Rich Croushore

Richard Steven Croushore

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 7, 1970 in Lakehurst, NJ
High School: Mount Vernon HS (Mount Vernon, TX)
School: James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1998
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Rockies/RedSox 1998-2000

Final Game: October 1, 2000
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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
1993	22	STL-min	A-	4	1	.800	3.05	31	0	11	0	0	1	41.1	38	16	14	1	22	4	36	2	0	6	184		1.452	8.3	0.2	4.8	7.8	1.64	GLF · NYPL
1994	23	STL-min	A	6	6	.500	4.10	62	0	14	0	0	0	94.1	90	49	43	5	46	2	103	5	4	10	410		1.442	8.6	0.5	4.4	9.8	2.24	MAD · MIDW
1995	24	STL-min	A+	6	4	.600	3.51	12	11	0	0	0	0	59.0	44	25	23	2	32	0	57	4	0	5	251		1.288	6.7	0.3	4.9	8.7	1.78	SPT · FLOR
1996	25	STL-min	AA	5	10	.333	4.92	34	17	11	2	0	3	108.0	113	75	59	18	51	1	85	2	0	7	486		1.519	9.4	1.5	4.2	7.1	1.67	ARK · TL
1997	26	STL-min	AA,AAA	8	7	.533	3.63	31	22	4	1	0	1	136.1	148	66	55	10	50	0	108	4	2	12	594		1.452	9.8	0.7	3.3	7.1	2.16	ARK,LOU · TL,AA
1998	27	STL-min	AAA	0	3	.000	4.71	23	0	9	0	0	2	28.2	21	16	15	3	9	0	40	1	0	2	115		1.047	6.6	0.9	2.8	12.6	4.44	MEM · PCL
1998	27	STL	NL	0	3	.000	4.97	41	0	15	0	0	8	54.1	44	31	30	6	29	2	47	4	0	6	243	86	1.344	7.3	1.0	4.8	7.8	1.62
1999	28	STL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	6.75	7	0	5	0	0	4	6.2	8	5	5	1	6	0	11	0	0	1	34		2.100	10.8	1.4	8.1	14.8	1.83	MEM · PCL
1999	28	STL	NL	3	7	.300	4.14	59	0	12	0	0	3	71.2	68	42	33	9	43	4	88	3	0	9	329	112	1.549	8.5	1.1	5.4	11.1	2.05
2000	29	COL-BOS-min	AAA	2	5	.286	5.93	44	2	17	0	0	0	57.2	56	39	38	5	42	1	53	2	0	8	265		1.699	8.7	0.8	6.6	8.3	1.26	CSP,PAW · PCL,IL
2000	29	TOT	MLB	2	1	.667	7.88	11	0	4	0	0	0	16.0	19	14	14	1	11	2	14	2	0	2	80	73	1.875	10.7	0.6	6.2	7.9	1.27
2000	29	COL	NL	2	0	1.000	8.74	6	0	1	0	0	0	11.1	15	11	11	1	6	1	11	1	0	1	56	68	1.853	11.9	0.8	4.8	8.7	1.83
2000	29	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	5.79	5	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	4	3	3	0	5	1	3	1	0	1	24	93	1.929	7.7	0.0	9.6	5.8	0.60
2001	30	NYM-min	AAA,A+	0	0		2.76	12	3	3	0	0	0	16.1	9	5	5	1	5	0	15	4	0	2	65		0.857	5.0	0.6	2.8	8.3	3.00	NFK,SCE · IL,FLOR
2002	31	TBD-min	AAA	5	4	.556	3.38	36	3	18	0	1	7	64.0	55	26	24	5	26	3	62	6	1	7	268		1.266	7.7	0.7	3.7	8.7	2.38	DHM · IL
2003	32	BAL-CIN-FLA-min	AAA,Rk	1	0	1.000	1.93	18	1	5	0	0	0	18.2	12	4	4	0	17	1	16	1	0	1	84		1.554	5.8	0.0	8.2	7.7	0.94	OTT,LOU,ABQ,OLS · IL,PCL,GULF
3 Yrs				5	11	.313	4.88	111	0	31	0	0	11	142.0	131	87	77	16	83	8	149	9	0	17	652	95	1.507	8.3	1.0	5.3	9.4	1.80
162 Game Avg.				3	7	.313	4.88	68	0	19	0	0	7	87	80	53	47	10	51	5	91	6	0	10	399	95	1.507	8.3	1.0	5.3	9.4	1.80

STL (2 yrs)				3	10	.231	4.50	100	0	27	0	0	11	126.0	112	73	63	15	72	6	135	7	0	15	572	99	1.460	8.0	1.1	5.1	9.6	1.88
COL (1 yr)				2	0	1.000	8.74	6	0	1	0	0	0	11.1	15	11	11	1	6	1	11	1	0	1	56	68	1.853	11.9	0.8	4.8	8.7	1.83
BOS (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.79	5	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	4	3	3	0	5	1	3	1	0	1	24	93	1.929	7.7	0.0	9.6	5.8	0.60

