Ryan Bukvich

Ryan Adrien Bukvich

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: May 13, 1978 in Naperville, IL
High School: NW Rankin HS (Brandon, MS)
School: University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 11th round of the 2000 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 2000. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 12, 2002
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Royals/Rangers/Orioles 2002-2008

Final Game: July 4, 2008
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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
2000	22	KCR-min	A,A-,A+	2	1	.667	2.37	23	0	17	0	0	6	30.1	14	8	8	0	21	2	35	3	0	3	128		1.154	4.2	0.0	6.2	10.4	1.67	CHL,SPO,WMT · SALL,NORW,CARL
2001	23	KCR-min	A+,AA	0	1	.000	2.07	44	0	32	0	0	13	69.2	50	22	16	3	33	0	94	4	1	7	295		1.191	6.5	0.4	4.3	12.1	2.85	WMT,WCH · CARL,TL
2002	24	KCR-min	AA,AAA	2	1	.667	0.94	35	0	29	0	0	16	48.0	21	8	5	0	22	1	64	0	0	0	184		0.896	3.9	0.0	4.1	12.0	2.91	WCH,OMA · TL,PCL
2002	24	KCR	AL	1	0	1.000	6.12	26	0	2	0	0	0	25.0	26	19	17	2	19	3	20	1	0	1	121	82	1.800	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.2	1.05
2003	25	KCR-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.91	34	0	21	0	0	5	36.2	39	21	20	2	25	0	44	0	0	6	171		1.745	9.6	0.5	6.1	10.8	1.76	OMA · PCL
2003	25	KCR	AL	1	0	1.000	9.58	9	0	6	0	0	0	10.1	12	11	11	2	9	0	8	0	0	1	52	53	2.032	10.5	1.7	7.8	7.0	0.89
2004	26	KCR-min	AAA	3	4	.429	4.37	38	0	24	0	0	7	47.1	33	25	23	4	30	0	60	6	0	5	211		1.331	6.3	0.8	5.7	11.4	2.00	OMA · PCL
2004	26	KCR	AL	0	0		3.68	9	0	6	0	0	1	7.1	4	3	3	0	7	0	7	0	0	0	30	135	1.500	4.9	0.0	8.6	8.6	1.00
2005	27	TEX	AL	0	0		11.25	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	5	5	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	19	44	2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	9.0	0.67

2006	28	TEX-min	AAA,A+,Rk	5	2	.714	5.17	38	0	9	0	0	0	47.0	51	31	27	8	27	0	48	0	0	3	218		1.660	9.8	1.5	5.2	9.2	1.78	OKC,BAK,RGS · PCL,CALL,ARIZ
2007	29	CHW-min	AAA	1	3	.250	2.89	23	0	19	0	0	9	28.0	24	9	9	2	9	1	32	0	0	1	118		1.179	7.7	0.6	2.9	10.3	3.56	CHR · IL
2007	29	CHW	AL	1	0	1.000	5.05	45	0	7	0	0	0	35.2	36	23	20	5	24	1	18	3	0	3	170	94	1.682	9.1	1.3	6.1	4.5	0.75
2008	30	BAL-min	AAA	8	4	.667	4.54	34	9	6	0	0	1	85.1	82	49	43	4	54	3	60	3	0	6	385		1.594	8.6	0.4	5.7	6.3	1.11	NFK · IL
2008	30	BAL	AL	0	0		6.75	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	9	4	4	2	6	0	5	0	0	1	30	70	2.813	15.2	3.4	10.1	8.4	0.83
6 Yrs				3	0	1.000	6.16	97	0	21	0	0	1	87.2	89	65	60	11	71	4	62	4	0	6	422	79	1.825	9.1	1.1	7.3	6.4	0.87
162 Game Avg.				2	0	1.000	6.16	68	0	15	0	0	1	61	62	46	42	8	50	3	43	3	0	4	296	79	1.825	9.1	1.1	7.3	6.4	0.87

