What years did Rick Aguilera play?

Rick Aguilera played in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 2000.

Was Rick Aguilera a pitcher?

Yes. Rick Aguilera pitched in the major leagues, recording 86 wins and 1030 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Rick Aguilera hit?

Rick Aguilera hit 3 career home runs with 28 hits.

What teams did Rick Aguilera play for?

Rick Aguilera played for 4 teams: the New York Mets (1985–1989), the Minnesota Twins (1989–1999), the Boston Red Sox (1995), and the Chicago Cubs (1999–2000).

Did Rick Aguilera win a Cy Young Award?

No. Rick Aguilera did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Rick Aguilera win?

Rick Aguilera was selected to 3 All-Star Games.

What were Rick Aguilera's career stats?

In 732 games, Rick Aguilera went 86-81 with a 3.57 ERA, 1,030 strikeouts, 1,291.1 innings pitched, and 318 saves.

What was Rick Aguilera's salary?

Rick Aguilera's last recorded salary was $3,500,000, in 2000. His highest recorded salary was $4,350,000, in 1995, and his lowest was $130,000, in 1986. The Salary History table lists each season from 1986 to 2000.

What position did Rick Aguilera play?

Rick Aguilera played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Rick Aguilera and how much did he weigh?

Rick Aguilera was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 195 pounds.

What was Rick Aguilera's career ERA?

Rick Aguilera finished with a 3.57 career ERA, going 86-81 with 1,030 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Rick Aguilera have?

Rick Aguilera recorded 1,030 career strikeouts.

Is Rick Aguilera in the Hall of Fame?

No. Rick Aguilera has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rick Aguilera

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1985-2000)

Rick Aguilera was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 2000 for 4 teams, including the New York Mets, a span of 16 seasons. Across 732 career appearances, he went 86-81 with a 3.57 ERA, 1,030 strikeouts, and 318 saves. Rick Aguilera was a 3-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 17939.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 86–81

ERA 3.57

WHIP 1.23

SO 1,030

Pitcher PIV 17939.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 195 lb
Born: 12/31/1961 in San Gabriel, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1985-06-12
Last Game: 2000-09-06
Awards: 3× All-Star

Full name: Richard Warren Aguilera

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Career Pitching Statistics

Rick Aguilera — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
86	81	732	89	10	0	318	1291.1	1,233	512	138	351	1,030	3.57	17939.4

Career ERA 3.57 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — 15.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Rick Aguilera Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1985	NYN	NL	10	7	21	19	2	0	122.1	118	44	37	74	3.24	3.89 (+17%)	1920.1
1986	NYN	NL	10	7	28	20	2	0	141.2	145	61	36	104	3.88	3.97 (+2%)	1394.8
1987	NYN	NL	11	3	18	17	1	0	115.0	124	46	33	77	3.60	4.29 (+16%)	1371.3
1988	NYN	NL	0	4	11	3	0	0	24.2	29	19	10	16	6.93	3.73 (-86%)	-80.1
1989	NYN	NL	6	6	36	0	0	7	69.1	59	18	21	80	2.34	3.71 (+37%)	2984.3
1989	MIN	AL	3	5	11	11	3	0	75.2	71	27	17	57	3.21	3.71 (+13%)	1693.3
1990	MIN	AL	5	3	56	0	0	32	65.1	55	20	19	61	2.76	3.86 (+29%)	1439.0
1991	MIN	AL	4	5	63	0	0	42	69.0	44	18	30	61	2.35	3.91 (+40%)	1593.0
1992	MIN	AL	2	6	64	0	0	41	66.2	60	21	17	52	2.83	3.75 (+24%)	586.8
1993	MIN	AL	4	3	65	0	0	34	72.1	60	25	14	59	3.11	4.19 (+26%)	1090.1
1994	MIN	AL	1	4	44	0	0	23	44.2	57	18	10	46	3.63	4.51 (+20%)	824.2
1995	MIN	AL	1	1	22	0	0	12	25.0	20	7	6	29	2.52	4.45 (+43%)	1123.1
1995	BOS	AL	2	2	30	0	0	20	30.1	26	9	7	23	2.67	4.45 (+40%)	349.2
1996	MIN	AL	8	6	19	19	2	0	111.1	124	67	27	83	5.42	4.61 (-17%)	-593.8
1997	MIN	AL	5	4	61	0	0	26	68.1	65	29	22	68	3.82	4.39 (+13%)	874.2
1998	MIN	AL	4	9	68	0	0	38	74.1	75	35	15	57	4.24	4.43 (+4%)	1474.1
1999	MIN	AL	3	1	17	0	0	6	21.1	10	3	2	13	1.27	4.71 (+73%)	692.8
1999	CHN	NL	6	3	44	0	0	8	46.1	44	19	10	32	3.69	4.71 (+22%)	579.3
2000	CHN	NL	1	2	54	0	0	29	47.2	47	26	18	38	4.91	4.77 (-3%)	-1376.2
Career · 19 seasons			86	81	732	89	10	318	1,291.1	1,233	512	351	1,030	3.57	—	17,939

