Dick Weik

{{Short description|American baseball player (1927–1991)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Dick Weik

|position=Pitcher

|image=Dick Weik.jpeg

|caption=

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1927|11|17}}

|birth_place=Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|1991|4|21|1927|11|17}}

|death_place=Harvey, Illinois, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 8

|debutyear=1947

|debutteam=Washington Senators

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=July 5

|finalyear=1954

|finalteam=Detroit Tigers

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=6–22

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=5.90

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=123

|teams=

• Washington Senators (1948–1950)
• Cleveland Indians (1950)
• Detroit Tigers (1953–1954)}}Richard Henry Weik (November 17, 1927 – April 21, 1991) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. A {{convert|6|ft|3|in|abbr=on}}, {{convert|184|lb|abbr=on}} right-hander, he played for the Washington Senators (1948–1950), Cleveland Indians (1950), and Detroit Tigers (1953–1954).

Weik was hindered by problems with control. He issued 237 bases on balls in {{frac|213|2|3}} innings pitched and surrendered 203 hits during his Major League career for a WHIP of 2.059. He appeared in 76 games played, 26 as a starting pitcher.

In 1960, Weik attended the Al Somers Umpire School.{{cite news |title=Somers ump school opens |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/342194350/ |work=The Journal Times |date=January 19, 1960 |page=12}}