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St. Louis CardinalsRetired · 1999-2013

CareerDebut Aug 23, 1999

Seasons11Games653

Rick Ankiel career stats

OF · B/T L/L · 1999-2013

Rick Ankiel played 11 major-league seasons (1999-2013) as a OF (536), P (51). His career totals and every year-by-year line are below.

Through 2013 seasonDebut 1999-08-2311 major-league seasons

Personal details

Born: Jul 19, 1979
Positions: OF (536), P (51)
Bats / throws: L / L
MLB debut: Aug 23, 1999
Final game: Jun 8, 2013
MLB seasons: 11
Status: Retired

Career totals

MLB

Games: 653
LWAR: 11.1
AVG: .240
HR: 76
RBI: 251
OPS: .724
SB: 21
W: 13

Career path

9 stints

2013 line

batting

2013 batting line
G	PA	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS+	LWAR
25	65	5	11	0	.194	.231	.484	92	-0.4

2013 was the last recorded major-league season

2004 line

pitching

2004 pitching line
G	W	L	SV	IP	SO	ERA	WHIP	LWAR
5	1	0	0	10	9	5.40	1.10	0.0

2004 was the last recorded major-league season

Year-by-year batting

13 season lines

Rick Ankiel year-by-year batting
Year	Age	Team	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	LWAR
2013	34	HOU	25	65	62	6	12	3	0	5	11	0	3	35	.194	.231	.484	.715	92	-0.4
2013	34	NYM	20	71	66	7	12	4	1	2	7	0	5	25	.182	.239	.364	.603	70	-0.5
2012	33	WSH	68	171	158	15	36	10	2	5	15	1	12	59	.228	.282	.411	.694	92	0.6
2011	32	WSH	122	415	380	46	91	20	0	9	37	10	29	96	.239	.296	.363	.659	86	1.2
2010	31	KC	27	101	92	14	24	7	0	4	15	1	7	29	.261	.317	.467	.784	112	0.4
2010	31	ATL	47	139	119	17	25	6	1	2	9	2	19	42	.210	.324	.328	.651	82	0.6
2009	30	STL	122	404	372	50	86	21	2	11	38	4	26	99	.231	.285	.387	.672	81	0.6
2008	29	STL	120	463	413	65	109	21	2	25	71	2	42	100	.264	.337	.506	.843	124	2.7
2007	28	STL	47	190	172	31	49	8	1	11	39	1	13	41	.285	.328	.535	.863	125	1.4
2004	25	STL	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	50	0.0
2001	22	STL	6	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	-66	-0.1
2000	21	STL	35	73	68	8	17	1	1	2	9	0	4	20	.250	.292	.382	.674	74	0.7
1999	20	STL	9	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200	-47	-0.1

LWAR is our own wins above replacement, position-player side (batting, baserunning, double plays, position, fielding). A season split between clubs or leagues shows its LWAR divided by plate appearances. How it is built: the career stats method.

Batting totals by team

6 clubs

Rick Ankiel batting totals by team
Team	Years	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	LWAR
STL	1999-2001, 2004, 2007-2009	344	1153	1044	155	262	51	6	49	157	7	87	269	.251	.311	.452	.763	103	5.3
ATL	2010	47	139	119	17	25	6	1	2	9	2	19	42	.210	.324	.328	.651	82	0.6
KC	2010	27	101	92	14	24	7	0	4	15	1	7	29	.261	.317	.467	.784	112	0.4
WSH	2011-2012	190	586	538	61	127	30	2	14	52	11	41	155	.236	.292	.377	.669	87	1.9
HOU	2013	25	65	62	6	12	3	0	5	11	0	3	35	.194	.231	.484	.715	92	-0.4
NYM	2013	20	71	66	7	12	4	1	2	7	0	5	25	.182	.239	.364	.603	70	-0.5
Career	1999-2001, 2004, 2007-2013	653	2115	1921	260	462	101	10	76	251	21	162	555	.240	.302	.422	.724	96	7.2

One row per franchise: a club that moved or changed its name is one row under its current name. The Career row is the sum of the club rows. OPS+ and ERA+ use the plate-appearance (or outs) weighted league average of the seasons in each row, not park-adjusted. LWAR for a season split between clubs is divided by plate appearances (batting) or outs (pitching).

