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Rich Loiselle

Richard Frank Loiselle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: January 12, 1972 in Neenah, WI
High School: Lawton HS (Lawton, OK)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 38th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1996
Team: Pirates 1996-2001

Final Game: October 6, 2001
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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
1991	19	SDP-min	Rk	2	3	.400	3.52	12	12	0	0	0	0	61.1	72	40	24	1	26	0	47	3	3	4	285		1.598	10.6	0.1	3.8	6.9	1.81	PDS · ARIZ
1992	20	SDP-min	A	4	8	.333	3.71	19	19	0	2	2	0	97.0	93	51	40	2	42	0	64	3	0	2	407		1.392	8.6	0.2	3.9	5.9	1.52	CHS · SALL
1993	21	SDP-min	A+,A	6	13	.316	5.01	24	24	0	2	1	0	142.0	164	92	79	8	63	2	100	9	0	7	634		1.599	10.4	0.5	4.0	6.3	1.59	RCU,WLO · CALL,MIDW
1994	22	SDP-min	A+	9	10	.474	3.96	27	27	0	0	0	0	156.2	160	83	69	12	76	2	120	11	0	12	704		1.506	9.2	0.7	4.4	6.9	1.58	RCU · CALL
1995	23	SDP-HOU-min	AA,AAA	8	5	.615	4.33	23	21	0	2	1	0	116.1	126	77	56	10	46	2	68	8	2	3	532		1.479	9.7	0.8	3.6	5.3	1.48	MEM,TUC,LVG · SOUL,PCL
1996	24	HOU-PIT-min	AA,AAA	11	8	.579	3.45	29	29	0	3	1	0	182.2	199	94	70	10	54	1	137	8	0	3	808		1.385	9.8	0.5	2.7	6.8	2.54	JAC,TUC,CGY · TL,PCL
1996	24	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	3.05	5	3	0	0	0	0	20.2	22	8	7	3	8	1	9	0	0	3	90	146	1.452	9.6	1.3	3.5	3.9	1.13
1997	25	PIT	NL	1	5	.167	3.10	72	0	58	0	0	29	72.2	76	29	25	7	24	3	66	1	0	4	312	141	1.376	9.4	0.9	3.0	8.2	2.75	RoY-4
1998	26	PIT-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	4	0	3	0	0	2	5.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	18		0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	10.8		NVL · PCL
1998	26	PIT	NL	2	7	.222	3.44	54	0	43	0	0	19	55.0	56	26	21	2	36	9	48	2	0	0	258	128	1.673	9.2	0.3	5.9	7.9	1.33
1999	27	PIT	NL	3	2	.600	5.28	13	0	6	0	0	0	15.1	16	9	9	2	9	2	14	2	0	1	69	89	1.630	9.4	1.2	5.3	8.2	1.56
2000	28	PIT-min	AA,AAA,Rk	0	1	.000	3.72	18	1	7	0	0	2	19.1	19	9	8	1	8	1	23	0	0	1	88		1.397	8.8	0.5	3.7	10.7	2.88	ATO,NVL,BRD · EL,PCL,GULF
2000	28	PIT	NL	2	3	.400	5.10	40	0	13	0	0	0	42.1	43	27	24	5	30	5	32	3	0	1	203	92	1.724	9.1	1.1	6.4	6.8	1.07
2001	29	PIT-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.15	26	1	12	0	0	0	33.2	33	24	23	2	23	3	18	6	0	3	157		1.663	8.8	0.5	6.1	4.8	0.78	NVL · PCL
2001	29	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	11.50	18	0	9	0	0	1	18.0	28	24	23	3	17	4	9	4	0	3	101	40	2.500	14.0	1.5	8.5	4.5	0.53
6 Yrs				9	18	.333	4.38	202	3	129	0	0	49	224.0	241	123	109	22	124	24	178	12	0	12	1033	102	1.629	9.7	0.9	5.0	7.2	1.44
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.333	4.38	67	1	43	0	0	16	74	80	41	36	7	41	8	59	4	0	4	343	102	1.629	9.7	0.9	5.0	7.2	1.44

