Robin
Ventura
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 203
 
Born: July 14, 1967 in Usa, CA, SANTA MARIA
 
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 34 STL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.2
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.2
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1993 25 PIT NL 154 529 56 116 23 3 17 76 0 1 43 106 .219 .281 .371 .652 58.1 6.1
1994 26 PIT NL 150 500 59 117 33 2 16 61 0 0 46 114 .234 .304 .404 .708 61.6 7.6
1995 27 PIT NL 115 395 45 91 23 2 13 57 0 0 38 120 .230 .313 .397 .711 48.7 6.3
1996 28 PIT NL 81 260 29 50 12 0 10 33 0 0 26 86 .192 .279 .354 .633 26.6 1.7
  CAL AL 72 254 33 56 11 0 11 30 0 0 24 82 .220 .299 .394 .693 30.0 2.7
  TOT   153 514 62 106 23 0 21 63 0 0 50 168 .206 .289 .374 .662 56.5 4.4
1997 29 CAL AL 158 570 84 144 30 4 25 75 0 0 73 155 .253 .350 .451 .800 88.6 12.7
1998 30 CAL AL 153 533 100 152 38 3 23 94 0 0 77 154 .285 .386 .497 .884 99.1 17.4
1999 31 LV NL 160 545 97 123 39 1 37 124 2 2 91 161 .226 .356 .505 .861 99.8 13.8
2000 32 LV NL 158 570 99 139 27 4 27 94 0 0 83 185 .244 .352 .447 .800 91.3 11.4
2001 33 LV NL 156 532 84 117 26 2 23 87 0 0 105 164 .220 .364 .406 .770 84.8 10.8
2002 34 STL NL 109 195 19 25 8 0 5 19 0 0 36 71 .128 .303 .246 .549 19.1 0.0
10 Years Sim 1466 4883 705 1130 270 21 207 750 2 3 642 1398 .231 .334 .422 .756 707.5 90.6
162 Game Average 539 77 124 29 2 22 82 0 0 70 154 .231 .334 .422 .756 78.2  
Career Highs 160 570 100 152 39 4 37 124 2 2 105 185 .285 .386 .505 .884 99.8  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1993 25 PIT NL 3B 151 149 1286.3 85 319 22 10 .948 2.83   3.4
    SS 3 0 6.0 1 4 0 2 1.000 7.50   0.1
1994 26 PIT NL 3B 146 144 1252.0 83 270 16 27 .957 2.54   4.2
    SS 4 0 8.3 1 6 0 1 1.000 7.56   0.1
1995 27 PIT NL 3B 111 109 937.0 80 217 9 19 .971 2.85   3.1
    SS 2 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73   0.0
1996 28 PIT NL 1B 41 40 329.3 368 29 6 36 .985 10.85   1.0
    3B 37 36 306.2 21 64 6 8 .934 2.50   0.3
    SS 2 0 3.1 1 1 0 0 1.000 5.81   0.0
  CAL AL 1B 36 35 317.0 355 27 5 34 .987 10.85   0.2
    3B 33 32 294.8 21 61 5 7 .943 2.50   0.9
    SS 2 0 2.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.10   0.0
  TOT   1B 77 75 646.3 723 56 11 70 .986 10.85   1.2
      3B 70 68 601.0 42 125 11 15 .938 2.50   1.2
      SS 4 0 6.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1997 29 CAL AL 1B 158 156 1383.3 1375 98 15 133 .990 9.58   3.0
1998 30 CAL AL 3B 151 150 1321.3 91 285 17 19 .957 2.56   4.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 4 0 1 1 .800 18.00   0.0
1999 31 LV NL 3B 156 156 1342.7 72 305 22 24 .945 2.53   3.8
    1B 4 0 8.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2000 32 LV NL 1B 153 152 1316.7 1327 114 13 123 .991 9.85   2.9
    3B 3 0 6.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
2001 33 LV NL 1B 98 95 825.0 858 64 12 90 .987 10.06   1.3
    3B 60 60 500.7 30 121 2 17 .987 2.71   2.0
2002 34 STL NL 3B 43 40 340.0 24 70 5 7 .949 2.49   0.9
    1B 22 10 110.0 121 11 0 15 1.000 10.80   0.2
    SS 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    P 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
  3B 891 876 7587.0 507 1714 104 139 .955 2.63   22.6
  1B 514 488 4293.6 4418 343 52 432 .989 9.98   8.6
  SS 15 0 26.3 5 13 0 3 1.000 6.15   0.3
  LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00    
Career Totals   1422 1364 11909.9 4930 2071 156 574 .978 5.29   31.5
Career Highs   160 156 1383.3 1375 323 22 133 .991 9.82    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1998 30 CAL AL 9 32 4 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 13 .219 .286 .344 .629
Career Post-Season Batting 9 32 4 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 13 .219 .286 .344 .629
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Games
1999-10-160
Walks
2001-7-105
Strikeouts
2000-3-185
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 3    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1989
Traded from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh on 6/1/1990 (Going to CIN: P Dave Stieb, SS Glenn Hubbard. Going to PIT: 3B Robin Ventura)
Injured on 6/2/1992 with a Bruised Cheekbone, out for 2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/1/1993, off Rick Aguilera (HOU)
Hit first career homerun on 4/2/1993, off Marvin Freeman (HOU)
Injured on 8/28/1995 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 10 weeks
1/31/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
Traded from Pittsburgh to California on 7/16/1996 (Going to PIT: CF Billy jo Robidoux, P Mike Maddux. Going to CAL: P Kevin Rogers, P Vicente Palacios, P John Johnstone, 3B Robin Ventura)
1/31/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,278,571 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/20/1997, hitting .438 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
1/31/1998: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/23/1998 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Las Vegas on 2/5/1999 to a 3-year deal worth $4,750,000 per year
Drove in 8 runs against Carolina on 6/17/1999
Hit 3 homeruns against Chicago (N), driving in 6 runs on 9/3/2000
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/29/2001
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/24/2002 to a 1-year deal worth $800,000 per year