KCR (3 yrs)				2	0	1.000	6.54	44	0	14	0	0	1	42.2	42	33	31	4	35	3	35	1	0	2	203	77	1.805	8.9	0.8	7.4	7.4	1.00
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		11.25	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	2	5	5	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	19	44	2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	9.0	0.67
BAL (1 yr)				0	0		6.75	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.1	9	4	4	2	6	0	5	0	0	1	30	70	2.813	15.2	3.4	10.1	8.4	0.83
CHW (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.05	45	0	7	0	0	0	35.2	36	23	20	5	24	1	18	3	0	3	170	94	1.682	9.1	1.3	6.1	4.5	0.75

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
2002	24	KCR	AL	25.0	26	0	19	6.84	4.97	-0.12	-0.38	112.7	5.32	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.484	.497	$
2003	25	KCR	AL	10.1	9	0	11	9.58	4.83	-0.31	-0.36	103.9	4.97	-5	-0.5	.3	0.2	-0.2	-4	.445	.497	$304,500
2004	26	KCR	AL	7.1	9	0	3	3.68	5.12	-0.06	-0.38	99.9	4.80	1	0.1	.6	-0.0	0.1	2	.509	.501	$
2005	27	TEX	AL	4.0	4	0	5	11.25	4.82	-0.19	-0.36	104.1	4.84	-3	-0.3	1.3	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.432	.498	$319,500

2007	29	CHW	AL	35.2	45	0	23	5.80	5.52	-0.45	-0.41	104.9	5.83	-0	-0.0	1.1	-0.1	0.2	5	.500	.500	$
2008	30	BAL	AL	5.1	4	0	4	6.75	4.99	-0.01	-0.37	106.1	4.92	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.471	.499	$
6 Seasons				87.2	97	0	65	6.67	5.19	-0.27	-0.39	106.6	5.40	-13	-1.2	.9	-0.1	-0.5	-2	.487	.499	$624,000

KCR (3 yrs)				42.2	44	0	33	6.96	4.96	-0.16	-0.37	108.4	5.14	-9	-0.8	.7	0.1	-0.3	-3	.481	.498	$304,500
TEX (1 yr)				4.0	4	0	5	11.25	4.82	-0.19	-0.36	104.1	4.84	-3	-0.3	1.3	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.432	.498	$319,500
BAL (1 yr)				5.1	4	0	4	6.75	4.99	-0.01	-0.37	106.1	4.92	-1	-0.1	.8	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.471	.499	$
CHW (1 yr)				35.2	45	0	23	5.80	5.52	-0.45	-0.41	104.9	5.83	-0	-0.0	1.1	-0.1	0.2	5	.500	.500	$

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
2002	24	KCR	AL	26	121	94	19	26	8	0	2	0	0	19	20	.277	.393	.426	.819	.320	40	2	1	4	3	3	2
2003	25	KCR	AL	9	52	41	11	12	3	0	2	2	0	9	8	.293	.412	.512	.924	.313	21	0	0	1	1	0	0
2004	26	KCR	AL	9	30	22	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	7	7	.182	.379	.227	.607	.267	5	2	0	1	0	0	0
2005	27	TEX	AL	4	19	12	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	.167	.444	.167	.611	.250	2	1	0	1	0	0	0

2007	29	CHW	AL	45	170	140	23	36	5	2	5	1	0	24	18	.257	.373	.429	.801	.261	60	4	3	1	2	1	3
2008	30	BAL	AL	4	30	24	4	9	2	0	2	0	0	6	5	.375	.500	.708	1.208	.412	17	1	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				97	422	333	65	89	19	2	11	5	0	71	62	.267	.396	.435	.832	.293	145	10	4	8	6	4	5
162 Game Avg.				68	296	233	46	62	13	1	8	4	0	50	43	.267	.396	.435	.832	.293	102	7	3	6	4	3	4
MLB Averages																.265	.334	.422	.756	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2002	24	KCR	AL	-3.0	-0.3	123	-0.2	1.9	-2.1	1.09	-0.4	0.2	-5.9	-0.5	1.09	-2.7	9	3	13
2003	25	KCR	AL	-4.4	-0.4	56	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.36	-0.4	0.4	-4.6	-0.4	0.36	-7.7	0	1	8
2004	26	KCR	AL	1.2	0.1	31	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.93	-0.0	-0.0	1.2	0.1	0.93	1.7	2	0	4
2005	27	TEX	AL	-2.4	-0.2	19	0.1	0.3	-0.2	1.02	0.1	-0.0	1.1	0.1	1.02	0.8	1	3	0

