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Rick Helling

Ricky Allen Helling

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 15, 1970 in Devils Lake, ND
High School: Shanley (Fargo, ND)
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed July 16, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1994
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Marlins/Brewers/Diamondbacks/Orioles 1994-2006
Agents: Jeff Moorad, previously: Barry Axelrod [*]
Final Game: September 9, 2006
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:08PM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #594. Don Robinson… #595. Dummy Taylor… #596. Candy Cummings… #597. RICK HELLING… #598. Eric Show… #599. Joaquin Andujar… #600. Rod Beck…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #594. Don Robinson… #595. Dummy Taylor… #596. Candy Cummings… #597. RICK HELLING… #598. Eric Show… #599. Joaquin Andujar… #600. Rod Beck…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1992	21	TEX-min	A+	1	1	.500	2.29	3	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	13	5	5	1	4	0	20	2	1	1	79		0.864	5.9	0.5	1.8	9.2	5.00	CHT · FLOR
1993	22	TEX-min	AA,AAA	13	9	.591	3.49	28	28	0	3	2	0	188.1	155	79	73	14	49	1	205	10	3	3	766		1.083	7.4	0.7	2.3	9.8	4.18	TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1994	23	TEX-min	AAA	4	12	.250	5.78	20	20	0	2	0	0	132.1	153	93	85	17	43	2	85	6	2	8	585		1.481	10.4	1.2	2.9	5.8	1.98	OKC · AA
1994	23	TEX	AL	3	2	.600	5.88	9	9	0	1	1	0	52.0	62	34	34	14	18	0	25	0	1	4	228	83	1.538	10.7	2.4	3.1	4.3	1.39
1995	24	TEX-min	AAA	4	8	.333	5.33	20	20	0	3	0	0	109.2	132	73	65	13	41	1	80	10	1	3	493		1.578	10.8	1.1	3.4	6.6	1.95	OKC · AA
1995	24	TEX	AL	0	2	.000	6.57	3	3	0	0	0	0	12.1	17	11	9	2	8	0	5	2	0	0	62	76	2.027	12.4	1.5	5.8	3.6	0.63
1996	25	TEX-min	AAA	12	4	.750	2.96	23	22	1	2	1	0	140.0	124	54	46	10	38	1	157	7	2	4	574		1.157	8.0	0.6	2.4	10.1	4.13	OKC · AA
1996	25	TOT	MLB	3	3	.500	4.31	11	6	2	0	0	0	48.0	37	23	23	9	16	0	42	0	1	1	198	108	1.104	6.9	1.7	3.0	7.9	2.63
1996	25	TEX	AL	1	2	.333	7.52	6	2	2	0	0	0	20.1	23	17	17	7	9	0	16	0	0	1	92	71	1.574	10.2	3.1	4.0	7.1	1.78
1996	25	FLA	NL	2	1	.667	1.95	5	4	0	0	0	0	27.2	14	6	6	2	7	0	26	0	1	0	106	213	0.759	4.6	0.7	2.3	8.5	3.71
1997	26	TOT	MLB	5	9	.357	4.47	41	16	9	0	0	0	131.0	108	67	65	17	69	2	99	6	0	3	550	98	1.351	7.4	1.2	4.7	6.8	1.43
1997	26	TEX	AL	3	3	.500	4.58	10	8	1	0	0	0	55.0	47	29	28	5	21	0	46	2	0	3	226	105	1.236	7.7	0.8	3.4	7.5	2.19
1997	26	FLA	NL	2	6	.250	4.38	31	8	8	0	0	0	76.0	61	38	37	12	48	2	53	4	0	0	324	93	1.434	7.2	1.4	5.7	6.3	1.10
1998	27	TEX	AL	20	7	.741	4.41	33	33	0	4	2	0	216.1	209	109	106	27	78	6	164	1	0	10	922	109	1.327	8.7	1.1	3.2	6.8	2.10	MVP-21
1999	28	TEX	AL	13	11	.542	4.84	35	35	0	3	0	0	219.1	228	127	118	41	85	5	131	6	0	8	943	106	1.427	9.4	1.7	3.5	5.4	1.54
2000	29	TEX	AL	16	13	.552	4.48	35	35	0	0	0	0	217.0	212	122	108	29	99	2	146	9	0	2	963	112	1.433	8.8	1.2	4.1	6.1	1.47
2001	30	TEX	AL	12	11	.522	5.17	34	34	0	2	1	0	215.2	256	134	124	38	63	2	154	4	0	6	941	91	1.479	10.7	1.6	2.6	6.4	2.44
2002	31	ARI-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	25		0.714	5.1	0.0	1.3	9.0	7.00	TUC · PCL
2002	31	ARI	NL	10	12	.455	4.51	30	30	0	0	0	0	175.2	180	94	88	31	48	6	120	6	1	7	751	101	1.298	9.2	1.6	2.5	6.1	2.50
2003	32	TOT	MLB	8	8	.500	5.17	35	24	5	0	0	0	155.0	167	91	89	31	45	0	98	12	1	5	665	87	1.368	9.7	1.8	2.6	5.7	2.18
2003	32	BAL	AL	7	8	.467	5.71	24	24	0	0	0	0	138.2	156	90	88	30	40	0	86	12	1	4	603	79	1.413	10.1	1.9	2.6	5.6	2.15
2003	32	FLA	NL	1	0	1.000	0.55	11	0	5	0	0	0	16.1	11	1	1	1	5	0	12	0	0	1	62	779	0.980	6.1	0.6	2.8	6.6	2.40

