Rich Garcés

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 250lb (183cm, 113kg)

Born: May 18, 1971 in Maracay, Venezuela ve

High School: Jose Felix Rivas (Maracay, Venezuela)

Debut: September 18, 1990 (Age 19-123d, 15,883rd in major league history)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 20, 2002 (Age 31-063d)
vs. NYY 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: Richard Aron Garcés

Nicknames: El Guapo

Pronunciation: \gar-SEZ\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

ERA

3.74

287

341.1

296

WHIP

1.330

Summary of 32 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 5 go ahead

2 Tms
BOS	31
FLA	1

Platoon
vs RHB	23
vs LHB	9

Home/Road
Away	21
Home	11

Outs
0	13
2	10
1	9

16 Opps
SEA	5
NYY	5
TEX	3
ANA	3
TOR	3
TBD	2
OAK	2
MIN	1
CHC	1
BAL	1
KCR	1
NYM	1
PHI	1
ATL	1
CLE	1
CHW	1

31 Batters
Edgar Martínez	2
David Ortiz	1
Gerónimo Berroa	1
Jason Giambi	1
Brent Abernathy	1
Ron Gant	1
Dave Valle	1
Glenallen Hill	1
Frank Thomas	1
Chili Davis	1
Scott Brosius	1
Mike Difelice	1
Scott Servais	1
Matt Stairs	1
Andrés Galarraga	1
Mark Lewis	1
Jim Thome	1
Rafael Palmeiro	1
Raúl Mondesí	1
Alex Gonzalez	1
Juan González	1
Garret Anderson	1
Troy Glaus	1
Luis Matos	1
Wade Boggs	1
Alex Rodriguez	1
Mike Piazza	1
Enrique Wilson	1
Derek Jeter	1
José Canseco	1
Jay Buhner	1

14 Parks
Fenway Pk (BOS)	11
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Progressive (CLE)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
78	9
7	8
9	8
8	5
89	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	9
3	6
5	6
6	4
4	4
1	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	26
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	16
1--	7
12-	3
--3	2
1-3	2
123	1
-2-	1

55 Runs
RISP	9
0 on	16
1 on	10
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	16

Inning
4	1
5	2
6	7
7	10
8	8
9	3
Extra	1

4-6	10
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	2
+2	2
+1	4
Tied	4
-1	4
-2	2
-3	1
-4..	7

Ahead	14
Tied	4
Behind	14

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	6
3-2	4
1-2	4
3-1	4
0-0	3
1-1	3
0-1	2
2-2	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
DH	9
C	4
1B	3
2B	3
LF	3
SS	3
3B	3
RF	2
PH	1
CF	1

OrderPos
4th	8
8th	6
3rd	4
5th	4
7th	2
1st	2
9th	2
2nd	2
6th	2

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	5
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-08-22	Scott Servais	CHC		FLA	behind 4-8	b 6	1	1--	4,(1-2) CCBX	2	8	2	12%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); T. Zeile Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1996-05-11	Alex Gonzalez	TOR		BOS	behind 7-8	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	9	6	28%	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
3	3	2	1	1996-05-29	Gerónimo Berroa	OAK		BOS	behind 3-5	b 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	5	DH	37%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. McGwire Scores
4	4	3	1	1996-05-31	Alex Rodriguez	SEA		BOS	tied 5-5	b 7	0	1-3	2,(0-1) C1X	3	2	6	15%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Cora Scores; D. Bragg Scores
5	5	4	1	1996-06-16	Dave Valle	TEX	@	BOS	ahead 7-3	t 7	2	--3	5,(3-1) BBFBX	2	8	2	5%	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); D. Palmer Scores
6	6	5	1	1996-06-21	Juan González	TEX		BOS	ahead 13-4	b 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ...BX	1	4	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1997-05-14	Chili Davis	KCR		BOS	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) .CBBBFX	1	5	DH	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
8	8	2	1	1997-06-01	Wade Boggs	NYY	@	BOS	ahead 8-5	t 15	2	1-3	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	5	4%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); T. Martinez Scores; S. Pose Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1998-04-03	Jay Buhner	SEA		BOS	ahead 6-3	b 5	0	1--	6,(3-2) BFBFBX	2	6	9	6%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Segui Scores
10	10	2	2	1998-04-03	Glenallen Hill	SEA		BOS	ahead 8-3	b 5	0	---	2,(1-1) BX	1	7	7	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
11	11	3	1	1998-06-22	Mark Lewis	PHI	@	BOS	behind 7-8	t 8	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	8	4	24%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	4	1	1998-07-22	Jim Thome	CLE		BOS	behind 2-3	b 7	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BSSB.BX	2	4	3	39%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball); D. Justice Scores
13	13	5	1	1998-07-24	José Canseco	TOR	@	BOS	ahead 5-0	t 4	0	12-	3,(1-2) CBX	3	3	7	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Phillips Scores; S. Stewart Scores
14	14	6	1	1998-07-30	Matt Stairs	OAK		BOS	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	1--	4,(1-2) CBFX	2	5	DH	8%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball); M. Neill Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1999-09-05	Edgar Martínez	SEA		BOS	ahead 5-4	b 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	DH	10%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	2000-04-24	Rafael Palmeiro	TEX		BOS	ahead 4-2	b 7	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	4	3	6%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	2	1	2000-06-09	Andrés Galarraga	ATL		BOS	ahead 5-4	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	11%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
18	18	3	1	2000-07-05	David Ortiz	MIN		BOS	behind 4-11	b 9	0	12-	5,(3-1) BSBBX	3	8	PH	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Koskie Scores; C. Moeller Scores
19	19	4	1	2000-07-15	Mike Piazza	NYM	@	BOS	behind 2-6	t 9	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	4	2	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
20	20	5	1	2000-08-07	Ron Gant	ANA		BOS	ahead 2-1	b 6	2	---	6,(3-2) BBSCBX	1	8	DH	12%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	6	1	2000-09-02	Edgar Martínez	SEA	@	BOS	tied 1-1	t 8	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	4	DH	22%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
22	22	7	1	2000-09-28	Frank Thomas	CHW		BOS	behind 4-6	b 7	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	DH	14%	34%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2001-04-22	Scott Brosius	NYY		BOS	behind 1-2	b 7	2	---	4,(1-2) FBSX	1	9	5	23%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
24	24	2	1	2001-06-25	Mike Difelice	TBD	@	BOS	behind 5-10	t 6	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	2	4%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
25	25	3	2	2001-06-25	Brent Abernathy	TBD	@	BOS	behind 6-10	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) FFBBX	1	8	4	6%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
26	26	4	1	2001-07-31	Troy Glaus	ANA	@	BOS	tied 2-2	t 8	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	5	34%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); D. Erstad Scores
27	27	5	1	2001-08-23	Garret Anderson	ANA		BOS	ahead 4-3	b 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	7	11%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
28	28	6	1	2001-09-26	Luis Matos	BAL	@	BOS	behind 3-9	t 7	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	8	6%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); B. Fordyce Scores; J. Hairston Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	2002-04-15	Derek Jeter	NYY	@	BOS	behind 1-4	t 8	1	--3	5,(3-1) BBBCX	2	1	6	11%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); A. Soriano Scores
30	30	2	1	2002-05-27	Raúl Mondesí	TOR		BOS	behind 4-8	b 9	1	1--	5,(2-2) BCBSX	2	3	9	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Cruz Scores
31	31	3	1	2002-06-01	Enrique Wilson	NYY		BOS	tied 2-2	b 6	2	123	3,(0-2) CFX	4	2	4	34%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Ventura Scores; N. Johnson Scores; D. Jeter Scores
32	32	4	2	2002-06-01	Jason Giambi	NYY		BOS	ahead 6-2	b 6	2	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	4	DH	4%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Williams Scores