Ricardo Jordan

Ricardo Jordan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 27, 1970 in Boynton Beach, FL
High School: Atlantic HS (Delray Beach, FL)
Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 37th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1995
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Mets/BlueJays/Reds 1995-1998

Final Game: April 13, 1998
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Standard Pitching

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
1990	20	TOR-min	A+	0	2	.000	2.38	13	2	4	0	0	0	22.2	15	9	6	0	19	3	16	1	5	1			1.500	6.0	0.0	7.5	6.4	0.84	DUN · FLOR
1991	21	TOR-min	A	9	8	.529	2.74	29	23	3	3	1	1	144.2	101	58	44	3	79	0	152	6	5	3	606		1.244	6.3	0.2	4.9	9.5	1.92	MYR · SALL
1992	22	TOR-min	A+	0	5	.000	3.83	45	0	32	0	0	15	47.0	44	26	20	3	28	3	49	2	2	7	208		1.532	8.4	0.6	5.4	9.4	1.75	DUN · FLOR
1993	23	TOR-min	AA,A+	3	4	.429	3.23	40	0	11	0	0	3	61.1	53	30	22	2	33	2	59	1	0	3	262		1.402	7.8	0.3	4.8	8.7	1.79	KNX,DUN · SOUL,FLOR
1994	24	TOR-min	AA	4	3	.571	2.66	53	0	40	0	0	17	64.1	54	25	19	2	23	2	70	4	0	4	273		1.197	7.6	0.3	3.2	9.8	3.04	KNX · SOUL
1995	25	TOR-min	AAA	0	0		6.57	13	0	5	0	0	0	12.1	15	9	9	1	7	1	17	1	0	2	59		1.784	10.9	0.7	5.1	12.4	2.43	SYR · IL
1995	25	TOR	AL	1	0	1.000	6.60	15	0	3	0	0	1	15.0	18	11	11	3	13	1	10	2	0	1	76	73	2.067	10.8	1.8	7.8	6.0	0.77
1996	26	PHI-min	AAA	3	3	.500	5.26	32	0	15	0	0	1	39.1	40	30	23	5	22	1	40	1	0	2	180		1.576	9.2	1.1	5.0	9.2	1.82	SWB · IL
1996	26	PHI	NL	2	2	.500	1.80	26	0	2	0	0	0	25.0	18	6	5	0	12	0	17	0	0	1	103	240	1.200	6.5	0.0	4.3	6.1	1.42
1997	27	NYM-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.79	34	0	10	0	0	1	29.0	20	11	9	1	24	2	34	2	0	1	128		1.517	6.2	0.3	7.4	10.6	1.42	NFK · IL
1997	27	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	5.33	22	0	4	0	0	0	27.0	31	17	16	1	15	2	19	2	0	0	123	78	1.704	10.3	0.3	5.0	6.3	1.27
1998	28	CIN-NYY-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.86	42	11	6	0	0	0	95.2	98	54	41	12	50	2	74	3	0	1	428		1.547	9.2	1.1	4.7	7.0	1.48	INA,CLB · IL
1998	28	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	24.30	6	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	9	9	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	21	20	3.300	10.8	5.4	18.9	2.7	0.14
1999	29	LAD-min	AAA	4	1	.800	7.20	37	0	10	0	0	2	30.0	33	26	24	5	21	1	35	4	0	0	142		1.800	9.9	1.5	6.3	10.5	1.67	ABQ · PCL
2000	30	ATL-MIL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.91	43	0	23	0	0	4	47.2	47	28	26	5	19	1	38	4	0	2	205		1.385	8.9	0.9	3.6	7.2	2.00	RMD,INA · IL
4 Yrs				5	4	.556	5.25	69	0	9	0	0	1	70.1	71	43	41	6	47	3	47	4	0	2	323	84	1.678	9.1	0.8	6.0	6.0	1.00
162 Game Avg.				5	4	.556	5.25	68	0	9	0	0	1	69	70	42	40	6	46	3	46	4	0	2	318	84	1.678	9.1	0.8	6.0	6.0	1.00

NYM (1 yr)				1	2	.333	5.33	22	0	4	0	0	0	27.0	31	17	16	1	15	2	19	2	0	0	123	78	1.704	10.3	0.3	5.0	6.3	1.27
PHI (1 yr)				2	2	.500	1.80	26	0	2	0	0	0	25.0	18	6	5	0	12	0	17	0	0	1	103	240	1.200	6.5	0.0	4.3	6.1	1.42
CIN (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	24.30	6	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	4	9	9	2	7	0	1	0	0	0	21	20	3.300	10.8	5.4	18.9	2.7	0.14
TOR (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.60	15	0	3	0	0	1	15.0	18	11	11	3	13	1	10	2	0	1	76	73	2.067	10.8	1.8	7.8	6.0	0.77

