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Ricky Bottalico

Ricky Paul Bottalico

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

Born: August 26, 1969 in New Britain, CT
High School: South Catholic HS (Hartford, CT)
School: Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, CT)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1994
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cardinals/Royals/Mets/Brewers/... 1994-2005
Agents: Gregg Clifton [*]
Final Game: July 22, 2005
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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
1991	21	PHI-min	Rk,A	5	2	.714	2.81	9	8	0	2	1	0	48.0	36	20	15	2	15	0	49	2	1	3	196		1.062	6.8	0.4	2.8	9.2	3.27	MTV,SPB · APPY,SALL
1992	22	PHI-min	A	5	10	.333	2.41	42	11	24	1	0	13	119.2	94	41	32	6	56	0	118	3	0	5	501		1.253	7.1	0.5	4.2	8.9	2.11	SPB · SALL
1993	23	PHI-min	AA,A+	4	3	.571	2.36	62	0	46	0	0	24	91.2	82	28	24	4	31	3	84	2	0	3	380		1.233	8.1	0.4	3.0	8.2	2.71	REA,CLW · EL,FLOR
1994	24	PHI-min	AA,AAA	5	3	.625	4.71	57	0	47	0	0	25	65.0	61	40	34	10	32	2	73	0	0	5	288		1.431	8.4	1.4	4.4	10.1	2.28	REA,SWB · EL,IL
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	171	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	117	1.486	8.3	0.9	5.1	10.8	2.12
1998	28	PHI-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.92	10	5	3	0	0	1	12.1	8	4	4	1	9	0	4	1	0	1	54		1.378	5.8	0.7	6.6	2.9	0.44	SWB · IL
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-min	AA	0	1	.000	1.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	19		0.800	5.4	1.8	1.8	9.0	5.00	REA · EL
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	109	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	85	1.683	10.9	1.0	4.3	7.9	1.85
2003	33	ARI-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.66	31	0	6	0	0	0	39.1	39	24	16	4	16	1	28	1	0	2	170		1.398	8.9	0.9	3.7	6.4	1.75	TUC · PCL
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	103	3.000	16.2	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00
2004	34	NYM-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	7	1	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	1	32		1.500	8.6	0.0	4.9	9.8	2.00	NFK · IL
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	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		4.32	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	5	4	4	1	4	0	6	0	0	1	31		1.080	5.4	1.1	4.3	6.5	1.50	PAW · IL
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	95	1.488	9.3	1.5	4.1	6.3	1.53
12 Yrs				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	103	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	95	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

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	Awards
1994	24	PHI	NL	3.0	3	0	0	0.00	4.84	-0.28	-0.37	101.2	4.80	2	0.2	.2	-0.1	0.1	2	.556	.501	$
1995	25	PHI	NL	87.2	62	0	25	2.57	4.71	0.03	-0.35	101.3	4.38	17	1.8	1.7	0.5	2.9	25	.528	.511	$109,000
1996	26	PHI	NL	67.2	61	0	24	3.19	4.73	0.01	-0.36	101.3	4.42	10	1.0	1.7	0.2	1.7	16	.516	.506	$185,000	AS
1997	27	PHI	NL	74.0	69	0	31	3.77	4.73	0.06	-0.36	101.3	4.37	5	0.5	1.7	0.0	1.1	12	.507	.503	$425,000
1998	28	PHI	NL	43.1	39	0	31	6.44	4.69	0.26	-0.36	102.6	4.17	-11	-1.1	.9	-0.1	-0.8	-7	.472	.493	$2,200,000
1999	29	STL	NL	73.1	68	0	45	5.52	5.03	-0.02	-0.38	99.1	4.62	-8	-0.7	1.8	-0.5	-0.6	0	.489	.495	$2,300,000
2000	30	KCR	AL	72.2	62	0	40	4.95	5.57	0.25	-0.41	102.8	5.05	0	0.0	1.4	-0.2	0.5	11	.500	.500	$1,500,000
2001	31	PHI	NL	67.0	66	0	31	4.16	4.71	0.24	-0.35	95.6	3.93	-2	-0.2	1.5	-0.2	0.2	5	.497	.499	$1,500,000
2002	32	PHI	NL	27.1	30	0	16	5.27	4.56	0.16	-0.34	97.1	3.95	-4	-0.4	1.4	-0.1	-0.3	-1	.486	.497	$1,500,000
2003	33	ARI	NL	1.2	2	0	1	5.40	4.87	-0.21	-0.36	118.0	5.56	0	0.0	2.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.501	.500	$
2004	34	NYM	NL	69.1	60	0	30	3.89	4.79	-0.20	-0.35	100.3	4.66	6	0.6	1.2	-0.1	1.0	13	.509	.503	$
2005	35	MIL	NL	41.2	40	0	24	5.18	4.55	-0.06	-0.35	100.8	4.29	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.489	.497	$800,000
12 Seasons				628.2	562	0	298	4.27	4.84	0.06	-0.36	100.4	4.44	10	1.2	1.5	-0.6	5.6	76	.502	.501	$10,519,000

