Kevin Ritz
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[edit] Biography
Born on June 8, 1965 in Eatontown, New Jersey, Kevin Ritz (Kevin D Ritz) played for the Detroit Tigers and Colorado Rockies over the course of his 9 year career. Ritz broke into the bigs on July 15, 1989 with the Detroit Tigers, and put up a 4.38 ERA in 74 innings pitched in 1989, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Kevin Ritz's best season was 1995, when he posted a 4.21 ERA, won 11 games and struck out 120 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| Year | Team | G | GS | W | L | ERA | K | R | ER | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | HR | BB | IB | WP | HBP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | DET | A | 12 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4.38 | 56 | 41 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 75 | 2 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| 1990 | DET | A | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11.05 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | DET | A | 11 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11.74 | 9 | 22 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.1 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992 | DET | A | 23 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 5.60 | 57 | 52 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80.1 | 88 | 4 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| 1994 | COL | N | 15 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 5.62 | 53 | 49 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.2 | 88 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| 1995 | COL | N | 31 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 4.21 | 120 | 91 | 81 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 173.1 | 171 | 16 | 65 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| 1996 | COL | N | 35 | 35 | 17 | 11 | 5.28 | 105 | 135 | 125 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 213 | 236 | 24 | 105 | 3 | 10 | 12 |
| 1997 | COL | N | 18 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 5.87 | 56 | 72 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 107.1 | 142 | 16 | 46 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 1998 | COL | N | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11.00 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | NL | 101 | 98 | 39 | 38 | 5.20 | 337 | 358 | 333 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 576.1 | 654 | 62 | 253 | 13 | 30 | 24 | |
| Total | AL | 50 | 32 | 6 | 18 | 5.85 | 125 | 127 | 115 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 194 | 7 | 124 | 12 | 16 | 6 | |
| Total | 151 | 130 | 45 | 56 | 5.35 | 462 | 485 | 448 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 753.1 | 848 | 69 | 377 | 25 | 46 | 30 |
[edit] Fielding Stats
| Year | Team | POS | G | GS | INN | PO | A | ERR | DP | TP | PB | SB | CS | PkO | AVG | |
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| 1989 | DET | A | P | 12 | 12 | 74 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1990 | DET | A | P | 4 | 4 | 7.1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .857 |
| 1991 | DET | A | P | 11 | 5 | 15.1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .833 |
| 1992 | DET | A | P | 23 | 11 | 80.1 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1994 | COL | N | P | 15 | 15 | 73.2 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1995 | COL | N | P | 31 | 28 | 173.1 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 1996 | COL | N | P | 35 | 35 | 213 | 18 | 51 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 13 | 3 | 1.000 |
| 1997 | COL | N | P | 18 | 18 | 107.1 | 13 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 1998 | COL | N | P | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | P | 151 | 130 | 753.1 | 60 | 149 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 96 | 39 | 5 | .991 |
[edit] Batting Stats
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | AVG | OBP | SLG | 2B | 3B | BB | SO | HBP | SH | SB | IBB | GDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | DET | A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | DET | A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | DET | A | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | DET | A | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | COL | N | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | COL | N | 31 | 48 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | .188 | .250 | .208 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | COL | N | 35 | 65 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 5 | .231 | .306 | .308 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | COL | N | 18 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .057 | .154 | .057 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | COL | N | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | NL | 101 | 171 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 7 | .158 | .226 | .193 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 77 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | AL | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 151 | 171 | 14 | 27 | 1 | 7 | .158 | .226 | .193 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 77 | 2 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (January 3, 1985).
- Selected by Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 3, 1985 - signed September 3, 1985).
- Selected by Colorado Rockies from Detroit Tigers (46th pick overall) in the expansion draft (November 17, 1992).
- Released by Colorado Rockies (October 12, 1993).
- Signed by Colorado Rockies (December 1, 1993).
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