Aaron
Ritchie
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7''
Weight: 205
 
Born: November 23, 1916 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Series of the Wests Won 1954   
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  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 35 LB CL $ 1,450,000  
1953 36 DEN PL $ 1,450,000  
1954 37 DEN PL $ 1,800,000  
1955 38 DEN PL $ 1,800,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,450,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000  
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1952 35 LB CL $ 1,450,000  
1953 36 DEN PL $ 1,450,000  
1954 37 DEN PL $ 1,800,000  
1955 38 DEN PL $ 1,800,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,450,000  
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,800,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Golden Arm or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1952 35 LB CL 1 4 .200 28 0 0 0 2 27.0 23 7 3 12 21 2.33 .223 .304 .330 .634 3.6
1953 36 LB CL 2 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 0 21.7 23 7 1 6 14 2.91 .280 .337 .354 .691 2.7
  DEN PL 1 0 1.000 17 0 0 0 0 23.0 19 5 1 8 11 1.96 .232 .304 .305 .609 2.9
  TOT   3 0 1.000 35 0 0 0 0 44.7 42 12 2 14 25 2.42 .256 .320 .329 .650 5.6
1954 37 DEN PL 1 3 .250 39 0 0 0 6 30.7 31 14 4 10 15 4.11 .267 .328 .431 .759 3.7
1955 38 DEN PL 2 1 .667 11 0 0 0 0 14.0 20 10 2 8 4 6.43 .328 .414 .525 .939 0.5
    AAA   1 1 .500 16 0 0 0 2 16.7 28 17 0 8 10 9.18 .368 .429 .474 .902  
4 Years Sim 7 8 .467 113 0 0 0 8 116.3 116 43 11 44 65 3.33 .261 .332 .383 .715 13.3
1 Years AAA 1 1 .500 16 0 0 0 2 16.7 28 17 0 8 10 9.18 .368 .429 .474 .902  
Season Average 1 2 .333 28 0 0 0 2 29.1 29 10 2 11 16 3.33 .261 .332 .383 .715  
Career Highs 3 4 1.000 39 0 0 0 6 44.7 42 14 4 14 25 6.43 .328 .414 .525 .939  
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   64 25 6 16 44   .249 .293 .358 .651
vs LH   52 18 5 28 21   .278 .372 .417 .789
Home 5 4 .556 58 0 0 0 5 62.0 58 19 7 22 40 2.76 .246 .310 .356 .666
Away 2 4 .333 55 0 0 0 3 54.3 58 24 4 22 25 3.98 .279 .348 .413 .761
Mar/Apr 0 2 .000 8 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 2 1 5 6 2.57 .240 .367 .360 .727
May 4 2 .667 24 0 0 0 1 31.3 31 12 1 14 16 3.45 .263 .341 .347 .688
June 1 1 .500 30 0 0 0 4 24.3 26 13 5 9 14 4.81 .263 .324 .465 .789
July 1 1 .500 18 0 0 0 3 18.3 21 4 1 4 10 1.96 .284 .321 .338 .658
August 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 0 24.0 20 6 0 9 12 2.25 .241 .315 .313 .628
Sep/Oct 0 2 .000 11 0 0 0 0 11.3 12 6 3 3 7 4.77 .267 .313 .511 .824
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Big Stick or Young Buck.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1952 35 LB CL 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1953 36 LB CL 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  DEN PL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
  TOT   35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1955 38 DEN PL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
3 Years Sim 74 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
162 Game Average 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2  
Career Highs 35 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
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   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Home 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Away 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
RISP   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Close/Late   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
May 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
June 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
August 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Sep/Oct 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1952 35 LB CL P 28 0 27.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 1.33    
1953 36 LB CL P 18 0 21.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 2.08    
  DEN PL P 17 0 23.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.35    
  TOT   P 35 0 44.7 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.22    
1954 37 DEN PL P 39 0 30.7 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.17    
1955 38 DEN PL P 11 0 14.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.57    
Career Totals   113 0 116.3 6 17 0 0 1.000 1.78    
Career Highs   39 0 44.7 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.57    
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History
Drafted in 51st round, 1017th overall pick, by Long Beach in 1952
Earned first career win on 7/2/1952
Traded from Long Beach to Denver on 7/31/1953 (Going to DEN: P Donald Phillips, P Aaron Ritchie. Going to LB: P Everett Colletti, LF Rocky Wooster, RF Jose Castillo, P Donald Paz)
10/13/1953: Signed a contract extension with Denver, $1,800,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Series of the West with Denver in 1954