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Jay
Ritchie		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 20, 1936 in Usa, NC, SALISBURY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1968   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 27 WOR AL $ 300,000 6 4 5 5 7 8 7 6 7 6
1965 28 KCR AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 7 7 7 6 7 7
1966 29 SEM AL $ 300,000 6 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7
1967 30 SEM AL $ 300,000 4 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7
1968 31 SEM AL $ 1,405,714 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7
1969 32 SEM AL $ 1,405,714 3 6 7 7 7 7 7 6 7 7
1970 33 SEM AL $ 1,405,714 2 6 7 7 6 7 7 6 7 7
1971 34 SEM AL $ 1,500,000 2 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1972 35 SEM AL $ 1,500,000 1 6 7 7 6 7 7 8 8 8
1973 36 SEM AL $ 1,500,000 1 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1974 37 TAM AL $ 3,000,000 1 6 7 6 4 5 5 7 7 7
1975 38 TAM AL $ 600,000 1 5 6 6 4 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 1 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000 6 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 8 8
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 27 WOR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 28 KCR AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 29 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 30 SEM AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 31 SEM AL $ 1,405,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 32 SEM AL $ 1,405,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 33 SEM AL $ 1,405,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 34 SEM AL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 35 SEM AL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 36 SEM AL $ 1,500,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 37 TAM AL $ 3,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 38 TAM AL $ 600,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1964 27 WOR AL 8 7 .533 65 0 0 0 0 75.3 87 40 11 35 37 4.78 .299 .371 .491 .863 4.1
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 1 0 1 0 6.77 .333 .500 .667 1.167  
1965 28 KCR AL 6 7 .462 37 10 2 2 1 112.0 103 43 8 27 64 3.46 .242 .290 .348 .638 6.0
1966 29 KCR AL 3 3 .500 24 0 0 0 3 30.0 29 19 6 15 18 5.70 .254 .338 .447 .786 0.6
  SEM AL 5 2 .714 15 0 0 0 3 18.0 18 7 3 5 12 3.50 .261 .307 .420 .727 2.8
  TOT   8 5 .615 39 0 0 0 6 48.0 47 26 9 20 30 4.87 .257 .327 .437 .764 3.4
    AAA   1 4 .200 6 6 0 0 0 37.0 47 23 4 19 34 5.59 .315 .393 .477 .869  
1967 30 SEM AL 12 1 .923 66 0 0 0 8 95.0 81 27 8 28 65 2.56 .232 .285 .352 .638 14.7
1968 31 SEM AL 5 7 .417 59 0 0 0 8 74.0 60 29 5 17 53 3.53 .218 .264 .331 .594 7.0
1969 32 SEM AL 8 1 .889 57 0 0 0 16 80.0 86 32 6 25 60 3.60 .277 .330 .379 .710 8.4
1970 33 SEM AL 2 3 .400 41 0 0 0 6 70.7 73 33 8 12 39 4.20 .258 .286 .399 .685 4.3
1971 34 SEM AL 4 4 .500 36 0 0 0 6 43.7 43 22 4 13 29 4.54 .250 .303 .378 .681 3.5
1972 35 SEM AL 7 3 .700 68 0 0 0 17 76.0 69 25 3 26 54 2.96 .239 .305 .325 .630 10.9
1973 36 SEM AL 3 3 .500 39 0 0 0 3 53.0 53 19 3 17 22 3.23 .264 .324 .333 .658 5.1
1974 37 TAM AL 4 2 .667 65 0 0 0 8 63.0 64 34 3 48 53 4.86 .263 .383 .383 .766 4.9
1975 38 TAM AL 3 2 .600 26 0 0 0 0 33.0 35 21 2 14 22 5.73 .267 .338 .389 .727 1.3
12 Years Sim 70 45 .609 598 10 2 2 79 823.7 801 351 70 282 528 3.84 .254 .315 .376 .691 73.6
2 Years AAA 1 4 .200 7 6 0 0 0 38.3 48 24 4 20 34 5.64 .316 .395 .480 .876  
Season Average 5 3 .625 49 0 0 0 6 68.6 66 29 5 23 44 3.84 .254 .315 .376 .691  
Career Highs 12 7 .923 68 10 2 2 17 112.0 103 43 11 48 65 5.73 .299 .383 .491 .863  
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   371 148 29 118 285   .233 .286 .340 .627
vs LH   430 203 41 164 243   .275 .344 .413 .757
Home 37 23 .617 307 5 0 0 43 406.9 425 200 37 149 261 4.42 .268 .330 .397 .727
Away 33 22 .600 291 5 2 2 41 416.6 376 151 33 133 267 3.26 .240 .300 .355 .655
Mar/Apr 13 10 .565 106 4 0 0 13 151.6 150 73 11 70 103 4.33 .260 .340 .384 .724
May 13 11 .542 124 0 0 0 16 161.0 171 64 14 39 98 3.58 .268 .310 .378 .688
June 7 4 .636 97 0 0 0 13 125.3 110 45 13 31 78 3.23 .233 .280 .362 .643
July 12 6 .667 99 0 0 0 14 124.0 116 52 17 45 82 3.78 .247 .313 .398 .710
August 16 6 .727 98 0 0 0 11 125.6 119 58 9 51 87 4.16 .254 .327 .384 .711
Sep/Oct 9 8 .529 74 6 2 2 17 136.0 135 59 6 46 80 3.91 .257 .316 .352 .668
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
1964 27 WOR AL 65 5 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 1.0 0.2
1965 28 KCR AL 37 28 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.2 0.0
1966 29 KCR AL 24 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  SEM AL 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5 0.3
