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Kevin Ritz

Kevin D. Ritz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 8, 1965 in Eatontown, NJ
School: William Penn University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed September 3, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1989
Teams (by GP): Rockies/Tigers 1989-1998

Final Game: May 16, 1998
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Standard Batting

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
1989 24 DET AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 25 DET AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1991 26 DET AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 27 DET AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 29 COL NL 15 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 5 0 0 1
1995 30 COL NL 31 63 48 3 9 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 20 .188 .250 .208 .458 11 10 1 2 11 0 0 1
1996 31 COL NL 35 83 65 7 15 2 0 1 5 0 0 7 28 .231 .306 .308 .613 50 20 0 0 11 0 0 1
1997 32 COL NL 18 41 35 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 15 .057 .154 .057 .211 -46 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1998 33 COL NL 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 63 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
9 Seasons 151 215 171 14 27 3 0 1 7 2 1 13 77 .158 .226 .193 .419 3 33 3 2 29 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 231 183 15 29 3 0 1 8 2 1 14 83 .158 .226 .193 .419 3 35 3 2 31 0 0
COL (5 yrs) 101 215 171 14 27 3 0 1 7 2 1 13 77 .158 .226 .193 .419 3 33 3 2 29 0 0
DET (4 yrs) 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 101 215 171 14 27 3 0 1 7 2 1 13 77 .158 .226 .193 .419 3 33 3 2 29 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1994 29 COL NL 25 -6 0 0 0 0 2 1 -3 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $165,000 1
1995 30 COL NL 63 -6 -1 0 0 0 6 2 1 0.0 1 0.1 -0.1 $447,223 1
1996 31 COL NL 83 -4 0 0 1 0 8 2 7 0.7 7 0.7 0.0 $740,000 1
1997 32 COL NL 41 -8 0 0 1 0 5 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,500,000 1
1998 33 COL NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $3,500,000 /1
5 Seasons 215 -24 -1 0 2 0 21 6 4 0.2 4 0.4 -0.2 $7,352,223

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1994 29 COL NL 25 27 0 0.0 123 .000 .000 .294 .000 .363 .000 .460 .000 .823 -100 .000 -6.4 -0.6 .000 .000 .000
1995 30 COL NL 63 52 3 1.6 130 .321 .188 .302 .250 .376 .208 .470 .458 .846 11 .110 -7.3 -0.7 .341 .063 .021 .0
1996 31 COL NL 83 61 7 3.1 125 .389 .231 .295 .306 .368 .308 .462 .613 .830 50 .304 -5.5 -0.5 .540 .185 .077 .0
1997 32 COL NL 41 35 1 0.8 126 .100 .057 .295 .154 .370 .057 .463 .211 .833 -46 .033 -8.5 -0.8 .212 .143 .000 .0
1998 33 COL NL 3 2 0 0.0 124 .500 .333 .292 .333 .366 .333 .461 .667 .827 63 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
9 Seasons 215 177 11 1.7 126 .280 .158 .297 .226 .370 .193 .464 .419 .834 3 .124 -27.8 -2.7 .331 .117 .035 1.3
162 Game Avg. 231 190 12 1.7 126 .280 .158 .297 .226 .370 .193 .464 .419 .834 3 .124 -27.8 -2.7 .331 .117 .035 1

