Ralph Citarella

Ralph Alexander Citarella

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 7, 1958 in East Orange, NJ
School: Florida Southern College (Lakeland, FL)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1979 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1983
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/WhiteSox 1983-1987

Final Game: July 10, 1987
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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
1979	21	STL-min	A,Rk	0	2	.000	3.45	11	8					47.0	54	23	18	1	23								1.638	10.3	0.2	4.4			SPT,JOH · FLOR,APPY
1980	22	STL-min	A	11	4	.733	1.64	51	6		1	0	8	126.0	87	35	23	6	49	2	113	5	1	6			1.079	6.2	0.4	3.5	8.1	2.31	GST · SALL
1981	23	STL-min	AA,AAA	8	9	.471	3.82	32	17	12	4	2	2	132.0	127	60	56	8	39	2	83	2	3	4			1.258	8.7	0.5	2.7	5.7	2.13	ARK,SPR · TL,AA
1982	24	STL-min	AAA	15	6	.714	4.88	28	25	1	4	0	0	153.0	171	95	83	18	62	0	82	6	4	10			1.523	10.1	1.1	3.6	4.8	1.32	LOU · AA
1983	25	STL-min	AAA	7	6	.538	4.76	37	13	16	3	0	7	109.2	122	67	58	13	41	4	64	4	1	5			1.486	10.0	1.1	3.4	5.3	1.56	LOU · AA
1983	25	STL	NL	0	0		1.64	6	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	4	0	0	1	42	231	1.000	6.5	0.0	2.5	3.3	1.33
1984	26	STL-min	AAA	9	2	.818	3.91	16	14	1	4	0	1	89.2	91	43	39	7	30	0	38	3	2	2			1.349	9.1	0.7	3.0	3.8	1.27	LOU · AA
1984	26	STL	NL	0	1	.000	3.63	10	2	2	0	0	0	22.1	20	9	9	0	7	2	15	3	0	1	95	98	1.209	8.1	0.0	2.8	6.0	2.14

1985	27	PHI-min	AAA	7	9	.438	3.44	30	18	1	1	0	0	136.0	128	67	52	9	58	4	86	2	1	2			1.368	8.5	0.6	3.8	5.7	1.48	POR · PCL
1986	28	STL-OAK-min	AAA	7	4	.636	5.98	29	16	4	0	0	0	102.1	121	75	68	7	60	2	48	4	2	3			1.769	10.6	0.6	5.3	4.2	0.80	LOU,TAC · AA,PCL
1987	29	CHW-min	AAA	3	8	.273	5.18	29	8	16	0	0	8	64.1	63	40	37	6	27	0	47	4	2	5			1.399	8.8	0.8	3.8	6.6	1.74	HAW · PCL
1987	29	CHW	AL	0	0		7.36	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	13	9	9	4	4	0	9	2	0	0	49	64	1.545	10.6	3.3	3.3	7.4	2.25
1988	30	MIL-min	A,AA	3	4	.429	2.82	32	6	24	1	0	7	70.1	69	34	22	4	35	3	67	8	7	5			1.479	8.8	0.5	4.5	8.6	1.91	FRE,ELP · CALL,TL
3 Yrs				0	1	.000	4.06	21	2	6	0	0	0	44.1	41	20	20	4	14	3	28	5	0	2	186	96	1.241	8.3	0.8	2.8	5.7	2.00
162 Game Avg.				0	3	.000	4.06	62	6	18	0	0	0	131	121	59	59	12	41	9	83	15	0	6	550	96	1.241	8.3	0.8	2.8	5.7	2.00

STL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	2.97	16	2	4	0	0	0	33.1	28	11	11	0	10	3	19	3	0	2	137	122	1.140	7.6	0.0	2.7	5.1	1.90
CHW (1 yr)				0	0		7.36	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	13	9	9	4	4	0	9	2	0	0	49	64	1.545	10.6	3.3	3.3	7.4	2.25

NL (2 yrs)				0	1	.000	2.97	16	2	4	0	0	0	33.1	28	11	11	0	10	3	19	3	0	2	137	122	1.140	7.6	0.0	2.7	5.1	1.90
AL (1 yr)				0	0		7.36	5	0	2	0	0	0	11.0	13	9	9	4	4	0	9	2	0	0	49	64	1.545	10.6	3.3	3.3	7.4	2.25

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
1983	25	STL	NL	11.0	6	0	2	1.64	4.23	0.02	-0.33	99.6	3.87	3	0.3	.7	-0.1	0.3	4	.552	.502	$
1984	26	STL	NL	22.1	10	2	9	3.63	4.20	0.09	-0.09	100.3	4.04	1	0.1	.7	-0.0	0.2	3	.509	.501	$

1987	29	CHW	AL	11.0	5	0	9	7.36	4.93	0.55	-0.38	103.4	4.13	-4	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.428	.498	$
3 Seasons				44.1	21	2	20	4.06	4.39	0.19	-0.22	100.9	4.02	-0	0.0	.7	-0.0	0.3	4	.502	.500	$

