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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1999 19 STL NL 0 1 .000 3.27 9 5 1 0 0 1 33.0 26 12 12 2 14 0 39 1 0 2 137 141 1.212 7.1 0.5 3.8 10.6 2.79
2000 20 STL NL 11 7 .611 3.50 31 30 0 0 0 0 175.0 137 80 68 21 90 2 194 6 2 12 735 134 1.297 7.0 1.1 4.6 10.0 2.16 RoY-2
2001 21 STL NL 1 2 .333 7.12 6 6 0 0 0 0 24.0 25 21 19 7 25 0 27 3 0 5 124 61 2.083 9.4 2.6 9.4 10.1 1.08
2004 24 STL NL 1 0 1.000 5.40 5 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 6 6 2 1 0 9 2 0 1 43 79 1.100 9.0 1.8 0.9 8.1 9.00
4 Seasons 13 10 .565 3.90 51 41 1 0 0 1 242.0 198 119 105 32 130 2 269 12 2 20 1039 118 1.355 7.4 1.2 4.8 10.0 2.07
162 Game Avg. 10 7 .565 3.90 38 30 1 0 0 1 179 146 88 78 24 96 1 199 9 1 15 768 118 1.355 7.4 1.2 4.8 10.0 2.07

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 20 STL NL NLDS W ATL 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 4 4 0 6 0 3 0 0 5 16 3.750 13.5 0.0 20.3 10.1 0.50
2000 20 STL NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 20.25 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 3 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 4 10 4.500 6.8 0.0 33.8 13.5 0.40
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 15.75 3 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 7 7 0 11 0 5 0 0 9 26 4.000 11.3 0.0 24.8 11.3 0.45
1 NLDS 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 4 4 0 6 0 3 0 0 5 16 3.750 13.5 0.0 20.3 10.1 0.50
1 NLCS 0 0 20.25 2 1 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 3 3 0 5 0 2 0 0 4 10 4.500 6.8 0.0 33.8 13.5 0.40

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1999 19 STL NL 9 137 121 12 26 3 1 2 0 0 14 39 .215 .301 .306 .607 .300 37 2 1 1 0 0
2000 20 STL NL 31 735 625 80 137 26 1 21 9 7 90 194 .219 .320 .365 .685 .279 228 15 6 8 6 2
2001 21 STL NL 6 124 91 21 25 6 0 7 1 1 25 27 .275 .434 .571 1.006 .300 52 1 3 2 3 0
2004 24 STL NL 5 43 39 6 10 3 0 2 0 0 1 9 .256 .310 .487 .797 .286 19 0 2 1 0 0
4 Seasons 51 1039 876 119 198 38 2 32 10 8 130 269 .226 .331 .384 .715 .284 336 18 12 12 9 2
162 Game Avg. 38 768 647 88 146 28 1 24 7 6 96 199 .226 .331 .384 .715 .284 248 13 9 9 7 1
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1999 19 STL NL 9 5 0 1 4 0 0 0 5 .000 2 0 0 0 2 40% 54 66 44 1 1 0 3 3.4 4.0 5.6 95 0 3 2 0 109
2000 20 STL NL 31 30 11 7 12 2 1 18 12 .600 3 5 0 0 16 53% 55 75 15 8 5 1 16 5.3 6.0 5.8 101 1 14 14 1 120
2001 21 STL NL 6 6 1 2 3 1 0 2 4 .333 0 2 0 0 0 0% 41 58 34 7 3 0 5 5.0 6.8 4.0 85 3 2 1 0 100
3 Seasons 46 41 12 10 19 3 1 20 21 .488 5 7 0 0 18 44% 53 75 15 16 9 1 24 5.0 5.9 5.5 98 4 19 17 1 120
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1999 19 STL NL 9 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 33% 5 1.249 2 2 0 1 1 2 1 3 1 0 1 0 3.8 18
2000 20 STL NL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0.946 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0 44
2004 24 STL NL 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 1.101 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 5 3 0 4 0 6.0 34
3 Seasons 45 10 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 1 33% 0.999 3 7 0 6 1 3 1 9 5 0 6 0 5.1 29

