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Portrait of Todd Ritchie

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
16 184 835.7 43 54 0 4.71 8.3
Birth Date11-7-1971
Height6' 3"
Weight205 lbs
Age52 years, 5 months, 17 days
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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.
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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 MIN MLB 42 0 74.7 2 3 0 87 28 44 11 99 10.5 3.4 1.3 5.3 0% .309 1.54 5.08 4.58 117 6.24 129.7 -0.8
1998 MIN MLB 15 0 24.0 0 0 0 30 9 21 1 99 11.3 3.4 0.4 7.9 0% .354 1.63 3.13 5.63 103 4.82 99.8 0.1
1999 PIT MLB 28 26 172.7 15 9 0 169 54 107 17 95 8.8 2.8 0.9 5.6 0% .285 1.29 4.12 3.49 94 4.28 83.2 3.6
2000 PIT MLB 31 31 187.0 9 8 0 208 51 124 26 113 10.0 2.5 1.3 6.0 0% .303 1.39 4.40 4.81 91 4.80 92.4 2.9
2001 PIT MLB 33 33 207.3 11 15 0 211 52 124 23 102 9.2 2.3 1.0 5.4 0% .276 1.27 4.10 4.47 98 4.54 94.0 2.9
2002 CHA MLB 26 23 133.7 5 15 0 176 52 77 18 102 11.9 3.5 1.2 5.2 0% .335 1.71 4.93 6.06 113 5.96 127.8 -0.5
2003 MIL MLB 5 5 28.3 1 2 0 36 10 15 4 102 11.4 3.2 1.3 4.8 0% .327 1.62 5.23 5.08 115 5.74 120.4 0.0
2004 TBA MLB 4 2 8.0 0 2 0 12 6 4 4 107 13.5 6.8 4.5 4.5 0% .296 2.25 11.28 9.00 114 6.10 125.7 0.0
CareerMLB184120835.74354092926251610410310.02.81.15.651%.3011.434.474.711014.99101.48.3

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-
1990 ELZ Rk APL 11 11 65.0 5 2 0 45 24 49 5 6.2 3.3 0.7 6.8 0% .000 1.06 3.83 1.94 0 0.00 0.0
1991 KEN A MDW 21 21 116.7 7 6 0 113 50 101 3 8.7 3.9 0.2 7.8 0% .000 1.40 2.90 3.55 0 0.00 0.0
1992 VIS A+ CLF 28 28 172.7 11 9 0 193 65 129 13 10.1 3.4 0.7 6.7 0% .000 1.49 4.02 5.06 0 0.00 0.0
1993 NAA AA SOU 12 10 46.7 3 2 0 46 15 41 2 8.9 2.9 0.4 7.9 0% .000 1.31 2.94 3.66 0 0.00 0.0
1994 NAA AA SOU 4 4 17.0 0 2 0 24 7 9 1 12.7 3.7 0.5 4.8 0% .000 1.82 4.04 4.24 0 0.00 0.0
1995 NBR AA EAS 24 21 113.0 4 9 0 135 54 60 12 10.8 4.3 1.0 4.8 0% .000 1.67 4.98 5.73 0 0.00 0.0
1996 NBR AA EAS 29 10 82.7 3 7 4 101 30 53 6 11.0 3.3 0.7 5.8 0% .000 1.58 3.91 5.44 0 0.00 0.0
1996 SLC AAA PCL 16 0 24.7 0 4 0 27 11 19 5 9.8 4.0 1.8 6.9 0% .000 1.54 6.09 5.47 0 0.00 0.0
1997 MIN MLB AL 42 0 74.7 2 3 0 87 28 44 11 99 10.5 3.4 1.3 5.3 0% .309 1.54 5.08 4.58 117 6.24 129.7
1998 MIN MLB AL 15 0 24.0 0 0 0 30 9 21 1 99 11.3 3.4 0.4 7.9 0% .354 1.63 3.13 5.63 103 4.82 99.8
1998 SLC AAA PCL 36 0 60.7 1 3 4 55 31 62 5 8.2 4.6 0.7 9.2 0% -.495 1.42 4.26 4.15 0 0.00 0.0
1999 PIT MLB NL 28 26 172.7 15 9 0 169 54 107 17 95 8.8 2.8 0.9 5.6 0% .285 1.29 4.12 3.49 94 4.28 83.2
1999 NAS AAA PCL 1 1 5.0 0 0 0 6 1 2 0 10.8 1.8 0.0 3.6 0% -2.000 1.40 3.42 1.80 0 0.00 0.0
2000 PIT MLB NL 31 31 187.0 9 8 0 208 51 124 26 113 10.0 2.5 1.3 6.0 0% .303 1.39 4.40 4.81 91 4.80 92.4
2001 PIT MLB NL 33 33 207.3 11 15 0 211 52 124 23 102 9.2 2.3 1.0 5.4 0% .276 1.27 4.10 4.47 98 4.54 94.0
2002 CHA MLB AL 26 23 133.7 5 15 0 176 52 77 18 102 11.9 3.5 1.2 5.2 0% .335 1.71 4.93 6.06 113 5.96 127.8
2003 MIL MLB NL 5 5 28.3 1 2 0 36 10 15 4 102 11.4 3.2 1.3 4.8 0% .327 1.62 5.23 5.08 115 5.74 120.4
2004 TBA MLB AL 4 2 8.0 0 2 0 12 6 4 4 107 13.5 6.8 4.5 4.5 0% .296 2.25 11.28 9.00 114 6.10 125.7
2004 CSC A SAL 2 2 11.0 1 1 0 13 3 13 0 10.6 2.5 0.0 10.6 0% .419 1.45 1.93 4.09 0 0.00 0.0
2004 MNT AA SOU 2 2 11.0 1 0 0 8 3 4 1 6.5 2.5 0.8 3.3 0% .219 1.00 4.69 2.45 0 0.00 0.0
2004 DUR AAA INT 16 16 88.7 4 6 0 112 23 41 19 11.4 2.3 1.9 4.2 0% .294 1.52 5.99 6.29 0 0.00 0.0
2008 MOD A+ CLF 4 3 17.0 1 0 0 14 3 9 0 101 7.4 1.6 0.0 4.8 0% .269 1.00 3.24 3.18 96 3.93 80.5
2008 TUL AA TXS 1 1 5.7 0 1 0 8 5 1 2 94 12.6 7.9 3.2 1.6 0% .286 2.28 10.69 12.63 162 9.04 185.0

