Bob Wickman
[edit] Biography
Born on February 6, 1969 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Bob Wickman (Robert Joe Wickman) played for the New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves over the course of his 14 year career. Wickman broke into the bigs on August 24, 1992 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 4.11 ERA in 50.1 innings pitched in 1992, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Bob Wickman's best season was 2001, when he posted a 2.39 ERA, notched 32 saves and struck out 66 batters.
[edit] Scouting Report
Wickman is known amongst the fans of teams for which he has closed as having a tendency to make every save interesting. Many fans have joked that they might as well just start off the inning by automatically putting the first two runners on base to save time.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1992
| NY
| A
| 8
| 8
| 6
| 1
| 4.11
| 21
| 25
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 50.1
| 51
| 2
| 20
| 0
| 3
| 2
|
| 1993
| NY
| A
| 41
| 19
| 14
| 4
| 4.63
| 70
| 82
| 72
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 140
| 156
| 13
| 69
| 7
| 2
| 5
|
| 1994
| NY
| A
| 53
| 0
| 5
| 4
| 3.09
| 56
| 26
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 70
| 54
| 3
| 27
| 3
| 2
| 1
|
| 1995
| NY
| A
| 63
| 1
| 2
| 4
| 4.05
| 51
| 38
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 80
| 77
| 6
| 33
| 3
| 2
| 5
|
| 1996
| NY
| A
| 58
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 4.67
| 61
| 41
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 79
| 94
| 7
| 34
| 1
| 3
| 5
|
| 1996
| MIL
| A
| 12
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 3.24
| 14
| 9
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.2
| 12
| 3
| 10
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1996
| TOT
| A
| 70
| 0
| 7
| 1
| 4.42
| 75
| 50
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 95.2
| 106
| 10
| 44
| 3
| 4
| 5
|
| 1997
| MIL
| A
| 74
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 2.73
| 78
| 32
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 95.2
| 89
| 8
| 41
| 7
| 8
| 3
|
| 1998
| MIL
| N
| 72
| 0
| 6
| 9
| 3.72
| 71
| 38
| 34
| 0
| 0
| 25
| 82.1
| 79
| 5
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 4
|
| 1999
| MIL
| N
| 71
| 0
| 3
| 8
| 3.39
| 60
| 31
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 37
| 74.1
| 75
| 6
| 38
| 6
| 2
| 2
|
| 2000
| MIL
| N
| 43
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2.93
| 44
| 18
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 16
| 46
| 37
| 1
| 20
| 2
| 2
| 1
|
| 2000
| CLE
| A
| 26
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 3.38
| 11
| 12
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 26.2
| 27
| 0
| 12
| 3
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| Total
|
| 69
| 0
| 3
| 5
| 3.10
| 55
| 30
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 30
| 72.2
| 64
| 1
| 32
| 5
| 2
| 1
|
| 2001
| CLE
| A
| 70
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 2.39
| 66
| 18
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 32
| 67.2
| 61
| 4
| 14
| 2
| 2
| 2
|
| 2002
| CLE
| A
| 36
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 4.46
| 36
| 22
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 34.1
| 42
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2004
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4.25
| 26
| 14
| 14
| 0
| 0
| 13
| 29.2
| 33
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 2
|
| 2005
| CLE
| A
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2.47
| 41
| 17
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 45
| 62
| 57
| 9
| 21
| 3
| 0
| 1
|
| 2006
| CLE
| A
| 29
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 4.18
| 17
| 15
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 28
| 29
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| 2006
| ATL
| N
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1.04
| 25
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 26
| 24
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| Total
|
| 57
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 2.67
| 42
| 22
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 33
| 54
| 53
| 2
| 13
| 0
| 1
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 214
| 0
| 11
| 21
| 3.15
| 200
| 94
| 80
| 0
| 0
| 96
| 228.2
| 215
| 13
| 99
| 10
| 5
| 7
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 564
| 28
| 49
| 36
| 3.69
| 548
| 351
| 320
| 1
| 1
| 151
| 780
| 782
| 63
| 312
| 31
| 24
| 28
|
| Total
|
|
| 778
| 28
| 60
| 57
| 3.57
| 748
| 445
| 400
| 1
| 1
| 247
| 1008.2
| 997
| 76
| 411
| 41
| 29
| 35
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1992
| NY
| A
| P
| 8
| 8
| 50.1
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1993
| NY
| A
| P
| 41
| 19
| 140
| 7
| 19
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 20
| 9
| 0
| .929
|
| 1994
| NY
| A
| P
| 53
| 0
| 70
| 3
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| NY
| A
| P
| 63
| 1
| 80
| 4
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| .944
|
| 1996
| NY
| A
| P
| 58
| 0
| 79
| 5
| 23
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| MIL
| A
| P
| 12
| 0
| 16.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| TOT
| A
| P
| 70
| 0
| 95.2
| 6
| 24
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 12
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| MIL
| A
| P
| 74
| 0
| 95.2
| 6
| 14
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 3
| 15
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| MIL
| N
| P
| 72
| 0
| 82.1
| 10
| 13
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 1
| 0
| .920
|
| 1999
| MIL
| N
| P
| 71
| 0
| 74.1
| 6
| 15
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| .840
|
| 2000
| MIL
| N
| P
| 43
| 0
| 46
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2000
| CLE
| A
| P
| 26
| 0
| 26.2
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2000
| Total
|
| P
| 69
| 0
| 72.2
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2001
| CLE
| A
| P
| 70
| 0
| 67.2
| 8
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2002
| CLE
| A
| P
| 36
| 0
| 34.1
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 2004
| CLE
| A
| P
| 30
| 0
| 29.2
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2005
| CLE
| A
| P
| 64
| 0
| 62
| 7
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 11
| 0
| 0
| .857
|
| 2006
| CLE
| A
| P
| 29
| 0
| 28
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 0
| .833
|
| 2006
| ATL
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 26
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .800
|
| 2006
| Total
|
| P
| 57
| 0
| 54
| 3
| 6
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| .818
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 778
| 28
| 1008.2
| 71
| 150
| 14
| 19
| 0
| 12
| 113
| 22
| 2
| .940
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1992
| NY
| A
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1993
| NY
| A
| 41
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1994
| NY
| A
| 53
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| NY
| A
| 63
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| NY
| A
| 58
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| MIL
| A
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| TOT
| A
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| MIL
| A
| 74
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| MIL
| N
| 72
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| MIL
| N
| 71
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| MIL
| N
| 43
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| CLE
| A
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| Total
|
| 69
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| CLE
| A
| 70
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| CLE
| A
| 36
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| CLE
| A
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| CLE
| A
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| CLE
| A
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| ATL
| N
| 28
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| Total
|
| 57
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 214
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 564
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 778
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1990 - signed June 6, 1990).
- Traded by Chicago White Sox with Melido Perez and Domingo Jean to New York Yankees in exchange for Steve Sax (January 10, 1992).
- Traded by New York Yankees with Gerald Williams to Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for Pat Listach, Graeme Lloyd and a player to be named later (August 23, 1996); New York Yankees received Ricky Bones (August 29, 1996); Pat Listach returned to Milwaukee Brewers (October 2, 1996).
- Traded by Milwaukee Brewers with Steve Woodard and Jason Bere to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Paul Rigdon, Richie Sexson, Kane Davis and a player to be named later (July 28, 2000); Milwaukee Brewers received Marco Scutaro (August 30, 2000).
- Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (November 24, 2004).
- Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
- Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 7, 2005).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Atlanta Braves in exchange for Max Ramirez (July 20, 2006).
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