Todd Ritchie
Todd Everett Ritchie
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 7, 1971 in Portsmouth, VA
High School: Duncanville (Duncanville, TX)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (12th pick) of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 3, 1997
Final Game: September 30, 2004
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Standard Pitching

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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
1997 25 MIN AL 2 3 .400 4.58 42 0 19 0 0 0 74.2 87 41 38 11 28 0 44 2 0 11 331 101 1.540 10.5 1.3 3.4 5.3 1.57
1998 26 MIN AL 0 0 5.62 15 0 7 0 0 0 24.0 30 17 15 1 9 0 21 0 0 3 113 84 1.625 11.3 0.4 3.4 7.9 2.33
1999 27 PIT NL 15 9 .625 3.49 28 26 0 2 0 0 172.2 169 79 67 17 54 3 107 4 0 7 716 132 1.292 8.8 0.9 2.8 5.6 1.98
2000 28 PIT NL 9 8 .529 4.81 31 31 0 1 1 0 187.0 208 111 100 26 51 1 124 3 1 5 804 96 1.385 10.0 1.3 2.5 6.0 2.43
2001 29 PIT NL 11 15 .423 4.47 33 33 0 4 2 0 207.1 211 118 103 23 52 7 124 7 0 7 887 102 1.268 9.2 1.0 2.3 5.4 2.38
2002 30 CHW AL 5 15 .250 6.06 26 23 1 0 0 0 133.2 176 104 90 18 52 2 77 5 0 10 623 74 1.706 11.9 1.2 3.5 5.2 1.48
2003 31 MIL NL 1 2 .333 5.08 5 5 0 0 0 0 28.1 36 17 16 4 10 0 15 4 0 3 131 84 1.624 11.4 1.3 3.2 4.8 1.50
2004 32 TBD AL 0 2 .000 9.00 4 2 2 0 0 0 8.0 12 9 8 4 6 0 4 1 0 0 42 50 2.250 13.5 4.5 6.8 4.5 0.67
8 Seasons 43 54 .443 4.71 184 120 29 7 3 0 835.2 929 496 437 104 262 13 516 26 1 46 3647 97 1.425 10.0 1.1 2.8 5.6 1.97
162 Game Avg. 10 12 .443 4.71 41 27 6 2 1 0 187 208 111 98 23 59 3 115 6 0 10 816 97 1.425 10.0 1.1 2.8 5.6 1.97
PIT (3 yrs) 35 32 .522 4.29 92 90 0 7 3 0 567.0 588 308 270 66 157 11 355 14 1 19 2407 108 1.314 9.3 1.0 2.5 5.6 2.26
MIN (2 yrs) 2 3 .400 4.83 57 0 26 0 0 0 98.2 117 58 53 12 37 0 65 2 0 14 444 96 1.561 10.7 1.1 3.4 5.9 1.76
TBD (1 yr) 0 2 .000 9.00 4 2 2 0 0 0 8.0 12 9 8 4 6 0 4 1 0 0 42 50 2.250 13.5 4.5 6.8 4.5 0.67
MIL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 5.08 5 5 0 0 0 0 28.1 36 17 16 4 10 0 15 4 0 3 131 84 1.624 11.4 1.3 3.2 4.8 1.50
CHW (1 yr) 5 15 .250 6.06 26 23 1 0 0 0 133.2 176 104 90 18 52 2 77 5 0 10 623 74 1.706 11.9 1.2 3.5 5.2 1.48
NL (4 yrs) 36 34 .514 4.32 97 95 0 7 3 0 595.1 624 325 286 70 167 11 370 18 1 22 2538 106 1.329 9.4 1.1 2.5 5.6 2.22
AL (4 yrs) 7 20 .259 5.65 87 25 29 0 0 0 240.1 305 171 151 34 95 2 146 8 0 24 1109 81 1.664 11.4 1.3 3.6 5.5 1.54

