Kevin Ritz
Kevin D Ritz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 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
Final Game: May 16, 1998
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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
1989 24 DET AL 4 6 .400 4.38 12 12 0 1 0 0 74.0 75 41 36 2 44 5 56 1 0 6 334 88 1.608 9.1 0.2 5.4 6.8 1.27
1990 25 DET AL 0 4 .000 11.05 4 4 0 0 0 0 7.1 14 12 9 0 14 2 3 0 0 3 52 36 3.818 17.2 0.0 17.2 3.7 0.21
1991 26 DET AL 0 3 .000 11.74 11 5 3 0 0 0 15.1 17 22 20 1 22 1 9 2 0 0 86 36 2.543 10.0 0.6 12.9 5.3 0.41
1992 27 DET AL 2 5 .286 5.60 23 11 4 0 0 0 80.1 88 52 50 4 44 4 57 3 1 7 368 71 1.643 9.9 0.4 4.9 6.4 1.30
1994 29 COL NL 5 6 .455 5.62 15 15 0 0 0 0 73.2 88 49 46 5 35 4 53 4 1 6 335 89 1.670 10.8 0.6 4.3 6.5 1.51
1995 30 COL NL 11 11 .500 4.21 31 28 3 0 0 2 173.1 171 91 81 16 65 3 120 6 0 6 743 128 1.362 8.9 0.8 3.4 6.2 1.85
1996 31 COL NL 17 11 .607 5.28 35 35 0 2 0 0 213.0 236 135 125 24 105 3 105 12 1 10 966 99 1.601 10.0 1.0 4.4 4.4 1.00
1997 32 COL NL 6 8 .429 5.87 18 18 0 1 0 0 107.1 142 72 70 16 46 3 56 1 0 7 486 88 1.752 11.9 1.3 3.9 4.7 1.22
1998 33 COL NL 0 2 .000 11.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 17 11 11 1 2 0 3 1 0 1 46 47 2.111 17.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 1.50
9 Seasons 45 56 .446 5.35 151 130 10 4 0 2 753.1 848 485 448 69 377 25 462 30 3 46 3416 92 1.626 10.1 0.8 4.5 5.5 1.23
162 Game Avg. 11 14 .446 5.35 37 31 2 1 0 0 182 205 117 108 17 91 6 112 7 1 11 827 92 1.626 10.1 0.8 4.5 5.5 1.23
COL (5 yrs) 39 38 .506 5.20 101 98 3 3 0 2 576.1 654 358 333 62 253 13 337 24 2 30 2576 101 1.574 10.2 1.0 4.0 5.3 1.33
DET (4 yrs) 6 18 .250 5.85 50 32 7 1 0 0 177.0 194 127 115 7 124 12 125 6 1 16 840 67 1.797 9.9 0.4 6.3 6.4 1.01
NL (5 yrs) 39 38 .506 5.20 101 98 3 3 0 2 576.1 654 358 333 62 253 13 337 24 2 30 2576 101 1.574 10.2 1.0 4.0 5.3 1.33
AL (4 yrs) 6 18 .250 5.85 50 32 7 1 0 0 177.0 194 127 115 7 124 12 125 6 1 16 840 67 1.797 9.9 0.4 6.3 6.4 1.01

Postseason Pitching

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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
1995 30 COL NL NLDS L ATL 0 0 7.71 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 12 7 6 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 34 2.143 15.4 3.9 3.9 6.4 1.67
1 NLDS 0 0 7.71 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 12 7 6 3 3 1 5 0 0 0 34 2.143 15.4 3.9 3.9 6.4 1.67

