- Rick Wise
Infobox MLB retired
name=Rick Wise
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1945|9|13Jackson, Michigan
debutdate=April 18
debutyear=by|1964
debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
finaldate=April 10
finalyear=by|1982
finalteam=San Diego Padres
stat1label=Win-Loss record
stat1value=188-181
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=3.69
stat3label=Strikeout s
stat3value=1,647
teams=
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|1964, by|1966-by|1971)
*St. Louis Cardinals (by|1972-by|1973)
*Boston Red Sox (by|1974-by|1977)
*Cleveland Indians (by|1978-by|1979)
*San Diego Padres (by|1980-by|1982)
highlights=
* 2x All-Star selection (1971, 1973)Richard Charles Wise (born
September 13 ,1945 inJackson, Michigan ) is a former right-handedstarting pitcher inMajor League Baseball for 18 seasons (1964, 1966-1982). He was the winning pitcher for theBoston Red Sox in Game 6 of the1975 World Series , considered by some to be the greatest Series game ever played.Career
Wise was only 18 years of age when he debuted for the
Philadelphia Phillies in by|1964, his second professional season. He developed into a solid starter, winning 17 games with a 2.88earned run average for a sub-.500 Phillies team in by|1971. The highlight of Wise's Philadelphia career occurred that year on June 23; he no-hit theCincinnati Reds atRiverfront Stadium and hit twohome run s in the same game—one of the greatest days any pitcher has enjoyed. Wise,Wes Ferrell (by|1931) andEarl Wilson (by|1962) are the only three no-hit pitchers to hit a home run in the same game. Then, 5 weeks later, on August 18, against the San Francisco Giants, Wise had another day when he hit two home runs. And finally, on September 18th, against the Chicago Cubs, he performed an amazing feat, by retiring 32 batters in a row; 4 shy of the record. He also knocked in the winning run in the 12th inning.The following season, Wise became an unwitting participant in one of the most one-sided trades of the 1970s. The owner of the
St. Louis Cardinals ,August "Gussie" Busch , ordered his team to trade its star left-handed pitcher,Steve Carlton , after a contract squabble. Because all of baseball knew of the trade mandate, teams drove very hard bargains, and the Phils' offer of Wise was the best St. Louis could do. Wise won a total of 32 games during his two seasons (1972-73) in St. Louis, but Carlton won 27 for the last-place by|1972 Phillies alone and would go on to anchor their starting pitching staff for the next decade, ultimately winning 329 games and a place in theBaseball Hall of Fame .After the by|1973 campaign, Wise was shipped to Boston in the
American League foroutfielder Reggie Smith . His by|1974 season was ruined by an arm injury suffered during a freezing April start at Fenway Fact|date=February 2007, but he rebounded in by|1975 to win 19 for the Red Sox, winners of the AL East. He then won his only start in the 1975ALCS against Oakland, and was therelief pitcher of record in Game 6 whenCarlton Fisk ended the 12-inning game with his oft-replayedwalk-off home run .Wise was traded to the
Cleveland Indians inspring training of by|1978, and won 15 games for a poor team in by|1979, before finishing his career with theSan Diego Padres .In an 18-year career, Wise posted a 188-181 record with 1647
strikeout s and a 3.69 ERA in 3127.00innings pitched .Trivia
*Wise, who grew up in
Portland, Oregon , led his Rose CityLittle League team to theLittle League World Series in 1958, making him one of a handful of major league players to have played in both the Little League and Major League World Series.cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/little_league_world_series_major_league_world_series.shtml|publisher="Baseball Almanac|title=Little League/Major League World Series Players|accessdate=2007-05-18]*On
June 13 , by|1973, Wise, having already pitched one no-hitter against the Reds, nearly joinedAddie Joss as the only pitchers to no-hit the same team twice (the Cleveland Indian pitcher's two no-hitters were against theChicago White Sox , in by|1908 and by|1910; the former was aperfect game ). This bid, however, was broken up byJoe Morgan 's single with one out in the ninth.*Wise also had a no-hitter broken up against the
Milwaukee Brewers in by|1975 while with the Red Sox. In the first game of aJuly 2 doubleheader that year, former Red Sox George Scott homered off Wise with two out in the ninth to break up the no-hitter. Wise would have joinedCy Young andJim Bunning as pitchers who had hurled no-hitters in both leagues;Nolan Ryan ,Hideo Nomo andRandy Johnson had done it after Wise's bid was broken up.*Rick Wise started as the pitching coach for the
Lancaster Barnstormers in 2005, leading them to an Atlantic League championship in 2006. He was promoted to interim manager in July 2007 after the organization fired manager Frank Klebe. He returned to his duties as pitching coach afterVon Hayes was named the new manager for 2008.Quotation
*“The
designated hitter rule is like having someone else takeWilt Chamberlain ’sfree throw s.”ee also
*
List of Major League Baseball no-hitters
*List of Major League Baseball leaders in career wins References
External links
* [http://www.oceanviewpress.com/id17.html Rick Wise interviewed at OceanViewPress.com]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wiseri01.shtml Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/nj4/jerzgirl/rw.html Words For The Wise]
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