Todd Ritchie
[edit] Biography
Born on November 7, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia, Todd Ritchie (Todd Everett Ritchie) played for the Minnesota Twins, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, Milwaukee Brewers and Tampa Bay Devil Rays over the course of his 8 year career. Ritchie broke into the bigs on April 3, 1997 with the Minnesota Twins, and put up a 4.58 ERA in 74.2 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Todd Ritchie's best season was 1999, when he posted a 3.49 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 107 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1997
| MIN
| A
| 42
| 0
| 2
| 3
| 4.58
| 44
| 41
| 38
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 74.2
| 87
| 11
| 28
| 0
| 11
| 2
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 5.62
| 21
| 17
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 24
| 30
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 3
| 0
|
| 1999
| PIT
| N
| 28
| 26
| 15
| 9
| 3.49
| 107
| 79
| 67
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 172.2
| 169
| 17
| 54
| 3
| 7
| 4
|
| 2000
| PIT
| N
| 31
| 31
| 9
| 8
| 4.81
| 124
| 111
| 100
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 187
| 208
| 26
| 51
| 1
| 5
| 3
|
| 2001
| PIT
| N
| 33
| 33
| 11
| 15
| 4.47
| 124
| 118
| 103
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 207.1
| 211
| 23
| 52
| 7
| 7
| 7
|
| 2002
| CHI
| A
| 26
| 23
| 5
| 15
| 6.06
| 77
| 104
| 90
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 133.2
| 176
| 18
| 52
| 2
| 10
| 5
|
| 2003
| MIL
| N
| 5
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 5.08
| 15
| 17
| 16
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 28.1
| 36
| 4
| 10
| 0
| 3
| 4
|
| 2004
| TB
| A
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 9.00
| 4
| 9
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 12
| 4
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 97
| 95
| 36
| 34
| 4.32
| 370
| 325
| 286
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 595.1
| 624
| 70
| 167
| 11
| 22
| 18
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 87
| 25
| 7
| 20
| 5.65
| 146
| 171
| 151
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 240.1
| 305
| 34
| 95
| 2
| 24
| 8
|
| Total
|
|
| 184
| 120
| 43
| 54
| 4.71
| 516
| 496
| 437
| 7
| 3
| 0
| 835.2
| 929
| 104
| 262
| 13
| 46
| 26
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1997
| MIN
| A
| P
| 42
| 0
| 74.2
| 3
| 10
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 3
| 3
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| P
| 15
| 0
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 1999
| PIT
| N
| P
| 28
| 26
| 172.2
| 9
| 25
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 6
| 3
| 7
| 1.000
|
| 2000
| PIT
| N
| P
| 31
| 31
| 187
| 9
| 35
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 4
| 2
| .978
|
| 2001
| PIT
| N
| P
| 33
| 33
| 207.1
| 11
| 31
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 2
| 11
| 4
| 0
| .955
|
| 2002
| CHI
| A
| P
| 26
| 23
| 133.2
| 12
| 18
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 15
| 2
| 0
| .909
|
| 2003
| MIL
| N
| P
| 5
| 5
| 28.1
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 0
| .857
|
| 2004
| TB
| A
| P
| 4
| 2
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 184
| 120
| 835.2
| 45
| 124
| 7
| 7
| 0
| 10
| 47
| 18
| 12
| .960
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1997
| MIN
| A
| 42
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| MIN
| A
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1999
| PIT
| N
| 29
| 53
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 1
| .151
| .167
| .170
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 16
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2000
| PIT
| N
| 31
| 60
| 4
| 13
| 0
| 2
| .217
| .242
| .250
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 22
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2001
| PIT
| N
| 34
| 59
| 1
| 9
| 0
| 3
| .153
| .194
| .186
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 27
| 0
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 2002
| CHI
| A
| 27
| 4
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .250
| .400
| .250
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2003
| MIL
| N
| 5
| 9
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| .222
| .222
| .222
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| TB
| A
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 99
| 181
| 8
| 32
| 0
| 6
| .177
| .203
| .204
| 5
| 0
| 6
| 67
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 88
| 6
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .286
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 187
| 187
| 9
| 33
| 0
| 6
| .176
| .206
| .203
| 5
| 0
| 7
| 69
| 0
| 20
| 0
| 0
| 3
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (12th pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1990 - signed June 13, 1990).
- Released by Minnesota Twins (October 3, 1998).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (December 22, 1998).
- Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Lee Evans to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Kip Wells, Sean Lowe and Josh Fogg (December 13, 2001).
- Granted free agency (December 21, 2002).
- Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (January 14, 2003).
- Granted free agency (October 30, 2003).
- Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (January 22, 2004).
- Granted free agency (October 29, 2004).
- Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (January 10, 2005).
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