Kerry Ligtenberg
Kerry Dale Ligtenberg
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 11, 1971 in Rapid City, SD
High School: Park Cottage Grove (Park Cottage Grove, MN)
Schools: University of Minnesota, University of Minnesota, Morris (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1997
Final Game: May 29, 2005
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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 26 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 3.00 15 0 9 0 0 1 15.0 12 5 5 4 4 2 19 0 0 0 61 139 1.067 7.2 2.4 2.4 11.4 4.75
1998 27 ATL NL 3 2 .600 2.71 75 0 56 0 0 30 73.0 51 24 22 6 24 1 79 0 0 3 290 153 1.027 6.3 0.7 3.0 9.7 3.29 RoY-4
2000 29 ATL NL 2 3 .400 3.61 59 0 19 0 0 12 52.1 43 21 21 7 24 5 51 0 0 0 217 127 1.280 7.4 1.2 4.1 8.8 2.13
2001 30 ATL NL 3 3 .500 3.02 53 0 24 0 0 1 59.2 50 22 20 4 30 8 56 0 0 3 254 147 1.341 7.5 0.6 4.5 8.4 1.87
2002 31 ATL NL 3 4 .429 2.97 52 0 25 0 0 0 66.2 52 23 22 6 33 3 51 0 1 1 281 140 1.275 7.0 0.8 4.5 6.9 1.55
2003 32 BAL AL 4 2 .667 3.34 68 0 21 0 0 1 59.1 60 23 22 9 14 3 47 2 0 0 247 134 1.247 9.1 1.4 2.1 7.1 3.36
2004 33 TOR AL 1 6 .143 6.38 57 0 20 0 0 3 55.0 73 40 39 6 25 7 49 2 0 5 263 76 1.782 11.9 1.0 4.1 8.0 1.96
2005 34 ARI NL 0 0 13.97 7 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 16 15 15 4 4 0 5 0 0 0 48 32 2.069 14.9 3.7 3.7 4.7 1.25
8 Seasons 17 20 .459 3.82 386 0 176 0 0 48 390.2 357 173 166 46 158 29 357 4 1 12 1661 115 1.318 8.2 1.1 3.6 8.2 2.26
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .459 3.82 68 0 31 0 0 8 69 63 30 29 8 28 5 63 1 0 2 293 115 1.318 8.2 1.1 3.6 8.2 2.26
ATL (5 yrs) 12 12 .500 3.04 254 0 133 0 0 44 266.2 208 95 90 27 115 19 256 0 1 7 1103 142 1.211 7.0 0.9 3.9 8.6 2.23
ARI (1 yr) 0 0 13.97 7 0 2 0 0 0 9.2 16 15 15 4 4 0 5 0 0 0 48 32 2.069 14.9 3.7 3.7 4.7 1.25
BAL (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.34 68 0 21 0 0 1 59.1 60 23 22 9 14 3 47 2 0 0 247 134 1.247 9.1 1.4 2.1 7.1 3.36
TOR (1 yr) 1 6 .143 6.38 57 0 20 0 0 3 55.0 73 40 39 6 25 7 49 2 0 5 263 76 1.782 11.9 1.0 4.1 8.0 1.96
NL (6 yrs) 12 12 .500 3.42 261 0 135 0 0 44 276.1 224 110 105 31 119 19 261 0 1 7 1151 126 1.241 7.3 1.0 3.9 8.5 2.19
AL (2 yrs) 5 8 .385 4.80 125 0 41 0 0 4 114.1 133 63 61 15 39 10 96 4 0 5 510 97 1.504 10.5 1.2 3.1 7.6 2.46