Advanced batting

wOBA, wRC+

Rick Ankiel advanced batting by season
Year	Team	PA	wOBA	wRC+	OPS+	ISO	BABIP	K%	BB%
2013	HOU	65	.304	87	92	.290	.318	53.8%	4.6%
2013	NYM	71	.269	62	70	.182	.256	35.2%	7.0%
2012	WSH	171	.299	81	92	.184	.330	34.5%	7.0%
2011	WSH	415	.299	80	86	.124	.297	23.1%	7.0%
2010	KC	101	.344	111	112	.207	.333	28.7%	6.9%
2010	ATL	139	.301	79	82	.118	.307	30.2%	13.7%
2009	STL	404	.296	71	81	.156	.283	24.5%	6.4%
2008	STL	463	.367	118	124	.242	.289	21.6%	9.1%
2007	STL	190	.369	117	125	.250	.306	21.6%	6.8%
2004	STL	2	.364	114	50	.000	-	50.0%	50.0%
2001	STL	10	.081	-66	-66	.000	.000	50.0%	10.0%
2000	STL	73	.300	68	74	.132	.326	27.4%	5.5%
1999	STL	11	.090	-60	-47	.000	.143	27.3%	0.0%
Career		2115	.319	89	96	.182	.296	26.2%	7.7%

Computed here from the season totals and each league-season's run environment: league-adjusted, not park-adjusted, the same as OPS+ and ERA+. Rates that need a stat the early record never kept (strikeouts, batters faced) read - for those seasons. Formulas and inputs: how the career stats are built.

Year-by-year pitching

4 season lines

Rick Ankiel year-by-year pitching
Year	Age	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	ERA+	LWAR
2004	25	STL	5	0	1	0	0	10	10	1	9	5.40	1.10	80	0.0
2001	22	STL	6	6	1	2	0	24	25	25	27	7.13	2.08	61	-0.6
2000	21	STL	31	30	11	7	0	175	137	90	194	3.50	1.30	132	3.5
1999	20	STL	9	5	0	1	1	33	26	14	39	3.27	1.21	139	0.9

LWAR is our own wins above replacement, pitching side (runs allowed against the league, over replacement). A season split between clubs or leagues shows its LWAR divided by outs recorded. How it is built: the career stats method.

Pitching totals by team

1 club

Rick Ankiel pitching totals by team
Team	Years	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	ERA+	LWAR
STL	1999-2001, 2004	51	41	13	10	1	242	198	130	269	3.90	1.35	117	3.9

One row per franchise: a club that moved or changed its name is one row under its current name. OPS+ and ERA+ use the plate-appearance (or outs) weighted league average of the seasons in each row, not park-adjusted. LWAR for a season split between clubs is divided by plate appearances (batting) or outs (pitching).

Advanced pitching

FIP, K-BB%

Rick Ankiel advanced pitching by season
Year	Team	IP	FIP	ERA+	K%	BB%	K-BB%	WHIP	HR/9	BABIP
2004	STL	10	4.74	80	20.9%	2.3%	18.6%	1.10	1.80	.286
2001	STL	24	8.08	61	21.8%	20.2%	1.6%	2.08	2.63	.300
2000	STL	175	4.11	132	26.4%	12.2%	14.1%	1.30	1.08	.279
1999	STL	33	2.91	139	28.5%	10.2%	18.2%	1.21	0.55	.300
Career		242	4.37	117	25.9%	12.5%	13.4%	1.35	1.19	.284

Minor league seasons

25 season lines · 1998-2012

Show all 25 season linesHide the season linesTriple-A 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010-2012 · Double-A 1999, 2003-2005, 2011-2012 · High-A 1998, 2004 · Single-A 1998, 2005, 2012 · Rookie 2001, 2011

Batting

Rick Ankiel minor league batting by season and level
Year	Age	Lvl	Team	Org	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2012	32	AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	WSH	International	1	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.500	.333	.833
2012	32	AA	Harrisburg Senators	WSH	Eastern	4	11	9	3	3	0	0	2	3	0	0	2	2	.333	.455	1.000	1.455
2012	32	A	Hagerstown Suns	WSH	South Atlantic	3	11	8	2	4	1	0	1	4	0	0	3	2	.500	.636	1.000	1.636
2011	31	AAA	Syracuse Chiefs	WSH	International	2	8	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	.143	.250	.286	.536
2011	31	AA	Harrisburg Senators	WSH	Eastern	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000
2011	31	ROK	GCL Nationals	WSH	Gulf Coast	1	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	.500	1.167
2010	30	AAA	Omaha Royals	KC	Pacific Coast	18	68	67	8	17	6	0	4	9	0	0	1	19	.254	.265	.522	.787
2007	27	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	STL	Pacific Coast	102	423	389	62	104	15	3	32	89	4	3	25	90	.267	.314	.568	.882
2005	25	AA	Springfield Cardinals	STL	Texas	34	146	136	18	33	7	0	10	30	0	0	10	29	.243	.295	.515	.810
2005	25	A	Swing of the Quad Cities	STL	Midwest	51	223	185	33	50	10	1	11	45	0	0	27	37	.270	.368	.514	.882
2004	24	AA	Tennessee Smokies	STL	Southern	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2003	23	AA	Tennessee Smokies	STL	Southern	30	26	25	2	6	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	2	.240	.269	.400	.669
2001	21	ROK	Johnson City Cardinals	STL	Appalachian	41	118	105	21	30	7	0	10	35	0	0	11	26	.286	.364	.638	1.002
1999	19	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	STL	Pacific Coast	16	23	21	3	6	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	3	.286	.273	.381	.654
1999	19	AA	Arkansas Travelers	STL	Texas	8	13	10	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	.400	.455	.700	1.155
AAA total		AAA	5 seasons (1999-2012)			139	526	487	76	129	24	3	36	102	5	3	27	116	.265	.307	.548	.855
AA total		AA	6 seasons (1999-2012)			79	204	188	24	46	8	0	14	39	0	0	14	37	.245	.297	.511	.808
A total		A	2 seasons (2005-2012)			54	234	193	35	54	11	1	12	49	0	0	30	39	.280	.380	.534	.914
ROK total		ROK	2 seasons (2001-2011)			42	121	107	21	31	7	0	10	35	0	0	12	26	.290	.372	.636	1.008
Minors total		All	9 seasons (1999-2012)			314	1085	975	156	260	50	4	72	225	5	3	83	218	.267	.328	.548	.876

