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Rick Helling | Major Leaguer 1994-2006

Full Name: Ricky Allen Helling
Born: December 15,1970 in Devils Lake, North Dakota
Height: 6-3 Weight: 220 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Shanley (Shanley,ND)
College: Stanford University

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Debut: April 10,1994

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Drafted: Selected by New York Mets in 50th Round (1250th overall) of 1990 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Texas Rangers in 1st Round (22nd overall) of 1992 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jul 16,1992] - signed [Sep 3,1996] - Traded by Rangers with Ryan Dempster to Marlins for John Burkett. [Aug 12,1997] - Traded by Marlins to Rangers for Ed Vosberg. [Dec 21,2001] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 19,2002] - Signed by Diamondbacks [Jan 20,2002] - Signed as Free Agent by Diamondbacks. [Oct 28,2002] - Granted Free Agency. [Feb 11,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Orioles. [Feb 27,2003] - Signed by Orioles [Aug 18,2003] - Released by Orioles. [Aug 22,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by Marlins. [Oct 26,2003] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 22,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Twins. [Jun 2,2004] - Released by Twins. [Jun 11,2004] - Signed as Free Agent by Rangers. [Jul 15,2004] - Released by Rangers. [Nov 18,2005] - Signed by Brewers [Feb 5,2007] - Retired

Disabled List: [Jul 20,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (sprained right ankle) [Apr 16,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (sprained right elbow) [Jun 1,2006] - Transferred to 60 day DL. [Jun 20,2006] - Activated

