Rich Garces
Richard Alan (Mendoza) Garces Jr. (El Guapo)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 250 lb.

Born: May 18, 1971 in Maracay, Venezuela
High School: Jose Felix Rivas (Maracay, VE)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1990
Final Game: July 20, 2002
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 MIN AL 19 P 5 0 5.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.20 1.000 1.75 0.58
1993 MIN AL 22 P 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.57
1995 TOT NL 24 P 18 0 24.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.11 0.17 .967 1.81 0.51
1995 CHC NL 24 P 7 0 11.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.64 0.29 .950 1.80 0.51
1995 FLA NL 24 P 11 0 13.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.68 0.09 1.000 1.82 0.51
1996 BOS AL 25 P 37 0 44.0 10 1 8 1 2 .900 1.84 0.24 .960 1.78 0.52
1997 BOS AL 26 P 12 0 13.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.98 0.25 .967 1.71 0.49
1998 BOS AL 27 P 30 0 46.0 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.37 0.23 .957 1.78 0.50
1999 BOS AL 28 P 30 0 40.2 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.43 0.37 .945 1.68 0.47
2000 BOS AL 29 P 64 0 74.2 11 5 6 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.17 .955 1.62 0.46
2001 BOS AL 30 P 62 0 67.0 18 7 11 0 2 1.000 2.42 0.29 .956 1.75 0.49
2002 BOS AL 31 P 26 0 21.1 5 0 5 0 0 1.000 2.11 0.19 .960 1.69 0.48
10 Seasons P 287 0 341.1 69 23 45 1 4 .986 1.79 0.24 .957 1.72 0.49
10 Seasons TOT 287 0 341.1 69 23 45 1 4 .986 1.79 0.24 .942 1.72 0.49

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1990 MIN AL 19 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIN AL 22 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 FLA NL 24 11 0 11 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CHC NL 24 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 BOS AL 25 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 BOS AL 26 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 BOS AL 27 30 0 3 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 BOS AL 28 30 0 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 BOS AL 29 64 0 6 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BOS AL 30 62 0 3 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 BOS AL 31 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 287 0 32 287 287 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1990 MIN AL 19 27 81% 33% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIN AL 22 18 72% 39% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 FLA NL 24 64 63% 20% 1 100% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 CHC NL 24 48 81% 35% 2 100% 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 BOS AL 25 208 58% 23% 10 80% 0 1 0 1 8 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 2 0 2 50%
1997 BOS AL 26 71 69% 30% 2 100% 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 BOS AL 27 211 70% 26% 7 71% 0 2 0 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1999 BOS AL 28 171 70% 26% 9 100% 0 4 2 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2000 BOS AL 29 324 71% 21% 6 100% 1 5 0 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 BOS AL 30 302 74% 24% 12 100% 0 7 1 4 11 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 3 100%
2002 BOS AL 31 99 69% 23% 5 100% 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
10 Seasons 1543 69% 25% 55 93% 2 22 5 14 46 39 3 1 0 1 0 1 4 2 3 1 10 90%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 91% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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