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Rick Ankiel

Richard Alexander Ankiel

Positions: Centerfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 225 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
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Nationals/Braves/Royals 1999-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 1 yr/$1.5M (11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.033, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Scott Boras [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 8, 2012, 4:59PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1484. Maicer Izturis… #1485. Ossie Vitt… #1486. Jake Virtue… #1487. RICK ANKIEL… #1488. Don Mueller… #1489. Ray Mueller… #1490. Angel Pagan… 

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 35 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 .863 119 92 3 0 1 4 0
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
2009 29 STL NL 122 404 372 50 86 21 2 11 38 4 3 26 99 .231 .285 .387 .672 77 144 5 3 0 3 4
2010 30 TOT MLB 74 240 211 31 49 13 1 6 24 3 1 26 71 .232 .321 .389 .709 93 82 3 2 0 1 2 8
2010 30 ATL NL 47 139 119 17 25 6 1 2 9 2 1 19 42 .210 .324 .328 .651 78 39 1 1 0 0 2
2010 30 KCR AL 27 101 92 14 24 7 0 4 15 1 0 7 29 .261 .317 .467 .784 112 43 2 1 0 1 0
2011 31 WSN NL 122 415 380 46 91 20 0 9 37 10 3 29 96 .239 .296 .363 .659 81 138 7 2 3 1 1 *8/9
9 Seasons 540 1808 1635 232 402 84 7 64 218 20 8 142 436 .246 .309 .423 .732 93 692 27 12 7 12 10
162 Game Avg. 162 542 491 70 121 25 2 19 65 6 2 43 131 .246 .309 .423 .732 93 208 8 4 2 4 3
STL (7 yrs) 344 1153 1044 155 262 51 6 49 157 7 4 87 269 .251 .311 .452 .763 98 472 17 8 4 10 7
KCR (1 yr) 27 101 92 14 24 7 0 4 15 1 0 7 29 .261 .317 .467 .784 112 43 2 1 0 1 0
ATL (1 yr) 47 139 119 17 25 6 1 2 9 2 1 19 42 .210 .324 .328 .651 78 39 1 1 0 0 2
WSN (1 yr) 122 415 380 46 91 20 0 9 37 10 3 29 96 .239 .296 .363 .659 81 138 7 2 3 1 1
NL (9 yrs) 513 1707 1543 218 378 77 7 60 203 19 8 135 407 .245 .308 .421 .729 92 649 25 11 7 11 10
AL (1 yr) 27 101 92 14 24 7 0 4 15 1 0 7 29 .261 .317 .467 .784 112 43 2 1 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1999 19 STL NL 11 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $200,000 /1
2000 20 STL NL 73 -4 -1 2 0 0 9 2 8 0.8 8 0.8 0.0 $202,500 1 RoY-2
2001 21 STL NL 10 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $400,000 /1
2004 24 STL NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $320,000 /1
2007 27 STL NL 190 6 0 -1 0 -1 -1 5 7 0.7 9 0.9 -0.2 $
2008 28 STL NL 463 10 0 1 0 8 1 13 33 3.4 25 2.6 0.8 $900,000
2009 29 STL NL 404 -14 0 -0 1 5 -1 12 3 0.3 -2 -0.2 0.5 $2,825,000
2010 30 KCR AL 101 2 -0 0 0 -6 0 3 -1 -0.1 5 0.5 -0.6 $2,750,000
2010 30 ATL NL 139 -3 -1 -1 0 4 1 4 3 0.3 -0 0.0 0.3 $
2011 31 WSN NL 415 -11 1 1 0 17 1 12 20 2.1 4 0.4 1.7 $1,500,000 *8/9
9 Seasons 1808 -18 -1 2 2 26 12 51 72 7.3 47 4.8 2.5 $9,097,500
STL (7 yrs) 1153 -6 -1 2 1 12 10 32 49 5.0 38 3.9 1.1 $4,847,500
KCR (1 yr) 101 2 -0 0 0 -6 0 3 -1 -0.1 5 0.5 -0.6 $2,750,000
WSN (1 yr) 415 -11 1 1 0 17 1 12 20 2.1 4 0.4 1.7 $1,500,000
ATL (1 yr) 139 -3 -1 -1 0 4 1 4 3 0.3 -0 0.0 0.3 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
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
2010 30 ATL NL NLDS SFG L 4 14 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .167 .286 .417 .702 5 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (4 Series) 9 17 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 .133 .235 .333 .569 5 0 0 0 0 0
3 NLDS 7 17 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 6 .133 .235 .333 .569 5 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

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 2 137 142 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
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 82 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 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1999 19 STL NL 33.0 5 12 22 0 1.2 10 1.0 $200,000
2000 20 STL NL 175.0 30 80 111 4 .9 31 2.8 $202,500 RoY-2
2001 21 STL NL 24.0 6 21 14 1 1.2 -7 -0.8 $400,000
2004 24 STL NL 10.0 0 6 5 0 1.1 -1 -0.2 $320,000
4 Seasons 242.0 41 119 152 5 1.0 33 2.8 $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 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

