Rich Aurilia

Full Name: Richard Santo Aurilia	Primary Position: SS/3B
Height/Weight: 6'1"/190	First Game: September 6, 1995
Birthdate: September 2, 1971	MLB Experience: 13 years
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Scouting Report
3 Statistics
- 3.1 Batting Stats
- 3.2 Fielding Stats
4 Transactions
5 Trivia
6 Video Gallery
7 Picture Gallery
8 See Also
- 8.1 Recent Rich Aurilia ArmchairGM Stories
9 Categories

[edit] Biography

Rich Aurilia (Richard Santo Aurilia) was born on September 2, 1971 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his Major League debut on September 6, 1995 for the San Francisco Giants. In 1996, his rookie year, he hit .239 with 3 home runs and 26 RBI. Aurilia played for the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, San Diego Padres and Cincinnati Reds over the course of his 12 year career.

Most people believe that Rich Aurilia's best season was 2001, when he slugged 37 home runs, hit for a .324 average and knocked in 97 runs.

[edit] Scouting Report

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1995	SFG	N	9	19	4	9	2	4	.474	.476	.947	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	1
1996	SFG	N	105	318	27	76	3	26	.239	.295	.296	7	1	25	52	1	6	4	2	1
1997	SFG	N	46	102	16	28	5	19	.275	.321	.500	8	0	8	15	0	1	1	0	3
1998	SFG	N	122	413	54	110	9	49	.266	.319	.407	27	2	31	62	2	5	3	3	3
1999	SFG	N	152	558	68	157	22	80	.281	.336	.444	23	1	43	71	5	3	2	3	16
2000	SFG	N	141	509	67	138	20	79	.271	.339	.444	24	2	54	90	0	4	1	2	15
2001	SFG	N	156	636	114	206	37	97	.324	.369	.572	37	5	47	83	0	3	1	2	14
2002	SFG	N	133	538	76	138	15	61	.257	.305	.413	35	2	37	90	4	3	1	0	15
2003	SFG	N	129	505	65	140	13	58	.277	.325	.410	26	1	36	82	1	0	2	0	18
2004	SEA	A	73	261	27	63	4	28	.241	.304	.337	13	0	22	43	2	6	1	1	10
2004	SDP	N	51	138	22	35	2	16	.254	.331	.384	8	2	15	28	2	1	0	0	2
2004	Total		124	399	49	98	6	44	.246	.314	.353	21	2	37	71	4	7	1	1	12
2005	CIN	N	114	426	61	120	14	68	.282	.338	.444	23	2	37	67	1	1	2	2	8
2006	CIN	N	122	440	61	132	23	70	.300	.349	.518	25	1	34	51	1	2	3	1	10
2007	SFG	N	99	329	40	83	5	33	.252	.304	.368	19	2	22	45	4	0	0	1	8
Total	NL		1379	4931	675	1372	170	660	.278	?	?	265	21	390	738	21	30	21	16	114
Total	AL		73	261	27	63	4	28	.241	.304	.337	13	0	22	43	2	6	1	1	10
Total			1452	5192	702	1435	174	688	.276	.330	.439	278	21	412	781	23	36	22	17	124

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	AVG
1995	SF	N	SS	6	4	35.1	8	16	0	4	0	1.000
1996	SF	N	2B	11	9	77	16	18	0	8	0	1.000
1996	SF	N	SS	93	71	678.2	126	228	10	44	0	.973
1997	SF	N	SS	36	22	223	47	91	3	19	0	.979
1998	SF	N	SS	120	107	918	154	313	10	71	1	.979
1999	SF	N	SS	150	146	1281	218	411	28	97	0	.957
2000	SF	N	SS	140	139	1193	220	403	21	110	0	.967
2001	SF	N	SS	149	146	1313	246	423	17	108	0	.975
2002	SF	N	SS	131	130	1126	213	333	11	97	0	.980
2003	SF	N	SS	123	123	1064	173	316	13	80	0	.974
2003	SF	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	SEA	A	SS	73	71	634	114	186	3	39	0	.990
2004	SD	N	SS	6	5	47.1	8	17	1	2	0	.962
2004	SD	N	3B	29	28	231.2	16	41	5	3	0	.919
2004	SD	N	1B	1	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	1.000
2004	SD	N	2B	7	1	25	6	9	1	3	0	.938
2004	Total		SS	79	76	681.1	122	203	4	41	0	.988
2005	CIN	N	SS	30	29	237.2	29	86	3	14	0	.975
2005	CIN	N	3B	18	14	129.1	12	33	1	4	0	.978
2005	CIN	N	2B	68	64	547.1	128	175	6	38	0	.981
2006	CIN	N	1B	47	37	329.2	302	26	2	34	0	.994
2006	CIN	N	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	CIN	N	SS	26	25	198.2	37	68	1	17	0	.991
2006	CIN	N	3B	52	39	356	24	78	5	7	0	.953
2006	CIN	N	2B	10	4	41	13	15	0	2	0	1.000
2007	SF	N	1B	55	42	371	375	18	2	42	0	.995
2007	SF	N	3B	22	21	177.2	15	39	4	6	0	.931
2007	SF	N	SS	12	11	94	14	35	2	6	0	.961
2007	SF	N	2B	9	7	70.1	18	19	1	7	0	.974
Total			SS	1095	1029	9043.2	1607	2926	123	708	1	.974
Total			3B	121	102	894.2	67	191	15	20	0	.945
Total			1B	103	79	703.2	684	44	4	76	0	.995
Total			DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	105	85	760.2	181	236	8	58	0	.981

[edit] Transactions

Selected by Texas Rangers in the 24th round of the free-agent draft (June 1, 1992 - signed June 4, 1992).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Desi Wilson to San Francisco Giants in exchange for John Burkett (December 22, 1994).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by Seattle Mariners (January 8, 2004).
Sent to San Diego Padres by Seattle Mariners for future considerations (July 19, 2004).
Granted free agency (October 28, 2004).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (January 22, 2005).
Granted free agency (November 2, 2005).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (January 8, 2006).
October 30, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
December 4, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

[edit] Trivia

On June 14, 1997, during his first stint with the Giants, Aurilia hit the first-ever grand slam in interleague play at the expense of the Anaheim Angels' Allen Watson, a former teammate. The Giants went on to win the game 10-3.
Aurilia appeared on the ABC soap opera "General Hospital" in 2003. For his non-speaking role as Juror No. 9 in a court room scene, he was accompanied by his wife, Raquel (Juror No. 10).
The Aurilias are very active in the Make-A-Wish Foundation.