Dick Drilling
Richard Donald Drilling
Born: July 23, 1929
Fonda, IA US
Deceased: August 12, 2004
Cleveland, TN US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 185
Career: 1947-1959
Dick Drilling compiled a career record of 82 wins and 106 losses and a 4.68 ERA in his 368-game pitching career with the Salt Lake City Bees, Yakima Packers, Yakima Bears, Phoenix Senators, Waco Pirates, San Francisco Seals, Waco/Longview Pirates, Denver Bears, Lincoln Chiefs, Albuquerque Dukes, San Antonio Missions and New Orleans Pelicans. He began playing during the 1947 season and last took the field during the 1959 campaign.
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Pitching:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | C | PION | Salt Lake City Bees | 3 | 7 | .300 | 6.12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 78.0 | 91 | 64 | 53 | 64 | 43 | 3 | 8 | |||||||
| 1948 | B | NORW | Yakima Packers | 4 | 7 | .364 | 5.86 | 16 | 83.0 | 72 | 72 | 54 | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 1948 | C | PION | Salt Lake City Bees | 4 | 9 | .308 | 6.53 | 17 | 102.0 | 139 | 92 | 74 | 57 | ||||||||||||
| 1949 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | 8 | 5 | .615 | 2.55 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 99.0 | 81 | 42 | 28 | 61 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| 1949 | B | NORW | Yakima Bears | 2 | 6 | .250 | 5.57 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 84.0 | 81 | 56 | 52 | 60 | 44 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 1950 | AAA | PCL | San Francisco Seals | 0 | 0 | 11.77 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1950 | B | BSTL | Waco Pirates | 4 | 10 | .286 | 6.37 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 106.0 | 129 | 89 | 75 | 53 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ||||||
| 1953 | B | BSTL | Waco/Longview Pirates | 14 | 11 | .560 | 3.32 | 28 | 27 | 217.0 | 196 | 92 | 80 | 12 | 74 | ||||||||||
| 1954 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | 11 | 11 | .500 | 4.03 | 29 | 27 | 199.0 | 207 | 100 | 89 | 15 | 87 | ||||||||||
| 1955 | A | WL3 | Lincoln Chiefs | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.52 | 37 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 195.0 | 222 | 110 | 98 | 29 | 71 | 6 | 116 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |||
| 1956 | A | WL3 | Albuquerque Dukes | 30 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | A | WL3 | Lincoln Chiefs | 7 | 0.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | A | WL3 | Albuquerque Dukes | 9 | 8 | .529 | 4.61 | 38 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 158.0 | 186 | 97 | 81 | 18 | 48 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| 1958 | AA | TL | San Antonio Missions | 8 | 12 | .400 | 3.56 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 197.0 | 202 | 83 | 78 | 18 | 47 | 8 | 108 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| 1959 | AA | TL | San Antonio Missions | 2 | 3 | .400 | 5.82 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 49 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1959 | AA | SOUA | New Orleans Pelicans | 1 | 5 | .167 | 6.25 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 72.0 | 94 | 55 | 50 | 8 | 41 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Totals | 82 | 106 | .436 | 4.68 | 368 | 126 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 1637.0 | 1767 | 996 | 851 | 103 | 757 | 22 | 574 | 19 | 3 | 45 | 0 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | C | PION | Salt Lake City Bees | 18 | 27 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | .000 | .192 | .000 | .192 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1948 | B | NORW | Yakima Packers | 16 | 30 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .067 | .067 | .067 | .133 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1948 | C | PION | Salt Lake City Bees | 17 | 41 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .122 | .122 | .244 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 1949 | B | NORW | Yakima Bears | 21 | 32 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .107 | .194 | .107 | .301 | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1949 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | 15 | 42 | 39 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .359 | .375 | .385 | .760 | 15 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 1950 | AAA | PCL | San Francisco Seals | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1950 | B | BSTL | Waco Pirates | 27 | 39 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 18 | .111 | .179 | .111 | .291 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1953 | B | BSTL | Waco/Longview Pirates | 28 | 82 | 82 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .122 | .122 | .146 | .268 | 12 | |||||||||||
