Ricardo Rincon
[edit] Biography
Born on April 13, 1970 in Cuitlahuac, Veracruz (Mexico), Ricardo Rincon (Ricardo (Espinoza) Rincon) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals over the course of his 10 year career. Rincon broke into the bigs on April 3, 1997 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.45 ERA in 60 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Ricardo Rincon's best season was 1998, when he posted a 2.91 ERA, notched 14 saves and struck out 64 batters.
[edit] Scouting Report
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1997
| PIT
| N
| 62
| 0
| 4
| 8
| 3.45
| 71
| 26
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 60
| 51
| 5
| 24
| 6
| 2
| 2
|
| 1998
| PIT
| N
| 60
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2.91
| 64
| 31
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 65
| 50
| 6
| 29
| 2
| 2
| 0
|
| 1999
| CLE
| A
| 59
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 4.43
| 30
| 22
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 44.2
| 41
| 6
| 24
| 5
| 2
| 1
|
| 2000
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2.70
| 20
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 20
| 17
| 1
| 13
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
| 2001
| CLE
| A
| 67
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 2.83
| 50
| 18
| 17
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 54
| 44
| 3
| 21
| 5
| 1
| 0
|
| 2002
| OAK
| A
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.10
| 19
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 20.1
| 11
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| CLE
| A
| 46
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 4.79
| 30
| 21
| 19
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 35.2
| 36
| 3
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 2002
| TOT
| A
| 71
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 4.18
| 49
| 28
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 56
| 47
| 4
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 2003
| OAK
| A
| 64
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 3.25
| 40
| 21
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 55.1
| 45
| 4
| 32
| 4
| 0
| 3
|
| 2004
| OAK
| A
| 67
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3.68
| 40
| 22
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 44
| 45
| 3
| 22
| 4
| 4
| 1
|
| 2005
| OAK
| A
| 67
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4.34
| 27
| 19
| 18
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 37.1
| 34
| 7
| 20
| 4
| 1
| 1
|
| 2006
| STL
| N
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.80
| 6
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3.1
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 127
| 0
| 4
| 10
| 3.37
| 141
| 61
| 48
| 0
| 0
| 18
| 128.1
| 107
| 12
| 57
| 8
| 4
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 430
| 0
| 17
| 14
| 3.67
| 256
| 137
| 127
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 311.1
| 273
| 28
| 143
| 24
| 9
| 8
|
| Total
|
|
| 557
| 0
| 21
| 24
| 3.58
| 397
| 198
| 175
| 0
| 0
| 21
| 439.2
| 380
| 40
| 200
| 32
| 13
| 11
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1997
| PIT
| N
| P
| 62
| 0
| 60
| 3
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| PIT
| N
| P
| 60
| 0
| 65
| 3
| 9
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 0
| .857
|
| 1999
| CLE
| A
| P
| 59
| 0
| 44.2
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2000
| CLE
| A
| P
| 35
| 0
| 20
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2001
| CLE
| A
| P
| 67
| 0
| 54
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| .909
|
| 2002
| OAK
| A
| P
| 25
| 0
| 20.1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2002
| CLE
| A
| P
| 46
| 0
| 35.2
| 0
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 2002
| TOT
| A
| P
| 71
| 0
| 56
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 2003
| OAK
| A
| P
| 64
| 0
| 55.1
| 2
| 9
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 3
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2004
| OAK
| A
| P
| 67
| 0
| 44
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2005
| OAK
| A
| P
| 67
| 0
| 37.1
| 3
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .750
|
| 2006
| STL
| N
| P
| 5
| 0
| 3.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 557
| 0
| 439.2
| 21
| 55
| 5
| 4
| 0
| 8
| 17
| 12
| 3
| .938
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1997
| PIT
| N
| 62
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| PIT
| N
| 60
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1999
| CLE
| A
| 59
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2000
| CLE
| A
| 35
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2001
| CLE
| A
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| OAK
| A
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| CLE
| A
| 46
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| TOT
| A
| 71
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2003
| OAK
| A
| 64
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| OAK
| A
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| OAK
| A
| 67
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| STL
| N
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 127
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 430
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 557
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Mexico City Reds (Mexican) to Pittsburgh Pirates (March 30, 1997).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates to Cleveland Indians in exchange for Brian Giles (November 18, 1998).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Marshall McDougall (July 30, 2002).
- Granted free agency (October 28, 2003).
- Signed by Oakland Athletics (December 17, 2003).
- Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
- Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (December 19, 2005).
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