2007	29	CHW	AL	-1.8	-0.2	174	-0.1	2.2	-2.3	.79	-0.6	0.5	-11.1	-1.0	0.79	-7.0	15	10	20
2008	30	BAL	AL	-1.0	-0.1	31	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.68	-0.3	0.1	-2.7	-0.3	0.68	-3.4	0	2	2
6 Yrs				-11.5	-1.1	434	-0.5	5.3	-5.8	.83	-1.6	1.1	-22.2	-2.0	0.83	-18.3	27	19	47

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
2002	24	KCR	AL	26	26	2	1	0	1	0	1	0%	6	5	15	9	60%	7	1.086	9	3	13	10	3	13	7	19	3	5	5	5	2.9	20
2003	25	KCR	AL	9	9	6	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.356	0	1	8	3	0	6	0	9	2	1	2	1	3.4	26
2004	26	KCR	AL	9	9	6	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	5	0	0%	8	.933	2	0	4	3	0	6	3	6	1	3	2	0	2.4	13
2005	27	TEX	AL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	4	0	0%	6	1.018	1	3	0	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	1	3.0	20

2007	29	CHW	AL	45	45	7	1	0	1	0	1	0%	11	5	39	14	36%	8	.787	15	10	20	16	4	25	23	22	11	24	13	15	2.4	15
2008	30	BAL	AL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	2	67%	6	.681	0	2	2	2	0	2	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.0	29
6 Yrs				97	97	21	3	0	3	1	2	33%	20	12	66	25	38%		.833	27	19	47	35	8	54	37	60	19	37	25	22	2.7	18

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%
2002	24	KCR	AL	121	54%	1.7%	16.5%	15.7%	8.3%	39%	0.60	1.00	62%	27%	5.3%	19%	36	2	6%
2003	25	KCR	AL	52	56%	3.9%	15.4%	17.3%	9.6%	42%	0.48	0.53	62%	20%	10.5%	17%	8	0	0%
2004	26	KCR	AL	30	50%	0.0%	23.3%	23.3%	3.3%	25%	0.67	1.14	50%	25%	0.0%	22%	9	2	22%
2005	27	TEX	AL	19	63%	0.0%	21.1%	31.6%	0.0%	0%	0.60	1.67	42%	44%	0.0%	0%	5	1	20%

2007	29	CHW	AL	170	68%	2.9%	10.6%	14.1%	7.1%	33%	0.85	0.98	70%	15%	8.3%	10%	44	4	9%
2008	30	BAL	AL	30	53%	6.7%	16.7%	20.0%	13.3%	44%	0.90	1.20	57%	5%	20.0%	0%	6	1	17%
6 Yrs				422	60%	2.6%	14.7%	16.8%	7.6%	36%	0.71	0.96	63%	20%	7.9%	14%	108	10	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.7%	16.9%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	19%	7.8%	12%			11%

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
2002	24	KCR	AL	121	509	4.21	294	58%	23%	20%	30%	28%	77%	6%	45%	74%	52%	7%	9	3	22%	27	14	2	5%	1	3	0	0	0
2003	25	KCR	AL	52	237	4.56	142	60%	28%	15%	32%	25%	72%	0%	43%	79%	65%	0%	0	0	19%	10	3	1	25%	1	0	0	0	0
2004	26	KCR	AL	30	117	3.90	67	57%	16%	18%	42%	24%	84%	0%	48%	79%	63%	17%	5	2	23%	7	4	0	29%	1	3	0	0	0
2005	27	TEX	AL	19	81	4.26	43	53%	28%	16%	35%	21%	72%	0%	38%	77%	47%	16%	3	2	26%	5	2	0	25%	1	1	0	0	0