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1997 25 MIN AL 42 331 300 41 87 12 2 11 4 3 28 44 .290 .353 .453 .807 .309 136 4 2 0 1 0
1998 26 MIN AL 15 113 104 17 30 7 2 1 0 0 9 21 .288 .345 .423 .768 .354 44 1 0 0 0 0
1999 27 PIT NL 28 716 653 79 169 38 3 17 6 3 54 107 .259 .318 .404 .723 .286 264 25 4 3 2 3
2000 28 PIT NL 31 804 737 111 208 45 7 26 7 4 51 124 .282 .329 .468 .797 .307 345 19 3 8 5 1
2001 29 PIT NL 33 887 814 118 211 40 7 23 11 4 52 124 .259 .308 .410 .718 .280 334 17 7 9 5 7
2002 30 CHW AL 26 623 553 104 176 33 5 18 15 2 52 77 .318 .378 .494 .871 .340 273 9 5 6 7 2
2003 31 MIL NL 5 131 113 17 36 4 1 4 4 2 10 15 .319 .388 .478 .865 .333 54 3 4 2 2 0
2004 32 TBD AL 4 42 35 9 12 0 1 4 0 0 6 4 .343 .452 .743 1.195 .296 26 1 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 184 3647 3309 496 929 179 28 104 47 18 262 516 .281 .336 .446 .782 .304 1476 79 26 28 22 13
162 Game Avg. 41 816 740 111 208 40 6 23 11 4 59 115 .281 .336 .446 .782 .304 330 18 6 6 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1999 27 PIT NL 28 26 15 8 3 3 2 17 9 .654 1 1 2 0 16 62% 53 75 20 12 5 1 12 5.9 5.9 6.6 95 2 15 8 1 124
2000 28 PIT NL 31 31 9 8 14 0 3 17 14 .548 3 6 1 1 18 58% 47 84 16 12 4 0 13 5.3 4.7 6.0 91 8 13 10 0 118
2001 29 PIT NL 33 33 11 15 7 2 4 11 22 .333 2 3 4 2 16 48% 49 91 5 24 8 0 15 3.2 3.6 6.3 91 6 16 10 1 121
2002 30 CHW AL 26 23 5 15 3 2 4 7 16 .304 0 2 0 0 9 39% 40 79 16 14 3 0 8 4.7 4.0 5.7 97 3 7 13 0 116
2003 31 MIL NL 5 5 1 2 2 0 0 2 3 .400 0 2 0 0 1 20% 43 66 18 4 3 0 1 3.3 3.3 5.7 90 2 1 2 0 111
2004 32 TBD AL 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 37 23 4 3 1 0 2.5 2.6 3.0 69 1 1 0 0 87
6 Seasons 127 120 41 50 29 7 13 54 66 .450 6 14 7 3 60 50% 47 91 5 70 26 2 49 4.6 4.5 6.1 93 22 53 43 2 124
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1997 25 MIN AL 42 42 19 2 3 2 0 2 0% 5 3 24 7 29% 8 0.404 4 7 30 10 1 31 15 27 26 4 28 3 5.3 29
1998 26 MIN AL 15 15 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 7 0.318 0 2 13 0 1 14 4 11 8 3 8 1 4.8 30
1999 27 PIT NL 28 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 0.938 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.0 12
2002 30 CHW AL 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 0.895 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 2.7 18
2004 32 TBD AL 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.744 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 14
5 Seasons 115 64 29 2 4 2 0 2 0% 6 4 32 10 31% 0.784 6 9 46 11 3 50 20 44 35 9 37 4 4.9 28

