Rick Ankiel

Positions: Centerfielder and Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 210lb (185cm, 95kg)

Born: July 19, 1979 in Fort Pierce, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1997 MLB June Amateur Draft from Port St. Lucie HS (Port St. Lucie, FL).

High School: Port St. Lucie HS (Port St. Lucie, FL)

Debut: August 23, 1999 (Age 20-035d, 17,547th in major league history)
vs. MON 5.0 IP, 5 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: June 8, 2013 (Age 33-324d)
vs. MIA 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2000 season

Agents: Boras Corporation

National Team: us USA (18U)

Full Name: Richard Alexander Ankiel

Pronunciation: \an-KEE-uhl\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

9.1

1921

462

.241

260

RBI

251

OBP

.302

SLG

.422

OPS

.724

OPS+

Summary of 32 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 5 tying, 9 go ahead

1 Tm
STL	32

Platoon
vs RHB	31
vs LHB	1

Home/Road
Home	18
Away	14

Outs
0	14
2	11
1	7

12 Opps
COL	4
MON	4
HOU	4
ARI	3
PIT	3
ATL	3
FLA	3
CIN	2
CLE	2
MIL	2
SFG	1
LAD	1

30 Batters
Vladimir Guerrero	2
Chris Truby	2
Danny Bautista	1
Scott Servais	1
Todd Greene	1
Keith Osik	1
Fernando Tatís	1
Henry Blanco	1
Jeff Cirillo	1
Bernard Gilkey	1
Matt Williams	1
Derrek Lee	1
José Vidro	1
Keith Ginter	1
Dante Bichette	1
Richard Hidalgo	1
Chris Stynes	1
Rafael Furcal	1
Kevin Millar	1
Jeff Bagwell	1
Chipper Jones	1
Mike Lansing	1
Richie Sexson	1
Alex Cabrera	1
Shawn Gilbert	1
Jason Kendall	1
Ellis Burks	1
A.J. Burnett	1
Enrique Wilson	1
Kenny Lofton	1

9 Parks
Busch Stad (STL)	18
Coors Fld (DEN)	4
Turner Fld (ATL)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1

Where Hit
7	16
8	6
9	5
78	5

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
4	10
1	7
6	4
2	4
3	3
7+	2
5	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	15
2·HR gms	7
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	22
1--	4
12-	2
--3	2
-2-	2

44 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	22
1 on	8
2 on	2
Any on	10

Inning
1	5
2	4
3	6
4	5
5	9
6	1
7	2

1-3	15
4-6	15
7-end	2

RelScore
+2	4
+1	3
Tied	8
-1	6
-2	3
-3	4
-4..	4

Ahead	7
Tied	8
Behind	17

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	7
2-1	7
2-2	5
3-2	3
0-1	3
2-0	3
0-2	1
1-2	1
1-0	1
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	8
C	5
RF	5
2B	4
CF	4
1B	3
P	1
LF	1
SS	1

OrderPos
6th	6
1st	5
4th	5
5th	4
2nd	4
3rd	3
8th	3
7th	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	14
Low Lev	13

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1999-08-23	Vladimir Guerrero	MON		STL	behind 1-4	b 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	9%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2	2	2	1	1999-09-08	Chipper Jones	ATL		STL	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	4,(0-2) SCFX	1	3	5	13%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2000-04-09	Henry Blanco	MIL	@	STL	behind 1-8	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
4	4	2	1	2000-04-14	Jeff Cirillo	COL		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	14%	68%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Hunter Scores
5	5	3	2	2000-04-14	Scott Servais	COL		STL	ahead 2-1	b 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	8%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
6	6	4	3	2000-04-14	Mike Lansing	COL		STL	ahead 3-1	b 3	1	---	6,(2-2) BCSBFX	1	2	4	7%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
7	7	5	1	2000-05-07	Dante Bichette	CIN		STL	behind 3-6	b 5	2	--3	6,(2-2) FSBBFX	2	5	9	18%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Ochoa Scores/unER; D. Bichette Scores/unER
8	8	6	1	2000-05-19	Jason Kendall	PIT		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	6,(3-2) BCBFBX	2	2	2	12%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Benjamin Scores
9	9	7	1	2000-05-25	Kevin Millar	FLA	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	5	10%	48%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
10	10	8	2	2000-05-25	Derrek Lee	FLA	@	STL	behind 1-7	t 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	3	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
11	11	9	1	2000-06-04	Richie Sexson	CLE	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	6	3	10%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
12	12	10	2	2000-06-04	Kenny Lofton	CLE	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 3	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	1	8	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	11	1	2000-06-20	Ellis Burks	SFG	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 2	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	5	9	16%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Kent Scores
14	14	12	1	2000-06-25	Shawn Gilbert	LAD	@	STL	behind 0-1	t 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	8	13%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	13	1	2000-07-06	Chris Stynes	CIN	@	STL	ahead 5-3	t 5	0	---	8,(3-2) CBCFBFBX	1	1	5	8%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	14	1	2000-07-21	Jeff Bagwell	HOU		STL	behind 0-2	b 1	2	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	3	3	9%	42%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	15	1	2000-07-27	Alex Cabrera	ARI	@	STL	tied 1-1	t 4	1	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	6	9	20%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); G. Colbrunn Scores
18	18	16	2	2000-07-27	Danny Bautista	ARI	@	STL	ahead 3-1	t 5	1	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	1	8	9%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	17	1	2000-08-01	Vladimir Guerrero	MON		STL	tied 0-0	b 5	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	9	30%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Vidro Scores; F. Seguignol Scores
20	20	18	1	2000-08-23	Keith Osik	PIT	@	STL	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) SX	1	8	2	8%	20%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
21	21	19	2	2000-08-23	Enrique Wilson	PIT	@	STL	behind 1-3	t 7	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	2	4	11%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	20	1	2000-08-28	A.J. Burnett	FLA		STL	ahead 1-0	b 3	0	---	6,(3-2) BBBCCX	1	9	1	9%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	21	1	2000-09-20	Richard Hidalgo	HOU	@	STL	behind 2-8	t 6	2	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	8	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2001-04-08	Matt Williams	ARI		STL	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BFBX	2	4	5	16%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Womack Scores
25	25	2	1	2001-04-14	Chris Truby	HOU	@	STL	behind 1-2	t 3	2	---	5,(2-2) SBBFX	1	6	5	11%	46%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	3	2	2001-04-14	Chris Truby	HOU	@	STL	tied 2-2	t 5	1	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	6	5	23%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Berkman Scores
27	27	4	1	2001-04-26	José Vidro	MON	@	STL	ahead 1-0	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	4	10%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
28	28	5	2	2001-04-26	Fernando Tatís	MON	@	STL	ahead 2-0	t 3	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	5	9%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
29	29	6	1	2001-05-05	Rafael Furcal	ATL		STL	behind 0-4	b 1	0	---	7,(2-2) CBBCFFX	1	1	6	7%	28%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
30	30	7	2	2001-05-05	Bernard Gilkey	ATL		STL	behind 1-4	b 4	0	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	7	7	17%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); W. Helms Scores
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	2004-09-25	Todd Greene	COL		STL	tied 1-1	b 4	2	12-	5,(2-2) *BFBFX	3	6	2	27%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. González Scores; T. Helton Scores
32	32	2	1	2004-10-01	Keith Ginter	MIL	@	STL	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	4	11%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)