Ricky Bottalico
Ricky Paul Bottalico
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 26, 1969 in New Britain, CT
High School: South Catholic (Hartford, CT)
School: Central Connecticut State University
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1994
Final Game: July 22, 2005
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1994 PHI NL 24 P 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.53
1995 PHI NL 25 P 62 0 87.2 13 6 7 0 1 1.000 1.33 0.21 .954 1.84 0.51
1996 PHI NL 26 P 61 0 67.2 6 1 5 0 1 1.000 0.80 0.10 .950 1.84 0.52 AS
1997 PHI NL 27 P 69 0 74.0 9 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.09 0.13 .956 1.85 0.52
1998 PHI NL 28 P 39 0 43.1 11 5 6 0 1 1.000 2.28 0.28 .964 1.85 0.54
1999 STL NL 29 P 68 0 73.1 13 4 9 0 2 1.000 1.60 0.19 .946 1.72 0.48
2000 KCR AL 30 P 62 0 72.2 14 6 7 1 1 .929 1.61 0.21 .957 1.62 0.46
2001 PHI NL 31 P 66 0 67.0 14 3 10 1 0 .929 1.75 0.20 .957 1.75 0.46
2002 PHI NL 32 P 30 0 27.1 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.17 .960 1.84 0.48
2003 ARI NL 33 P 2 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.62 0.50
2004 NYM NL 34 P 60 0 69.1 13 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.69 0.22 .962 1.84 0.47
2005 MIL NL 35 P 40 0 41.2 9 2 6 1 1 .889 1.73 0.20 .967 1.75 0.46
12 Seasons P 562 0 628.2 107 38 66 3 8 .972 1.49 0.19 .957 1.79 0.49
12 Seasons TOT 562 0 628.2 107 38 66 3 8 .972 1.49 0.19 .929 1.79 0.49

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1994 PHI NL 24 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 PHI NL 25 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 PHI NL 26 61 0 61 61 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 PHI NL 27 69 0 66 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 PHI NL 28 39 0 38 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 STL NL 29 68 0 65 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 KCR AL 30 62 0 3 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 PHI NL 31 66 0 64 66 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 PHI NL 32 30 0 26 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 ARI NL 33 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 NYM NL 34 60 0 57 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 MIL NL 35 40 0 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 562 0 485 562 562 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1994 PHI NL 24 13 69% 8% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 PHI NL 25 363 63% 27% 9 89% 0 6 1 3 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1996 PHI NL 26 277 64% 22% 6 83% 1 1 1 0 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 67%
1997 PHI NL 27 335 60% 26% 8 75% 0 4 0 2 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1998 PHI NL 28 211 75% 24% 8 88% 0 5 0 3 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 67%
1999 STL NL 29 361 67% 25% 9 100% 1 3 0 2 9 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 100%
2000 KCR AL 30 338 71% 24% 7 100% 0 6 0 5 7 4 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 100%
2001 PHI NL 31 290 70% 21% 14 79% 1 3 1 2 10 10 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 7 57%
2002 PHI NL 32 131 70% 24% 4 100% 0 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 ARI NL 33 10 60% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 NYM NL 34 309 68% 25% 9 100% 1 5 1 4 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2005 MIL NL 35 199 74% 32% 8 75% 0 2 0 2 6 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
12 Seasons 2837 68% 25% 82 88% 4 36 5 23 66 48 8 3 0 0 3 1 8 3 7 1 24 79%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 90% 83%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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