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Wally Ritchie

Wallace Reid Ritchie

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 12, 1965 in Glendale, CA
School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 1, 1987
Team: Phillies 1987-1992

Final Game: July 28, 1992
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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
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 2 273 114 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 2 115 116 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 1 213 147 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 0 174 118 1.564 10.2 0.7 3.9 4.4 1.12
4 Yrs 6 5 .545 3.14 147 0 47 0 0 4 177.2 167 75 62 16 80 21 98 4 3 5 775 123 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 2 359 123 1.390 8.5 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.23

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 Awards
1987 21 PHI NL 62.1 49 0 27 3.90 4.59 0.08 -0.35 104.8 4.36 3 0.3 .8 -0.1 0.7 10 .506 .502 $62,500
1988 22 PHI NL 26.0 19 0 14 4.85 3.90 -0.36 -0.31 101.5 4.01 -3 -0.3 .5 0.0 0.0 -0 .485 .498 $77,500
1991 25 PHI NL 50.1 39 0 17 3.04 4.25 -0.11 -0.33 98.6 3.98 5 0.5 1.2 -0.0 0.9 10 .514 .503 $
1992 26 PHI NL 39.0 40 0 17 3.92 3.89 -0.16 -0.30 100.5 3.77 -1 -0.1 1.2 -0.1 0.1 3 .497 .499 $165,000
4 Seasons 177.2 147 0 75 3.80 4.24 -0.09 -0.33 101.6 4.07 4 0.4 1.0 -0.2 1.7 22 .503 .501 $305,000

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
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 0
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 6
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 2
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 2
4 Yrs 147 775 669 75 167 34 7 16 22 3 80 98 .250 .329 .393 .723 .268 263 13 4 13 9 21 10
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 5
MLB Averages .257 .323 .386 .709 .285

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1987 21 PHI NL 4.3 0.4 287 -0.4 2.6 -3.0 .58 -0.0 -0.7 6.3 0.6 0.58 3.0 10 9 30
1988 22 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 119 0.0 0.7 -0.7 .42 -0.3 0.3 -4.0 -0.4 0.42 -3.9 2 3 12
1991 25 PHI NL 6.0 0.6 224 0.4 3.3 -3.0 .96 0.6 -0.2 6.5 0.7 0.96 5.0 13 8 18
1992 26 PHI NL 1.2 0.1 177 -1.4 2.4 -3.8 .94 -0.5 -1.0 -3.4 -0.4 0.94 -5.0 11 10 18
4 Yrs 11.2 1.2 807 -1.5 9.0 -10.5 .74 -0.2 -1.7 5.4 0.5 0.74 -0.8 36 30 78

Reliever Pitching*

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 .584 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 .419 2 3 12 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 .965 13 8 18 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 .945 11 10 18 9 8 23 20 20 11 15 12 8 2.9 16
4 Yrs 147 147 47 6 5 8 4 4 50% 22 12 105 32 30% .745 36 30 78 33 19 95 62 85 58 48 61 28 3.6 19

Ratio Pitching*

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 27% 2.9% 16.5% 10.6% 8.1% 37% 0.73 68% 52 2 4%
1988 22 PHI NL 115 26% 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 33% 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 37% 1.7% 10.9% 9.8% 8.6% 34% 0.76 1.09 75% 19% 4.9% 19% 44 6 14%
4 Yrs 775 31% 2.1% 12.7% 10.3% 7.4% 34% 0.69 0.82 73% 18% 4.8% 25% 156 13 8%
MLB Averages 40% 2.1% 14.9% 8.6% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.06 73% 20% 6.2% 22% 10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 111 413 3.72 238 58% 25% 11% 28% 36% 75% 5% 43% 85% 49% 11% 12 5 16% 18 10 0 50% 1 5 4 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 Yrs 498 1860 3.73 1138 61% 27% 12% 26% 34% 73% 5% 44% 83% 57% 6% 32 16 19% 93 36 2 34% 6 7 4 1 0
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
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 Yrs 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 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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 2 273 114 1.428 8.7 1.2 4.2 6.5 1.55 114
1988 22 3 2 .600 3.57 68 0 21 0 0 3 88.1 79 41 35 9 46 13 53 2 3 4 388 114 1.415 8.0 0.9 4.7 5.4 1.15 114
1989 23 3 2 .600 3.57 68 0 21 0 0 3 88.1 79 41 35 9 46 13 53 2 3 4 388 114 1.415 8.0 0.9 4.7 5.4 1.15 114
1990 24 3 2 .600 3.57 68 0 21 0 0 3 88.1 79 41 35 9 46 13 53 2 3 4 388 114 1.415 8.0 0.9 4.7 5.4 1.15 114
1991 25 4 4 .500 3.18 107 0 34 0 0 3 138.2 123 58 49 13 63 18 79 4 3 5 601 124 1.341 8.0 0.8 4.1 5.1 1.25 124
1992 26 6 5 .545 3.14 147 0 47 0 0 4 177.2 167 75 62 16 80 21 98 4 3 5 775 123 1.390 8.5 0.8 4.1 5.0 1.23 123

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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 3.48 62.0 58 27 24 8 28 45 1 1.387 8.4 4.1 6.5 1.61 1.2 49
1988 22 1 1 .500 3.24 25.0 20 10 9 1 18 8 1 1.520 7.2 6.5 2.9 0.44 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 Yrs 9 8 .529 3.30 172.0 171 71 63 16 82 96 4 1.471 8.9 5.0 1.17 0.8 147

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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