Rich Batchelor

Richard Anthony Batchelor

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 8, 1967 in Florence, SC
School: University of South Carolina Aiken (Aiken, SC)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1993
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Padres 1993-1997

Final Game: July 15, 1997
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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
1990	23	NYY-min	A	2	2	.500	1.58	27	0	18	0	0	8	51.1	39	15	9	1	14	1	38	0	0	2			1.032	6.8	0.2	2.5	6.7	2.71	GBO · SALL
1991	24	NYY-min	A+,AA	4	7	.364	3.43	51	0	42	0	0	25	63.0	60	33	24	1	23	5	58	1	0	4	278		1.317	8.6	0.1	3.3	8.3	2.52	FTL,ALC · FLOR,EL
1992	25	NYY-min	AA	4	5	.444	4.20	58	0	34	0	0	7	70.2	79	40	33	5	34	3	45	6	0	4	320		1.599	10.1	0.6	4.3	5.7	1.32	ALC · EL
1993	26	NYY-min	AA,AAA	2	4	.333	1.43	51	0	46	0	0	25	56.2	41	14	9	1	20	1	57	2	0	6	236		1.076	6.5	0.2	3.2	9.1	2.85	ALC,CLB · EL,IL
1993	26	STL	NL	0	0		8.10	9	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	14	12	9	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	45	50	1.700	12.6	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.33

1994	27	STL-min	AAA	1	2	.333	3.54	53	0	13	0	0	0	81.1	85	40	32	7	32	6	50	3	0	7	347		1.439	9.4	0.8	3.5	5.5	1.56	LOU · AA
1995	28	STL-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.28	50	6	7	0	0	0	85.0	85	39	31	5	16	2	61	7	0	0	352		1.188	9.0	0.5	1.7	6.5	3.81	LOU · AA
1996	29	STL-min	AAA	5	2	.714	4.12	51	0	44	0	0	28	54.2	59	29	25	5	19	5	57	2	0	5	246		1.427	9.7	0.8	3.1	9.4	3.00	LOU · AA
1996	29	STL	NL	2	0	1.000	1.20	11	0	7	0	0	0	15.0	9	2	2	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	54	357	0.667	5.4	0.0	0.6	6.6	11.00
1997	30	SDP-STL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	5.66	27	0	14	0	0	5	35.0	41	24	22	3	14	4	29	2	0	7	159		1.571	10.5	0.8	3.6	7.5	2.07	LVG,LOU · PCL,AA
1997	30	TOT	NL	3	1	.750	5.97	23	0	8	0	0	0	28.2	40	23	19	2	14	2	18	3	1	1	138	70	1.884	12.6	0.6	4.4	5.7	1.29
1997	30	STL	NL	1	1	.500	4.50	10	0	3	0	0	0	16.0	21	12	8	0	7	1	8	2	1	0	76	95	1.750	11.8	0.0	3.9	4.5	1.14
1997	30	SDP	NL	2	0	1.000	7.82	13	0	5	0	0	0	12.2	19	11	11	2	7	1	10	1	0	1	62	52	2.053	13.5	1.4	5.0	7.1	1.43
1998	31	CLE-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.39	57	0	45	0	0	22	58.1	58	26	22	3	25	1	64	4	1	7	263		1.423	8.9	0.5	3.9	9.9	2.56	BFL · IL
1999	32	ARI-min	AAA	0	4	.000	4.50	30	0	28	0	0	12	28.0	29	19	14	2	12	1	23	2	0	2	125		1.464	9.3	0.6	3.9	7.4	1.92	TUC · PCL
2000	33	NYY-min	A+	0	2	.000	5.87	8	0	8	0	0	2	7.2	10	6	5	0	6	3	7	0	0	1	40		2.087	11.7	0.0	7.0	8.2	1.17	TAM · FLOR
3 Yrs				5	1	.833	5.03	43	0	17	0	0	0	53.2	63	37	30	3	18	3	33	3	1	1	237	83	1.509	10.6	0.5	3.0	5.5	1.83
162 Game Avg.				8	2	.833	5.03	68	0	27	0	0	0	85	100	59	47	5	28	5	52	5	2	2	375	83	1.509	10.6	0.5	3.0	5.5	1.83

STL (3 yrs)				3	1	.750	4.17	30	0	12	0	0	0	41.0	44	26	19	1	11	2	23	2	1	0	175	101	1.341	9.7	0.2	2.4	5.0	2.09
SDP (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	7.82	13	0	5	0	0	0	12.2	19	11	11	2	7	1	10	1	0	1	62	52	2.053	13.5	1.4	5.0	7.1	1.43