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 30 COL NL NLDS ATL L 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1994 29 COL NL 25 0.0% 52.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 28% 0%
1995 30 COL NL 63 0.0% 31.8% 3.2% 1.6% 11% 10.00 2.4 24.0 3.80 5.00 44% 8% 0.0% 0%
1996 31 COL NL 83 1.2% 33.7% 8.4% 3.6% 20% 4.00 2.3 65.0 13.0 1.20 4.50 43% 21% 7.1% 7%
1997 32 COL NL 41 0.0% 36.6% 9.8% 0.0% 0% 3.75 2.3 2.17 2.33 49% 5% 0.0% 33%
1998 33 COL NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 67% 0%
9 Seasons 215 0.5% 35.8% 6.1% 1.9% 15% 5.92 2.2 171.0 24.4 2.23 4.76 43% 11% 4.3% 12%
MLB Averages 2.4% 15.8% 8.8% 7.2% 31% 1.80 5.6 37.4 7.9 0.81 1.08 71% 21% 7.1% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1989 24 DET AL 0.0
1990 25 DET AL 0.0
1991 26 DET AL 0.0
1992 27 DET AL 0.0
1994 29 COL NL -6.4 -0.6 25 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 .83 -0.7 0.0 -7.3 -0.7 0.87 -7.9 0
1995 30 COL NL -7.3 -0.7 65 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 .84 -0.7 -0.3 -9.7 -0.8 0.96 -8.7 0
1996 31 COL NL -5.5 -0.5 85 -0.5 0.9 -1.4 .90 -0.5 -0.0 -5.1 -0.4 0.97 -5.1 0
1997 32 COL NL -8.5 -0.8 43 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 .69 -0.6 -0.1 -7.6 -0.7 0.92 -7.8 0
1998 33 COL NL -0.2 -0.0 3 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .61 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.62 -0.2 0
9 Seasons -27.8 -2.7 221 -2.3 1.4 -3.7 .83 -2.5 -0.3 -29.8 -2.6 0.94 -29.6 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1994 29 COL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 30 COL NL 1 0 23% 20 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1996 31 COL NL 1 0 29% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0% 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1997 32 COL NL 0 0 67% 11 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 33 COL NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 2 0 32% 56 2 1 67% 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 15% 10 9 1 2 2 0 1 0 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1994 29 COL NL 25 24% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 7 2 29% 7 3 43% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1995 30 COL NL 63 19% 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 79% 17 1 6% 19 7 37% 40 3 8% 6 3 50% 3 1 33% 0
1996 31 COL NL 83 24% 15 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 15 11 73% 21 0 0% 19 10 53% 54 4 7% 5 2 40% 4 2 50% 0
1997 32 COL NL 41 32% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 0 0% 9 2 22% 24 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1998 33 COL NL 3 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 215 24% 27 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 38 29 76% 52 3 6% 54 22 41% 134 7 5% 14 5 36% 9 5 56% 0
MLB Averages 58% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1994 29 COL NL 25 93 3.72 68 73% 21% 32% 29% 18% 79% 0% 58% 59% 56% 4% 1 0 12% 3 0 8% 2 1 23% 0 0 0
1995 30 COL NL 54 173 3.20 122 71% 24% 21% 27% 28% 76% 0% 54% 72% 46% 4% 2 0 9% 5 1 4% 2 1 22% 9 0 0
1996 31 COL NL 72 279 3.88 182 65% 30% 17% 30% 23% 69% 0% 45% 75% 44% 0% 0 0 7% 5 0 7% 5 1 42% 11 0 1
1997 32 COL NL 41 137 3.34 89 65% 26% 27% 22% 25% 74% 0% 48% 64% 46% 7% 3 0 15% 6 0 5% 2 0 33% 0 0 0
1998 33 COL NL 3 14 4.67 10 71% 10% 10% 60% 20% 90% 0% 64% 89% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 195 696 3.57 471 68% 26% 22% 28% 24% 74% 0% 50% 70% 47% 3% 6 0 10% 19 1 6% 11 3 31% 20 0 1
MLB Averages 3.67 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1994 29 65 25 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 2 0 5 0 0
1995 30 96 88 68 3 9 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 33 .132 .181 .147 .328 -20 10 3 2 16 0 0
1996 31 131 171 133 10 24 3 0 1 7 1 1 9 61 .180 .243 .226 .469 14 30 3 2 27 0 0
1997 32 149 212 168 14 26 3 0 1 7 2 1 13 76 .155 .224 .190 .415 2 32 3 2 29 0 0
1998 33 151 215 171 14 27 3 0 1 7 2 1 13 77 .158 .226 .193 .419 3 33 3 2 29 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1994 29 21 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 15
1995 30 35 58 54 3 10 1 0 0 2 1 2 22 .185 .241 .204 .445 2 31
1996 31 35 69 63 6 13 2 0 1 4 0 6 28 .206 .275 .286 .561 5 35
1997 32 18 39 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15 .000 .103 .000 .103 0 18
1998 33 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
5 Seasons 111 197 183 9 23 3 0 1 6 2 12 84 .126 .188 .158 .346 7 101
162 Game Avg. 162 288 267 13 34 4 0 1 9 3 18 123 .126 .188 .158 .346 10 101

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1995 NL  11 (9th)
1996 NL  11 (10th)

                                         

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