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Ricky Bottalico
Ricky Paul Bottalico

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 26, 1969 in New Britain, CT
Schools: 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
About biographical information

Standard Pitching

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Minors
Game Logs [+]
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- 1996
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- 1999
- 2005
Splits [+]
- Career
- 1994
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- 1995
- 2001
- 1996
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- 1997
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- 1998
- 2004
- 1999
- 2005
HR Log
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- Streak
- Event

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
1994	24	PHI	NL	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13		1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
1995	25	PHI	NL	5	3	.625	2.46	62	0	20	0	0	1	87.2	50	25	24	7	42	3	87	4	0	1	350	172	1.049	5.1	0.7	4.3	8.9	2.07
1996	26	PHI	NL	4	5	.444	3.19	61	0	56	0	0	34	67.2	47	24	24	6	23	2	74	2	0	3	269	134	1.034	6.3	0.8	3.1	9.8	3.22	AS
1997	27	PHI	NL	2	5	.286	3.65	69	0	61	0	0	34	74.0	68	31	30	7	42	4	89	2	0	3	324	116	1.486	8.3	0.9	5.1	10.8	2.12
1998	28	PHI	NL	1	5	.167	6.44	39	0	28	0	0	6	43.1	54	31	31	7	25	5	27	1	0	2	206	68	1.823	11.2	1.5	5.2	5.6	1.08
1999	29	STL	NL	3	7	.300	4.91	68	0	40	0	0	20	73.1	83	45	40	8	49	1	66	3	0	6	347	94	1.800	10.2	1.0	6.0	8.1	1.35
2000	30	KCR	AL	9	6	.600	4.83	62	0	50	0	0	16	72.2	65	40	39	12	41	3	56	2	1	5	319	105	1.459	8.1	1.5	5.1	6.9	1.37
2001	31	PHI	NL	3	4	.429	3.90	66	0	18	0	0	3	67.0	58	31	29	11	25	2	57	4	0	5	281	110	1.239	7.8	1.5	3.4	7.7	2.28
2002	32	PHI	NL	0	3	.000	4.61	30	0	6	0	0	0	27.1	33	16	14	3	13	2	24	2	0	2	128	84	1.683	10.9	1.0	4.3	7.9	1.85
2003	33	ARI	NL	1	0	1.000	5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	10	86	3.000	16.2	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00
2004	34	NYM	NL	3	2	.600	3.38	60	0	8	0	0	0	69.1	54	30	26	3	34	7	61	4	0	3	296	127	1.269	7.0	0.4	4.4	7.9	1.79
2005	35	MIL	NL	2	2	.500	4.54	40	0	11	0	0	2	41.2	43	24	21	7	19	0	29	3	0	7	187	94	1.488	9.3	1.5	4.1	6.3	1.53
12 Seasons				33	42	.440	3.99	562	0	301	0	0	116	628.2	561	298	279	71	316	30	575	27	1	37	2730	110	1.395	8.0	1.0	4.5	8.2	1.82
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.440	3.99	68	0	36	0	0	14	76	68	36	34	9	38	4	70	3	0	4	330	110	1.395	8.0	1.0	4.5	8.2	1.82

PHI (7 yrs)				15	25	.375	3.70	330	0	192	0	0	78	370.0	313	158	152	41	171	18	361	15	0	16	1571	115	1.308	7.6	1.0	4.2	8.8	2.11
ARI (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	10	86	3.000	16.2	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00
KCR (1 yr)				9	6	.600	4.83	62	0	50	0	0	16	72.2	65	40	39	12	41	3	56	2	1	5	319	105	1.459	8.1	1.5	5.1	6.9	1.37
NYM (1 yr)				3	2	.600	3.38	60	0	8	0	0	0	69.1	54	30	26	3	34	7	61	4	0	3	296	127	1.269	7.0	0.4	4.4	7.9	1.79
STL (1 yr)				3	7	.300	4.91	68	0	40	0	0	20	73.1	83	45	40	8	49	1	66	3	0	6	347	94	1.800	10.2	1.0	6.0	8.1	1.35
MIL (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.54	40	0	11	0	0	2	41.2	43	24	21	7	19	0	29	3	0	7	187	94	1.488	9.3	1.5	4.1	6.3	1.53

NL (11 yrs)				24	36	.400	3.88	500	0	251	0	0	100	556.0	496	258	240	59	275	27	519	25	0	32	2411	111	1.387	8.0	1.0	4.5	8.4	1.89
AL (1 yr)				9	6	.600	4.83	62	0	50	0	0	16	72.2	65	40	39	12	41	3	56	2	1	5	319	105	1.459	8.1	1.5	5.1	6.9	1.37

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Minors
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- 1996
- 2002
- 1997
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- 1999
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Splits [+]
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- 1994
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- 1996
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- 1997
- 2003
- 1998
- 2004
- 1999
- 2005
HR Log
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Finders [+]
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- Streak
- Event

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
1994	24	PHI	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1995	25	PHI	NL	62	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1996	26	PHI	NL	61	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	156	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1997	27	PHI	NL	66	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	28	PHI	NL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	29	STL	NL	65	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2000	30	KCR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	PHI	NL	64	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	152	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	32	PHI	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	33	ARI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2004	34	NYM	NL	57	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	35	MIL	NL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				485	18	17	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.118	.118	.235	.353	-11	4	1	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.118	.118	.235	.353	-11	1	0	0	0	0	0

PHI (7 yrs)				320	13	12	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.167	.167	.333	.500	27	4	0	0	1	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				57	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				65	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (11 yrs)				482	18	17	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.118	.118	.235	.353	-11	4	1	0	1	0	0
AL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1996 *

Games Played s c a p y
Career--562--228th

Saves s c a p y
1996 NL--34--8th
1997 NL--34--8th
Career--116--99th

Games Finished s c a p y
1996 NL--56--8th
1997 NL--61--4th
2000 AL--50--10th
Career--301--94th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink Pitching - 6 (1822), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 13 (795), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 6 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Mark Wohlers (961) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Antonio Alfonseca (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Heathcliff Slocumb (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Heathcliff Slocumb (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Antonio Alfonseca (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Antonio Alfonseca (964) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

July 21, 1991: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

November 19, 1998: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Garrett Stephenson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant and Cliff Politte.

December 21, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 27, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 4, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 30, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

September 30, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

February 9, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

April 7, 2004: Released by the New York Mets.

April 16, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 21, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

July 27, 2005: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

August 9, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

August 25, 2005: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

February 4, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

March 22, 2006: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses

1995	Philadelphia Phillies	$109,000
1996	Philadelphia Phillies	$185,000
1997	Philadelphia Phillies	$425,000
1998	Philadelphia Phillies	$2,200,000
1999	St. Louis Cardinals	$2,300,000
2000	Kansas City Royals	$1,500,000
2001	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,500,000
2002	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,500,000
2005	Milwaukee Brewers	$800,000
Career (may be incomplete)		$10,519,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Uniforms

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Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1822), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 13 (795), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1211), Average HOFer ≈ 50