NL (3 yrs)				4	4	.500	4.88	54	0	6	0	0	0	55.1	53	32	30	3	34	2	37	2	0	1	247	87	1.572	8.6	0.5	5.5	6.0	1.09
AL (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	6.60	15	0	3	0	0	1	15.0	18	11	11	3	13	1	10	2	0	1	76	73	2.067	10.8	1.8	7.8	6.0	0.77

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1995	25	TOR	AL	15.0	15	0	11	6.60	5.41	-0.43	-0.40	100.6	5.47	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.488	.499	$109,000
1996	26	PHI	NL	25.0	26	0	6	2.16	4.86	0.01	-0.37	98.6	4.42	6	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.9	9	.526	.504	$109,000
1997	27	NYM	NL	27.0	22	0	17	5.67	4.61	0.27	-0.35	95.5	3.81	-6	-0.6	.7	0.0	-0.3	-3	.475	.497	$155,000
1998	28	CIN	NL	3.1	6	0	9	24.30	5.33	0.11	-0.41	99.2	4.78	-7	-0.7	.6	0.1	-0.5	-7	.389	.496	$200,000
4 Seasons				70.1	69	0	43	5.50	4.90	0.02	-0.37	97.9	4.42	-8	-0.7	1.0	0.2	-0.0	-1	.489	.499	$573,000

NYM (1 yr)				27.0	22	0	17	5.67	4.61	0.27	-0.35	95.5	3.81	-6	-0.6	.7	0.0	-0.3	-3	.475	.497	$155,000
PHI (1 yr)				25.0	26	0	6	2.16	4.86	0.01	-0.37	98.6	4.42	6	0.7	1.3	0.0	0.9	9	.526	.504	$109,000
CIN (1 yr)				3.1	6	0	9	24.30	5.33	0.11	-0.41	99.2	4.78	-7	-0.7	.6	0.1	-0.5	-7	.389	.496	$200,000
TOR (1 yr)				15.0	15	0	11	6.60	5.41	-0.43	-0.40	100.6	5.47	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.488	.499	$109,000

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1995	25	TOR	AL	15	76	59	11	18	3	1	3	1	0	13	10	.305	.434	.542	.977	.313	32	1	2	0	2	1	0
1996	26	PHI	NL	26	103	89	6	18	2	1	0	1	0	12	17	.202	.294	.247	.541	.247	22	2	0	1	1	0	0
1997	27	NYM	NL	22	123	102	17	31	5	1	1	4	0	15	19	.304	.397	.402	.799	.357	41	4	2	2	2	2	0
1998	28	CIN	NL	6	21	13	9	4	1	0	2	0	0	7	1	.308	.524	.846	1.370	.182	11	0	0	0	1	0	0
4 Yrs				69	323	263	43	71	11	3	6	6	0	47	47	.270	.381	.403	.784	.301	106	7	4	3	6	3	0
162 Game Avg.				68	318	259	42	70	11	3	6	6	0	46	46	.270	.381	.403	.784	.301	104	7	4	3	6	3	0
MLB Averages																.267	.338	.421	.758	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	25	TOR	AL	-2.5	-0.2	78	0.2	0.9	-0.8	.65	-0.4	0.7	-8.6	-0.8	0.65	-4.9	6	1	7
1996	26	PHI	NL	6.8	0.7	106	-0.0	1.3	-1.3	.78	0.6	-0.6	3.5	0.3	0.78	6.3	9	2	15
1997	27	NYM	NL	-3.4	-0.3	127	-0.5	1.0	-1.5	.63	-0.6	-0.3	-3.0	-0.3	0.63	-4.7	3	3	16
1998	28	CIN	NL	-6.7	-0.6	21	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.40	-0.4	0.2	-5.2	-0.5	0.40	-4.0	0	2	4
4 Yrs				-5.9	-0.5	332	-0.4	3.3	-3.7	.67	-0.7	0.1	-13.3	-1.2	0.67	-7.4	18	8	42