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
1989 24 DET AL 12 334 283 41 75 13 3 2 5 5 44 56 .265 .360 .353 .714 .317 100 4 1 1 5 5
1990 25 DET AL 4 52 35 12 14 2 0 0 3 0 14 3 .400 .571 .457 1.029 .438 16 1 0 3 0 2
1991 26 DET AL 11 86 59 22 17 3 0 1 3 0 22 9 .288 .482 .390 .872 .314 23 2 2 1 2 1
1992 27 DET AL 23 368 316 52 88 14 0 4 11 5 44 57 .278 .368 .361 .729 .324 114 3 3 1 4 4
1994 29 COL NL 15 335 290 49 88 25 2 5 6 3 35 53 .303 .384 .455 .839 .355 132 7 4 4 2 4
1995 30 COL NL 31 743 659 91 171 36 1 16 18 4 65 120 .259 .329 .390 .719 .294 257 16 6 8 5 3
1996 31 COL NL 35 966 837 135 236 39 8 24 27 13 105 105 .282 .368 .434 .802 .298 363 18 12 8 4 3
1997 32 COL NL 18 486 430 72 142 29 4 16 19 8 46 56 .330 .392 .528 .920 .347 227 14 1 4 5 3
1998 33 COL NL 2 46 43 11 17 7 0 1 4 1 2 3 .395 .435 .628 1.063 .410 27 0 1 0 0 0
9 Seasons 151 3416 2952 485 848 168 18 69 96 39 377 462 .287 .371 .426 .797 .318 1259 65 30 30 27 25
162 Game Avg. 37 827 714 117 205 41 4 17 23 9 91 112 .287 .371 .426 .797 .318 305 16 7 7 7 6
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
1989 24 DET AL 12 12 4 6 2 1 2 5 7 .417 1 2 1 0 6 50% 48 67 22 12 3 0 7 4.0 4.8 6.2 110 0 4 4 4 144
1990 25 DET AL 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 47 25 10 2 1 1 3.0 2.0 1.8 49 3 1 0 0 81
1991 26 DET AL 11 5 0 3 2 0 0 1 4 .200 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33 46 22 17 8 0 2 5.5 4.5 1.8 51 4 0 1 0 106
1992 27 DET AL 23 11 2 5 4 1 0 3 8 .273 1 2 0 0 3 27% 43 61 12 18 11 1 3 4.3 5.6 4.8 86 5 3 2 1 141
1994 29 COL NL 15 15 5 6 4 3 1 7 8 .467 2 3 0 0 4 27% 44 63 18 11 6 1 5 5.0 3.7 4.9 87 3 6 6 0 108
1995 30 COL NL 31 28 11 11 6 3 3 15 13 .536 1 3 0 0 13 46% 49 75 25 13 2 2 6 4.6 4.7 5.9 97 4 10 9 1 128
1996 31 COL NL 35 35 17 11 7 5 1 22 13 .629 2 3 2 0 15 43% 44 76 10 25 13 0 9 6.5 6.8 6.1 101 3 9 16 3 132
1997 32 COL NL 18 18 6 8 4 2 1 9 9 .500 0 3 1 0 6 33% 40 69 18 17 7 0 6 5.5 5.8 6.0 95 1 12 4 1 121
1998 33 COL NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 26 29 23 1 0 0 1 3.5 1.0 4.5 83 1 1 0 0 95
9 Seasons 151 130 45 56 29 15 8 62 68 .477 7 16 4 0 47 36% 44 76 10 124 52 5 40 5.2 5.4 5.5 93 24 46 42 10 144
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
1991 26 DET AL 11 6 3 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 6 1.168 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 5 1 2 1 0 3.2 17
1992 27 DET AL 23 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 3 0.710 0 1 11 0 0 12 6 6 9 1 9 0 6.8 42
1995 30 COL NL 31 3 3 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 3 1 33% 6 0.900 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 8.7 38
3 Seasons 65 21 10 0 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 14 5 36% 0.861 1 3 14 4 0 17 9 12 12 4 12 0 6.0 34

