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Ariel Prieto

Ariel Prieto

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: October 22, 1969 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
High School: Havana (La Habana, CU)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 28, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1995
Teams (by GP): Athletics/DevilRays 1995-2001
Agents: Gus Dominguez [*]
Final Game: May 10, 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
1995	25	OAK	AL	2	6	.250	4.97	14	9	1	1	0	0	58.0	57	35	32	4	32	1	37	5	1	4	258	87	1.534	8.8	0.6	5.0	5.7	1.16
1996	26	OAK-min	AAA,A+	3	0	1.000	1.46	5	4	1	0	0	1	24.2	20	5	4	0	8	0	26	1	0	3	99		1.135	7.3	0.0	2.9	9.5	3.25	EDM,MOD · PCL,CALL
1996	26	OAK	AL	6	7	.462	4.15	21	21	0	2	0	0	125.2	130	66	58	9	54	2	75	7	2	6	547	123	1.464	9.3	0.6	3.9	5.4	1.39
1997	27	OAK-min	AAA	0	0		1.50	2	2	0	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	1	22		0.833	6.0	0.0	1.5	10.5	7.00	EDM · PCL
1997	27	OAK	AL	6	8	.429	5.04	22	22	0	0	0	0	125.0	155	84	70	16	70	3	90	5	1	7	588	88	1.800	11.2	1.2	5.0	6.5	1.29
1998	28	OAK-min	AAA	5	1	.833	2.56	10	10	0	1	0	0	52.2	47	20	15	3	12	0	50	0	1	3	212		1.120	8.0	0.5	2.1	8.5	4.17	EDM · PCL
1998	28	OAK	AL	0	1	.000	11.88	2	2	0	0	0	0	8.1	17	11	11	2	5	1	8	1	0	0	47	40	2.640	18.4	2.2	5.4	8.6	1.60
1999		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2000	30	OAK-min	AAA	8	4	.667	3.27	20	18	1	0	0	0	113.0	110	51	41	9	31	1	79	1	1	4	469		1.248	8.8	0.7	2.5	6.3	2.55	SAC · PCL
2000	30	OAK	AL	1	2	.333	5.12	8	6	2	0	0	0	31.2	42	21	18	3	13	0	19	1	0	0	148	92	1.737	11.9	0.9	3.7	5.4	1.46
2001	31	TBD-min	AAA	0	0		1.35	3	0	0	0	0	0	6.2	3	2	1	0	2	0	10	0	0	0	25		0.750	4.0	0.0	2.7	13.5	5.00	DHM · IL
2001	31	TBD	AL	0	0		2.45	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	6	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	19	198	2.182	14.7	0.0	4.9	4.9	1.00
2002		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2003	33	PIT-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.55	4	4	0	0	0	0	17.2	17	6	5	1	8	1	22	1	0	0	79		1.415	8.7	0.5	4.1	11.2	2.75	NVL · PCL
2004	34	DET-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.68	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.0	20	10	9	3	5	1	19	4	0	1	92		1.136	8.2	1.2	2.0	7.8	3.80	TOL · IL
2005	35	FLA-min	AAA	9	5	.643	3.78	25	21	1	1	0	0	133.1	144	65	56	13	37	0	98	7	1	4	564		1.358	9.7	0.9	2.5	6.6	2.65	ABQ · PCL
6 Yrs				15	24	.385	4.85	70	60	5	3	0	0	352.1	407	218	190	34	176	7	231	20	4	17	1607	97	1.655	10.4	0.9	4.5	5.9	1.31
162 Game Avg.				8	13	.385	4.85	37	31	3	2	0	0	184	213	114	99	18	92	4	121	10	2	9	841	97	1.655	10.4	0.9	4.5	5.9	1.31

OAK (5 yrs)				15	24	.385	4.88	67	60	3	3	0	0	348.2	401	217	189	34	174	7	229	19	4	17	1588	96	1.649	10.4	0.9	4.5	5.9	1.32
TBD (1 yr)				0	0		2.45	3	0	2	0	0	0	3.2	6	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	19	198	2.182	14.7	0.0	4.9	4.9	1.00

