Todd Rizzo

Todd Michael Rizzo

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: May 24, 1971 in Media, PA
High School: Garnet Valley HS (Concordville, PA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 2, 1998
Team: WhiteSox 1998-1999

Final Game: July 18, 1999
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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
1992	21	LAD-min	A-,Rk	2	1	.667	4.36	18	1	9	0	0	0	33.0	25	17	16	3	32	0	33	3	0	6	152		1.727	6.8	0.8	8.7	9.0	1.03	YAK,DGR · NORW,GULF
1993		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1995	24	CHW-min	A+	3	5	.375	2.78	36	0	10	0	0	1	68.0	68	30	21	2	39	8	59	3	0	13	307		1.574	9.0	0.3	5.2	7.8	1.51	PRW · CARL
1996	25	CHW-min	AA	4	4	.500	2.75	46	0	19	0	0	10	68.2	61	28	21	0	40	7	48	1	0	7	300		1.471	8.0	0.0	5.2	6.3	1.20	BIR · SOUL
1997	26	CHW-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.57	54	0	23	0	0	6	70.2	63	39	28	6	33	3	60	3	0	9	318		1.358	8.0	0.8	4.2	7.6	1.82	NVL · AA
1998	27	CHW-min	AAA	7	3	.700	6.75	50	0	19	0	0	4	72.0	102	62	54	6	39	3	58	3	1	10	358		1.958	12.8	0.8	4.9	7.2	1.49	CGY · PCL
1998	27	CHW	AL	0	0		13.50	9	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	12	12	10	0	6	0	3	0	0	2	38	35	2.700	16.2	0.0	8.1	4.1	0.50
1999	28	CHW-min	AAA	4	5	.444	4.06	53	0	16	0	0	8	71.0	68	37	32	5	31	2	46	2	0	6	308		1.394	8.6	0.6	3.9	5.8	1.48	CHR · IL
1999	28	CHW	AL	0	2	.000	6.75	3	0	2	0	0	0	1.1	4	2	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	12	90	5.250	27.0	0.0	20.3	13.5	0.67
2000	29	MIN-min	AAA	6	4	.600	3.39	61	0	14	0	0	1	71.2	76	31	27	1	27	1	43	0	0	4	315		1.437	9.5	0.1	3.4	5.4	1.59	SLK · PCL
2001	30	LAD-SFG-min	AAA	4	4	.500	4.26	49	0	17	0	0	6	63.1	66	35	30	6	36	1	58	5	1	6	290		1.611	9.4	0.9	5.1	8.2	1.61	LVG,FRE · PCL
2003	32	BAL-min	AAA,AA	2	4	.333	4.41	54	0	18	0	0	0	67.1	72	39	33	5	38	4	42	2	0	6	307		1.634	9.6	0.7	5.1	5.6	1.11	OTT,BOW · IL,EL
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	12.38	12	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	16	14	11	0	9	1	5	0	0	2	50	40	3.125	18.0	0.0	10.1	5.6	0.56
162 Game Avg.				0	11	.000	12.38	68	0	17	0	0	0	45	91	79	62	0	51	6	28	0	0	11	283	40	3.125	18.0	0.0	10.1	5.6	0.56

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1998	27	CHW	AL	6.2	9	12	16.20	5.09	0.04	-0.39	101.1	4.71	-9	-0.8	.3	0.3	-0.4	-8	.416	.495	$170,000
1999	28	CHW	AL	1.1	3	2	13.50	6.09	-0.20	-0.45	100.3	5.86	-1	-0.1	1.6	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.466	.499	$
2 Seasons				8.0	12	14	15.75	5.26	0.00	-0.40	100.9	4.90	-10	-0.9	.6	0.2	-0.5	-9	.428	.497	$170,000

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
1998	27	CHW	AL	9	38	31	12	12	2	0	0	0	0	6	3	.387	.474	.452	.925	.414	14	2	0	0	1	0	2
1999	28	CHW	AL	3	12	8	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	.500	.636	.750	1.386	.667	6	0	0	1	0	1	1
2 Yrs				12	50	39	14	16	4	0	0	0	0	9	5	.410	.510	.513	1.023	.457	20	2	0	1	1	1	3
162 Game Avg.				68	283	221	79	91	23	0	0	0	0	51	28	.410	.510	.513	1.023	.457	113	11	0	6	6	6	17
MLB Averages																.269	.340	.427	.767	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1998	27	CHW	AL	-7.1	-0.6	41	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.14	-0.5	-0.4	-8.7	-0.8	0.14	-5.3	0	1	7
1999	28	CHW	AL	-0.5	-0.1	12	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	1.84	-0.3	-0.1	-2.7	-0.2	1.84	-2.9	2	0	1
2 Yrs				-7.6	-0.7	53	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	.53	-0.8	-0.8	-11.4	-1.0	0.53	-8.2	2	1	8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1998	27	CHW	AL	9	9	1	0	7	4	57%	7	.142	0	1	7	1	0	8	5	4	2	5	3	2	2.2	16
1999	28	CHW	AL	3	3	2	2	1	0	0%	6	1.837	2	0	1	0	2	1	1	2	0	3	1	0	1.3	20
2 Yrs				12	12	3	2	8	4	50%		.549	2	1	8	1	2	9	6	6	2	8	4	2	2.0	17

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%
1998	27	CHW	AL	38	45%	0.0%	7.9%	15.8%	5.3%	17%	1.07	1.83	76%	28%	0.0%	14%	11	2	18%
1999	28	CHW	AL	12	50%	0.0%	16.7%	25.0%	16.7%	50%	2.00	1.00	50%	14%	0.0%	0%	2	0	0%
2 Yrs				50	46%	0.0%	10.0%	18.0%	8.0%	25%	1.19	1.71	70%	25%	0.0%	13%	13	2	15%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.7%	9.1%	7.9%	33%	0.79	1.08	70%	21%	8.1%	14%			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
1998	27	CHW	AL	38	144	3.79	86	60%	27%	6%	34%	34%	73%	0%	44%	92%	55%	8%	3	1	16%	6	3	1	33%	0	2	0	0	0
1999	28	CHW	AL	12	61	5.08	34	56%	18%	12%	50%	21%	82%	15%	46%	86%	33%	25%	3	2	8%	1	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				50	205	4.10	120	59%	24%	8%	38%	30%	76%	5%	44%	90%	50%	12%	6	3	14%	7	3	1	40%	0	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

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
1998	27	CHW	AL	38	12	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	2	2	1	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1999	28	CHW	AL	12	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				50	16	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	67%	3	2	1	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

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+
1998	27	0	0		13.50	9	0	1	0	0	0	6.2	12	12	10	0	6	0	3	0	0	2	38	35	2.700	16.2	0.0	8.1	4.1	0.50	35
1999	28	0	2	.000	12.38	12	0	3	0	0	0	8.0	16	14	11	0	9	1	5	0	0	2	50	40	3.125	18.0	0.0	10.1	5.6	0.56	40

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Gact
1998	27	12.86	7.0	12	11	10	6	3	2.571	15.4	7.7	3.9	0.50	9
1999	28	4.50	2.0	4	1	1	3	2	3.500	18.0	13.5	9.0	0.67	3
2 Yrs		11.00	9.0	16	12	11	9	5	2.778	16.0		5.0	0.56	12

* 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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