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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

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

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

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 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 (1499), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (2117), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed August 28, 1997.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1999St. Louis Cardinals$200,000
2000St. Louis Cardinals$202,500
2001St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
2002St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
2004St. Louis Cardinals$320,000
2005St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
2006St. Louis Cardinals$335,000
2008St. Louis Cardinals$900,000
2009St. Louis Cardinals$2,825,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,982,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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