What years did Rick White play?

Rick White played in Major League Baseball from 1994 to 2007.

Was Rick White a pitcher?

Yes. Rick White pitched in the major leagues, recording 42 wins and 542 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Rick White hit?

Rick White hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.

What were Rick White's career stats?

In 613 games, Rick White went 42-54 with a 4.45 ERA, 542 strikeouts, 858.2 innings pitched, and 16 saves.

What was Rick White's salary?

Rick White's last recorded salary was $600,000, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $1,150,000, in 2001, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1994. The Salary History table lists each season from 1994 to 2007.

What position did Rick White play?

Rick White played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Rick White and how much did he weigh?

Rick White was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 215 pounds.

What was Rick White's career ERA?

Rick White finished with a 4.45 career ERA, going 42-54 with 542 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Rick White have?

Rick White recorded 542 career strikeouts.

Is Rick White in the Hall of Fame?

No. Rick White has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rick White

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1994-2007)

Rick White was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1994 to 2007 for 11 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 14 seasons. Across 613 career appearances, he went 42-54 with a 4.45 ERA and 542 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 3598.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 23, 2026

W–L 42–54

ERA 4.45

WHIP 1.42

SO 542

Pitcher PIV 3598.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 215 lb
Born: 12/23/1968 in Springfield, OH, USA
MLB Debut: 1994-04-06
Last Game: 2007-09-05

Full name: Richard Allen White

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Career Pitching Statistics

Rick White — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
42	54	613	18	0	0	16	858.2	930	425	91	289	542	4.45	3598.0

Career ERA 4.45 vs. league average 4.48 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Rick White Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1994	PIT	NL	4	5	43	5	6	75.1	79	32	17	38	3.82	4.51 (+15%)	-149.8
1995	PIT	NL	2	3	15	9	0	55.0	66	29	18	29	4.75	4.45 (-7%)	837.6
1998	TBA	AL	2	6	38	3	0	68.2	66	29	23	39	3.80	4.43 (+14%)	-306.2
1999	TBA	AL	5	3	63	1	0	108.0	132	49	38	81	4.08	4.71 (+13%)	2837.8
2000	TBA	AL	3	6	44	0	2	71.1	57	27	26	47	3.41	4.77 (+29%)	676.2
2000	NYN	NL	2	3	22	0	1	28.1	26	12	12	20	3.81	4.77 (+20%)	461.1
2001	NYN	NL	4	5	55	0	2	69.2	71	30	17	51	3.88	4.42 (+12%)	1251.0
2002	COL	NL	2	6	41	0	0	40.2	49	28	18	27	6.20	4.28 (-45%)	-37.1
2002	SLN	NL	3	1	20	0	0	22.0	13	2	3	14	0.82	4.28 (+81%)	1204.2
2003	CHA	AL	1	2	34	0	1	47.2	56	35	13	37	6.61	4.40 (-50%)	-1144.6
2003	HOU	NL	0	0	15	0	0	19.1	18	8	8	17	3.72	4.40 (+15%)	36.4
2004	CLE	AL	5	5	59	0	1	78.1	88	46	29	44	5.29	4.46 (-18%)	-2228.2
2005	PIT	NL	4	7	71	0	2	75.0	90	31	29	40	3.72	4.29 (+13%)	947.4
2006	CIN	NL	1	0	26	0	1	27.1	34	19	5	17	6.26	4.53 (-38%)	-281.9
2006	PHI	NL	3	1	38	0	0	37.1	38	18	15	23	4.34	4.53 (+4%)	189.5
2007	HOU	NL	1	0	23	0	0	29.1	36	25	14	15	7.67	4.47 (-71%)	-695.4
2007	SEA	AL	0	1	6	0	0	5.1	11	5	4	3	8.44	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			42	54	613	18	16	858.2	930	425	289	542	4.45	—	3,598

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Rick White — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
615	43	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	13	.093	.114	.116	.230	0

Career AVG .093 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 65.1% below league average.

Career OBP .114 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 66.2% below league average.

Career SLG .116 vs. league average .425 across their career seasons — 72.6% below league average.

Career OPS .230 vs. league average .761 across their career seasons — 69.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Rick White Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1994	PIT	NL	43	13	0	1	0	0	4	.077	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	PIT	NL	15	15	1	1	1	1	3	.067	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	TBA	AL	38	3	0	1	0	0	1	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	TBA	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	TBA	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	NYN	NL	24	5	0	1	0	0	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	NYN	NL	55	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	COL	NL	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	SLN	NL	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	CHA	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	HOU	NL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	CLE	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	PIT	NL	71	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	CIN	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	PHI	NL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	HOU	NL	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	SEA	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 17 seasons			615	43	1	4	1	1	13	.093	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Rick White — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Rick White — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2002	NLCS	SLN	3	.000
2002	NLDS2	SLN	2	.000
2000	NLCS	NYN	1	.000
2000	NLDS2	NYN	2	.000
2000	WS	NYN	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Rick White — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	1	9	0	0	13.0	15	6	7	12	4.15

Playoff Pitching by Year

Rick White — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2002	NLCS	SLN	0	1	3	4.0	2	2	2	5	4.50
2002	NLDS2	SLN	0	0	2	2.0	1	0	1	1	0.00
2000	NLCS	NYN	0	0	1	3.0	5	3	1	1	9.00
2000	NLDS2	NYN	1	0	2	2.2	6	0	2	4	0.00
2000	WS	NYN	0	0	1	1.1	1	1	1	1	6.75

