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Rick Ankiel

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 210 lb.

Debut August 23, 1999

Born July 19, 1979 in Fort Pierce, FL

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed August 28, 1997. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1999 19 STL NL   9   10    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .100  .100  .100  -49    1   1   0   0   0   0
 2000 20 STL NL  35   68    8   17   1  1   2    9   0  0   4  20  .250  .292  .382   67   26   1   0   0   0   1 RoY-2
 2001 21 STL NL   6    8    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   5  .000  .111  .000  -67    0   1   0   0   0   0
 2004 24 STL NL   5    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   1  .000  .500  .000   46    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 27 STL NL  47  172   31   49   8  1  11   39   1  0  13  41  .285  .328  .535  120   92   1   4   0   0   3
 2008 28 STL NL 120  413   65  109  21  2  25   71   2  1  42 100  .264  .337  .506  119  209   0   3   3   5   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      222  672  105  176  30  4  38  119   3  1  61 170  .262  .325  .488  109  328   4   7   3   5  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        490   77  128  22  3  28   87   2  1  45 124  .262  .325  .488  109  239   3   5   2   4   9
 Career High    120  413   65  109  21  2  25   71   2  1  42 100  .264  .337  .506  119  209   1   4   3   5   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1999 19 STL NL   11   10    0   0.0   117| .100  .277| .100  .352| .100  .446| .200  .798| -49  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 2000 20 STL NL   73   53    8   4.0   118| .250  .276| .292  .353| .382  .450| .674  .804|  67  .375  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 2001 21 STL NL   10    9    0   0.0   111| .000  .268| .111  .340| .000  .440| .111  .780| -67  .000  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 2004 24 STL NL    2    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .270| .500  .342| .000  .437| .500  .778|  46  .000   0.0   0.0   0%
 2007 27 STL NL  190  131   31   6.4   110| .285  .272| .328  .341| .535  .434| .863  .775| 120  .601   4.4   0.4 100%
 2008 28 STL NL  463  316   71   6.0   107| .264  .266| .337  .338| .506  .424| .843  .762| 119  .594  10.2   1.0  66%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       749  520  110   5.7   109| .262  .269| .325  .340| .488  .430| .813  .770| 109  .558   6.2   0.6  75%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1999 19 STL NL   0   1   9   5   0   0   1  1   33.0   26   12   12   2   14   39   1   2   137   0   0  3.27  4.61  141 1.212
 2000 20 STL NL  11   7  31  30   0   0   0  0  175.0  137   80   68  21   90  194   6  12   735   2   2  3.50  4.68  134 1.297 RoY-2
 2001 21 STL NL   1   2   6   6   0   0   0  0   24.0   25   21   19   7   25   27   3   5   124   0   0  7.13  4.32   61 2.083
 2004 24 STL NL   1   0   5   0   0   0   0  0   10.0   10    6    6   2    1    9   2   1    43   0   0  5.40  4.27   79 1.100
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  4 Yr WL% .565  13  10  51  41   0   0   1  1  242.0  198  119  105  32  130  269  12  20  1039   2   2  3.90  4.62  118 1.355
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9   7  37  30   0   0   0  0  178.7  146   87   77  23   96  198   8  14   767   1   1  3.90  4.62  118 1.355
 Career High     11   7  31  30   0   0   1  1  175.0  137   80   68  21   90  194   6  12   735   2   2  3.50  4.68  134 1.297

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1999 19 STL NL P 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.48 0.55 1.72 5 33.0 2000 20 STL NL P 31 8 14 7 2 .759 .965 0.71 0.48 1.13 1.74 30 175.0 2001 21 STL NL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.47 1.12 1.76 6 24.0 2004 24 STL NL P 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 0.46 3.60 1.80 0 10.0 2007 27 STL NL OF 44 91 3 2 0 .979 .984 2.14 1.94 2.41 2.30 40 350.7 RF 27 58 2 2 0 .968 .980 2.22 1.81 2.73 2.18 24 197.7 CF 22 27 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.23 2.30 1.77 2.71 14 137.0 LF 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 1.55 3.94 2.02 2 16.0 2008 28 STL NL CF 89 213 4 5 1 .977 .990 2.44 2.26 2.55 2.61 84 766.3 LF 17 22 0 3 0 .880 .982 1.29 1.47 1.51 1.90 16 131.0 RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 4.50 2.25 0 2.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 27 STL NL CF 22 27 0 0 0 1.000 .985 1.23 2.30 1.77 2.71 14 137.0 2008 28 STL NL CF 89 213 4 5 1 .977 .990 2.44 2.26 2.55 2.61 84 766.3 2007 27 STL NL LF 2 6 1 0 0 1.000 .986 3.50 1.55 3.94 2.02 2 16.0 2008 28 STL NL LF 17 22 0 3 0 .880 .982 1.29 1.47 1.51 1.90 16 131.0 2007 27 STL NL OF 44 91 3 2 0 .979 .984 2.14 1.94 2.41 2.30 40 350.7 1999 19 STL NL P 9 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.48 0.55 1.72 5 33.0 2000 20 STL NL P 31 8 14 7 2 .759 .965 0.71 0.48 1.13 1.74 30 175.0 2001 21 STL NL P 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.50 0.47 1.12 1.76 6 24.0 2004 24 STL NL P 5 1 3 0 0 1.000 .976 0.80 0.46 3.60 1.80 0 10.0 2007 27 STL NL RF 27 58 2 2 0 .968 .980 2.22 1.81 2.73 2.18 24 197.7 2008 28 STL NL RF 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.80 4.50 2.25 0 2.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total CF* 111 240 4 5 1 .980 .989 2.20 2.27 2.43 2.63 98 903.3 P* 51 11 20 7 2 .816 .966 0.61 0.48 1.15 1.74 41 242.0 OF* 44 91 3 2 0 .979 .984 2.14 1.94 2.41 2.30 40 350.7 19 111 28# RF* 28 59 2 2 0 .968 .981 2.18 1.81 2.75 2.18 24 199.7 LF* 19 28 1 3 0 .906 .983 1.53 1.48 1.78 1.92 18 147.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 95 102 23 9 2 .933 .980 1.32 1.15 1.90 2.07 81 593
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2000   NLDS  STL ATL     W   1   1  13.50  0  0  0  0   2.2   4   4   6   3 
        NLCS  STL NYM     L   2   1  20.25  0  0  0  0   1.1   1   3   5   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   3   2  15.75  0  0  0  0   4     5   7  11   5 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2000   NLDS  STL ATL     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  STL NYM     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   3   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
2000 NL-3.50-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
2000 NL-7.05-2

Strikeouts/9IP
2000 NL-9.98-2

Strikeouts
2000 NL-194-7

Bases On Balls Allow.
2000 NL-90-9

Wild Pitches
2000 NL-12-5

Adjusted ERA+
2000 NL-134-8

Youngest Player
1999 NL-19-1
2000 NL-20-2

       

Gray Ink: Pitching - 10 (1439) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 12.0 (1337) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1997: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed August 28, 1997.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1999St. Louis Cardinals$200,000
2000St. Louis Cardinals$202,500
2001St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
2002St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
2004St. Louis Cardinals$320,000
2005St. Louis Cardinals$400,000
2006St. Louis Cardinals$335,000
2008St. Louis Cardinals$900,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,157,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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