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Rick van den Hurk

Henricus Nicolas van den Hurk

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: May 22, 1985 in Eindhoven, Netherlands
Signed by the Florida Marlins as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 2007
Teams (by GP): Marlins/Orioles 2007-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 1.153, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2017 [*], Agents: Lenny Strelitz [*]
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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
2007 22 FLA NL 4 6 .400 6.83 18 17 0 0 0 0 81.2 94 63 62 15 48 5 82 3 4 4 379 64 1.739 10.4 1.7 5.3 9.0 1.71
2008 23 FLA NL 1 1 .500 7.71 4 4 0 0 0 0 14.0 20 12 12 1 10 0 20 2 0 0 74 58 2.143 12.9 0.6 6.4 12.9 2.00
2009 24 FLA NL 3 2 .600 4.30 11 11 0 0 0 0 58.2 57 29 28 11 21 3 49 4 0 2 256 100 1.330 8.7 1.7 3.2 7.5 2.33
2010 25 TOT MLB 0 1 .000 5.09 9 1 2 0 0 0 17.2 16 14 10 2 8 0 18 2 0 0 76 85 1.358 8.2 1.0 4.1 9.2 2.25
2010 25 FLA NL 0 0 6.75 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 3 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 78 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 6.8 1.00
2010 25 BAL AL 0 1 .000 4.96 7 1 2 0 0 0 16.1 13 10 9 2 7 0 17 2 0 0 67 85 1.224 7.2 1.1 3.9 9.4 2.43
2011 26 BAL AL 0 0 8.00 4 2 1 0 0 0 9.0 12 9 8 4 8 0 7 1 0 0 46 54 2.222 12.0 4.0 8.0 7.0 0.88
5 Yrs 8 10 .444 5.97 46 35 3 0 0 0 181.0 199 127 120 33 95 8 176 12 4 6 831 73 1.624 9.9 1.6 4.7 8.8 1.85
162 Game Avg. 7 8 .444 5.97 39 29 3 0 0 0 152 167 107 101 28 80 7 148 10 3 5 698 73 1.624 9.9 1.6 4.7 8.8 1.85
FLA (4 yrs) 8 9 .471 5.96 35 32 0 0 0 0 155.2 174 108 103 27 80 8 152 9 4 6 718 73 1.632 10.1 1.6 4.6 8.8 1.90
BAL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 6.04 11 3 3 0 0 0 25.1 25 19 17 6 15 0 24 3 0 0 113 70 1.579 8.9 2.1 5.3 8.5 1.60
NL (4 yrs) 8 9 .471 5.96 35 32 0 0 0 0 155.2 174 108 103 27 80 8 152 9 4 6 718 73 1.632 10.1 1.6 4.6 8.8 1.90
AL (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 6.04 11 3 3 0 0 0 25.1 25 19 17 6 15 0 24 3 0 0 113 70 1.579 8.9 2.1 5.3 8.5 1.60

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 GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
2007 22 FLA NL 81.2 18 17 63 6.94 4.77 -0.33 0.18 97.4 5.14 -16 -1.5 .6 -0.0 -0.9 -8 .418 .491 $
2008 23 FLA NL 14.0 4 4 12 7.71 4.89 0.06 0.20 105.0 5.28 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .413 .498 $391,500
2009 24 FLA NL 58.2 11 11 29 4.45 4.60 -0.34 0.18 99.0 5.06 4 0.4 -0.0 0.8 10 .538 .503 $400,000
2010 25 FLA NL 1.1 2 0 4 27.00 4.89 -0.24 -0.36 94.2 4.48 -3 -0.3 .8 0.0 -0.3 -3 .347 .498 $
2010 25 BAL AL 16.1 7 1 10 5.51 4.69 -0.13 -0.23 102.4 4.70 -2 -0.2 .3 0.0 0.0 0 .477 .499 $
2011 26 BAL AL 9.0 4 2 9 9.00 4.78 -0.13 -0.05 101.5 4.93 -4 -0.4 .5 0.0 -0.3 -3 .402 .498 $
5 Seasons 181.0 46 35 127 6.31 4.72 -0.27 0.13 99.2 5.07 -25 -2.3 .5 -0.0 -1.0 -7 .451 .498 $791,500
FLA (4 yrs) 155.2 35 32 108 6.24 4.72 -0.30 0.18 98.7 5.12 -19 -1.7 .7 -0.1 -0.7 -4 .451 .497 $791,500
BAL (2 yrs) 25.1 11 3 19 6.75 4.72 -0.13 -0.16 102.1 4.78 -6 -0.6 .4 0.0 -0.3 -3 .449 .498 $