  TOT   39 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.3
1967 30 SEM AL 66 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
1968 31 SEM AL 59 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1971 34 SEM AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
6 Years Sim 267 43 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 .070 .068 .093 .161 -1.6 0.5
162 Game Average 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .070 .068 .093 .161 -1.0  
Career Highs 66 28 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .500 .500 .600 1.000 1.0  
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   24 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .083 .080 .125 .205 -0.9
vs LH   19 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .053 .053 .053 .105 -1.2
Home 134 18 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.5
Away 114 25 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 13 .040 .038 .080 .118 -1.6
RISP   10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0
Close/Late   7 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .286 .250 .429 .679 0.7
Mar/Apr 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.1
May 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4
August 22 6 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .429 .667 1.095 1.4
Sep/Oct 24 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1964 27 WOR AL P 65 0 75.3 4 7 0 1 1.000 1.31    
1965 28 KCR AL P 37 10 112.0 7 18 0 3 1.000 2.01    
1966 29 KCR AL P 24 0 30.0 2 5 1 1 .875 2.10    
  SEM AL P 15 0 18.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.00    
  TOT   P 39 0 48.0 3 8 1 1 .917 2.06    
1967 30 SEM AL P 66 0 95.0 6 10 0 1 1.000 1.52    
1968 31 SEM AL P 59 0 74.0 7 10 0 0 1.000 2.07    
1969 32 SEM AL P 57 0 80.0 5 8 0 0 1.000 1.46    
1970 33 SEM AL P 41 0 70.7 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1971 34 SEM AL P 36 0 43.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 1.24    
1972 35 SEM AL P 68 0 76.0 6 5 0 1 1.000 1.30    
1973 36 SEM AL P 39 0 53.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.19    
1974 37 TAM AL P 65 0 63.0 4 9 0 1 1.000 1.86    
1975 38 TAM AL P 26 0 33.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.36    
Career Totals   598 10 823.7 53 97 1 8 .993 1.64    
Career Highs   68 10 112.0 7 18 1 3 1.000 2.07    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1966 29 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 1 8.0 1 0 0 3 3 0.00 .042 .148 .042 .190
1967 30 SEM AL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 4 2 3 8 4.50 .276 .344 .517 .861
1968 31 SEM AL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 2 6.0 4 3 1 1 6 4.50 .182 .217 .318 .536
1969 32 SEM AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 1 2.0 1 1 0 0 2 4.50 .167 .167 .167 .333
1971 34 SEM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 1 0 0 1 1 0.00 .200 .333 .200 .533
1972 35 SEM AL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 6.0 8 1 1 1 3 1.50 .333 .360 .500 .860
1974 37 TAM AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1975 38 TAM AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 7 3 0 1 2 10.15 .583 .615 .667 1.282
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 2 .500 27 0 0 0 5 34.7 30 12 4 10 26 3.12 .244 .301 .366 .667
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
CAR-43-.609
 Saves
1969-2-16
1972-3-17
 Games Pitched
1967-6-66
1969-5-57
1972-6-68
1974-4-65
 Shutouts
1965-8-2
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 61st overall pick, by Worcester in 1964
Earned first career win on 4/23/1964
Had first career hit on 8/6/1964, off Juan Pizarro (CLE)
Traded from Kansas City to San Diego on 6/1/1966 (Going to KCR: RF Floyd Robinson. Going to SDP: P Woodie Fryman, P Jay Ritchie)
Traded from San Diego to Seattle on 7/1/1966 (Going to SEM: P Jay Ritchie. Going to SDP: C Harry Chiti, C Johnny Edwards, P Ray Sadecki)
Injured on 6/15/1967 with a Inflamed Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1968: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,405,714 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Seattle in 1968
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,405,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,405,714 through salary arbitration
10/3/1970: Signed a contract extension with Seattle, $1,500,000 per year, for 3 years
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/4/1974 to a 1-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Injured on 6/23/1974 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
7/31/1974: Signed a contract extension with Tampa Bay, $600,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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