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Rich Garces
Richard Alan (Mendoza) Garces Jr. (El Guapo)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 250 lb.

Debut September 18, 1990
  vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER
Final Game July 20, 2002
Born May 18, 1971 in Maracay, Venezuela

Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1987. (All Transactions)

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        El Guapo! The man who gave hope to large men everywhere that they, too, could pitch in the majors.

Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1990 19 MIN AL   0   0   5   0   0   0   3  2    5.7    4    2    1   0    4    1   0   0    24   0   0  1.59  4.19  264 1.412
 1993 22 MIN AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    4.0    4    2    0   0    2    3   0   0    18   0   0  0.00  4.34  inf 1.500
 1995 24 TOT NL   0   2  18   0   0   0   7  0   24.3   25   15   12   1   11   22   0   0   108   2   0  4.44  4.17   94 1.479
         CHC NL   0   0   7   0   0   0   4  0   11.0   11    6    4   0    3    6   0   0    46   0   0  3.27  4.10  125 1.273
         FLA NL   0   2  11   0   0   0   3  0   13.3   14    9    8   1    8   16   0   0    62   2   0  5.40  4.23   78 1.650
 1996 25 BOS AL   3   2  37   0   0   0   9  0   44.0   42   26   24   5   33   55   0   0   205   5   0  4.91  5.05  103 1.705
 1997 26 BOS AL   0   1  12   0   0   0   4  0   13.7   14    9    7   2    9   12   1   0    66   0   0  4.61  4.66  101 1.683
 1998 27 BOS AL   1   1  30   0   0   0  11  1   46.0   36   19   17   6   27   34   2   1   201   3   1  3.33  4.70  141 1.370
 1999 28 BOS AL   5   1  30   0   0   0   4  2   40.7   25    9    7   1   18   33   0   0   164   1   0  1.55  5.02  324 1.057
 2000 29 BOS AL   8   1  64   0   0   0   9  1   74.7   64   28   27   7   23   69   1   3   309   5   0  3.25  5.07  156 1.165
 2001 30 BOS AL   6   1  62   0   0   0   5  1   67.0   55   32   29   6   25   51   4   2   284   1   1  3.90  4.53  116 1.194
 2002 31 BOS AL   0   1  26   0   0   0   7  0   21.3   21   20   18   4   12   16   3   0    97   2   0  7.59  4.56   60 1.547
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .697  23  10 287   0   0   0  60  7  341.3  290  162  142  32  164  296  11   6  1476  19   2  3.74  4.77  127 1.330
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   2  68   0   0   0  14  1   80.7   68   38   33   7   38   70   2   1   349   4   0  3.74  4.77  127 1.330
 Career High      8   2  64   0   0   0  11  2   74.7   64   32   29   7   33   69   4   3   309   5   1  1.55  5.07  324 1.057

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1995 24 TOT NL  18    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
         CHC NL   7    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 30 BOS AL   3    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     170    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   1
 Career High     37    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1                           0   0   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1995 24 TOT NL    1    1    0   0.0   105| .000  .268| .000  .337| .000  .418| .000  .755|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         CHC NL    1    1    0   0.0   105| .000  .268| .000  .337| .000  .418| .000  .755|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2001 30 BOS AL    2    3    0   0.0   109| .000  .270| .000  .337| .000  .433| .000  .770|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons        3    4    0   0.0   108| .000  .269| .000  .337| .000  .428| .000  .765|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1990 19 MIN AL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.58 1.58 1.74 0 5.7 1993 22 MIN AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.57 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 1995 24 TOT NL P 18 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.17 0.51 1.11 1.81 0 24.3 CHC NL P 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.51 1.64 1.80 0 11.0 FLA NL P 11 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.09 0.51 0.68 1.83 0 13.3 1996 25 BOS AL P 37 1 8 1 2 .900 .957 0.24 0.52 1.84 1.78 0 44.0 1997 26 BOS AL P 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.25 0.49 1.97 1.71 0 13.7 1998 27 BOS AL P 30 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.23 0.50 1.37 1.78 0 46.0 1999 28 BOS AL P 30 5 6 0 0 1.000 .948 0.37 0.47 2.43 1.68 0 40.7 2000 29 BOS AL P 64 5 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.17 0.46 1.33 1.61 0 74.7 2001 30 BOS AL P 62 7 11 0 2 1.000 .957 0.29 0.49 2.42 1.75 0 67.0 2002 31 BOS AL P 26 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.19 0.48 2.11 1.69 0 21.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1990 19 MIN AL P 5 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.20 0.58 1.58 1.74 0 5.7 1993 22 MIN AL P 3 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.57 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 1995 24 TOT NL P 18 2 1 0 0 1.000 .968 0.17 0.51 1.11 1.81 0 24.3 CHC NL P 7 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.29 0.51 1.64 1.80 0 11.0 FLA NL P 11 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.09 0.51 0.68 1.83 0 13.3 1996 25 BOS AL P 37 1 8 1 2 .900 .957 0.24 0.52 1.84 1.78 0 44.0 1997 26 BOS AL P 12 1 2 0 0 1.000 .968 0.25 0.49 1.97 1.71 0 13.7 1998 27 BOS AL P 30 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.23 0.50 1.37 1.78 0 46.0 1999 28 BOS AL P 30 5 6 0 0 1.000 .948 0.37 0.47 2.43 1.68 0 40.7 2000 29 BOS AL P 64 5 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.17 0.46 1.33 1.61 0 74.7 2001 30 BOS AL P 62 7 11 0 2 1.000 .957 0.29 0.49 2.42 1.75 0 67.0 2002 31 BOS AL P 26 0 5 0 0 1.000 .962 0.19 0.48 2.11 1.69 0 21.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 287 23 45 1 4 .986 .958 0.24 0.49 1.79 1.72 0 341.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 287 23 45 1 4 .986 .958 0.24 0.49 1.79 1.72 0 341
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1999   ALDS  BOS CLE     W   2   0   3.86  1  0  0  0   2.1   2   1   3   2 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   2   0  12.00  0  0  0  0   3     3   4   1   2 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   4   0   8.44  1  0  0  0   5.1   5   5   4   4 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1999   ALDS  BOS CLE     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  BOS NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Youngest Player
1990 AL-19-1

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1839) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

December 29, 1987: Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent.

October 25, 1994: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

January 30, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago Cubs.

August 9, 1995: Selected off waivers by the Florida Marlins from the Chicago Cubs.

October 16, 1995: Granted Free Agency.

December 14, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

November 23, 1998: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

February 28, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

August 1, 2002: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

January 22, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.

March, 2003: Released by the Colorado Rockies. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

May 27, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

August 31, 2005: Released by the Boston Red Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1993Minnesota Twins$109,000
1995Chicago Cubs$109,000
1996Boston Red Sox$132,500
1997Boston Red Sox$172,000
1998Boston Red Sox$190,000
1999Boston Red Sox$300,000
2000Boston Red Sox$610,000
2001Boston Red Sox$1,375,000
2002Boston Red Sox$2,200,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,197,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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Name and misspellings: richards Richard Alan allan allen (Mendoza) El (Jr.) rick Rich Guapo rip Garces

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