Pitching

Rick Ankiel minor league pitching by season and level
Year	Age	Lvl	Team	Org	Lg	G	GS	W	L	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	K/9	BB/9
2004	24	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	STL	Pacific Coast	1	1	1	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	5	0.00	0.17	7.50	0.00
2004	24	AA	Tennessee Smokies	STL	Southern	2	2	1	0	9.0	3	1	0	0	2	7	0.00	0.56	7.00	2.00
2004	24	A+	Palm Beach Cardinals	STL	Florida State	3	3	0	1	8.2	5	4	2	0	0	11	2.08	0.58	11.42	0.00
2003	23	AA	Tennessee Smokies	STL	Southern	20	10	2	6	54.1	45	42	38	5	49	64	6.29	1.73	10.60	8.12
2001	21	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	STL	Pacific Coast	3	3	0	2	4.1	3	10	10	0	17	4	20.77	4.62	8.31	35.31
2001	21	ROK	Johnson City Cardinals	STL	Appalachian	14	14	5	3	87.2	42	20	13	1	18	158	1.33	0.68	16.22	1.85
1999	19	AAA	Memphis Redbirds	STL	Pacific Coast	16	16	7	3	88.1	73	37	31	7	46	119	3.16	1.35	12.12	4.69
1999	19	AA	Arkansas Travelers	STL	Texas	8	8	6	0	49.1	25	6	5	2	16	75	0.91	0.83	13.68	2.92
1998	18	A+	Prince William Cannons	STL	Carolina	21	21	9	6	126.0	91	46	39	8	38	181	2.79	1.02	12.93	2.71
1998	18	A	Peoria Chiefs	STL	Midwest	7	7	3	0	35.0	15	8	8	0	12	41	2.06	0.77	10.54	3.09
AAA total		AAA	3 seasons (1999-2004)			20	20	8	5	98.2	77	48	41	7	63	128	3.74	1.42	11.68	5.75
AA total		AA	3 seasons (1999-2004)			30	20	9	6	112.2	73	49	43	7	67	146	3.43	1.24	11.66	5.35
A+ total		A+	2 seasons (1998-2004)			24	24	9	7	134.2	96	50	41	8	38	192	2.74	1.00	12.83	2.54
Minors total		All	5 seasons (1998-2004)			95	85	34	21	468.2	303	175	146	23	198	665	2.80	1.07	12.77	3.80

Regular-season minor-league lines from MLB StatsAPI, listed for players whose major-league career reaches 2005 or later. A season with more than one stint at a level is one row and the Team cell names each club. Org is the parent club that year. Lvl is the level: AAA, AA, A+ (High-A), A (Single-A), SS-A (short-season A, before 2021) and ROK (rookie and complex leagues, with the Dominican Summer League). Total rows add the lines above them and recompute the rates from the sums; a level with one line is its own total. - means the source has no value. The service has no minor-league lines before 1988 and only some from 1988 to 1991, so the oldest seasons may be missing. A role with only a few plate appearances or innings next to a full one is left out. Method, credits on sources.