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1997 25 MIN AL 331 37% 3.3% 13.3% 8.5% 7.6% 29% 0.58 0.64 74% 19% 7.9% 15% 67 4 6%
1998 26 MIN AL 113 44% 0.9% 18.6% 8.0% 8.9% 33% 0.71 0.63 73% 23% 2.3% 10% 26 1 4%
1999 27 PIT NL 716 43% 2.4% 14.9% 7.5% 8.1% 34% 0.99 1.52 74% 23% 6.8% 8% 121 25 21%
2000 28 PIT NL 804 47% 3.2% 15.4% 6.3% 9.7% 38% 0.91 1.39 74% 25% 9.7% 14% 142 19 13%
2001 29 PIT NL 887 47% 2.6% 14.0% 5.9% 7.9% 33% 0.86 1.25 76% 24% 7.2% 10% 149 17 11%
2002 30 CHW AL 623 54% 2.9% 12.4% 8.4% 9.0% 32% 0.73 0.98 75% 24% 7.9% 14% 108 9 8%
2003 31 MIL NL 131 39% 3.1% 11.5% 7.6% 6.9% 25% 0.72 0.94 73% 23% 7.8% 12% 22 3 14%
2004 32 TBD AL 42 55% 9.5% 9.5% 14.3% 11.9% 42% 0.63 0.82 64% 16% 21.1% 0% 7 1 14%
8 Seasons 3647 46% 2.9% 14.2% 7.2% 8.5% 34% 0.83 1.16 74% 23% 7.9% 12% 642 79 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1997 25 MIN AL 328 1206 3.68 734 61% 23% 12% 30% 35% 77% 0% 47% 84% 55% 5% 16 8 14% 45 22 3 45% 8 8 3 0 1
1998 26 MIN AL 113 438 3.88 275 63% 23% 14% 33% 30% 77% 0% 48% 82% 56% 6% 7 5 15% 17 9 0 29% 5 2 0 0 0
1999 27 PIT NL 716 2488 3.47 1574 63% 26% 14% 25% 35% 74% 1% 47% 81% 59% 5% 33 13 18% 132 66 2 29% 24 17 0 0 1
2000 28 PIT NL 804 2828 3.52 1808 64% 25% 14% 26% 35% 75% 0% 48% 81% 57% 4% 35 26 19% 154 100 14 33% 30 8 0 0 0
2001 29 PIT NL 887 3009 3.39 1932 64% 24% 13% 26% 36% 76% 3% 49% 83% 61% 4% 34 19 20% 179 104 12 30% 27 8 0 0 0
2002 30 CHW AL 623 2291 3.68 1426 62% 29% 11% 26% 34% 71% 0% 44% 85% 57% 4% 22 13 18% 114 58 12 36% 7 7 0 0 0
2003 31 MIL NL 131 452 3.45 277 61% 31% 10% 22% 37% 69% 0% 42% 85% 58% 5% 6 6 16% 21 12 0 47% 1 0 0 0 0
2004 32 TBD AL 42 165 3.93 100 61% 41% 15% 13% 31% 59% 0% 36% 75% 57% 2% 1 0 17% 7 3 1 25% 0 1 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3644 12877 3.53 8126 63% 26% 13% 26% 35% 74% 1% 47% 83% 58% 4% 154 90 18% 669 374 44 33% 102 51 3 0 2
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1997 25 MIN AL 331 87 8 0 11 0 8 3 8 7 4 26 11 6 42% 3 11 2 141 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 15 0
1998 26 MIN AL 113 30 7 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 8 3 2 38% 2 3 2 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1999 27 PIT NL 716 169 10 1 17 0 8 9 8 9 8 27 13 4 48% 7 7 1 241 6 3 67% 4 3 2 0 0 0 7 1 9 0
2000 28 PIT NL 804 208 14 0 26 0 15 13 13 13 13 46 23 10 50% 10 5 2 277 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 14 0
2001 29 PIT NL 887 211 19 2 23 0 18 10 13 9 14 38 18 5 47% 18 7 2 303 11 4 73% 9 4 2 0 0 0 2 0 12 0
2002 30 CHW AL 623 176 12 4 18 1 12 5 13 8 10 32 21 2 66% 7 10 1 245 15 2 88% 13 1 2 1 0 0 3 0 19 0
2003 31 MIL NL 131 36 3 1 4 0 3 2 2 3 1 7 4 1 57% 0 3 0 47 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2004 32 TBD AL 42 12 0 0 4 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3647 929 73 9 104 1 66 46 58 50 54 184 93 30 51% 47 46 10 1322 47 18 72% 40 17 7 1 0 0 19 3 80 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1997 25 2 3 .400 4.58 42 0 19 0 0 0 74.2 87 41 38 11 28 0 44 2 0 11 331 101 1.540 10.5 1.3 3.4 5.3 1.57 101
1998 26 2 3 .400 4.83 57 0 26 0 0 0 98.2 117 58 53 12 37 0 65 2 0 14 444 96 1.561 10.7 1.1 3.4 5.9 1.76 96
1999 27 17 12 .586 3.98 85 26 26 2 0 0 271.1 286 137 120 29 91 3 172 6 0 21 1160 116 1.389 9.5 1.0 3.0 5.7 1.89 116
2000 28 26 20 .565 4.32 116 57 26 3 1 0 458.1 494 248 220 55 142 4 296 9 1 26 1964 107 1.388 9.7 1.1 2.8 5.8 2.08 107
2001 29 37 35 .514 4.37 149 90 26 7 3 0 665.2 705 366 323 78 194 11 420 16 1 33 2851 106 1.351 9.5 1.1 2.6 5.7 2.16 106
2002 30 42 50 .457 4.65 175 113 27 7 3 0 799.1 881 470 413 96 246 13 497 21 1 43 3474 99 1.410 9.9 1.1 2.8 5.6 2.02 99
2003 31 43 52 .453 4.66 180 118 27 7 3 0 827.2 917 487 429 100 256 13 512 25 1 46 3605 98 1.417 10.0 1.1 2.8 5.6 2.00 98
2004 32 43 54 .443 4.71 184 120 29 7 3 0 835.2 929 496 437 104 262 13 516 26 1 46 3647 97 1.425 10.0 1.1 2.8 5.6 1.97 97