Postseason Pitching

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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
1997 26 ATL NL NLCS L FLA 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 12.0
1998 27 ATL NL NLDS W CHC 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 3.1 1 0 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 15 1.500 2.7 0.0 10.8 8.1 0.75
1998 27 ATL NL NLCS L SDP 0 1 .000 7.36 4 0 3 0 0 0 3.2 3 3 3 2 2 0 5 0 1 0 16 1.364 7.4 4.9 4.9 12.3 2.50
2000 29 ATL NL NLDS L STL 0 0 5.40 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 0 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 7 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 16.2 3.00
2001 30 ATL NL NLCS L ARI 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 0.333 0.0 0.0 3.0 6.0 2.00
2002 31 ATL NL NLDS L SFG 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
5 Seasons (6 Series) 0 1 .000 2.16 15 0 8 0 0 0 16.2 5 4 4 2 8 2 18 0 1 0 63 0.780 2.7 1.1 4.3 9.7 2.25
3 NLDS 0 0 1.29 7 0 4 0 0 0 7.0 1 1 1 0 5 2 7 0 0 0 28 0.857 1.3 0.0 6.4 9.0 1.40
3 NLCS 0 1 .000 2.79 8 0 4 0 0 0 9.2 4 3 3 2 3 0 11 0 1 0 35 0.724 3.7 1.9 2.8 10.2 3.67

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 26 ATL NL 15 61 57 5 12 1 0 4 4 0 4 19 .211 .262 .439 .701 .235 25 0 0 0 0 2
1998 27 ATL NL 75 290 264 24 51 9 0 6 6 1 24 79 .193 .260 .295 .555 .250 78 6 0 1 1 1
2000 29 ATL NL 59 217 190 21 43 11 1 7 6 0 24 51 .226 .312 .405 .717 .271 77 7 0 2 1 5
2001 30 ATL NL 53 254 221 22 50 9 0 4 15 0 30 56 .226 .316 .321 .637 .282 71 4 0 1 2 8
2002 31 ATL NL 52 281 244 23 52 10 3 6 7 2 33 51 .213 .306 .352 .658 .245 86 2 0 3 1 3
2003 32 BAL AL 68 247 228 23 60 10 0 9 5 2 14 47 .263 .310 .425 .736 .295 97 3 2 2 1 3
2004 33 TOR AL 57 263 233 40 73 16 0 6 9 1 25 49 .313 .385 .459 .844 .376 107 1 2 3 0 7
2005 34 ARI NL 7 48 44 15 16 6 0 4 0 1 4 5 .364 .417 .773 1.189 .343 34 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 386 1661 1481 173 357 72 4 46 52 7 158 357 .241 .315 .388 .703 .287 575 23 4 12 6 29
162 Game Avg. 68 293 261 30 63 13 1 8 9 1 28 63 .241 .315 .388 .703 .287 101 4 1 2 1 5
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 26 ATL NL 15 15 9 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 10 4 40% 9 0.787 3 2 10 6 2 7 5 10 3 3 3 3 3.0 19
1998 27 ATL NL 75 75 56 3 2 34 30 4 88% 45 11 23 8 35% 9 1.559 40 13 22 62 6 7 12 63 6 12 6 25 2.9 15
2000 29 ATL NL 59 59 19 2 3 14 12 2 86% 27 12 39 9 23% 8 1.276 29 8 22 36 6 17 20 39 7 21 8 14 2.7 15
2001 30 ATL NL 53 53 24 3 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 12 3 25% 8 0.548 5 6 39 11 4 38 7 46 13 6 14 9 3.4 19
2002 31 ATL NL 52 52 25 3 4 0 0 0 3 2 13 3 23% 8 0.695 11 1 39 14 7 31 6 46 21 6 21 10 3.8 20
2003 32 BAL AL 68 68 21 4 2 4 1 3 25% 20 14 48 14 29% 8 1.136 27 11 28 29 12 27 30 38 11 32 13 16 2.6 14
2004 33 TOR AL 57 57 20 1 6 5 3 2 60% 10 4 29 17 59% 8 0.947 15 12 27 20 8 29 18 39 14 18 17 15 2.9 17
2005 34 ARI NL 7 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 5 0.281 0 4 3 0 0 7 4 3 3 1 3 2 4.1 22
8 Seasons 386 386 176 17 20 60 48 12 80% 108 43 182 60 33% 0.996 130 57 190 178 45 163 102 284 78 99 85 94 3.0 17

