C Rick Giardina #19
Twin Cities Northmen MLB
Age: 31 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
09/19/1977
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C RICK GIARDINA #19 - AGE: 31 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
126 423 82 13 0 8 34 34 80 .194 .256 .281 1 -0.8
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 40 40 40 40
BABIP 40 40 40 40
Avoid K's 40 40 40 40
Gap 35 30 35 35
Power 45 40 45 45
Eye 50 40 50 50
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 25 25
Errors: - 35 25
Arm: 60 35 35
Turn DP: - 25 -
Framing: 55 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: -
Catcher: 55 Left Field: -
1st Base: - Center Field: -
2nd Base: - Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 20
Stealing Aggressiveness: 35
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 30
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
09/18/1977 CHH Loss, 3-4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/17/1977 CHH Loss, 5-7 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/16/1977 CHH Win, 5-4 4 0 2 0 0 1 0 1
09/15/1977 ATL Loss, 0-1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/14/1977 ATL Win, 3-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/11/1977 @ LAP Win, 8-6 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/10/1977 @ LAP Win, 6-3 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 0
09/09/1977 @ LAP Loss, 3-6 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
09/07/1977 @ CHH Loss, 2-10 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0
09/06/1977 @ CHH Loss, 2-6 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
His face graces the cover of the team's media guide.
Personality Class: Fan Fav
High: Loyalty, Adaptability
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:08/27/1946
Born in:Mountainaire, AZ
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:210 lbs
Local Popularity:Popular
National Pop.:Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$325,000
Signed Through:1979 Season
Major Service:8 Years, None
Service This Yr:167 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1968, 8th Pick in Round 5
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1977 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 126 423 82 13 0 8 34 34 34 80 .194 .256 .281 .537 .239 .087 42
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 120 472 3 2 0 6 7 5 119 21 1 1 50.0 32.0 2.40 -0.8  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   80 21 2 0 1 5 7 6 16 0 2 0 .263 .314 .325 .639
Versus Right   343 61 11 0 7 29 27 28 64 5 5 3 .178 .243 .271 .514
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   16 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 .188 .235 .188 .423
April   72 14 2 0 0 4 8 8 9 0 0 0 .194 .275 .222 .497
May   82 14 2 0 3 8 8 4 20 3 2 0 .171 .202 .305 .507
June   68 12 1 0 3 6 7 8 15 0 4 0 .176 .263 .324 .587
July   80 14 2 0 1 8 1 4 14 1 1 0 .175 .212 .237 .449
August   74 16 4 0 1 6 7 5 12 1 0 3 .216 .289 .311 .600
September   47 12 2 0 0 2 3 5 10 0 0 0 .255 .327 .298 .625
Spring Training   51 12 0 0 1 3 6 7 11 0 4 0 .235 .328 .294 .622
Last Year   417 94 13 1 5 30 25 32 64 5 16 0 .225 .278 .297 .575
2 Years Ago   438 102 9 0 11 67 49 48 73 2 17 5 .233 .314 .329 .643
Career   3469 777 90 7 83 407 304 345 620 33 91 20 .224 .295 .326 .621
Home   216 36 5 0 4 18 14 15 39 3 3 1 .167 .221 .245 .467
Road   207 46 8 0 4 16 20 19 41 2 4 2 .222 .291 .319 .610
Grass   423 82 13 0 8 34 34 34 80 5 7 3 .194 .256 .281 .537
Day   216 46 7 0 6 23 25 16 42 4 2 3 .213 .272 .329 .601
Night   207 36 6 0 2 11 9 18 38 1 5 0 .174 .239 .232 .471
As Starter   417 81 13 0 8 34 34 34 78 5 7 3 .194 .257 .283 .540
As Reliever / Substitution   6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
Pinch Hitting   5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
Close/Late   115 24 4 0 2 13 10 8 22 1 1 1 .209 .264 .296 .560
Inning 1-3   116 19 4 0 2 10 8 12 15 2 1 2 .164 .250 .250 .500
Inning 4-6   156 31 4 0 4 9 13 11 32 1 5 0 .199 .250 .301 .551
Inning 7-9   141 30 5 0 2 15 12 11 32 2 1 1 .213 .271 .291 .562
Extra Innings   10 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
0 Outs   132 23 4 0 1 4 13 9 27 1 4 1 .174 .231 .227 .458
1 Outs   139 30 5 0 4 15 17 7 27 4 3 1 .216 .252 .338 .590
2 Outs   152 29 4 0 3 15 4 18 26 0 0 1 .191 .281 .276 .557
Scoring Position   118 22 3 0 0 23 9 12 20 5 7 0 .186 .252 .212 .464
Bases Empty   234 40 7 0 7 7 19 18 45 0 0 3 .171 .239 .291 .530
Runner on 1st   71 20 3 0 1 4 6 4 15 0 0 0 .282 .320 .366 .686
Runner on 2nd   47 9 3 0 0 4 4 6 6 0 7 0 .191 .283 .255 .538
Runner on 3rd   12 3 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 .250 .286 .250 .536
Runner on 1st & 2nd   30 7 0 0 0 0 4 1 6 0 0 0 .233 .258 .233 .491
Runner on 1st & 3rd   8 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 2 2 0 0 .250 .273 .250 .523
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   8 1 0 0 0 4 0 1 4 1 0 0 .125 .200 .125 .325
Bases Loaded   13 0 0 0 0 5 1 2 1 1 0 0 .000 .125 .000 .125