2005	34	MIL-min	AAA	9	3	.750	4.13	21	21	0	0	0	0	130.2	128	74	60	12	50	1	105	7	1	5	570		1.362	8.8	0.8	3.4	7.2	2.10	NVL · PCL
2005	34	MIL	NL	3	1	.750	2.39	15	7	2	0	0	0	49.0	39	13	13	2	18	1	42	2	0	1	199	180	1.163	7.2	0.4	3.3	7.7	2.33
2006	35	MIL-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.0	9	5	5	0	2	0	6	1	0	0	47		0.917	6.8	0.0	1.5	4.5	3.00	NVL · PCL
2006	35	MIL	NL	0	2	.000	4.11	20	2	4	0	0	0	35.0	25	17	16	6	15	0	32	0	0	1	142	111	1.143	6.4	1.5	3.9	8.2	2.13
12 Seasons				93	81	.534	4.68	301	234	22	10	4	0	1526.1	1540	842	793	247	562	24	1058	48	4	48	6564	102	1.377	9.1	1.5	3.3	6.2	1.88
162 Game Avg.				12	10	.534	4.68	38	30	3	1	1	0	194	196	107	101	31	71	3	134	6	1	6	834	102	1.377	9.1	1.5	3.3	6.2	1.88
			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
TEX (8 yrs)				68	51	.571	4.86	165	159	3	10	4	0	1008.0	1054	583	544	163	381	15	687	24	1	34	4377	101	1.424	9.4	1.5	3.4	6.1	1.80
FLA (3 yrs)				5	7	.417	3.30	47	12	13	0	0	0	120.0	86	45	44	15	60	2	91	4	1	1	492	125	1.217	6.5	1.1	4.5	6.8	1.52
MIL (2 yrs)				3	3	.500	3.11	35	9	6	0	0	0	84.0	64	30	29	8	33	1	74	2	0	2	341	142	1.155	6.9	0.9	3.5	7.9	2.24
ARI (1 yr)				10	12	.455	4.51	30	30	0	0	0	0	175.2	180	94	88	31	48	6	120	6	1	7	751	101	1.298	9.2	1.6	2.5	6.1	2.50
BAL (1 yr)				7	8	.467	5.71	24	24	0	0	0	0	138.2	156	90	88	30	40	0	86	12	1	4	603	79	1.413	10.1	1.9	2.6	5.6	2.15

AL (9 yrs)			AL	75	59	.560	4.96	189	183	3	10	4	0	1146.2	1210	673	632	193	421	15	773	36	2	38	4980	98	1.422	9.5	1.5	3.3	6.1	1.84
NL (6 yrs)			NL	18	22	.450	3.82	112	51	19	0	0	0	379.2	330	169	161	54	141	9	285	12	2	10	1584	115	1.241	7.8	1.3	3.3	6.8	2.02