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%
1989 24 DET AL 334 50% 0.6% 16.8% 13.2% 5.4% 24% 1.00 1.30 69% 22% 1.9% 10% 64 4 6%
1990 25 DET AL 52 35% 0.0% 5.8% 26.9% 3.9% 14% 1.00 2.17 62% 20% 0.0% 19% 17 1 6%
1991 26 DET AL 86 42% 1.2% 10.5% 25.6% 4.7% 24% 0.61 0.85 59% 19% 3.8% 16% 27 2 7%
1992 27 DET AL 368 43% 1.1% 15.5% 12.0% 4.9% 21% 0.85 1.09 70% 28% 3.1% 10% 66 3 5%
1994 29 COL NL 335 49% 1.5% 15.8% 10.5% 9.6% 36% 0.93 1.31 70% 25% 4.5% 8% 59 7 12%
1995 30 COL NL 743 46% 2.2% 16.2% 8.8% 7.1% 31% 1.03 1.55 71% 21% 7.1% 14% 134 16 12%
1996 31 COL NL 966 42% 2.5% 10.9% 10.9% 7.4% 30% 1.19 1.64 74% 20% 8.5% 14% 193 18 9%
1997 32 COL NL 486 56% 3.3% 11.5% 9.5% 10.1% 35% 0.78 1.17 75% 27% 8.5% 10% 86 14 16%
1998 33 COL NL 46 48% 2.2% 6.5% 4.4% 17.4% 47% 0.86 0.64 85% 10% 5.6% 14% 7 0 0%
9 Seasons 3416 46% 2.0% 13.5% 11.0% 7.5% 30% 0.98 1.38 72% 22% 6.3% 12% 653 65 10%
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
1989 24 DET AL 334 1322 3.96 753 57% 29% 13% 27% 31% 71% 2% 41% 81% 47% 7% 24 10 19% 64 31 1 32% 13 9 0 0 0
1990 25 DET AL 52 197 3.79 93 47% 37% 6% 19% 38% 63% 5% 30% 90% 52% 6% 3 0 10% 5 2 2 67% 0 1 0 0 0
1991 26 DET AL 86 360 4.19 185 51% 35% 11% 25% 29% 65% 1% 34% 83% 42% 15% 13 4 16% 14 6 0 33% 4 8 0 0 0
1992 27 DET AL 368 1445 3.93 837 58% 27% 12% 30% 32% 73% 1% 42% 83% 54% 8% 28 13 20% 72 37 3 33% 8 11 0 0 0
1994 29 COL NL 335 1301 3.88 765 59% 25% 13% 30% 32% 75% 2% 44% 82% 49% 10% 32 14 15% 49 16 2 36% 5 14 0 0 2
1995 30 COL NL 648 2430 3.75 1451 60% 25% 14% 27% 33% 75% 1% 45% 81% 56% 7% 44 27 14% 91 40 2 39% 14 14 95 0 0
1996 31 COL NL 857 3119 3.64 1853 59% 25% 12% 27% 36% 75% 1% 44% 84% 57% 6% 53 30 17% 145 55 7 39% 8 20 109 0 5
1997 32 COL NL 486 1710 3.52 985 58% 20% 13% 28% 39% 80% 1% 46% 83% 49% 6% 31 21 13% 61 18 3 23% 4 8 0 0 3
1998 33 COL NL 46 165 3.59 105 64% 26% 13% 23% 38% 74% 0% 47% 82% 65% 4% 2 2 15% 7 2 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0
9 Seasons 3212 12049 3.75 7027 58% 25% 13% 28% 34% 74% 1% 43% 83% 53% 7% 230 121 16% 508 207 20 35% 57 85 204 0 10
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
1989 24 DET AL 334 75 7 0 2 0 12 0 2 1 1 16 9 5 56% 4 6 0 126 5 5 50% 4 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0
1990 25 DET AL 52 14 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 9 4 0 44% 3 3 1 19 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1991 26 DET AL 86 17 6 1 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 8 6 0 75% 1 0 0 42 3 0 100% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1992 27 DET AL 368 88 18 0 4 0 9 2 2 4 0 25 17 2 68% 1 7 0 151 11 5 69% 9 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 12 0
1994 29 COL NL 335 88 14 1 5 0 7 2 3 1 4 26 14 3 54% 2 6 0 134 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1995 30 COL NL 743 171 17 4 16 0 15 13 3 12 4 43 26 7 60% 8 6 2 271 18 4 82% 17 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 19 0
1996 31 COL NL 966 236 27 2 24 0 23 14 10 15 9 58 25 13 43% 15 10 3 376 27 13 68% 24 12 2 1 1 0 3 0 23 0
1997 32 COL NL 486 142 13 2 16 0 4 5 11 8 8 22 15 4 68% 2 7 0 192 19 8 70% 19 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 0
1998 33 COL NL 46 17 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0% 0 1 0 22 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
9 Seasons 3416 848 109 10 69 0 84 37 32 42 27 209 116 35 56% 36 46 6 1333 96 39 71% 87 34 7 5 2 0 6 1 105 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+
1989 24 4 6 .400 4.38 12 12 0 1 0 0 74.0 75 41 36 2 44 5 56 1 0 6 334 88 1.608 9.1 0.2 5.4 6.8 1.27 88
1990 25 4 10 .286 4.98 16 16 0 1 0 0 81.1 89 53 45 2 58 7 59 1 0 9 386 78 1.807 9.8 0.2 6.4 6.5 1.02 78
1991 26 4 13 .235 6.05 27 21 3 1 0 0 96.2 106 75 65 3 80 8 68 3 0 9 472 65 1.924 9.9 0.3 7.4 6.3 0.85 65
1992 27 6 18 .250 5.85 50 32 7 1 0 0 177.0 194 127 115 7 124 12 125 6 1 16 840 67 1.797 9.9 0.4 6.3 6.4 1.01 67
1993 28 6 18 .250 5.85 50 32 7 1 0 0 177.0 194 127 115 7 124 12 125 6 1 16 840 67 1.797 9.9 0.4 6.3 6.4 1.01 67
1994 29 11 24 .314 5.78 65 47 7 1 0 0 250.2 282 176 161 12 159 16 178 10 2 22 1175 73 1.759 10.1 0.4 5.7 6.4 1.12 73
1995 30 22 35 .386 5.14 96 75 10 1 0 2 424.0 453 267 242 28 224 19 298 16 2 28 1918 92 1.597 9.6 0.6 4.8 6.3 1.33 92
1996 31 39 46 .459 5.19 131 110 10 3 0 2 637.0 689 402 367 52 329 22 403 28 3 38 2884 94 1.598 9.7 0.7 4.6 5.7 1.22 94
1997 32 45 54 .455 5.28 149 128 10 4 0 2 744.1 831 474 437 68 375 25 459 29 3 45 3370 93 1.620 10.0 0.8 4.5 5.5 1.22 93
1998 33 45 56 .446 5.35 151 130 10 4 0 2 753.1 848 485 448 69 377 25 462 30 3 46 3416 92 1.626 10.1 0.8 4.5 5.5 1.23 92

