Rich Rowland

Richard Garnet Rowland

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: February 25, 1964 in Cloverdale, CA
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 17th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1990
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Tigers 1990-1995

Final Game: June 19, 1995
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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
1988	24	DET-min	Rk	56	217	186	29	51	10	1	4	41	1	2	27	39	.274	.364	.403	.767		75		1	0	3	1		BRS · APPY
1989	25	DET-min	A	108	438	375	43	102	17	1	9	59	4	1	54	98	.272	.366	.395	.760		148		3	3	3	2		FAY · SALL
1990	26	DET-min	AAA,AA	109	398	353	50	96	22	0	15	52	3	4	35	66	.272	.342	.462	.804		163		4	3	3	3		TOL,LON · IL,EL
1990	26	DET	AL	7	21	19	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.158	.238	.211	.449	26	4	1	0	0	0	1	/2D
1991	27	DET-min	AAA	109	447	383	56	104	26	0	13	68	4	2	60	77	.272	.374	.441	.815		169	8	3	0	1	3		TOL · IL
1991	27	DET	AL	4	6	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583	63	1	0	0	0	1	0	/2D
1992	28	DET-min	AAA	136	536	473	75	111	19	1	25	82	9	3	56	112	.235	.317	.438	.755		207	20	3	0	4	6		TOL · IL
1992	28	DET	AL	6	17	14	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.214	.353	.214	.567	63	3	1	0	0	0	0	/2D35
1993	29	DET-min	AAA	96	382	325	58	87	24	2	21	59	1	6	51	72	.268	.369	.548	.917		178	11	3	0	3	3		TOL · IL
1993	29	DET	AL	21	52	46	2	10	3	0	0	4	0	0	5	16	.217	.294	.283	.577	57	13	1	0	1	0	0	2/D
1994	30	BOS	AL	46	129	118	14	27	3	0	9	20	0	0	11	35	.229	.295	.483	.778	94	57	2	0	0	0	0	2/D3
1995	31	BOS-min	AAA	34	133	124	20	32	7	0	8	24	0	1	7	24	.258	.301	.508	.809		63	2	1	0	1	1		PAW · IL
1995	31	BOS	AL	14	29	29	1	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	.172	.172	.207	.379	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	2/D
1996	32	TOR-min	AAA	96	348	288	43	65	24	2	8	45	1	1	50	79	.226	.344	.406	.750		117	9	4	2	4	3		SYR · IL
1997	33	SFG-min	AAA	19	66	59	10	14	5	0	2	13	0	0	7	13	.237	.318	.424	.742		25	2	0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
6 Yrs				98	254	230	22	49	8	0	9	26	0	0	22	71	.213	.281	.365	.646	68	84	5	0	1	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	420	380	36	81	13	0	15	43	0	0	36	117	.213	.281	.365	.646	68	139	8	0	2	2	2

DET (4 yrs)				38	96	83	7	17	4	0	0	5	0	0	11	25	.205	.295	.253	.548	52	21	3	0	1	1	1
BOS (2 yrs)				60	158	147	15	32	4	0	9	21	0	0	11	46	.218	.272	.429	.701	75	63	2	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
1990	26	DET	AL	7	21	-2	-0	-0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.457	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2D
1991	27	DET	AL	4	6	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2D
1992	28	DET	AL	6	17	-1	-0	-0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.464	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$120,000	/2D35
1993	29	DET	AL	21	52	-1	-1	0	-1	1	-3	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.488	.498	0.0	-0.0	0	$	2/D
1994	30	BOS	AL	46	129	-3	-0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.1	4	2	0.3	.497	.499	0.3	0.2	2	$142,500	2/D3
1995	31	BOS	AL	14	29	-4	-0	0	0	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.474	.498	-0.3	0.0	-3	$162,500	2/D
6 Seasons				98	254	-11	-2	-1	-3	2	-13	-1.3	8	-5	-0.5	.486	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$425,000

DET (4 yrs)				38	96	-4	-1	-0	-3	1	-8	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.479	.499	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$120,000
BOS (2 yrs)				60	158	-7	-0	-0	0	2	-6	-0.5	5	-0	0.0	.491	.498	0.0	0.2	-1	$305,000

