414
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   17 6 1 0 1 2 7 10 0 0 0 0 .353 .593 .588 1.181
Full Count   47 8 0 0 1 6 8 28 18 0 0 1 .170 .487 .234 .721
Behind in Count   157 37 7 0 7 28 20 0 41 0 0 2 .236 .245 .414 .659
Ahead in Count   76 18 2 0 4 9 15 19 0 0 0 1 .237 .396 .421 .817
Batting 2nd   36 9 0 0 1 4 6 6 5 0 0 0 .250 .357 .333 .690
Batting 3rd   67 14 1 0 6 16 12 7 10 0 0 0 .209 .284 .493 .776
Batting 4th   164 43 9 0 7 31 20 29 28 3 0 2 .262 .374 .445 .819
Batting 5th   69 12 1 1 2 8 11 12 15 0 0 1 .174 .305 .304 .609
Batting 6th   55 14 3 0 2 12 7 7 11 0 0 1 .255 .349 .418 .767
Batting 7th   44 14 1 0 3 9 6 11 10 0 0 0 .318 .455 .545 1.000
Batting 9th   2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167
Low Leverage   173 39 2 0 9 17 25 21 36 0 0 3 .225 .320 .393 .713
Medium Leverage   185 42 8 1 5 23 22 28 33 0 0 0 .227 .329 .362 .691
High Leverage   77 25 5 0 6 39 15 22 9 3 0 2 .325 .471 .623 1.095
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 New York - MLB 20 46 141 28 2 0 4 18 12 10 1 1 37 0 0 .199 .255 .298 .553 59 57 -0.0
1971 New York - MLB 21 67 137 37 1 0 1 18 19 25 1 1 35 0 0 .270 .384 .299 .683 103 117 1.0
1972 New York - MLB 22 124 435 116 13 0 13 64 55 73 7 6 96 0 0 .267 .376 .386 .762 139 144 5.9
1973 New York - MLB 23 157 557 149 28 0 31 105 96 104 6 6 105 0 0 .268 .385 .485 .870 148 143 7.3
1974 New York - MLB 24 155 541 144 23 0 23 79 88 109 4 2 110 0 0 .266 .392 .436 .828 147 147 7.1
1975 New York - MLB 25 123 443 136 19 0 32 87 77 67 5 3 77 0 0 .307 .402 .567 .968 175 175 6.5
1976 New York - MLB 26 123 437 121 11 1 18 62 67 74 0 3 84 0 0 .277 .379 .430 .810 142 132 4.7
1977 New York - MLB 27 124 437 107 15 1 21 80 63 72 5 3 79 0 1 .245 .356 .428 .784 109 102 4.1
Total MLB 919 3128 838 112 2 143 513 477 534 29 25 623 0 1 .268 .377 .442 .819 138 136 36.7
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 Total - 18 21 84 39 9 0 10 31 41 13 6 2 9 9 4 .464 .552 .929 1.481 100 100 2.8
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1973 New York - MLB 23 7 27 6 2 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 .222 .276 .407 .683 94 101 2.0
Total MLB 7 27 6 2 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 .222 .276 .407 .683 94 101
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 New York - MLB 3B 40 40 20 86 7 109 3 .972 328.1 2.91 +2.6 1.039
1971 New York - MLB 3B 43 30 15 69 8 88 4 .955 287.0 2.63 +1.8 1.029
1972 New York - MLB 3B 122 121 72 272 23 352 8 .977 1086.1 2.85 +10.9 1.058
1973 New York - MLB 3B 149 148 126 346 33 483 11 .977 1331.1 3.19 +16.3 1.076
1974 New York - MLB 3B 154 150 104 330 36 451 17 .962 1334.2 2.93 +12.1 1.042
1975 New York - MLB 3B 119 115 82 245 23 350 23 .934 1035.1 2.84 +2.5 1.017
1976 New York - MLB 3B 116 116 92 235 21 340 13 .962 1032.0 2.85 +9.7 1.039
1977 New York - MLB 3B 119 117 96 348 19 454 10 .978 1048.1 3.81 +19.8 1.093
TOTAL 3B 862 837 607 1931 170 2627 89 .966 7483.1 3.05 +75.8 1.054
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1968 Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 10, 10th overall pick) by the Cleveland Bobcats, out of high school Alhambra (Alhambra; Phoenix, AZ).