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
1989 24 3 4 .429 5.22 69.0 79 44 40 2 46 52 1 1.812 10.3 6.0 6.8 1.13 0.3 12
1990 25 0 0 10.12 8.0 14 10 9 0 14 3 0 3.500 15.8 15.8 3.4 0.21 0.0 4
1991 26 0 1 .000 13.50 14.0 18 23 21 1 23 8 2 2.929 11.6 14.8 5.1 0.35 0.6 11
1992 27 2 6 .250 6.51 76.0 92 61 55 4 46 54 3 1.816 10.9 5.4 6.4 1.17 0.5 23
1994 29 5 6 .455 4.50 104.0 110 58 52 6 44 75 5 1.481 9.5 3.8 6.5 1.70 0.5 15
1995 30 14 8 .636 3.06 200.0 166 76 68 16 63 138 6 1.145 7.5 2.8 6.2 2.19 0.7 31
1996 31 12 12 .500 3.90 219.0 206 106 95 21 92 108 10 1.361 8.5 3.8 4.4 1.17 0.9 35
1997 32 5 6 .455 4.63 107.0 124 61 55 14 40 56 1 1.533 10.4 3.4 4.7 1.40 1.2 18
1998 33 0 1 .000 8.00 9.0 15 9 8 1 2 3 1 1.889 15.0 2.0 3.0 1.50 1.0 2
9 Seasons 41 44 .482 4.50 806.0 824 448 403 65 370 497 29 1.481 9.2 5.5 1.34 0.7 151

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1996 NL--17--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1996 NL--.607--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1996 NL--35--2nd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1996 NL--105--2nd

Hits s c a p y
1996 NL--236--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1996 NL--125--1st

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1996 NL--10--8th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1996 NL--12--5th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1996 NL--966--8th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1995 NL--128--8th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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