NL (3 yrs)				5	10	.333	4.85	106	0	28	0	0	11	137.1	127	84	74	16	78	7	146	8	0	16	628	95	1.493	8.3	1.0	5.1	9.6	1.87
AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	5.79	5	0	3	0	0	0	4.2	4	3	3	0	5	1	3	1	0	1	24	93	1.929	7.7	0.0	9.6	5.8	0.60

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
1998	27	STL	NL	54.1	41	0	31	5.13	4.79	0.04	-0.37	100.2	4.39	-4	-0.5	1.4	-0.2	-0.3	1	.489	.497	$
1999	28	STL	NL	71.2	59	0	42	5.27	5.08	-0.01	-0.38	101.4	4.78	-4	-0.4	1.6	-0.3	-0.1	4	.493	.497	$205,000
2000	29	COL	NL	11.1	6	0	11	8.74	5.34	0.35	-0.41	138.8	6.36	-3	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.453	.498	$
2000	29	BOS	AL	4.2	5	0	3	5.79	5.42	0.24	-0.40	98.8	4.73	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.0	0.0	0	.489	.500	$
3 Seasons				142.0	111	0	87	5.51	5.00	0.04	-0.38	103.8	4.75	-12	-1.2	1.5	-0.5	-0.6	3	.489	.498	$205,000

STL (2 yrs)				126.0	100	0	73	5.21	4.96	0.01	-0.38	100.9	4.61	-9	-0.9	1.5	-0.5	-0.4	4	.491	.497	$205,000
COL (1 yr)				11.1	6	0	11	8.74	5.34	0.35	-0.41	138.8	6.36	-3	-0.3	.8	0.0	-0.2	-2	.453	.498	$
BOS (1 yr)				4.2	5	0	3	5.79	5.42	0.24	-0.40	98.8	4.73	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.0	0.0	0	.489	.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
1998	27	STL	NL	41	243	207	31	44	11	1	6	10	0	29	47	.213	.320	.362	.682	.245	75	1	4	2	1	2	5
1999	28	STL	NL	59	329	275	42	68	17	0	9	8	4	43	88	.247	.354	.407	.761	.330	112	5	3	7	1	4	8
2000	29	BOS	AL	5	24	16	3	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	3	.250	.435	.313	.747	.286	5	1	1	1	1	1	0
2000	29	COL	NL	6	56	48	11	15	3	0	1	1	0	6	11	.313	.393	.438	.830	.378	21	1	1	0	1	1	1
2000	29	TOT	MLB	11	80	64	14	19	4	0	1	2	0	11	14	.297	.405	.406	.811	.353	26	2	2	1	2	2	1
3 Yrs				111	652	546	87	131	32	1	16	20	4	83	149	.240	.347	.390	.737	.299	213	8	9	10	4	8	14
162 Game Avg.				68	399	334	53	80	20	1	10	12	2	51	91	.240	.347	.390	.737	.299	130	5	6	6	2	5	9
MLB Averages																.269	.342	.430	.772	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1998	27	STL	NL	-3.4	-0.3	257	-0.1	6.7	-6.8	1.63	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.63	-0.9	19	11	10
1999	28	STL	NL	1.2	0.1	346	-1.2	8.2	-9.4	1.46	-0.6	-0.3	-6.5	-0.6	1.46	-5.2	30	17	12
2000	29	TOT	MLB	-2.5	-0.2	84	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	.72	-0.2	-0.3	-4.1	-0.3	0.72	-3.0	1	5	4
2000	29	COL	NL	-2.4	-0.2	58	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	.59	-0.2	-0.0	-5.2	-0.4	0.59	-2.6	0	4	2
2000	29	BOS	AL	-0.1	-0.0	26	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	1.02	-0.0	-0.2	1.0	0.1	1.02	-0.4	1	1	2
3 Yrs				-4.8	-0.5	687	-1.7	15.5	-17.2	1.43	-0.9	-0.3	-11.7	-1.0	1.43	-9.1	50	33	26

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
1998	27	STL	NL	41	41	15	0	3	11	8	3	73%	17	6	22	4	18%	8	1.632	19	11	10	21	7	13	14	27	20	12	20	5	4.0	23
1999	28	STL	NL	59	59	12	3	7	10	3	7	30%	26	14	50	21	42%	7	1.459	30	17	12	32	8	19	28	31	26	15	29	12	3.6	23
2000	29	TOT	MLB	11	11	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	13	5	38%		.720	1	5	4	1	1	9	7	4	6	2	6	1	4.4	28
2000	29	COL	NL	6	6	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	5	63%	4	.591	0	4	2	1	0	5	4	2	5	0	5	0	5.7	35
2000	29	BOS	AL	5	5	3	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0%	7	1.020	1	1	2	0	1	4	3	2	1	2	1	1	2.8	20
3 Yrs				111	111	31	5	11	21	11	10	52%	43	20	85	30	35%		1.433	50	33	26	54	16	41	49	62	52	29	55	18	3.8	23

