C Rick Giardina #19
Twin Cities Northmen MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
08/09/1976
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C RICK GIARDINA #19 - AGE: 29 - BATS: L - THROWS: R - MORALE: UNHAPPY
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
91 299 66 8 0 2 23 21 43 .221 .268 .268 3 0.0
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 45 40 45 45
Gap 40 35 40 40
Power 45 45 50 50
Eye 50 45 50 50
Avoid K's 45 40 45 45
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: 25
Stealing Aggressiveness: 35
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 35
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/08/1976 SFS Loss, 2-3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/06/1976 SFS Loss, 0-9 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/05/1976 HOU Win, 10-7 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/04/1976 HOU Win, 3-2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/03/1976 HOU Win, 5-4 5 0 1 2 0 0 1 0
07/31/1976 MON Win, 2-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/30/1976 MON Win, 2-1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/28/1976 @ SFS Loss, 3-6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
07/27/1976 @ SFS Loss, 1-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
07/26/1976 @ DAL Loss, 1-16 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
PERSONALITY
You'd be hard pressed to find a player who has more fan support than Giardina.
Personality Class: Fan Fav
High: Loyalty, Adaptability
Low: Financial Ambition
Birthday:08/27/1946
Born in:Mountainaire, AZ
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Very Popular
National Pop.:Very Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$300,000
Signed Through:1979 Season
Major Service:7 Years, None
Service This Yr:125 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:8 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 1976 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 91 299 66 8 0 2 23 16 21 43 .221 .268 .268 .535 .238 .047 51
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 88 338 0 2 0 6 13 5 80 10 3 5 37.5 21.6 2.22 .0  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   75 17 3 0 0 3 4 9 12 1 1 0 .227 .306 .267 .573
Versus Right   224 49 5 0 2 20 12 12 31 4 12 0 .219 .254 .268 .522
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   17 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 .235 .235 .294 .529
April   65 14 2 0 1 9 5 3 11 2 1 0 .215 .243 .292 .535
May   73 14 2 0 0 4 1 6 8 3 2 0 .192 .244 .219 .463
June   69 18 2 0 1 5 7 9 12 0 4 0 .261 .346 .333 .679
July   75 16 1 0 0 3 2 3 11 0 4 0 .213 .244 .227 .470
August   17 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 .235 .235 .294 .529
Spring Training   44 8 0 1 0 1 3 2 12 0 0 0 .182 .217 .227 .445
Last Year   438 102 9 0 11 67 49 48 73 2 17 5 .233 .314 .329 .643
2 Years Ago   439 104 13 1 18 71 46 41 76 5 13 5 .237 .306 .394 .700
Career   2928 667 72 6 72 366 261 300 519 28 81 17 .228 .301 .330 .631
Home   163 37 4 0 0 8 7 12 17 0 5 0 .227 .280 .252 .532
Road   136 29 4 0 2 15 9 9 26 5 8 0 .213 .253 .287 .540
Grass   299 66 8 0 2 23 16 21 43 5 13 0 .221 .268 .268 .535
Day   162 38 5 0 1 12 9 11 16 3 7 0 .235 .278 .284 .562
Night   137 28 3 0 1 11 7 10 27 2 6 0 .204 .255 .248 .503
As Starter   295 66 8 0 2 23 16 21 43 5 13 0 .224 .271 .271 .542
As Reliever / Substitution   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   76 19 4 0 0 5 3 5 15 1 2 0 .250 .293 .303 .595
Inning 1-3   79 16 1 0 1 10 5 6 15 2 4 0 .203 .253 .253 .506
Inning 4-6   109 24 3 0 1 6 8 9 8 1 7 0 .220 .277 .275 .553
Inning 7-9   106 25 4 0 0 6 3 6 18 2 1 0 .236 .272 .274 .546
Extra Innings   5 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
0 Outs   93 14 1 0 0 2 3 7 18 2 8 0 .151 .206 .161 .367
1 Outs   95 21 4 0 2 10 8 5 12 3 5 0 .221 .252 .326 .579
2 Outs   111 31 3 0 0 11 5 9 13 0 0 0 .279 .333 .306 .640
Scoring Position   74 19 0 0 1 22 2 7 10 5 13 0 .257 .302 .297 .600
Bases Empty   166 34 7 0 1 1 9 7 24 0 0 0 .205 .237 .265 .502
Runner on 1st   59 13 1 0 0 0 5 7 9 0 0 0 .220 .303 .237 .540
Runner on 2nd   30 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 6 0 9 0 .200 .250 .200 .450
Runner on 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .667 1.000 1.667
Runner on 1st & 2nd   23 7 0 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 3 0 .304 .333 .435 .768
Runner on 1st & 3rd   4 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .333 .000 .333
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   7 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 .286 .333 .286 .619
Bases Loaded   9 3 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 3 0 0 .333 .250 .333 .583
Two Strikes   113 16 2 0 1 7 7 8 43 2 0 0 .142 .195 .186 .381
First Pitch   49 13 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 4 0 .265 .288 .306 .595
Count 0-1   31 8 3 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 .258 .258 .452 .710
Count 0-2   20 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 .150 .136 .200 .336
Count 1-0   32 11 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 3 0 .344 .333 .375 .708
Count 1-1   26 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 .192 .185 .192 .377
Count 1-2   39 6 1 0 0 0 3 0 17 0 0 0 .154 .154 .179 .333
Count 2-0   11 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .182 .182 .182 .364
Count 2-1   24 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .292 .292 .292 .583
Count 2-2   36 6 0 0 1 5 1 0 13 0 0 0 .167 .167 .250 .417
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   13 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 .308 .500 .308 .808
Full Count   18 1 0 0 0 0 3 8 6 0 0 0 .056 .346 .056 .402
Behind in Count   90 17 5 0 1 5 6 0 24 2 1 0 .189 .185 .278 .463
Ahead in Count   80 24 1 0 0 9 4 11 0 1 4 0 .300 .380 .312 .693
Batting 6th   13 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 2 0 .077 .143 .077 .220
Batting 7th   238 55 7 0 1 18 9 13 29 3 10 0 .231 .268 .273 .541
Batting 8th   45 10 1 0 1 5 5 7 9 2 1 0 .222 .315 .311 .626
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   101 24 4 0 0 3 6 6 11 0 0 0 .238 .280 .277 .558
Medium Leverage   134 29 3 0 1 10 8 10 19 3 7 0 .216 .265 .261 .527
High Leverage   62 13 1 0 1 10 2 5 12 2 6 0 .210 .261 .274 .535
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 91 299 66 8 0 2 23 16 21 0 5 43 3 5 .221 .268 .268 .535 56 51 0.0
Total MLB 911 2928 667 72 6 72 366 261 300 17 28 519 12 19 .228 .301 .330 .631 84 79 10.0
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 89 88 491 82 2 577 4 .993 778.2 6.62 +3.4 1.043 8 96 45 46.9
TOTAL C 862 839 4556 600 35 5183 27 .995 7382.1 6.29 +13.7 1.031 60 733 292 39.8
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).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year IBB Rank
1972 12 2
Year SH Rank
1973 19 7
1975 17 9
Year SF Rank
1972 8 1
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