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John Ross
Riles, Jr.		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: September 2, 1961 in Sandsmark, NM
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award 1986    1987    1993   
All-Star Selections 1985    1986    1987    1989    1990    1991    1992    1993    1994   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 18 BAL JL     3 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings     3 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     3 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 9 9 6 4 5 4 5 5 4 4 4
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 19 BAL JL $ 300,000 95 10 11 11 10 12 12 13 11 11
1982 20 BAL JL $ 300,000 100 14 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13
1983 21 BAL JL $ 300,000 100 16 16 16 20 20 20 15 15 15
1984 22 BAL JL $ 300,000 100 16 17 16 20 20 20 17 17 17
1985 23 BAL JL $ 2,700,000 100 16 17 17 20 20 20 18 18 18
1986 24 BAL JL $ 5,264,286 100 18 19 19 20 20 20 19 19 19
1987 25 BAL JL $ 9,370,000 100 18 19 19 20 20 20 19 19 19
1988 26 BAL JL $ 9,370,000 100 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19
1989 27 BAL JL $ 9,370,000 100 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19
1990 28 BAL JL $ 9,370,000 100 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19
1991 29 AUS FL $ 9,400,000 100 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19
1992 30 AUS FL $ 9,400,000 100 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19
1993 31 HAK FL $ 9,400,000 100 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19
1994 32 HAK FL $ 9,400,000 96 18 19 19 19 19 19 16 16 16
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 95 10 11 11 10 12 12 13 11 11
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,400,000 100 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 18 BAL JL   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 19 BAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1982 20 BAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1983 21 BAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1984 22 BAL JL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1985 23 BAL JL $ 2,700,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1986 24 BAL JL $ 5,264,286   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1987 25 BAL JL $ 9,370,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1988 26 BAL JL $ 9,370,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1989 27 BAL JL $ 9,370,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1990 28 BAL JL $ 9,370,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1991 29 AUS FL $ 9,400,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1992 30 AUS FL $ 9,400,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1993 31 HAK FL $ 9,400,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
1994 32 HAK FL $ 9,400,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,400,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 4 4 4 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1980 18 AAA   7 12 .368 25 25 5 0 0 182.0 193 86 21 72 119 4.25 .269 .336 .423 .758  
1981 19 BAL JL 3 9 .250 17 17 1 0 0 90.7 95 59 18 38 56 5.86 .269 .349 .479 .828 0.5
    AAA   4 5 .444 9 9 1 0 0 62.3 64 34 11 28 53 4.91 .257 .332 .446 .778  
1982 20 BAL JL 0 0 .000 25 0 0 0 1 30.7 32 21 6 11 20 6.16 .269 .351 .454 .805 0.1
    AAA   0 1 .000 11 0 0 0 1 9.3 13 6 3 3 10 5.79 .325 .372 .675 1.047  
1983 21 BAL JL 9 17 .346 30 30 2 1 0 182.7 222 105 27 42 112 5.17 .303 .344 .488 .832 1.3