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	OAK	AL	58.0	14	9	35	5.43	5.10	-0.25	0.12	89.8	4.92	-3	-0.3	.2	-0.0	0.2	3	.479	.498	$109,000
1996	26	OAK	AL	125.2	21	21	66	4.73	5.30	-0.32	0.20	101.0	5.88	14	1.4		-0.1	2.4	33	.565	.508	$181,000
1997	27	OAK	AL	125.0	22	22	84	6.05	4.89	-0.55	0.18	97.6	5.50	-8	-0.8		-0.1	0.3	8	.464	.495	$194,000
1998	28	OAK	AL	8.1	2	2	11	11.88	4.86	-0.49	0.18	97.7	5.40	-6	-0.5		-0.0	-0.4	-5	.275	.497	$

2000	30	OAK	AL	31.2	8	6	21	5.97	5.44	-0.32	0.16	102.8	6.08	0	0.0	.3	-0.0	0.3	5	.502	.500	$
2001	31	TBD	AL	3.2	3	0	1	2.45	4.71	-0.21	-0.35	99.9	4.56	1	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.528	.501	$700,000
6 Seasons				352.1	70	60	218	5.57	5.12	-0.39	0.17	98.0	5.58	-2	-0.1	.2	-0.3	2.9	46	.499	.500	$1,184,000

OAK (5 yrs)				348.2	67	60	217	5.60	5.12	-0.39	0.18	98.0	5.59	-3	-0.2	.2	-0.2	2.8	45	.498	.500	$484,000
TBD (1 yr)				3.2	3	0	1	2.45	4.71	-0.21	-0.35	99.9	4.56	1	0.1	.1	-0.0	0.1	1	.528	.501	$700,000

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	OAK	AL	14	258	216	35	57	7	0	4	5	1	32	37	.264	.369	.352	.720	.299	76	7	5	3	2	1	0
1996	26	OAK	AL	21	547	476	66	130	25	4	9	11	6	54	75	.273	.352	.399	.752	.305	190	15	7	5	5	2	7
1997	27	OAK	AL	22	588	506	84	155	27	9	16	11	5	70	90	.306	.393	.490	.883	.344	248	15	5	3	4	3	8
1998	28	OAK	AL	2	47	41	11	17	2	2	2	2	1	5	8	.415	.489	.707	1.197	.484	29	0	1	0	0	1	0

2000	30	OAK	AL	8	148	131	21	42	5	1	3	5	1	13	19	.321	.384	.443	.826	.355	58	3	1	2	1	0	2
2001	31	TBD	AL	3	19	16	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	.375	.474	.438	.911	.429	7	0	1	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				70	1607	1386	218	407	67	16	34	34	14	176	231	.294	.378	.439	.817	.329	608	40	20	13	12	7	17
162 Game Avg.				37	841	725	114	213	35	8	18	18	7	92	121	.294	.378	.439	.817	.329	318	21	10	7	6	4	9
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.426	.765	.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	OAK	AL	-4.7	-0.4	268	-0.4	4.3	-4.7	1.00	-0.1	-0.3	-4.7	-0.4	1.00	-0.8	0	1	4
1996	26	OAK	AL	11.7	1.1	567	0.7	9.6	-9.0	.95	0.7	-0.0	10.0	0.9	0.95	9.5	0	0	0
1997	27	OAK	AL	-12.2	-1.1	610	-2.3	9.3	-11.7	.97	-2.6	0.2	-19.7	-1.8	0.97	-29.0	0	0	0
1998	28	OAK	AL	-6.4	-0.5	50	-0.7	0.6	-1.3	1.07	-0.7	0.0	-7.3	-0.6	1.07	-7.6	0	0	0

