David Riske

Position: Relief Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: October 23, 1976 in Renton, WA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 56th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Green River Community College (Auburn, WA).

High School: Charles A. Lindbergh HS (Renton, WA)

School: Green River Community College (Auburn, WA)

Last Game: August 15, 2010 (Age 33-296d)
vs. COL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Agents: Nez Balero • Previously: John Boggs

Full Name: David Richard Riske

Pronunciation: \RISK-key\

Twitter: @david_riske

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

3.67

462

497.2

441

WHIP

1.314

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1997	20	-2.4	Kinston	CARL	A+	CLE	4	4	.500	2.25	2.75	39	0	23	0	0	2	72.0	58	22	18	3	33	4	90	2	0	0	299	1.264	7.3	0.4	4.1	11.3	2.73
1998	21		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	CLE	1	1	.500	2.21	2.37	55	0	51	0	0	34	57.0	49	15	14	4	16	0	72	1	0	1	229	1.140	7.7	0.6	2.5	11.4	4.50
1998	21	-2.9	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	1	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	11	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	15.0	5.00
1998	21	-1.4	Kinston	CARL	A+	CLE	1	1	.500	2.33	2.50	53	0	50	0	0	33	54.0	48	15	14	4	15	0	67	1	0	1	218	1.167	8.0	0.7	2.5	11.2	4.47
1999	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CLE	3	0	1.000	1.23	1.58	46	0	41	0	0	18	51.1	19	9	7	1	20	0	55	0	0	1	191	0.760	3.3	0.2	3.5	9.6	2.75
1999	22	-4.7	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	3	0	1.000	0.65	0.98	23	0	19	0	0	6	27.2	14	3	2	0	7	0	22	0	0	0	101	0.759	4.6	0.0	2.3	7.2	3.14
1999	22	-1.9	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		1.90	2.28	23	0	22	0	0	12	23.2	5	6	5	1	13	0	33	0	0	1	90	0.761	1.9	0.4	4.9	12.5	2.54
1999	22	-7.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	1	1	.500	8.36	9.64	12	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	20	15	13	2	6	0	16	0	0	0	68	1.857	12.9	1.3	3.9	10.3	2.67
2000	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	0	0		1.29	1.29	5	1	1	0	0	1	7.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	6	1	0	2	28	0.857	5.1	0.0	2.6	7.7	3.00
2000	23	-3.5	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	0	0		3.00	3.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	13	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
2000	23	-1.3	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	1	1	0	0	1	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	15	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
2001	24	-2.7	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	1	2	.333	2.36	2.70	38	0	26	0	0	15	53.1	45	16	14	2	17	0	72	2	1	0	217	1.163	7.6	0.3	2.9	12.2	4.24
2001	24	-4.5	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	0	1.000	1.98	2.30	26	0	6	0	0	1	27.1	20	7	6	3	18	3	29	2	0	1	118	1.390	6.6	1.0	5.9	9.5	1.61
2002	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-AA	CLE	0	1	.000	3.45	3.45	13	2	10	0	0	3	15.2	11	6	6	3	5	0	27	1	0	0	64	1.021	6.3	1.7	2.9	15.5	5.40
2002	25	-1.4	Buffalo	IL	AAA	CLE	0	1	.000	3.72	3.72	9	0	8	0	0	3	9.2	6	4	4	2	4	0	17	1	0	0	40	1.034	5.6	1.9	3.7	15.8	4.25
2002	25	0.5	Akron	EL	AA	CLE	0	0		3.00	3.00	4	2	2	0	0	0	6.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	24	1.000	7.5	1.5	1.5	15.0	10.00
