Ricky Bottalico

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Full Name: Ricky Paul Bottalico	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 1"/200	First Game: July 29, 1994
Birthdate: August 26, 1969	Final Game: July 22, 2005
Birthplace: New Britain, Connecticut	MLB Experience: 12 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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2 Statistics
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[edit] Biography

Born on August 26, 1969 in New Britain, Connecticut, Ricky Bottalico (Ricky Paul Bottalico) played for the Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers over the course of his 12 year career. Bottalico broke into the bigs on July 29, 1994 with the Philadelphia Phillies, and put up a 2.46 ERA in 87.2 innings pitched in 1995, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Ricky Bottalico's best season was 1996, when he posted a 3.19 ERA, notched 34 saves and struck out 74 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1994	PHI	N	3	0	0	0	.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0
1995	PHI	N	62	0	5	3	2.46	87	25	24	0	0	1	87.2	50	7	42	3	1	4
1996	PHI	N	61	0	4	5	3.19	74	24	24	0	0	34	67.2	47	6	23	2	3	2
1997	PHI	N	69	0	2	5	3.65	89	31	30	0	0	34	74	68	7	42	4	3	2
1998	PHI	N	39	0	1	5	6.44	27	31	31	0	0	6	43.1	54	7	25	5	2	1
1999	STL	N	68	0	3	7	4.91	66	45	40	0	0	20	73.1	83	8	49	1	6	3
2000	KC	A	62	0	9	6	4.83	56	40	39	0	0	16	72.2	65	12	41	3	5	2
2001	PHI	N	66	0	3	4	3.90	57	31	29	0	0	3	67	58	11	25	2	5	4
2002	PHI	N	30	0	0	3	4.61	24	16	14	0	0	0	27.1	33	3	13	2	2	2
2003	ARI	N	2	0	1	0	5.40	2	1	1	0	0	0	1.2	3	0	2	1	0	0
2004	NY	N	60	0	3	2	3.38	61	30	26	0	0	0	69.1	54	3	34	7	3	4
2005	MIL	N	40	0	2	2	4.54	29	24	21	0	0	2	41.2	43	7	19	0	7	3
Total	NL		500	0	24	36	3.88	519	258	240	0	0	100	556	496	59	275	27	32	25
Total	AL		62	0	9	6	4.83	56	40	39	0	0	16	72.2	65	12	41	3	5	2
Total			562	0	33	42	3.99	575	298	279	0	0	116	628.2	561	71	316	30	37	27

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1994	PHI	N	P	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1995	PHI	N	P	62	0	87.2	6	7	0	1	0	2	6	3	0	1.000
1996	PHI	N	P	61	0	67.2	1	5	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	1.000
1997	PHI	N	P	69	0	74	4	5	0	1	0	1	7	3	0	1.000
1998	PHI	N	P	39	0	43.1	5	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1999	STL	N	P	68	0	73.1	4	9	0	2	0	3	1	5	0	1.000
2000	KC	A	P	62	0	72.2	6	7	1	1	0	0	4	5	0	.929
2001	PHI	N	P	66	0	67	3	10	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	.929
2002	PHI	N	P	30	0	27.1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.000
2003	ARI	N	P	2	0	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	NY	N	P	60	0	69.1	5	8	0	0	0	1	7	0	0	1.000
2005	MIL	N	P	40	0	41.2	2	6	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	.889
Total			P	562	0	628.2	38	66	3	8	0	9	32	21	0	.972

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1994	PHI	N	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	PHI	N	62	5	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0
1996	PHI	N	61	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1997	PHI	N	69	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1998	PHI	N	39	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1999	STL	N	68	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
2000	KC	A	62	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	PHI	N	66	3	1	1	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2002	PHI	N	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	ARI	N	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	NY	N	60	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	MIL	N	40	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		500	17	1	2	0	1	.118	.118	.235	2	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	1
Total	AL		62	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			562	17	1	2	0	1	.118	.118	.235	2	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	1

[edit] Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (July 21, 1991).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Garrett Stephenson to St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Jeff Brantley, Ron Gant and Cliff Politte (November 19, 1998).
Granted free agency (December 21, 1999).
Signed by Kansas City Royals (January 27, 2000).
Granted free agency (November 4, 2000).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (December 15, 2000).
Granted free agency (November 5, 2001).
Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (January 8, 2002).
Granted free agency (October 30, 2002).
Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (January 30, 2003).
Granted free agency (September 30, 2003).
Signed by New York Mets (February 9, 2004).
Released by New York Mets (April 7, 2004).
Signed by New York Mets (April 16, 2004).
Granted free agency (November 1, 2004).
Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (January 21, 2005).
Released by Milwaukee Brewers (July 27, 2005).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (August 9, 2005).
Released by Boston Red Sox (August 25, 2005).
Signed by Baltimore Orioles (February 4, 2006).
Released by Baltimore Orioles (March 22, 2006).

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