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
1990	26	DET	AL	21	17	1	1.6	95	.200	.158	.260	.238	.329	.211	.389	.449	.718	26	.133	-1.9	-0.2	.353	.158	.053
1991	27	DET	AL	6	4	1	6.7	98	.333	.250	.262	.333	.331	.250	.398	.583	.730	63	.672	-0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.000
1992	28	DET	AL	17	12	1	2.2	94	.273	.214	.259	.353	.328	.214	.385	.567	.713	63	.225	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.214	.000
1993	29	DET	AL	52	38	4	2.8	102	.333	.217	.265	.294	.336	.283	.406	.577	.742	57	.273	-2.7	-0.3	.486	.174	.065
1994	30	BOS	AL	129	93	17	4.9	115	.243	.229	.277	.295	.350	.483	.442	.778	.792	94	.460	-2.3	-0.2	.731	.347	.254	.0
1995	31	BOS	AL	29	24	1	1.1	112	.278	.172	.274	.172	.348	.207	.433	.379	.781	-3	.056	-4.5	-0.4	.250	.034	.034
6 Yrs				254	188	25	3.6	109	.265	.213	.272	.281	.343	.365	.425	.646	.768	68	.344	-12.0	-1.2	.570	.248	.152	.0
162 Game Avg.				420	311	41	3.6	109	.265	.213	.272	.281	.343	.365	.425	.646	.768	68	.344	-12.0	-1.2	.570	.248	.152

