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Frank Riccelli

Frank Joseph Riccelli

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: February 24, 1953 in Syracuse, NY
High School: Christian Brothers Academy HS (Syracuse, NY)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1976
Teams (by GP): Astros/Giants 1976-1979

Final Game: June 17, 1979
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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
1971	18	SFG-min	Rk	7	3	.700	2.56	14	14					88.0	64	39	25	3	61								1.420	6.5	0.3	6.2			GRF · PION
1972	19	SFG-min	AA	9	9	.500	3.18	25	25		6	2	0	164.0	142	74	58	9	76	0	183	2	1	13			1.329	7.8	0.5	4.2	10.0	2.41	AMA · TL
1973	20	SFG-min	AAA	10	11	.476	4.25	27	25		8	2	0	163.0	171	98	77	7	83	1	124	1	1	13			1.558	9.4	0.4	4.6	6.8	1.49	PHX · PCL
1974	21	SFG-min	AAA	3	7	.300	6.16	19	13		0	0	0	73.0	95	65	50	8	49	2	28	1	0	8			1.973	11.7	1.0	6.0	3.5	0.57	PHX · PCL
1975	22	SFG-min	AA	14	6	.700	3.26	26	26		10	0	0	185.0	176	87	67	13	87	0	120	2	0	3			1.422	8.6	0.6	4.2	5.8	1.38	LFY · TL
1976	23	SFG-min	AAA	9	11	.450	4.93	30	30		3	0	0	166.0	181	110	91	9	114	1	95	1	1	10			1.777	9.8	0.5	6.2	5.2	0.83	PHX · PCL
1976	23	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	5.63	4	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	16	10	10	1	5	0	11	0	0	0	68	66	1.313	9.0	0.6	2.8	6.2	2.20

1977	24	SFG-min	AAA	8	9	.471	6.35	27	26		4	0	0	163.0	176	124	115	8	138	3	135	2	0	16			1.926	9.7	0.4	7.6	7.5	0.98	PHX · PCL
1978	25	HOU-STL-min	AAA	12	10	.545	2.86	27	25		12	2	0	173.0	149	78	55	8	89	2	144	2	1	14			1.376	7.8	0.4	4.6	7.5	1.62	CHL,SPR · IL,AA
1978	25	HOU	NL	0	0		0.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10		0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
1979	26	HOU	NL	2	2	.500	4.09	11	2	3	0	0	0	22.0	22	11	10	0	18	0	20	0	0	2	103	88	1.818	9.0	0.0	7.4	8.2	1.11
1981	28	PIT-min	AA,A	0	0		13.50	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	5	6	6	0	12	0	5	0	0	3			4.250	11.2	0.0	27.0	11.2	0.42	BFL,AXN · EL,CARL
1982	29	TOR-min	AAA	0	2	.000	6.08	3	3	0	0	0	0	13.1	16	10	9	2	15	0	7	0	0	0			2.325	10.8	1.4	10.1	4.7	0.47	SYR · IL
3 Yrs				3	3	.500	4.39	17	5	5	0	0	0	41.0	39	21	20	1	23	0	32	0	0	2	181	83	1.512	8.6	0.2	5.0	7.0	1.39
162 Game Avg.				9	9	.500	4.39	53	15	15	0	0	0	127	121	65	62	3	71	0	99	0	0	6	559	83	1.512	8.6	0.2	5.0	7.0	1.39

HOU (2 yrs)				2	2	.500	3.60	13	2	5	0	0	0	25.0	23	11	10	0	18	0	21	0	0	2	113	100	1.640	8.3	0.0	6.5	7.6	1.17
SFG (1 yr)				1	1	.500	5.63	4	3	0	0	0	0	16.0	16	10	10	1	5	0	11	0	0	0	68	66	1.313	9.0	0.6	2.8	6.2	2.20

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
1976	23	SFG	NL	16.0	4	3	10	5.63	4.39	-0.36	0.11	96.9	4.70	-2	-0.2	.2	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.452	.499	$

1978	25	HOU	NL	3.0	2	0	0	0.00	4.04	-0.27	-0.33	86.4	3.44	1	0.1	.3	-0.1	0.1	1	.566	.501	$
1979	26	HOU	NL	22.0	11	2	11	4.50	4.46	0.20	-0.08	98.6	4.12	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.0	0.0	1	.489	.499	$
3 Seasons				41.0	17	5	21	4.61	4.40	-0.05	-0.03	97.1	4.30	-2	-0.2	.9	-0.1	0.0	2	.489	.500	$