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1999 19 STL NL 137 86% 1.5% 28.5% 10.2% 4.4% 23% 0.72 0.82 58% 20% 5.9% 28% 19 2 11%
2000 20 STL NL 735 84% 2.9% 26.4% 12.2% 6.5% 35% 0.67 0.85 57% 25% 10.0% 14% 149 15 10%
2001 21 STL NL 124 92% 5.7% 21.8% 20.2% 10.5% 52% 0.58 0.76 48% 25% 22.6% 18% 28 1 4%
2004 24 STL NL 43 53% 4.7% 20.9% 2.3% 11.6% 50% 1.31 3.20 65% 16% 16.7% 8% 6 0 0%
4 Seasons 1039 84% 3.1% 25.9% 12.5% 6.9% 36% 0.69 0.89 56% 24% 11.1% 16% 202 18 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1999 19 STL NL 137 546 3.99 337 62% 28% 20% 28% 25% 72% 0% 45% 73% 50% 7% 10 9 26% 36 23 1 28% 9 1 0 0 0
2000 20 STL NL 735 3078 4.19 1851 60% 27% 19% 30% 24% 73% 1% 44% 74% 55% 5% 39 18 23% 169 94 1 25% 27 19 0 0 0
2001 21 STL NL 124 511 4.12 287 56% 34% 14% 27% 24% 66% 0% 37% 78% 48% 12% 15 7 23% 29 17 1 44% 5 8 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL 43 172 4.00 112 65% 32% 13% 28% 28% 68% 0% 44% 82% 60% 2% 1 1 19% 8 3 1 44% 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1039 4307 4.15 2587 60% 28% 18% 29% 24% 72% 0% 43% 75% 54% 6% 65 35 23% 242 137 4 28% 42 28 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1999 19 STL NL 137 26 1 0 2 0 4 2 0 0 2 6 1 4 17% 0 2 0 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2000 20 STL NL 735 137 9 2 21 0 15 20 1 13 8 34 18 8 53% 10 12 3 270 9 7 56% 9 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 32 0
2001 21 STL NL 124 25 1 0 7 0 9 7 0 4 3 14 5 3 36% 1 5 1 51 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
2004 24 STL NL 43 10 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 Seasons 1039 198 11 2 32 0 28 31 1 18 14 55 25 15 45% 11 20 4 382 10 8 56% 10 7 0 1 0 0 2 1 46 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1999 19 0 1 .000 3.27 9 5 1 0 0 1 33.0 26 12 12 2 14 0 39 1 0 2 137 141 1.212 7.1 0.5 3.8 10.6 2.79 141
2000 20 11 8 .579 3.46 40 35 1 0 0 1 208.0 163 92 80 23 104 2 233 7 2 14 872 135 1.284 7.1 1.0 4.5 10.1 2.24 135
2001 21 12 10 .545 3.84 46 41 1 0 0 1 232.0 188 113 99 30 129 2 260 10 2 19 996 121 1.366 7.3 1.2 5.0 10.1 2.02 121
2002 22 12 10 .545 3.84 46 41 1 0 0 1 232.0 188 113 99 30 129 2 260 10 2 19 996 121 1.366 7.3 1.2 5.0 10.1 2.02 121
2003 23 12 10 .545 3.84 46 41 1 0 0 1 232.0 188 113 99 30 129 2 260 10 2 19 996 121 1.366 7.3 1.2 5.0 10.1 2.02 121
2004 24 13 10 .565 3.90 51 41 1 0 0 1 242.0 198 119 105 32 130 2 269 12 2 20 1039 118 1.355 7.4 1.2 4.8 10.0 2.07 118

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1999 19 2 1 .667 3.00 33.0 24 12 11 2 13 39 1 1.121 6.5 3.5 10.6 3.00 0.5 9
2000 20 12 7 .632 3.09 172.0 129 66 59 20 85 191 6 1.244 6.8 4.4 10.0 2.25 1.0 31
2001 21 1 1 .500 6.75 24.0 25 20 18 7 25 27 3 2.083 9.4 9.4 10.1 1.08 2.6 6
2004 24 0 1 .000 5.40 10.0 10 7 6 2 1 9 2 1.100 9.0 0.9 8.1 9.00 1.8 5
4 Seasons 15 10 .600 3.54 239.0 188 105 94 31 124 266 12 1.305 7.1 10.0 2.15 1.2 51

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2000 NL--3.497--9th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 NL--7.046--2nd

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 NL--9.977--2nd

Strikeouts s c a p y
2000 NL--194--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2000 NL--90--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2000 NL--12--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2000 NL--134--8th

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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Gray InkPitching - 10 (1445), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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