DET (4 yrs)				96	71	7	2.6	99	.288	.205	.263	.295	.333	.253	.398	.548	.731	52	.263	-5.2	-0.5	.464	.181	.048
BOS (2 yrs)				158	117	18	4.1	114	.250	.218	.277	.272	.350	.429	.440	.701	.790	75	.384	-6.8	-0.6	.632	.286	.211	.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
1990	26	DET	AL	21	0.0%	19.1%	9.5%	4.8%	33%	2.00	4.8			1.50	2.00	71%	13%	0.0%	17%
1991	27	DET	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.0		4.0	0.50	1.00	50%	33%	0.0%	0%
1992	28	DET	AL	17	0.0%	17.7%	17.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.7			0.38	0.80	65%	27%	0.0%	25%
1993	29	DET	AL	52	0.0%	30.8%	9.6%	5.8%	30%	3.20	2.9		11.5	0.88	1.33	58%	23%	0.0%	25%
1994	30	BOS	AL	129	7.0%	27.1%	8.5%	9.3%	44%	3.18	3.4	13.1	5.9	0.66	0.93	57%	12%	22.5%	20%
1995	31	BOS	AL	29	0.0%	37.9%	0.0%	3.5%	20%		2.6		29.0	1.00	1.20	62%	22%	0.0%	44%
6 Yrs				254	3.5%	28.0%	8.7%	6.7%	35%	3.23	3.2	25.6	8.8	0.76	1.09	59%	17%	12.9%	23%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.3%	8.8%	7.0%	30%	1.75	5.8	39.4	8.1	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.7%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1990	26	DET	AL	-1.9	-0.2	22	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.78	-0.1	-0.2	-2.6	-0.3	0.83	-1.9	0.00	1
1991	27	DET	AL	-0.0	0.0	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.63	-0.0	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.42	-0.1	2.86	1
1992	28	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	17	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.94	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.76	-0.7		0
1993	29	DET	AL	-2.7	-0.3	52	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	.91	-0.1	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	1.06	-1.8	0.05	3
1994	30	BOS	AL	-2.5	-0.2	130	-0.0	1.8	-1.9	.72	0.3	-0.3	-1.6	-0.1	0.88	-0.4	2.38	5
1995	31	BOS	AL	-4.5	-0.4	29	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.78	-0.4	-0.0	-2.9	-0.3	0.86	-3.9	0.00	4
6 Yrs				-12.2	-1.2	256	-0.9	3.2	-4.0	.81	-0.4	-0.7	-11.6	-1.1	0.92	-8.8	1.07	14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1990	26	DET	AL	1	60%	9	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
1991	27	DET	AL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1992	28	DET	AL	0	33%	12	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1993	29	DET	AL	2	13%	18	2	0	25%	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1994	30	BOS	AL	0	17%	31	1	1	15%	11	10	1	0	0	2	1	1
1995	31	BOS	AL	1	20%	5	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
6 Yrs				4	21%	78	4	3	17%	18	14	3	1	1	4	3	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
1990	26	DET	AL	21	62%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		11	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1991	27	DET	AL	6	83%	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2.86	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	8	1	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1992	28	DET	AL	17	59%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	0
1993	29	DET	AL	52	73%	10	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.05	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	6	2	33%	42	6	14%	4	1	25%	2	1	50%	0
1994	30	BOS	AL	129	41%	27	1	0	5	0	0	0	2.38	9	0	3	5	4	3	6	0	0	0		26	2	8%	8	1	13%	75	11	15%	4	1	25%	5	3	60%	0
1995	31	BOS	AL	29	34%	5	0	0	4	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	3	0	0%	14	1	7%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0
6 Yrs				254	51%	49	3	0	14	3	0	2	1.07	9	0	8	5	4	3	6	0	1	1	100%	48	5	10%	19	4	21%	155	19	12%	14	4	29%	11	6	55%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			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
1990	26	DET	AL	21	84	4.00	54	64%	30%	11%	31%	28%	70%	7%	45%	84%	29%	10%	2	0	14%	3	1	5%	1	1	50%	0	0	0
1991	27	DET	AL	6	24	4.00	15	63%	40%	13%	27%	20%	60%	0%	38%	78%	17%	0%	0	0	17%	1	1	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
1992	28	DET	AL	17	69	4.06	40	58%	28%	23%	23%	28%	73%	0%	42%	69%	29%	12%	2	0	24%	4	2	6%	1	0	33%	0	0	0
1993	29	DET	AL	52	199	3.83	117	59%	28%	20%	26%	26%	72%	0%	42%	73%	25%	10%	5	1	25%	13	6	12%	6	4	31%	0	0	0
1994	30	BOS	AL	120	497	4.14	314	63%	28%	16%	31%	25%	72%	0%	45%	77%	27%	6%	7	2	16%	19	11	9%	11	8	30%	9	0	1
1995	31	BOS	AL	29	122	4.21	80	66%	21%	24%	33%	23%	79%	0%	52%	70%	28%	3%	1	1	14%	4	2	3%	1	1	18%	0	0	0
6 Yrs				245	995	4.06	620	62%	28%	18%	30%	25%	72%	1%	45%	76%	27%	7%	17	4	18%	44	23	8%	20	14	30%	9	0	1
MLB Averages						3.66		61%	25%	14%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1990	26	7	21	19	3	3	1	0	0	2	4	.158	.238	.211	.449	26	4	1	0	0	1
1991	27	11	27	23	3	4	1	0	1	3	6	.174	.259	.217	.477	34	5	1	0	1	1
1992	28	17	44	37	5	7	1	0	1	6	9	.189	.295	.216	.512	45	8	2	0	1	1
1993	29	38	96	83	7	17	4	0	5	11	25	.205	.295	.253	.548	52	21	3	1	1	1
1994	30	84	225	201	21	44	7	9	25	22	60	.219	.295	.388	.683	78	78	5	1	1	1
1995	31	98	254	230	22	49	8	9	26	22	71	.213	.281	.365	.646	68	84	5	1	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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1990	26	7	21	19	3	3	1	0	0	2	4	.158	.238	.211	.449	1	7
1991	27	4	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	4
1992	28	6	17	14	2	3	0	0	0	3	3	.214	.353	.214	.567	1	6
1993	29	21	52	46	2	10	3	0	4	5	16	.217	.294	.283	.577	4	21
1994	30	65	180	165	18	36	4	12	25	15	50	.218	.283	.461	.744	21	46
1995	31	16	33	33	1	6	1	0	1	0	12	.182	.182	.212	.394	1	14
6 Yrs		119	309	281	26	58	9	12	30	26	87	.206	.273	.367	.639	28	98
162 Game Avg.		162	421	383	35	79	12	16	41	35	118	.206	.273	.367	.639	38	98

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