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
1993	26	STL	NL	10.0	9	0	12	10.80	4.67	-0.11	-0.36	97.8	4.33	-7	-0.7	.6	0.1	-0.5	-6	.421	.496	$

1996	29	STL	NL	15.0	11	0	2	1.20	4.76	0.43	-0.36	96.3	3.82	4	0.5	.8	-0.1	0.5	6	.543	.503	$
1997	30	STL	NL	16.0	10	0	12	6.75	4.96	0.43	-0.38	94.4	3.92	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.450	.497	$157,500
1997	30	SDP	NL	12.2	13	0	11	7.82	5.03	-0.86	-0.38	98.6	5.43	-3	-0.3	.6	0.1	-0.2	-2	.474	.498	$
3 Seasons				53.2	43	0	37	6.20	4.87	0.03	-0.37	96.6	4.32	-11	-1.1	.7	0.1	-0.6	-6	.475	.498	$157,500

STL (3 yrs)				41.0	30	0	26	5.71	4.82	0.30	-0.37	95.9	3.98	-8	-0.7	.8	0.0	-0.4	-4	.475	.498	$157,500
SDP (1 yr)				12.2	13	0	11	7.82	5.03	-0.86	-0.38	98.6	5.43	-3	-0.3	.6	0.1	-0.2	-2	.474	.498	$

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
1993	26	STL	NL	9	45	39	12	14	2	0	1	2	0	3	4	.359	.386	.487	.874	.361	19	1	0	1	2	1	1

1996	29	STL	NL	11	54	52	2	9	2	0	0	0	0	1	11	.173	.189	.212	.400	.220	11	0	0	1	0	0	0
1997	30	SDP	NL	13	62	53	11	19	1	0	2	1	0	7	10	.358	.443	.491	.933	.415	26	3	1	1	0	1	0
1997	30	STL	NL	10	76	65	12	21	4	0	0	2	1	7	8	.323	.405	.385	.790	.368	25	3	2	2	0	1	3
1997	30	TOT	NL	23	138	118	23	40	5	0	2	3	1	14	18	.339	.422	.432	.854	.388	51	6	3	3	0	2	3
3 Yrs				43	237	209	37	63	9	0	3	5	1	18	33	.301	.362	.388	.750	.343	81	7	3	5	2	3	4
162 Game Avg.				68	375	331	59	100	14	0	5	8	2	28	52	.301	.362	.388	.750	.343	128	11	5	8	3	5	6
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.418	.755	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1993	26	STL	NL	-5.4	-0.5	47	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.45	-0.2	-0.3	-3.3	-0.3	0.45	-1.6	1	1	7

1996	29	STL	NL	5.3	0.5	54	0.7	0.8	-0.2	.58	0.6	0.6	6.1	0.6	0.58	7.4	3	1	6
1997	30	TOT	NL	-7.1	-0.7	144	-0.1	1.4	-1.5	.54	-0.7	0.5	-7.7	-0.8	0.54	-7.3	4	3	16
1997	30	STL	NL	-1.9	-0.2	81	0.2	1.0	-0.8	.61	-0.2	0.6	-1.4	-0.1	0.61	-3.5	3	1	6
1997	30	SDP	NL	-5.2	-0.5	63	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.46	-0.4	-0.2	-6.3	-0.6	0.46	-3.7	1	2	10
3 Yrs				-7.2	-0.7	245	0.3	2.5	-2.1	.53	-0.3	0.9	-4.9	-0.5	0.53	-1.5	8	5	29

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1993	26	STL	NL	9	9	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	3	2	67%	7	.446	1	1	7	2	1	6	2	7	3	3	4	1	3.3	16

1996	29	STL	NL	11	11	7	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	8	.579	3	1	6	1	3	7	3	8	4	4	4	2	4.1	19
1997	30	TOT	NL	23	23	8	3	1	2	0	2	0%	2	0	13	8	62%		.539	4	3	16	5	3	15	7	16	9	4	11	4	3.7	21
1997	30	STL	NL	10	10	3	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	4	1	25%	8	.605	3	1	6	3	2	5	2	8	7	0	9	1	4.8	27
1997	30	SDP	NL	13	13	5	2	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	9	7	78%	8	.458	1	2	10	2	1	10	5	8	2	4	2	3	2.9	17
3 Yrs				43	43	17	5	1	2	0	2	0%	3	1	19	10	53%		.530	8	5	29	8	7	28	12	31	16	11	19	7	3.7	20