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	Awards
1996	24	PIT	NL	20.2	5	3	8	3.48	4.78	-0.30	0.08	98.8	5.10	4	0.4	1.1	-0.0	0.6	6	.583	.503	$
1997	25	PIT	NL	72.2	72	0	29	3.59	4.71	-0.53	-0.36	101.7	4.97	11	1.1	1.8	0.3	2.0	18	.516	.507	$155,000	RoY-4
1998	26	PIT	NL	55.0	54	0	26	4.25	4.59	-0.09	-0.35	102.1	4.42	1	0.1	1.5	-0.1	0.4	6	.502	.501	$275,000
1999	27	PIT	NL	15.1	13	0	9	5.28	5.11	0.02	-0.39	101.1	4.76	-1	-0.1	1.5	-0.1	0.0	1	.493	.499	$400,000
2000	28	PIT	NL	42.1	40	0	27	5.74	5.14	-0.37	-0.39	105.5	5.40	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.1	3	.496	.499	$400,000
2001	29	PIT	NL	18.0	18	0	24	12.00	4.76	-0.02	-0.36	103.1	4.56	-15	-1.4	.6	0.3	-1.0	-13	.422	.491	$775,000
6 Seasons				224.0	202	3	123	4.94	4.80	-0.29	-0.32	102.3	4.88	-2	-0.0	1.5	0.3	2.1	21	.500	.500	$2,005,000

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
1996	24	PIT	NL	5	90	82	8	22	4	0	3	1	1	8	9	.268	.333	.427	.760	.271	35	3	0	0	0	1	2
1997	25	PIT	NL	72	312	283	29	76	10	3	7	3	2	24	66	.269	.326	.399	.725	.325	113	5	1	2	2	3	3
1998	26	PIT	NL	54	258	214	26	56	9	0	2	3	2	36	48	.262	.372	.332	.703	.327	71	5	2	5	1	9	5
1999	27	PIT	NL	13	69	57	9	16	2	1	2	0	2	9	14	.281	.397	.456	.853	.341	26	3	2	1	0	2	1
2000	28	PIT	NL	40	203	164	27	43	12	0	5	5	2	30	32	.262	.380	.427	.807	.292	70	2	3	3	3	5	4
2001	29	PIT	NL	18	101	78	24	28	6	1	3	3	0	17	9	.359	.495	.577	1.072	.379	45	4	4	2	0	4	0
6 Yrs				202	1033	878	123	241	43	5	22	15	9	124	178	.274	.370	.410	.780	.320	360	22	12	13	6	24	15
162 Game Avg.				67	343	291	41	80	14	2	7	5	3	41	59	.274	.370	.410	.780	.320	119	7	4	4	2	8	5
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.427	.766	.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
1996	24	PIT	NL	3.0	0.3	94	0.7	1.8	-1.1	1.03	0.2	0.5	3.3	0.3	1.03	1.3	0	2	0
1997	25	PIT	NL	9.2	0.9	322	0.1	9.7	-9.6	1.80	0.4	-0.4	-2.3	-0.2	1.80	3.3	40	11	19
1998	26	PIT	NL	4.3	0.4	264	-1.9	7.0	-9.0	1.89	-0.1	-0.9	-0.4	-0.0	1.89	1.3	23	7	23
1999	27	PIT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	71	-0.1	1.5	-1.6	1.20	-0.2	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	1.20	-3.5	7	0	6
2000	28	PIT	NL	-2.4	-0.2	212	-1.1	4.0	-5.0	1.31	-0.7	-0.1	-7.5	-0.7	1.31	-9.8	16	6	16
2001	29	PIT	NL	-12.6	-1.2	107	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	.46	-1.4	-0.2	-17.1	-1.6	0.46	-15.3	2	3	11
6 Yrs				1.1	0.2	1070	-3.0	24.5	-27.5	1.48	-1.7	-0.3	-24.5	-2.2	1.48	-22.6	88	29	75

