Ricky Bones

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 200lb (178cm, 90kg)

Born: April 7, 1969 in Salinas, Puerto Rico pr

High School: Guyama (Guyama, Puerto Rico)

Debut: August 11, 1991 (Age 22-126d, 13,617th in MLB history)
vs. CIN 7.0 IP, 2 H, 6 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: October 5, 2001 (Age 32-181d)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Full Name: Ricardo Ricky Bones

Pronunciation: \BO-ness\

1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.9

W

L

ERA

4.85

G

375

GS

164

SV

IP

1278.1

SO

564

WHIP

1.475

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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
1986	17	SDP-min	A-	1	3	.250	5.59	18	9	4	0	0	0	58.0	63	44	36	3	29	1	46	1	2	7				1.586	9.8	0.5	4.5	7.1	1.59	SPO NORW
1987	18	SDP-min	A	12	5	.706	3.65	26	26	0	4	1	0	170.1	183	81	69	9	45	4	130	6	2	5				1.339	9.7	0.5	2.4	6.9	2.89	CHS SALL
1988	19	SDP-min	A	15	6	.714	3.64	25	25	0	5	2	0	175.1	162	80	71	11	64	3	129	4	5	14				1.289	8.3	0.6	3.3	6.6	2.02	RVS CALL
1989	20	SDP-min	AA	10	9	.526	5.74	24	24	0	2	0	0	136.1	162	103	87	22	47	5	88	2	3	7				1.533	10.7	1.5	3.1	5.8	1.87	WCH TL
1990	21	SDP-min	AA,AAA	8	5	.615	3.48	26	26	0	2	1	0	173.1	183	83	67	17	55	0	121	6	4	7				1.373	9.5	0.9	2.9	6.3	2.20	WCH,LVG TL,PCL
1991	22	SDP-min	AAA	8	6	.571	4.22	23	23	0	1	0	0	136.1	155	90	64	10	43	3	95	4	3	6	611			1.452	10.2	0.7	2.8	6.3	2.21	LVG PCL
1991	22	SDP	NL	4	6	.400	4.83	11	11	0	0	0	0	54.0	57	33	29	3	18	0	31	0	0	4	234	79	3.43	1.389	9.5	0.5	3.0	5.2	1.72
1992	23	MIL	AL	9	10	.474	4.57	31	28	0	0	0	0	163.1	169	90	83	27	48	0	65	9	2	3	705	85	5.18	1.329	9.3	1.5	2.6	3.6	1.35
1993	24	MIL	AL	11	11	.500	4.86	32	31	1	3	0	0	203.2	222	122	110	28	63	3	63	8	1	6	883	88	5.20	1.399	9.8	1.2	2.8	2.8	1.00
1994	25	MIL	AL	10	9	.526	3.43	24	24	0	4	1	0	170.2	166	76	65	17	45	1	57	3	0	8	708	146	4.60	1.236	8.8	0.9	2.4	3.0	1.27	AS
1995	26	MIL	AL	10	12	.455	4.63	32	31	0	3	0	0	200.1	218	108	103	26	83	2	77	4	2	5	877	107	5.32	1.502	9.8	1.2	3.7	3.5	0.93
1996	27	TOT	AL	7	14	.333	6.22	36	24	2	0	0	0	152.0	184	115	105	30	68	2	63	10	0	2	699	84	6.45	1.658	10.9	1.8	4.0	3.7	0.93
1996	27	MIL	AL	7	14	.333	5.83	32	23	2	0	0	0	145.0	170	104	94	28	62	2	59	9	0	2	658	89	6.34	1.600	10.6	1.7	3.8	3.7	0.95
1996	27	NYY	AL	0	0		14.14	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	14	11	11	2	6	0	4	1	0	0	41	37	8.74	2.857	18.0	2.6	7.7	5.1	0.67
1997	28	MIL-min	AAA	5	0	1.000	2.79	8	7	1	0	0	0	42.0	40	18	13	2	8	0	22	3	1	0	173			1.143	8.6	0.4	1.7	4.7	2.75	TUC PCL
1997	28	TOT	MLB	4	8	.333	6.75	30	13	4	1	0	0	96.0	133	81	72	12	36	4	44	7	0	1	450	69	5.16	1.760	12.5	1.1	3.4	4.1	1.22
1997	28	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	10.19	9	2	2	0	0	0	17.2	31	22	20	2	11	2	8	2	0	0	98	43	5.88	2.377	15.8	1.0	5.6	4.1	0.73
1997	28	KCR	AL	4	7	.364	5.97	21	11	2	1	0	0	78.1	102	59	52	10	25	2	36	5	0	1	352	78	5.00	1.621	11.7	1.1	2.9	4.1	1.44
1998	29	MIN-KCR-min	AAA	6	3	.667	4.65	11	11	0	0	0	0	62.0	60	36	32	10	29	2	49	3	0	2	270			1.435	8.7	1.5	4.2	7.1	1.69	SLK,OMA PCL
1998	29	KCR	AL	2	2	.500	3.04	32	0	12	0	0	1	53.1	49	18	18	4	24	5	38	1	0	2	231	157	4.10	1.369	8.3	0.7	4.1	6.4	1.58
1999	30	BAL	AL	0	3	.000	5.98	30	2	7	0	0	0	43.2	59	29	29	7	19	0	26	2	0	3	207	78	5.47	1.786	12.2	1.4	3.9	5.4	1.37
2000	31	FLA	NL	2	3	.400	4.54	56	0	13	0	0	0	77.1	94	43	39	6	27	8	59	3	1	2	352	97	3.78	1.565	10.9	0.7	3.1	6.9	2.19
2001	32	FLA	NL	4	4	.500	5.06	61	0	19	0	0	0	64.0	71	39	36	7	33	9	41	3	0	0	288	84	4.88	1.625	10.0	1.0	4.6	5.8	1.24
2002	33	LAD-min	AAA	0	2	.000	3.86	30	0	24	0	0	9	30.1	34	19	13	3	12	1	15	4	0	1	141			1.516	10.1	0.9	3.6	4.5	1.25	LVG PCL
11 Yrs				63	82	.434	4.85	375	164	58	11	1	1	1278.1	1422	754	689	167	464	34	564	50	6	36	5634	95	5.07	1.475	10.0	1.2	3.3	4.0	1.22
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.434	4.85	47	21	7	1	0	0	161	179	95	87	21	59	4	71	6	1	5	711	95	5.07	1.475	10.0	1.2	3.3	4.0	1.22

