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Jose Rijo
Jose Antonio (Abreu) Rijo

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 200 lb.

Debut April 5, 1984
  vs. KCR 5.3 IP, 4 H, 5 SO, 2 BB, 1 ER
Final Game September 28, 2002
Born May 13, 1965 in San Cristobal, D.R.

Son-In-Law of Juan Marichal

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1980. (All Transactions)

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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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 19 NYY AL   2   8  24   5   0   0   8  2   62.3   74   40   33   5   33   47   1   2   289   1   1  4.76  3.80   80 1.717
 1985 20 OAK AL   6   4  12   9   0   0   1  0   63.7   57   26   25   6   28   65   1   0   272   2   0  3.53  3.82  108 1.335
 1986 21 OAK AL   9  11  39  26   4   0   9  1  193.7  172  116  100  24  108  176   4   6   856   7   4  4.65  3.85   83 1.446
 1987 22 OAK AL   2   7  21  14   1   0   3  0   82.3  106   67   54  10   41   67   2   5   394   1   2  5.90  4.16   70 1.785
 1988 23 CIN NL  13   8  49  19   0   0  12  0  162.0  120   47   43   7   63  160   3   1   653   7   4  2.39  3.59  150 1.130
 1989 24 CIN NL   7   6  19  19   1   1   0  0  111.0  101   39   35   6   48   86   2   4   464   3   3  2.84  3.61  127 1.342
 1990 25 CIN NL  14   8  29  29   7   1   0  0  197.0  151   65   59  10   78  152   2   2   801   1   5  2.70  3.99  148 1.162 MVP-19
 1991 26 CIN NL  15   6  30  30   3   1   0  0  204.3  165   69   57   8   55  172   3   2   825   4   4  2.51  3.83  153 1.077 CYA-4
 1992 27 CIN NL  15  10  33  33   2   0   0  0  211.0  185   67   60  15   44  171   3   2   836   1   1  2.56  3.61  141 1.085
 1993 28 CIN NL  14   9  36  36   2   1   0  0  257.3  218   76   71  19   62  227   2   0  1029   2   1  2.48  4.05  163 1.088 MVP-21,CYA-5
 1994 29 CIN NL   9   6  26  26   2   0   0  0  172.3  177   73   59  16   52  171   4   1   733   1   2  3.08  4.18  136 1.329 AS
 1995 30 CIN NL   5   4  14  14   0   0   0  0   69.0   76   33   32   6   22   62   0   3   295   1   0  4.17  4.14   99 1.420
 2001 36 CIN NL   0   0  13   0   0   0   4  0   17.0   19    6    4   2    9   12   0   1    80   2   1  2.12  4.58  216 1.647
 2002 37 CIN NL   5   4  31   9   0   0   6  0   77.0   89   48   44  13   20   38   1   1   340   1   0  5.14  4.32   84 1.416
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .560 116  91 376 269  22   4  43  3 1880.0 1710  772  676 147  663 1606  28  30  7867  34  28  3.24  3.90  121 1.262
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    12   9  39  28   2   0   4  0  198.0  180   81   71  15   69  169   2   3   829   3   2  3.24  3.90  121 1.262
 Career High     15  11  49  36   7   1  12  2  257.3  218  116  100  24  108  227   4   6  1029   7   5  2.39  4.32  163 1.077