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
1997 25 4 4 .500 4.50 72.0 85 40 36 11 27 42 2 1.556 10.6 3.4 5.3 1.56 1.4 42
1998 26 1 1 .500 5.04 25.0 30 16 14 1 9 22 0 1.560 10.8 3.2 7.9 2.44 0.4 15
1999 27 11 7 .611 3.11 168.0 157 64 58 16 50 104 4 1.232 8.4 2.7 5.6 2.08 0.9 28
2000 28 9 11 .450 4.26 186.0 196 98 88 24 48 123 3 1.312 9.5 2.3 6.0 2.56 1.2 31
2001 29 12 11 .522 3.96 209.0 203 102 92 22 50 125 7 1.211 8.7 2.2 5.4 2.50 0.9 33
2002 30 4 10 .286 6.09 130.0 175 98 88 18 52 75 5 1.746 12.1 3.6 5.2 1.44 1.2 26
2003 31 1 2 .333 5.00 27.0 35 17 15 4 10 14 4 1.667 11.7 3.3 4.7 1.40 1.3 5
2004 32 0 0 9.00 8.0 12 9 8 4 6 4 1 2.250 13.5 6.8 4.5 0.67 4.5 4
8 Seasons 42 46 .477 4.35 825.0 893 444 399 100 252 509 26 1.388 9.7 5.6 2.02 1.1 184

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1999 NL--3.492--6th

Complete Games s c a p y
2001 NL--4--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
2000 NL--1--9th
2001 NL--2--3rd

Losses s c a p y
2001 NL--15--4th
2002 AL--15--4th

Earned Runs s c a p y
2001 NL--103--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1997 AL--11--7th
2002 AL--10--5th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1999 NL--132--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 4 (1673), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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