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%
1998	27	STL	NL	243	56%	2.5%	19.3%	11.9%	7.4%	41%	0.66	0.90	64%	22%	7.2%	13%	59	1	2%
1999	28	STL	NL	329	56%	2.7%	26.8%	13.1%	7.9%	38%	0.66	0.73	54%	16%	9.8%	19%	87	5	6%
2000	29	TOT	MLB	80	69%	1.3%	17.5%	13.8%	6.3%	26%	0.55	0.94	64%	36%	3.4%	12%	18	2	11%
2000	29	COL	NL	56	70%	1.8%	19.6%	10.7%	7.1%	27%	0.42	0.77	66%	45%	4.2%	8%	12	1	8%
2000	29	BOS	AL	24	67%	0.0%	12.5%	20.8%	4.2%	25%	1.00	1.40	58%	13%	0.0%	29%	6	1	17%
3 Yrs				652	57%	2.5%	22.9%	12.7%	7.5%	37%	0.65	0.83	59%	21%	7.8%	15%	164	8	5%
MLB Averages					46%	2.9%	16.6%	9.3%	8.0%	34%	0.77	1.08	70%	22%	8.3%	14%			10%

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
1998	27	STL	NL	243	929	3.82	561	60%	25%	19%	27%	29%	75%	2%	45%	75%	51%	7%	18	6	21%	51	27	2	19%	8	10	0	0	0
1999	28	STL	NL	330	1333	4.04	785	59%	26%	24%	26%	25%	74%	2%	44%	68%	52%	8%	25	13	21%	68	40	4	20%	12	8	-1	0	0
2000	29	TOT	MLB	80	310	3.88	175	56%	21%	21%	29%	30%	79%	5%	45%	74%	49%	10%	8	5	10%	8	2	0	21%	0	2	0	0	0
2000	29	COL	NL	56	212	3.79	125	59%	20%	23%	26%	30%	80%	3%	47%	71%	43%	9%	5	4	13%	7	1	0	18%	0	1	0	0	0
2000	29	BOS	AL	24	98	4.08	50	51%	22%	14%	34%	30%	78%	8%	40%	82%	63%	13%	3	1	4%	1	1	0	33%	0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				653	2572	3.94	1521	59%	25%	22%	26%	27%	75%	3%	44%	71%	51%	8%	51	24	19%	127	69	6	20%	20	20	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

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
1998	27	STL	NL	243	44	10	1	6	1	10	6	0	5	1	24	12	6	50%	5	6	0	98	10	0	100%	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1999	28	STL	NL	329	68	10	0	9	1	23	7	2	2	7	41	19	12	46%	8	9	0	140	8	4	67%	8	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	15	0
2000	29	TOT	MLB	80	19	1	0	1	0	7	0	1	1	0	11	5	1	45%	1	2	0	39	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
2000	29	COL	NL	56	15	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	0	6	3	1	50%	1	1	0	26	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
2000	29	BOS	AL	24	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	40%	0	1	0	13	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
3 Yrs				652	131	21	1	16	2	40	13	3	8	8	76	36	19	47%	14	17	0	277	20	4	83%	18	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	30	0
MLB Averages																		55%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	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+
1998	27	0	3	.000	4.97	41	15	8	54.1	44	31	30	6	29	2	47	4	6	243	86	1.344	7.3	1.0	4.8	7.8	1.62	86
1999	28	3	10	.231	4.50	100	27	11	126.0	112	73	63	15	72	6	135	7	15	572	99	1.460	8.0	1.1	5.1	9.6	1.88	99
2000	29	5	11	.313	4.88	111	31	11	142.0	131	87	77	16	83	8	149	9	17	652	95	1.507	8.3	1.0	5.3	9.4	1.80	95

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
1998	27	3	3	.500	4.66	56.0	43	32	29	6	28	48	4	1.268	6.9	4.5	7.7	1.71	1.0	41
1999	28	5	3	.625	3.53	74.0	63	32	29	8	40	91	3	1.392	7.7	4.9	11.1	2.28	1.0	59
2000	29	0	1	.000	5.50	18.0	16	12	11	1	9	15	2	1.389	8.0	4.5	7.5	1.67	0.5	11
3 Yrs		8	7	.533	4.20	148.0	122	76	69	15	77	154	9	1.345	7.4		9.4	2.00	0.9	111

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