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1988 23 CIN NL  49   37    2    2   0  0   1    1   0  0   0  14  .054  .054  .135  -48    5   4   0   0   0   0
 1989 24 CIN NL  19   38    0    8   1  0   0    1   1  0   1  11  .211  .231  .237   32    9   1   0   0   0   0
 1990 25 CIN NL  29   62    3   10   1  0   0    2   1  0   2  10  .161  .188  .177   -1   11  11   0   0   0   1 MVP-19
 1991 26 CIN NL  31   67    7   14   0  0   0    5   0  1   2  13  .209  .232  .209   23   14   9   0   0   0   0
 1992 27 CIN NL  33   72    3   14   2  0   0    6   0  0   0  18  .194  .194  .222   17   16   6   0   0   0   0
 1993 28 CIN NL  36   82    5   22   4  0   1    8   0  0   3  18  .268  .294  .354   72   29  12   0   0   0   2 MVP-21
 1994 29 CIN NL  26   49    4   10   4  0   0    3   0  0   0   7  .204  .204  .286   27   14  10   0   0   0   0 AS
 1995 30 CIN NL  14   22    1    3   1  0   0    3   0  0   0   3  .136  .136  .182  -17    4   2   0   0   0   0
 2002 37 CIN NL  31   16    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .125  .125  .125  -35    2   3   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     281  445   25   85  13  0   2   29   2  1   8 101  .191  .205  .234   20  104  58   0   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        257   14   49   7  0   1   17   1  1   5  58  .191  .205  .234   20   60  33   0   0   0   2
 Career High     49   82    7   22   4  0   1    8   1  1   3  18                          29  12   0   0   0   2
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1988 23 CIN NL   41   39    0   0.0    93| .054  .261| .054  .325| .135  .383| .189  .708| -48  .000  -7.4  -0.8   0%
 1989 24 CIN NL   40   31    2   1.7    94| .211  .258| .231  .326| .237  .385| .468  .711|  32  .175  -3.5  -0.4 100%
 1990 25 CIN NL   75   64    3   1.3   102| .161  .270| .188  .337| .177  .406| .365  .743|  -1  .092  -9.0  -0.9 100%
 1991 26 CIN NL   78   63    4   1.7    97| .209  .262| .232  .330| .209  .393| .441  .723|  23  .162  -7.2  -0.8   0%
 1992 27 CIN NL   78   64    3   1.3    95| .194  .262| .194  .328| .222  .386| .416  .715|  17  .104  -8.2  -0.9   0%
 1993 28 CIN NL   97   74    9   3.3   104| .268  .272| .294  .338| .354  .415| .648  .752|  72  .344  -3.5  -0.3   0%
 1994 29 CIN NL   59   49    3   1.6   108| .204  .273| .204  .340| .286  .427| .490  .768|  27  .118  -5.3  -0.5   0%
 1995 30 CIN NL   24   21    1   1.3   107| .136  .271| .136  .340| .182  .421| .318  .761| -17  .080  -3.8  -0.4   0%
 2002 37 CIN NL   19   18    0   0.0   111| .125  .270| .125  .345| .125  .430| .250  .776| -35  .000  -3.2  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      511  423   25   1.6   100| .191  .267| .205  .334| .234  .403| .439  .736|  20  .134 -51.1  -5.3     

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 19 NYY AL P 24 2 12 1 0 .933 .959 0.58 0.70 2.02 1.79 5 62.3 1985 20 OAK AL P 12 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.58 0.70 0.99 1.86 9 63.7 1986 21 OAK AL P 39 13 18 3 0 .912 .957 0.79 0.68 1.44 1.83 26 193.7 1987 22 OAK AL P 21 10 10 1 0 .952 .957 0.95 0.67 2.19 1.84 14 82.3 1988 23 CIN NL P 49 7 23 1 1 .968 .955 0.61 0.69 1.67 1.96 19 162.0 1989 24 CIN NL P 19 6 14 0 0 1.000 .948 1.05 0.63 1.62 1.87 19 111.0 1990 25 CIN NL P 29 19 27 2 0 .958 .956 1.59 0.58 2.10 1.80 29 197.0 1991 26 CIN NL P 30 17 22 3 2 .929 .956 1.30 0.59 1.72 1.86 30 204.3 1992 27 CIN NL P 33 19 31 2 1 .962 .954 1.52 0.60 2.13 1.94 33 211.0 1993 28 CIN NL P 36 27 35 0 8 1.000 .952 1.72 0.54 2.17 1.84 36 257.3 1994 29 CIN NL P 26 14 27 0 0 1.000 .958 1.58 0.54 2.14 1.86 26 172.3 AS 1995 30 CIN NL P 14 4 9 0 0 1.000 .956 0.93 0.51 1.70 1.84 14 69.0 2001 36 CIN NL P 13 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.08 0.46 0.53 1.75 0 17.0 2002 37 CIN NL P 31 4 14 0 0 1.000 .963 0.58 0.48 2.10 1.84 9 77.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 19 NYY AL P 24 2 12 1 0 .933 .959 0.58 0.70 2.02 1.79 5 62.3 1985 20 OAK AL P 12 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.58 0.70 0.99 1.86 9 63.7 1986 21 OAK AL P 39 13 18 3 0 .912 .957 0.79 0.68 1.44 1.83 26 193.7 1987 22 OAK AL P 21 10 10 1 0 .952 .957 0.95 0.67 2.19 1.84 14 82.3 1988 23 CIN NL P 49 7 23 1 1 .968 .955 0.61 0.69 1.67 1.96 19 162.0 1989 24 CIN NL P 19 6 14 0 0 1.000 .948 1.05 0.63 1.62 1.87 19 111.0 1990 25 CIN NL P 29 19 27 2 0 .958 .956 1.59 0.58 2.10 1.80 29 197.0 1991 26 CIN NL P 30 17 22 3 2 .929 .956 1.30 0.59 1.72 1.86 30 204.3 1992 27 CIN NL P 33 19 31 2 1 .962 .954 1.52 0.60 2.13 1.94 33 211.0 1993 28 CIN NL P 36 27 35 0 8 1.000 .952 1.72 0.54 2.17 1.84 36 257.3 1994 29 CIN NL P 26 14 27 0 0 1.000 .958 1.58 0.54 2.14 1.86 26 172.3 1995 30 CIN NL P 14 4 9 0 0 1.000 .956 0.93 0.51 1.70 1.84 14 69.0 2001 36 CIN NL P 13 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.08 0.46 0.53 1.75 0 17.0 2002 37 CIN NL P 31 4 14 0 0 1.000 .963 0.58 0.48 2.10 1.84 9 77.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 376 144 248 14 12 .966 .956 1.04 0.60 1.88 1.86 269 1880.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 376 144 248 14 12 .966 .956 1.04 0.60 1.88 1.86 269 1880
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1990   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   2   2   4.38  1  0  0  0  12.1  10   6   7  15 
        WS    CIN OAK     W   2   2   0.59  2  0  0  0  15.1   9   1   5  14 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      2-0   4   4   2.28  3  0  0  0  27.2  19   7  12  29 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
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
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1990   NLCS  CIN PIT     W   2   5   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    CIN OAK     W   2   3   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .333  .333  .333   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   4   8   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   1  .125  .125  .125   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1994   CIN NL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1994

