Ernie Riles

Positions: Shortstop, Third Baseman and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: October 2, 1960 in Cairo, GA us

Draft: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 21st round of the 1980 MLB June Amateur Draft from Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 3rd round of the 1981 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA).

High School: Bainbridge HS (Bainbridge, GA)

School: Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA)

Debut: May 14, 1985 (Age 24-224d, 15,020th in major league history)
vs. OAK 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 3, 1993 (Age 33-001d)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1985 season

Full Name: Earnest Riles

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Relatives: Uncle of Willie Harris

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.0

2504

637

.254

309

RBI

284

OBP

.320

SLG

.365

OPS

.684

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 48 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 9 tying, 14 go ahead

5 Tms
MIL	19
SFG	18
BOS	5
OAK	5
HOU	1

Platoon
vs RHP	42
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Home	26
Away	22

Outs
2	22
1	17
0	9

22 Opps
BAL	5
OAK	4
CAL	4
DET	3
NYM	3
PIT	3
PHI	3
HOU	3
CHW	3
MIN	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
MIL	2
STL	1
TEX	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
NYY	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
LAD	1
MON	1

42 Pitchers
Bill Gullickson	3
Ken Dixon	2
Dan Petry	2
Danny Darwin	2
Roger McDowell	2
Greg Harris	1
Ricky Bones	1
Dave Johnson	1
Dwight Gooden	1
Cal Eldred	1
Marvin Freeman	1
Scott McGregor	1
Bill Landrum	1
John Smoltz	1
Eric Show	1
Chuck Finley	1
Bob Sebra	1
Bob James	1
John Wetteland	1
Ken Schrom	1
Frank Viola	1
Kelly Downs	1
Dennis Cook	1
Steve Ontiveros	1
Jack Armstrong	1
Joaquín Andújar	1
Scott Bailes	1
Steve Peters	1
Jack Morris	1
David Cone	1
Scott Lewis	1
Walt Terrell	1
Willie Fraser	1
Eric Plunk	1
Tom Seaver	1
Jeff Montgomery	1
Dave Schmidt	1
Salomé Barojas	1
Don Schulze	1
Doug Drabek	1
Jack McDowell	1
Bryn Smith	1

15 Parks
3Com Park (SFO)	15
County Stad (MIL)	8
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Memor. Stad (BAL)	4
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
ClevelandStd (CLE)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1

Where Hit
9	22
8	4
89	4
7	2

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	21
2	7
3	6
1	4
4	4
5	3
6	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	48

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
12-	9
1--	7
-2-	4
123	3
--3	1
-23	1

89 RBI
RISP	18
0 on	23
1 on	12
2 on	10
3 on	3
Any on	25

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

1-3	10
4-6	21
7-end	17

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	3
+2	1
+1	2
Tied	10
-1	8
-2	8
-3	6
-4..	6

Ahead	10
Tied	10
Behind	28

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	21
1-0	5
1-1	5
0-0	4
2-1	3
2-2	3
3-1	2
0-1	2
3-2	1
1-2	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
SS	22
3B	16
PH	6
DH	3
2B	1

