Rick Ankiel---Cardinals

[Bull Butter]

Hit 2 HR today, giving him 3 since he was called up a few days ago.

Congrats to Rick on fighting his way back to the bigs. Very few ballplayers ever make it to the majors. This guy did it first as a pitcher and now as an outfielder.

Major props to the Cardinals for seeing something in this guy and not giving up on him:clap:

[Cameron Crazy]

wow, thats great! Larussa will be really happy!

[Fal44]

its crazy, how good of an athlete he is... first you come up as a pitcher and now hes hitting homers...

[CenTexSports]

I was in Salt Lake City earlier this year and watched the Memphis Redbirds play the SLC Bees. Rick played CF in that game and he is not a bad OF either. It is indeed an impressive feat to make it back to the majors after the arm problems he had at such a high level.

[zebrablue2]

heard them say last night he is only 27 or 28. may still have some good years ahead. wish him the best.

[necks_c/09]

Originally posted by zebrablue2
heard them say last night he is only 27 or 28. may still have some good years ahead. wish him the best. i thought that he was 30-31 but i will check on that

[charlesrixey]

I remember when he was a hot rookie pitcher, and then everything just fell apart

i also remember him being a great hitter back then as well

[burnet44]

Great story
wow



Rick Ankiel Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 210 lb.

Debut August 23, 1999

Born July 19, 1979 in Fort Pierce, FL




Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed August 28, 1997. (All Transactions)




Pitching Glossary / Gamelogs

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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
1999 19 STL NL 0 1 9 5 0 0 1 1 33.0 26 12 12 2 14 39 1 2 137 0 0 3.27 4.57 140 1.212
2000 20 STL NL 11 7 31 30 0 0 0 0 175.0 137 80 68 21 90 194 6 12 735 2 2 3.50 4.64 133 1.297 RoY-2
2001 21 STL NL 1 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 24.0 25 21 19 7 25 27 3 5 124 0 0 7.13 4.32 61 2.083
2004 24 STL NL 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 10.0 10 6 6 2 1 9 2 1 43 0 0 5.40 4.19 78 1.100
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
4 Yr WL% .565 13 10 51 41 0 0 1 1 242.0 198 119 105 32 130 269 12 20 1039 2 2 3.90 4.58 117 1.355
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
162 Game Avg 9 7 37 30 0 0 0 0 178.7 146 87 77 23 96 198 8 14 767 1 1 3.90 4.58 117 1.355
Career High 11 7 31 30 0 0 1 1 175.0 137 80 68 21 90 194 6 12 735 2 2 3.50 4.64 133 1.297

* indicates the value is park adjusted
Year PA Pit Pit/PA Str Bll Strk% 1st%| StL% StS% StF% StI%| BlI%| SOc SOs SOc%| Swng% SwgA%
1999 137 546 3.99 337 209 62% 50%| 28% 20% 28% 25%| 0%| 11 28 28%| 72% 45% 73%| 7% 10 9 20% 36 23 1| 0 0 0
2000 735 3078 4.19 1851 1227 60% 55%| 27% 19% 30% 24%| 1%| 48 144 25%| 73% 44% 74%| 5% 39 18 17% 169 94 1| 0 0 0
2001 124 511 4.12 287 224 56% 48%| 34% 14% 27% 24%| 0%| 12 15 44%| 66% 37% 78%| 12% 15 7 17% 29 17 1| 0 0 0
2004 43 172 4.00 112 60 65% 60%| 32% 13% 28% 28%| 0%| 4 5 44%| 68% 44% 82%| 2% 1 1 19% 8 3 1| 0 0 0
+----+----+----+------+----+----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+-----+------+-----+-----+------+----+----+-----+----+----+----+-----+----+----+
Tot 4.15 60% 54%| 28% 18% 29% 24%| 0%| 28%| 72% 43% 75%| 6% 54% 18% 57% 2%|
Avg | | | | | |