1984 22 BAL JL 15 9 .625 34 34 5 1 0 239.3 235 90 15 35 179 3.38 .255 .289 .379 .668 16.5
1985 23 BAL JL 19 7 .731 34 34 7 2 0 233.0 192 69 13 17 178 2.67 .224 .241 .325 .566 19.9
1986 24 BAL JL 21 6 .778 34 34 13 5 0 252.7 193 69 6 22 223 2.46 .207 .240 .304 .544 29.3
1987 25 BAL JL 21 5 .808 35 35 5 2 0 255.7 214 80 15 23 235 2.82 .225 .256 .341 .596 26.0
1988 26 BAL JL 17 8 .680 34 34 6 0 0 248.3 220 74 6 36 217 2.68 .234 .272 .328 .600 23.6
1989 27 BAL JL 17 11 .607 35 35 4 3 0 253.3 211 76 4 32 232 2.70 .222 .251 .327 .578 26.5
1990 28 BAL JL 15 8 .652 36 36 6 3 0 252.0 209 77 9 33 229 2.75 .223 .255 .328 .583 26.9
1991 29 AUS FL 14 8 .636 36 36 3 2 0 267.3 234 85 9 41 269 2.86 .234 .269 .344 .613 27.5
1992 30 AUS FL 19 10 .655 36 36 6 3 0 265.3 232 83 8 29 245 2.82 .232 .262 .342 .603 26.4
1993 31 AUS FL 4 0 1.000 6 6 1 0 0 44.7 41 13 2 3 48 2.62 .243 .259 .367 .625 4.4
  HAK FL 17 4 .810 30 30 3 2 0 221.7 192 60 8 27 212 2.44 .232 .259 .342 .601 22.1
  TOT   21 4 .840 36 36 4 2 0 266.3 233 73 10 30 260 2.47 .234 .259 .346 .605 26.4
1994 32 HAK FL 16 5 .762 27 27 6 3 0 204.0 187 67 11 17 185 2.96 .243 .267 .370 .636 19.0
14 Years Sim 207 107 .659 449 424 68 27 1 3041.3 2709 1028 157 406 2640 3.04 .236 .269 .354 .623 269.9
3 Years AAA 11 18 .379 45 34 6 0 1 253.7 270 126 35 103 182 4.47 .268 .336 .438 .775  
Season Average 14 7 .667 32 30 4 1 0 217.2 193 73 11 29 188 3.04 .236 .269 .354 .623  
Career Highs 21 17 .840 36 36 13 5 1 267.3 235 105 27 42 269 6.16 .303 .351 .488 .832  
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   1986 740 121 307 2034   .235 .262 .356 .618
vs LH   723 288 36 99 606   .240 .264 .349 .613
Home 96 64 .600 224 211 28 12 1 1525.0 1443 543 77 182 1319 3.20 .247 .270 .365 .634
Away 111 43 .721 225 213 40 15 0 1516.3 1266 485 80 224 1321 2.88 .225 .255 .343 .598
Mar/Apr 41 9 .820 75 68 12 5 0 497.6 421 136 17 56 447 2.46 .227 .250 .334 .584
May 32 23 .582 85 73 16 4 1 525.0 503 213 33 65 438 3.65 .250 .274 .378 .652
June 36 12 .750 79 73 13 8 0 517.3 427 161 29 82 452 2.80 .223 .255 .329 .584
July 35 21 .625 71 71 7 3 0 525.0 488 179 28 63 453 3.07 .243 .266 .374 .640
August 29 22 .569 72 72 8 2 0 485.3 448 192 25 75 415 3.56 .242 .272 .365 .636
Sep/Oct 34 20 .630 67 67 17 8 0 491.0 422 147 25 65 435 2.69 .231 .257 .342 .600
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1981 19 BAL JL 17 26 3 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 .115 .115 .308 .423 0.9 0.0
1982 20 BAL JL 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1983 21 BAL JL 30 62 2 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 24 .048 .078 .129 .207 -2.9 0.0
1984 22 BAL JL 34 72 4 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 27 .028 .067 .042 .108 -4.7 0.0
1985 23 BAL JL 34 72 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 .014 .027 .028 .055 -5.6 0.0
1986 24 BAL JL 34 88 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 .045 .056 .091 .147 -4.4 0.0
1987 25 BAL JL 35 85 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 48 .012 .034 .024 .058 -6.5 0.0
1988 26 BAL JL 35 78 2 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 34 .051 .085 .077 .162 -3.7 0.0
1989 27 BAL JL 35 80 3 5 3 1 1 7 1 0 2 30 .063 .085 .163 .248 -1.3 0.0
1990 28 BAL JL 36 81 2 4 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 34 .049 .071 .074 .146 -4.6 0.0
1991 29 AUS FL 36 90 3 7 6 0 0 6 0 0 2 43 .078 .096 .144 .240 -1.4 0.0
1992 30 AUS FL 36 85 2 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 50 .059 .070 .094 .164 -4.1 0.0
1993 31 AUS FL 6 15 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .133 .200 -0.5 0.0
