Rico Rossy

Elam Jose (Ramos) Rossy

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 16, 1964 in San Juan, P.R.
School: Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 33rd round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1991
Teams (by GP): Royals/Mariners/Braves 1991-1998

Final Game: September 27, 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
1985	21	BAL-min	A-	73	283	246	38	53	14	2	3	25	17	7	32	22	.215	.307	.325	.632		80		1	3	1	1		NWK · NYPL
1986	22	BAL-min	AA,A	115	435	366	66	102	23	3	4	34	23	11	50	27	.279	.368	.391	.759		143		3	14	2	0		CHR,MIA · SOUL,FLOR
1987	23	BAL-min	AA	127	521	471	69	135	22	3	4	50	20	9	43	38	.287	.349	.372	.721		175		3	3	1	0		CHR · SOUL
1988	24	PIT-min	AAA	68	201	187	12	46	4	0	1	20	1	5	13	17	.246	.294	.283	.577		53		0	0	1	0		BFL · AA
1989	25	PIT-min	AA,AAA	116	401	347	31	81	21	1	2	35	6	4	45	30	.233	.325	.317	.642		110		4	1	4	1		HRB,BFL · EL,AA
1990	26	ATL-PIT-min	AA,AAA	120	506	418	65	95	14	1	4	34	14	8	74	47	.227	.345	.294	.640		123		3	8	3	1		RMD,GRV,BFL · IL,SOUL,AA
1991	27	ATL-min	AAA	139	570	482	58	124	25	1	2	48	4	8	67	44	.257	.352	.326	.678		157	12	5	13	3	1		RMD · IL
1991	27	ATL	NL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/6
1992	28	KCR-min	AAA	48	213	174	29	55	10	1	4	17	3	5	34	14	.316	.422	.454	.876		79	5	0	2	3	0		OMA · AA
1992	28	KCR	AL	59	178	149	21	32	8	1	1	12	0	3	20	20	.215	.310	.302	.612	71	45	6	1	7	1	1	6/54
1993	29	KCR-min	AAA	37	155	131	25	39	10	1	5	21	3	2	20	19	.298	.400	.504	.904		66	1	3	0	1	1		OMA · AA
1993	29	KCR	AL	46	97	86	10	19	4	0	2	12	0	0	9	11	.221	.302	.337	.639	68	29	0	1	1	0	0	456

1994	30	KCR-min	AAA	120	487	412	49	97	23	0	11	63	9	10	61	60	.235	.338	.371	.710		153	14	5	5	4	1		OMA · AA
1995	31	SDP-min	AAA	98	381	316	44	95	11	2	1	45	3	7	55	36	.301	.401	.358	.759		113	13	2	2	6	2		LVG · PCL
1996	32	SDP-min	AAA	130	503	413	56	104	21	2	4	35	6	6	70	63	.252	.364	.341	.706		141	11	6	9	5	7		LVG · PCL
1997	33	WSN-min	AAA	117	428	375	56	94	23	0	10	52	5	0	37	64	.251	.321	.392	.713		147	14	4	8	4	2		OTT · IL
1998	34	SEA-min	AAA	56	238	210	33	60	18	0	8	36	1	1	26	36	.286	.364	.486	.850		102	7	0	2	0	2		TAC · PCL
1998	34	SEA	AL	37	89	81	12	16	6	0	1	4	0	0	6	13	.198	.253	.309	.562	46	25	0	0	2	0	0	5/46D
1999	35	SDP-min	AAA	93	308	259	42	66	12	0	10	29	4	1	41	27	.255	.359	.417	.776		108	5	2	4	2	3		LVG · PCL
4 Yrs				147	365	317	43	67	18	1	4	28	0	3	35	45	.211	.293	.312	.605	64	99	6	2	10	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	402	349	47	74	20	1	4	31	0	3	39	50	.211	.293	.312	.605	64	109	7	2	11	1	1