OrderPos
6th	14
7th	8
2nd	8
5th	7
8th	6
9th	5

Leverage
High Lev	11
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	21

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1985-05-29	MIL		CLE	Don Schulze	behind 0-2	b 2	1	---		1	7	6	0.102	42%		Home Run
2	2	2	1	1985-06-15	MIL	@	BAL	Ken Dixon	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	---		1	2	6	0.066	89%		Home Run
3	3	3	1	1985-07-20	MIL		SEA	Salomé Barojas	ahead 7-3	b 4	2	-2-		2	6	6	0.055	96%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Oglivie Scores
4	4	4	1	1985-08-04 (1)	MIL	@	DET	Jack Morris	behind 0-3	t 4	1	12-		3	6	6	0.248	47%		Home Run; T. Simmons Scores; B. Oglivie Scores
5	5	5	1	1985-09-03	MIL	@	MIN	Ken Schrom	behind 1-2	t 3	2	---		1	2	6	0.111	46%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1986-04-07	MIL	@	CHW	Tom Seaver	tied 1-1	t 4	1	1--		2	5	6	0.203	71%		Home Run; B. Robidoux Scores
7	7	2	1	1986-04-10	MIL	@	CHW	Bob James	tied 5-5	t 9	2	12-		3	5	6	0.483	96%		Home Run; R. Yount Scores; B. Robidoux Scores
8	8	3	1	1986-05-07	MIL	@	OAK	Joaquín Andújar	behind 0-3	t 3	2	1--		2	2	6	0.167	34%		Home Run (Deep CF); P. Molitor Scores
9	9	4	1	1986-05-24	MIL	@	MIN	Frank Viola	tied 2-2	t 5	1	1--		2	2	6	0.229	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Ready Scores
10	10	5	1	1986-06-10	MIL		BAL	Scott McGregor	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	-2-		2	7	6	0.078	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Deer Scores
11	11	6	1	1986-07-20 (1)	MIL	@	OAK	Eric Plunk	behind 1-2	t 4	1	12-		3	7	6	0.302	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Thomas Scores; G. Braggs Scores
12	12	7	1	1986-08-03	MIL		TEX	Greg Harris	behind 4-7	b 9	2	1--		2	5	6	0.034	5%		Home Run; G. Thomas Scores
13	13	8	1	1986-08-20	MIL	@	CLE	Scott Bailes	tied 0-0	t 2	2	12-		3	8	6	0.263	76%		Home Run; R. Deer Scores; G. Braggs Scores
14	14	9	1	1986-09-19	MIL	@	BAL	Ken Dixon	behind 0-3	t 9	2	---		1	6	6	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1987-07-03	MIL	@	CAL	Willie Fraser	behind 0-2	t 2	1	---		1	6	5	0.092	37%		Home Run
16	16	2	1	1987-07-24	MIL		OAK	Steve Ontiveros	behind 0-1	b 4	2	---		1	6	5	0.129	51%		Home Run (Deep CF)
17	17	3	1	1987-08-16	MIL	@	BAL	Dave Schmidt	tied 0-0	t 4	2	-2-		2	7	5	0.214	69%		Home Run; G. Braggs Scores
18	18	4	1	1987-09-14	MIL	@	NYY	Bill Gullickson	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---		1	6	5	0.104	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1988-06-04	MIL		CAL	Dan Petry	tied 0-0	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	6	0.182	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	2	1	1988-07-09	SFG		STL	Steve Peters	ahead 18-2	b 7	2	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	6	0.000	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Mitchell Scores; B. Melvin Scores
21	21	3	1	1988-08-22	SFG		MON	Bryn Smith	behind 0-2	b 7	1	12-	2,(0-1) ..FX	3	8	PH	0.534	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Aldrete Scores; M. Williams Scores
22	22	4	1	1988-09-27	SFG		CIN	Jack Armstrong	behind 2-3	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	2	4	0.176	56%		Home Run
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1989-04-19	SFG		SDP	Eric Show	behind 1-3	b 6	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	5	0.325	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Maldonado Scores
24	24	2	1	1989-05-19	SFG	@	NYM	David Cone	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	9,(3-2) CBFBFFFBX	1	5	5	0.116	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	3	1	1989-05-26	SFG		PHI	Bob Sebra	ahead 3-0	b 3	1	-2-	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	5	5	0.074	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); W. Clark Scores
26	26	4	1	1989-05-30	SFG		NYM	Roger McDowell	ahead 7-3	b 8	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	5	5	0.009	100%		Home Run; W. Clark Scores; K. Mitchell Scores
27	27	5	1	1989-07-14	SFG		PIT	Doug Drabek	behind 1-3	b 4	0	---	5,(2-2) BBCCX	1	6	5	0.127	40%		Home Run
28	28	6	1	1989-08-20	SFG	@	PHI	Roger McDowell	behind 1-2	t 9	2	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	6	5	0.745	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Butler Scores/unER; R. Thompson Scores/unER; K. Mitchell Scores/unER; E. Riles Scores/unER