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary	Awards
1994	23	TEX	AL	52.0	9	34	40	-2	1.0	6	0.5	$
1995	24	TEX	AL	12.1	3	11	9	0	1.1	-2	-0.2	$
1996	25	TEX	AL	20.1	2	17	15	0	1.0	-2	-0.3	$
1996	25	FLA	NL	27.2	4	6	15	1	1.0	9	1.0	$
1997	26	FLA	NL	76.0	8	38	45	0	1.0	7	0.5	$
1997	26	TEX	AL	55.0	8	29	36	1	1.0	7	0.7	$165,000
1998	27	TEX	AL	216.1	33	109	145	3	1.0	36	3.4	$216,500	MVP-21
1999	28	TEX	AL	219.1	35	127	162	-1	.9	35	3.0	$2,250,000
2000	29	TEX	AL	217.0	35	122	165	-9	1.0	43	4.0	$3,750,000
2001	30	TEX	AL	215.2	34	134	154	-7	.9	20	1.8	$4,500,000
2002	31	ARI	NL	175.2	30	94	115	-1	1.0	21	2.0	$3,000,000
2003	32	BAL	AL	138.2	24	90	98	-6	1.0	8	0.8	$1,000,000
2003	32	FLA	NL	16.1	0	1	10	0	.6	9	0.6	$

2005	34	MIL	NL	49.0	7	13	30	-1	1.1	17	1.7	$
2006	35	MIL	NL	35.0	2	17	23	-1	.7	6	0.3	$850,000
12 Seasons				1526.1	234	842	1062	-23	1.0	220	19.8	$15,731,500

TEX (8 yrs)				1008.0	159	583	726	-15	1.0	143	12.9	$10,881,500
FLA (3 yrs)				120.0	12	45	70	1	.9	25	2.1	$
MIL (2 yrs)				84.0	9	30	53	-2	.9	23	2.0	$850,000
ARI (1 yr)				175.2	30	94	115	-1	1.0	21	2.0	$3,000,000
BAL (1 yr)				138.2	24	90	98	-6	1.0	8	0.8	$1,000,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1998	27	TEX	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	0	1	.000	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	8	3	3	2	1	0	9	0	0	0	27	1.500	12.0	3.0	1.5	13.5	9.00
1999	28	TEX	AL	ALDS	L	NYY	0	1	.000	2.84	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.1	5	2	2	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	25	0.947	7.1	0.0	1.4	11.4	8.00

2002	31	ARI	NL	NLDS	L	STL	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	0.250	2.3	0.0	0.0	4.5
2003	32	FLA	NL	NLDS	W	SFG	0	0		27.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	5	12.000	54.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
2003	32	FLA	NL	NLCS	W	CHC	0	0		6.35	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	5	4	2	4	1	5	0	0	2	28	1.941	11.1	3.2	6.4	7.9	1.25
2003	32	FLA	NL	WS	W	NYY	0	0		6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0.750	6.8	3.4	0.0	6.8
4 Seasons (6 Series)							0	2	.000	4.32	8	2	1	0	0	0	25.0	25	13	12	5	8	2	26	0	0	2	108	1.320	9.0	1.8	2.9	9.4	3.25
2 ALDS							0	2	.000	3.65	2	2	0	0	0	0	12.1	13	5	5	2	2	0	17	0	0	0	52	1.216	9.5	1.5	1.5	12.4	8.50
2 NLDS							0	0		2.08	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	18	1.154	6.2	0.0	4.2	4.2	1.00
1 NLCS							0	0		6.35	2	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	5	4	2	4	1	5	0	0	2	28	1.941	11.1	3.2	6.4	7.9	1.25
1 WS							0	0		6.75	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	10	0.750	6.8	3.4	0.0	6.8

Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1992	21	TEX-min	A+	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	CHT · FLOR
1993	22	TEX-min	AA,AAA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TUL,OKC · TL,AA
1994	23	TEX-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1994	23	TEX	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1995	24	TEX-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1995	24	TEX	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1996	25	TEX-min	AAA	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC · AA
1996	25	TOT	MLB	11	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	25	TEX	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/11
1996	25	FLA	NL	5	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-40	1	0	0	0	0	0	/11
1997	26	TOT	MLB	41	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.071	.071	.071	.143	-62	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1997	26	TEX	AL	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
1997	26	FLA	NL	31	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.091	.091	.091	.182	-51	1	0	0	1	0	0	11
1998	27	TEX	AL	33	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	MVP-21
1999	28	TEX	AL	35	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	29	TEX	AL	35	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	30	TEX	AL	34	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	31	ARI-min	AAA	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	TUC · PCL
2002	31	ARI	NL	30	61	46	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	16	.043	.200	.043	.243	-34	2	1	1	6	0	0	1
2003	32	TOT	MLB	35	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	155	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	32	BAL	AL	24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
2003	32	FLA	NL	11	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	282	2	0	0	0	0	0	11

2005	34	MIL-min	AAA	21	35	26	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	10	.115	.226	.154	.380		4	0	0	4	1	0	NVL · PCL
2005	34	MIL	NL	15	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
2006	35	MIL-min	AAA	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	1	0	0	NVL · PCL
2006	35	MIL	NL	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Seasons				301	122	104	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	43	.058	.133	.067	.200	-46	7	2	1	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	66	56	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	23	.058	.133	.067	.200	-46	4	1	1	5	0	0
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
TEX (8 yrs)				165	20	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.053	.053	.053	.105	-73	1	0	0	1	0	0
FLA (3 yrs)				47	23	22	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.136	.136	.182	.318	-16	4	0	0	1	0	0
MIL (2 yrs)				35	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				30	61	46	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	16	.043	.200	.043	.243	-34	2	1	1	6	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				24	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				189	21	20	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.050	.050	.050	.100	-74	1	0	0	1	0	0
NL (6 yrs)				112	101	84	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	8	35	.060	.151	.071	.222	-40	6	2	1	8	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1996	25	FLA	NL	9	-2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/11
1997	26	FLA	NL	12	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	11
1997	26	TEX	AL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$165,000	11
1998	27	TEX	AL	6	-1	-1	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$216,500	1	MVP-21
1999	28	TEX	AL	2	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$2,250,000	1
2000	29	TEX	AL	5	-2	0	0	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$3,750,000	1
2001	30	TEX	AL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$4,500,000	1
2002	31	ARI	NL	61	-9	0	0	0	0	6	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$3,000,000	1
2003	32	BAL	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,000,000	11
2003	32	FLA	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	11

2005	34	MIL	NL	14	-4	0	0	0	0	1	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	1
2006	35	MIL	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$850,000	1
10 Seasons				122	-24	-1	1	0	0	11	2	-11	-1.2	-11	-1.1	-0.1	$15,731,500

