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Melvin
Ripken		  
Nickname: Tin Man
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 193
 
Born: November 6, 1968 in Aberdeen, MD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Reliever Award 1991    1993   
All-Star Selections 1991    1993    1994   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1988 19 BUF FL   43 14 14 14 9 9 9 12 13 13
1989 20 BUF FL $ 300,000 43 16 16 16 10 10 10 17 18 18
1990 21 BUF FL $ 300,000 41 18 18 18 10 11 11 17 18 18
1991 22 BUF FL $ 300,000 41 20 20 20 11 11 11 17 18 18
1992 23 BUF FL $ 300,000 41 19 19 19 11 11 11 18 18 18
1993 24 BUF FL $ 1,954,286 41 20 20 20 13 13 13 19 20 20
1994 25 BUF FL $ 1,954,286 41 20 20 20 13 13 13 19 20 20
OOTP6 Min Ratings   41 14 14 14 9 9 9 12 13 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,954,286 43 20 20 20 13 13 13 19 20 20
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1988 19 BUF FL     1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1989 20 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1990 21 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1991 22 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1992 23 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1993 24 BUF FL $ 1,954,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
1994 25 BUF FL $ 1,954,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,954,286   1 1 1 1 1 1 6 6 6 5 5 5 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
1988 19 AAA   4 1 .800 49 0 0 0 4 53.3 46 22 7 20 49 3.71 .230 .300 .405 .705  
1989 20 BUF FL 0 1 .000 21 0 0 0 2 22.7 22 12 0 10 16 4.77 .250 .323 .318 .641 1.5
    AAA   1 0 1.000 17 0 0 0 1 20.0 17 6 1 11 20 2.70 .218 .315 .308 .622  
1990 21 BUF FL 5 3 .625 69 0 0 0 14 81.7 62 35 3 38 77 3.86 .215 .307 .318 .625 10.2
1991 22 BUF FL 8 5 .615 76 0 0 0 46 82.0 58 24 5 33 78 2.63 .204 .294 .302 .596 19.5
1992 23 BUF FL 6 8 .429 78 0 0 0 28 93.3 81 35 2 53 81 3.38 .235 .336 .297 .632 13.1
1993 24 BUF FL 12 6 .667 81 0 0 0 32 91.0 75 23 5 22 100 2.27 .223 .271 .335 .606 20.9
1994 25 BUF FL 9 2 .818 87 0 0 0 11 134.0 96 33 6 37 171 2.22 .203 .265 .322 .587 16.6
6 Years Sim 40 25 .615 412 0 0 0 133 504.7 394 162 21 193 523 2.89 .217 .294 .316 .610 81.8
2 Years AAA 5 1 .833 66 0 0 0 5 73.3 63 28 8 31 69 3.44 .227 .304 .378 .682  
Season Average 6 4 .600 68 0 0 0 22 84.1 65 27 3 32 87 2.89 .217 .294 .316 .610  
Career Highs 12 8 .818 87 0 0 0 46 134.0 96 35 6 53 171 4.77 .250 .336 .335 .641  
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   316 133 17 146 404   .221 .293 .320 .613
vs LH   78 29 4 47 119   .203 .289 .299 .588
Home 26 12 .684 224 0 0 0 71 281.6 226 95 15 114 295 3.04 .222 .300 .326 .626
Away 14 13 .519 188 0 0 0 63 223.0 168 67 6 79 228 2.70 .211 .282 .303 .585
Mar/Apr 6 4 .600 67 0 0 0 21 85.0 59 23 4 40 79 2.44 .197 .292 .298 .590
May 4 1 .800 70 0 0 0 24 80.0 49 19 2 26 89 2.14 .174 .244 .238 .483
June 11 7 .611 64 0 0 0 22 74.7 68 27 4 25 68 3.26 .246 .309 .359 .668
July 6 1 .857 50 0 0 0 16 63.3 53 25 1 24 77 3.55 .230 .303 .352 .655
August 8 9 .471 70 0 0 0 14 93.0 91 35 4 30 86 3.39 .262 .321 .369 .690
Sep/Oct 5 3 .625 91 0 0 0 37 108.7 74 33 6 48 124 2.73 .194 .284 .285 .569
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
1988 19 AAA   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1990 21 BUF FL 69 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1991 22 BUF FL 76 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7 0.0
1992 23 BUF FL 78 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1993 24 BUF FL 81 6 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .833 1.167 1.6 0.5
1994 25 BUF FL 87 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.0 0.0
5 Years Sim 391 35 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 16 .057 .057 .143 .200 -1.0 0.5
1 Years AAA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .057 .057 .143 .200 -0.4  
Career Highs 87 12 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 .333 .333 .833 1.167 1.6  
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   27 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 14 .037 .037 .148 .185 -1.1
vs LH   8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -0.2
Home 215 19 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 .105 .105 .263 .368 0.3
Away 142 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.5
RISP   17 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 8 .059 .059 .235 .294 -0.1
Close/Late   12 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 .083 .083 .333 .417 0.4
Mar/Apr 39 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .667 .833 1.0
May 40 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
June 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2
July 21 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
August 66 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -1.2
Sep/Oct 73 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
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    
1989 20 BUF FL P 21 0 22.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.40    
1990 21 BUF FL P 69 0 81.7 3 13 0 0 1.000 1.76    
1991 22 BUF FL P 76 0 82.0 0 6 0 1 1.000 0.66    
1992 23 BUF FL P 78 0 93.3 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.25    
1993 24 BUF FL P 81 0 91.0 5 12 0 1 1.000 1.68    
1994 25 BUF FL P 87 0 134.0 5 12 1 1 .944 1.14    
Career Totals   412 0 504.7 17 53 1 3 .986 1.25    
Career Highs   87 0 134.0 5 13 1 1 1.000 1.76    
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
1989 20 BUF FL 0 2 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.3 8 7 2 6 3 14.55 .400 .538 .750 1.288
1990 21 BUF FL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 1 4 0.00 .111 .200 .111 .311
1991 22 BUF FL 1 2 .333 5 0 0 0 1 6.7 7 3 1 5 12 4.05 .250 .364 .500 .864
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 4 .200 11 0 0 0 1 14.0 16 10 3 12 19 6.43 .281 .406 .526 .932
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Winning Pct
1993-7-.667
 Saves
1991-2-46
1992-6-28
1993-3-32
CAR-39-133
 Games Pitched
1994-8-87
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Steve Iavre (922)
  2. Henry Hickory (922)
  3. Robert Armstrong (904)
  4. Lou Yeron (901)
  5. Homer Gimlicker (901)
  6. Robb Ripper (900)
  7. Ernie Nabaro (900)
  8. Jan Starr (899)
  9. Arturo Culionara (898)
  10. Horace Horton (894)
 
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