  HAK FL 30 68 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 24 .015 .107 .029 .136 -3.5 0.0
  TOT   36 83 4 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 30 .024 .100 .048 .148 -4.1 0.0
1994 32 HAK FL 27 69 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 0 5 32 .029 .095 .058 .153 -3.2 0.0
14 Years Sim 450 975 30 43 29 2 3 32 1 0 31 440 .044 .073 .087 .160 -45.9 0.0
162 Game Average 351 10 15 10 0 1 11 0 0 11 158 .044 .073 .087 .160 -16.5  
Career Highs 36 90 4 7 6 1 1 7 1 0 7 50 .115 .115 .308 .423 0.9  
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   636 18 26 20 1 0 17 1 0 18 276 .041 .067 .075 .143 -34.3
vs LH   339 12 17 9 1 3 15 0 0 13 164 .050 .085 .109 .194 -12.7
Home 224 456 12 23 14 0 3 15 0 0 12 198 .050 .075 .101 .176 -20.1
Away 226 519 18 20 15 2 0 17 1 0 19 242 .039 .072 .075 .147 -26.9
RISP   269 0 14 7 1 1 28 0 0 8 128 .052 .078 .097 .175 -11.7
Close/Late   41 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 .024 .091 .049 .140 -2.1
Mar/Apr 75 159 8 10 6 1 1 8 0 0 7 63 .063 .101 .132 .233 -4.1
May 85 166 3 7 3 0 1 8 0 0 3 77 .042 .059 .078 .137 -9.1
June 79 164 8 8 7 0 0 3 0 0 6 72 .049 .082 .091 .174 -7.4
July 71 177 6 9 4 1 1 7 0 0 4 88 .051 .071 .102 .173 -7.9
August 73 152 2 6 6 0 0 4 0 0 4 75 .039 .064 .079 .143 -8.3
Sep/Oct 67 157 3 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 7 65 .019 .061 .038 .099 -10.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1981 19 BAL JL P 17 17 90.7 2 17 0 2 1.000 1.89    
1982 20 BAL JL P 25 0 30.7 2 2 0 1 1.000 1.17    
1983 21 BAL JL P 30 30 182.7 11 29 1 1 .976 1.97    
1984 22 BAL JL P 34 34 239.3 15 28 2 1 .956 1.62    
1985 23 BAL JL P 34 34 233.0 25 38 1 2 .984 2.43    
1986 24 BAL JL P 34 34 252.7 20 38 3 3 .951 2.07    
1987 25 BAL JL P 35 35 255.7 20 37 3 1 .950 2.01    
1988 26 BAL JL P 34 34 248.3 15 30 3 3 .938 1.63    
1989 27 BAL JL P 35 35 253.3 10 40 2 1 .962 1.78    
1990 28 BAL JL P 36 36 252.0 12 35 1 1 .979 1.68    
1991 29 AUS FL P 36 36 267.3 15 47 0 4 1.000 2.09    
1992 30 AUS FL P 36 36 265.3 16 48 0 2 1.000 2.17    
1993 31 AUS FL P 6 6 44.7 2 7 0 0 1.000 1.81    
  HAK FL P 30 30 221.7 12 35 1 2 .979 1.91    
  TOT   P 36 36 266.3 14 42 1 2 .982 1.89    
1994 32 HAK FL P 27 27 204.0 7 29 1 2 .973 1.59    
Career Totals   449 424 3041.3 184 460 18 26 .973 1.91    
Career Highs   36 36 267.3 25 48 3 4 1.000 2.43    
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
1982 20 BAL JL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
1983 21 BAL JL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 3 1 1 1 3 1.93 .188 .235 .375 .610
1984 22 BAL JL 3 1 .750 6 6 2 1 0 42.7 45 20 1 1 24 4.22 .265 .269 .371 .640
1985 23 BAL JL 3 1 .750 5 5 1 1 0 36.0 28 7 1 1 23 1.75 .207 .213 .252 .465
1986 24 BAL JL 4 0 1.000 5 5 1 1 0 37.0 40 14 0 3 32 3.41 .272 .287 .340 .627
1987 25 BAL JL 3 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 30.7 26 7 2 0 33 2.05 .217 .217 .358 .575
1988 26 BAL JL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 8 4 0 1 8 5.14 .276 .300 .345 .645
1993 31 HAK FL 3 0 1.000 4 4 1 0 0 31.7 23 5 1 0 31 1.42 .200 .200 .296 .496
Career Post-Season Pitching 16 3 .842 30 25 5 3 0 190.6 174 58 6 8 154 2.74 .236 .245 .327 .572
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1984 22 BAL JL 6 11 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .000 .077 .000 .077
1985 23 BAL JL 5 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000
1986 24 BAL JL 5 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 .071 .133 .143 .276
