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Ariel Prieto

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 220lb (190cm, 99kg)

Born: October 22, 1969 in La Habana, Cuba cu

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (5th) of the 1995 MLB June Amateur Draft.

High School: Havana (La Habana, Cuba)

School: Universidad Manuel Fajardo (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba)

Debut: July 2, 1995 (Age 25-253d, 16,704th in major league history)
vs. CAL 2.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 10, 2001 (Age 31-200d)
vs. BAL 0.2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Agents: Gus Dominguez

Full Name: Ariel Prieto

Nicknames: Gordo

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.2

ERA

4.85

352.1

231

WHIP

1.655

Summary of 34 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

1 leading off, 0 walk-off, 2 tying, 9 go ahead

1 Tm
OAK	34

Platoon
vs LHB	19
vs RHB	15

Home/Road
Away	21
Home	13

Outs
0	17
1	11
2	6

13 Opps
TOR	6
ANA/CAL	5
MIN	4
CLE	4
BOS	3
TEX	2
NYY	2
DET	2
BAL	2
KCR	1
COL	1
SEA	1
MIL	1

29 Batters
Carlos Delgado	3
Rafael Palmeiro	2
Mo Vaughn	2
Joe Carter	2
Craig Paquette	1
Mark Whiten	1
Tim Naehring	1
Bobby Higginson	1
Rusty Greer	1
Kevin Mitchell	1
Garret Anderson	1
Jim Edmonds	1
Damion Easley	1
José Valentín	1
Kirby Puckett	1
Carlos Guillén	1
Billy Ripken	1
Matt Williams	1
Chuck Knoblauch	1
Troy O'Leary	1
Bengie Molina	1
Alex Gonzalez	1
David Justice	1
Pat Meares	1
Charlie Hayes	1
Darrin Jackson	1
Brian Giles	1
Larry Walker	1
Chili Davis	1

13 Parks
RingCentral Col (OAK)	12
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	4
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Progressive (CLE)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
Cashman Fld (LAS)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
9	12
7	9
89	5
78	5
8	3

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	10
5	7
1	5
3	5
6	3
4	2
Unk	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	21
2·HR gms	5
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
1--	5
12-	3
-2-	2
--3	1

48 Runs
RISP	6
0 on	23
1 on	8
2 on	3
Any on	11

Inning
1	3
2	5
3	5
4	4
5	9
6	4
7	3
8	1

1-3	13
4-6	17
7-end	4

RelScore
+4..	4
+3	2
+2	6
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	2
-2	2
-3	3
-4..	2

Ahead	16
Tied	9
Behind	9

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	8
0-0	5
2-2	4
3-2	3
3-1	3
Unk	2
1-1	2
0-1	2
2-0	2
0-2	1
1-2	1
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6
3B	6
LF	5
CF	4
DH	4
RF	3
SS	3
2B	2
C	1

OrderPos
3rd	7
4th	5
2nd	5
6th	5
8th	4
7th	3
5th	3
1st	1
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	4
Medium Lev	15
Low Lev	15

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1995-07-07	Joe Carter	TOR	@	OAK	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	1--	2,(0-1) SX	2	4	7	17%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); R. Alomar Scores
2	2	2	1	1995-07-29	Alex Gonzalez	TOR		OAK	ahead 5-0	b 2	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	6	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball); D. White Scores
3	3	3	1	1995-08-08	Kirby Puckett	MIN		OAK	ahead 3-1	b 5	0	---	5,(3-1) BFBBX	1	3	9	7%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
4	4	4	1	1995-08-18	Rafael Palmeiro	BAL	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 2	2	12-	6,(3-2) BBSBSX	3	3	3	19%	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); M. Alexander Scores; B. Anderson Scores
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1996-04-03	Carlos Delgado	TOR	@	OAK	tied 2-2	t 5	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	3	20%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); J. Olerud Scores; E. Sprague Scores
6	6	2	1	1996-04-24	Joe Carter	TOR		OAK	behind 0-2	b 2	0	---		1	4	7	9%	46%		Home Run (Deep LF)
7	7	3	1	1996-04-30	Chili Davis	CAL	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	2	--3	6,(3-2) FBBFBX	2	4	DH	15%	64%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Edmonds Scores
8	8	4	2	1996-04-30	Garret Anderson	CAL	@	OAK	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	5,(2-2) SBCBX	1	6	7	5%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
9	9	5	3	1996-04-30	Jim Edmonds	CAL	@	OAK	ahead 5-0	t 5	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	2	8	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball); R. Velarde Scores
10	10	6	1	1996-07-28	Carlos Delgado	TOR		OAK	tied 0-0	b 6	1	---		1	3	DH	16%	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
11	11	7	1	1996-08-07	Craig Paquette	KCR		OAK	ahead 6-0	b 8	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
12	12	8	1	1996-08-17	Rafael Palmeiro	BAL	@	OAK	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	8%	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
13	13	9	1	1996-09-02	Charlie Hayes	NYY	@	OAK	ahead 1-0	t 7	1	---	3,(0-2) SCX	1	7	5	13%	77%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); C. Hayes Scores
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1997-04-02	Kevin Mitchell	CLE	@	OAK	ahead 4-1	t 4	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	DH	6%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
15	15	2	1	1997-04-07	Tim Naehring	BOS	@	OAK	behind 0-2	t 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	5	11%	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
16	16	3	1	1997-04-13 (2)	Mark Whiten	NYY		OAK	behind 2-7	b 6	1	---	4,(1-2) MBCX	1	6	9	4%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
17	17	4	1	1997-04-23	Chuck Knoblauch	MIN	@	OAK	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	9%	59%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
18	18	5	1	1997-04-29	Brian Giles	CLE		OAK	ahead 2-1	b 2	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	8	9%	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
19	19	6	2	1997-04-29	Matt Williams	CLE		OAK	tied 4-4	b 7	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	4	5	35%	92%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); O. Vizquel Scores; T. Fernández Scores
20	20	7	1	1997-05-20	Billy Ripken	TEX		OAK	tied 3-3	b 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	5	12%	66%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); B. Ripken Scores
21	21	8	2	1997-05-20	Rusty Greer	TEX		OAK	ahead 4-3	b 5	0	1--	4,(2-1) B1BCX	2	3	8	14%	87%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); I. Rodríguez Scores/unER; R. Greer Scores
22	22	9	1	1997-05-25	Pat Meares	MIN		OAK	behind 0-3	b 3	1	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	9	6	9%	31%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (Fly Ball)
23	23	10	2	1997-05-25	Darrin Jackson	MIN		OAK	tied 3-3	b 5	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	8	22%	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); C. Knoblauch Scores
24	24	11	1	1997-06-05	Carlos Delgado	TOR		OAK	tied 1-1	b 6	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	3	17%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
25	25	12	1	1997-06-10	Bobby Higginson	DET		OAK	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	2	7	10%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	13	2	1997-06-10	Damion Easley	DET		OAK	ahead 4-1	b 5	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	8	4	5%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
27	27	14	1	1997-06-15	Larry Walker	COL	@	OAK	behind 0-3	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	3	9	8%	29%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
28	28	15	1	1997-08-17	José Valentín	MIL		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	5,(2-2) CBFBX	1	2	6	7%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Valentín Scores
29	29	16	1	1997-08-22	David Justice	CLE	@	OAK	ahead 2-0	t 5	2	-2-	6,(3-2) BFBBSX	2	5	DH	14%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Ramirez Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
30	30	1	1	1998-04-14	Troy O'Leary	BOS		OAK	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	5	7	10%	55%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
31	31	2	2	1998-04-14	Mo Vaughn	BOS		OAK	tied 1-1	b 3	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	11%	63%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
32	32	1	1	2000-05-08	Mo Vaughn	ANA		OAK	behind 4-8	b 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	7%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
33	33	2	1	2000-07-01	Bengie Molina	ANA		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	5,(2-2) FFBBX	2	7	2	13%	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); T. Salmon Scores
34	34	3	1	2000-09-24	Carlos Guillén	SEA		OAK	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	7%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)