Ricardo Rincon

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Ricardo Rincón \rin-CONE\

Ricardo (Espinoza) Rincon

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 13, 1970 in Cuitlahuac, Veracruz, Mexico
High School: Veracruz (Veracruz, MX) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1997 (Age 26)
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Indians/Pirates/Mets/Cardinals 1997-2008
Agents: Dave Stewart [*]
Final Game: September 25, 2008 (Age 38)
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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
1990		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1991		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1992		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1993		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1995		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1997	27	PIT	NL	4	8	.333	3.45	62	0	23	0	0	4	60.0	51	26	23	5	24	6	71	2	3	2	254	126	1.250	7.7	0.8	3.6	10.7	2.96
1998	28	PIT-min	AA,AAA	0	0		4.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	19		1.750	11.2	2.2	4.5	4.5	1.00	CAR,NVL · SOUL,PCL
1998	28	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	2.91	60	0	27	0	0	14	65.0	50	31	21	6	29	2	64	0	0	2	272	151	1.215	6.9	0.8	4.0	8.9	2.21
1999	29	CLE-min	AA	0	0		5.40	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8		1.200	10.8	5.4	0.0	10.8		AKR · EL
1999	29	CLE	AL	2	3	.400	4.43	59	0	14	0	0	0	44.2	41	22	22	6	24	5	30	1	1	2	193	113	1.455	8.3	1.2	4.8	6.0	1.25
2000	30	CLE-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	9		0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0		BFL · IL
2000	30	CLE	AL	2	0	1.000	2.70	35	0	4	0	0	0	20.0	17	7	6	1	13	1	20	1	0	1	90	185	1.500	7.7	0.5	5.9	9.0	1.54
2001	31	CLE	AL	2	1	.667	2.83	67	0	19	0	0	2	54.0	44	18	17	3	21	5	50	0	0	1	223	159	1.204	7.3	0.5	3.5	8.3	2.38
2002	32	TOT	AL	1	4	.200	4.18	71	0	9	0	0	1	56.0	47	28	26	4	11	1	49	1	0	0	222	106	1.036	7.6	0.6	1.8	7.9	4.45
2002	32	CLE	AL	1	4	.200	4.79	46	0	6	0	0	0	35.2	36	21	19	3	8	1	30	1	0	0	150	92	1.234	9.1	0.8	2.0	7.6	3.75
2002	32	OAK	AL	0	0		3.10	25	0	3	0	0	1	20.1	11	7	7	1	3	0	19	0	0	0	72	142	0.689	4.9	0.4	1.3	8.4	6.33
2003	33	OAK	AL	8	4	.667	3.25	64	0	16	0	0	0	55.1	45	21	20	4	32	4	40	3	0	0	241	137	1.392	7.3	0.7	5.2	6.5	1.25
2004	34	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	3.68	67	0	10	0	0	0	44.0	45	22	18	3	22	4	40	1	0	4	201	124	1.523	9.2	0.6	4.5	8.2	1.82
2005	35	OAK	AL	1	1	.500	4.34	67	0	4	0	0	0	37.1	34	19	18	7	20	4	27	1	0	1	162	101	1.446	8.2	1.7	4.8	6.5	1.35
2006	36	STL	NL	0	0		10.80	5	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	6	4	4	1	4	0	6	1	0	0	21	45	3.000	16.2	2.7	10.8	16.2	1.50

