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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: Bishop Shanley HS (Fargo, ND)
Schools: Kishwaukee College (Malta, IL), Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
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 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Marlins/Brewers/Diamondbacks/Orioles 1994-2006
Agents: Jeff Moorad, previously: Barry Axelrod [*]
Final Game: September 9, 2006 (Age 35)
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Fine Details  · Last updated Jun 18, 2013 1:17AM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #646. Jim Brewer… #647. Al Benton… #648. LaMarr Hoyt… #649. RICK HELLING… #650. Pretzels Getzien… #651. Dontrelle Willis… #652. Mark Portugal… 

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
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 82 1.538 10.7 2.4 3.1 4.3 1.39
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 TOT MLB 3 3 .500 4.31 11 6 2 0 0 0 48.0 37 23 23 9 16 0 42 0 1 1 198 107 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 0 106 211 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 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
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
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 8 943 105 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 90 1.479 10.7 1.6 2.6 6.4 2.44
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 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 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 Yrs 93 81 .534 4.68 301 234 22 10 4 0 1526.1 1540 842 793 247 562 24 1058 48 4 48 6564 101 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 6 834 101 1.377 9.1 1.5 3.3 6.2 1.88
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 1 492 124 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) 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) 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 Explained (v2.2): 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 Awards
1994 23 TEX AL 52.0 9 9 34 5.88 5.32 -0.40 0.19 99.3 5.87 -0 -0.0 -0.0 0.5 6 .497 .500
1995 24 TEX AL 12.1 3 3 11 8.03 5.41 0.20 0.21 103.0 5.59 -3 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .403 .498
1996 25 TEX AL 20.1 6 2 17 7.52 5.23 0.14 -0.04 105.2 5.30 -5 -0.5 1.2 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .424 .497
1996 25 FLA NL 27.2 5 4 6 1.95 4.82 0.25 0.16 93.9 4.44 8 0.9 .5 -0.0 1.1 10 .674 .505
1997 26 FLA NL 76.0 31 8 38 4.50 4.68 -0.03 -0.09 97.9 4.52 0 0.0 1.4 -0.1 0.6 7 .500 .500
1997 26 TEX AL 55.0 10 8 29 4.75 4.82 0.11 0.15 104.4 5.08 2 0.2 .6 -0.0 0.7 8 .517 .501 $165,000
1998 27 TEX AL 216.1 33 33 109 4.53 4.96 0.11 0.18 103.4 5.20 16 1.6 -0.1 3.7 41 .548 .510 $216,500 MVP-21
1999 28 TEX AL 219.1 35 35 127 5.21 5.25 -0.03 0.20 105.6 5.79 14 1.3 -0.1 3.4 41 .537 .508 $2,250,000
2000 29 TEX AL 217.0 35 35 122 5.06 5.39 -0.37 0.21 101.2 6.04 22 2.1 -0.1 4.2 50 .561 .513 $3,750,000
2001 30 TEX AL 215.2 34 34 134 5.59 4.88 -0.29 0.18 105.2 5.63 -1 -0.1 -0.1 2.0 25 .497 .499 $4,500,000
2002 31 ARI NL 175.2 30 30 94 4.82 4.57 -0.03 0.18 108.2 5.17 6 0.6 -0.1 2.0 22 .521 .504 $3,000,000
2003 32 BAL AL 138.2 24 24 90 5.84 5.00 -0.01 0.19 99.3 5.16 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 5 .460 .494 $1,000,000
2003 32 FLA NL 16.1 11 0 1 0.55 4.93 -0.09 -0.36 98.5 4.58 7 0.8 1.0 -0.0 0.9 9 .571 .505
2005 34 MIL NL 49.0 15 7 13 2.39 4.67 -0.05 0.09 102.1 4.91 14 1.5 1.3 -0.0 1.9 18 .600 .509
2006 35 MIL NL 35.0 20 2 17 4.37 4.72 0.04 -0.26 101.1 4.46 0 0.0 .8 -0.1 0.3 4 .502 .500 $850,000
12 Seasons 1526.1 301 234 842 4.96 4.99 -0.09 0.15 103.2 5.40 69 7.2 1.1 -1.1 21.2 242 .524 .504 $15,731,500
TEX (8 yrs) 1008.0 165 159 583 5.21 5.12 -0.13 0.19 103.7 5.64 44 4.3 1.0 -0.6 14.0 168 .526 .506 $10,881,500
FLA (3 yrs) 120.0 47 12 45 3.38 4.75 0.03 -0.07 97.1 4.51 15 1.7 1.3 -0.2 2.5 26 .535 .502
MIL (2 yrs) 84.0 35 9 30 3.21 4.69 -0.01 -0.06 101.7 4.72 14 1.5 1.0 -0.1 2.2 21 .544 .504 $850,000
ARI (1 yr) 175.2 30 30 94 4.82 4.57 -0.03 0.18 108.2 5.17 6 0.6 -0.1 2.0 22 .521 .504 $3,000,000
BAL (1 yr) 138.2 24 24 90 5.84 5.00 -0.01 0.19 99.3 5.16 -10 -1.0 -0.1 0.4 5 .460 .494 $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 Yrs (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

