You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Encyclopedia of Players > R Listing > Ricardo Rincon Statistics and History

Ricardo Rincon
Ricardo (Espinoza) Rincon
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 13, 1970 in Cuitlahuac, 30, Mexico
High School: Veracruz (Mexico, MX) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1997
Final Game: September 25, 2008
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) · Hide Partial Seasons
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 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 NL 0 2 .000 2.91 60 0 27 0 0 14 65.0 50 31 21 6 29 2 64 0 0 2 272 150 1.215 6.9 0.8 4.0 8.9 2.21
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 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 90 182 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 1 223 158 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 0 222 104 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 91 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 72 140 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 0 241 136 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 4 201 123 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 41 3.000 16.2 2.7 10.8 16.2 1.50
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 94 1.250 9.0 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
11 Seasons 21 24 .467 3.59 565 0 128 0 0 21 443.2 384 200 177 41 201 32 400 11 4 14 1895 125 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 2 228 125 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 5 676 123 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 4 656 125 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 4 526 137 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 94 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 41 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 124 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 5 563 128 1.277 7.5 0.9 3.9 9.8 2.48

Postseason Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Postseason Gamelog
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
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 Seasons (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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1997 27 PIT NL 59 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 NL 58 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 AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 31 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 32 CLE AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 33 OAK AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 34 OAK AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 35 OAK AL 3 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
2008 38 NYM NL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 150 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 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0
OAK (4 yrs) 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (4 yrs) 10 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) 117 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) 20 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) 130 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Hide Partial Seasons
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 PIT NL 27 P 62 0 60.0 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.15 .956 1.85 0.52
1998 PIT NL 28 P 60 0 65.0 14 3 9 2 2 .857 1.66 0.20 .964 1.86 0.54
1999 CLE AL 29 P 59 0 44.2 11 1 10 0 1 1.000 2.22 0.19 .945 1.69 0.47
2000 CLE AL 30 P 35 0 20.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.25 0.14 .960 1.62 0.46
2001 CLE AL 31 P 67 0 54.0 11 5 5 1 0 .909 1.67 0.15 .955 1.75 0.49
2002 TOT AL 32 P 71 0 56.0 8 1 7 0 1 1.000 1.29 0.11 .962 1.69 0.48
2002 CLE AL 32 P 46 0 35.2 5 0 5 0 1 1.000 1.26 0.11 .960 1.69 0.48
2002 OAK AL 32 P 25 0 20.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.33 0.12 .967 1.68 0.48
2003 OAK AL 33 P 64 0 55.1 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.79 0.17 .955 1.72 0.49
2004 OAK AL 34 P 67 0 44.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 0.61 0.04 .933 1.66 0.45
2005 OAK AL 35 P 67 0 37.1 8 3 3 2 0 .750 1.45 0.09 .962 1.69 0.46
2006 STL NL 36 P 5 0 3.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.70 0.20 1.000 1.62 0.44
2008 NYM NL 38 P 8 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.42
11 Seasons P 565 0 443.2 81 21 55 5 4 .938 1.54 0.13 .957 1.74 0.48
11 Seasons TOT 565 0 443.2 81 21 55 5 4 .938 1.54 0.13 .895 1.74 0.48

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2002 AL  71 (7th)
Active  565 (35th)
Career  565 (221st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Ray King (975)
  2. Damaso Marte (974)
  3. Tony Fossas (966)
  4. Scott Sauerbeck (960)
  5. Rob Murphy (954)
  6. Matt Thornton (954)
  7. David Riske (954)
  8. Ed Vande Berg (951)
  9. Jamie Walker (948)
  10. Bob Lacey (948)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Rich Rodriguez (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Kevin Hickey (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Brian Tallet (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Pedro Feliciano (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. George Sherrill (967)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Ray King (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ray King (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Rich Rodriguez (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Rich Rodriguez (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. 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.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2009.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1997Pittsburgh Pirates$150,000
1998Pittsburgh Pirates$245,000
1999Cleveland Indians$450,000
2000Cleveland Indians$1,000,000
2001Cleveland Indians$1,500,000
2002Cleveland Indians$1,500,000
2003Oakland Athletics$1,700,000
2004Oakland Athletics$1,750,000
2005Oakland Athletics$1,900,000
2006St. Louis Cardinals$1,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$11,395,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Ricardo Rincon    

Viewed 36,681 times through December 22, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Ricardo (Espinoza) Ricardo Rincon

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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.