2007	37	SFG-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	1.69	7	0	3	0	0	1	5.1	7	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	22		1.500	11.8	0.0	1.7	5.1	3.00	FRE · PCL
2008	38	NYM-min	AAA	0	2	.000	3.72	43	0	6	0	0	2	36.1	48	19	15	2	6	0	24	1	0	1	158		1.486	11.9	0.5	1.5	5.9	4.00	MCD,NOR · MEX,PCL
2008	38	NYM	NL	0	0		4.50	8	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	16	102	1.250	9.0	2.3	2.3	6.8	3.00
2009	39	MCD	AAA	1	1	.500	5.12	44	0	8	0	0	2	31.2	36	22	18	8	14	1	24	1	0	0	147		1.579	10.2	2.3	4.0	6.8	1.71	MCD · MEX
2010	40	MTN	AAA	8	8	.500	5.74	31	12	3	0	0	0	78.1	81	52	50	8	43	1	48	6	1	6	360		1.583	9.3	0.9	4.9	5.5	1.12	MTN · MEX
2011	41	MTN,MTY	AAA	1	3	.250	5.24	26	0	7	0	0	2	22.1	29	15	13	2	11	1	14	0	0	1	104		1.791	11.7	0.8	4.4	5.6	1.27	MTN,MTY · MEX
2012	42	ASC	AAA	2	2	.500	6.14	52	0	5	0	0	0	29.1	37	23	20	5	8	3	25	1	0	2	135		1.534	11.4	1.5	2.5	7.7	3.13	ASC · MEX
11 Yrs				21	24	.467	3.59	565	0	128	0	0	21	443.2	384	200	177	41	201	32	400	11	4	14	1895	126	1.319	7.8	0.8	4.1	8.1	1.99
162 Game Avg.				3	3	.467	3.59	68	0	15	0	0	3	53	46	24	21	5	24	4	48	1	0	2	228	126	1.319	7.8	0.8	4.1	8.1	1.99

OAK (4 yrs)				10	6	.625	3.61	223	0	33	0	0	1	157.0	135	69	63	15	77	12	126	5	0	5	676	124	1.350	7.7	0.9	4.4	7.2	1.64
CLE (4 yrs)				7	8	.467	3.73	207	0	43	0	0	2	154.1	138	68	64	13	66	12	130	3	1	4	656	126	1.322	8.0	0.8	3.8	7.6	1.97
PIT (2 yrs)				4	10	.286	3.17	122	0	50	0	0	18	125.0	101	57	44	11	53	8	135	2	3	4	526	138	1.232	7.3	0.8	3.8	9.7	2.55
NYM (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	8	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	16	102	1.250	9.0	2.3	2.3	6.8	3.00
STL (1 yr)				0	0		10.80	5	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	6	4	4	1	4	0	6	1	0	0	21	45	3.000	16.2	2.7	10.8	16.2	1.50

AL (7 yrs)				17	14	.548	3.67	430	0	76	0	0	3	311.1	273	137	127	28	143	24	256	8	1	9	1332	125	1.336	7.9	0.8	4.1	7.4	1.79
NL (4 yrs)				4	10	.286	3.40	135	0	52	0	0	18	132.1	111	63	50	13	58	8	144	3	3	5	563	129	1.277	7.5	0.9	3.9	9.8	2.48

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1997	27	PIT	NL	60.0	62	0	26	3.90	4.63	-0.45	-0.35	104.5	4.95	7	0.7	1.4	0.0	1.3	12	.511	.504	$150,000
1998	28	PIT	NL	65.0	60	0	31	4.29	4.74	-0.08	-0.36	102.5	4.56	2	0.2	1.5	-0.1	0.7	8	.503	.501	$245,000
1999	29	CLE	AL	44.2	59	0	22	4.43	5.29	0.20	-0.39	104.5	4.91	2	0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.6	8	.504	.501	$450,000
2000	30	CLE	AL	20.0	35	0	7	3.15	5.52	-0.08	-0.40	100.5	5.23	4	0.4	1.2	-0.0	0.6	7	.512	.503	$1,000,000
2001	31	CLE	AL	54.0	67	0	18	3.00	4.89	-0.28	-0.37	100.5	4.83	10	1.0	1.2	-0.0	1.6	17	.516	.506	$1,500,000
2002	32	CLE	AL	35.2	46	0	21	5.30	4.93	-0.30	-0.37	99.5	4.84	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.1	2	.496	.499	$1,500,000
2002	32	OAK	AL	20.1	25	0	7	3.10	4.89	-0.03	-0.37	95.5	4.34	3	0.3	1.7	0.0	0.5	5	.511	.502
2003	33	OAK	AL	55.1	64	0	21	3.42	4.98	0.02	-0.37	98.7	4.52	7	0.7	1.4	-0.0	1.3	13	.511	.504	$1,700,000
2004	34	OAK	AL	44.0	67	0	22	4.50	5.30	-0.11	-0.39	99.3	4.98	2	0.2	1.7	-0.0	0.6	7	.502	.501	$1,750,000
2005	35	OAK	AL	37.1	67	0	19	4.58	5.28	0.24	-0.40	100.4	4.66	0	0.0	1.3	-0.1	0.3	4	.500	.500	$1,900,000
2006	36	STL	NL	3.1	5	0	4	10.80	4.51	0.30	-0.33	99.2	3.86	-3	-0.2	1.6	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.452	.499	$1,200,000

