Rick Ankiel
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 19, 1979 in Fort Pierce, FL
High School: Port St. Lucie (Port St. Lucie, FL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed August 28, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 23, 1999
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1999 19 STL NL 9 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -49 1 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2000 20 STL NL 33 73 68 8 17 1 1 2 9 0 0 4 20 .250 .292 .382 .674 67 26 1 0 1 0 0 1 RoY-2
2001 21 STL NL 6 10 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .111 .000 .111 -67 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
2004 24 STL NL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2007 27 STL NL 47 190 172 31 49 8 1 11 39 1 0 13 41 .285 .328 .535 .863 120 92 3 0 1 4 0 98/7
2008 28 STL NL 120 463 413 65 109 21 2 25 71 2 1 42 100 .264 .337 .506 .843 119 209 8 5 0 3 3 87/9
2009 29 STL NL 122 404 372 50 86 21 2 11 38 4 3 26 99 .231 .285 .387 .672 76 144 5 3 0 3 4 897
7 Seasons 342 1153 1044 155 262 51 6 49 157 7 4 87 269 .251 .311 .452 .763 98 472 17 8 4 10 7
162 Game Avg. 162 546 495 73 124 24 3 23 74 3 2 41 127 .251 .311 .452 .763 98 224 8 4 2 5 3

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1999 19 STL NL 11 10 0 0.0 117 .143 .100 .277 .100 .352 .100 .446 .200 .798 -49 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
2000 20 STL NL 73 53 8 4.0 118 .326 .250 .276 .292 .353 .382 .450 .674 .804 67 .375 -4.0 -0.4 .577 .191 .132 .0
2001 21 STL NL 10 9 0 0.0 111 .000 .000 .268 .111 .340 .000 .440 .111 .780 -67 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .125 .125 .000
2004 24 STL NL 2 1 0 0.0 111 .000 .270 .500 .342 .000 .437 .500 .778 46 .000 0.0 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
2007 27 STL NL 190 131 31 6.4 110 .306 .285 .272 .328 .341 .535 .434 .863 .775 120 .601 4.4 0.4 .841 .331 .250 1.8
2008 28 STL NL 463 316 71 6.0 107 .289 .264 .266 .337 .338 .506 .424 .843 .762 119 .594 10.2 1.0 .821 .346 .242 3.7
2009 29 STL NL 404 297 41 3.7 106 .283 .231 .265 .285 .338 .387 .420 .672 .758 76 .382 -13.8 -1.3 .592 .228 .156 5.9
7 Seasons 1153 817 151 5.0 108 .289 .251 .267 .311 .339 .452 .427 .763 .766 98 .502 -7.5 -0.8 .710 .287 .201 12.3
162 Game Avg. 546 387 72 5.0 108 .289 .251 .267 .311 .339 .452 .427 .763 .766 98 .502 -7.5 -0.8 .710 .287 .201 6

