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Rick Ankiel

Richard Alexander Ankiel

Positions: Centerfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: July 19, 1979 in Fort Pierce, FL
High School: Port St. Lucie HS (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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Nationals/Braves/Royals 1999-2012
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1.25M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.033, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Standard Pitching

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 2 137 142 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 7.13 6 6 0 0 0 0 24.0 25 21 19 7 25 0 27 3 0 5 124 62 2.083 9.4 2.6 9.4 10.1 1.08
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
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 81 1.100 9.0 1.8 0.9 8.1 9.00
4 Yrs 13 10 .565 3.90 51 41 1 0 0 1 242.0 198 119 105 32 130 2 269 12 2 20 1039 119 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 15 768 119 1.355 7.4 1.2 4.8 10.0 2.07

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1999 19 STL NL 33.0 9 5 12 3.27 5.10 -0.01 0.10 99.0 5.16 7 0.7 1.4 -0.0 0.9 10 .576 .504 $200,000
2000 20 STL NL 175.0 31 30 80 4.11 5.05 0.22 0.18 102.7 5.14 19 1.9 1.4 -0.1 3.1 39 .562 .512 $202,500 RoY-2
2001 21 STL NL 24.0 6 6 21 7.88 4.53 0.35 0.17 103.9 4.52 -9 -0.8 -0.0 -0.6 -7 .368 .495 $400,000
2004 24 STL NL 10.0 5 0 6 5.40 4.24 0.19 -0.31 103.6 3.87 -2 -0.2 1.2 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .466 .499 $320,000
4 Seasons 242.0 51 41 119 4.43 4.97 0.20 0.15 102.4 5.03 15 1.7 1.3 -0.2 3.3 42 .533 .503 $1,122,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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 Yr (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*

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 ROE
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 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 10
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 1
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 0
4 Yrs 51 1039 876 119 198 38 2 32 10 8 130 269 .226 .331 .384 .715 .284 336 18 12 12 9 2 11
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 8
MLB Averages .264 .333 .421 .754 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1999 19 STL NL 5.5 0.5 140 0.8 3.2 -2.4 1.25 0.7 -0.1 7.7 0.8 1.25 8.3 2 2 0
2000 20 STL NL 20.5 2.0 767 1.9 13.3 -11.3 .95 1.5 0.5 23.2 2.3 0.95 17.9 0 1 0
2001 21 STL NL -7.5 -0.7 132 -0.8 2.3 -3.1 1.17 -1.1 0.4 -7.5 -0.7 1.17 -11.9 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL -0.8 -0.1 44 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 1.09 0.0 -0.1 -1.1 -0.1 1.10 -0.3 1 4 0
4 Yrs 17.6 1.8 1083 1.9 19.7 -17.8 1.02 1.1 0.7 22.3 2.2 1.02 13.9 3 7 0

Starting Pitching*

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% 54.0 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% 55.3 75 15 8 5 1 16 5.3 6.0 5.8 101 1 13 15 1 120
2001 21 STL NL 6 6 1 2 3 1 0 2 4 .333 0 2 0 0 0 0% 41.3 58 34 7 3 0 5 5.0 6.8 4.0 86 3 2 1 0 100
3 Yrs 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 18 18 1 120
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -13 4.8 4.7 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 1 1 0 100% 1 0 3 1 33% 5 1.248 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 .947 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 1.094 1 4 0 4 0 1 0 5 3 0 4 0 6.0 34
3 Yrs 45 10 1 1 0 1 1 0 100% 4 3 3 1 33% .999 3 7 0 6 1 3 1 9 5 0 6 0 5.1 29

Ratio Pitching*

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 14% 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 16% 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 8% 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 47% 4.7% 20.9% 2.3% 11.6% 50% 1.31 3.20 65% 16% 16.7% 8% 6 0 0%
4 Yrs 1039 16% 3.1% 25.9% 12.5% 6.9% 36% 0.69 0.89 56% 24% 11.1% 16% 202 18 9%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 17.2% 8.7% 7.9% 34% 0.79 1.07 70% 20% 7.9% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 739 3084 4.17 1854 60% 27% 19% 30% 24% 73% 1% 44% 74% 55% 5% 39 18 23% 169 94 1 25% 27 19 -4 0 0
2001 21 STL NL 125 516 4.13 290 56% 34% 14% 28% 24% 66% 0% 37% 78% 49% 12% 15 7 23% 29 17 1 44% 5 8 -1 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 Yrs 1044 4318 4.14 2593 60% 28% 18% 29% 24% 72% 0% 43% 75% 54% 6% 65 35 23% 242 137 4 28% 42 28 -5 0 0
MLB Averages 3.76 62% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 Yrs 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 1 1 46 0
MLB Averages 53% 71%

Cumulative Pitching

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 2 137 142 1.212 7.1 0.5 3.8 10.6 2.79 142
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 119 1.355 7.4 1.2 4.8 10.0 2.07 119

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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 3.14 172.0 129 67 60 20 85 190 6 1.244 6.8 4.4 9.9 2.24 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 Yrs 15 10 .600 3.58 239.0 188 106 95 31 124 265 12 1.305 7.1 10.0 2.14 1.2 51

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2000 NL  3.50 (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

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 10 (1485), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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