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 26 ATL NL 61 48% 6.6% 31.2% 6.6% 8.2% 42% 0.37 0.53 56% 24% 17.4% 15% 7 0 0%
1998 27 ATL NL 290 45% 2.1% 27.2% 8.3% 5.2% 29% 0.67 0.89 62% 20% 6.6% 18% 48 6 13%
2000 29 ATL NL 217 35% 3.2% 23.5% 11.1% 8.8% 44% 0.53 0.66 61% 23% 10.0% 20% 41 7 17%
2001 30 ATL NL 254 41% 1.6% 22.1% 11.8% 5.1% 26% 0.60 0.76 64% 23% 4.8% 17% 45 4 9%
2002 31 ATL NL 281 45% 2.1% 18.2% 11.7% 6.8% 37% 0.57 0.73 67% 19% 6.6% 23% 57 2 4%
2003 32 BAL AL 247 40% 3.6% 19.0% 5.7% 7.7% 32% 0.46 0.59 70% 17% 8.7% 16% 43 3 7%
2004 33 TOR AL 263 44% 2.3% 18.6% 9.5% 8.4% 30% 0.53 0.58 68% 19% 5.9% 14% 47 1 2%
2005 34 ARI NL 48 35% 8.3% 10.4% 8.3% 20.8% 63% 0.30 0.53 73% 26% 16.0% 17% 8 0 0%
8 Seasons 1661 42% 2.8% 21.5% 9.5% 7.3% 34% 0.54 0.69 65% 20% 7.8% 18% 296 23 8%
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 26 ATL NL 57 265 4.65 174 66% 24% 24% 32% 21% 76% 1% 50% 68% 72% 2% 1 1 51% 29 19 2 17% 5 0 4 0 0
1998 27 ATL NL 290 1156 3.99 736 64% 31% 20% 24% 25% 69% 1% 44% 71% 63% 4% 13 7 25% 73 43 3 35% 18 5 0 0 0
2000 29 ATL NL 217 889 4.10 569 64% 24% 19% 32% 25% 76% 6% 48% 75% 59% 6% 12 6 27% 58 33 3 12% 11 1 0 0 0
2001 30 ATL NL 254 995 3.92 642 65% 23% 19% 31% 26% 77% 7% 49% 75% 67% 7% 19 9 33% 84 47 4 20% 10 4 0 0 0
2002 31 ATL NL 281 1053 3.75 690 66% 28% 17% 26% 29% 72% 3% 47% 76% 64% 5% 14 7 27% 75 52 6 16% 16 5 0 0 0
2003 32 BAL AL 247 967 3.91 645 67% 25% 18% 28% 29% 75% 4% 50% 76% 64% 3% 7 1 33% 82 42 3 17% 15 3 0 0 0
2004 33 TOR AL 263 977 3.71 627 64% 30% 15% 25% 30% 70% 7% 45% 78% 64% 6% 16 5 23% 61 37 8 18% 6 5 0 0 0
2005 34 ARI NL 48 152 3.17 103 68% 25% 11% 26% 38% 75% 0% 51% 86% 67% 2% 1 0 10% 5 4 1 20% 1 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1657 6454 3.89 4186 65% 27% 18% 28% 27% 73% 4% 47% 75% 64% 5% 83 36 28% 467 277 30 21% 82 24 4 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 26 ATL NL 61 12 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 18 4 0 100% 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 27 ATL NL 290 51 16 0 6 0 10 5 1 2 4 16 7 3 44% 5 3 1 100 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2000 29 ATL NL 217 43 2 0 7 0 13 5 2 4 3 9 2 2 22% 2 0 1 82 6 0 100% 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2001 30 ATL NL 254 50 5 0 4 0 6 2 2 3 1 10 4 2 40% 3 3 0 104 15 0 100% 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
2002 31 ATL NL 281 52 5 1 6 0 10 3 3 5 1 19 5 5 26% 2 1 1 103 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
2003 32 BAL AL 247 60 3 0 9 1 13 5 4 6 3 16 7 3 44% 1 0 0 85 5 2 71% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2004 33 TOR AL 263 73 11 3 6 2 10 2 4 6 0 18 9 3 50% 2 5 1 113 9 1 90% 6 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 34 ARI NL 48 16 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 2 2 3 0 1 0% 0 0 0 21 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 1661 357 42 4 46 3 64 27 19 30 16 92 35 19 38% 15 12 4 626 52 7 88% 41 6 11 0 0 1 2 0 28 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 26 1 0 1.000 3.00 15 0 9 0 0 1 15.0 12 5 5 4 4 2 19 0 0 0 61 139 1.067 7.2 2.4 2.4 11.4 4.75 139
1998 27 4 2 .667 2.76 90 0 65 0 0 31 88.0 63 29 27 10 28 3 98 0 0 3 351 150 1.034 6.4 1.0 2.9 10.0 3.50 150
1999 28 4 2 .667 2.76 90 0 65 0 0 31 88.0 63 29 27 10 28 3 98 0 0 3 351 150 1.034 6.4 1.0 2.9 10.0 3.50 150
2000 29 6 5 .545 3.08 149 0 84 0 0 43 140.1 106 50 48 17 52 8 149 0 0 3 568 140 1.126 6.8 1.1 3.3 9.6 2.87 140
2001 30 9 8 .529 3.06 202 0 108 0 0 44 200.0 156 72 68 21 82 16 205 0 0 6 822 142 1.190 7.0 0.9 3.7 9.2 2.50 142
2002 31 12 12 .500 3.04 254 0 133 0 0 44 266.2 208 95 90 27 115 19 256 0 1 7 1103 142 1.211 7.0 0.9 3.9 8.6 2.23 142
2003 32 16 14 .533 3.09 322 0 154 0 0 45 326.0 268 118 112 36 129 22 303 2 1 7 1350 140 1.218 7.4 1.0 3.6 8.4 2.35 140
2004 33 17 20 .459 3.57 379 0 174 0 0 48 381.0 341 158 151 42 154 29 352 4 1 12 1613 124 1.299 8.1 1.0 3.6 8.3 2.29 124
2005 34 17 20 .459 3.82 386 0 176 0 0 48 390.2 357 173 166 46 158 29 357 4 1 12 1661 115 1.318 8.2 1.1 3.6 8.2 2.26 115

