Rick Gorecki
Richard John Gorecki
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 167 lb.

Born: August 27, 1973 in Evergreen Park, IL
High School: Oak Forest (Oak Forest, IL)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 19th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1997
Final Game: April 17, 1998
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Standard Pitching

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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
1997 23 LAD NL 1 0 1.000 15.00 4 1 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 10 10 3 6 1 6 0 0 0 32 26 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 9.0 1.00
1998 24 TBD AL 1 2 .333 4.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 15 9 9 1 10 0 7 0 0 1 70 98 1.500 8.1 0.5 5.4 3.8 0.70
2 Seasons 2 2 .500 7.54 7 4 2 0 0 0 22.2 24 19 19 4 16 1 13 0 0 1 102 60 1.765 9.5 1.6 6.4 5.2 0.81
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .500 7.54 43 25 12 0 0 0 140 148 117 117 25 99 6 80 0 0 6 631 60 1.765 9.5 1.6 6.4 5.2 0.81
TBD (1 yr) 1 2 .333 4.86 3 3 0 0 0 0 16.2 15 9 9 1 10 0 7 0 0 1 70 98 1.500 8.1 0.5 5.4 3.8 0.70
LAD (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 15.00 4 1 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 10 10 3 6 1 6 0 0 0 32 26 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 9.0 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1997 23 LAD NL 4 32 26 10 9 1 0 3 1 0 6 6 .346 .469 .731 1.200 .353 19 1 0 0 0 1
1998 24 TBD AL 3 70 58 9 15 2 2 1 2 1 10 7 .259 .357 .414 .771 .269 24 3 0 0 2 0
2 Seasons 7 102 84 19 24 3 2 4 3 1 16 13 .286 .392 .512 .904 .290 43 4 0 0 2 1
162 Game Avg. 43 631 519 117 148 19 12 25 19 6 99 80 .286 .392 .512 .904 .290 266 25 0 0 12 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1997 23 LAD NL 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 7 7 7 2 2 0 1 9.0 12.0 2.3 63 1 0 0 0 63
1998 24 TBD AL 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 46 69 22 1 0 0 3 3.0 3.4 5.6 92 1 0 1 0 108
2 Seasons 7 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 1 25% 36 69 7 3 2 0 4 4.5 4.7 4.8 82 2 0 1 0 108
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1997 23 LAD NL 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 9 0.652 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 3.7 18
1 Season 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0.652 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 0 3.7 18

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1997 23 LAD NL 32 56% 9.4% 18.8% 18.8% 12.5% 44% 0.67 1.00 53% 25% 25.0% 0% 8 1 13%
1998 24 TBD AL 70 51% 1.4% 10.0% 14.3% 7.1% 33% 0.66 1.10 74% 19% 3.7% 16% 20 3 15%
2 Seasons 102 53% 3.9% 12.8% 15.7% 8.8% 38% 0.66 1.08 68% 21% 10.3% 11% 28 4 14%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1997 23 LAD NL 32 117 3.66 70 60% 33% 13% 26% 29% 67% 4% 40% 81% 59% 9% 3 1 19% 6 3 1 0% 2 1 0 0 0
1998 24 TBD AL 70 281 4.01 159 57% 31% 8% 27% 33% 69% 0% 39% 88% 47% 6% 4 2 13% 9 4 0 43% 0 2 0 0 0
2 Seasons 102 398 3.90 229 58% 32% 10% 27% 32% 68% 1% 39% 86% 51% 7% 7 3 15% 15 7 1 23% 2 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1997 23 LAD NL 32 9 2 0 3 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 50% 0 0 0 12 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 24 TBD AL 70 15 4 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 6 3 1 50% 0 1 0 28 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2 Seasons 102 24 6 0 4 0 3 2 2 1 3 8 4 2 50% 0 1 0 40 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1997 23 1 0 1.000 15.00 4 1 2 0 0 0 6.0 9 10 10 3 6 1 6 0 0 0 32 26 2.500 13.5 4.5 9.0 9.0 1.00 26
1998 24 2 2 .500 7.54 7 4 2 0 0 0 22.2 24 19 19 4 16 1 13 0 0 1 102 60 1.765 9.5 1.6 6.4 5.2 0.81 60

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1997 23 0 0 16.50 6.0 9 12 11 3 6 6 0 2.500 13.5 9.0 9.0 1.00 4.5 4
1998 24 0 1 .000 4.50 16.0 14 9 8 1 9 7 0 1.438 7.9 5.1 3.9 0.78 0.6 3
2 Seasons 0 1 .000 7.77 22.0 23 21 19 4 15 13 0 1.727 9.4 5.3 0.87 1.6 7

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