David Riske

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 175lb (188cm, 79kg)

Born: October 23, 1976 in Renton, WA us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 56th round of the 1996 MLB June Amateur Draft from Green River Community College (Auburn, WA).

High School: Charles A. Lindbergh HS (Renton, WA)

School: Green River Community College (Auburn, WA)

Debut: August 14, 1999 (Age 22-295d, 17,537th in major league history)
vs. BAL 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 15, 2010 (Age 33-296d)
vs. COL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2002 season

Agents: Nez Balero • Previously: John Boggs

Full Name: David Richard Riske

Pronunciation: \RISK-key\

Twitter: @david_riske

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.4

ERA

3.67

462

497.2

441

WHIP

1.314

Summary of 66 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 9 tying, 12 go ahead

5 Tms
CLE	44
KCR	8
MIL	8
CHW	4
BOS	2

Platoon
vs RHB	39
vs LHB	27

Home/Road
Away	36
Home	30

Outs
0	26
2	21
1	19

24 Opps
CHW	9
MIN	7
DET	5
TOR	5
CIN	4
BOS	4
OAK	3
TEX	3
NYY	3
KCR	3
ARI	2
STL	2
CHC	2
BAL	2
CLE	2
HOU	2
TBD	1
SFG	1
SDP	1
ANA	1
SEA	1
NYM	1
PIT	1
FLA	1

59 Batters
Jacque Jones	3
Iván Rodríguez	2
Magglio Ordóñez	2
Felipe López	2
Ryan Ludwick	2
José Valentín	2
Mike Sweeney	1
Justin Morneau	1
Timo Pérez	1
Randy Velarde	1
Craig Counsell	1
Michael Tucker	1
Víctor Martínez	1
Danny Richar	1
Vernon Wells	1
Reggie Sanders	1
Bengie Molina	1
Michael Cuddyer	1
Jason Romano	1
José Guillén	1
Hideki Matsui	1
Johnny Damon	1
Joe Inglett	1
Jeff Keppinger	1
Torii Hunter	1
Derrek Lee	1
Raúl Ibañez	1
Justin Upton	1
Manny Ramirez	1
Rod Barajas	1
Trot Nixon	1
Travis Lee	1
Paul Konerko	1
Kosuke Fukudome	1
Joe Crede	1
Derek Jeter	1
Kevin Kouzmanoff	1
Miguel Tejada	1
Buster Posey	1
Casey Blake	1
Brandon Inge	1
Miguel Cairo	1
Shannon Stewart	1
Bill Mueller	1
Javier Valentín	1
Jermaine Dye	1
Bobby Higginson	1
Hunter Pence	1
Adrián Beltré	1
Marty Cordova	1
Eric Munson	1
Tom Wilson	1
Corey Koskie	1
Carlos Peña	1
Frank Thomas	1
Gerald Laird	1
Bobby Kielty	1
Ramón Hernández	1
Royce Clayton	1

18 Parks
Progressive (CLE)	21
Guaranteed (CHI)	8
Am Fam Field (MIL)	5
KauffmanStad (KAN)	5
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Comerica Pk (DET)	3
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
Camden Yards (BAL)	2
MinuteMaidPk (HOU)	2
Metrodome (MIN)	2
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
GreatAmer BP (CIN)	1
PNC Pk (PIT)	1
Chase Field (PHO)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1

Where Hit
7	26
9	20
89	8
8	6
78	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
1	17
2	13
3	12
5	8
4	7
7+	6
6	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	59
2·HR gms	2
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	36
1--	11
12-	8
-2-	7
123	2
-23	2

110 Runs
RISP	19
0 on	36
1 on	18
2 on	10
3 on	2
Any on	30

Inning
4	1
6	8
7	13
8	20
9	21
Extra	3

4-6	9
7-end	57

RelScore
+4..	11
+3	2
+2	6
+1	7
Tied	9
-1	6
-2	7
-3	2
-4..	16

Ahead	26
Tied	9
Behind	31

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	17
1-0	8
1-1	8
3-2	7
1-2	5
0-1	5
2-2	5
2-1	4
0-2	2
3-1	2
2-0	2
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
RF	15
C	9
3B	8
1B	6
2B	6
CF	6
SS	6
LF	4
PH	3
DH	2
PH/DH	1

OrderPos
6th	14
4th	9
3rd	8
1st	7
9th	7
5th	6
7th	5
2nd	5
8th	5

Leverage
High Lev	21
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	36

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1999-08-16	Iván Rodríguez	TEX	@	CLE	ahead 11-5	t 9	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	2	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball); T. Goodwin Scores
2	2	2	1	1999-08-24	Randy Velarde	OAK		CLE	behind 6-9	b 7	0	---	5,(1-2) BCFFX	1	2	4	10%	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2001-08-20	Jermaine Dye	OAK		CLE	ahead 5-0	b 7	1	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	4	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Giambi Scores
4	4	2	1	2001-08-31	Royce Clayton	CHW		CLE	tied 8-8	b 8	1	12-	4,(2-1) CBBX	3	8	6	29%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Lee Scores; C. Singleton Scores
5	5	3	1	2001-09-09	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 6-5	t 4	2	1--	4,(1-2) BSFX	2	3	9	19%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Valentín Scores
2002	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	2002-04-22	José Valentín	CHW	@	CLE	behind 0-4	t 7	2	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	6	5	9%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Konerko Scores
7	7	2	1	2002-05-17	Mike Sweeney	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 5-2	t 9	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	3	3	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
8	8	3	1	2002-05-24	Tom Wilson	TOR		CLE	behind 1-5	b 8	1	---	6,(3-2) BBBCSX	1	6	PH	3%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	4	1	2002-06-09	Timo Pérez	NYM	@	CLE	behind 2-8	t 8	1	---	7,(1-2) FBCFFFX	1	1	8	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
10	10	5	1	2002-06-18	Derrek Lee	FLA		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 6	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	5	3	14%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Lowell Scores
11	11	6	1	2002-07-19	Raúl Ibañez	KCR		CLE	ahead 5-3	b 7	0	12-	3,(0-2) CSX	3	5	3	7%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); C. Beltrán Scores; J. Randa Scores
12	12	7	1	2002-08-30	Trot Nixon	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 12-2	t 8	1	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	8	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Mirabelli Scores
13	13	8	1	2002-09-06	Frank Thomas	CHW		CLE	behind 4-9	b 9	2	12-	3,(0-2) CCX	3	3	DH	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Crede Scores; J. Valentín Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2003-03-31	Marty Cordova	BAL		CLE	behind 2-4	b 8	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	DH	39%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Batista Scores
15	15	2	1	2003-04-12	Michael Tucker	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	8	16%	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Difelice Scores
16	16	3	1	2003-04-25	Ramón Hernández	OAK		CLE	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	6	2	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
17	17	4	1	2003-06-17	Eric Munson	DET		CLE	behind 3-7	b 8	2	---	11,(3-2) .SBSFBFFFBFX	1	6	PH/DH	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
18	18	5	1	2003-06-21	Reggie Sanders	PIT		CLE	behind 4-5	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	30%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
19	19	6	1	2003-07-17	Derek Jeter	NYY		CLE	behind 2-4	b 8	2	-2-	4,(2-1) BBFX	2	2	6	39%	53%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); R. Mondesí Scores
20	20	7	2	2003-07-17	Hideki Matsui	NYY		CLE	tied 4-4	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	5	7	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	8	1	2003-08-17	Travis Lee	TBD	@	CLE	tied 3-3	t 10	1	---	4,(2-1) BBFX	1	4	3	38%	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
22	22	9	1	2003-09-26	Bobby Kielty	TOR		CLE	behind 0-2	b 9	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	6	9	12%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	2004-04-06	Jacque Jones	MIN		CLE	behind 4-6	b 9	2	-2-	5,(3-1) BBBFX	2	6	9	49%	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Mientkiewicz Scores
24	24	2	1	2004-04-15	Jacque Jones	MIN	@	CLE	ahead 2-0	t 9	0	---	2,(0-1) ..CX	1	6	9	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
25	25	3	1	2004-04-28	Magglio Ordóñez	CHW		CLE	behind 4-8	b 9	0	1--	7,(3-2) CSFBBBX	2	3	9	6%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); J. Uribe Scores
26	26	4	1	2004-05-05	Bill Mueller	BOS	@	CLE	tied 5-5	t 6	1	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	8	5	29%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Varitek Scores; K. Millar Scores
27	27	5	1	2004-05-09	Miguel Tejada	BAL		CLE	behind 6-8	b 6	2	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	3	6	28%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); L. Bigbie Scores
28	28	6	1	2004-06-04	José Guillén	ANA		CLE	ahead 5-4	b 7	1	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	4	7	11%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
29	29	7	1	2004-07-01	Bobby Higginson	DET		CLE	behind 5-6	b 9	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	9	47%	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	8	1	2004-08-09	José Valentín	CHW		CLE	behind 4-8	b 6	1	12-	1,(0-0) .X	3	6	6	22%	37%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); P. Konerko Scores; C. Everett Scores
31	31	9	1	2004-08-21	Corey Koskie	MIN		CLE	ahead 7-1	b 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .BCX	1	6	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
32	32	10	1	2004-09-01	Miguel Cairo	NYY		CLE	ahead 3-1	b 7	0	---	7,(3-2) .CBCFBBX	1	9	4	6%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
33	33	11	1	2004-09-15	Carlos Peña	DET	@	CLE	ahead 1-0	t 6	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	3	13%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	2005-05-20	Felipe López	CIN		CLE	ahead 1-0	b 7	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	6	11%	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
35	35	2	1	2005-05-26	Shannon Stewart	MIN	@	CLE	tied 4-4	t 11	2	---	6,(2-2) CFFBBX	1	1	7	41%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
36	36	3	1	2005-06-17	Craig Counsell	ARI	@	CLE	behind 4-13	t 6	0	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	1	4	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); R. Clayton Scores
37	37	4	1	2005-06-20	Johnny Damon	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 9-8	t 9	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	9%	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
38	38	5	1	2005-06-21	Manny Ramirez	BOS	@	CLE	ahead 7-2	t 9	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Ortiz Scores
39	39	6	1	2005-06-25	Javier Valentín	CIN	@	CLE	behind 3-12	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) FBBBX	1	9	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
40	40	7	2	2005-06-25	Felipe López	CIN	@	CLE	behind 4-12	t 9	1	---	7,(3-2) CBBBSFX	1	1	6	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
41	41	8	3	2005-06-25	Jason Romano	CIN	@	CLE	behind 5-12	t 9	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	4	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Casey Scores
42	42	9	1	2005-08-05	Brandon Inge	DET		CLE	behind 3-9	b 7	0	-23	3,(1-1) .CBX	3	9	5	6%	13%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Young Scores; C. Monroe Scores
43	43	10	1	2005-09-10	Justin Morneau	MIN	@	CLE	behind 2-7	t 9	2	-23	3,(1-1) .F>B.X	3	6	PH	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Tyner Scores; L. Ford Scores
44	44	11	1	2005-09-20	Joe Crede	CHW		CLE	tied 6-6	b 10	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	5	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	2006-04-04	Rod Barajas	TEX		BOS	ahead 8-1	b 7	1	-2-	2,(1-0) BX	2	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Mench Scores
46	46	2	1	2006-05-30	Vernon Wells	TOR		BOS	ahead 7-5	b 8	2	---	5,(1-2) CCBFX	1	3	8	4%	96%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF)
47	47	3	1	2006-07-01	Jacque Jones	CHC		CHW	tied 5-5	b 7	2	---	5,(2-2) FBSBX	1	5	9	22%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
48	48	4	1	2006-08-06	Bengie Molina	TOR		CHW	ahead 6-3	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
49	49	5	1	2006-08-25	Torii Hunter	MIN	@	CHW	behind 1-3	t 6	2	12-	1,(0-0) .X	3	6	8	38%	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Cuddyer Scores; J. Morneau Scores
50	50	6	1	2006-09-21	Adrián Beltré	SEA	@	CHW	ahead 5-0	t 9	2	123	1,(0-0) .X	4	2	5	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); W. Bloomquist Scores; J. López Scores; I. Suzuki Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	2007-04-08	Iván Rodríguez	DET	@	KCR	behind 0-2	t 9	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	6	2	55%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Ordóñez Scores; C. Guillén Scores
52	52	2	1	2007-04-20	Michael Cuddyer	MIN	@	KCR	behind 6-11	t 9	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	9	0%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
53	53	3	1	2007-04-23	Paul Konerko	CHW	@	KCR	tied 3-3	t 8	0	1--	5,(2-2) .CBFBX	2	4	3	29%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Thome Scores
54	54	4	1	2007-06-12	Ryan Ludwick	STL	@	KCR	behind 0-8	t 9	0	---	6,(3-2) .BCBFBX	1	8	PH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
55	55	5	1	2007-08-14	Gerald Laird	TEX		KCR	behind 2-3	b 6	0	12-	2,(1-0) .BX	3	7	2	28%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); J. Botts Scores; N. Cruz Scores
56	56	6	1	2007-08-20	Danny Richar	CHW		KCR	behind 2-3	b 7	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	4	22%	55%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
57	57	7	1	2007-09-14	Víctor Martínez	CLE		KCR	behind 3-4	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	4	2	29%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
58	58	8	2	2007-09-14	Casey Blake	CLE		KCR	tied 4-4	b 9	0	---	1,(0-0) ..X	1	9	5	35%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	2008-05-02	Hunter Pence	HOU		MIL	ahead 6-4	b 8	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	6	9	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
60	60	2	1	2008-05-11	Ryan Ludwick	STL	@	MIL	behind 1-4	t 8	2	---	5,(2-2) BFBFX	1	4	9	4%	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
61	61	3	1	2008-06-19	Joe Inglett	TOR	@	MIL	behind 3-8	t 9	2	123	8,(3-2) BBCFFFB>X	4	9	4	2%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); A. Ríos Scores; G. Zaun Scores; D. Eckstein Scores
62	62	4	1	2008-07-02	Justin Upton	ARI		MIL	behind 2-3	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	7	9	29%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
63	63	5	1	2008-07-31	Kosuke Fukudome	CHC	@	MIL	ahead 7-1	t 8	2	-2-	5,(2-2) CBFBX	2	5	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Ramírez Scores/Team unER; K. Fukudome Scores/Team unER
64	64	6	1	2008-09-07	Kevin Kouzmanoff	SDP	@	MIL	ahead 6-0	t 7	0	---	2,(0-1) .CX	1	3	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2010	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	2010-07-05	Buster Posey	SFG	@	MIL	ahead 5-1	t 8	1	---	4,(1-2) FBSX	1	7	2	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
66	66	2	1	2010-07-30	Jeff Keppinger	HOU		MIL	ahead 4-0	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	3	4	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)