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1999 STL NL 19 P 9 33.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.55 0.22 .950 1.72 1.71
2000 STL NL 20 P 31 175.0 29 8 14 7 2 .759 1.13 0.71 .962 1.74 1.72 RoY-2
2001 STL NL 21 P 6 24.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.12 0.50 .960 1.76 1.73
2004 STL NL 24 P 5 10.0 4 1 3 0 0 1.000 1 20 3.60 0.80 .965 1.80 1.82
2007 STL NL 27 OF 44 96 91 3 2 0 .979 -1 5 2.14 .984 2.29
2007 STL NL 27 RF 27 24 15 197.2 62 58 2 2 0 .968 0 5 2 30 2.73 2.22 .981 2.18 2.17
2007 STL NL 27 CF 22 14 10 137.0 27 27 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -1 -22 -9 1.77 1.23 .987 2.71 2.70
2007 STL NL 27 LF 2 2 1 16.0 7 6 1 0 0 1.000 1 1 83 75 3.94 3.50 .984 2.02 2.00
2008 STL NL 28 OF 106 248 236 4 8 1 .968 8 -1 2.26 .985 2.20
2008 STL NL 28 CF 89 84 78 766.1 222 213 4 5 1 .977 8 -2 12 -3 2.55 2.44 .990 2.61 2.59
2008 STL NL 28 LF 17 16 8 131.0 25 22 0 3 0 .880 0 0 1 0 1.51 1.29 .983 1.90 1.89
2008 STL NL 28 RF 1 0 0 2.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1 0 600 4.50 1.00 .980 2.25 2.10
2009 STL NL 29 OF 101 213 203 5 5 2 .977 5 8 2.06 .986 2.18
2009 STL NL 29 CF 66 52 37 458.2 139 134 1 4 0 .971 -0 2 -0 5 2.65 2.05 .989 2.60 2.57
2009 STL NL 29 RF 27 21 12 183.2 31 28 2 1 1 .968 -1 1 -4 7 1.47 1.11 .986 2.08 2.06
2009 STL NL 29 LF 25 17 11 153.1 43 41 2 0 1 1.000 6 5 44 39 2.52 1.72 .982 1.93 1.91
2010 TOT MLB 30 CF 70 57 54 534.1 150 141 5 4 2 .973 -3 0 -6 0 2.46 2.09 .989 2.64 2.61
2010 TOT MLB 30 OF 70 150 141 5 4 2 .973 -3 0 2.09 .987 2.20
2010 ATL NL 30 OF 45 79 73 4 2 1 .975 4 3 1.71 .987 2.15
2010 KCR AL 30 OF 25 71 68 1 2 1 .972 -6 -3 2.76 .986 2.28
2010 KCR AL 30 CF 25 23 22 209.0 71 68 1 2 1 .972 -6 -3 -36 -17 2.97 2.76 .990 2.73 2.71
2010 ATL NL 30 CF 45 34 32 325.1 79 73 4 2 1 .975 4 3 13 11 2.13 1.71 .989 2.59 2.56
2011 WSN NL 31 OF 113 90 81 845.0 255 245 9 1 0 .996 17 16 24 22 2.71 2.25 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 WSN NL 31 CF 105 84 77 785.1 243 234 8 1 0 .996 15 16 23 24 2.77 2.30 .988 2.55 2.54
2011 WSN NL 31 RF 9 6 4 59.2 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 2 0 33 0 1.81 1.33 .983 2.05 2.04
5 Seasons OF 434 90 81 845.0 962 916 26 20 5 .979 26 28 37 9 2.71 2.17 .986 2.16 2.19
5 Seasons CF 352 291 256 2681.2 781 749 18 14 3 .982 17 15 8 6 2.57 2.18 .989 2.60 2.58
4 Seasons RF 64 51 31 443.0 106 98 5 3 1 .972 1 7 4 18 2.09 1.61 .983 2.12 2.10
4 Seasons P 51 242.0 38 11 20 7 2 .816 1 20 1.15 0.61 .962 1.74 1.73
3 Seasons LF 44 35 20 300.1 75 69 3 3 1 .960 7 6 27 23 2.16 1.64 .983 1.92 1.91
9 Seasons TOT 485 90 81 1087.0 1000 927 46 27 7 .973 26 57 28 80 2.36 2.01 .985 2.07 2.14
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2011 NL  1.7 (4th)

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)

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
2011 NL  17 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
2008 NL  8 (4th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
2000 NL  7 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  17 (20th)
Career  17 (78th)

Range Factor/9Inn as CF (s.1954)† s c a p y
2011 NL  2.77 (3rd)

Fielding % as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
2011 NL  .996 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2011 NL  17 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2011 NL  2.71 (3rd)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
2011 NL  .996 (5th)

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 (1465), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2192), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
199919St. Louis Cardinals$200,00011/19/99 USA Today
200020St. Louis Cardinals$202,5004/5/00 AP
200121St. Louis Cardinals$400,0004/6/01 USA Today
200222St. Louis Cardinals$400,0004/3/02 AP
200424St. Louis Cardinals$320,0004/7/04 AP
200525St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
200626St. Louis Cardinals$335,000
200828St. Louis Cardinals$900,000
200929St. Louis Cardinals$2,825,000
201030Kansas City Royals$2,750,000
201131Washington Nationals$1,500,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,232,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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