Rick Camp Stats

Rick Camp was born on Tuesday, June 10, 1952, in Trion, Georgia. Camp was 24 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 15, 1976, with the Atlanta Braves. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Rick Camp baseball stats page.

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"The Braves trailed the Mets 16-13 with two on and two out in the bottom of the 19th, six hours and 51 minutes after the game's rain-delayed start. Rick Camp, the pitcher who had hit his first career home run in the 18th on a two-out, 0-2 pitch to tie the game, came to the plate. The 7,000 or so fans left from a July 4 Fireworks Night crowd of 44,947 in Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium started to chant: 'We want Camp!' Camp was not amused. 'If this team needs me to hit a home run to win a game, it's in trouble,' he said. He was right. At 3:55 a.m., E.D.T., Friday, July 5, Ron Darling, pitching in relief for the first time since he was a freshman at Yale, struck out Camp. It was the longest game of the season both in hours and innings, and, as far as anyone knows, it was the latest a major league game has ever ended. 'The strangest game I've ever seen,' said the Mets' Keith Hernandez, who hit for the cycle." - Sportswriter Henry Hecht in Sports Illustrated (July 15, 1985 | Volume 63, Issue 3, 'Inside Pitch', Page 64)

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Rick Camp Autograph on a 1979 Topps Baseball Card (#105)

Rick Camp Autograph on a 1979 Topps Baseball Card (#105)

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Birth Name:   Rick Lamar Camp
Nickname:   None
Born On:   06-10-1952  (Gemini)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Trion, Georgia
Year of Death Data Died On:   04-25-2013 (1,000 Oldest Living)
Place of Death Data Died In:   Rydal, Georgia
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Trion High School (Trion, GA)
College:   West Georgia College
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Right   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-00   Player Weight Chart Weight:   198
First Game:   09-15-1976 (Age 24)
Last Game:   10-05-1985
Draft:   1974 : 7th Round (149th)

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Rick Camp Pitching Stats

1976 24 Braves 5 1 2 0 1 .000 6.35 0 0 0 11.1 46 13 8 9 0 2 0 6 0 0 0 -
1977 25 Braves 54 0 34 6 3 .667 4.00 0 0 10 78.2 374 89 35 47 6 47 13 51 8 1 2 -
1978 26 Braves 42 4 9 2 4 .333 3.75 0 0 0 74.1 344 99 31 42 5 32 10 23 1 3 1 -
1980 28 Braves 77 0 44 6 4 .600 1.91 0 0 22 108.1 440 92 23 26 3 29 8 33 2 4 0 -
1981 29 Braves 48 0 33 9 3 .750 1.78 0 0 17 76.0 304 68 15 17 5 12 3 47 0 1 2 -
1982 30 Braves 51 21 20 11 13 .458 3.65 3 0 5 177.1 761 199 72 84 18 52 8 68 7 1 1 -
1983 31 Braves 40 16 4 10 9 .526 3.79 1 0 0 140.0 590 146 59 64 16 38 2 61 3 4 0 -
1984 32 Braves 31 21 1 8 6 .571 3.27 1 0 0 148.2 621 134 54 59 11 63 3 69 4 2 2 -
1985 33 Braves 66 2 23 4 6 .400 3.95 0 0 3 127.2 569 130 56 72 8 61 11 49 4 5 0 -
9 Years 414 65 170 56 49 .533 3.37 5 0 57 942.1 4,049 970 353 420 72 336 58 407 29 21 8 -

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Rick Camp Hitting Stats

1976 24 Braves 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1977 25 Braves 54 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1978 26 Braves 42 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 .000 .111 .000
1980 28 Braves 77 9 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 .111 .111 .222
1981 29 Braves 48 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
1982 30 Braves 51 41 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 23 5 0 0 0 .024 .070 .049
1983 31 Braves 40 39 3 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 16 3 1 2 0 .077 .119 .103
1984 32 Braves 31 45 0 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 20 3 0 1 1 .111 .130 .133
1985 33 Braves 66 13 1 3 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 .231 .286 .462
9 Years 414 175 6 13 4 0 1 0 7 4 0 85 14 1 3 1 .074 .109 .114

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Rick Camp Fielding Stats

1976 Braves P 5 1 34 9 1.8 8 3 5 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .889 6.35
1977 Braves P 54 0 236 16 0.3 14 4 10 2 1 n/a n/a n/a .875 1.60
1978 Braves P 42 4 223 23 0.5 20 8 12 3 0 n/a n/a n/a .870 2.42
1980 Braves P 77 0 325 44 0.6 43 9 34 1 2 n/a n/a n/a .977 3.57
1981 Braves P 48 0 228 20 0.4 20 11 9 0 1 n/a n/a n/a 1.000 2.37
1982 Braves P 51 21 532 51 1.0 48 18 30 3 2 n/a n/a n/a .941 2.44
1983 Braves P 40 16 420 42 1.1 37 14 23 5 1 n/a n/a n/a .881 2.38
1984 Braves P 31 21 446 37 1.2 36 12 24 1 0 n/a n/a n/a .973 2.18
1985 Braves P 66 2 383 24 0.4 20 7 13 4 3 n/a n/a n/a .833 1.41
P Totals 414 65 2,827 266 0.6 246 86 160 20 10 n/a n/a n/a .925 2.35
9 Years 414 65 2,827 266 0.6 246 86 160 20 10 n/a n/a n/a .925 2.35

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Rick Camp Miscellaneous Stats

1976 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 3.00 4.76 1.59
1977 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 1.09 5.83 5.38
1978 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.72 2.78 3.87
1980 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.5 0.0 1.14 2.74 2.41
1981 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.0 0.0 3.92 5.57 1.42
1982 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 1.8 0.0 1.31 3.45 2.64
1983 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.4 19.5 1.61 3.92 2.44
1984 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 0.0 2.3 15.0 1.10 4.18 3.81
1985 Braves 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 13.0 2.6 6.5 0.80 3.45 4.30
9 Years 0 0 .000 0 0 n/a 175.0 2.1 25.0 1.21 3.89 3.21

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Rick Camp Miscellaneous Items of Interest

1976 Atlanta Braves 33 $19,000.00 - -
1977 Atlanta Braves 33 $19,000.00 - -
1978 Atlanta Braves 33 $21,000.00 - -
1980 Atlanta Braves 37 $40,000.00 - -
1981 Atlanta Braves 37 $250,000.00 - -
1982 Atlanta Braves 37 $550,000.00 - -
1983 Atlanta Braves 37 $633,333.00 - -
1984 Atlanta Braves 37 $633,333.00 - -
1985 Atlanta Braves 37 $600,000.00 - -

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On July 4, 1985, Keith Hernandez, who had just completed hitting for the cycle, said, "I saw things that I've never seen in my major-league career." One of the things he saw was Rick Camp, he of the .059 career batting average (that day), hit his first career home run in the bottom of the nineteenth inning! Camp, however, felt a little differently, saying, "I could care less about the home run. That's pure luck. If we have to rely on me to hit a home run to win a game, we're in bad shape." Nevertheless, Topps mentioned it on Camp's baseball card the following season!

Rick Camp Baseball Card | Baseball Almanac

Rick Camp | 1986 Topps Baseball Card (#319 | Checklist)
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Did you know that Rick Camp was one of the few baseball players who did time in prison? Following his career, Camp, along with four other people conspired to commit theft - more than $2 million from Augusta (GA) Community Mental Health Center.

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