More Stats

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
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 AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
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 /1
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 /1
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 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 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 1
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 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 1
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 1
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 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 Yrs 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 Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1994 23 TEX AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1995 24 TEX AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1996 25 TEX AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 /1
1996 25 FLA NL 5 9 -1 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 /1
1997 26 FLA NL 31 12 -3 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
1997 26 TEX AL 10 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .496 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $165,000 1
1998 27 TEX AL 33 6 -1 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $216,500 1 MVP-21
1999 28 TEX AL 35 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $2,250,000 1
2000 29 TEX AL 35 5 -2 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $3,750,000 1
2001 30 TEX AL 34 4 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $4,500,000 1
2002 31 ARI NL 30 61 -10 0 -0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $3,000,000 1
2003 32 BAL AL 24 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000 1
2003 32 FLA NL 11 2 0 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .506 .500 0.1 0.0 1 1
2005 34 MIL NL 15 14 -4 -0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .484 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 1
2006 35 MIL NL 20 3 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .499 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $850,000 1
12 Seasons 301 122 -23 -1 -0 0 18 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.6 .498 .500 -0.6 0.2 -2 $15,731,500
TEX (8 yrs) 165 20 -5 -1 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.1 -2 $10,881,500
FLA (3 yrs) 47 23 -3 -0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1
MIL (2 yrs) 35 17 -5 -0 -0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -2 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $850,000
ARI (1 yr) 30 61 -10 0 -0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 1 $3,000,000
BAL (1 yr) 24 1 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1998 27 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 28 TEX AL ALDS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 31 ARI NL NLDS STL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 32 FLA NL NLDS SFG W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 32 FLA NL NLCS CHC W 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 32 FLA NL WS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (6 Series) 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 ALDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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% lgCS% PO Awards
1994 TEX AL 23 P 9 9 1 52.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.87 0.56 .956 1.71 1.71 4 1 20% 31% 0
1995 TEX AL 24 P 3 3 0 12.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.73 0.33 .960 1.75 1.77 0 0 0
1996 TOT MLB 25 P 11 6 0 48.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 0.94 0.45 .958 1.82 1.80 7 0 0% 29% 0
1996 TEX AL 25 P 6 2 0 20.1 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.50 .960 1.77 1.77 2 0 0% 30% 0
1996 FLA NL 25 P 5 4 0 27.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.65 0.40 .955 1.85 1.84 5 0 0% 28% 0
1997 TOT MLB 26 P 41 16 0 131.0 11 1 9 1 0 .909 0.69 0.24 .954 1.79 1.80 8 13 62% 32% 1
1997 FLA NL 26 P 31 8 0 76.0 9 0 8 1 0 .889 0.95 0.26 .953 1.85 1.84 7 9 56% 32% 1
1997 TEX AL 26 P 10 8 0 55.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.33 0.20 .955 1.70 1.69 1 4 80% 33% 0
1998 TEX AL 27 P 33 33 4 216.1 21 8 12 1 0 .952 0.83 0.61 .958 1.78 1.76 11 12 52% 31% 0 MVP-21
1999 TEX AL 28 P 35 35 3 219.1 31 4 24 3 2 .903 1.15 0.80 .952 1.69 1.66 13 14 52% 33% 4
2000 TEX AL 29 P 35 35 0 217.0 26 8 17 1 1 .962 1.04 0.71 .956 1.62 1.60 16 5 24% 30% 1
2001 TEX AL 30 P 34 34 2 215.2 32 15 16 1 1 .969 1.29 0.91 .955 1.75 1.74 7 13 65% 29% 3
2002 ARI NL 31 P 30 30 0 175.2 22 4 17 1 1 .955 1.08 0.70 .963 1.83 1.81 4 8 67% 32% 1
2003 TOT MLB 32 P 35 24 0 155.0 22 5 14 3 0 .864 1 1 1.10 0.54 .957 1.74 1.75 8 3 27% 30% 3
2003 BAL AL 32 P 24 24 0 138.2 19 4 12 3 0 .842 0 0 1.04 0.67 .957 1.73 1.71 8 2 20% 30% 2
2003 FLA NL 32 P 11 0 0 16.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1 12 1.65 0.27 .957 1.82 1.83 0 1 100% 31% 1
2005 MIL NL 34 P 15 7 0 49.0 7 4 3 0 0 1.000 -1 -4 1.29 0.47 .960 1.74 1.73 6 1 14% 29% 0
2006 MIL NL 35 P 20 2 0 35.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -6 0.51 0.10 .960 1.72 1.71 2 0 0% 28% 0
12 Seasons P 301 234 10 1526.1 185 54 120 11 5 .941 -1 0 1.03 0.58 .956 1.74 1.73 86 70 45% 31% 13
12 Seasons TOT 301 234 10 1526.1 185 54 120 11 5 .941 -1 -3 1.03 0.58 .956 1.74 1.73 86 70 45% 31% 13
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% lgCS% 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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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 (1736th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
2000 AL  4.2 (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 (206th)

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 (113th)

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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1999 AL  3 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (381), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (945), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 12 (882), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1135), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (498th), 20.6 career WAR/18.1 7yr-peak WAR/19.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.2 7yr-peak WAR/61.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers 
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  1. Steve Avery (954)
  2. Gil Meche (953)
  3. Cal Eldred (953)
  4. Ervin Santana (951)
  5. Ramon Ortiz (949)
  6. Bobby Jones (943)
  7. Mark Gardner (942)
  8. Matt Clement (942)
  9. Erik Hanson (942)
  10. Vicente Padilla (941)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Tony Brizzolara (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Claudio Vargas (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Chad Ogea (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Roger Pavlik (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Adam Eaton (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Adam Eaton (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. James Baldwin (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Brett Tomko (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Brett Tomko (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Brett Tomko (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Salaries

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Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
199726Texas Rangers$165,0001997 postseason AP survey
199827Texas Rangers$216,5004/3/98 USA Today
199928Texas Rangers$2,250,0004/6/99 USA Today
200029Texas Rangers$3,750,0004/5/00 AP
200130Texas Rangers$4,500,0004/6/01 USA Today
200231Arizona Diamondbacks$3,000,0004/3/02 AP
200332Baltimore Orioles$1,000,0004/3/03 AP
200635Milwaukee Brewers$850,000
Career to date (may be incomplete)$15,731,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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