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  NAME     : Rick Helling
  NICKNAME : 
  ORIGIN   : USA
 
  BIRTHDAY : 12/15/1970
  AGE      : 33
  HEIGHT   : 6"3
  WEIGHT   : 220
 
  POSITION : Pitcher
  ROLE     : Starter
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $1,500,000 through 2004
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Average
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : Some ability
  CONSISTENCY              : Normal
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Durable

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Pitcher : D (Fielding Pct. : .969)
PITCHING RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Duration as Starter : B Duration as Reliever : * Holding Runners : C Groundball Pct. : 52 Avoiding Runs : 6 Avoiding Hits : 5 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average) Avoiding Doubles : 4 (VS. RHB : 4, VS. LHB : 4, Talent Fair) Avoiding Homeruns : 5 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average) Avoiding BB's : 7 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Good) Getting Strikeouts : 5 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average) Throwing Velocity : 6 Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Changeup, Curveball, Slider
PITCHING STATS : Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K Overall 4.09 12 6 1 30 26 169.1 153 87 77 46 108 At Home 4.88 5 4 0 15 13 79.1 79 52 43 24 51 Away 3.40 7 2 1 15 13 90.0 74 35 34 22 57 Last Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 This Week 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr/Mar 15.00 0 0 1 4 0 3.0 6 5 5 0 2 May 4.81 2 1 0 6 6 33.2 31 21 18 10 22 June 3.40 4 2 0 6 6 42.1 39 17 16 9 26 July 2.41 4 0 0 5 5 41.0 17 12 11 15 28 August 3.92 2 1 0 6 6 39.0 42 17 17 7 20 Sep/Oct 8.71 0 2 0 3 3 10.1 18 15 10 5 10
CAREER STATS : YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS 1994 5.88 3 2 0 9 1 1 52.0 34 18 25 TEX 1995 6.75 0 2 0 3 0 0 12.0 9 8 5 TEX 1996 4.40 3 3 0 11 0 0 47.0 23 16 42 FLO,TEX 1997 4.47 5 9 0 41 0 0 131.0 65 69 99 FLO,TEX 1998 4.42 20 7 0 33 4 2 216.0 106 78 164 TEX 1999 4.85 13 11 0 35 3 0 219.0 118 85 131 TEX 2000 4.48 16 13 0 35 0 0 217.0 108 99 146 TEX 2001 5.17 12 11 0 34 2 1 216.0 124 63 154 TEX 2002 4.50 10 12 0 30 0 0 176.0 88 48 120 TEX,ARI Total ERA : 4.65 Total Wins : 94 Total Losses: 76 Total Saves : 1 Total SHO : 4 Total CG : 11 Total K's : 994 Total BB's : 530
PLAYER HISTORY
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 3/31/2003 to a 1-year deal worth $700,000 per year... Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 3/31/2004 to a 1-year deal worth $1,500,000 per year... Injured on 9/16/2004 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks...