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Full Name: Ricardo (Espinoza) Rincon Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/190 First Game: April 3, 1997
Birthdate: April 13, 1970 MLB Experience: 10 years
Birthplace: Cuitlahuac, Veracruz (Mexico)
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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.

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
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

Fielding Stats[]

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
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

Batting Stats[]

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
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

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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