Rick Helling

Full Name: Ricky Allen Helling Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/215 First Game: April 10, 1994 Birthdate: December 15, 1970 MLB Experience: 12 years Birthplace: Devils Lake, North Dakota Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on December 15, 1970 in Devils Lake, North Dakota, Rick Helling (Ricky Allen Helling) played for the Texas Rangers, Florida Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 12 year career. Helling broke into the bigs on April 10, 1994 with the Texas Rangers, and put up a 5.88 ERA in 52 innings pitched in 1994, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Rick Helling's best season was 1998, when he posted a 4.41 ERA, won 20 games and struck out 164 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1994	TEX	A	9	9	3	2	5.88	25	34	34	1	1	0	52	62	14	18	0	4	0
1995	TEX	A	3	3	0	2	6.57	5	11	9	0	0	0	12.1	17	2	8	0	0	2
1996	TEX	A	6	2	1	2	7.52	16	17	17	0	0	0	20.1	23	7	9	0	1	0
1996	FLA	N	5	4	2	1	1.95	26	6	6	0	0	0	27.2	14	2	7	0	0	0
1996	Total		11	6	3	3	4.31	42	23	23	0	0	0	48	37	9	16	0	1	0
1997	TEX	A	10	8	3	3	4.58	46	29	28	0	0	0	55	47	5	21	0	3	2
1997	FLA	N	31	8	2	6	4.38	53	38	37	0	0	0	76	61	12	48	2	0	4
1997	Total		41	16	5	9	4.47	99	67	65	0	0	0	131	108	17	69	2	3	6
1998	TEX	A	33	33	20	7	4.41	164	109	106	4	2	0	216.1	209	27	78	6	10	1
1999	TEX	A	35	35	13	11	4.84	131	127	118	3	0	0	219.1	228	41	85	5	8	6
2000	TEX	A	35	35	16	13	4.48	146	122	108	0	0	0	217	212	29	99	2	2	9
2001	TEX	A	34	34	12	11	5.17	154	134	124	2	1	0	215.2	256	38	63	2	6	4
2002	ARI	N	30	30	10	12	4.51	120	94	88	0	0	0	175.2	180	31	48	6	7	6
2003	FLA	N	11	0	1	0	.55	12	1	1	0	0	0	16.1	11	1	5	0	1	0
2003	BAL	A	24	24	7	8	5.71	86	90	88	0	0	0	138.2	156	30	40	0	4	12
2003	Total		35	24	8	8	5.17	98	91	89	0	0	0	155	167	31	45	0	5	12
2005	MIL	N	15	7	3	1	2.39	42	13	13	0	0	0	49	39	2	18	1	1	2
2006	MIL	N	20	2	0	2	4.11	32	17	16	0	0	0	35	25	6	15	0	1	0
Total	NL		112	51	18	22	3.82	285	169	161	0	0	0	379.2	330	54	141	9	10	12
Total	AL		189	183	75	59	4.96	773	673	632	10	4	0	1146.2	1210	193	421	15	38	36
Total			301	234	93	81	4.68	1058	842	793	10	4	0	1526.1	1540	247	562	24	48	48

Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1994	TEX	A	P	9	9	52	2	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	1.000
1995	TEX	A	P	3	3	12.1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1996	TEX	A	P	6	2	20.1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1996	FLA	N	P	5	4	27.2	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1.000
1996	Total		P	11	6	48	2	3	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	1.000
1997	TEX	A	P	10	8	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	1.000
1997	FLA	N	P	31	8	76	0	8	1	0	0	0	7	9	1	.889
1997	Total		P	41	16	131	1	9	1	0	0	0	8	13	1	.909
1998	TEX	A	P	33	33	216.1	8	12	1	0	0	0	11	12	0	.952
1999	TEX	A	P	35	35	219.1	4	24	3	2	0	0	13	14	4	.903
2000	TEX	A	P	35	35	217	8	17	1	1	0	2	16	5	1	.962
2001	TEX	A	P	34	34	215.2	15	16	1	1	0	0	7	13	3	.969
2002	ARI	N	P	30	30	175.2	4	17	1	1	0	0	4	8	1	.955
2003	FLA	N	P	11	0	16.1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1.000
2003	BAL	A	P	24	24	138.2	3	12	3	0	0	3	8	2	2	.833
2003	Total		P	35	24	155	4	14	3	0	0	3	8	3	3	.857
2005	MIL	N	P	15	7	49	4	3	0	0	0	1	6	1	0	1.000
2006	MIL	N	P	20	2	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
Total			P	301	234	1526.1	53	120	11	5	0	6	86	70	13	.940

Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1994	TEX	A	9	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	TEX	A	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	TEX	A	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	FLA	N	5	9	1	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1996	Total		11	9	1	1	0	0	.111	.111	.111	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1997	TEX	A	10	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	FLA	N	31	11	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
1997	Total		41	14	0	1	0	0	.071	.071	.071	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
1998	TEX	A	33	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
1999	TEX	A	35	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2000	TEX	A	35	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2001	TEX	A	34	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2002	ARI	N	30	46	3	2	0	1	.043	.200	.043	0	0	8	16	1	6	0	0	1
2003	FLA	N	11	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	BAL	A	24	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	Total		35	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2005	MIL	N	15	13	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	9	0	1	0	0	1
2006	MIL	N	20	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		112	84	4	5	0	1	.060	.151	.071	1	0	8	35	1	8	0	0	2
Total	AL		189	20	0	1	0	0	.050	.050	.050	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
Total			301	104	4	6	0	1	.058	.133	.067	1	0	8	43	1	9	0	0	2

Transactions

• Selected by New York Mets in the 50th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1990).
• Selected by Texas Rangers in the 1st round (22nd pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1992 - signed July 16, 1992).
• Traded by Texas Rangers to Florida Marlins (September 3, 1996) completing trade in which Florida Marlins traded John Burkett to Texas Rangers in exchange for Ryan Dempster and a player to be named later (August 8, 1996).
• Traded by Florida Marlins to Texas Rangers in exchange for Ed Vosberg (August 12, 1997).
• Granted free agency (December 21, 2001).
• Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (January 20, 2002).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2002).
• Signed by Baltimore Orioles (February 11, 2003).
• Released by Baltimore Orioles (August 18, 2003).
• Signed by Florida Marlins (August 22, 2003).
• Granted free agency (October 26, 2003).
• Signed by Minnesota Twins (January 22, 2004).
• Released by Minnesota Twins (June 2, 2004).
• Signed by Texas Rangers (June 11, 2004).
• Released by Texas Rangers (July 15, 2004).
• Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (January 14, 2005).
• Granted free agency (October 28, 2005).
• Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (November 28, 2005).
• Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).