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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1999 STL NL 19 P 9 5 33.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.55 0.22 .950 1.72 0.48
2000 STL NL 20 P 31 30 175.0 29 8 14 7 2 .759 1.13 0.71 .972 1.74 0.48 RoY-2
2001 STL NL 21 P 6 6 24.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.50 .967 1.76 0.47
2004 STL NL 24 P 5 0 10.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.60 0.80 .975 1.80 0.46
2007 STL NL 27 OF 44 40 350.2 96 91 3 2 0 .979 -1.0 -3.4 -4.0 -1.3 -2.7 3 2.41 2.14 .984 2.30 1.94
2007 STL NL 27 RF 27 24 197.2 62 58 2 2 0 .968 0.4 2.4 -2.6 -1.5 -1.1 3 2.73 2.22 .981 2.18 1.81
2007 STL NL 27 CF 22 14 137.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -2.5 -21.9 -1.5 -0.2 -1.3 -1 1.77 1.23 .985 2.71 2.30
2007 STL NL 27 LF 2 2 16.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1.1 82.5 0.1 0.4 -0.3 1 3.94 3.50 .986 2.02 1.55
2008 STL NL 28 OF 106 100 899.1 248 236 4 8 1 .968 7.9 10.5 1.9 -1.4 3.3 6 2.40 2.26 .985 2.21 1.91
2008 STL NL 28 CF 89 84 766.1 222 213 4 5 1 .977 7.8 12.2 2.8 0.0 2.8 5 2.55 2.44 .990 2.61 2.26
2008 STL NL 28 LF 17 16 131.0 25 22 0 3 0 .880 0.1 0.9 -0.9 -1.4 0.5 1 1.51 1.29 .984 1.90 1.47
2008 STL NL 28 RF 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 4.50 1.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
2009 STL NL 29 OF 101 90 795.2 213 203 5 5 2 .977 2.35 2.06 .986 2.20 1.91
2009 STL NL 29 CF 66 52 458.2 139 134 1 4 0 .971 2.65 2.05 .989 2.60 2.28
2009 STL NL 29 RF 27 21 183.2 31 28 2 1 1 .968 1.47 1.11 .987 2.08 1.80
2009 STL NL 29 LF 25 17 153.1 43 41 2 0 1 1.000 2.52 1.72 .981 1.93 1.52
3 Seasons OF 251 230 2045.2 557 530 12 15 3 .973 6.9 4.0 -2.1 -2.7 0.6 9 2.38 2.16 .985 2.22 1.92
3 Seasons CF 177 150 1362.0 388 374 5 9 1 .977 5.3 4.7 1.3 -0.2 1.5 4 2.50 2.14 .989 2.62 2.27
3 Seasons RF 55 45 383.1 94 87 4 3 1 .968 0.4 1.3 -2.6 -1.5 -1.1 3 2.14 1.65 .983 2.13 1.81
4 Seasons P 51 41 242.0 38 11 20 7 2 .816 1.15 0.61 .971 1.74 0.48
3 Seasons LF 44 35 300.1 75 69 3 3 1 .960 1.2 4.8 -0.8 -1.0 0.2 2 2.16 1.64 .983 1.92 1.50
7 Seasons TOT 327 271 2287.2 595 541 32 22 5 .963 6.9 3.6 -2.1 -2.7 0.6 9 2.25 1.75 .949 2.35 1.81

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1999 STL NL 19 9 5 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 20 35 28 33 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
2001 STL NL 21 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 STL NL 24 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 STL NL 27 47 40 47 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22 27 44 0 6 0
2008 STL NL 28 120 100 120 106 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 89 1 106 0 17 1
2009 STL NL 29 122 90 122 101 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 66 27 101 0 26 0
7 Seasons 344 269 342 302 51 0 0 0 0 0 44 177 55 251 0 52 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 STL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 609 61% 74% 35% 57 47%
2008 STL NL 28 5 0 2 3 1 4 0 0 3 1 28 24 0 34 12 1 12 6 0 9 0 0 25 20 1 108 62 57.4% 44 2 1.9% 2 3380 57% 77% 40% 418 52%
2009 STL NL 29 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 23 19 0 20 2 1 9 4 0 4 0 0 12 9 0 68 34 50.0% 33 1 1.5% 0 2030 47% 75% 36% 271 50%
3 Seasons 9 0 4 5 2 5 0 0 3 2 55 46 0 58 15 2 22 10 0 13 0 0 39 30 1 187 101 54.0% 83 3 1.6% 2 6019 54% 76% 38% 746 51%
MLB Averages 43.5% 1.9% 56% 74% 39% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 STL NL 27 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 11 9 0 4 3 0 4 3 0 3 3 0 3 1 0 25 19 76.0% 6 0 0.0% 2 887 60% 78% 47% 109 55%
2008 STL NL 28 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 0 0 9 67% 78% 33% 2 50%
2009 STL NL 29 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 10 5 0 9 4 0 4 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 26 12 46.2% 14 0 0.0% 2 805 54% 78% 34% 75 39%
3 Seasons 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 3 0 0 21 14 0 13 7 0 8 4 0 4 4 0 5 2 0 51 31 60.8% 20 0 0.0% 4 1701 57% 78% 40% 186 48%
MLB Averages 48.1% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1999 STL NL 19 140 61% 24% 1 100% 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 STL NL 20 767 62% 22% 23 65% 0 8 2 3 14 11 1 7 0 3 4 7 2 1 1 1 5 40%
2001 STL NL 21 131 59% 17% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2004 STL NL 24 44 73% 39% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1082 62% 22% 30 73% 0 11 3 5 20 17 1 7 0 3 4 7 2 1 1 1 7 57%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
2007 STL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 1 69 67% 74% 43% 16 44%
2008 STL NL 28 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 7 5 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 17 13 76.5% 4 0 0.0% 0 564 56% 76% 35% 61 36%
2009 STL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 6 5 0 4 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 1 19 12 63.2% 5 2 10.5% 0 616 55% 77% 34% 72 58%
3 Seasons 3 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 13 12 0 11 7 1 8 4 0 0 0 0 8 6 1 40 29 72.5% 9 2 5.0% 1 1249 56% 76% 35% 149 48%
MLB Averages 62.4% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 46%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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