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| Name | Team | Age |
| Rick Child | Retired (1979, Age 36) | Died (2024, Age 81) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 2, Pick 25 (1965) |
RP | L/R |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Tim Raines League | 0 | 8 years (70 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 5/23/1943 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
| 1965 | Minors | 16.00 | 1 / 1 | 3 / 7 | 3 / 8 | 7 / 16 |
| 1966 | Minors | 30.00 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 15 | 1 / 13 | 3 / 30 |
| 1967 | Minors | 17.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 9 | 1 / 8 | 2 / 17 |
| 1967 | Majors | 0.61 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
| 1968 | Minors | 5.00 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 5 |
| 1968 | Majors | 23.19 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 11 | 1 / 12 | 2 / 23 |
| 1969 | Minors | 11.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 8 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 11 |
| 1969 | Majors | 17.67 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 4 | 3 / 13 | 4 / 17 |
| 1970 | Minors | 20.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 9 | 1 / 11 | 1 / 20 |
| 1970 | Majors | 6.37 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 4 | 1 / 6 |
| 1971 | Minors | 11.00 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 6 | 3 / 5 | 5 / 11 |
| 1971 | Majors | 2.06 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 |
| 1972 | Majors | 40.14 | 0 / 6 | 1 / 19 | 3 / 15 | 4 / 40 |
| 1973 | Majors | 42.09 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 15 | 2 / 19 | 2 / 42 |
| 1974 | Majors | 42.48 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 16 | 0 / 18 | 0 / 42 |
| 1975 | Majors | 33.97 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 19 | 0 / 13 | 1 / 33 |
| 1976 | Majors | 38.78 | 1 / 9 | 0 / 14 | 1 / 15 | 2 / 38 |
| 1977 | Majors | 42.34 | -2 / 8 | -1 / 24 | -1 / 10 | -4 / 42 |
| 1978 | Majors | 44.33 | -2 / 7 | -7 / 14 | 1 / 23 | -8 / 44 |
| 1979 | Minors | 13.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 13 |
| 1979 | Majors | 18.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 10 | 1 / 8 | 1 / 18 |
| Total | -2 / 51 | 9 / 211 | 21 / 208 | 28 / 470 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1979-11-01 | Rick Child has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1979-06-22 | The Brooklyn Dodgers have waived Rick Child. |
| 1979-04-01 | The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Clyde King to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have promoted Sean Desautels to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Chris Walczak for assignment. The Brooklyn Dodgers have designated Rick Child for assignment. |
| 1975-04-08 | A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Ramblers and the Brooklyn Kings. The Brooklyn Kings receive Rick Child from the Philadelphia Ramblers in exchange for Dan Jackson. |
| 1975-04-04 | The Philadelphia Ramblers have re-claimed Rick Child from the waiver wire. |
| 1975-04-01 | The Philadelphia Ramblers have promoted Jeff Mickelson to the major league team. The Philadelphia Ramblers have promoted Charlie Escarrega to the major league team. The Philadelphia Ramblers have sent Jim Davie to the minors. The Philadelphia Ramblers have designated Jack Wickland for assignment. The Philadelphia Ramblers have designated Rick Child for assignment. |
| 1972-04-01 | A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Ramblers and the Milwaukee Braves. The Milwaukee Braves receive Minnie Kosco, Ned Usher from the Philadelphia Ramblers in exchange for Arlas Davis, Rick Child. |
| 1971-09-03 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Child to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Joey Hill to the minors. |
| 1970-05-08 | The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Child to the minors. |
| 1970-04-14 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Child to the major league team. |
| 1969-09-20 | The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Child to the minors. |
| 1969-07-03 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Child to the major league team. |
| 1969-04-06 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Arlas Davis to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Child to the minors. |
| 1969-04-04 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Child to the major league team. |
| 1969-04-01 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Dick Atkins to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Child to the minors. |
| 1968-07-06 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Child to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Pat Jarvis to the minors. |
| 1968-06-22 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Pat Jarvis to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Child to the minors. |
| 1968-06-19 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Child to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Pat Jarvis to the minors. |
| 1967-04-13 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Ron Reed to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Rick Child to the minors. |
| 1967-04-09 | The Milwaukee Braves have promoted Rick Child to the major league team. The Milwaukee Braves have sent Ron Reed to the minors. |