TEX (5 yrs)				20	-6	-1	0	0	0	2	0	-5	-0.5	-5	-0.5	0.0	$10,881,500
FLA (3 yrs)				23	-4	0	1	0	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
MIL (2 yrs)				17	-5	0	0	0	0	1	0	-4	-0.4	-4	-0.4	0.0	$850,000
ARI (1 yr)				61	-9	0	0	0	0	6	2	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$3,000,000
BAL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$1,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
2002	31	ARI	NL	NLDS	STL	L	2	0	0
2003	32	FLA	NL	NLDS	SFG	W	1	0	0
2003	32	FLA	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	2	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 Seasons (3 Series)							5	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
2 NLDS							3	0	0
1 NLCS							2	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
1994	TEX	AL	23	P	9			52.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000			0.87	0.56	.956	1.71	1.71
1995	TEX	AL	24	P	3			12.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000			0.73	0.33	.960	1.75	1.77
1996	TOT	MLB	25	P	11			48.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000			0.94	0.45	.958	1.82	1.80
1996	TEX	AL	25	P	6			20.1	3	2	1	0	0	1.000			1.33	0.50	.960	1.77	1.77
1996	FLA	NL	25	P	5			27.2	2	0	2	0	0	1.000			0.65	0.40	.955	1.85	1.84
1997	TOT	MLB	26	P	41			131.0	11	1	9	1	0	.909			0.69	0.24	.954	1.79	1.80
1997	FLA	NL	26	P	31			76.0	9	0	8	1	0	.889			0.95	0.26	.953	1.85	1.84
1997	TEX	AL	26	P	10			55.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000			0.33	0.20	.955	1.70	1.69
1998	TEX	AL	27	P	33			216.1	21	8	12	1	0	.952			0.83	0.61	.958	1.78	1.76					MVP-21
1999	TEX	AL	28	P	35			219.1	31	4	24	3	2	.903			1.15	0.80	.952	1.69	1.66
2000	TEX	AL	29	P	35			217.0	26	8	17	1	1	.962			1.04	0.71	.956	1.62	1.60
2001	TEX	AL	30	P	34			215.2	32	15	16	1	1	.969			1.29	0.91	.955	1.75	1.74
2002	ARI	NL	31	P	30			175.2	22	4	17	1	1	.955			1.08	0.70	.963	1.83	1.81
2003	TOT	MLB	32	P	35			155.0	22	5	14	3	0	.864	2	2	1.10	0.54	.957	1.74	1.75
2003	BAL	AL	32	P	24			138.2	19	4	12	3	0	.842	1	1	1.04	0.67	.957	1.73	1.71
2003	FLA	NL	32	P	11			16.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1	12	1.65	0.27	.957	1.82	1.83
2005	MIL	NL	34	P	15			49.0	7	4	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-4	1.29	0.47	.960	1.74	1.73
2006	MIL	NL	35	P	20			35.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-6	0.51	0.10	.960	1.72	1.71
	12 Seasons			P	301			1526.1	185	54	120	11	5	.941	0	0	1.03	0.58	.956	1.74	1.73
	12 Seasons			TOT	301			1526.1	185	54	120	11	5	.941	0	0	1.03	0.58	.956	1.74	1.73
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1998 AL (21, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1713th)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 2000 AL 4.0 (9th)	Wins s c a p y 1998 AL 20 (1st) 2000 AL 16 (6th)	Win-Loss % s c a p y 1998 AL .741 (4th)
Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 2000 AL 8.793 (8th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y Career 6.239 (194th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1999 AL 219.3 (5th) 2000 AL 217.0 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1998 AL 33 (7th) 1999 AL 35 (1st) 2000 AL 35 (1st) 2001 AL 34 (3rd)
Shutouts s c a p y 1998 AL 2 (5th) 2001 AL 1 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1999 AL 41 (1st) 2000 AL 29 (9th) 2001 AL 38 (1st) 2002 NL 31 (2nd) 2003 AL 30 (8th) Career 247 (110th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1999 AL 85 (10th) 2000 AL 99 (3rd)	Hits s c a p y 2001 AL 256 (1st)
Losses s c a p y 2000 AL 13 (8th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1999 AL 118 (6th) 2000 AL 108 (8th) 2001 AL 124 (1st)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1998 AL 10 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 2000 AL 9 (8th) 2003 AL 12 (2nd)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1999 AL 943 (4th) 2000 AL 963 (5th) 2001 AL 941 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 6 (374), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 25 (930), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 12 (868), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 7 (1122), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 4, 1990: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 50th round of the 1990 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 1, 1992: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (22nd pick) of the 1992 amateur draft. Player signed July 16, 1992.
September 3, 1996: the Texas Rangers sent Rick Helling to the Florida Marlins to complete an earlier deal made on August 8, 1996. August 8, 1996: The Texas Rangers sent a player to be named later and Ryan Dempster to the Florida Marlins for John Burkett.
August 12, 1997: Traded by the Florida Marlins to the Texas Rangers for Ed Vosberg.
December 21, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
January 20, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 28, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
February 11, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
August 18, 2003: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
August 22, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
January 22, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
June 2, 2004: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
June 11, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
July 15, 2004: Released by the Texas Rangers.
January 14, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 28, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
November 28, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1997	26	Texas Rangers	$165,000	1997 postseason AP survey
1998	27	Texas Rangers	$216,500	4/3/98 USA Today
1999	28	Texas Rangers	$2,250,000	4/6/99 USA Today
2000	29	Texas Rangers	$3,750,000	4/5/00 AP
2001	30	Texas Rangers	$4,500,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	31	Arizona Diamondbacks	$3,000,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	32	Baltimore Orioles	$1,000,000	4/3/03 AP

2006	35	Milwaukee Brewers	$850,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$15,731,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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