Wally Ritchie
Wallace Reid Ritchie
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 12, 1965 in Glendale, CA
School: Brigham Young University
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1987
Final Game: July 28, 1992
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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
1987 21 PHI NL 3 2 .600 3.75 49 0 13 0 0 3 62.1 60 27 26 8 29 11 45 1 3 2 273 113 1.428 8.7 1.2 4.2 6.5 1.55
1988 22 PHI NL 0 0 3.12 19 0 8 0 0 0 26.0 19 14 9 1 17 2 8 1 0 2 115 114 1.385 6.6 0.3 5.9 2.8 0.47
1991 25 PHI NL 1 2 .333 2.50 39 0 13 0 0 0 50.1 44 17 14 4 17 5 26 2 0 1 213 146 1.212 7.9 0.7 3.0 4.6 1.53
1992 26 PHI NL 2 1 .667 3.00 40 0 13 0 0 1 39.0 44 17 13 3 17 3 19 0 0 0 174 117 1.564 10.2 0.7 3.9 4.4 1.12
4 Seasons 6 5 .545 3.14 147 0 47 0 0 4 177.2 167 75 62 16 80 21 98 4 3 5 775 122 1.390 8.5 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.23
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .545 3.14 68 0 22 0 0 2 82 77 35 29 7 37 10 45 2 1 2 359 122 1.390 8.5 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.23

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
1987 21 PHI NL 49 273 236 27 60 11 3 8 8 2 29 45 .254 .336 .428 .764 .281 101 2 1 5 2 11
1988 22 PHI NL 19 115 92 14 19 6 1 1 1 1 17 8 .207 .327 .326 .654 .209 30 4 1 2 3 2
1991 25 PHI NL 39 213 188 17 44 7 1 4 10 0 17 26 .234 .299 .346 .644 .247 65 1 2 2 4 5
1992 26 PHI NL 40 174 153 17 44 10 2 3 3 0 17 19 .288 .359 .438 .797 .313 67 6 0 4 0 3
4 Seasons 147 775 669 75 167 34 7 16 22 3 80 98 .250 .329 .393 .723 .268 263 13 4 13 9 21
162 Game Avg. 68 359 309 35 77 16 3 7 10 1 37 45 .250 .329 .393 .723 .268 122 6 2 6 4 10
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
1987 21 PHI NL 49 49 13 3 2 3 3 0 100% 6 2 25 4 16% 7 0.605 10 9 30 10 6 33 15 34 23 13 23 11 3.8
1988 22 PHI NL 19 19 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 5 36% 8 0.469 2 4 13 2 1 16 7 12 9 5 9 3 4.1 23
1991 25 PHI NL 39 39 13 1 2 3 0 3 0% 10 7 28 7 25% 7 1.019 14 9 16 12 4 23 20 19 15 15 17 6 3.9 21
1992 26 PHI NL 40 40 13 2 1 2 1 1 50% 5 2 38 16 42% 7 0.993 11 12 16 9 8 23 20 20 11 15 12 8 2.9 16
4 Seasons 147 147 47 6 5 8 4 4 50% 22 12 105 32 30% 0.786 37 34 75 33 19 95 62 85 58 48 61 28 3.6 19

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%
1987 21 PHI NL 273 73% 2.9% 16.5% 10.6% 8.1% 37% 0.73 68% 52 2 4%
1988 22 PHI NL 115 74% 0.9% 7.0% 14.8% 7.0% 42% 0.65 0.73 75% 13% 4.8% 60% 32 4 13%
1991 25 PHI NL 213 67% 1.9% 12.2% 8.0% 5.6% 27% 0.65 0.81 76% 21% 4.7% 12% 28 1 4%
1992 26 PHI NL 174 63% 1.7% 10.9% 9.8% 8.6% 34% 0.76 1.09 75% 19% 4.9% 19% 44 6 14%
4 Seasons 775 69% 2.1% 12.7% 10.3% 7.4% 34% 0.69 0.82 73% 18% 4.8% 25% 156 13 8%
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
1988 22 PHI NL 110 410 3.73 236 58% 24% 11% 28% 36% 76% 5% 44% 85% 50% 11% 12 5 16% 18 10 0 50% 1 5 5 1 0
1991 25 PHI NL 213 823 3.86 508 62% 27% 14% 26% 33% 73% 5% 45% 81% 62% 5% 10 4 23% 48 14 1 27% 2 2 0 0 0
1992 26 PHI NL 174 624 3.59 392 63% 29% 12% 24% 35% 71% 5% 44% 83% 57% 6% 10 7 16% 27 12 1 37% 3 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 497 1857 3.74 1136 61% 27% 13% 26% 34% 73% 5% 45% 83% 57% 6% 32 16 19% 93 36 2 34% 6 7 5 1 0
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
1987 21 PHI NL 273 60 8 0 12 6 2 6 2 22 8 3 36% 0 2 1 100 8 2 80% 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1988 22 PHI NL 115 19 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 9 8 0 89% 6 2 0 59 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0
1991 25 PHI NL 213 44 12 1 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 13 7 1 54% 2 1 0 86 10 0 100% 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1992 26 PHI NL 174 44 9 0 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 13 4 1 31% 2 0 0 90 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 775 167 23 1 16 0 28 11 5 10 6 57 27 5 47% 10 5 1 335 22 3 88% 16 2 6 0 0 1 1 1 28 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+
1987 21 3 2 .600 3.75 49 0 13 0 0 3 62.1 60 27 26 8 29 11 45 1 3 2 273 113 1.428 8.7 1.2 4.2 6.5 1.55 113
1988 22 3 2 .600 3.57 68 0 21 0 0 3 88.1 79 41 35 9 46 13 53 2 3 4 388 113 1.415 8.0 0.9 4.7 5.4 1.15 113
1989 23 3 2 .600 3.57 68 0 21 0 0 3 88.1 79 41 35 9 46 13 53 2 3 4 388 113 1.415 8.0 0.9 4.7 5.4 1.15 113
1990 24 3 2 .600 3.57 68 0 21 0 0 3 88.1 79 41 35 9 46 13 53 2 3 4 388 113 1.415 8.0 0.9 4.7 5.4 1.15 113
1991 25 4 4 .500 3.18 107 0 34 0 0 3 138.2 123 58 49 13 63 18 79 4 3 5 601 123 1.341 8.0 0.8 4.1 5.1 1.25 123
1992 26 6 5 .545 3.14 147 0 47 0 0 4 177.2 167 75 62 16 80 21 98 4 3 5 775 122 1.390 8.5 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.23 122

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
1987 21 3 3 .500 3.69 61.0 59 28 25 8 29 44 1 1.443 8.7 4.3 6.5 1.52 1.2 49
1988 22 1 1 .500 3.60 25.0 21 11 10 1 19 8 1 1.600 7.6 6.8 2.9 0.42 0.4 19
1991 25 3 2 .600 2.76 49.0 46 17 15 4 18 25 2 1.306 8.4 3.3 4.6 1.39 0.7 39
1992 26 2 2 .500 3.75 36.0 47 17 15 3 18 18 0 1.806 11.8 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.8 40
4 Seasons 9 8 .529 3.42 171.0 173 73 65 16 84 95 4 1.503 9.1 5.0 1.13 0.8 147

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