2008	38	NYM	NL	4.0	8	0	2	4.50	4.56	0.10	-0.33	97.8	4.04	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.498	.500
11 Seasons				443.2	565	0	200	4.06	4.98	-0.10	-0.37	101.0	4.76	33	3.2	1.4	-0.5	7.3	82	.506	.502	$11,395,000

OAK (4 yrs)				157.0	223	0	69	3.96	5.13	0.03	-0.38	98.8	4.66	11	1.1	1.5	-0.1	2.7	30	.505	.502	$5,350,000
CLE (4 yrs)				154.1	207	0	68	3.97	5.10	-0.12	-0.38	101.4	4.91	15	1.5	1.2	-0.2	2.9	34	.507	.502	$4,450,000
PIT (2 yrs)				125.0	122	0	57	4.10	4.69	-0.26	-0.36	103.5	4.75	9	0.9	1.4	-0.1	1.9	20	.507	.503	$395,000
NYM (1 yr)				4.0	8	0	2	4.50	4.56	0.10	-0.33	97.8	4.04	-0	-0.0	1.4	-0.0	0.0	0	.498	.500
STL (1 yr)				3.1	5	0	4	10.80	4.51	0.30	-0.33	99.2	3.86	-3	-0.2	1.6	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.452	.499	$1,200,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	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
1999	29	CLE	AL	ALDS	L	BOS	0	0	40.50	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	4.500	27.0	13.5	13.5	13.5	1.00

2001	31	CLE	AL	ALDS	L	SEA	0	0	9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
2002	32	OAK	AL	ALDS	L	MIN	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
2003	33	OAK	AL	ALDS	L	BOS	0	0	4.50	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	16	1.250	9.0	4.5	2.3	6.8	3.00
4 Yrs (4 Series)							0	0	6.52	10	0	1	0	0	0	9.2	10	7	7	3	2	0	9	0	0	1	40	1.241	9.3	2.8	1.9	8.4	4.50
4 ALDS							0	0	6.52	10	0	1	0	0	0	9.2	10	7	7	3	2	0	9	0	0	1	40	1.241	9.3	2.8	1.9	8.4	4.50

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1990	20	UNL	AAA																										UNL · MEX
1990		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1991	21	UNL	AAA																										UNL · MEX
1991		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1992	22	UNL	AAA																										UNL · MEX
1992		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1993	23	UNL	AAA																										UNL · MEX
1993		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1994	24	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1995	25	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1995		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1996	26	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1997	27	PIT	NL	62	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1998	28	PIT-min	AA,AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CAR,NVL · SOUL,PCL
1998	28	PIT	NL	60	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1999	29	CLE-min	AA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		AKR · EL
1999	29	CLE	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	30	CLE-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		BFL · IL
2000	30	CLE	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	31	CLE	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	32	TOT	AL	71	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	32	CLE	AL	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	32	OAK	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2003	33	OAK	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2004	34	OAK	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2005	35	OAK	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2006	36	STL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2007	37	SFG-min	AAA	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		FRE · PCL
2008	38	NYM-min	AAA	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NOR,MCD · PCL,MEX
2008	38	NYM	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
2009	39	MCD	AAA	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MCD · MEX
2010	40	MTN	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MTN · MEX
2011	41	MTY,MTN	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		MTY,MTN · MEX
2012	42	ASC	AAA	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ASC · MEX
11 Yrs				565	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

OAK (4 yrs)				223	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (4 yrs)				207	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
PIT (2 yrs)				122	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (7 yrs)				430	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (4 yrs)				135	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1997	27	PIT	NL	62	2	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$150,000	1
1998	28	PIT	NL	60	2	-1	0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	-0.0	-0	$245,000	1
1999	29	CLE	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$450,000	1
2000	30	CLE	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,000,000	1
2001	31	CLE	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,500,000	1
2002	32	CLE	AL	46	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,500,000	1
2002	32	OAK	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		1
2003	33	OAK	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,700,000	1
2004	34	OAK	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,750,000	1
2005	35	OAK	AL	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$1,900,000	1
2006	36	STL	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,200,000	/1

2008	38	NYM	NL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
11 Seasons				565	5	-1	0	-0	0	3	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.2	0.3	2	$11,395,000