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1992	Charlotte	FSL	21	Tex	A+	1	1	2.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	13	5	5	1	4	20	1		5.95	0.46	1.83	9.16	0.86	--
1993	Tulsa	Tex	22	Tex	AA	12	8	3.60	26	26	2	2	0	0	177.1	150	76	71	14	46	188	3		7.61	0.71	2.33	9.54	1.11	--
	Okla City	Amer	22	Tex	AAA	1	1	1.64	2	2	1	0	0	0	11.0	5	3	2	0	3	17	0		4.09	0.00	2.45	13.91	0.73	--
1994	Okla City	Amer	23	Tex	AAA	4	12	5.78	20	20	2	0	0	0	132.1	153	93	85	17	43	85	8	2	10.41	1.16	2.92	5.78	1.48	--
	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	3	2	5.88	9	9	1	1	0	0	52.0	62	34	34	14	18	25	4	1	10.73	2.42	3.12	4.33	1.54	43%
1995	Okla City	Amer	24	Tex	AAA	4	8	5.33	20	20	3	0	0	0	109.2	132	73	65	13	41	80	3	1	10.83	1.07	3.36	6.57	1.58	--
	Texas	AL	24	Tex	MLB	0	2	6.57	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	17	11	9	2	8	5	0	0	12.41	1.46	5.84	3.65	2.03	51%
1996	Okla City	Amer	25	Tex	AAA	12	4	2.96	23	22	2	1	1	0	140.0	124	54	46	10	38	157	4	2	7.97	0.64	2.44	10.09	1.16	--
	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	1	2	7.53	6	2	0	0	2	0	20.1	23	17	17	7	9	16	1	0	10.18	3.10	3.98	7.08	1.57	20%
	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	2	1	1.95	5	4	0	0	0	0	27.2	14	6	6	2	7	26	0	1	4.56	0.65	2.28	8.46	0.76	19%
1997	Florida	NL	26	Fla	MLB	2	6	4.38	31	8	0	0	8	0	76.0	61	38	37	12	48	53	0	0	7.22	1.42	5.68	6.28	1.43	--
	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	3	3	4.58	10	8	0	0	1	0	55.0	47	29	28	5	21	46	3	0	7.69	0.82	3.44	7.53	1.24	--
1998	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	20	7	4.41	33	33	4	2	0	0	216.1	209	109	106	27	78	164	10	0	8.70	1.12	3.25	6.82	1.33	28%
1999	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	13	11	4.84	35	35	3	0	0	0	219.1	228	127	118	41	85	131	8	0	9.36	1.68	3.49	5.38	1.43	--
2000	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	16	13	4.48	35	35	0	0	0	0	217.0	212	122	108	29	99	146	2	0	8.79	1.20	4.11	6.06	1.43	40%
2001	Texas	AL	30	Tex	MLB	12	11	5.17	34	34	2	1	0	0	215.2	256	134	124	38	63	154	6	0	10.68	1.59	2.63	6.43	1.48	43%
2002	Tucson	PCL	31	Ari	AAA	1	0	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	7	0	0	5.14	0.00	1.29	9.00	0.71	--
	Arizona	NL	31	Ari	MLB	10	12	4.51	30	30	0	0	0	0	175.2	180	94	88	31	48	120	7	1	9.22	1.59	2.46	6.15	1.30	41%
2003	Baltimore	AL	32	Bal	MLB	7	8	5.71	24	24	0	0	0	0	138.2	156	90	88	30	40	86	4	1	10.13	1.95	2.60	5.58	1.41	33%
	Florida	NL	32	Fla	MLB	1	0	0.55	11	0	0	0	5	0	16.1	11	1	1	1	5	12	1	0	6.06	0.55	2.76	6.61	0.98	39%
2004	NewBritain	East	33	Min	AA	1	2	4.94	5	5	0	0	0	0	31.0	30	18	17	5	11	21	1		8.71	1.45	3.19	6.10	1.32	--
	Oklahoma	PCL	33	Tex	AAA	1	4	9.00	6	6	0	0	0	0	31.0	59	35	31	8	11	20	1		17.13	2.32	3.19	5.81	2.26	--
	Rochester	IL	33	Min	AAA	1	0	0.00	1	1	1	1	0	0	7.0	4	0	0	0	1	2	0		5.14	0.00	1.29	2.57	0.71	--
2005	Nashville	PCL	34	Mil	AAA	9	3	4.13	21	21	0	0		0	130.2	128	74	60	12	50	105	5	1	8.82	0.83	3.44	7.23	1.36	--
	Milwaukee	NL	34	Mil	MLB	3	1	2.39	15	7	0	0	2	0	49.0	39	13	13	2	18	42	1	0	7.16	0.37	3.31	7.71	1.16	33%
2006	Nashville	PCL	35	Mil	AAA	1	0	3.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	9	5	5	0	2	6	0	0	6.75	0.00	1.50	4.50	0.92	--
	Milwaukee	NL	35	Mil	MLB	0	2	4.11	20	2	0	0	4	0	35.0	25	17	16	6	15	32	1	0	6.43	1.54	3.86	8.23	1.14	34%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)						93	81	4.68	301	234	10	4	22	0	1,526.1	1540	842	793	247	562	1058	48	4	9.08	1.46	3.31	6.24	1.38	37%
Minor League Totals - 9 Season(s)						48	43	4.32	130	129	11	4		0	808.2	811	437	388	80	251	708	26		9.03	0.89	2.80	7.88	1.31	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1994	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	p	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1995	Texas	AL	24	Tex	MLB	p	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1996	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	p	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	p	9	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	222	75%
1997	Florida	NL	26	Fla	MLB	p	9	31	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.091	.091	.091	182	--
	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	p	0	10	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
1998	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	p	0	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	83%
1999	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	p		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
2000	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	p	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	60%
2001	Texas	AL	30	Tex	MLB	p	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	75%
2002	Tucson	PCL	31	Ari	AAA	p		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Arizona	NL	31	Ari	MLB	p	9	29	46	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	16	1	0	6	0	1	.043	.200	.043	243	59%
2003	Baltimore	AL	32	Bal	MLB	p	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
	Florida	NL	32	Fla	MLB	p	9	11	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1500	0%
2005	Nashville	PCL	34	Mil	AAA	p		14	26	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	0	0	4	1	0	.115	.226	.154	380	--
	Milwaukee	NL	34	Mil	MLB	p	9	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	40%
2006	Nashville	PCL	35	Mil	AAA	p		2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Milwaukee	NL	35	Mil	MLB	p	9	18	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	50%