1987 25 BAL JL 4 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .100 .100 .100 .200
1988 26 BAL JL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1993 31 HAK FL 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 25 60 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 29 .033 .063 .050 .113
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1985-6-2.67
1986-2-2.46
1987-6-2.82
1988-5-2.68
1989-5-2.70
1990-4-2.75
1991-3-2.86
1992-3-2.82
1993-1-2.47
1994-7-2.96
CAR-14-3.04
 Wins
1984-6-15
1985-3-19
1986-1-21
1987-1-21
1988-5-17
1989-3-17
1990-7-15
1992-4-19
1993-1-21
1994-4-16
CAR-8-207
 Losses
1983-1-17
 Winning Pct
1984-10-.625
1985-4-.731
1986-2-.778
1987-4-.808
1988-9-.680
1991-10-.636
1992-7-.655
1993-1-.840
1994-6-.762
CAR-6-.659
 Games Started
1988-10-34
1989-7-35
1990-5-36
1991-7-36
1992-7-36
1993-5-36
CAR-16-424
 Complete Games
1983-9-2
1984-1-5
1985-1-7
1986-1-13
1987-2-5
1988-1-6
1989-2-4
1990-1-6
1991-2-3
1992-1-6
1993-1-4
1994-1-6
CAR-9-68
Shutouts
1983-6-1
1984-7-1
1985-5-2
1986-1-5
1987-2-2
1989-1-3
1990-1-3
1991-1-2
1992-1-3
1993-1-2
1994-1-3
CAR-4-27
 Innings Pitched
1984-4-239.3
1986-3-252.7
1987-3-255.7
1988-1-248.3
1989-1-253.3
1990-1-252.0
1991-1-267.3
1992-1-265.3
1993-2-266.3
CAR-13-3041.3
 Hits Allowed
1983-4-222
1984-2-235
1987-8-214
1988-7-220
1989-6-211
1991-10-234
1993-10-233
CAR-19-2709
 Homeruns Allowed
1983-10-27
 Strikeouts
1986-2-223
1987-4-235
1988-4-217
1989-2-232
1990-3-229
1991-2-269
1992-1-245
1993-1-260
1994-9-185
CAR-16-2640
 Walks per 9IP
1984-8-1.3
1985-2-0.7
1986-1-0.8
1987-1-0.8
1988-10-1.3
1989-4-1.1
1990-8-1.2
1991-8-1.4
1992-4-1.0
1993-4-1.0
1994-2-0.8
CAR-11-1.2
Hits per 9IP
1985-7-7.4
1986-1-6.9
1987-9-7.5
1989-7-7.5
1990-7-7.5
1991-7-7.9
1992-3-7.9
1993-6-7.9
CAR-46-8.0
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1987-8-8.3
1989-8-8.2
1991-5-9.1
1992-9-8.3
1993-4-8.8
 WHiP
1985-2-0.90
1986-1-0.85
1987-2-0.93
1988-6-1.03
1989-4-0.96
1990-3-0.96
1991-2-1.03
1992-2-0.98
1993-2-0.99
1994-3-1.00
CAR-6-1.02
 OAVG
1985-7-.224
1986-1-.207
1987-9-.225
1989-6-.222
1990-7-.223
1991-7-.234
1992-3-.232
1993-6-.234
CAR-45-.236
 OOBP
1985-2-.241
1986-1-.240
1987-3-.256
1988-7-.272
1989-3-.251
1990-3-.255
1991-2-.269
1992-2-.262
1993-2-.259
1994-6-.267
CAR-7-.269
 OSLG
1985-9-.325
1986-3-.304
1987-5-.341
1988-6-.328
1989-6-.327
1990-3-.328
1991-5-.344
1992-3-.342
1993-5-.346
CAR-30-.354
OOPS
1985-5-.566
1986-1-.544
1987-4-.596
1988-7-.600
1989-4-.578
1990-2-.583
1991-3-.613
1992-2-.603
1993-1-.605
1994-8-.636
CAR-12-.623
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 71    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 259    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 66    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Jerry Syed (929)
  2. Mark Bobovnik (910)
  3. Kurt Stallwith (894)
  4. Sam Kirkpatrick (889)
  5. Matt Ryan (888)
  6. Johan Schmatzhagen (877)
  7. Floyd Bannister (876)
  8. Roy Hobbs, Jr. (870)
  9. Claver Olmeda (860)
  10. Bill Max (860)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Mark Bobovnik (991)
  2. Alex Lopez (985)
  3. Evander Kilkenny (982)
  4. Sam Kirkpatrick (981)
  5. Timothy Regina (980)
  6. Phil Longwell (979)
  7. Claver Olmeda (977)
  8. Vernon Meyer (976)
  9. Hank Daniels (975)
  10. Eric Van Leemer (973)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1980
Had first career hit (double) on 7/13/1981, off Antonio Montana (HON)
Earned first career win on 7/13/1981
Hit first career homerun on 7/25/1981, off Douglas Hilton (PHX)
 
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