LWAR breakdown

career 11.1

Rick Ankiel LWAR components by season, in runs
Year	Team	Bat	Run	DP	Pos	Fld	Lg	Repl	Pitch	LWAR
2013	HOU/NYM	-3.2	-0.5	0.5	-1.4	-7.3	-0.5	4.0	0.0	-0.9
2012	WSH	-2.4	-1.1	0.1	0.4	3.8	-0.2	5.3	0.0	0.6
2011	WSH	-6.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	4.8	-1.1	12.5	0.0	1.2
2010	KC/ATL	-0.6	0.1	0.5	0.7	1.3	-0.3	7.4	0.0	1.0
2009	STL	-9.9	-0.6	0.9	-3.3	7.4	-1.5	12.7	0.0	0.6
2008	STL	14.8	-0.1	0.4	-0.8	-0.7	-1.5	14.6	0.0	2.7
2007	STL	5.7	0.2	0.3	-1.3	3.8	-0.6	6.2	0.0	1.4
2004	STL	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.1
2001	STL	-2.1	0.0	0.1	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	-5.9	-0.7
2000	STL	-2.6	0.0	0.1	9.9	0.0	-0.2	0.0	36.9	4.2
1999	STL	-2.4	0.0	0.1	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.7	0.8
Career	11 seasons	-8.8	-1.2	3.1	7.7	13.2	-5.9	62.7	40.9	11.1

Runs above average or replacement, by component: Bat = batting runs, Run = baserunning, DP = double-play avoidance, Pos = positional adjustment, Fld = fielding, Lg = league re-centering, Repl = the replacement-level credit for playing time, Pitch = pitching runs above replacement. LWAR = the runs added up and divided by that year's runs per win. Career LWAR splits into 7.2 as a hitter and 3.9 as a pitcher. Fielding comes from a zone model that is validated from 1988 on; catcher and pitcher defense and park effects are not included. Formulas and limits: the career stats method; what a win is worth in dollars: the $/LWAR model page.

Postseason batting

3 series

Rick Ankiel postseason batting by series
Year	Round	Team	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	NLDS	ATL	4	14	12	1	2	1	1	2	4	.167	.286	.417	.702
2009	NLDS	STL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000
2000	NLDS	STL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career	3 yrs		7	17	15	1	2	1	1	2	6	.133	.235	.333	.569

Postseason pitching

2 series

Rick Ankiel postseason pitching by series
Year	Round	Team	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP
2000	NLDS	STL	1	1	2.2	4	4	6	3	13.50	3.75
2000	NLCS	STL	2	1	1.1	1	3	5	2	20.25	4.50
Career	1 yr		3	2	4	5	7	11	5	15.75	4.00

Postseason lines by series, newest first. Rounds: NLCS NL Championship Series, NLDS NL Division Series. Lines through 2025 come from the baseball database; the 2026 lines are summed from the box scores of every 2026 postseason game. The 1981 division series carry the ALDS and NLDS codes. A pitcher who never batted shows no batting line.

Year-by-year fielding

11 season lines

Rick Ankiel year-by-year fielding by position
Year	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2013	OF	40	33	77	4	2	0
2012	OF	62	37	115	2	2	0
2011	OF	113	90	245	9	1	0
2010	OF	70	57	141	5	4	2
2009	OF	101	90	203	5	5	2
2008	OF	106	100	236	4	8	1
2007	OF	44	40	91	3	2	0
2004	P	5	0	1	3	0	0
2001	P	6	6	0	3	0	0
2000	P	31	30	8	14	7	2
1999	P	9	5	2	0	0	0

Team codes are the standard display code for each club's era: White Sox rows show CHW, and the 1993-2011 Marlins show FLA for the Florida era. Clubs of the earliest recorded seasons that have no standard display code keep their historical code (e.g. PH1, the 1871 Philadelphia club). OPS+, wRC+, ERA+ and FIP are league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled. A club cell links to the franchise page when the franchise is still in the league.

Salary history

1999-2012

Recorded 1999-2012 salaries for Rick Ankiel, nominal dollars as archived (no inflation adjustment here; the payroll archive shows 2026-dollar figures):

Rick Ankiel recorded salaries by season
Season	Salary	Source
2012	$1,250,000	Lahman Salaries
2011	$1,500,000	Lahman Salaries
2010	$2,750,000	Lahman Salaries
2009	$2,825,000	Lahman Salaries
2008	$900,000	Lahman Salaries
2006	$335,000	Lahman Salaries
2005	$400,000	Lahman Salaries
2004	$320,000	Lahman Salaries
2002	$400,000	Lahman Salaries
2001	$400,000	Lahman Salaries
2000	$202,500	Lahman Salaries
1999	$200,000	Lahman Salaries

Window total $11,482,500 over 12 recorded seasons.

Salaries are the archived rows behind the team payroll ledgers (window 1985-2026, the era the sources cover); browse every club on the payroll archive.

Awards and award voting

MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (1 ballot finishes, 0 wins). Full year pages: 2000.

Rick Ankiel award voting history
Year	Award	Lg	Rank	Points	First-place votes
2000	Rookie of the Year	NL	2	87 / 160	6

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