10/31/1968 Named the #4 prospect in the MLB
10/31/1968 Was traded by the Cleveland Bobcats to the New York Empires, along with SP Jon Pierce and 1B Mark Goen, in exchange for 2B Bill Harper.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 35 (55); Power: 35 (75); Eye: 35 (60).
01/27/1969 Detrimentally completed training to improve his defense at third base at the New York Empires development complex.
04/08/1969 Named the #12 prospect in the MLB
07/03/1969 Named the #5 prospect in the MLB
10/29/1969 Named the #3 prospect in the MLB
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 45 (75); Eye: 45 (65).
02/09/1970 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at third base at the New York Empires development complex.
03/15/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his baserunning fundamentals at the New York Empires development complex.
04/07/1970 Named the #4 prospect in the MLB
06/19/1970 Injured (tendinitis (biceps)),out for one week.
06/27/1970 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for one week.
07/01/1970 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another one week.
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 50 (70); Eye: 55 (60).
03/01/1971 Outstandingly completed training to improve his defense at third base at the New York Empires development complex.
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (55); Power: 60 (70); Eye: 60 (60).
06/09/1972 Injured (tendinitis (shoulder)),day-to-day for 4 weeks.
11/12/1972 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $27,800.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (55); Power: 65 (70); Eye: 60 (60).
04/23/1973 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
07/08/1973 Was selected to the 1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
07/29/1973 Injured (bruised ankle),day-to-day for 2 days.
09/10/1973 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
11/04/1973 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $58,575.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 75 (75); Eye: 60 (60).
07/01/1974 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
07/07/1974 Was selected to the 1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
10/01/1974 Wins the MLB ABL Batter of the Month Award.
10/28/1974 Finished 3rd in 1974 MLB ABL Most Valuable Player Award voting.
11/14/1974 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $228,190.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 70 (75); Eye: 60 (60).
03/12/1975 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate gap power at the New York Empires development complex.
05/27/1975 Injured (sore back),out for 3 weeks.
06/10/1975 Suffered setback in recovery from injury, will miss another 2 weeks.
08/11/1975 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
11/16/1975 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $409,340.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 70 (75); Eye: 60 (60).
01/02/1976 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $3,008,000 with the New York Empires organization.
03/01/1976 Unsuccessfully completed training to generate gap power at the New York Empires development complex.
04/19/1976 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
06/09/1976 Injured (sore back),out for 4-5 weeks.
09/15/1976 Injured (bruised knee),day-to-day for 4 days.
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (50); Power: 70 (75); Eye: 60 (60).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1974 150 5
Year PA Rank
1973 673 6
Year K Rank
1973 105 7
1974 110 8
Year TB Rank
1973 270 10
Year HR Rank
1973 31 2
1974 23 5
1975 32 3
1976 18 10
Year RBI Rank
1973 105 2
Year R Rank
1973 96 7
Year BB Rank
1973 104 2
1974 109 3
1976 74 10
Year IBB Rank
1972 9 5
1973 24 1
1974 18 4
1976 23 1
Year HP Rank
1973 6 7
Year SF Rank
1972 6 9
Year EBH Rank
1973 59 9
Year AVG Rank
1975 .307 6
Year OBP Rank
1972 .376 5
1974 .392 5
1976 .379 7
Year SLG Rank
1975 .567 2
Year RC Rank
1973 104.49 8
1974 95.76 7
1975 103.44 10
Year RC/27 Rank
1974 6.22 6
1975 8.78 3
1976 6.20 9
Year ISO Rank
1973 .217 6
1974 .170 9
1975 .260 2
Year wOBA Rank
1974 .366 10
1975 .417 2
Year OPS Rank
1973 .870 10
1974 .828 5
1975 .968 3
1976 .810 9
Year WAR Rank
1973 7.1 4
1974 7.0 1
1975 6.4 5
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