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%
1993	26	STL	NL	45	53%	2.2%	8.9%	6.7%	6.7%	21%	0.76	1.00	80%	32%	5.9%	19%	8	1	13%

1996	29	STL	NL	54	57%	0.0%	20.4%	1.9%	3.7%	22%	0.52	0.62	76%	26%	0.0%	22%	5	0	0%
1997	30	TOT	NL	138	57%	1.5%	13.0%	10.1%	5.1%	18%	1.00	1.58	71%	24%	4.8%	14%	37	6	16%
1997	30	STL	NL	76	55%	0.0%	10.5%	9.2%	5.3%	19%	1.11	1.60	75%	22%	0.0%	15%	17	3	18%
1997	30	SDP	NL	62	60%	3.2%	16.1%	11.3%	4.8%	16%	0.86	1.55	66%	27%	10.5%	14%	20	3	15%
3 Yrs				237	57%	1.3%	13.9%	7.6%	5.1%	19%	0.81	1.12	74%	26%	3.8%	18%	50	7	14%
MLB Averages					44%	2.6%	16.2%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.9%	16%			10%

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
1993	26	STL	NL	32	110	3.44	71	65%	30%	7%	25%	38%	70%	10%	45%	90%	59%	6%	2	1	16%	5	3	0	100%	0	0	13	0	0

1996	29	STL	NL	44	170	3.86	110	65%	35%	14%	20%	31%	65%	0%	42%	79%	64%	2%	1	1	18%	8	4	0	40%	1	0	10	0	0
1997	30	TOT	NL	134	465	3.47	277	60%	29%	13%	21%	37%	71%	3%	42%	81%	51%	6%	8	4	16%	21	11	4	28%	3	3	4	0	0
1997	30	STL	NL	76	267	3.51	154	58%	29%	11%	21%	38%	71%	4%	41%	84%	46%	7%	5	3	11%	8	3	2	25%	1	2	0	0	0
1997	30	SDP	NL	58	198	3.41	123	62%	29%	16%	20%	35%	71%	1%	44%	77%	57%	5%	3	1	22%	13	8	2	30%	2	1	4	0	0
3 Yrs				210	745	3.55	458	61%	31%	12%	21%	36%	69%	3%	43%	82%	55%	5%	11	6	16%	34	18	4	39%	4	3	27	0	0
MLB Averages						3.69		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

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
1993	26	STL	NL	45	14	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	3	0	60%	1	0	0	13	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1996	29	STL	NL	54	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1997	30	TOT	NL	138	40	8	0	2	0	8	1	1	1	1	17	8	1	47%	3	1	1	65	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1997	30	STL	NL	76	21	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	14%	3	0	1	36	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1997	30	SDP	NL	62	19	4	0	2	0	6	1	1	1	1	10	7	1	70%	0	1	0	29	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				237	63	10	0	3	0	9	1	2	1	2	23	12	1	52%	4	1	1	96	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
1993	26	0	0		8.10	9	2	10.0	14	12	9	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	45	50	1.700	12.6	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.33	50
1994	27	0	0		8.10	9	2	10.0	14	12	9	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	45	50	1.700	12.6	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.33	50
1995	28	0	0		8.10	9	2	10.0	14	12	9	1	3	1	4	0	0	0	45	50	1.700	12.6	0.9	2.7	3.6	1.33	50
1996	29	2	0	1.000	3.96	20	9	25.0	23	14	11	1	4	1	15	0	0	0	99	106	1.080	8.3	0.4	1.4	5.4	3.75	106
1997	30	5	1	.833	5.03	43	17	53.2	63	37	30	3	18	3	33	3	1	1	237	83	1.509	10.6	0.5	3.0	5.5	1.83	83

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1993	26	0	1	.000	9.00	9.0	14	10	9	1	3	4	0	1.889	14.0	3.0	4.0	1.33	1.0	9

1996	29	1	0	1.000	1.20	15.0	9	2	2	0	1	11	0	0.667	5.4	0.6	6.6	11.00	0.0	11
1997	30	1	2	.333	6.33	27.0	40	21	19	2	14	17	3	2.000	13.3	4.7	5.7	1.21	0.7	23
3 Yrs		2	3	.400	5.29	51.0	63	33	30	3	18	32	3	1.588	11.1		5.6	1.78	0.5	43

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