Dave Ricketts Trades and Transactions

The Dave Ricketts trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Dave Ricketts has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"Sometimes the word 'great' gets overused, and it's a shame. There have been some truly great Cardinals who have come through the organization, but I don't know anyone greater or more beloved than Dave Ricketts." - St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa in the St. Louis Post Dispatch (Derrick Goold, 07/14/2008)

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Dave Ricketts

Dave Ricketts Autograph on a 1968 Topps (#46)

Dave Ricketts Autograph on a 1968 Topps (#46)
 

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Birth Name:   David William Ricketts
Nickname:   Dave
Born On:   07-12-1935  (Cancer)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Pottstown, Pennsylvania
Year of Death Data Died On:   07-13-2008
Place of Death Data Died In:   St. Louis, Missouri
Cemetery:   Cremated
High School:   Pottstown High School (Pottstown, PA)
College:   Duquesne University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-02   Player Weight Chart Weight:   195
First Game:   09-25-1963 (Age 28)
Last Game:   07-30-1970
Draft:   Not Applicable
Dave Ricketts

Trades & Transactions

00-00-1957: Signed as an amateur free agent by St. Louis Cardinals.
10-21-1969: Traded by St. Louis Cardinals (with Dave Giusti) to Pittsburgh Pirates for Carl Taylor.
09-09-1970: Released by Pittsburgh Pirates.
07-26-1971: Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates.
08-15-1971: Released by Pittsburgh Pirates.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Dave Ricketts trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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