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	25	TOR	AL	15	15	3	1	0	1	1	100%	2	1	21	12	57%	8	.651	6	1	7	3	3	9	9	6	6	7	6	4	3.0	20
1996	26	PHI	NL	26	26	2	2	2	0	0		6	4	20	8	40%	7	.783	9	2	15	6	3	17	11	15	7	14	8	7	2.9	14
1997	27	NYM	NL	22	22	4	1	2	0	0		1	1	7	1	14%	7	.630	3	3	16	4	4	14	5	17	7	4	7	1	3.7	21
1998	28	CIN	NL	6	6	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	7	3	43%	7	.395	0	2	4	0	0	6	4	2	0	4	1	3	1.7	15
4 Yrs				69	69	9	5	4	1	1	100%	9	6	55	24	44%		.668	18	8	42	13	10	46	29	40	20	29	22	15	3.1	18

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1995	25	TOR	AL	76	37%	4.0%	13.2%	17.1%	9.2%	39%	0.70	0.94	63%	22%	12.5%	20%	21	1	5%
1996	26	PHI	NL	103	34%	0.0%	16.5%	11.7%	2.9%	17%	0.70	0.81	71%	22%	0.0%	16%	22	2	9%
1997	27	NYM	NL	123	37%	0.8%	15.5%	12.2%	5.7%	23%	0.79	1.21	68%	28%	2.4%	11%	43	4	9%
1998	28	CIN	NL	21	52%	9.5%	4.8%	33.3%	14.3%	75%	0.30	0.29	52%	15%	20.0%	0%	8	0	0%
4 Yrs				323	37%	1.9%	14.6%	14.6%	6.2%	28%	0.70	0.93	67%	24%	5.4%	14%	94	7	7%
MLB Averages					45%	2.7%	16.7%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	0.82	1.11	70%	21%	8.2%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
1995	25	TOR	AL	65	265	4.08	136	51%	35%	11%	23%	32%	65%	3%	34%	83%	40%	12%	8	5	9%	6	4	0	38%	2	2	11	0	0
1996	26	PHI	NL	91	333	3.66	190	57%	26%	16%	25%	33%	74%	0%	42%	78%	48%	11%	10	5	15%	14	7	0	31%	3	5	12	0	1
1997	27	NYM	NL	120	446	3.72	265	59%	26%	16%	26%	32%	74%	4%	44%	79%	52%	7%	8	5	19%	23	17	1	21%	5	1	3	0	0
1998	28	CIN	NL	21	90	4.29	41	46%	20%	17%	32%	32%	80%	0%	37%	79%	24%	14%	3	2	0%	0	0	0	0%	0	1	0	0	0
4 Yrs				297	1134	3.82	632	56%	27%	15%	25%	32%	72%	2%	40%	79%	46%	10%	29	17	14%	43	28	1	27%	10	9	26	0	1
MLB Averages						3.70		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				29%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1995	25	TOR	AL	76	18	2	0	3	0	10	1	2	1	2	8	7	2	88%	0	1	0	32	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1996	26	PHI	NL	103	18	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	100%	0	1	1	45	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1997	27	NYM	NL	123	31	5	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	10	6	1	60%	0	0	1	63	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1998	28	CIN	NL	21	4	1	0	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	5	3	1	60%	0	0	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4 Yrs				323	71	11	0	6	0	20	3	3	2	4	26	19	4	73%	0	2	2	147	6	0	100%	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	25	1	0	1.000	6.60	15	3	1	15.0	18	11	11	3	13	1	10	2	1	76	73	2.067	10.8	1.8	7.8	6.0	0.77	73
1996	26	3	2	.600	3.60	41	5	1	40.0	36	17	16	3	25	1	27	2	2	179	125	1.525	8.1	0.7	5.6	6.1	1.08	125
1997	27	4	4	.500	4.30	63	9	1	67.0	67	34	32	4	40	3	46	4	2	302	101	1.597	9.0	0.5	5.4	6.2	1.15	101
1998	28	5	4	.556	5.25	69	9	1	70.1	71	43	41	6	47	3	47	4	2	323	84	1.678	9.1	0.8	6.0	6.0	1.00	84

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
1995	25	0	1	.000	5.82	17.0	19	12	11	3	14	11	2	1.941	10.1	7.4	5.8	0.79	1.6	15
1996	26	2	0	1.000	1.80	25.0	17	6	5	0	11	17	0	1.120	6.1	4.0	6.1	1.55	0.0	26
1997	27	1	1	.500	5.76	25.0	31	18	16	1	15	18	2	1.840	11.2	5.4	6.5	1.20	0.4	22
1998	28	0	0		24.00	3.0	4	9	8	2	7	1	0	3.667	12.0	21.0	3.0	0.14	6.0	6
4 Yrs		3	2	.600	5.14	70.0	71	45	40	6	47	47	4	1.686	9.1		6.0	1.00	0.8	69

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