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Portrait of Ricardo Rincon

Ricardo Rincon PAthletics

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
16 565 443.7 21 24 21 3.59 4.8
Birth Date4-13-1970
Height5' 10"
Weight190 lbs
Age54 years, 0 months, 5 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
Multiple stints are are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
1997 PIT MLB 62 0 60.0 4 8 4 51 24 71 5 103 7.7 3.6 0.8 10.7 0% .303 1.25 3.09 3.45 86 3.74 77.9 1.0
1998 PIT MLB 60 0 65.0 0 2 14 50 29 64 6 101 6.9 4.0 0.8 8.9 0% .254 1.22 3.63 2.91 90 3.65 75.7 1.2
1999 CLE MLB 59 0 44.7 2 3 0 41 24 30 6 106 8.3 4.8 1.2 6.0 0% .265 1.46 5.27 4.43 118 7.14 138.8 -0.7
2000 CLE MLB 35 0 20.0 2 0 0 17 13 20 1 91 7.7 5.9 0.5 9.0 0% .291 1.50 3.97 2.70 102 5.37 103.3 0.1
2001 CLE MLB 67 0 54.0 2 1 2 44 21 50 3 101 7.3 3.5 0.5 8.3 0% .275 1.20 3.13 2.83 89 3.75 77.7 1.0
2002 CLE 0 46 0 35.7 1 4 0 36 8 30 3 99 9.1 2.0 0.8 7.6 0% .306 1.23 3.22 4.79 82 3.21 68.8 0.8
2002 OAK 0 25 0 20.3 0 0 1 11 3 19 1 92 4.9 1.3 0.4 8.4 0% .204 0.69 2.27 3.10 81 3.69 79.1 0.4
2003 OAK MLB 64 0 55.3 8 4 0 45 32 40 4 95 7.3 5.2 0.7 6.5 0% .253 1.39 4.48 3.25 110 5.56 116.6 -0.1
2004 OAK MLB 67 0 44.0 1 1 0 45 22 40 3 105 9.2 4.5 0.6 8.2 0% .311 1.52 3.79 3.68 96 4.20 86.7 0.7
2005 OAK MLB 67 0 37.3 1 1 0 34 20 27 7 98 8.2 4.8 1.7 6.5 0% .252 1.45 5.72 4.34 111 5.24 112.6 0.1
2006 SLN MLB 5 0 3.3 0 0 0 6 4 6 1 94 16.2 10.8 2.7 16.2 0% .556 3.00 7.90 10.80 89 3.25 66.1 0.1
2008 NYN MLB 8 0 4.0 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 92 9.0 2.3 2.3 6.8 0% .273 1.25 5.60 4.50 40 1.78 38.0 0.2
2002 TOT MLB 71 0 56.0 1 4 1 47 11 49 4 97 7.6 1.8 0.6 7.9 0% .000 1.04 2.87 4.18 82 3.38 72.6 1.2
CareerMLB5650443.7212421384201400411007.84.10.88.145%.2761.323.933.59964.4892.34.7

