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Ricky Bottalico
Ricky Paul Bottalico

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.
School Central Connecticut State University

Debut July 29, 1994
  vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Born August 26, 1969 in New Britain, CT

Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1994 24 PHI NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   3  0    3.0    3    0    0   0    1    3   0   0    13   0   0  0.00  4.30  inf 1.333
 1995 25 PHI NL   5   3  62   0   0   0  20  1   87.7   50   25   24   7   42   87   4   1   350   3   0  2.46  4.23  172 1.049
 1996 26 PHI NL   4   5  61   0   0   0  56 34   67.7   47   24   24   6   23   74   2   3   269   2   0  3.19  4.27  134 1.034 AS
 1997 27 PHI NL   2   5  69   0   0   0  61 34   74.0   68   31   30   7   42   89   2   3   324   4   0  3.65  4.25  116 1.486
 1998 28 PHI NL   1   5  39   0   0   0  28  6   43.3   54   31   31   7   25   27   1   2   206   5   0  6.44  4.36   68 1.823
 1999 29 STL NL   3   7  68   0   0   0  40 20   73.3   83   45   40   8   49   66   3   6   347   1   0  4.91  4.61   94 1.800
 2000 30 KCR AL   9   6  62   0   0   0  50 16   72.7   65   40   39  12   41   56   2   5   319   3   1  4.83  5.07  105 1.459
 2001 31 PHI NL   3   4  66   0   0   0  18  3   67.0   58   31   29  11   25   57   4   5   281   2   0  3.90  4.27  110 1.239
 2002 32 PHI NL   0   3  30   0   0   0   6  0   27.3   33   16   14   3   13   24   2   2   128   2   0  4.61  3.87   84 1.683
 2003 33 ARI NL   1   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    1.7    3    1    1   0    2    2   0   0    10   1   0  5.40  4.67   86 3.000
 2004 34 NYM NL   3   2  60   0   0   0   8  0   69.3   54   30   26   3   34   61   4   3   296   7   0  3.38  4.27  127 1.269
 2005 35 MIL NL   2   2  40   0   0   0  11  2   41.7   43   24   21   7   19   29   3   7   187   0   0  4.54  4.27   94 1.488
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Years            42       0       0    116         561       279      316       27  37  2730  30   1  3.99  4.38  110 1.395
 WL%= .440       33     562       0     301     628.7       298       71       575
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   5  68   0   0   0  36 14   76.0   67   36   33   8   38   69   3   4   330   3   0  3.99  4.38  110 1.395
 Career High      9   7  69   0   0   0  61 34   87.7   83   45   40  12   49   89   4   7   350   7   1  2.46  5.07  172 1.034

