#29 Rich "El guapo" Garces, Closer, 33 yrs, Cleveland Indians

#29 Rich "El guapo" Garces, Closer, 33 yrs, Cleveland Indians
Wednesday, 11/3/2004

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Rich Garces
El guapo
5/18/1971
33
VENEZUELA,,MARACAY
6"0
265

Closer
R
R

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5.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 7,500,000
2004
$ 9,000,000 (3 year(s))
10 Year(s), 20 Days (1740 total Days)
172 Day(s)
11 Year(s), 110 Days (2002 total Days)
14 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Control	Movement	Velocity
Overall	10	6	8	91-94 Mph
Versus LHB	10	6	8
Versus RHB	10	6	8
Talent	10	6	8

Pitching Ratings
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2
65
3

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	3	1	1	2
Versus LHP	1	3	1	1	2
Versus RHP	1	3	1	1	2
Talent	1	1	1	1	6

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1
3
2
1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 7 (Range), .994 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
9/19	SEA	W 5-4		1	0	0	0	0	2	SV
9/20	SEA	W 5-4		1.1	1	0	0	0	3
9/23	@ANA	W 6-5		1	1	0	0	1	0	SV
9/27	DET	L 7-8		1.2	1	1	1	1	1	L
9/28	@MIN	L 5-11		0.1	0	0	0	0	0
9/29	@MIN	L 4-7		1.2	0	0	0	0	0
10/1	BOS	L 4-7		1.1	1	0	0	0	2
10/3	CWS	W 9-6		1	0	0	0	0	1	SV
10/4	@BOS	W 5-4		0.2	1	0	0	1	1
10/8	TB	W 6-5		1	1	0	0	0	1	SV

Pitching Stats 2004

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
Overall	69	0	8	2	41	1.45	74.1	46	13	12	22	86	0	.0	0	0	.0
Projected	69	0	8	2	41	1.45	74.0	46	13	12	22	86

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	46	1	97.6	69	58	8.6	5.6	10.4	2.7	12	0	.0	23	5	21.7	1.36

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	120	22	4	1	0	8	5	13	32	0	0	2	.183	.270	.233	.503
vs. RHB	146	24	10	0	1	10	8	9	54	0	0	1	.164	.215	.253	.469

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	36	0	6	1	21	0.99	36.1	20	5	4	9	41
Road	33	0	2	1	21	1.89	38.0	26	8	8	13	45
Postseason	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	12	0	0	0	9	0.73	12.1	4	1	1	6	14
May	10	0	2	0	7	1.93	9.1	9	2	2	4	13
June	11	0	2	0	7	0.79	11.1	11	2	1	5	10
July	11	0	1	1	7	2.30	15.2	7	4	4	4	17
August	11	0	2	0	6	0.77	11.2	6	1	1	0	15
Sept./Oct.	14	0	1	1	6	1.93	14.0	9	3	3	3	17

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP	Teams
1995	64	0	6	4	40	4.55	65.1	66	34	33	6	22	62	0	0	1.35	.324	CLE,AL
1996	59	0	6	4	41	2.28	59.1	44	15	15	2	28	57	0	0	1.21	.273	CLE,AL
1997	42	0	3	1	31	3.14	43.0	30	15	15	1	21	55	0	0	1.19	.302	CLE
1998	56	0	6	2	42	0.79	56.2	36	6	5	1	15	78	0	0	0.90	.280	CLE
1999	61	0	3	10	39	4.85	59.1	60	32	32	5	26	60	0	0	1.45	.346	CLE
2000	57	0	4	3	31	3.88	58.0	52	27	25	5	25	56	0	0	1.33	.299	CLE
2001	55	0	6	4	30	2.89	56.0	42	19	18	5	19	64	0	0	1.09	.282	CLE
2002	57	0	6	5	28	2.47	62.0	38	20	17	3	44	63	0	0	1.32	.245	CLE
2003	60	0	7	1	32	1.67	64.2	45	14	12	3	23	69	0	0	1.05	.271	CLE,AL
2004	69	0	8	2	41	1.45	74.1	46	13	12	1	22	86	0	0	0.91	.251	CLE,AL
Total	580	0	55	36	355	2.77	598.2	459	195	184	32	245	650	0	0	1.18	.288

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	HR	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	BABIP
1990, AAA	29	0	2	3	0	3.66	46.2	43	21	19	4	20	43	0	0	1.35	.293
1991, AAA	8	0	0	1	3	5.06	10.2	15	6	6	1	3	7	0	0	1.69	.424
1992, AAA	58	0	8	4	1	2.55	88.1	62	30	25	9	33	68	0	0	1.08	.230
1993, AAA	57	0	5	2	1	1.66	87.0	58	17	16	2	42	76	0	0	1.15	.249
1994, AAA	62	1	6	3	0	2.69	80.1	72	30	24	3	43	72	0	0	1.43	.314

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1995	4	0	1	0	2	0.00	5.2	2	0	0	2	4	0	0
1996	2	0	0	1	0	27.01	1.1	5	5	4	1	2	0	0
1997	1	0	0	1	0	5.40	1.2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
1998	2	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0
1999	3	0	1	0	2	0.00	2.2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0
2000	1	0	0	1	0	162.16	0.1	2	6	6	4	1	0	0
2001	4	0	0	0	3	0.00	4.1	3	0	0	1	5	0	0
2002	6	0	0	0	5	1.50	6.0	3	3	1	2	11	0	0
2003	5	0	1	0	2	0.00	5.0	2	0	0	1	4	0	0
2004	1	0	0	0	1	0.00	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Total	29	0	3	3	16	3.64	29.2	23	15	12	12	32	0	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1995	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE,AL
1996	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE,AL
1997	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
1998	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
1999	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
2000	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
2001	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
2002	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE
2003	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	CLE,AL
Total	511	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

Fielding Stats 2004

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

.929

74.1

1.70

Player History

Was selected to the 2003 Allstar game...
Injured on 10/18/2003 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season...
Was selected to the 2004 Allstar game...
10/6/2004: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $9,000,000 per year, for 3 years.

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

Saves
1995 - 40 - 2nd
1996 - 41 - 1st
1997 - 31 - 7th
1998 - 42 - 1st
1999 - 39 - 1st
2000 - 31 - 7th
2001 - 30 - 3rd
2002 - 28 - 6th
2003 - 32 - 3rd

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