29	29	7	1	1989-09-20	SFG		LAD	John Wetteland	behind 1-7	b 6	2	--3		2	5	5	0.033	5%		Home Run; R. Thompson Scores
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1990-04-24	SFG		PIT	Bill Landrum	behind 0-4	b 9	2	---	4,(1-2) CCBX	1	8	6	0.003	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
31	31	2	1	1990-04-25	SFG		PIT	Walt Terrell	behind 2-3	b 5	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	6	0.170	53%		Home Run
32	32	3	1	1990-05-31	SFG		HOU	Danny Darwin	behind 2-5	b 9	0	---		1	9	PH	0.045	8%		Home Run (Deep CF)
33	33	4	1	1990-07-30	SFG		HOU	Danny Darwin	behind 0-1	b 7	1	---		1	8	PH	0.252	55%		Home Run
34	34	5	1	1990-08-06	SFG	@	HOU	Bill Gullickson	behind 0-4	t 9	1	---	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	1	6	6	0.008	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
35	35	6	1	1990-08-19	SFG		NYM	Dwight Gooden	behind 2-10	b 6	1	123	2,(1-0) .BX	4	9	PH	0.045	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Williams Scores; T. Kennedy Scores; J. Uribe Scores
36	36	7	1	1990-08-23	SFG		PHI	Dennis Cook	behind 1-3	b 4	1	-23	3,(2-0) ..BBX	3	9	PH	0.269	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); T. Kennedy Scores; D. Anderson Scores
37	37	8	1	1990-10-01	SFG		ATL	John Smoltz	behind 1-4	b 7	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	6	0.076	16%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1991-04-18	OAK	@	CAL	Scott Lewis	behind 0-1	t 2	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	6	0.106	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); E. Riles Scores
39	39	2	1	1991-05-24	OAK		CHW	Jack McDowell	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1--	5,(3-1) 11B1B1BCX	2	2	5	0.224	75%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); R. Henderson Scores; E. Riles Scores
40	40	3	1	1991-06-10	OAK		DET	Dan Petry	behind 4-6	b 7	2	1--	4,(2-1) BBCX	2	6	5	0.357	52%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); M. McGwire Scores/unER; E. Riles Scores/unER
41	41	4	1	1991-07-26	OAK	@	BAL	Dave Johnson	tied 3-3	t 5	2	123	4,(2-1) BCBX	4	7	5	0.362	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Canseco Scores; H. Baines Scores; T. Steinbach Scores; E. Riles Scores
42	42	5	1	1991-09-24	OAK		KCR	Jeff Montgomery	behind 1-5	b 8	0	12-	1,(0-0) .X	3	7	5	0.174	29%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Howitt Scores; M. McGwire Scores; E. Riles Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
43	43	1	1	1992-09-19	HOU	@	ATL	Marvin Freeman	tied 2-2	t 12	0	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	6	6	0.347	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); E. Riles Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
44	44	1	1	1993-05-08	BOS	@	MIL	Cal Eldred	behind 0-4	t 7	2	12-	6,(2-2) .CBBFFX	3	9	PH	0.177	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); I. Calderón Scores; B. Melvin Scores
45	45	2	1	1993-05-26	BOS	@	DET	Bill Gullickson	behind 1-3	t 8	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	2	5	0.119	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
46	46	3	1	1993-07-21	BOS		CAL	Chuck Finley	ahead 3-1	b 5	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	DH	0.072	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
47	47	4	1	1993-07-24	BOS		OAK	Kelly Downs	ahead 2-1	b 2	1	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	7	DH	0.092	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
48	48	5	1	1993-07-29	BOS	@	MIL	Ricky Bones	ahead 5-1	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	DH	0.048	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)

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BAL	5
OAK	4
CAL	4
DET	3
NYM	3
PIT	3
PHI	3
HOU	3
CHW	3
MIN	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
MIL	2
STL	1
TEX	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
NYY	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
LAD	1
MON	1

BAL	5
OAK	4
CAL	4
DET	3
NYM	3
PIT	3
PHI	3
HOU	3
CHW	3
MIN	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
MIL	2
STL	1
TEX	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
NYY	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
LAD	1
MON	1

BAL	5
OAK	4
CAL	4
DET	3
NYM	3
PIT	3
PHI	3
HOU	3
CHW	3
MIN	2
ATL	2
CLE	2
MIL	2
STL	1
TEX	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
NYY	1
SEA	1
KCR	1
LAD	1
MON	1