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Rick Aguilera — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
737	139	12	28	3	0	3	11	0	6	37	.201	.234	.288	.522	-278

Career AVG .201 vs. league average .263 across their career seasons — 23.3% below league average.

Career OBP .234 vs. league average .332 across their career seasons — 29.3% below league average.

Career SLG .288 vs. league average .406 across their career seasons — 29.1% below league average.

Career OPS .522 vs. league average .737 across their career seasons — 29.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Rick Aguilera Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1985	NYN	NL	22	36	1	10	2	0	2	1	5	.278	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	NYN	NL	32	51	4	8	0	2	6	3	12	.157	.257 (-39%)	.325 (-37%)	.395 (-31%)	.720 (-34%)	-277.9
1987	NYN	NL	18	40	5	9	1	1	3	1	17	.225	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	NYN	NL	11	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	NYN	NL	36	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	MIN	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	MIN	AL	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	MIN	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	MIN	AL	64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	MIN	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	MIN	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	MIN	AL	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	BOS	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	MIN	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	MIN	AL	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	MIN	AL	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	MIN	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	CHN	NL	44	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	CHN	NL	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 19 seasons			737	139	12	28	3	3	11	6	37	.201	—	—	—	—	-278

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Rick Aguilera — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Rick Aguilera — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1995	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
1991	ALCS	MIN	3	0	0	.000
1991	WS	MIN	4	1	0	.000
1988	NLCS	NYN	3	1	1	.000
1986	NLCS	NYN	2	0	0	.000
1986	WS	NYN	2	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Rick Aguilera — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	1	15	0	5	24.0	23	7	6	17	2.62

Playoff Pitching by Year

Rick Aguilera — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1995	ALDS1	BOS	0	0	1	0	0.2	3	1	0	1	13.50
1991	ALCS	MIN	0	0	3	3	3.1	1	0	0	3	0.00
1991	WS	MIN	1	1	4	2	5.0	6	1	1	3	1.80
1988	NLCS	NYN	0	0	3	0	7.0	3	1	2	4	1.29
1986	NLCS	NYN	0	0	2	0	5.0	2	0	2	2	0.00
1986	WS	NYN	1	0	2	0	3.0	8	4	1	4	12.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Rick Aguilera — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	367	63	6	15	1	6	.238
Away	370	76	6	13	2	5	.171

Pitching — Home / Away

Rick Aguilera — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	364	633.0	571	249	163	542	3.54
Away	368	658.1	662	263	188	488	3.60

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Rick Aguilera — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2000-09-06	CHC	COL	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2000-09-05	CHC	COL	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	1
2000-09-02	CHC	SFG	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
2000-08-29	CHC	SDP	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	1
2000-08-26	CHC	LAD	SV	1.0	1	0	0	0	1
2000-08-23	CHC	HOU	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2000-08-14	CHC	STL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
2000-08-09	CHC	LAD	SV	1.0	2	0	0	1	1
2000-08-05	CHC	SDP	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2000-08-02	CHC	COL	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Rick Aguilera — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	732	89	99	177	5	9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Rick Aguilera — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1985	NYN	P	21	19	8	16	0	1
1986	NYN	P	28	20	13	26	0	1
1987	NYN	P	18	17	7	29	2	1
1988	NYN	P	11	3	3	5	0	0
1989	NYN	P	36	0	2	8	1	0
1989	MIN	P	11	11	4	13	0	2
1990	MIN	P	56	0	2	4	0	0
1991	MIN	P	63	0	7	5	0	0
1992	MIN	P	64	0	2	5	0	0
1993	MIN	P	65	0	12	8	0	0
1994	MIN	P	44	0	4	9	0	0
1995	MIN	P	22	0	2	2	0	0
1995	BOS	P	30	0	0	6	0	0
1996	MIN	P	19	19	13	5	2	0
1997	MIN	P	61	0	5	13	0	1
1998	MIN	P	68	0	3	9	0	2
1999	MIN	P	17	0	2	1	0	0
1999	CHN	P	44	0	4	6	0	1
2000	CHN	P	54	0	6	7	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Rick Aguilera Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	732

Awards & Honors

Rick Aguilera — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1993	Pitcher of the Month	June

Salary History

Rick Aguilera's recorded salaries total $32,587,999 over 15 seasons, 1986 to 2000. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Aguilera's career ran from 1985 to 2000. No salary is recorded for 1985.

Rick Aguilera — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2000	CHN	NL	$3,500,000
1999	MIN	AL	$4,300,000
1998	MIN	AL	$2,750,000
1997	MIN	AL	$3,075,000
1996	MIN	AL	$3,500,000
1995	MIN	AL	$4,350,000
1994	MIN	AL	$3,260,000
1993	MIN	AL	$2,433,333
1992	MIN	AL	$2,308,333
1991	MIN	AL	$1,533,333
1990	MIN	AL	$648,000
1989	NYN	NL	$310,000
1988	NYN	NL	$295,000
1987	NYN	NL	$195,000
1986	NYN	NL	$130,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$32,587,999

College History

Rick Aguilera — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Brigham Young University	Provo	UT	1981, 1982, 1983

Award Voting History

Rick Aguilera — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1991	Most Valuable Player	AL	18th	11.0	392	0

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Rick Aguilera: the record in brief

According to the bio, Rick Aguilera debuted on June 12, 1985 and played a final game on September 6, 2000. Club by club, the record runs the New York Mets (1985 through 1989), the Minnesota Twins (1989 to 1999), the Boston Red Sox (1995), and the Chicago Cubs (1999 to 2000). Aguilera, a pitcher by primary position, threw and hit right-handed. Aguilera is listed at 6 feet, 4 inches and 195 pounds. Aguilera was born on December 31, 1961, in San Gabriel, CA, USA. Rick Aguilera was the playing name; the full given name is Richard Warren.

Aguilera's career pitching line is 86 wins, 81 losses and a 3.57 ERA over 732 appearances. Also on Aguilera's record: 1,030 strikeouts, 10 complete games, and 318 saves. Against a 4.21 league ERA for the same years, Aguilera was 15.2% better. No season topped the 11 wins of 1987. 1986 produced Aguilera's most strikeouts, 104. The most saves in one season was 42, in 1991.

Frequently Asked Questions about Rick Aguilera

What years did Rick Aguilera play?: Rick Aguilera played in Major League Baseball from 1985 to 2000.
Was Rick Aguilera a pitcher?: Yes. Rick Aguilera pitched in the major leagues, recording 86 wins and 1030 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Rick Aguilera hit?: Rick Aguilera hit 3 career home runs with 28 hits.
What teams did Rick Aguilera play for?: Rick Aguilera played for 4 teams: the New York Mets (1985–1989), the Minnesota Twins (1989–1999), the Boston Red Sox (1995), and the Chicago Cubs (1999–2000).
Did Rick Aguilera win a Cy Young Award?: No. Rick Aguilera did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Rick Aguilera win?: Rick Aguilera was selected to 3 All-Star Games.
What were Rick Aguilera's career stats?: In 732 games, Rick Aguilera went 86-81 with a 3.57 ERA, 1,030 strikeouts, 1,291.1 innings pitched, and 318 saves.
How much did Rick Aguilera earn in his career?: Rick Aguilera's recorded salaries total $32,587,999 over 15 seasons, 1986 to 2000. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Aguilera's career ran from 1985 to 2000. No salary is recorded for 1985.
What was Rick Aguilera's salary?: Rick Aguilera's last recorded salary was $3,500,000, in 2000. His highest recorded salary was $4,350,000, in 1995, and his lowest was $130,000, in 1986. The Salary History table lists each season from 1986 to 2000.
What position did Rick Aguilera play?: Rick Aguilera played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Rick Aguilera and how much did he weigh?: Rick Aguilera was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 195 pounds.
What was Rick Aguilera's career ERA?: Rick Aguilera finished with a 3.57 career ERA, going 86-81 with 1,030 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Rick Aguilera have?: Rick Aguilera recorded 1,030 career strikeouts.
Is Rick Aguilera in the Hall of Fame?: No. Rick Aguilera has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.