2002	25	-3.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	2	.500	5.26	5.61	51	0	17	0	0	1	51.1	49	32	30	8	35	4	65	4	0	1	237	1.636	8.6	1.4	6.1	11.4	1.86
2003	26	-2.6	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	2	2	.500	2.29	2.53	68	0	24	0	0	8	74.2	52	21	19	9	20	3	82	3	0	1	293	0.964	6.3	1.1	2.4	9.9	4.10
2004	27	-2.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	7	3	.700	3.72	3.72	72	0	27	0	0	5	77.1	69	32	32	11	41	4	78	2	0	3	336	1.422	8.0	1.3	4.8	9.1	1.90
2005	28	-1.2	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	3	4	.429	3.10	3.47	58	0	33	0	0	1	72.2	55	28	25	11	15	0	48	4	0	0	288	0.963	6.8	1.4	1.9	5.9	3.20
2006	29		2 Teams	AL	Maj	BOS-CHW	1	2	.333	3.89	4.09	41	0	12	0	0	0	44.0	40	20	19	6	17	1	28	3	0	0	189	1.295	8.2	1.2	3.5	5.7	1.65
2006	29	1.9	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	BOS	0	1	.000	5.40	5.40	5	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	3	3	0	5	0	8	1	0	0	26	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	14.4	1.60
2006	29	0.6	BOS	AL	Maj	BOS	0	1	.000	3.72	3.72	8	0	2	0	0	0	9.2	8	4	4	2	3	0	5	2	0	0	42	1.138	7.4	1.9	2.8	4.7	1.67
2006	29	0.6	CHW	AL	Maj	CHW	1	1	.500	3.93	4.19	33	0	10	0	0	0	34.1	32	16	15	4	14	1	23	1	0	0	147	1.340	8.4	1.0	3.7	6.0	1.64
2007	30	1.6	KCR	AL	Maj	KCR	1	4	.200	2.45	2.45	65	0	27	0	0	4	69.2	61	19	19	8	27	4	52	1	0	0	289	1.263	7.9	1.0	3.5	6.7	1.93
2008	31	4.1	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
2008	31	2.1	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	1	2	.333	5.31	5.31	45	0	6	0	0	2	42.1	47	25	25	6	25	0	27	0	0	1	193	1.701	10.0	1.3	5.3	5.7	1.08
2009	32	3.4	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	4.000	36.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2010	33		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A+	MIL	2	1	.667	5.54	7.62	11	3	2	0	0	0	13.0	15	11	8	1	6	1	11	0	0	0	57	1.615	10.4	0.7	4.2	7.6	1.83
2010	33	6.3	Nashville	PCL	AAA	MIL	2	0	1.000	4.00	6.00	8	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	8	6	4	1	4	1	8	0	0	0	37	1.333	8.0	1.0	4.0	8.0	2.00
2010	33	10.1	Brevard County	FLOR	A+	MIL	0	1	.000	9.00	11.25	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	7	5	4	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	20	2.250	15.8	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50
2010	33	4.3	MIL	NL	Maj	MIL	0	0		5.01	5.40	23	0	5	0	0	0	23.1	25	14	13	2	8	0	16	2	0	1	104	1.414	9.6	0.8	3.1	6.2	2.00
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		20	20	.500	3.67	3.89	462	0	160	0	0	22	497.2	442	215	203	66	212	19	441	21	0	8	2121	1.314	8.0	1.2	3.8	8.0	2.08
Minors (9 seasons)					Minors		11	10	.524	2.32	2.71	213	9	154	0	0	73	275.1	206	83	71	14	104	5	344	8	1	4	1114	1.126	6.7	0.5	3.4	11.2	3.31
All Levels (14 Seasons)							31	30	.508	3.19	3.47	675	9	314	0	0	95	773.0	648	298	274	80	316	24	785	29	1	12	3235	1.247	7.5	0.9	3.7	9.1	2.48

AAA (7 seasons)					Minors		6	4	.600	2.32	2.73	86	3	55	0	0	24	108.2	80	33	28	5	39	1	132	4	1	2	437	1.095	6.6	0.4	3.2	10.9	3.38
AA (4 seasons)					Minors		0	0		1.72	1.96	32	3	26	0	0	14	36.2	13	8	7	2	15	0	52	1	0	1	140	0.764	3.2	0.5	3.7	12.8	3.47
A+ (3 seasons)					Minors		5	6	.455	2.49	2.91	95	3	73	0	0	35	130.0	113	42	36	7	50	4	160	3	0	1	537	1.254	7.8	0.5	3.5	11.1	3.20