Two Strikes   199 30 6 0 3 13 11 20 80 2 0 1 .151 .230 .226 .456
First Pitch   60 11 0 0 1 3 8 1 0 0 6 0 .183 .197 .233 .430
Count 0-1   45 8 0 0 1 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 .178 .196 .244 .440
Count 0-2   31 5 1 0 1 4 2 0 14 0 0 1 .161 .188 .290 .478
Count 1-0   27 5 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .185 .185 .259 .444
Count 1-1   49 19 4 0 2 7 7 0 0 1 1 0 .388 .380 .592 .972
Count 1-2   72 8 2 0 0 4 1 0 27 2 0 0 .111 .108 .139 .247
Count 2-0   11 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545
Count 2-1   18 5 1 0 1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 .278 .333 .500 .833
Count 2-2   54 11 1 0 1 2 3 0 18 0 0 0 .204 .204 .278 .481
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   14 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 1 0 0 .071 .364 .071 .435
Full Count   42 6 2 0 1 3 5 20 21 0 0 0 .143 .419 .262 .681
Behind in Count   148 21 3 0 2 13 7 0 41 2 0 2 .142 .151 .203 .354
Ahead in Count   70 14 3 0 1 6 4 13 0 2 0 1 .200 .326 .286 .611
Batting 5th   1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 7th   282 52 11 0 5 25 21 16 60 5 7 2 .184 .230 .277 .506
Batting 8th   135 29 2 0 3 9 13 18 18 0 0 1 .215 .312 .296 .608
Batting 9th   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   171 30 4 0 4 7 10 13 30 1 0 2 .175 .241 .269 .510
Medium Leverage   149 26 7 0 2 10 14 15 33 1 6 1 .174 .253 .262 .515
High Leverage   102 25 2 0 2 17 10 6 17 3 1 0 .245 .279 .324 .603
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1970 Twin Cities - MLB 23 140 446 96 10 2 9 55 40 45 4 3 104 1 0 .215 .291 .307 .598 71 65 0.5
1971 Twin Cities - MLB 24 139 441 97 13 0 7 48 29 49 2 2 77 0 3 .220 .300 .297 .597 75 72 1.5
1972 Twin Cities - MLB 25 133 425 74 7 1 6 39 32 48 0 8 82 1 1 .174 .254 .238 .491 54 35 -0.5
1973 Twin Cities - MLB 26 135 440 128 12 2 19 63 49 48 1 3 64 3 4 .291 .360 .457 .817 131 130 4.3
1974 Twin Cities - MLB 27 138 439 104 13 1 18 71 46 41 5 5 76 1 5 .237 .306 .394 .700 106 102 2.5
1975 Twin Cities - MLB 28 135 438 102 9 0 11 67 49 48 5 2 73 3 1 .233 .314 .329 .643 84 84 1.7
1976 Twin Cities - MLB 29 126 417 94 13 1 5 30 25 32 0 5 64 3 5 .225 .278 .297 .575 71 62 0.7
1977 Twin Cities - MLB 30 126 423 82 13 0 8 34 34 34 3 5 80 1 1 .194 .256 .281 .537 44 42 -0.8
Total MLB 1072 3469 777 90 7 83 407 304 345 20 33 620 13 20 .224 .295 .326 .621 80 75 9.8
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1968 Total - 21 42 187 51 7 0 5 25 41 19 2 2 23 7 3 .273 .343 .390 .733 100 100 0.6
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1970 Twin Cities - MLB C 130 124 689 65 4 755 1 .999 1085.1 6.25 +1.3 1.043 12 79 29 36.7
1971 Twin Cities - MLB C 129 127 688 93 4 782 1 .999 1113.2 6.31 +4.7 1.090 7 93 44 47.3
1972 Twin Cities - MLB C 127 124 688 80 11 771 3 .996 1123.0 6.15 +0.4 1.020 8 91 32 35.2
1973 Twin Cities - MLB C 128 124 629 91 5 724 4 .994 1076.2 6.02 +2.6 1.109 11 123 55 44.7
1974 Twin Cities - MLB C 129 126 694 94 7 794 6 .992 1107.0 6.41 +1.6 1.028 7 128 44 34.4
1975 Twin Cities - MLB C 130 126 677 95 2 780 8 .990 1098.0 6.33 -0.3 .932 7 123 43 35.0
1976 Twin Cities - MLB C 124 123 681 115 5 800 4 .995 1081.0 6.63 +4.1 1.024 9 143 62 43.4
1977 Twin Cities - MLB C 121 120 741 86 10 831 4 .995 1047.2 7.10 +2.6 1.237 7 124 44 35.5
TOTAL C 1018 994 5487 719 48 6237 31 .995 8732.1 6.40 +17.0 1.055 68 904 353 39.0
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1968 Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 8, 120th overall pick) by the Twin Cities Northmen, out of college Oregon State
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 45 (55); Eye: 40 (50).
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 50 (55); Eye: 45 (50).
11/17/1970 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $24,800.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 45 (50).
11/13/1971 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $26,400.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
05/31/1972 Injured (flu-like symptoms),day-to-day for 1 day.
11/10/1972 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $48,000.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 40 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
10/22/1973 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $60,000 with the Twin Cities Northmen organization.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
11/01/1974 Signed a 1-year contract extension worth a total of $130,000 with the Twin Cities Northmen organization.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
08/04/1975 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,350,000 with the Twin Cities Northmen organization.
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 50 (50); Eye: 50 (50).
01/01/1977 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 45 (45); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 50 (50).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1972 12 2
Year SH Rank
1973 19 7
1975 17 9
1976 16 8
Year SF Rank
1972 8 1
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