PHI (7 yrs)				370.0	330	0	158	3.84	4.71	0.10	-0.35	100.1	4.25	17	1.7	1.5	0.2	4.9	52	.505	.502	$5,919,000
ARI (1 yr)				1.2	2	0	1	5.40	4.87	-0.21	-0.36	118.0	5.56	0	0.0	2.0	-0.0	0.0	0	.501	.500	$
KCR (1 yr)				72.2	62	0	40	4.95	5.57	0.25	-0.41	102.8	5.05	0	0.0	1.4	-0.2	0.5	11	.500	.500	$1,500,000
NYM (1 yr)				69.1	60	0	30	3.89	4.79	-0.20	-0.35	100.3	4.66	6	0.6	1.2	-0.1	1.0	13	.509	.503	$
STL (1 yr)				73.1	68	0	45	5.52	5.03	-0.02	-0.38	99.1	4.62	-8	-0.7	1.8	-0.5	-0.6	0	.489	.495	$2,300,000
MIL (1 yr)				41.2	40	0	24	5.18	4.55	-0.06	-0.35	100.8	4.29	-4	-0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.2	-0	.489	.497	$800,000

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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
1991	21	PHI-min	A,Rk	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SPB,MTV · SALL,APPY
1992	22	PHI-min	A	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SPB · SALL
1993	23	PHI-min	A+,AA	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CLW,REA · FLOR,EL
1994	24	PHI-min	AAA,AA	57	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB,REA · IL,EL
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	157	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	AS
1997	27	PHI	NL	69	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-min	AAA	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
1998	28	PHI	NL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	29	STL	NL	68	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	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	PHI-min	AA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		REA · EL
2001	31	PHI	NL	66	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1.000	153	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	32	PHI	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	33	ARI-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		TUC · PCL
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-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NFK · IL
2004	34	NYM	NL	60	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	BOS-min	AAA	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
2005	35	MIL	NL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Yrs				562	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	5	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.118	.118	.235	.353	-11	1	0	0	0	0	0

PHI (7 yrs)				330	13	12	1	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.167	.167	.333	.500	28	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)				62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				60	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)				68	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)				40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (11 yrs)				500	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)				62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1994	24	PHI	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1995	25	PHI	NL	62	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$109,000	1
1996	26	PHI	NL	61	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$185,000	1	AS
1997	27	PHI	NL	69	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$425,000	1
1998	28	PHI	NL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$2,200,000	1
1999	29	STL	NL	68	3	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$2,300,000	1
2000	30	KCR	AL	62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,500,000	1
2001	31	PHI	NL	66	3	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$1,500,000	1
2002	32	PHI	NL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,500,000	1
2003	33	ARI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
2004	34	NYM	NL	60	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1
2005	35	MIL	NL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$800,000	1
12 Seasons				562	18	-3	-0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$10,519,000