Major League Totals - 12 Season(s)								145	104	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	43	1	0	9	0	2	.058	.133	.067	200	62%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								17	30	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	12	0	0	5	1	0	.100	.200	.133	333	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1998	Texas	AL	27		Div	0	1	4.50	1		0			0	6.0	8		3		1	9			12.00	---	1.50	13.50	1.50	--
1999	Texas	AL	28		Div	0	1	2.84	1		0			0	6.1	5		2		1	8			7.11	---	1.42	11.37	0.95	--
2002	Arizona	NL	31		Div	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	1	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.25	0.00	0.00	4.50	0.25	--
2003	Florida	NL	32		Div	0	0	27.27	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	54.55	0.00	54.55	0.00	12.12	--
	Florida	NL	32		Ch	0	0	6.36	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	5	4	2	4	5	2	0	11.13	3.18	6.36	7.95	1.94	--
	Florida	NL	32		Ws	0	0	6.77	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	6.77	3.38	0.00	6.77	0.75	--

Major League Totals - 4 Season(s)						0	2	4.32	8		0			0	25.0	25		12		8	26			9.00	---	2.88	9.36	1.32	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1998	Texas	AL	27	Tex	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2002	Arizona	NL	31	Ari	Div	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2003	Florida	NL	32	Fla	Div	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Florida	NL	32	Fla	Ch	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1992	Charlotte	FSL	21	Tex	A+	P	3			0	1	2	3	0	-	-	-	.333	--

1993	Tulsa	Tex	22	Tex	AA	P	26			10	27	3	40	1	-	-	-	.925	--
1993	Okla City	Amer	22	Tex	AAA	P	2			1	0	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	--

1994	Okla City	Amer	23	Tex	AAA	P	20			6	20	2	28	0	-	-	-	.929	--
1994	Texas	AL	23	Tex	MLB	P	9		52	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	.87

1995	Okla City	Amer	24	Tex	AAA	P	20			4	14	0	18	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1995	Texas	AL	24	Tex	MLB	P	3		12.1	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.73

1996	Okla City	Amer	25	Tex	AAA	P	23			5	14	6	25	1	-	-	-	.760	--
1996	Florida	NL	25	Fla	MLB	P	5		27.2	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	.65
1996	Texas	AL	25	Tex	MLB	P	6		20.1	2	1	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.33

1997	Florida	NL	26	Fla	MLB	P	31		76	0	8	1	9	0	-	-	-	.889	.95
1997	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	P	10		55	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	.33

1998	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	P	33		216.1	8	12	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	.83

1999	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	P	35		219.1	4	24	3	31	2	-	-	-	.903	1.15

2000	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	P	35		217	8	17	1	26	1	-	-	-	.962	1.04

2001	Texas	AL	30	Tex	MLB	P	34		215.2	15	16	1	32	1	-	-	-	.969	1.29

2002	Tucson	PCL	31	Ari	AAA	P	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2002	Arizona	NL	31	Ari	MLB	P	30		175.2	4	17	1	22	1	-	-	-	.955	1.08

2003	Baltimore	AL	32	Bal	MLB	P	24	24	138.2	3	12	3	18	0	-	-	-	.833	.97
2003	Florida	NL	32	Fla	MLB	P	11	-	16.1	1	2	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.65

2004	NewBritain	East	33	Min	AA	P	5			2	2	0	4	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2004	Oklahoma	PCL	33	Tex	AAA	P	6			2	9	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2004	Rochester	IL	33	Min	AAA	P	1			2	0	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2005	Nashville	PCL	34	Mil	AAA	P	21			14	15	2	31	0	-	-	-	.935	--
2005	Milwaukee	NL	34	Mil	MLB	P	15	7	49	4	3	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.29

2006	Nashville	PCL	35	Mil	AAA	P	2								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Milwaukee	NL	35	Mil	MLB	P	20	2	35	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	.51

Awards

[1996] - Triple-A All-Star P, Baseball America 1st team Minor League All-Star SP, American Association All-Star RHP [1998] - AL MVP (Voting Rank: #21)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1994	*50,000		914,157	80
1995	*109,000		831,504	80
1996	*109,000		835,262	80
1997	165,000		996,990	64
1998	216,500		1,054,037	55
1999	2,250,000		1,222,537	19
2000	3,750,000		1,369,505	14
2001	4,500,000		1,609,512	13
2002	3,000,000		1,654,088	20
2003	1,000,000		1,773,364	31
2005	*300,000		1,825,756	80
2006	850,000		1,937,004	37

Career:	$16,299,500	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the 4th-place United States Baseball Team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona.

Member of the World Series Champion Florida Marlins in 2003.

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