Ray Ricken  
Starting Pitcher | Atlanta Braves

Pitching
Ricken can get into trouble with walks, and there's concern about him being able to maintain his stuff over the whole season. His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Ricken also has a decent changeup. His stuff becomes less sharp as he gets into the late innings. He attacks lefties and righties with similar success.

Defense & Hitting
Ricken has a very good move to first base, and he varies it so that he's extremely difficult to read. Ricken is a reliable fielder who doesn't get rattled on defensive plays and is rarely out of fielding position. Ricken is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Ricken has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 PHI 78 64 65 71 56 46 55 52 47 43 49 0 47 0 0 0 23 1 Overhand AA/AAA 0 2 10 58 252
1999 PHI 80 70 71 73 56 46 55 52 47 43 49 0 51 0 0 0 24 2 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 67 273
2000 PHI 83 71 76 77 56 46 55 52 47 55 55 0 51 0 0 0 25 3 Overhand Active 0 0 0 73 308
2001 PHI 85 77 76 83 56 46 55 52 47 61 55 0 53 0 0 0 26 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 79 332
2002 PHI 86 78 76 88 56 46 55 52 47 66 59 0 53 0 0 0 27 5 Overhand DL 0 0 0 79 348
2003 FLA 84 84 76 88 56 46 55 52 47 66 62 0 55 0 0 0 28 6 Overhand Active 0 0 0 79 357
2004 MON 82 84 76 88 56 46 55 52 47 68 64 0 56 0 0 0 29 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 79 359
2005 CLE 82 84 76 88 56 46 55 52 47 70 65 0 56 0 0 0 30 8 Overhand Active 0 0 0 79 362
2006 CHC 83 85 76 88 56 46 55 52 47 72 65 0 56 0 0 0 31 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 63 366
2007 ATL 86 88 76 88 56 46 55 52 47 72 65 0 56 0 0 0 32 10 Overhand Active 0 0 0 66 372
2008 ATL 86 87 76 88 56 46 55 52 47 72 66 0 56 0 0 0 33 11 Overhand Active 0 0 0 69 371
2009 ATL 86 89 76 88 56 46 55 52 47 72 66 0 56 0 0 0 34 12 Overhand Active 0 0 0 72 372
2010 ATL 86 89 76 88 56 46 55 52 47 72 66 0 56 0 0 0 35 13 Overhand Active 0 0 0 79 371
Ratings Delta                                   +1 +1           +7 -1
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.