How Rick Waits's Played Outs Compares to Similar Players

Rick Waits totaled 4,281 career Played Outs, well below the league average of 6,515.6 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Played Outs season came in 1979, posting 693, well below the league average of 1,136.0 that year. The lowest point came in 1973 at 3, well below the league average of 1,141.0 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Played Outs total went from 149 in 1983 to 219 in 1984 and 141 in 1985, falling over the span. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Played Outs profile — ranging from 3 to 693 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Rick Waits Lifetime Played Outs

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Rick Waits Played Outs Per Season

Rick Waits's Played Outs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rick Waits Played Outs per season line chart

Rick Waits Played Outs by Team

Rick Waits's career Played Outs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rick Waits career Played Outs by team bar chart

Rick Waits Cumulative Played Outs — Career Progression

A running total of Rick Waits's career Played Outs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Rick Waits Played Outs year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Waits Played Outs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Waits's seasonal Played Outs alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rick Waits Played Outs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Waits Played Outs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Waits's MLB career with Played Outs alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Rick Waits Played Outs season-by-season breakdown table