KCR (2 yrs)				105	275	235	31	51	12	1	3	24	0	3	29	31	.217	.307	.315	.622	70	74	6	2	8	1	1
ATL (1 yr)				5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				37	89	81	12	16	6	0	1	4	0	0	6	13	.198	.253	.309	.562	46	25	0	0	2	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				142	364	316	43	67	18	1	4	28	0	3	35	44	.212	.294	.313	.607	64	99	6	2	10	1	1
NL (1 yr)				5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1991	27	ATL	NL	5	1	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/6
1992	28	KCR	AL	59	178	-5	-0	-0	3	3	0	0.1	6	6	0.7	.501	.500	0.4	0.6	4	$	6/54
1993	29	KCR	AL	46	97	-3	0	0	1	1	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.3	.499	.500	0.2	0.2	2	$	456

1998	34	SEA	AL	37	89	-6	1	1	5	0	0	0.1	3	4	0.4	.501	.500	-0.1	0.6	-1	$185,000	5/46D
4 Seasons				147	365	-14	1	1	8	5	0	0.1	12	12	1.4	.500	.500	0.5	1.4	4	$185,000

KCR (2 yrs)				105	275	-8	-0	0	3	4	0	0.1	9	9	1.0	.500	.500	0.6	0.8	6	$
ATL (1 yr)				5	1	-0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
SEA (1 yr)				37	89	-6	1	1	5	0	0	0.1	3	4	0.4	.501	.500	-0.1	0.6	-1	$185,000

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
1991	27	ATL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	98		.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.396	.000	.729	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1992	28	KCR	AL	178	134	13	2.6	96	.240	.215	.262	.310	.331	.302	.388	.612	.719	71	.278	-5.4	-0.6	.500	.201	.087	.0
1993	29	KCR	AL	97	68	10	3.9	108	.233	.221	.274	.302	.345	.337	.418	.639	.764	68	.408	-4.2	-0.4	.582	.221	.116	.0

1998	34	SEA	AL	89	67	7	2.8	109	.224	.198	.271	.253	.339	.309	.431	.562	.770	46	.242	-6.5	-0.6	.477	.185	.111	.0
4 Yrs				365	270	30	3.0	102	.234	.211	.267	.293	.337	.312	.407	.605	.744	64	.302	-16.4	-1.6	.514	.202	.101	.0
162 Game Avg.				402	298	33	3.0	102	.234	.211	.267	.293	.337	.312	.407	.605	.744	64	.302	-16.4	-1.6	.514	.202	.101

KCR (2 yrs)				275	202	23	3.1	100	.238	.217	.266	.307	.336	.315	.399	.622	.735	70	.326	-9.6	-1.0	.528	.209	.098	.0
ATL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	98		.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.396	.000	.729	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
SEA (1 yr)				89	67	7	2.8	109	.224	.198	.271	.253	.339	.309	.431	.562	.770	46	.243	-6.5	-0.6	.477	.185	.111	.0

AL (3 yrs)				364	269	30	3.0	102	.234	.212	.267	.294	.337	.313	.407	.607	.744	64	.303	-16.1	-1.6	.516	.203	.101	.0
NL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	98		.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.396	.000	.729	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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
1991	27	ATL	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1992	28	KCR	AL	178	0.6%	11.2%	11.2%	5.6%	31%	1.00	7.5	149.0	12.4	0.88	1.25	72%	15%	1.9%	21%
1993	29	KCR	AL	97	2.1%	11.3%	9.3%	6.2%	32%	1.22	7.8	43.0	7.2	1.03	1.29	75%	20%	6.5%	16%

1998	34	SEA	AL	89	1.1%	14.6%	6.7%	7.9%	44%	2.17	6.2	81.0	20.3	0.94	1.30	75%	11%	3.3%	14%
4 Yrs				365	1.1%	12.3%	9.6%	6.3%	34%	1.29	7.0	79.3	11.3	0.94	1.27	74%	15%	3.5%	18%
MLB Averages					2.5%	16.0%	8.8%	7.4%	32%	1.81	5.6	36.0	7.8	0.82	1.09	71%	21%	7.3%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1991	27	ATL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.08	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0.08	1
1992	28	KCR	AL	-5.4	-0.6	183	-0.4	2.4	-2.9	.95	-0.6	0.2	-5.6	-0.6	0.97	-6.7		0
1993	29	KCR	AL	-4.2	-0.4	100	-0.3	1.5	-1.7	.96	-0.2	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	0.92	-1.1	0.47	2