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
2007 22 FLA NL 18 379 320 63 94 24 3 15 8 3 48 82 .294 .388 .528 .916 .350 169 5 3 5 3 5 3
2008 23 FLA NL 4 74 60 12 20 3 0 1 0 0 10 20 .333 .444 .433 .878 .487 26 0 2 2 0 0 0
2009 24 FLA NL 11 256 226 29 57 13 2 11 4 1 21 49 .252 .324 .473 .798 .274 107 1 4 3 2 3 2
2010 25 BAL AL 7 67 57 10 13 2 0 2 1 0 7 17 .228 .328 .368 .697 .282 21 4 2 0 1 0 1
2010 25 FLA NL 2 9 8 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .375 .444 .500 .944 .429 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 25 TOT MLB 9 76 65 14 16 3 0 2 1 0 8 18 .246 .342 .385 .727 .304 25 4 2 0 1 0 2
2011 26 BAL AL 4 46 37 9 12 4 0 4 1 1 8 7 .324 .457 .757 1.213 .308 28 1 1 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 46 831 708 127 199 47 5 33 14 5 95 176 .281 .373 .501 .874 .329 355 11 12 10 6 8 8
162 Game Avg. 39 698 594 107 167 39 4 28 12 4 80 148 .281 .373 .501 .874 .329 298 9 10 8 5 7 7
MLB Averages .261 .330 .412 .741 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2007 22 FLA NL -20.9 -1.9 401 -2.0 6.6 -8.6 1.02 -2.0 0.0 -23.5 -2.2 1.02 -23.0 0 0 1
2008 23 FLA NL -4.6 -0.4 75 -0.3 1.3 -1.6 1.10 -0.2 -0.1 -4.2 -0.4 1.10 -3.0 0 0 0
2009 24 FLA NL 0.6 0.1 263 -0.1 4.5 -4.6 .96 -1.1 1.0 -0.0 -0.0 0.96 -10.3 0 0 0
2010 25 TOT MLB -2.9 -0.3 80 0.1 0.9 -0.8 .65 -0.3 0.4 -3.3 -0.3 0.65 -1.5 1 1 6
2010 25 FLA NL -1.5 -0.2 9 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .57 -0.1 0.3 -1.9 -0.2 0.56 -1.4 1 0 1
2010 25 BAL AL -1.4 -0.1 71 -0.0 0.8 -0.8 .66 -0.1 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.66 -0.1 0 1 5
2011 26 BAL AL -3.8 -0.4 48 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 .79 -0.6 -0.1 -5.6 -0.5 0.79 -7.7 0 1 1
5 Yrs -31.6 -2.9 867 -3.0 13.7 -16.7 .96 -4.2 1.1 -36.6 -3.4 0.96 -45.4 1 2 8

Starting Pitching*

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
2007 22 FLA NL 18 17 4 6 7 3 0 6 11 .353 2 0 0 0 2 12% 42.6 72 19 16 4 1 7 4.7 5.6 4.7 87 4 10 3 0 101
2008 23 FLA NL 4 4 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41.5 69 29 7 3 0 2 4.3 8.3 3.5 83 2 2 0 0 94
2009 24 FLA NL 11 11 3 2 6 1 0 7 4 .636 1 5 0 0 4 36% 50.4 64 31 1 0 0 7 5.0 3.8 5.3 91 2 8 1 0 103
2010 25 TOT MLB 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45 45 4 3 1 0 2.0 2.3 4.0 87 0 1 0 0 87
2010 25 BAL AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 45.0 45 45 2 1 1 0 2.0 2.3 4.0 87 0 1 0 0 87
2011 26 BAL AL 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 33.0 38 28 5 1 0 2 5.5 9.0 2.7 65 2 0 0 0 77
5 Yrs 44 35 8 10 17 5 0 16 19 .457 3 5 0 0 6 17% 44 72 19 31 9 2 18 4.7 5.3 4.6 86 10 21 4 0 103
MLB Averages .500 50% 50 100 -12 4.6 4.6 5.9 96

Reliever Pitching*

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
2007 22 FLA NL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 1.017 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7.0 46
2010 25 TOT MLB 9 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% .651 1 1 6 2 1 5 1 7 2 1 3 0 5.1 26
2010 25 FLA NL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .566 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2.0 16
2010 25 BAL AL 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 .662 0 1 5 1 0 5 1 5 2 0 3 0 6.2 30
2011 26 BAL AL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 .790 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 5.5 34
3 Yrs 31 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% .941 1 2 8 2 1 8 3 8 5 1 6 0 5.4 30

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%
2007 22 FLA NL 379 51% 4.0% 21.6% 12.7% 11.1% 45% 0.40 0.56 60% 24% 10.3% 14% 63 5 8%
2008 23 FLA NL 74 46% 1.4% 27.0% 13.5% 5.4% 20% 0.54 0.69 53% 33% 4.5% 15% 20 0 0%
2009 24 FLA NL 256 44% 4.3% 19.1% 8.2% 10.2% 46% 0.37 0.47 66% 24% 9.5% 10% 32 1 3%
2010 25 TOT MLB 76 58% 2.6% 23.7% 10.5% 6.6% 31% 0.53 0.79 61% 17% 7.1% 13% 19 4 21%
2010 25 FLA NL 9 44% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 11.1% 33% 0.75 0.50 78% 14% 0.0% 25% 2 0 0%
2010 25 BAL AL 67 60% 3.0% 25.4% 10.5% 6.0% 31% 0.50 0.82 58% 17% 8.0% 11% 17 4 24%
2011 26 BAL AL 46 43% 8.7% 15.2% 17.4% 17.4% 67% 0.30 0.27 57% 17% 19.0% 9% 8 1 13%
5 Yrs 831 49% 4.0% 21.2% 11.4% 10.2% 43% 0.41 0.53 61% 24% 9.9% 12% 142 11 8%
MLB Averages 46% 2.6% 17.9% 8.6% 7.8% 33% 0.79 1.07 69% 19% 7.5% 13% 11%

