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Portrait of Ricky Bottalico

Ricky Bottalico PPhillies

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Career Summary
Years G IP W L SV ERA WARP
12 562 628.7 33 42 116 3.99 5.6
Birth Date8-26-1969
Height6' 1"
Weight230 lbs
Age54 years, 7 months, 30 days
BatsL
ThrowsR
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
1994 PHI MLB 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 98 9.0 3.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.33 2.06 0.00 92 3.19 64.3 0.1
1995 PHI MLB 62 0 87.7 5 3 1 50 42 87 7 100 5.1 4.3 0.7 8.9 0% .205 1.05 3.69 2.46 90 3.72 76.2 1.6
1996 PHI MLB 61 0 67.7 4 5 34 47 23 74 6 98 6.3 3.1 0.8 9.8 0% .250 1.03 3.16 3.19 77 2.93 57.9 1.9
1997 PHI MLB 69 0 74.0 2 5 34 68 42 89 7 101 8.3 5.1 0.9 10.8 0% .332 1.49 3.68 3.65 85 3.59 74.7 1.4
1998 PHI MLB 39 0 43.3 1 5 6 54 25 27 7 100 11.2 5.2 1.5 5.6 0% .322 1.82 5.71 6.44 126 8.20 170.0 -1.3
1999 SLN MLB 68 0 73.3 3 7 20 83 49 66 8 100 10.2 6.0 1.0 8.1 0% .339 1.80 4.82 4.91 105 5.66 110.1 0.0
2000 KCA MLB 62 0 72.7 9 6 16 65 41 56 12 94 8.1 5.1 1.5 6.9 0% .255 1.46 5.60 4.83 107 5.78 111.2 0.0
2001 PHI MLB 66 0 67.0 3 4 3 58 25 57 11 95 7.8 3.4 1.5 7.7 0% .255 1.24 4.73 3.90 101 4.43 91.9 0.7
2002 PHI MLB 30 0 27.3 0 3 0 33 13 24 3 98 10.9 4.3 1.0 7.9 0% .349 1.68 4.19 4.61 97 4.84 103.7 0.1
2003 ARI MLB 2 0 1.7 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 109 16.2 10.8 0.0 10.8 0% .500 3.00 4.17 5.40 117 8.25 172.9 -0.1
2004 NYN MLB 60 0 69.3 3 2 0 54 34 61 3 93 7.0 4.4 0.4 7.9 0% .263 1.27 3.39 3.38 98 4.28 88.3 1.0
2005 MIL MLB 40 0 41.7 2 2 2 43 19 29 7 98 9.3 4.1 1.5 6.3 0% .279 1.49 5.36 4.54 110 4.93 106.1 0.3
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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.
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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-
1994 PHI MLB NL 3 0 3.0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 98 9.0 3.0 0.0 9.0 0% .333 1.33 2.06 0.00 92 3.19 64.3
1995 PHI MLB NL 62 0 87.7 5 3 1 50 42 87 7 100 5.1 4.3 0.7 8.9 0% .205 1.05 3.69 2.46 90 3.72 76.2
1996 PHI MLB NL 61 0 67.7 4 5 34 47 23 74 6 98 6.3 3.1 0.8 9.8 0% .250 1.03 3.16 3.19 77 2.93 57.9
1997 PHI MLB NL 69 0 74.0 2 5 34 68 42 89 7 101 8.3 5.1 0.9 10.8 0% .332 1.49 3.68 3.65 85 3.59 74.7
1998 PHI MLB NL 39 0 43.3 1 5 6 54 25 27 7 100 11.2 5.2 1.5 5.6 0% .322 1.82 5.71 6.44 126 8.20 170.0
1999 SLN MLB NL 68 0 73.3 3 7 20 83 49 66 8 100 10.2 6.0 1.0 8.1 0% .339 1.80 4.82 4.91 105 5.66 110.1
2000 KCA MLB AL 62 0 72.7 9 6 16 65 41 56 12 94 8.1 5.1 1.5 6.9 0% .255 1.46 5.60 4.83 107 5.78 111.2
2001 PHI MLB NL 66 0 67.0 3 4 3 58 25 57 11 95 7.8 3.4 1.5 7.7 0% .255 1.24 4.73 3.90 101 4.43 91.9
2002 PHI MLB NL 30 0 27.3 0 3 0 33 13 24 3 98 10.9 4.3 1.0 7.9 0% .349 1.68 4.19 4.61 97 4.84 103.7
2003 ARI MLB NL 2 0 1.7 1 0 0 3 2 2 0 109 16.2 10.8 0.0 10.8 0% .500 3.00 4.17 5.40 117 8.25 172.9
2004 NYN MLB NL 60 0 69.3 3 2 0 54 34 61 3 93 7.0 4.4 0.4 7.9 0% .263 1.27 3.39 3.38 98 4.28 88.3
2005 MIL MLB NL 40 0 41.7 2 2 2 43 19 29 7 98 9.3 4.1 1.5 6.3 0% .279 1.49 5.36 4.54 110 4.93 106.1