2000	30	OAK	AL	-2.2	-0.2	154	-0.2	2.4	-2.7	.96	-0.4	0.2	-1.6	-0.2	0.96	-4.4	0	0	2
2001	31	TBD	AL	1.0	0.1	20	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.09	-0.1	-0.1	0.2	0.0	0.09	-0.5	0	0	3
6 Yrs				-12.7	-1.1	1669	-3.0	26.3	-29.3	.96	-3.2	0.1	-23.1	-2.1	0.96	-32.9	0	1	9

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
1995	25	OAK	AL	14	9	2	6	1	0	1	2	7	.222	0	1	1	0	3	33%	43.8	74	6	9	2	1	2	3.9	2.2	5.7	100	1	3	3	2	124
1996	26	OAK	AL	21	21	6	7	8	3	4	9	12	.429	3	5	2	0	12	57%	49.0	76	14	9	4	1	8	4.7	4.0	6.0	94	3	6	7	2	127
1997	27	OAK	AL	22	22	6	8	8	1	1	10	12	.455	1	4	0	0	9	41%	42.9	65	18	25	6	1	9	5.2	5.1	5.7	101	2	5	13	1	123
1998	28	OAK	AL	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0%	25.0	29	21	5	0	0	1	4.5	3.4	4.2	81	1	1	0	0	82

2000	30	OAK	AL	8	6	1	2	3	1	0	2	4	.333	1	1	0	0	1	17%	41.2	62	22	3	1	0	5	6.3	5.1	4.8	82	2	4	0	0	97
5 Yrs				67	60	15	24	21	5	6	23	37	.383	5	12	3	0	25	42%	44	76	6	51	13	3	25	4.9	4.2	5.6	96	9	19	23	5	127
MLB Averages													.500						47%	48	105	-21					5.0	4.9	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	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	OAK	AL	14	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1.000	0	1	4	0	0	5	0	5	2	0	2	0	4.2	19

2000	30	OAK	AL	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	.958	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	4.5	34
2001	31	TBD	AL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	.089	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	1	1	1	0	3.7	22
3 Yrs				25	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%		.945	0	1	9	0	0	10	1	9	4	1	4	0	4.1	23

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	OAK	AL	258	47%	1.6%	14.3%	12.4%	4.3%	19%	1.20	1.39	69%	16%	5.4%	10%	62	7	11%
1996	26	OAK	AL	547	40%	1.7%	13.7%	9.9%	7.0%	29%	1.08	1.51	73%	21%	5.7%	18%	119	15	13%
1997	27	OAK	AL	588	48%	2.7%	15.3%	11.9%	8.8%	34%	0.89	1.23	69%	25%	8.6%	13%	138	15	11%
1998	28	OAK	AL	47	45%	4.3%	17.0%	10.6%	12.8%	35%	0.83	1.67	66%	30%	11.8%	6%	13	0	0%

2000	30	OAK	AL	148	46%	2.0%	12.8%	8.8%	6.1%	21%	0.73	1.11	74%	30%	5.5%	13%	35	3	9%
2001	31	TBD	AL	19	58%	0.0%	10.5%	10.5%	5.3%	17%	0.40	0.33	74%	29%	0.0%	0%	6	0	0%
6 Yrs				1607	45%	2.1%	14.4%	11.0%	7.3%	29%	0.97	1.33	71%	23%	6.8%	14%	373	40	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	9.0%	7.9%	33%	0.79	1.09	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
1995	25	OAK	AL	258	995	3.86	554	56%	23%	16%	28%	33%	77%	1%	43%	80%	50%	10%	25	12	17%	45	22	3	16%	2	12	0	0	1
1996	26	OAK	AL	467	1687	3.61	989	59%	24%	13%	27%	35%	76%	0%	45%	82%	55%	5%	23	8	12%	56	23	4	31%	3	13	80	0	3
1997	27	OAK	AL	561	2117	3.77	1232	58%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	1%	43%	80%	54%	8%	43	26	17%	93	48	7	25%	12	14	27	0	0
1998	28	OAK	AL	48	161	3.35	101	63%	24%	16%	28%	33%	76%	7%	48%	79%	67%	2%	1	0	23%	11	8	1	38%	2	0	-1	0	0