STL (2 yrs)				33.1	16	2	11	2.97	4.21	0.07	-0.17	100.1	3.98	3	0.4	.7	-0.1	0.5	7	.525	.501	$
CHW (1 yr)				11.0	5	0	9	7.36	4.93	0.55	-0.38	103.4	4.13	-4	-0.4	.5	0.1	-0.2	-3	.428	.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
1983	25	STL	NL	6	42	39	2	8	3	0	0	1	0	3	4	.205	.262	.282	.544	.229	11	1	0	0	0	1	0
1984	26	STL	NL	10	95	84	9	20	3	0	0	4	0	7	15	.238	.319	.274	.593	.290	23	2	3	1	0	2	1

1987	29	CHW	AL	5	49	43	9	13	2	0	4	1	1	4	9	.302	.388	.628	1.016	.300	27	2	2	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				21	186	166	20	41	8	0	4	6	1	14	28	.247	.324	.367	.692	.276	61	5	5	1	0	3	1
162 Game Avg.				62	550	491	59	121	24	0	12	18	3	41	83	.247	.324	.367	.692	.276	180	15	15	3	0	9	3
MLB Averages																.260	.326	.395	.721	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1983	25	STL	NL	2.7	0.3	44	0.3	0.4	-0.1	.65	0.4	0.1	4.3	0.5	0.65	4.1	1	0	4
1984	26	STL	NL	0.4	0.0	100	0.1	1.1	-1.0	.70	0.3	-0.3	2.7	0.3	0.70	2.9	2	0	6

1987	29	CHW	AL	-2.7	-0.2	51	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.25	-0.3	-0.4	-4.0	-0.4	0.25	-3.4	0	2	3
3 Yrs				0.5	0.1	195	0.2	1.7	-1.5	.57	0.4	-0.1	3.0	0.4	0.57	3.6	3	2	13

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1984	26	STL	NL	10	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	1	50%	41.5	48	35	6	3	2	0	5.9	8.2	5.7
1 Yr				10	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	.000	1	0	0	0	1	50%	42	48	35	6	3	2	0	5.9	8.2	5.7
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	98	-5					4.4	4.4	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1983	25	STL	NL	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	5	.646	1	0	4	1	0	5	2	4	3	2	3	1	5.5
1984	26	STL	NL	10	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	25%	5	.703	2	0	6	1	1	6	4	4	3	2	4	2	4.1

1987	29	CHW	AL	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	3	.246	0	2	3	2	0	3	3	2	3	1	3	0	6.6
3 Yrs				21	19	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	7	47%		.570	3	2	13	4	1	14	9	10	9	5	10	3	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1983	25	STL	NL	42	62%	0.0%	9.5%	7.1%	7.1%	38%	1.15	83%	6	1	17%
1984	26	STL	NL	95	71%	0.0%	15.8%	7.4%	3.2%	15%	1.32	73%	25	2	8%

1987	29	CHW	AL	49	51%	8.2%	18.4%	8.2%	12.2%	46%	1.30	61%	9	2	22%
3 Yrs				186	63%	2.2%	15.1%	7.5%	6.5%	29%	1.27	72%	40	5	13%
MLB Averages					40%	2.3%	14.5%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.07	73%			11%

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
1983	25	STL	NL	42	8			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	1	0	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1984	26	STL	NL	95	20			0	0	4	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	38%	1	1	0	39	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1987	29	CHW	AL	49	13			4	0	1	1	3	3	1	3	1	1	33%	0	0	0	18	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				186	41			4	0	6	1	3	3	1	13	6	1	46%	1	2	0	71	6	1	86%	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		53%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1983	25	0		1.64	6	0	2	11.0	8	2	2	0	3	1	4	0	1	42	231	1.000	6.5	0.0	2.5	3.3	1.33	231
1984	26	1	.000	2.97	16	2	4	33.1	28	11	11	0	10	3	19	3	2	137	122	1.140	7.6	0.0	2.7	5.1	1.90	122
1985	27	1	.000	2.97	16	2	4	33.1	28	11	11	0	10	3	19	3	2	137	122	1.140	7.6	0.0	2.7	5.1	1.90	122
1986	28	1	.000	2.97	16	2	4	33.1	28	11	11	0	10	3	19	3	2	137	122	1.140	7.6	0.0	2.7	5.1	1.90	122
1987	29	1	.000	4.06	21	2	6	44.1	41	20	20	4	14	3	28	5	2	186	96	1.241	8.3	0.8	2.8	5.7	2.00	96

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
1983	25	1	0	1.000	1.80	10.0	9	2	2	0	3	4	0	1.200	8.1	2.7	3.6	1.33	0.0	6
1984	26	1	1	.500	4.29	21.0	21	11	10	0	7	14	3	1.333	9.0	3.0	6.0	2.00	0.0	10

1987	29	0	1	.000	8.10	10.0	13	10	9	4	4	8	2	1.700	11.7	3.6	7.2	2.00	3.6	5
3 Yrs		2	2	.500	4.61	41.0	43	23	21	4	14	26	5	1.390	9.4		5.7	1.86	0.9	21

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