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R.J. Alaniz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 220lb (193cm, 99kg)

Team: Cincinnati Reds (minors, 40-man)

Born: June 14, 1991 in McAllen, TX us

High School: Juarez-Lincoln HS (La Joya, TX)

Debut: April 12, 2019 (Age 27-302d, 21,863rd in major league history)
vs. HOU 2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 SO, 2 BB, 4 ER

Rookie Status: Still Intact through 2021

2021 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible

Service Time (01/2021): 0.065 • Arb Eligible: 2024 • Free Agent: 2027

Full Name: Ruben Alaniz

Pronunciation: \ah-lah-NIECE\

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SUMMARY

2021

Career

WAR

0.1

-0.3

ERA

3.38

8.35

2.2

18.1

WHIP

1.500

1.636

Standard Pitching

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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
2010	19	HOU-min	Rk	6	4	.600	4.21	12	12	0	0	0	0	57.2	65	32	27	5	10	1	42	4	0	5	248			1.301	10.1	0.8	1.6	6.6	4.20	GRE APPY
2011	20	HOU-min	A	7	10	.412	4.44	27	21	1	0	0	0	115.2	111	78	57	11	38	0	96	9	1	3	503			1.288	8.6	0.9	3.0	7.5	2.53	LEX SALL
2012	21	HOU-min	A+	6	2	.750	5.04	17	17	0	0	0	0	100.0	113	58	56	12	26	0	70	6	2	6	425			1.390	10.2	1.1	2.3	6.3	2.69	LNR CALL
2013	22	HOU-min	AA	9	9	.500	4.53	27	19	2	0	0	0	113.1	136	73	57	9	47	0	65	7	2	9	515			1.615	10.8	0.7	3.7	5.2	1.38	CPC TL
2014	23	HOU-min	AA,Rk	1	1	.500	6.59	17	4	5	0	0	0	41.0	50	37	30	2	28	1	22	2	0	6	195			1.902	11.0	0.4	6.1	4.8	0.79	CPC,AST TL,GULF
2015	24	HOU-min	AA	6	4	.600	4.55	14	5	4	0	0	0	57.1	69	32	29	2	23	0	25	4	0	2	256			1.605	10.8	0.3	3.6	3.9	1.09	CPC TL
2016	25	DET-min	AA,AAA	4	4	.500	2.69	52	0	20	0	0	4	73.2	72	25	22	1	29	3	74	4	0	5	315			1.371	8.8	0.1	3.5	9.0	2.55	ERI,TOL EL,IL
2017	26	DET-min	AAA,AA	3	3	.500	3.20	43	5	12	0	0	3	70.1	72	34	25	8	29	3	76	6	0	7	311			1.436	9.2	1.0	3.7	9.7	2.62	TOL,ERI IL,EL
2018	27	TBR-min	AAA,AA,A+,Rk	3	4	.429	3.38	31	0	19	0	0	4	42.2	34	20	16	1	16	2	53	4	0	9	181			1.172	7.2	0.2	3.4	11.2	3.31	DHM,MTG,POE,DVS IL,SOUL,FLOR,GULF
2019	28	CIN-SEA-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.02	35	0	22	0	0	6	40.1	43	21	18	4	18	2	54	4	0	3	185			1.512	9.6	0.9	4.0	12.0	3.00	LOU,TAC IL,PCL
2019	28	TOT	MLB	1	0	1.000	9.19	12	0	4	0	0	0	15.2	19	17	16	3	7	0	13	0	1	0	71	52	5.38	1.660	10.9	1.7	4.0	7.5	1.86
2019	28	SEA	AL	0	0		20.25	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	11	10	9	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	25	23	12.21	3.500	24.8	6.8	6.8	13.5	2.00
2019	28	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	5.40	8	0	3	0	0	0	11.2	8	7	7	0	4	0	7	0	1	0	46	89	3.04	1.029	6.2	0.0	3.1	5.4	1.75

2021	30	CIN-min	AAA	1	2	.333	2.61	31	0	5	0	0	1	38.0	38	16	11	0	14	2	44	1	0	0	157			1.368	9.0	0.0	3.3	10.4	3.14	LOU AAAE
2021	30	CIN	NL	0	0		3.38	3	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	1	1	1	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	13	157	10.29	1.500	3.4	3.4	10.1	10.1	1.00
2 Yrs				1	0	1.000	8.35	15	0	4	0	0	0	18.1	20	18	17	4	10	0	16	1	1	0	84	58	6.10	1.636	9.8	2.0	4.9	7.9	1.60
162 Game Avg.				5	0	1.000	8.35	68	0	18	0	0	0	83	91	82	77	18	45	0	73	5	5	0	381	58	6.10	1.636	9.8	2.0	4.9	7.9	1.60

CIN (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	5.02	11	0	3	0	0	0	14.1	9	8	8	1	7	0	10	1	1	0	59	97	4.39	1.116	5.7	0.6	4.4	6.3	1.43
SEA (1 yr)				0	0		20.25	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	11	10	9	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	25	23	12.21	3.500	24.8	6.8	6.8	13.5	2.00

NL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	5.02	11	0	3	0	0	0	14.1	9	8	8	1	7	0	10	1	1	0	59	97	4.39	1.116	5.7	0.6	4.4	6.3	1.43
AL (1 yr)				0	0		20.25	4	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	11	10	9	3	3	0	6	0	0	0	25	23	12.21	3.500	24.8	6.8	6.8	13.5	2.00