| 1954 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | 29 | 69 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .072 | .072 | .116 | .188 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 1955 | A | WL3 | Lincoln Chiefs | 37 | 79 | 68 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | .074 | .113 | .074 | .186 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |||
| 1956 | A | WL3 | (+) Albuquerque Dukes | 40 | 58 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .190 | .362 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 1956 | A | WL3 | (+) Lincoln Chiefs | 40 | 58 | 58 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .172 | .172 | .190 | .362 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 1957 | A | WL3 | Albuquerque Dukes | 38 | 59 | 53 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22 | .113 | .145 | .113 | .259 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1958 | AA | TL | San Antonio Missions | 35 | 67 | 53 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 22 | .170 | .237 | .189 | .426 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 1959 | AA | SOUA | New Orleans Pelicans | 28 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 | .000 | .150 | .000 | .150 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1959 | AA | TL | San Antonio Missions | 12 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .000 | .091 | .000 | .091 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 332 | 601 | 549 | 17 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 141 | .115 | .154 | .128 | .282 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | C | PION | Salt Lake City Bees | P | 18 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 0 | .857 | .667 |
| 1948 | C | PION | Salt Lake City Bees | P | 17 | .000 | |||||
| 1948 | B | NORW | Yakima Packers | P | 16 | .000 | |||||
| 1949 | B | NORW | Yakima Bears | P | 21 | 3 | 22 | 3 | 0 | .893 | 1.190 |
| 1949 | C | AZTX | Phoenix Senators | P | 15 | 4 | 21 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 1.667 |
| 1950 | B | BSTL | Waco Pirates | P | 26 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 2 | .750 | .692 |
| 1950 | AAA | PCL | San Francisco Seals | P | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 |
| 1953 | B | BSTL | Waco/Longview Pirates | P | 28 | .000 | |||||
| 1954 | A | WL3 | Denver Bears | P | 29 | .000 | |||||
| 1955 | A | WL3 | Lincoln Chiefs | P | 37 | 10 | 20 | 1 | 1 | .968 | .811 |
| 1956 | A | WL3 | Lincoln Chiefs | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| 1956 | A | WL3 | Albuquerque Dukes | P | 30 | .000 | |||||
| 1957 | A | WL3 | Albuquerque Dukes | P | 38 | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | .943 | .868 |
| 1958 | AA | TL | San Antonio Missions | P | 35 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | .909 | .857 |
| 1959 | AA | SOUA | New Orleans Pelicans | P | 28 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | .933 | .500 |
| 1959 | AA | TL | San Antonio Missions | P | 12 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 |
| Totals | 368 | 46 | 151 | 20 | 7 | .908 | .535 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | C | Pioneer League | Salt Lake City Bees | |||
| 1948 | C | Pioneer League | Salt Lake City Bees | |||
| 1948 | B | Western International League | Yakima Packers | |||
| 1949 | B | Western International League | Yakima Bears | |||
| 1949 | C | Arizona-Texas League | Phoenix Senators | |||
| 1950 | B | Big State League | Waco Pirates | PIT | ||
| 1950 | AAA | Pacific Coast League | San Francisco Seals | |||
| 1953 | B | Big State League | Waco/Longview Pirates | PIT | ||
| 1954 | A | Western League | Denver Bears | PIT | ||
| 1955 | A | Western League | Lincoln Chiefs | PIT | ||
| 1956 | A | Western League | Albuquerque Dukes | NY1 | ||
| 1956 | A | Western League | Lincoln Chiefs | PIT | ||
| 1957 | A | Western League | Albuquerque Dukes | |||
| 1958 | AA | Texas League | San Antonio Missions | BAL | ||
| 1959 | AA | Texas League | San Antonio Missions | CHN | ||
| 1959 | AA | Southern Association | New Orleans Pelicans |
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