Kevin Ritz

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 195lb (193cm, 88kg)

Born: June 8, 1965 in Eatontown, NJ us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1985 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA) and the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1985 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA).

Schools: Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA), William Penn University (Oskaloosa, IA)

Debut: July 15, 1989 (Age 24-037d, 15,643rd in major league history)
vs. SEA 4.0 IP, 8 H, 0 SO, 4 BB, 5 ER, L

Last Game: May 16, 1998 (Age 32-342d)
vs. MIL 4.0 IP, 7 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 6 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1989 season

Full Name: Kevin D. Ritz

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.2

ERA

5.35

151

130

753.1

462

WHIP

1.626

Summary of 69 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 10 tying, 23 go ahead

2 Tms
COL	62
DET	7

Platoon
vs RHB	37
vs LHB	32

Home/Road
Home	42
Away	27

Outs
1	26
0	26
2	17

20 Opps
CHC	10
SDP	7
CIN	7
NYM	6
FLA	6
PHI	5
STL	4
SFG	3
OAK	3
LAD	3
CAL	2
PIT	2
ATL	2
MON	2
HOU	2
TEX	1
SEA	1
NYY	1
CLE	1
MIL	1

51 Batters
Sammy Sosa	4
Steve Finley	3
Mark Grace	3
Scott Servais	2
David Segui	2
Jeff Kent	2
Eric Karros	2
Ryan Klesko	2
Jeff Conine	2
Willie Greene	2
Glenallen Hill	2
Ron Gant	2
Ken Caminiti	2
Royce Clayton	2
Butch Huskey	1
Pete Incaviglia	1
Mark McGwire	1
Matt Stairs	1
Rico Brogna	1
Charles Johnson	1
Gary Sheffield	1
Rick Wilkins	1
J.T. Snow	1
J.R. Phillips	1
Raúl Mondesí	1
Mickey Morandini	1
Chris Gomez	1
Don Mattingly	1
Reggie Sanders	1
Sean Berry	1
Kurt Abbott	1
Lee Stevens	1
Kevin Stocker	1
Jerry Browne	1
Todd Hundley	1
Will Clark	1
Kevin Mitchell	1
Alvin Davis	1
Jay Bell	1
Thomas Howard	1
Bill Spiers	1
Brian Jordan	1
Matt Williams	1
Luis Sojo	1
Geoff Jenkins	1
Carlos Pérez	1
Ed Taubensee	1
John Flaherty	1
Chris Jones	1
Jeff King	1
Greg Colbrunn	1

18 Parks
Coors Fld (DEN)	36
Tiger Stad (DET)	5
Qualcomm St (SAN)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	3
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	2
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
MileHigh Std (DEN)	1

Where Hit
7	24
9	18
89	10
78	9
8	7

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	17
2	12
3	11
5	9
4	8
6	5
Unk	4
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	47
2·HR gms	8
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	33
12-	11
1--	9
-2-	6
--3	4
-23	3
1-3	3

122 Runs
RISP	27
0 on	33
1 on	19
2 on	17
Any on	36

Inning
1	15
2	12
3	9
4	5
5	9
6	9
7	6
8	3
9	1

1-3	36
4-6	23
7-end	10

RelScore
+3	2
+2	9
+1	10
Tied	21
-1	8
-2	4
-3	5
-4..	10

Ahead	21
Tied	21
Behind	27

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	17
1-1	9
1-0	8
2-1	8
3-2	5
3-1	5
2-2	5
Unk	4
0-1	4
1-2	2
2-0	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	16
RF	10
LF	10
3B	8
C	7
SS	6
CF	5
2B	3
PH	2
P	1
DH	1