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Rick White — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	315	17	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	300	26	1	4	0	1	.154

Pitching — Home / Away

Rick White — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	314	447.0	473	214	152	294	4.31
Away	299	411.2	457	211	137	248	4.61

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Rick White — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2007-09-05	SEA	NYY	—	0.2	1	1	1	0	0	0
2007-09-02	SEA	TOR	—	0.0	1	1	1	1	0	0
2007-08-30	SEA	CLE	—	0.1	0	0	0	2	0	0
2007-08-29	SEA	LAA	—	1.2	4	2	2	0	2	0
2007-08-28	SEA	LAA	—	0.1	2	0	0	1	0	0
2007-08-25	SEA	TEX	L	2.1	3	2	1	0	1	0
2007-06-26	HOU	MIL	—	1.0	3	5	5	2	2	2
2007-06-24	HOU	TEX	—	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0
2007-06-23	HOU	TEX	—	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1
2007-06-19	HOU	LAA	—	2.1	0	0	0	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Rick White — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	613	18	36	136	10	14

Season-by-Season Fielding

Rick White — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1994	PIT	P	43	5	3	10	2	1
1995	PIT	P	15	9	2	9	1	1
1998	TBA	P	38	3	5	11	2	1
1999	TBA	P	63	1	6	16	2	1
2000	TBA	P	44	0	1	7	0	1
2000	NYN	P	22	0	1	3	0	0
2001	NYN	P	55	0	3	7	1	1
2002	COL	P	41	0	1	6	0	2
2002	SLN	P	20	0	1	3	0	0
2003	CHA	P	34	0	3	8	0	2
2003	HOU	P	15	0	0	1	1	1
2004	CLE	P	59	0	6	14	0	1
2005	PIT	P	71	0	2	16	1	0
2006	CIN	P	26	0	1	8	0	2
2006	PHI	P	38	0	0	8	0	0
2007	HOU	P	23	0	1	8	0	0
2007	SEA	P	6	0	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Rick White Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	613

Salary History

Rick White's recorded salaries total $5,649,000 over 10 seasons, 1994 to 2007. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and White's career ran from 1994 to 2007. No salary is recorded for 1995 and 2004.

Rick White — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2007	HOU	NL	$600,000
2006	CIN	NL	$600,000
2005	PIT	NL	$475,000
2003	CHA	AL	$600,000
2002	COL	NL	$1,000,000
2001	NYN	NL	$1,150,000
2000	TBA	AL	$610,000
1999	TBA	AL	$255,000
1998	TBA	AL	$250,000
1994	PIT	NL	$109,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$5,649,000

College History

Rick White — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
West Kentucky Community and Technical College	Paducah	KY	1990

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Career Spans

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Rick White: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 6, 1994 and the final game on September 5, 2007, Rick White built the record summarized on this page. The season rows list, in order, the Pittsburgh Pirates (1994 through 2005), the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998 to 2000), the New York Mets (2000 through 2001), the Colorado Rockies (2002), the St. Louis Cardinals (2002), the Chicago White Sox (2003), the Houston Astros (2003 through 2007), and the Cleveland Indians (2004), with further stops in the season rows. White played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Born on December 23, 1968, in Springfield, OH, USA, White was listed at 6'4" and 215 pounds. White's full given name, per the bio, is Richard Allen White.

The pitching table credits White with a 42-54 record and a 4.45 ERA in 613 games. White had 542 strikeouts and 16 saves. White's 4.45 ERA was close to the 4.48 league figure for those seasons. 1999 brought White a season-high 5 wins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Rick White

What years did Rick White play?: Rick White played in Major League Baseball from 1994 to 2007.
Was Rick White a pitcher?: Yes. Rick White pitched in the major leagues, recording 42 wins and 542 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Rick White hit?: Rick White hit 0 career home runs with 4 hits.
What teams did Rick White play for?: Rick White played for 11 teams: the Pittsburgh Pirates (1994–1995, 2005), the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–2000), the New York Mets (2000–2001), the Colorado Rockies (2002), the St. Louis Cardinals (2002), the Chicago White Sox (2003), the Houston Astros (2003, 2007), the Cleveland Indians (2004), the Cincinnati Reds (2006), the Philadelphia Phillies (2006), and the Seattle Mariners (2007).
What were Rick White's career stats?: In 613 games, Rick White went 42-54 with a 4.45 ERA, 542 strikeouts, 858.2 innings pitched, and 16 saves.
How much did Rick White earn in his career?: Rick White's recorded salaries total $5,649,000 over 10 seasons, 1994 to 2007. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and White's career ran from 1994 to 2007. No salary is recorded for 1995 and 2004.
What was Rick White's salary?: Rick White's last recorded salary was $600,000, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $1,150,000, in 2001, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1994. The Salary History table lists each season from 1994 to 2007.
What position did Rick White play?: Rick White played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Rick White and how much did he weigh?: Rick White was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 215 pounds.
What was Rick White's career ERA?: Rick White finished with a 4.45 career ERA, going 42-54 with 542 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Rick White have?: Rick White recorded 542 career strikeouts.
Is Rick White in the Hall of Fame?: No. Rick White has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.