2007	29	CHW	AL	170	660	3.88	396	60%	26%	11%	31%	32%	74%	2%	44%	85%	54%	6%	11	7	18%	31	15	2	28%	3	3	0	0	0
2008	30	BAL	AL	30	115	3.83	66	57%	21%	23%	27%	29%	79%	0%	45%	71%	67%	7%	2	2	20%	6	3	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				422	1719	4.07	1008	59%	25%	16%	32%	28%	75%	2%	44%	79%	56%	7%	30	16	20%	86	41	5	18%	9	10	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.75		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			22%				26%

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
2002	24	KCR	AL	121	26	3	0	2	0	11	2	0	2	0	18	9	3	50%	2	1	0	51	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2003	25	KCR	AL	52	12	3	0	2	0	1	1	1	0	2	3	3	0	100%	0	1	0	23	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2004	26	KCR	AL	30	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	25%	0	0	0	11	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	27	TEX	AL	19	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2007	29	CHW	AL	170	36	3	0	5	1	12	4	1	2	3	20	9	3	45%	3	3	0	70	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2008	30	BAL	AL	30	9	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	0		0	1	0	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
6 Yrs				422	89	11	0	11	1	28	7	4	4	7	47	22	7	47%	5	6	0	179	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2002	24	1	1.000	6.12	26	2	0	25.0	26	19	17	2	19	3	20	1	1	121	82	1.800	9.4	0.7	6.8	7.2	1.05	82
2003	25	2	1.000	7.13	35	8	0	35.1	38	30	28	4	28	3	28	1	2	173	70	1.868	9.7	1.0	7.1	7.1	1.00	70
2004	26	2	1.000	6.54	44	14	1	42.2	42	33	31	4	35	3	35	1	2	203	77	1.805	8.9	0.8	7.4	7.4	1.00	77
2005	27	2	1.000	6.94	48	14	1	46.2	44	38	36	4	41	3	39	1	2	222	72	1.821	8.5	0.8	7.9	7.5	0.95	72
2006	28	2	1.000	6.94	48	14	1	46.2	44	38	36	4	41	3	39	1	2	222	72	1.821	8.5	0.8	7.9	7.5	0.95	72
2007	29	3	1.000	6.12	93	21	1	82.1	80	61	56	9	65	4	57	4	5	392	80	1.761	8.7	1.0	7.1	6.2	0.88	80
2008	30	3	1.000	6.16	97	21	1	87.2	89	65	60	11	71	4	62	4	6	422	79	1.825	9.1	1.1	7.3	6.4	0.87	79

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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
2002	24	1	1	.500	5.19	26.0	25	17	15	2	18	21	1	1.654	8.7	6.2	7.3	1.17	0.7	26
2003	25	0	1	.000	7.36	11.0	11	10	9	2	8	9	0	1.727	9.0	6.5	7.4	1.13	1.6	9
2004	26	0	0		4.50	6.0	4	3	3	0	7	6	0	1.833	6.0	10.5	9.0	0.86	0.0	9
2005	27	0	0		11.25	4.0	2	6	5	0	6	4	0	2.000	4.5	13.5	9.0	0.67	0.0	4

2007	29	2	2	.500	4.38	37.0	34	20	18	5	23	19	3	1.541	8.3	5.6	4.6	0.83	1.2	45
2008	30	0	0		7.20	5.0	9	4	4	2	6	5	0	3.000	16.2	10.8	9.0	0.83	3.6	4
6 Yrs		3	4	.429	5.46	89.0	85	60	54	11	68	64	4	1.719	8.6		6.5	0.94	1.1	97

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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