MIL (5 yrs)				47	56	.456	4.64	151	137	3	10	1	0	883.0	945	500	455	126	301	8	321	33	5	24	3831	100	5.30	1.411	9.6	1.3	3.1	3.3	1.07
KCR (2 yrs)				6	9	.400	4.78	53	11	14	1	0	1	131.2	151	77	70	14	49	7	74	6	0	3	583	99	4.63	1.519	10.3	1.0	3.3	5.1	1.51
FLA (2 yrs)				6	7	.462	4.78	117	0	32	0	0	0	141.1	165	82	75	13	60	17	100	6	1	2	640	91	4.28	1.592	10.5	0.8	3.8	6.4	1.67
SDP (1 yr)				4	6	.400	4.83	11	11	0	0	0	0	54.0	57	33	29	3	18	0	31	0	0	4	234	79	3.43	1.389	9.5	0.5	3.0	5.2	1.72
CIN (1 yr)				0	1	.000	10.19	9	2	2	0	0	0	17.2	31	22	20	2	11	2	8	2	0	0	98	43	5.88	2.377	15.8	1.0	5.6	4.1	0.73
NYY (1 yr)				0	0		14.14	4	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	14	11	11	2	6	0	4	1	0	0	41	37	8.74	2.857	18.0	2.6	7.7	5.1	0.67
BAL (1 yr)				0	3	.000	5.98	30	2	7	0	0	0	43.2	59	29	29	7	19	0	26	2	0	3	207	78	5.47	1.786	12.2	1.4	3.9	5.4	1.37

AL (8 yrs)				53	68	.438	4.77	238	151	24	11	1	1	1065.1	1169	617	565	149	375	15	425	42	5	30	4662	98	5.24	1.449	9.9	1.3	3.2	3.6	1.13
NL (4 yrs)				10	14	.417	5.24	137	13	34	0	0	0	213.0	253	137	124	18	89	19	139	8	1	6	972	81	4.20	1.606	10.7	0.8	3.8	5.9	1.56

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