2000	30	OAK	AL	148	560	3.78	338	60%	24%	10%	32%	34%	76%	0%	46%	87%	55%	5%	8	6	15%	22	12	2	11%	5	2	0	0	0
2001	31	TBD	AL	20	65	3.25	39	60%	18%	21%	26%	36%	82%	0%	49%	75%	60%	5%	1	0	15%	3	2	0	0%	0	1	-1	0	0
6 Yrs				1502	5585	3.72	3253	58%	24%	14%	28%	34%	76%	1%	44%	81%	54%	7%	101	52	15%	230	115	17	24%	24	42	105	0	4
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
1995	25	OAK	AL	258	57	13	1	4	0	10	3	1	2	2	24	9	3	38%	0	4	1	103	5	1	83%	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	0
1996	26	OAK	AL	547	130	15	2	9	0	16	3	6	6	3	36	16	3	44%	7	6	0	195	11	6	65%	9	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	0
1997	27	OAK	AL	588	155	11	3	16	0	15	8	8	5	11	36	21	5	58%	8	7	1	243	11	5	69%	9	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	14	0
1998	28	OAK	AL	47	17	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	3	0	75%	0	0	0	22	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	30	OAK	AL	148	42	2	1	3	0	3	1	2	0	3	7	4	0	57%	2	0	0	72	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2001	31	TBD	AL	19	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1607	407	43	7	34	0	46	15	19	13	21	108	54	11	50%	17	17	2	647	34	14	71%	28	13	4	1	2	0	2	1	37	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1995	25	2	6	.250	4.97	14	9	1	1	58.0	57	35	32	4	32	1	37	5	1	4	258	87	1.534	8.8	0.6	5.0	5.7	1.16	87
1996	26	8	13	.381	4.41	35	30	1	3	183.2	187	101	90	13	86	3	112	12	3	10	805	110	1.486	9.2	0.6	4.2	5.5	1.30	110
1997	27	14	21	.400	4.67	57	52	1	3	308.2	342	185	160	29	156	6	202	17	4	17	1393	101	1.613	10.0	0.8	4.5	5.9	1.29	101
1998	28	14	22	.389	4.85	59	54	1	3	317.0	359	196	171	31	161	7	210	18	4	17	1440	97	1.640	10.2	0.9	4.6	6.0	1.30	97
1999	29	14	22	.389	4.85	59	54	1	3	317.0	359	196	171	31	161	7	210	18	4	17	1440	97	1.640	10.2	0.9	4.6	6.0	1.30	97
2000	30	15	24	.385	4.88	67	60	3	3	348.2	401	217	189	34	174	7	229	19	4	17	1588	96	1.649	10.4	0.9	4.5	5.9	1.32	96
2001	31	15	24	.385	4.85	70	60	5	3	352.1	407	218	190	34	176	7	231	20	4	17	1607	97	1.655	10.4	0.9	4.5	5.9	1.31	97

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	2	4	.333	5.46	61.0	65	41	37	5	36	39	6	1.656	9.6	5.3	5.8	1.08	0.7	14
1996	26	7	6	.538	3.63	124.0	120	56	50	8	50	74	6	1.371	8.7	3.6	5.4	1.48	0.6	21
1997	27	5	8	.385	5.18	120.0	154	77	69	16	70	86	5	1.867	11.6	5.3	6.5	1.23	1.2	22
1998	28	0	0		12.38	8.0	17	12	11	2	5	8	1	2.750	19.1	5.6	9.0	1.60	2.3	2

2000	30	1	2	.333	4.94	31.0	41	19	17	3	13	19	1	1.742	11.9	3.8	5.5	1.46	0.9	8
2001	31	0	0		3.00	3.0	6	1	1	0	2	2	1	2.667	18.0	6.0	6.0	1.00	0.0	3
6 Yrs		15	20	.429	4.80	347.0	403	206	185	34	176	228	20	1.669	10.5		5.9	1.30	0.9	70

* 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.

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Davey Dunkle (977) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Davey Dunkle (969) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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