HOU (2 yrs)				25.0	13	2	11	3.96	4.41	0.14	-0.11	97.1	4.04	0	0.0	.9	-0.1	0.1	3	.501	.500	$
SFG (1 yr)				16.0	4	3	10	5.63	4.39	-0.36	0.11	96.9	4.70	-2	-0.2	.2	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.452	.499	$

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
1976	23	SFG	NL	4	68	62	10	16	3	0	1	1	0	5	11	.258	.309	.355	.664	.294	22	1	0	0	1	0	1

1978	25	HOU	NL	2	10	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.100	.100	.100	.200	.111	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	26	HOU	NL	11	103	84	11	22	2	0	0	4	5	18	20	.262	.392	.286	.678	.344	24	0	0	1	0	0	2
3 Yrs				17	181	156	21	39	5	0	1	5	5	23	32	.250	.344	.301	.646	.306	47	1	0	1	1	0	3
162 Game Avg.				53	559	482	65	121	15	0	3	15	15	71	99	.250	.344	.301	.646	.306	145	3	0	3	3	0	9
MLB Averages																.261	.326	.385	.711	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1976	23	SFG	NL	-2.7	-0.3	69	-0.2	1.2	-1.4	1.02	0.1	-0.3	-1.9	-0.2	1.02	0.4	0	0	1

1978	25	HOU	NL	1.4	0.2	10	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.17	0.2	0.0	1.2	0.1	0.17	1.8	0	0	2
1979	26	HOU	NL	-1.2	-0.1	113	-0.1	1.5	-1.6	.93	-0.1	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	0.93	-1.9	3	1	4
3 Yrs				-2.5	-0.2	192	-0.2	2.7	-3.0	.92	0.1	-0.4	-3.9	-0.4	0.92	0.3	3	1	7

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
1976	23	SFG	NL	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	.333	1	0	0	0	1	33%	46.3	71	25	3	3	1	2	4.0	4.8	5.0

1979	26	HOU	NL	11	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	0	0	0	0	1	50%	52.5	65	40	11	1	1	0	5.5	7.5	6.0
2 Yrs				15	5	2	2	1	0	0	2	3	.400	1	0	0	0	2	40%	49	71	25	14	4	2	2	4.6	6.0	5.4
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	104	-13					4.3	4.2	6.4

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
1976	23	SFG	NL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1.017	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0

1978	25	HOU	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	.166	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	4.5
1979	26	HOU	NL	11	9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0%	8	.927	3	1	4	0	3	6	2	7	3	3	4	0	3.3
3 Yrs				17	12	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0%		.919	3	1	7	0	3	9	2	10	4	3	5	0	3.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1976	23	SFG	NL	68	10%	1.5%	16.2%	7.4%	5.9%	25%	1.64	75%	12	1	8%

1978	25	HOU	NL	10	20%	0.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	90%	0	0
1979	26	HOU	NL	103	33%	0.0%	19.4%	17.5%	1.9%	9%	0.78	62%	25	0	0%
3 Yrs				181	24%	0.6%	17.7%	12.7%	3.3%	15%	1.10	69%	37	1	3%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	12.8%	8.5%	6.5%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

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
1976	23	SFG	NL	68	16			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	2	1	50%	1	0	0	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

1978	25	HOU	NL	10	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1979	26	HOU	NL	103	22			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	3	2	50%	2	2	0	46	4	5	44%	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
3 Yrs				181	39			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	10	5	3	50%	3	2	0	71	5	5	50%	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1976	23	1	1	.500	5.63	4	3	0	16.0	16	10	10	1	5	11	0	68	66	1.313	9.0	0.6	2.8	6.2	2.20	66
1977	24	1	1	.500	5.63	4	3	0	16.0	16	10	10	1	5	11	0	68	66	1.313	9.0	0.6	2.8	6.2	2.20	66
1978	25	1	1	.500	4.74	6	3	2	19.0	17	10	10	1	5	12	0	78	79	1.158	8.1	0.5	2.4	5.7	2.40	79
1979	26	3	3	.500	4.39	17	5	5	41.0	39	21	20	1	23	32	2	181	83	1.512	8.6	0.2	5.0	7.0	1.39	83

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
1976	23	0	1	.000	6.60	15.0	17	12	11	1	5	11	0	1.467	10.2	3.0	6.6	2.20	0.6	4

1978	25	0	0		0.00	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	3.0		0.0	2
1979	26	1	1	.500	4.95	20.0	23	12	11	0	19	18	0	2.100	10.4	8.6	8.1	0.95	0.0	11
3 Yrs		1	2	.333	5.21	38.0	40	24	22	1	24	30	0	1.684	9.5		7.1	1.25	0.2	17

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