Starting Pitching*

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
1996	24	PIT	NL	5	3	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	2	0	0	0	2	67%	49.7	57	41	3	2	0	3	8.4	7.4	5.7	98	0	2	1	0	110
1 Yr				5	3	1	0	2	1	0	3	0	1.000	2	0	0	0	2	67%	50	57	41	3	2	0	3	8.4	7.4	5.7	98	0	2	1	0	110
MLB Averages													.500						48%	48	105	-21					5.0	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	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
1996	24	PIT	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		6	1.027	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	5.5	23
1997	25	PIT	NL	72	72	58	1	5	34	29	5	85%	39	5	26	16	62%	9	1.801	40	11	19	52	11	9	18	54	10	14	12	16	3.0	16
1998	26	PIT	NL	54	54	43	2	7	27	19	8	70%	28	1	18	8	44%	9	1.886	23	7	23	35	7	12	12	42	11	16	11	11	3.1	18
1999	27	PIT	NL	13	13	6	3	2	1	0	1	0%	4	3	3	1	33%	8	1.203	7	0	6	4	2	7	2	11	4	3	4	2	3.5	19
2000	28	PIT	NL	40	40	13	2	3	6	0	6	0%	13	7	22	10	45%	8	1.308	16	6	16	15	4	21	12	28	11	11	13	10	3.2	20
2001	29	PIT	NL	18	18	9	0	1	1	1	0	100%	2	1	5	4	80%	9	.460	2	3	11	6	1	11	3	15	2	4	2	4	3.0	20
6 Yrs				202	199	129	8	18	69	49	20	71%	87	18	74	39	53%		1.487	88	29	75	113	25	61	47	152	39	48	43	43	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%
1996	24	PIT	NL	90	48%	3.3%	10.0%	8.9%	7.8%	32%	1.29	1.94	78%	16%	10.7%	10%	14	3	21%
1997	25	PIT	NL	312	55%	2.2%	21.2%	7.7%	6.4%	26%	1.51	1.87	68%	12%	9.0%	9%	70	5	7%
1998	26	PIT	NL	258	63%	0.8%	18.6%	14.0%	4.3%	20%	1.61	2.11	64%	16%	3.4%	8%	65	5	8%
1999	27	PIT	NL	69	59%	2.9%	20.3%	13.0%	7.3%	31%	1.39	2.33	59%	18%	11.8%	6%	15	3	20%
2000	28	PIT	NL	203	70%	2.5%	15.8%	14.8%	8.4%	40%	1.39	1.97	64%	22%	10.4%	11%	43	2	5%
2001	29	PIT	NL	101	54%	3.0%	8.9%	16.8%	9.9%	36%	1.41	5.43	65%	31%	11.1%	0%	26	4	15%
6 Yrs				1033	59%	2.1%	17.2%	12.0%	6.8%	29%	1.47	2.14	66%	18%	8.6%	8%	233	22	9%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	7.9%	34%	0.79	1.08	70%	22%	8.4%	15%			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
1996	24	PIT	NL	90	341	3.79	217	64%	24%	10%	32%	34%	76%	3%	48%	87%	64%	3%	3	1	26%	23	14	1	11%	2	1	0	0	0
1997	25	PIT	NL	311	1144	3.68	739	65%	23%	16%	31%	30%	76%	2%	49%	79%	59%	4%	11	5	21%	65	32	0	20%	11	3	1	0	2
1998	26	PIT	NL	258	979	3.79	579	59%	25%	18%	28%	30%	75%	9%	45%	77%	53%	9%	24	6	23%	60	29	2	19%	6	9	0	0	0
1999	27	PIT	NL	69	246	3.57	141	57%	20%	19%	30%	31%	80%	8%	46%	76%	48%	7%	5	1	23%	16	9	1	14%	3	2	0	0	0
2000	28	PIT	NL	203	784	3.86	476	61%	25%	17%	29%	29%	75%	6%	45%	78%	55%	8%	16	4	22%	45	29	2	25%	7	7	0	0	0
2001	29	PIT	NL	101	361	3.57	200	55%	25%	15%	25%	36%	76%	8%	42%	80%	50%	9%	9	4	22%	22	10	1	22%	0	2	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1032	3855	3.74	2352	61%	24%	16%	29%	30%	76%	6%	46%	79%	56%	7%	68	21	22%	231	123	7	20%	29	24	1	0	2
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	57%	5%			20%				28%