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
Minor league stats are currently shown —Click to hide.
YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
1997 PIT MLB NL 62 0 60.0 4 8 4 51 24 71 5 103 7.7 3.6 0.8 10.7 0% .303 1.25 3.09 3.45 86 3.74 77.9
1998 PIT MLB NL 60 0 65.0 0 2 14 50 29 64 6 101 6.9 4.0 0.8 8.9 0% .254 1.22 3.63 2.91 90 3.65 75.7
1998 CAR AA SOU 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 5 2 1 1 15.0 6.0 3.0 3.0 0% -1.000 2.33 9.14 6.00 0 0.00 0.0
1998 NAS AAA PCL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.00 1.55 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
1999 CLE MLB AL 59 0 44.7 2 3 0 41 24 30 6 106 8.3 4.8 1.2 6.0 0% .265 1.46 5.27 4.43 118 7.14 138.8
1999 AKR AA EAS 2 2 1.7 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 10.6 0.0 5.3 10.6 0% -.333 1.18 8.56 5.29 0 0.00 0.0
2000 CLE MLB AL 35 0 20.0 2 0 0 17 13 20 1 91 7.7 5.9 0.5 9.0 0% .291 1.50 3.97 2.70 102 5.37 103.3
2000 BUF AAA INT 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 4.5 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% -.500 0.50 1.13 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2001 CLE MLB AL 67 0 54.0 2 1 2 44 21 50 3 101 7.3 3.5 0.5 8.3 0% .275 1.20 3.13 2.83 89 3.75 77.7
2002 CLE MLB AL 46 0 35.7 1 4 0 36 8 30 3 99 9.1 2.0 0.8 7.6 0% .306 1.23 3.22 4.79 82 3.21 68.8
2002 OAK MLB AL 25 0 20.3 0 0 1 11 3 19 1 92 4.9 1.3 0.4 8.4 0% .204 0.69 2.27 3.10 81 3.69 79.1
2003 OAK MLB AL 64 0 55.3 8 4 0 45 32 40 4 95 7.3 5.2 0.7 6.5 0% .253 1.39 4.48 3.25 110 5.56 116.6
2004 OAK MLB AL 67 0 44.0 1 1 0 45 22 40 3 105 9.2 4.5 0.6 8.2 0% .311 1.52 3.79 3.68 96 4.20 86.7
2005 OAK MLB AL 67 0 37.3 1 1 0 34 20 27 7 98 8.2 4.8 1.7 6.5 0% .252 1.45 5.72 4.34 111 5.24 112.6
2006 SLN MLB NL 5 0 3.3 0 0 0 6 4 6 1 94 16.2 10.8 2.7 16.2 0% .556 3.00 7.90 10.80 89 3.25 66.1
2006 MEX wor CS 4 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.1 0% .000 0.00 1.14 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2007 FRE AAA PCL 7 0 5.3 1 0 1 7 1 3 0 109 11.9 1.7 0.0 5.1 0% .389 1.51 2.96 1.70 87 4.07 83.4
2007 CUL Wnt MPL 3 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.3 0% .000 0.00 3.30 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2007 CUL Wnt MPL 4 0 2.3 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 11.7 0.0 0.0 15.7 0% .600 1.30 -0.77 0.00 0 0.00 0.0
2007 CUL Wnt MPL 6 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 5 3 0 0.0 15.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 1.67 6.71 12.00 0 0.00 0.0
2008 NYN MLB NL 8 0 4.0 0 0 0 4 1 3 1 92 9.0 2.3 2.3 6.8 0% .273 1.25 5.60 4.50 40 1.78 38.0
2008 NWO AAA PCL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 104 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 0% .000 0.00 1.48 0.00 86 3.89 79.5
2008 MCD mex MEX 42 0 35.3 0 2 2 48 6 23 2 12.2 1.5 0.5 5.9 0% .374 1.53 3.39 3.82 0 0.00 0.0
2009 MCD mex MEX 44 0 31.7 1 1 2 36 14 24 8 10.2 4.0 2.3 6.8 0% .280 1.58 6.68 5.11 0 0.00 0.0
2010 PZA mex MEX 31 12 78.3 8 8 0 81 43 48 8 9.3 4.9 0.9 5.5 0% .286 1.58 5.59 5.75 0 0.00 0.0
2010 MXC Wnt LMP 3 0 1.7 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 15.9 10.6 0.0 0.0 0% .429 2.94 6.64 15.88 0 0.00 0.0
2011 MOC Wnt LMP 14 0 9.7 1 0 0 7 5 5 0 6.5 4.7 0.0 4.7 0% .241 1.24 3.60 1.86 0 0.00 0.0
2012 HER Wnt LMP 10 0 5.3 1 1 0 8 3 8 1 13.5 5.1 1.7 13.5 0% .467 2.06 4.21 11.81 0 0.00 0.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2008 50 0.4800 0.5200 0.6538 0.7917 0.2692 0.6316 0.7143 0.3462
Career500.48000.52000.65380.79170.26920.63160.71430.3462

Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation
2006-04-28 2006-10-27 60-DL 182 140 Left Shoulder Surgery Labrum and Rotator Cuff 2006-05-11
2006-04-28 2006-04-28 On-Alr 0 0 Left Elbow Surgery Ulnar Nerve Transposition 2006-05-11
2000-05-17 2000-08-23 60-DL 98 85 Left Elbow Surgery Bone Spurs 2000-06-08 -
1999-04-12 1999-05-14 15-DL 32 27 Left Elbow Inflammation - -
1998-03-26 1998-04-14 15-DL 19 13 Right Groin Strain - -
1997-06-19 1997-07-04 15-DL 15 14 Left Shoulder Inflammation - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2007 NYN $1,450,000
2006 SLN $1,450,000
2005 OAK $1,900,000
2004 OAK $1,750,000
2003 OAK $1,700,000
2002 CLE, OAK $1,500,000
2001 CLE $1,500,000
2000 CLE $1,000,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
8 yrPrevious$12,250,000
8 yrTotal$12,250,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
10 yDave Stewart

Details
  • contract purchased 9/1/08 signed as a free agent from SF 1/23/08, 1 year/$0.75M ($0.125M min, split contract)
  • performance bonus:$50K each 40,45 g
  • $75K each 50,55,60,65 g
  • signed as a free agent from STL 4/07 (minor-league contract)
  • released 3/07 signed as a free agent from OAK 1/06, 2 year/$2.9M (06-07), 06:$1.45M, 07:$1.45M
  • re-signed 12/03, 2 year/$3.65M (04-05), 04:$1.75M, 05:$1.9M
  • OAK exercised 03 opt
  • acquired in trade from CLE 7/02
  • CLE exercised 02-03 opts

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
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DateQuestionAnswer
2010-01-14 16:00:00 (link to chat)The Brian Giles meltdown from a .319 EQA to .201 last year has to be one of the largest ever doesn't it?
(paulbellows from Calgary)		That's one for the database to ponder, but the number that sticks out is that .214 BABIP. In our "roundtable" this week on hitter BABIP, I pointed out that some things stay consistent for hitters, and some do not, but BABIP overall for hitters is somewhat stable. Giles fell so far so fast that I have to wonder if Giles's half-season (yes, I know about the bum knee) was partly the result of a run of bad luck over what ended up being a small-ish sample size. If he does retire, I can at least stop having bad flashbacks to the Ricardo Rincon era in Cleveland whenever I hear Giles's name mentioned. (Russell A. Carleton)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Ricardo Rincon threw 50 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system in 2008, including pitches thrown in . In 2008, he relied primarily on his Slider (82mph) and Change (85mph), also mixing in a Sinker (88mph). He also rarely threw a Fourseam Fastball (89mph).