OrderPos
3rd	13
4th	13
5th	11
6th	11
2nd	8
7th	5
8th	4
9th	3
1st	1

Leverage
High Lev	17
Medium Lev	33
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1989-07-15	Alvin Davis	SEA	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	3	3	11%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1989-09-30	Don Mattingly	NYY		DET	behind 0-1	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) BFX	1	3	3	14%	56%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1991-06-10	Mark McGwire	OAK		DET	behind 0-1	b 4	0	-2-	5,(3-1) BBCBX	2	5	3	19%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); W. Wilson Scores; M. McGwire Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1992-06-10	Glenallen Hill	CLE	@	DET	ahead 1-0	t 7	0	---	5,(3-1) ...SBBBX	1	6	DH	12%	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); G. Hill Scores
5	5	2	1	1992-07-07	Jerry Browne	OAK	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 5	1	--3	9,(3-2) LBC.FBFFBX	2	2	8	18%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); W. Weiss Scores; J. Browne Scores
6	6	3	1	1992-07-12	Luis Sojo	CAL	@	DET	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	5,(3-1) BP.CBX	1	2	4	10%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Sojo Scores
7	7	4	2	1992-07-12	Lee Stevens	CAL	@	DET	behind 1-2	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	3	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Stevens Scores
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
8	8	1	1	1994-05-30	David Segui	NYM		COL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	5,(1-2) CCBFX	1	6	3	11%	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
9	9	2	1	1994-06-14	Ryan Klesko	ATL		COL	tied 0-0	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	7	16%	74%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
10	10	3	1	1994-07-05	Mark Grace	CHC		COL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	3	3	14%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Hernández Scores; D. May Scores
11	11	4	2	1994-07-05	Sammy Sosa	CHC		COL	ahead 3-2	b 3	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	5	9	10%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
12	12	5	1	1994-07-20	Sammy Sosa	CHC	@	COL	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	-2-	3,(1-1) SBX	2	4	9	13%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); M. Grace Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1995-05-09	Matt Williams	SFG	@	COL	behind 0-9	t 4	2	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	4	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	2	1	1995-05-24	Mark Grace	CHC	@	COL	tied 2-2	t 6	1	---	6,(2-2) CBBFFX	1	4	3	14%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
15	15	3	1	1995-06-03	Jeff King	PIT	@	COL	behind 2-5	t 6	1	1--		2	5	5	16%	33%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Clark Scores
16	16	4	1	1995-06-08	Rick Wilkins	CHC		COL	behind 0-4	b 5	0	---	6,(3-2) FBBBFX	1	6	2	7%	19%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	5	1	1995-06-13	Reggie Sanders	CIN	@	COL	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---		1	5	8	9%	47%		Home Run (CF-RF)
18	18	6	1	1995-06-19	Jeff Conine	FLA	@	COL	behind 0-1	t 6	0	12-	5,(2-2) BCBFX	3	3	7	25%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Q. Veras Scores; C. Carr Scores
19	19	7	2	1995-06-19	Greg Colbrunn	FLA	@	COL	ahead 3-1	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	8%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	8	1	1995-07-18	Mickey Morandini	PHI	@	COL	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	5,(2-2) BBCFX	1	7	4	7%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	9	1	1995-07-23	Jeff Kent	NYM	@	COL	behind 2-8	t 8	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	6	4	3%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Orsulak Scores
22	22	10	2	1995-07-23	Chris Jones	NYM	@	COL	behind 4-8	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	7	7	4%	9%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
23	23	11	1	1995-08-02	Eric Karros	LAD	@	COL	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3,(1-1) BCX	3	5	3	21%	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Offerman Scores/unER; M. Piazza Scores/unER; E. Karros Scores/unER
24	24	12	1	1995-08-09	Kurt Abbott	FLA		COL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	---		1	2	6	10%	63%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF
25	25	13	1	1995-08-14	Ron Gant	CIN		COL	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	3	7	12%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); H. Morris Scores
26	26	14	1	1995-08-19	Sammy Sosa	CHC	@	COL	tied 2-2	t 5	2	12-	2,(0-1) FX	3	4	9	29%	77%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. McRae Scores; M. Grace Scores
27	27	15	1	1995-08-24	Jay Bell	PIT	@	COL	ahead 3-1	t 4	2	12-	4,(2-1) BBCX	3	2	6	19%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Encarnación Scores/unER; A. Martin Scores/unER; J. Bell Scores/unER
28	28	16	1	1995-09-22	Glenallen Hill	SFG		COL	behind 0-5	b 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	9	4%	10%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1996-04-08	Scott Servais	CHC	@	COL	tied 6-6	t 7	2	12-	6,(2-2) BCF*BFX	3	6	2	36%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Grace Scores; L. Gonzalez Scores
30	30	2	1	1996-04-14	Jeff Kent	NYM	@	COL	ahead 4-2	t 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	6	5	14%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); B. Huskey Scores
31	31	3	1	1996-04-24	Kevin Stocker	PHI	@	COL	ahead 2-0	t 2	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	8	6	8%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
32	32	4	2	1996-04-24	Pete Incaviglia	PHI	@	COL	ahead 3-1	t 3	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	7	18%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball); T. Zeile Scores; B. Santiago Scores
33	33	5	1	1996-05-05	Jeff Conine	FLA	@	COL	behind 2-4	t 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	7	33%	38%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); G. Sheffield Scores
34	34	6	1	1996-05-10	Charles Johnson	FLA		COL	behind 0-2	b 2	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	2	19%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Pendleton Scores