1998	34	SEA	AL	-6.5	-0.6	91	-1.0	0.9	-1.9	.95	-0.6	-0.4	-10.0	-0.9	0.98	-7.8	0.73	1
4 Yrs				-16.4	-1.6	375	-1.7	4.8	-6.5	.95	-1.4	-0.3	-19.1	-1.8	0.96	-15.8	0.44	4

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1991	27	ATL	NL	0	0		4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	28	KCR	AL	3	0	39%	80	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	52%	11	8	2	4	2	2	8	0	8
1993	29	KCR	AL	2	0	30%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	57%	3	2	1	1	0	1	3	1	2

1998	34	SEA	AL	1	0	52%	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	57%	2	0	2	1	1	0	4	2	2
4 Yrs				6	0	39%	143	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	15	54%	16	10	5	6	3	3	15	3	12

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
1991	27	ATL	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1992	28	KCR	AL	178	37%	32	15	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	5	1	0	0	1	0	12	7	58%	40	6	15%	21	11	52%	114	16	14%	13	6	46%	8	5	63%	0
1993	29	KCR	AL	97	31%	19	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.47	2	0	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	100%	11	0	0%	7	3	43%	68	10	15%	5	3	60%	3	2	67%	0

1998	34	SEA	AL	89	26%	16	2	0	1	1	0	0	0.73	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	15	0	0%	11	6	55%	60	3	5%	7	2	29%	3	3	100%	0
4 Yrs				365	32%	67	18	1	4	2	0	0	0.44	4	0	13	2	2	3	1	0	15	10	67%	66	6	9%	39	20	51%	242	29	12%	25	11	44%	14	10	71%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			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
1991	27	ATL	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	0%	33%	67%	0%	100%		100%	67%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1992	28	KCR	AL	178	662	3.72	387	58%	23%	12%	30%	35%	77%	1%	45%	85%	35%	8%	15	0	17%	31	10	14%	25	14	25%	0	0	0
1993	29	KCR	AL	97	323	3.33	202	63%	25%	16%	22%	38%	75%	0%	47%	79%	38%	3%	3	1	10%	10	1	9%	9	3	27%	0	0	0

1998	34	SEA	AL	89	315	3.54	204	65%	25%	14%	26%	34%	75%	0%	48%	82%	37%	3%	3	0	18%	16	6	10%	9	4	38%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				365	1303	3.57	796	61%	24%	13%	27%	36%	76%	0%	46%	82%	36%	6%	21	1	16%	57	17	12%	43	21	29%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1991	27	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	28	64	179	150	21	32	8	1	1	12	3	20	21	.213	.308	.300	.608	70	45	6	1	7	1	1
1993	29	110	276	236	31	51	12	1	3	24	3	29	32	.216	.306	.314	.620	70	74	6	2	8	1	1
1994	30	110	276	236	31	51	12	1	3	24	3	29	32	.216	.306	.314	.620	70	74	6	2	8	1	1
1995	31	110	276	236	31	51	12	1	3	24	3	29	32	.216	.306	.314	.620	70	74	6	2	8	1	1
1996	32	110	276	236	31	51	12	1	3	24	3	29	32	.216	.306	.314	.620	70	74	6	2	8	1	1
1997	33	110	276	236	31	51	12	1	3	24	3	29	32	.216	.306	.314	.620	70	74	6	2	8	1	1
1998	34	147	365	317	43	67	18	1	4	28	3	35	45	.211	.293	.312	.605	64	99	6	2	10	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1991	27	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1992	28	59	181	151	23	34	8	1	1	13	0	21	20	.225	.322	.311	.633	15	59
1993	29	46	96	85	9	18	4	0	2	11	0	9	11	.212	.295	.329	.624	8	46

1998	34	37	89	81	11	16	6	0	1	4	0	6	13	.198	.253	.309	.562	6	37
4 Yrs		147	367	318	43	68	18	1	4	28	0	36	45	.214	.297	.314	.611	29	147
162 Game Avg.		162	404	350	47	75	20	1	4	31	0	40	50	.214	.297	.314	.611	32	147

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