Awards
1990-ML-WS MVP

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1990-NL-19-0.02
1993-NL-21-0.01
Car-1221-0.03 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1991-NL-4-0.11
1993-NL-5-0.06
Car-155-0.17 shares

Sac. Hits
1990 NL-11-7
1993 NL-12-9
1994 NL-10-5

ERA
1988 NL-2.39-5
1990 NL-2.70-5
1991 NL-2.51-2
1992 NL-2.56-7
1993 NL-2.48-2
1994 NL-3.08-7

Wins
1990 NL-14-7
1991 NL-15-7
1992 NL-15-7

Won-Loss %
1990 NL-.636-9
1991 NL-.714-1

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1991 NL-1.077-1
1992 NL-1.085-7
1993 NL-1.088-3

Hits Allowed/9IP
1986 AL-7.99-10
1988 NL-6.67-3
1990 NL-6.90-2
1991 NL-7.27-2
1993 NL-7.62-3

Bases on Balls/9IP
1992 NL-1.88-6
1993 NL-2.17-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1986 AL-8.18-5
1988 NL-8.89-3
1990 NL-6.94-6
1991 NL-7.58-2
1992 NL-7.29-4
1993 NL-7.94-1
1994 NL-8.93-2
Car-7.69-35

Innings
1993 NL-257.3-2
1994 NL-172.3-4

Strikeouts
1986 AL-176-10
1990 NL-152-10
1991 NL-172-4
1992 NL-171-6
1993 NL-227-1
1994 NL-171-2

Games Started
1992 NL-33-10
1993 NL-36-1
1994 NL-26-1

Comp. Games
1990 NL-7-5
1994 NL-2-10

Bases On Balls Allow.
1986 AL-108-4
1990 NL-78-5

Hits Allowed
1993 NL-218-9
1994 NL-177-3

SO to Walk
1991 NL-3.13-3
1992 NL-3.89-2
1993 NL-3.66-3
1994 NL-3.29-7
Car-2.42-94

Batters Faced
1993 NL-1029-2
1994 NL-733-3

Adjusted ERA+
1988 NL-150-2
1990 NL-148-2
1991 NL-153-2
1992 NL-141-6
1993 NL-163-2
1994 NL-136-6

Salary
1995 NL-$5,750,000-7
1996 NL-$6,150,000-6

Youngest Player
1984 AL-19-1
1985 AL-20-3
1986 AL-21-6

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 9 (253) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 93 (231) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 20.0 (293) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 28.0 (454) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 1, 1980: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

December 5, 1984: Traded by the New York Yankees with Tim Birtsas, Jay Howell, Stan Javier, and Eric Plunk to the Oakland Athletics for Rickey Henderson, Bert Bradley, and cash.

December 8, 1987: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Tim Birtsas to the Cincinnati Reds for Dave Parker.

October 29, 1997: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 15, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

July 1, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 7, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Oakland Athletics$85,000
1988Cincinnati Reds$127,500
1989Cincinnati Reds$457,500
1990Cincinnati Reds$630,000
1991Cincinnati Reds$2,333,333
1992Cincinnati Reds$3,520,833
1993Cincinnati Reds$4,083,333
1994Cincinnati Reds$3,975,000
1995Cincinnati Reds$5,750,000
1996Cincinnati Reds$6,150,000
1997Cincinnati Reds$6,150,000
2002Cincinnati Reds$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$33,762,499

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