Neutralized Pitching

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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 26 1 0 1.000 3.00 15.0 12 6 5 4 4 19 0 1.067 7.2 2.4 11.4 4.75 2.4 15
1998 27 5 2 .714 2.79 71.0 52 24 22 6 24 77 0 1.070 6.6 3.0 9.8 3.21 0.8 75
2000 29 3 2 .600 3.35 51.0 41 21 19 7 23 50 0 1.255 7.2 4.1 8.8 2.17 1.2 59
2001 30 4 2 .667 2.75 59.0 48 20 18 4 29 55 0 1.305 7.3 4.4 8.4 1.90 0.6 53
2002 31 4 3 .571 3.05 65.0 52 24 22 6 33 50 0 1.308 7.2 4.6 6.9 1.52 0.8 52
2003 32 4 2 .667 3.32 57.0 60 23 21 9 14 45 2 1.298 9.5 2.2 7.1 3.21 1.4 68
2004 33 2 4 .333 5.79 56.0 70 40 36 6 24 50 2 1.679 11.3 3.9 8.0 2.08 1.0 57
2005 34 0 1 .000 14.00 9.0 16 16 14 4 4 5 0 2.222 16.0 4.0 5.0 1.25 4.0 7
8 Seasons 23 16 .590 3.69 383.0 351 174 157 46 155 351 4 1.321 8.2 8.2 2.26 1.1 386

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1998 NL  75 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1998 NL  30 (7th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1998 NL  56 (6th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1919), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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