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2000 20 STL NL NLDS ATL W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 20 STL NL NLCS NYM L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 29 STL NL NLDS LAD L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (3 Series) 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1999 19 STL NL 11 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 2.50 2.50 64% 0% 0.0% 0%
2000 20 STL NL 73 2.7% 27.4% 5.5% 5.5% 24% 5.00 3.4 34.0 7.6 0.77 1.07 63% 24% 11.8% 35%
2001 21 STL NL 10 0.0% 50.0% 10.0% 0.0% 5.00 1.6 0.50 1.00 30% 0% 0.0% 50%
2004 24 STL NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0% 1.00 1.0 0%
2007 27 STL NL 190 5.8% 21.6% 6.8% 10.5% 41% 3.15 4.2 15.6 4.4 0.84 0.94 65% 15% 18.6% 19%
2008 28 STL NL 463 5.4% 21.6% 9.1% 10.4% 44% 2.38 4.1 16.5 5.8 0.57 0.78 63% 20% 15.6% 20%
2009 29 STL NL 404 2.7% 24.5% 6.4% 8.4% 40% 3.81 3.8 33.8 9.8 0.67 0.81 66% 18% 8.0% 16%
7 Seasons 1153 4.3% 23.3% 7.6% 9.2% 41% 3.09 3.9 21.3 6.6 0.67 0.84 64% 18% 13.0% 20%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1999 19 STL NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 20 STL NL 3 0 32% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 29% 3 2 1 2 2 0 2 1 1
2001 21 STL NL 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 STL NL 0 0 39% 61 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 50% 10 8 2 2 0 2 6 1 5
2008 28 STL NL 4 0 31% 156 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 8 50% 26 16 10 5 0 5 11 4 6
2009 29 STL NL 3 0 38% 112 4 3 57% 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 8 52% 12 9 3 4 2 2 13 3 10
7 Seasons 10 0 34% 365 7 4 64% 6 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 11 22 49% 52 36 16 13 4 9 32 9 22
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1999 19 STL NL 11 64% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2000 20 STL NL 73 79% 17 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.74 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 100% 12 1 8% 9 2 22% 46 7 15% 5 3 60% 2 2 100% 0
2001 21 STL NL 10 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 STL NL 190 73% 49 6 0 4 1 0 0 1.26 11 1 3 7 4 9 2 0 1 1 100% 50 3 6% 27 6 22% 140 28 20% 16 13 81% 15 10 67% 0
2008 28 STL NL 463 73% 109 11 0 15 3 1 2 1.71 25 0 13 18 7 11 14 0 0 0 93 8 9% 55 5 9% 339 48 14% 29 9 31% 34 11 32% 0
2009 29 STL NL 404 76% 86 5 0 22 6 2 3 1.41 11 0 16 11 0 4 7 0 0 0 88 5 6% 53 12 23% 279 29 10% 25 10 40% 21 7 33% 0
7 Seasons 1153 74% 262 23 0 44 10 3 5 1.45 49 1 33 38 11 26 23 0 4 4 100% 248 17 7% 148 27 18% 822 112 14% 75 35 47% 72 30 42% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1999 19 STL NL 11 28 2.55 25 89% 8% 12% 48% 32% 92% 0% 82% 87% 82% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 67% 0 0 0
2000 20 STL NL 73 265 3.63 186 70% 16% 24% 34% 26% 84% 0% 59% 72% 44% 1% 1 0 5% 4 1 4% 3 2 10% 0 0 0
2001 21 STL NL 10 30 3.00 25 83% 20% 28% 36% 16% 80% 0% 67% 65% 70% 10% 1 0 10% 1 0 0% 0 0 40% 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL 2 9 4.50 4 44% 50% 25% 25% 0% 50% 0% 22% 50% 0% 50% 1 0 50% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2007 27 STL NL 190 653 3.44 421 64% 15% 23% 30% 32% 85% 0% 55% 73% 46% 5% 10 1 14% 27 14 8% 15 10 24% 0 0 0
2008 28 STL NL 463 1767 3.82 1082 61% 16% 23% 32% 29% 84% 1% 52% 73% 39% 7% 34 8 17% 81 41 8% 39 23 12% 0 0 0
2009 29 STL NL 404 1423 3.52 909 64% 17% 24% 28% 30% 83% 3% 53% 71% 42% 5% 19 5 11% 44 23 6% 23 17 14% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1153 4175 3.62 2652 64% 16% 23% 31% 30% 84% 2% 53% 72% 42% 6% 66 14 14% 158 79 7% 80 52 16% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 19 9 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 .200 -49 1 0 0 1 0 0
2000 20 42 84 78 8 18 1 1 2 9 0 0 4 23 .231 .268 .346 .614 53 27 1 0 2 0 0
2001 21 48 94 86 9 18 1 1 2 9 0 0 5 28 .209 .253 .314 .567 42 27 1 0 3 0 0
2002 22 48 94 86 9 18 1 1 2 9 0 0 5 28 .209 .253 .314 .567 42 27 1 0 3 0 0
2003 23 48 94 86 9 18 1 1 2 9 0 0 5 28 .209 .253 .314 .567 42 27 1 0 3 0 0
2004 24 53 96 87 9 18 1 1 2 9 0 0 6 29 .207 .258 .310 .568 43 27 1 0 3 0 0
2005 25 53 96 87 9 18 1 1 2 9 0 0 6 29 .207 .258 .310 .568 43 27 1 0 3 0 0
2006 26 53 96 87 9 18 1 1 2 9 0 0 6 29 .207 .258 .310 .568 43 27 1 0 3 0 0
2007 27 100 286 259 40 67 9 2 13 48 1 0 19 70 .259 .305 .459 .764 93 119 4 0 4 4 0
2008 28 220 749 672 105 176 30 4 38 119 3 1 61 170 .262 .325 .488 .813 109 328 12 5 4 7 3
2009 29 342 1153 1044 155 262 51 6 49 157 7 4 87 269 .251 .311 .452 .763 98 472 17 8 4 10 7

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1999 19 9 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
2000 20 33 71 67 7 16 1 1 2 8 0 4 20 .239 .282 .373 .655 7 33
2001 21 6 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 6
2004 24 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 5
2007 27 47 186 170 29 47 8 1 11 37 1 12 41 .276 .317 .529 .847 29 47
2008 28 120 464 414 64 110 21 2 25 70 2 42 100 .266 .338 .507 .846 70 120
2009 29 122 403 371 49 85 21 2 11 37 4 26 99 .229 .283 .385 .668 40 122
7 Seasons 342 1145 1041 149 258 51 6 49 152 7 86 269 .248 .307 .450 .757 146 342
162 Game Avg. 162 542 493 71 122 24 3 23 72 3 41 127 .248 .307 .450 .757 69 342

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1999 NL--born 1979-07-19--1st
2000 NL--born 1979-07-19--2nd

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Butch Nieman (968)
  6. Chris Duncan (967)
  7. Billy Conigliaro (967)
  8. Jon Nunnally (966)
  9. Steve Souchock (964)
  10. Dusty Rhodes (963)
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  2. Jason Lane (975)
  3. Carmen Castillo (971)
  4. Don Lenhardt (968)
  5. Jim Lemon (966)
  6. Matt Mieske (961)
  7. Wes Chamberlain (959)
  8. Cliff Mapes (958)
  9. Pedro Feliz (957)
  10. Al Ferrara (956)
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