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
2007 22 FLA NL 380 1521 4.00 928 61% 27% 15% 31% 27% 73% 3% 44% 79% 58% 8% 29 16 24% 90 51 5 33% 13 8 -1 0 0
2008 23 FLA NL 74 331 4.47 196 59% 29% 16% 34% 21% 71% 0% 42% 77% 54% 9% 7 5 23% 17 9 2 40% 3 2 0 0 0
2009 24 FLA NL 256 1002 3.91 639 64% 27% 14% 30% 28% 73% 3% 47% 80% 55% 4% 10 4 30% 77 45 3 27% 9 3 0 0 0
2010 25 TOT MLB 76 298 3.92 186 62% 27% 15% 32% 26% 73% 0% 45% 80% 55% 4% 3 2 25% 19 11 1 11% 5 1 0 0 0
2010 25 FLA NL 9 31 3.44 20 65% 30% 10% 25% 35% 70% 0% 45% 86% 67% 0% 0 0 33% 3 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0
2010 25 BAL AL 67 267 3.99 166 62% 27% 15% 33% 25% 73% 0% 45% 79% 54% 4% 3 2 24% 16 10 1 12% 4 1 0 0 0
2011 26 BAL AL 47 198 4.21 101 51% 27% 21% 23% 30% 73% 0% 37% 72% 45% 15% 7 4 11% 5 2 0 14% 0 3 -1 0 0
5 Yrs 833 3350 4.02 2050 61% 27% 15% 31% 27% 73% 2% 44% 79% 56% 7% 56 31 25% 208 118 11 29% 30 17 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 59% 5% 22% 25%

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
2007 22 FLA NL 379 94 5 0 15 0 8 10 5 6 9 25 10 4 40% 3 4 1 140 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0
2008 23 FLA NL 74 20 2 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 7 3 3 43% 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 24 FLA NL 256 57 6 1 11 0 1 4 7 5 6 10 6 0 60% 2 2 0 89 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2010 25 TOT MLB 76 16 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 7 4 0 57% 2 0 0 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
2010 25 FLA NL 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2010 25 BAL AL 67 13 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 0 5 3 0 60% 1 0 0 25 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
2011 26 BAL AL 46 12 0 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 4 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 15 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0
5 Yrs 831 199 15 1 33 0 16 18 15 13 20 52 24 7 46% 8 6 1 306 14 5 74% 14 4 0 0 0 1 5 1 20 0
MLB Averages 53% 73%

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+
2007 22 4 6 .400 6.83 18 17 0 0 0 0 81.2 94 63 62 15 48 5 82 3 4 4 379 64 1.739 10.4 1.7 5.3 9.0 1.71 64
2008 23 5 7 .417 6.96 22 21 0 0 0 0 95.2 114 75 74 16 58 5 102 5 4 4 453 63 1.798 10.7 1.5 5.5 9.6 1.76 63
2009 24 8 9 .471 5.95 33 32 0 0 0 0 154.1 171 104 102 27 79 8 151 9 4 6 709 73 1.620 10.0 1.6 4.6 8.8 1.91 73
2010 25 8 10 .444 5.86 42 33 2 0 0 0 172.0 187 118 112 29 87 8 169 11 4 6 785 74 1.593 9.8 1.5 4.6 8.8 1.94 74
2011 26 8 10 .444 5.97 46 35 3 0 0 0 181.0 199 127 120 33 95 8 176 12 4 6 831 73 1.624 9.9 1.6 4.7 8.8 1.85 73

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
2007 22 2 6 .250 6.72 79.0 92 66 59 15 47 79 3 1.759 10.5 5.4 9.0 1.68 1.7 18
2008 23 0 1 .000 7.71 14.0 20 13 12 1 10 20 2 2.143 12.9 6.4 12.9 2.00 0.6 4
2009 24 3 3 .500 4.34 58.0 57 31 28 11 21 48 4 1.345 8.8 3.3 7.4 2.29 1.7 11
2010 25 0 1 .000 5.29 17.0 16 11 10 2 8 17 2 1.412 8.5 4.2 9.0 2.13 1.1 9
2011 26 0 0 9.00 8.0 12 9 8 4 8 6 1 2.500 13.5 9.0 6.8 0.75 4.5 4
5 Yrs 5 11 .313 5.98 176.0 197 130 117 33 94 170 12 1.653 10.1 8.7 1.81 1.7 46

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
2007 NL  born 1985-05-22 (9th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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