35	35	7	1	1996-05-17	Brian Jordan	STL	@	COL	behind 0-6	t 3	0	-23	3,(2-0) BBX	3	3	9	8%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Sweeney Scores; R. Clayton Scores
36	36	8	1	1996-05-27	Royce Clayton	STL		COL	behind 0-3	b 3	2	---		1	2	6	9%	28%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	9	1	1996-06-11	Bill Spiers	HOU	@	COL	behind 2-5	t 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) .X	2	9	PH	16%	33%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Wilkins Scores
38	38	10	1	1996-06-22	J.R. Phillips	PHI		COL	behind 1-4	b 6	1	-23	1,(0-0) .X	3	9	PH	27%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Santiago Scores; M. Benjamin Scores
39	39	11	1	1996-07-13	Chris Gomez	SDP	@	COL	ahead 1-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	6	9%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); C. Gomez Scores
40	40	12	2	1996-07-13	Ken Caminiti	SDP	@	COL	behind 3-11	t 7	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	4	5	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Finley Scores; K. Caminiti Scores
41	41	13	1	1996-07-18	John Flaherty	SDP		COL	behind 0-1	b 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	11%	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Flaherty Scores
42	42	14	2	1996-07-18	Steve Finley	SDP		COL	tied 1-1	b 3	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	3	8	24%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Sanders Scores; C. Gomez Scores; S. Finley Scores
43	43	15	3	1996-07-18	Ken Caminiti	SDP		COL	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	---	4,(2-1) BBSX	1	4	5	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Caminiti Scores
44	44	16	1	1996-07-23 (1)	Butch Huskey	NYM	@	COL	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	11%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
45	45	17	1	1996-07-28	Sammy Sosa	CHC	@	COL	behind 0-2	t 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	8%	41%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Sosa Scores
46	46	18	1	1996-08-07	Gary Sheffield	FLA	@	COL	ahead 1-0	t 1	0	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	3	9	10%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); É. Rentería Scores
47	47	19	1	1996-08-18	Kevin Mitchell	CIN		COL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	4	7	21%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Branson Scores; B. Larkin Scores; K. Mitchell Scores
48	48	20	1	1996-08-28	Thomas Howard	CIN	@	COL	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	1	9	10%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
49	49	21	2	1996-08-28	Willie Greene	CIN	@	COL	behind 1-3	t 5	1	1--	4,(2-1) BBS1X	2	8	5	19%	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball); B. Boone Scores
50	50	22	3	1996-08-28	Ed Taubensee	CIN	@	COL	tied 3-3	t 6	1	--3	1,(0-0) X	2	4	2	17%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Harris Scores
51	51	23	1	1996-09-09	Sean Berry	HOU		COL	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	5	17%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
52	52	24	1	1996-09-24	Steve Finley	SDP		COL	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	3,(1-1) 1B1>FX	2	3	8	17%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Henderson Scores; S. Finley Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1997-04-01	Willie Greene	CIN		COL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	2	5	12%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); D. Sanders Scores
54	54	2	1	1997-04-06	David Segui	MON		COL	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	5	3	11%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
55	55	3	1	1997-04-13	Carlos Pérez	MON	@	COL	ahead 3-1	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	9	1	8%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
56	56	4	1	1997-04-19	Ryan Klesko	ATL	@	COL	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	1-3	4,(2-1) BC1BX	3	5	7	15%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Jones Scores; F. McGriff Scores
57	57	5	1	1997-04-25	Royce Clayton	STL		COL	behind 1-5	b 7	1	---	6,(3-2) BFBFBX	1	8	6	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); R. Clayton Scores
58	58	6	1	1997-04-30	Scott Servais	CHC	@	COL	behind 0-11	t 7	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Sandberg Scores
59	59	7	2	1997-04-30	Mark Grace	CHC	@	COL	behind 2-11	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
60	60	8	1	1997-05-05	Todd Hundley	NYM	@	COL	ahead 1-0	t 3	2	12-	4,(2-1) BBFX	3	4	2	22%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); E. Alfonzo Scores; J. Olerud Scores
61	61	9	1	1997-05-10	Rico Brogna	PHI		COL	tied 0-0	b 2	1	--3	6,(2-2) SBBFFX	2	6	3	13%	73%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); D. Daulton Scores
62	62	10	1	1997-05-26	Ron Gant	STL	@	COL	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	-23	8,(3-2) 1B>B.FFFFBX	3	2	7	17%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Jackson Scores; D. DeShields Scores; R. Gant Scores
63	63	11	1	1997-06-05	Steve Finley	SDP	@	COL	ahead 2-1	t 3	0	---	7,(3-2) .BBFBFFX	1	3	8	9%	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
64	64	12	1	1997-06-15	Matt Stairs	OAK		COL	tied 0-0	b 1	0	12-	3,(1-1) C*BX	3	3	9	17%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball); J. McDonald Scores; D. Mashore Scores
65	65	13	1	1997-06-23	Eric Karros	LAD		COL	ahead 1-0	b 1	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	3	15%	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Zeile Scores/unER
66	66	14	2	1997-06-23	Raúl Mondesí	LAD		COL	ahead 3-0	b 1	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	6%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
67	67	15	1	1997-06-28	J.T. Snow	SFG	@	COL	behind 0-3	t 2	0	---	5,(1-2) CBFFX	1	6	3	8%	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
68	68	16	1	1997-07-03	Will Clark	TEX		COL	tied 1-1	b 6	1	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	5	3	22%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball); I. Rodríguez Scores; J. González Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1998-05-16	Geoff Jenkins	MIL	@	COL	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	6	7	20%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Cirillo Scores; D. Nilsson Scores