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
2002-06-23 2002-09-30 60-DL 99 90 Right Shoulder Surgery Labrum 2002-06-28
2001-06-29 2001-07-21 15-DL 22 18 Right Shoulder Inflammation - -
2000-08-18 2000-08-27 DTD 9 9 Left Abdomen Strain Oblique - -
2000-04-06 2000-04-10 DTD 4 4 Left Knee Soreness - -
1998-04-23 1998-07-01 15-DL 69 62 Right Elbow Surgery Bone Spur 1998-04-27 -

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2005 MIL $800,000
2002 PHI $1,500,000
2001 PHI $1,500,000
2000 KCA $1,500,000
YearsDescriptionSalary
4 yrPrevious$5,300,000
4 yrTotal$5,300,000

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
10 yGreg Clifton

Details
  • signed as a free agent from BOS 1/06 (minor-league contract)
  • signed as a free agent from MIL 8/05 (minor-league contract) designated for assignment 7/05 signed as a free agent from NYM 1/05, 1 year/$0.8M (05)
  • contract purchased 5/04 assigned Triple-A 4/04 signed as a free agent from AZ 2/04 (minor-league contract), 1 year/$0.5M (04)+$0.3M bonuses
  • designated for assignment 6/03 contract purchased 6/03 signed as a free agent from PHI 1/03 (minor-league contract)
  • PHI declined 03 option 10/02
  • 1 year/$1.5M (02)+bonuses+$1.75M 03 club option
  • 01:1 year/$1.5M rejected arb 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 )

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BP Annual Player Comments

YearComment
2005 One thing the Mets do a better job of than their cross-town rivals is filling the bottom of the roster. Bottalico provided good low-leverage relief after spending most of 2003 in the minors, and even moved into a set-up role in the second half. His year was a bit fluky in that he had a very low home-run rate for a flyball pitcher, so expecting a repeat of that ERA is optimistic. He's a free agent.
2003 After being barely acceptable in 2001, Ricky Bottalico led the parade of veteran reliever disasters in the 2002 Phillies bullpen before going down to season-ending surgery. He should have entered the point of his career where he won’t get another guaranteed contract, but the Phillies inexplicably offered him arbitration.
2002 Bottalico provided the worst return on the three major relief investments Ed Wade made last off-season, which was as much due to injury as to his performance on the mound. When he was healthy, Bottalico was a quality middle reliever: not a guy to whom you should pay millions of dollars, but an asset in the bullpen if his price is reasonable.
2001 A lot was made of the fact that Ricky Bottalico’s ERA was below 2.00 in outings of two innings or more, a statistic that ignores a huge selection bias: Bottalico would stay in the game to pitch a second inning only if he had thrown well in the first. He terrified Royals fans all season with his taterrific tendencies (surrendering five homers to first batters faced), but his RRE value--one of Michael Wolverton's metrics--was the highest on the team. While it wouldn’t have been a terrible decision to bring him back, the Royals will be better served by taking a chance with their youngsters. Bottalico signed with the Phillies and could close for them once Jose Mesa fails.
2000 Physically, he's supposedly fine, but his 1999 gave no reason to believe he's going to get back to where he was. While you could say the Cardinals got the better part of the deal with the Phillies because Bottalico pitched and Brantley didn't, he was probably the majors' worst closer. It seems obvious he's pressing, and LaRussa isn't the type of steady hand who will make it easier for him to settle down. He’s been non-tendered by the Cardinals, making him a free agent.
1999 A disaster of a season for Bottalico and the Phillies, who had an opportunity to trade a closer in the midst of a pennant race and wound up keeping all three (Leiter, Bottalico, Gomes) and winning nothing. Bottalico is allegedly 100%, although he never showed it in September. He's now the Cardinals' problem.
1998 An honest-to-goodness stud closer, he slumped through the summer months under constant speculation that he was on the trading block. He came thatclose to going to Seattle, but Piniella wanted an AL guy. His address secured, he blitzed through September.
1997 One of the most dominating pitchers around, he took over the closer’s role last year and converted 34 of 38 save opportunities. His hit ratios are astounding; opposing batters are hitting just .182 off him in two of the most offensive-minded seasons the league has known.
1996  He'd been touted for two years, and in '95 he arrived, even more fearsome than advertised. Bottalico's a flamethrower, mixing in the slider in classic Gossage style. Although Podres has tried teaching him a change, you won't see much of it.

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