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1995 25 PHI NL  62    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1996 26 PHI NL  61    3    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .667  156    2   0   0   0   0   0 AS
 1997 27 PHI NL  66    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 29 STL NL  65    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
 2001 31 PHI NL  64    3    1    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   0  .333  .333  .667  152    2   0   0   0   0   0
 2004 34 NYM NL  57    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     485   17    1    2   2  0   0    1   0  0   0   8  .118  .118  .235  -11    4   1   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          6    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .118  .118  .235  -11    1   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     66    5    1    1   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   4                           2   1   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1995 25 PHI NL    6    6    0   0.0   107| .000  .271| .000  .340| .000  .421| .000  .761|-100  .000  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 1996 26 PHI NL    3    2    1  13.4   107| .333  .270| .333  .339| .667  .422|1.000  .761| 156  .866   0.3   0.0   0%
 1997 27 PHI NL    1    1    0   0.0   108| .000  .270| .000  .342| .000  .424| .000  .766|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1999 29 STL NL    3    4    0   0.0   117| .000  .277| .000  .352| .000  .446| .000  .798|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 2001 31 PHI NL    3    2    1  13.4   110| .333  .266| .333  .337| .667  .436|1.000  .773| 152  .857   0.3   0.0   0%
 2004 34 NYM NL    2    2    0   0.0   110| .000  .268| .000  .340| .000  .435| .000  .775|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons       18   17    2   3.2   109| .118  .270| .118  .342| .235  .430| .353  .772| -11  .304  -2.8  -0.3   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1994 24 PHI NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1995 25 PHI NL P 62 6 7 0 1 1.000 .956 0.21 0.51 1.33 1.84 0 87.7 1996 26 PHI NL P 61 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.10 0.52 0.80 1.83 0 67.7 AS 1997 27 PHI NL P 69 4 5 0 1 1.000 .957 0.13 0.52 1.09 1.85 0 74.0 1998 28 PHI NL P 39 5 6 0 1 1.000 .965 0.28 0.54 2.29 1.85 0 43.3 1999 29 STL NL P 68 4 9 0 2 1.000 .949 0.19 0.48 1.60 1.72 0 73.3 2000 30 KCR AL P 62 6 7 1 1 .929 .956 0.21 0.46 1.61 1.62 0 72.7 2001 31 PHI NL P 66 3 10 1 0 .929 .956 0.20 0.46 1.75 1.75 0 67.0 2002 32 PHI NL P 30 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.17 0.48 1.65 1.85 0 27.3 2003 33 ARI NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.59 0 1.7 2004 34 NYM NL P 60 5 8 0 0 1.000 .963 0.22 0.47 1.69 1.84 0 69.3 2005 35 MIL NL P 40 2 6 1 1 .889 .964 0.20 0.46 1.73 1.75 0 41.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1994 24 PHI NL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.53 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1995 25 PHI NL P 62 6 7 0 1 1.000 .956 0.21 0.51 1.33 1.84 0 87.7 1996 26 PHI NL P 61 1 5 0 1 1.000 .952 0.10 0.52 0.80 1.83 0 67.7 1997 27 PHI NL P 69 4 5 0 1 1.000 .957 0.13 0.52 1.09 1.85 0 74.0 1998 28 PHI NL P 39 5 6 0 1 1.000 .965 0.28 0.54 2.29 1.85 0 43.3 1999 29 STL NL P 68 4 9 0 2 1.000 .949 0.19 0.48 1.60 1.72 0 73.3 2000 30 KCR AL P 62 6 7 1 1 .929 .956 0.21 0.46 1.61 1.62 0 72.7 2001 31 PHI NL P 66 3 10 1 0 .929 .956 0.20 0.46 1.75 1.75 0 67.0 2002 32 PHI NL P 30 2 3 0 0 1.000 .962 0.17 0.48 1.65 1.85 0 27.3 2003 33 ARI NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.59 0 1.7 2004 34 NYM NL P 60 5 8 0 0 1.000 .963 0.22 0.47 1.69 1.84 0 69.3 2005 35 MIL NL P 40 2 6 1 1 .889 .964 0.20 0.46 1.73 1.75 0 41.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 562 38 66 3 8 .972 .958 0.19 0.49 1.49 1.79 0 628.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 562 38 66 3 8 .972 .958 0.19 0.49 1.49 1.78 0 629
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1996   PHI NL      0  0  0   1     0   0   0   0   1  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1996   PHI NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1996 *

Saves
1996 NL-34-8
1997 NL-34-8
Car-116-95

Games Finished
1996 NL-56-8
1997 NL-61-4
2000 AL-50-10
Car-301-91

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 6.0 (1195) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 13.0 (789) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

July 21, 1991: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

November 19, 1998: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Garrett Stephenson to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant, and Cliff Politte.

December 21, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

January 27, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

November 4, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

December 15, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 8, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

October 30, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 30, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

September 30, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

February 9, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

April 7, 2004: Released by the New York Mets.

April 16, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

November 1, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 21, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

July 27, 2005: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.

August 9, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

August 25, 2005: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

February 4, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

March 22, 2006: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1995Philadelphia Phillies$109,000
1996Philadelphia Phillies$185,000
1997Philadelphia Phillies$425,000
1998Philadelphia Phillies$2,200,000
1999St. Louis Cardinals$2,300,000
2000Kansas City Royals$1,500,000
2001Philadelphia Phillies$1,500,000
2002Philadelphia Phillies$1,500,000
2005Milwaukee Brewers$800,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,519,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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