PHI (7 yrs)				330	13	-2	-0	0	0	2	0	-0.0	0	0	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	-0.0	0	$5,919,000
ARI (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
KCR (1 yr)				62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,500,000
NYM (1 yr)				60	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
STL (1 yr)				68	3	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$2,300,000
MIL (1 yr)				40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$800,000

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	Awards
1994	PHI	NL	24	P	3	3.0	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.80	1.87	0	0
1995	PHI	NL	25	P	62	87.2	13	6	7	0	1	1.000			1.33	0.21	.956	1.84	1.83	6	3	33%	30%
1996	PHI	NL	26	P	61	67.2	6	1	5	0	1	1.000			0.80	0.10	.953	1.84	1.83	2	1	33%	28%	AS
1997	PHI	NL	27	P	69	74.0	9	4	5	0	1	1.000			1.09	0.13	.953	1.85	1.84	7	3	30%	32%
1998	PHI	NL	28	P	39	43.1	11	5	6	0	1	1.000			2.28	0.28	.961	1.85	1.84	1	0	0%	32%
1999	STL	NL	29	P	68	73.1	13	4	9	0	2	1.000			1.60	0.19	.951	1.72	1.71	1	5	83%	29%
2000	KCR	AL	30	P	62	72.2	14	6	7	1	1	.929			1.61	0.21	.956	1.62	1.60	4	5	56%	30%
2001	PHI	NL	31	P	66	67.0	14	3	10	1	0	.929			1.75	0.20	.959	1.75	1.73	2	2	50%	33%
2002	PHI	NL	32	P	30	27.1	5	2	3	0	0	1.000			1.65	0.17	.964	1.84	1.81	1	0	0%	32%
2003	ARI	NL	33	P	2	1.2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.62	1.85	0	0
2004	NYM	NL	34	P	60	69.1	13	5	8	0	0	1.000	1	3	1.69	0.22	.965	1.84	1.82	7	0	0%	28%
2005	MIL	NL	35	P	40	41.2	9	2	6	1	1	.889	1	5	1.73	0.20	.960	1.75	1.73	1	2	67%	29%
	12 Seasons			P	562	628.2	107	38	66	3	8	.972	2	3	1.49	0.19	.958	1.79	1.77	32	21	40%	30%
	12 Seasons			TOT	562	628.2	107	38	66	3	8	.972	2	21	1.49	0.19	.958	1.79	1.77	32	21	40%	30%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

All-Star Games 1996 *	Games Played s c a p y Career 562 (246th)	Saves s c a p y 1996 NL 34 (8th) 1997 NL 34 (8th) Career 116 (107th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1996 NL 56 (8th) 1997 NL 61 (4th) 2000 AL 50 (10th) Career 301 (101st)
Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y 1995 NL 2.1 (9th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y Career .972 (61st)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 6 (1775), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 13 (840), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 6 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (368th), 5.6 career WAR/7.6 7yr-peak WAR/6.6 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Bryan Harvey (985) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bryan Harvey (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ken Ryan (966) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Antonio Alfonseca (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danys Baez (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Danys Baez (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Gregg (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Gregg (975) 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 (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources	Notes
1995	25	Philadelphia Phillies	$109,000	1996 Joint Exhibit 1
1996	26	Philadelphia Phillies	$185,000	1997 Joint Exhibit 1
1997	27	Philadelphia Phillies	$425,000	1997 AP survey
1998	28	Philadelphia Phillies	$2,200,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
1999	29	St. Louis Cardinals	$2,300,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1	Includes $50,000 earned bonus
2000	30	Kansas City Royals	$1,500,000*
2001	31	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,500,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	32	Philadelphia Phillies	$1,500,000	4/3/02 AP

2005	35	Milwaukee Brewers	$800,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$10,519,000

Disputed Salaries
*2000 - $1,900,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 - Includes $400,000 earned bonus

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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