Ricky Bottalico

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 200lb (185cm, 90kg)

Born: August 26, 1969 in New Britain, CT us

High School: South Catholic HS (Hartford, CT)

School: Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, CT)

Debut: July 29, 1994 (Age 24-337d, 16,567th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 22, 2005 (Age 35-330d)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Agents: Gregg Clifton

Full Name: Ricky Paul Bottalico

Nicknames: Ricky Bo

Pronunciation: \bo-TAL-ick-o\

Twitter: @rickybottalico

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1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.1

ERA

3.99

562

116

628.2

575

WHIP

1.395

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1991	21	PHI-min	Rk,A	5	2	.714	2.81	9	8	0	2	1	0	48.0	36	20	15	2	15	0	49	2	1	3	196			1.063	6.8	0.4	2.8	9.2	3.27	MTV,SPB APPY,SALL
1992	22	PHI-min	A	5	10	.333	2.41	42	11	24	1	0	13	119.2	94	41	32	6	56	0	118	3	0	5	501			1.253	7.1	0.5	4.2	8.9	2.11	SPB SALL
1993	23	PHI-min	AA,A+	4	3	.571	2.36	62	0	46	0	0	24	91.2	82	28	24	4	31	3	84	2	0	3	380			1.233	8.1	0.4	3.0	8.2	2.71	REA,CLW EL,FLOR
1994	24	PHI-min	AA,AAA	5	3	.625	4.71	57	0	47	0	0	25	65.0	61	40	34	10	32	2	73	0	0	5	288			1.431	8.4	1.4	4.4	10.1	2.28	REA,SWB EL,IL
1994	24	PHI	NL	0	0		0.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	13		2.13	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
1995	25	PHI	NL	5	3	.625	2.46	62	0	20	0	0	1	87.2	50	25	24	7	42	3	87	4	0	1	350	171	3.73	1.049	5.1	0.7	4.3	8.9	2.07
1996	26	PHI	NL	4	5	.444	3.19	61	0	56	0	0	34	67.2	47	24	24	6	23	2	74	2	0	3	269	134	3.25	1.034	6.3	0.8	3.1	9.8	3.22	AS
1997	27	PHI	NL	2	5	.286	3.65	69	0	61	0	0	34	74.0	68	31	30	7	42	4	89	2	0	3	324	117	3.72	1.486	8.3	0.9	5.1	10.8	2.12
1998	28	PHI-min	AAA	0	1	.000	2.92	10	5	3	0	0	1	12.1	8	4	4	1	9	0	4	1	0	1	54			1.378	5.8	0.7	6.6	2.9	0.44	SWB IL
1998	28	PHI	NL	1	5	.167	6.44	39	0	28	0	0	6	43.1	54	31	31	7	25	5	27	1	0	2	206	68	5.79	1.823	11.2	1.5	5.2	5.6	1.08
1999	29	STL	NL	3	7	.300	4.91	68	0	40	0	0	20	73.1	83	45	40	8	49	1	66	3	0	6	347	94	4.88	1.800	10.2	1.0	6.0	8.1	1.35
2000	30	KCR	AL	9	6	.600	4.83	62	0	50	0	0	16	72.2	65	40	39	12	41	3	56	2	1	5	319	105	5.51	1.459	8.1	1.5	5.1	6.9	1.37
2001	31	PHI-min	AA	0	1	.000	1.80	3	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	2	1	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	19			0.800	5.4	1.8	1.8	9.0	5.00	REA EL
2001	31	PHI	NL	3	4	.429	3.90	66	0	18	0	0	3	67.0	58	31	29	11	25	2	57	4	0	5	281	109	4.78	1.239	7.8	1.5	3.4	7.7	2.28
2002	32	PHI	NL	0	3	.000	4.61	30	0	6	0	0	0	27.1	33	16	14	3	13	2	24	2	0	2	128	85	4.28	1.683	10.9	1.0	4.3	7.9	1.85
2003	33	ARI-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.66	31	0	6	0	0	0	39.1	39	24	16	4	16	1	28	1	0	2	170			1.398	8.9	0.9	3.7	6.4	1.75	TUC PCL
2003	33	ARI	NL	1	0	1.000	5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	10	104	4.23	3.000	16.2	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00
2004	34	NYM-min	AAA	0	0		0.00	5	0	2	0	0	0	7.1	7	1	0	0	4	0	8	0	0	1	32			1.500	8.6	0.0	4.9	9.8	2.00	NFK IL
2004	34	NYM	NL	3	2	.600	3.38	60	0	8	0	0	0	69.1	54	30	26	3	34	7	61	4	0	3	296	127	3.50	1.269	7.0	0.4	4.4	7.9	1.79
2005	35	BOS-min	AAA	0	0		4.32	6	0	1	0	0	0	8.1	5	4	4	1	4	0	6	0	0	1	31			1.080	5.4	1.1	4.3	6.5	1.50	PAW IL
2005	35	MIL	NL	2	2	.500	4.54	40	0	11	0	0	2	41.2	43	24	21	7	19	0	29	3	0	7	187	95	5.40	1.488	9.3	1.5	4.1	6.3	1.53
12 Yrs				33	42	.440	3.99	562	0	301	0	0	116	628.2	561	298	279	71	316	30	575	27	1	37	2730	110	4.37	1.395	8.0	1.0	4.5	8.2	1.82
162 Game Avg.				4	5	.440	3.99	68	0	36	0	0	14	76	68	36	34	9	38	4	70	3	0	4	330	110	4.37	1.395	8.0	1.0	4.5	8.2	1.82

PHI (7 yrs)				15	25	.375	3.70	330	0	192	0	0	78	370.0	313	158	152	41	171	18	361	15	0	16	1571	115	4.10	1.308	7.6	1.0	4.2	8.8	2.11
ARI (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	5.40	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	10	104	4.23	3.000	16.2	0.0	10.8	10.8	1.00
KCR (1 yr)				9	6	.600	4.83	62	0	50	0	0	16	72.2	65	40	39	12	41	3	56	2	1	5	319	105	5.51	1.459	8.1	1.5	5.1	6.9	1.37
NYM (1 yr)				3	2	.600	3.38	60	0	8	0	0	0	69.1	54	30	26	3	34	7	61	4	0	3	296	127	3.50	1.269	7.0	0.4	4.4	7.9	1.79
STL (1 yr)				3	7	.300	4.91	68	0	40	0	0	20	73.1	83	45	40	8	49	1	66	3	0	6	347	94	4.88	1.800	10.2	1.0	6.0	8.1	1.35
MIL (1 yr)				2	2	.500	4.54	40	0	11	0	0	2	41.2	43	24	21	7	19	0	29	3	0	7	187	95	5.40	1.488	9.3	1.5	4.1	6.3	1.53

NL (11 yrs)				24	36	.400	3.88	500	0	251	0	0	100	556.0	496	258	240	59	275	27	519	25	0	32	2411	111	4.22	1.387	8.0	1.0	4.5	8.4	1.89
AL (1 yr)				9	6	.600	4.83	62	0	50	0	0	16	72.2	65	40	39	12	41	3	56	2	1	5	319	105	5.51	1.459	8.1	1.5	5.1	6.9	1.37

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