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
1996	24	PIT	NL	90	22	3	1	3	0	2	0	3	0	3	1	2	0	200%	2	3	0	29	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1997	25	PIT	NL	312	76	14	0	7	0	4	5	2	3	4	16	9	4	56%	3	4	0	137	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	7	0
1998	26	PIT	NL	258	56	22	0	2	0	15	2	0	0	2	22	13	1	59%	5	0	1	121	3	2	60%	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0
1999	27	PIT	NL	69	16	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	2	1	67%	1	1	0	31	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2000	28	PIT	NL	203	43	5	0	5	0	8	4	1	3	2	20	11	1	55%	4	1	1	92	5	2	71%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2001	29	PIT	NL	101	28	2	1	3	0	8	0	3	3	0	16	7	0	44%	0	3	1	45	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
6 Yrs				1033	241	48	2	22	0	37	13	9	10	12	78	44	7	56%	15	12	3	455	15	9	63%	14	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	27	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	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+
1996	24	1	0	1.000	3.05	5	3	0	0	20.2	22	8	7	3	8	1	9	0	3	90	146	1.452	9.6	1.3	3.5	3.9	1.13	146
1997	25	2	5	.286	3.09	77	3	58	29	93.1	98	37	32	10	32	4	75	1	7	402	142	1.393	9.5	1.0	3.1	7.2	2.34	142
1998	26	4	12	.250	3.22	131	3	101	48	148.1	154	63	53	12	68	13	123	3	7	660	136	1.497	9.3	0.7	4.1	7.5	1.81	136
1999	27	7	14	.333	3.41	144	3	107	48	163.2	170	72	62	14	77	15	137	5	8	729	129	1.509	9.3	0.8	4.2	7.5	1.78	129
2000	28	9	17	.346	3.76	184	3	120	48	206.0	213	99	86	19	107	20	169	8	9	932	119	1.553	9.3	0.8	4.7	7.4	1.58	119
2001	29	9	18	.333	4.38	202	3	129	49	224.0	241	123	109	22	124	24	178	12	12	1033	102	1.629	9.7	0.9	5.0	7.2	1.44	102

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
1996	24	1	1	.500	2.70	20.0	21	7	6	3	8	9	0	1.450	9.5	3.6	4.1	1.13	1.4	5
1997	25	4	3	.571	3.04	71.0	74	27	24	7	23	65	1	1.366	9.4	2.9	8.2	2.83	0.9	72
1998	26	4	2	.667	3.21	56.0	54	22	20	2	35	49	2	1.589	8.7	5.6	7.9	1.40	0.3	54
1999	27	0	1	.000	4.80	15.0	15	9	8	2	8	13	2	1.533	9.0	4.8	7.8	1.63	1.2	13
2000	28	2	2	.500	4.30	44.0	40	23	21	5	28	33	3	1.545	8.2	5.7	6.8	1.18	1.0	40
2001	29	0	2	.000	10.50	18.0	27	23	21	3	16	9	4	2.389	13.5	8.0	4.5	0.56	1.5	18
6 Yrs		11	11	.500	4.02	224.0	231	111	100	22	118	178	12	1.558	9.3		7.2	1.51	0.9	202

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Saves s c a p y 1997 NL 29 (10th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1997 NL 58 (6th)

Saves s c a p y
1997 NL 29 (10th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1997 NL 58 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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