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Kevin Ritz
Kevin D Ritz

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.
School William Penn University

Debut July 15, 1989
  vs. SEA 4.0 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L
Final Game May 16, 1998
Born June 8, 1965 in Eatontown, NJ

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed September 3, 1985. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1989 24 DET AL   4   6  12  12   1   0   0  0   74.0   75   41   36   2   44   56   1   6   334   5   0  4.38  3.85   88 1.608
 1990 25 DET AL   0   4   4   4   0   0   0  0    7.3   14   12    9   0   14    3   0   3    52   2   0 11.05  3.99   36 3.818
 1991 26 DET AL   0   3  11   5   0   0   3  0   15.3   17   22   20   1   22    9   2   0    86   1   0 11.74  4.18   36 2.543
 1992 27 DET AL   2   5  23  11   0   0   4  0   80.3   88   52   50   4   44   57   3   7   368   4   1  5.60  3.95   71 1.643
 1994 29 COL NL   5   6  15  15   0   0   0  0   73.7   88   49   46   5   35   53   4   6   335   4   1  5.62  4.98   89 1.670
 1995 30 COL NL  11  11  31  28   0   0   3  2  173.3  171   91   81  16   65  120   6   6   743   3   0  4.21  5.40  128 1.362
 1996 31 COL NL  17  11  35  35   2   0   0  0  213.0  236  135  125  24  105  105  12  10   966   3   1  5.28  5.24   99 1.601
 1997 32 COL NL   6   8  18  18   1   0   0  0  107.3  142   72   70  16   46   56   1   7   486   3   0  5.87  5.18   88 1.752
 1998 33 COL NL   0   2   2   2   0   0   0  0    9.0   17   11   11   1    2    3   1   1    46   0   0 11.00  5.17   47 2.111
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .446  45  56 151 130   4   0  10  2  753.3  848  485  448  69  377  462  30  46  3416  25   3  5.35  4.93   92 1.626
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    10  13  36  31   0   0   2  0  182.0  205  117  108  16   91  111   7  11   826   6   0  5.35  4.93   92 1.626
 Career High     17  11  35  35   2   0   4  2  213.0  236  135  125  24  105  120  12  10   966   5   1  4.21  5.40  128 1.362

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1994 29 COL NL  15   20    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  13  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   5   0   0   0   2
 1995 30 COL NL  31   48    3    9   1  0   0    2   1  1   2  20  .188  .250  .208   11   10  11   0   0   2   1
 1996 31 COL NL  35   65    7   15   2  0   1    5   0  0   7  28  .231  .306  .308   50   20  11   0   0   0   0
 1997 32 COL NL  16   35    4    2   0  0   0    0   1  0   4  15  .057  .154  .057  -46    2   2   0   0   0   0
 1998 33 COL NL   2    3    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .333  .333  .333   63    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      149  171   14   27   3  0   1    7   2  1  13  77  .158  .226  .193    3   33  29   0   0   2   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        186   15   29   3  0   1    8   2  1  14  84  .158  .226  .193    3   36  32   0   0   2   3
 Career High     35   65    7   15   2  0   1    5   1  1   7  28                          20  11   0   0   2   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1994 29 COL NL   25   27    0   0.0   123| .000  .294| .000  .363| .000  .459| .000  .823|-100  .000  -6.4  -0.6   0%
 1995 30 COL NL   63   52    3   1.6   130| .188  .302| .250  .376| .208  .470| .458  .846|  11  .110  -7.3  -0.7  50%
 1996 31 COL NL   83   61    7   3.1   125| .231  .295| .306  .368| .308  .462| .614  .830|  50  .304  -5.5  -0.5   0%
 1997 32 COL NL   41   35    1   0.8   126| .057  .295| .154  .370| .057  .463| .211  .833| -46  .033  -8.5  -0.8 100%
 1998 33 COL NL    3    2    0   0.0   124| .333  .292| .333  .366| .333  .461| .666  .827|  63  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       215  177   11   1.7   126| .158  .297| .226  .370| .193  .464| .419  .834|   3  .124 -27.9  -2.6  66%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1989 24 DET AL P 12 4 10 0 0 1.000 .959 1.17 0.66 1.70 1.87 12 74.0 1990 25 DET AL P 4 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 1.50 0.60 7.40 1.73 4 7.3 1991 26 DET AL P 11 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.45 0.58 2.94 1.82 5 15.3 1992 27 DET AL P 23 4 10 0 1 1.000 .952 0.61 0.56 1.57 1.71 11 80.3 1994 29 COL NL P 15 6 13 0 3 1.000 .960 1.27 0.54 2.32 1.86 15 73.7 1995 30 COL NL P 31 10 39 0 1 1.000 .955 1.58 0.51 2.54 1.84 28 173.3 1996 31 COL NL P 35 18 51 0 3 1.000 .954 1.97 0.52 2.92 1.84 35 213.0 1997 32 COL NL P 18 13 15 0 3 1.000 .952 1.56 0.52 2.35 1.85 18 107.3 1998 33 COL NL P 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 0.55 5.00 1.90 2 9.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 24 DET AL P 12 4 10 0 0 1.000 .959 1.17 0.66 1.70 1.87 12 74.0 1990 25 DET AL P 4 2 4 1 0 .857 .952 1.50 0.60 7.40 1.73 4 7.3 1991 26 DET AL P 11 1 4 1 0 .833 .962 0.45 0.58 2.94 1.82 5 15.3 1992 27 DET AL P 23 4 10 0 1 1.000 .952 0.61 0.56 1.57 1.71 11 80.3 1994 29 COL NL P 15 6 13 0 3 1.000 .960 1.27 0.54 2.32 1.86 15 73.7 1995 30 COL NL P 31 10 39 0 1 1.000 .955 1.58 0.51 2.54 1.84 28 173.3 1996 31 COL NL P 35 18 51 0 3 1.000 .954 1.97 0.52 2.92 1.84 35 213.0 1997 32 COL NL P 18 13 15 0 3 1.000 .952 1.56 0.52 2.35 1.85 18 107.3 1998 33 COL NL P 2 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 2.50 0.55 5.00 1.90 2 9.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 151 60 149 2 11 .991 .955 1.38 0.54 2.50 1.83 130 753.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 151 60 149 2 11 .991 .955 1.38 0.54 2.50 1.83 130 753
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1995   NLDS  COL ATL     L   2   1   7.71  0  0  0  0   7    12   6   3   5 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1995   NLDS  COL ATL     L   2   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Sac. Hits
1995 NL-11-9
1996 NL-11-10

Wins
1996 NL-17-3

Games Started
1996 NL-35-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1996 NL-105-2

Hits Allowed
1996 NL-236-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1996 NL-125-1

Wild Pitches
1996 NL-10-8

Hit Batsmen
1996 NL-12-5

Batters Faced
1996 NL-966-8

Adjusted ERA+
1995 NL-128-8

   

Gray Ink: Pitching - 5 (1828) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1593) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

January 3, 1985: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1985: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). Player signed September 3, 1985.

November 17, 1992: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies from the Detroit Tigers as the 46th pick in the 1992 expansion draft.

October 12, 1993: Released by the Colorado Rockies.

December 1, 1993: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989Detroit Tigers$68,000
1990Detroit Tigers$118,000
1992Detroit Tigers$125,000
1994Colorado Rockies$165,000
1995Colorado Rockies$447,223
1996Colorado Rockies$740,000
1997Colorado Rockies$2,500,000
1998Colorado Rockies$3,500,000
1999Colorado Rockies$3,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,663,223

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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