Rick
Aguilera
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 205
 
Born: December 31, 1961 in Usa, CA, SAN GABRIEL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Bronze Rookie 1985   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1985 23 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 5 7 6 8 8 8 6 7 7
1986 24 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 5 7 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1987 25 PIT NL $ 300,000 6 5 7 6 7 8 8 6 8 7
1988 26 PIT NL $ 2,685,714 6 5 7 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1989 27 PIT NL $ 2,685,714 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
1990 28 PIT NL $ 4,107,143 6 6 7 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 7 6 7 8 8 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,107,143 6 6 7 6 8 8 8 6 8 7
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1985 23 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1986 24 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1987 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1988 26 PIT NL $ 2,685,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1989 27 PIT NL $ 2,685,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
1990 28 PIT NL $ 4,107,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,107,143   3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1985 23 PIT NL 13 10 .565 36 36 6 3 0 253.0 243 87 14 59 151 3.09 .247 .289 .360 .649 18.7
1986 24 PIT NL 11 15 .423 36 36 3 0 0 256.0 257 122 28 70 145 4.29 .261 .310 .421 .731 12.6
1987 25 PIT NL 8 16 .333 34 34 1 0 0 204.0 193 96 16 49 139 4.24 .247 .291 .396 .687 10.0
1988 26 PIT NL 8 12 .400 27 27 1 0 0 158.7 177 75 25 33 98 4.25 .285 .323 .480 .803 7.5
1989 27 PIT NL 13 8 .619 29 29 1 1 0 182.7 176 69 17 34 115 3.40 .252 .288 .398 .686 14.6
1990 28 PIT NL 8 9 .471 26 26 0 0 0 137.7 132 66 13 39 96 4.31 .249 .301 .404 .705 7.6
6 Years Sim 61 70 .466 188 188 12 4 0 1192.0 1178 515 113 284 744 3.89 .256 .300 .406 .706 71.1
Season Average 10 11 .476 31 31 2 0 0 198.7 196 85 18 47 124 3.89 .256 .300 .406 .706  
Career Highs 13 16 .619 36 36 6 3 0 256.0 257 122 28 70 151 4.31 .285 .323 .480 .803  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   460 221 46 91 384   .233 .266 .375 .641
vs LH   718 294 67 193 360   .274 .324 .430 .753
Home 30 38 .441 100 100 5 3 0 646.7 634 262 57 140 400 3.65 .254 .294 .390 .684
Away 31 32 .492 88 88 7 1 0 545.3 544 253 56 144 344 4.18 .258 .306 .425 .731
Mar/Apr 9 9 .500 28 28 2 1 0 179.3 189 93 22 42 100 4.67 .270 .311 .456 .767
May 9 16 .360 32 32 3 1 0 196.3 198 114 20 55 110 5.23 .260 .309 .415 .725
June 11 10 .524 36 36 0 0 0 230.3 230 85 15 65 136 3.32 .262 .313 .372 .685
July 10 13 .435 30 30 2 1 0 182.7 186 75 14 36 135 3.70 .258 .293 .407 .700
August 15 11 .577 31 31 3 1 0 206.3 189 77 22 43 129 3.36 .240 .280 .393 .673
Sep/Oct 7 11 .389 31 31 2 0 0 197.0 186 71 20 43 134 3.24 .248 .289 .403 .691
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1987 25 PIT NL 2 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .600 .800 0.7 0.2
1990 28 PIT NL 6 23 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .130 .167 .174 .341 -0.5 0.0
2 Years Sim 8 28 2 4 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 3 .143 .172 .250 .422 0.2 0.2
162 Game Average 567 40 81 20 20 0 60 0 0 20 60 .143 .172 .250 .422 4.4  
Career Highs 6 23 1 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 2 .200 .200 .600 .800 0.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   15 1 2 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 .133 .133 .333 .467 0.5
vs LH   13 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.3
Home 3 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 .222 .375 .597 0.7
Away 5 20 1 3 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 .150 .150 .200 .350 0.1
RISP   9 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .111 .200 .222 .422 0.3
Close/Late   2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.500 2.000 0.9
May 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
June 4 16 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .063 .118 .125 .243 -0.4
July 2 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5
August 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000 1.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1985 23 PIT NL P 36 36 253.0 15 44 0 5 1.000 2.10    
1986 24 PIT NL P 36 36 256.0 15 37 0 1 1.000 1.83    
1987 25 PIT NL P 34 34 204.0 15 30 2 2 .957 1.99    
    RF 0 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1988 26 PIT NL P 27 27 158.7 9 24 0 1 1.000 1.87    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1989 27 PIT NL P 29 29 182.7 13 26 1 1 .975 1.92    
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 28 PIT NL P 26 26 137.7 6 15 0 1 1.000 1.37    
    RF 5 5 52.0 5 1 2 0 .750 1.04   0.0
  P 188 188 1192.0 73 176 3 11 .988 1.88    
  RF 5 5 60.0 7 1 2 0 .800 1.20   0.0
  LF 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   196 193 1256.0 80 177 5 11 .981 1.84    
Career Highs   36 36 256.0 17 44 2 5 1.000 2.10    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1986-8-15
1987-1-16
Games Started
1985-4-36
1986-4-36
1987-8-34
Shutouts
1985-4-3
Innings Pitched
1986-10-256.0
Hits Allowed
1986-8-257
Homeruns Allowed
1986-9-28
1988-2-25
Walks per 9IP
1989-7-1.7
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1985
Earned first career win on 4/26/1985
Won Bronze Rookie in 1985, going 13-10, 3.09 ERA
Had first career hit (triple) on 8/23/1987, off Roy lee Jackson (MIA)
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/29/1988 with a Tight Elbow, out for one week
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,107,143 through salary arbitration
7/1/1990: Signed a contract extension with Pittsburgh, $4,150,000 per year, for 3 years