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
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
1999 19 STL NL 9 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .100 -49 1 1 0 0 0 0
2000 20 STL NL 33 68 8 17 1 1 2 9 0 0 4 20 .250 .292 .382 69 26 1 0 0 0 1 RoY-2
2001 21 STL NL 6 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .111 .000 -67 0 1 0 0 0 0
2004 24 STL NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 48 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 27 STL NL 3 12 4 5 0 0 3 6 0 0 0 4 .417 .417 1.167 299 14 0 0 0 0 0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
5 Seasons 56 99 13 23 1 1 5 15 0 0 6 33 .232 .276 .414 73 41 3 0 0 0 1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
162 Game Avg 286 38 67 3 3 14 43 0 0 17 95 .232 .276 .414 73 119 9 0 0 0 3
Career High 33 68 8 17 1 1 3 9 0 0 4 20 26 1 0 0 0 1

Special Batting Glossary
Year Ag Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/27 AIR BA *lgBA OBP *lgOBP SLG *lgSLG OPS *lgOPS*OPS+ psOPS SB%
1999 19 STL NL 11 10 0 0.00 116| .100 .276| .100 .351| .100 .444| .200 .795| -49 0%
2000 20 STL NL 73 53 8 4.08 116| .250 .273| .292 .351| .382 .446| .674 .797| 69 0%
2001 21 STL NL 10 9 0 0.00 111| .000 .267| .111 .338| .000 .438| .111 .776| -67 0%
2004 24 STL NL 2 1 0 0.00 108| .000 .266| .500 .337| .000 .431| .500 .768| 48 0%
2007 27 STL NL 12 7 6 23.14 107| .417 .268| .417 .336|1.167 .424|1.584 .761| 299 0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+----+
5 Seasons 108 80 14 4.73 114| .232 .272| .276 .348| .414 .443| .690 .790| 73 0%

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)
Year PA Pit Pit/PA Str Bll Strk%| StL% StS% StF% StI%| BlI%| SOc SOs SOc%| Swng% SwgA% Cntc% 1st%| 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s| PAu PiU StU
1999 11 28 2.55 25 3 89%| 8% 12% 48% 32%| 0%| 2 1 67| 92% 82% 87% 82%| 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0| 0 0 0
2000 73 265 3.63 186 79 70%| 16% 24% 34% 26%| 0%| 2 18 10| 84% 59% 72% 44%| 1% 1 0 5% 4 1 4% 3 2| 0 0 0
2001 10 30 3.00 25 5 83%| 20% 28% 36% 16%| 0%| 2 3 40| 80% 67% 65% 70%| 10% 1 0 10% 1 0 0% 0 0| 0 0 0
2004 2 9 4.50 4 5 44%| 50% 25% 25% 0%| 0%| 0 1 0| 50% 22% 50% 0%| 50% 1 0 50% 1 0 0% 0 0| 0 0 0
2007 12 45 3.75 31 14 69%| 13% 26% 35% 26%| 0%| 2 2 50| 87% 60% 70% 58%| 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0| 0 0 0
Tot 3.49 72%| 15% 23% 36% 25%| 0%| 24%| 85% 61% 72% 51%| 3% 0% 6% 17% 3% 67%|
Avg 3.77 63%| 27% 14% 27% 31%| 2%| 26%| 73% 45% 80% 28%| 5% 6% 15% 38% 9% 55%|


Postseason Pitching

Year Round Tm Opp WLser G GS ERA W L SV CG IP H ER BB SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
2000 NLDS STL ATL W 1 1 13.50 0 0 0 0 2.2 4 4 6 3
NLCS STL NYM L 2 1 20.25 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 3 5 2
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
2 Postseason Ser 1-1 3 2 15.75 0 0 0 0 4 5 7 11 5
+------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting

Year Round Tm Opp WLser G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA OBP SLG SB CS SH SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
2000 NLDS STL ATL W 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0
NLCS STL NYM L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
2 Postseason Ser 1-1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0

[necks_c/09]

Full Name: Richard Alexander Ankiel
Born: 07/19/1979
Birthplace: Fort Pierce, FL
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 210
Bats: L
Throws: L