OAK (4 yrs)				223	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.2	1	$5,350,000
CLE (4 yrs)				207	1	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$4,450,000
PIT (2 yrs)				122	4	-1	0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.500	.500	-0.0	-0.0	-0	$395,000
NYM (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0
STL (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,200,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1999	29	CLE	AL	ALDS	BOS	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2001	31	CLE	AL	ALDS	SEA	L	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	32	OAK	AL	ALDS	MIN	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	33	OAK	AL	ALDS	BOS	L	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs (4 Series)							10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 ALDS							10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1997	PIT	NL	27	P	62	60.0	9	3	6	0	0	1.000			1.35	0.15	.953	1.85	1.84	3	4	57%	32%	1
1998	PIT	NL	28	P	60	65.0	14	3	9	2	2	.857			1.66	0.20	.961	1.86	1.84	2	1	33%	32%	0
1999	CLE	AL	29	P	59	44.2	11	1	10	0	1	1.000			2.22	0.19	.952	1.69	1.66	2	0	0%	33%	0
2000	CLE	AL	30	P	35	20.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000			2.25	0.14	.956	1.62	1.60	0	0			0
2001	CLE	AL	31	P	67	54.0	11	5	5	1	0	.909			1.67	0.15	.955	1.75	1.74	1	1	50%	30%	0
2002	TOT	AL	32	P	71	56.0	8	1	7	0	1	1.000			1.29	0.11	.956	1.69	1.67	3	3	50%	32%	2
2002	CLE	AL	32	P	46	35.2	5	0	5	0	1	1.000			1.26	0.11	.956	1.69	1.67	2	2	50%	32%	2
2002	OAK	AL	32	P	25	20.1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000			1.33	0.12	.957	1.68	1.67	1	1	50%	32%	0
2003	OAK	AL	33	P	64	55.1	11	2	9	0	0	1.000	2	7	1.79	0.17	.957	1.72	1.71	4	3	43%	30%	0
2004	OAK	AL	34	P	67	44.0	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	-1	-5	0.61	0.04	.947	1.66	1.65	2	0	0%	32%	0
2005	OAK	AL	35	P	67	37.1	8	3	3	2	0	.750	-2	-11	1.45	0.09	.954	1.69	1.68	0	0			0
2006	STL	NL	36	P	5	3.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.70	0.20	.960	1.62	1.72	0	0			0
2008	NYM	NL	38	P	8	4.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.72	0	1	100%	27%	0
	11 Seasons			P	565	443.2	81	21	55	5	4	.938	-1	-1	1.54	0.13	.955	1.74	1.71	17	13	43%	31%	3
	11 Seasons			TOT	565	443.2	81	21	55	5	4	.938	-1	-8	1.54	0.13	.955	1.74	1.71	17	13	43%	31%	3

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 2002 AL 71 (7th) Career 565 (240th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y Career 70.69 (224th)

Games Played s c a p y
2002 AL 71 (7th)
Career 565 (240th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
Career 70.69 (224th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 1 (2652), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1725), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
JAWS	Relief Pitcher (390th), 7.5 career WAR/6.8 7yr-peak WAR/7.1 JAWS Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 40.6 career WAR/27.9 7yr-peak WAR/34.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Joe Thatcher (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Kevin Hickey (980) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Joe Thatcher (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pedro Feliciano (979) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
George Sherrill (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Pedro Feliciano (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Ray King (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Damaso Marte (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rich Rodriguez (959) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Rich Rodriguez (956) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

March 30, 1997: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Mexico City Reds (Mexican).
November 18, 1998: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Brian Giles.
July 30, 2002: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Oakland Athletics for Marshall McDougall.
October 28, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
December 17, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
December 19, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
March 30, 2007: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
April 11, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
February 14, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1997	27	Pittsburgh Pirates	$150,000	1997 AP survey
1998	28	Pittsburgh Pirates	$245,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
1999	29	Cleveland Indians	$450,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2000	30	Cleveland Indians	$1,000,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2001	31	Cleveland Indians	$1,500,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2002	32	Cleveland Indians	$1,500,000	4/3/02 AP
2003	33	Oakland Athletics	$1,700,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	34	Oakland Athletics	$1,750,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	35	Oakland Athletics	$1,900,000
2006	36	St. Louis Cardinals	$1,200,000
		Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)			$11,395,000

Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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