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%

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
2003-04-24 2003-09-30 60-DL 159 141 Right Shoulder Surgery Rotator Cuff 2003-06-17
2002-08-04 2002-09-10 15-DL 37 33 Right Shoulder Inflammation -
2000-07-24 2000-08-12 15-DL 19 17 Right Shoulder Strain - -
1999-08-21 1999-09-06 15-DL 16 15 Right Shoulder Inflammation Tendonitis - -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2003 MIL $1,150,000
2002 CHA $3,533,333
2001 PIT $1,933,333
2000 PIT $380,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$6,996,666
4 yrTotal$6,996,666

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
5 y 57 d

Details
  • signed as a free agent from TB 1/05 (minor-league contract)
  • contract purchased 9/04 sent to minor-league camp 3/04 signed as a free agent from MIL 1/04 (minor-league contract) signed as a free agent from CWS 1/03, 1 year/$1.15M (03)
  • 2 year/$5.5M (01-02)
  • acquired in trade from PIT 12/01

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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Comparable Players (Similarity Index )

Rank Score Name Year Run Average Trend

BP Annual Player Comments

YearComment
2005 Franklin Nunez has a happy story to tell of his eventual recovery from shoulder surgery, but it took two years after the surgery. This was Ritchie's first year back, and while the overall numbers look bad, there was steady improvement. Check out his 16 starts at Durham, in groups of four (real, not translated), especially the RA and H/9:

W-LIPRHBBSORAH/9BB/9SO/9
Starts 1-40-216202710511.2515.25.62.8
Starts 5-81-221.222325119.1413.32.14.6
Starts 9-121-124.11832386.6611.81.13.0
Starts 13-162-12611215173.817.31.75.9


By the end, he was pitching like a legitimate major league pitcher. Even so, Tampa Bay let him go as a free agent. A good no-risk signing by the Pirates.
2003 What now? Ritchie’s been on increasingly shaky ground since his 1999 breakout year, and only Steve Sparks’s tenacity kept Ritchie from being the worst starter in the majors in 2002. The pressure is off now, so look for marginally better things, but chances of a complete rebound are as a Brewer are slim.
2002 Occasionally unhittable, Ritchie became the staff’s erstwhile ace, pretty cool for someone picked up as a minor-league free agent in early 1999. More cool: Littlefield turned him into Kip Wells, Josh Fogg, and Sean Lowe. Ritchie will be the White Sox' #2 starter, providing bulk innings but little upside. Still think won-lost records mean something? Ritchie’s first half: 5-9, 4.07 ERA. Ritchie’s second half: 6-6, 4.97 ERA.
2001 Regression to the mean has taken hold, especially of Todd Ritchie's ERA, since his last two seasons were similar in most respects. He was more hittable and homer-prone in 2000 and a lot less lucky. Most Pirate fans thought they had an ace here, but part of the reason he never broke through in Minnesota is that his fastball is as straight as Alex P. Keaton. What you saw in 2000 is what you get: a back-of-the-rotation innings eater.
2000 Here’s the nicest revelation in Pittsburgh and another testament to the power of Lamont and Vukovich when it comes to pitching. That said, Ritchie threw more than 2,300 pitches this year, far more than he's thrown in any previous season, leading to shoulder tendinitis and bursitis in September. His poor strikeout rate indicates that he will regress this year. Ritchie is going to disappoint after such a great season, although he should still be a valuable #3 or #4 starter for the team in 2000.
1999 Throws hard, and appears to be improving with age. I don't think he has much of an upside, so I wouldn't have much use for him, but I can see him latching on somewhere and being surprisingly effective in a non-critical role.
1998 He’s supposed to have a great fastball, but he sure doesn’t strike out many guys with it. Better to have the fastball than not, I guess, but better still to be able to do something concrete with it besides impress scouts. Since he didn’t pitch too badly last year, he’ll get some more chances.
1997 Despite injuries, Ritchie is still considered to have the best fastball in the organization. For 1997, the Twins will be forced to keep him on the big league roster or pass him through waivers, so he’ll probably have to be kept in the bullpen.
1996  He's got a shoulder made up of rubber bands and duct tape, but the Twins are hoping that he recovers the form he had before his injuries in '93-'94.

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