What years did Rick Ankiel play?

Rick Ankiel played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2013.

Was Rick Ankiel a pitcher?

Both. Rick Ankiel pitched in 51 games, going 13-10 with a 3.9 ERA, but spent most of his career as an Outfielder.

How many home runs did Rick Ankiel hit?

Rick Ankiel hit 76 career home runs with 462 hits.

What was Rick Ankiel's career batting average?

Rick Ankiel batted .240 over his career, with 462 hits in 1,921 at bats.

How many RBI did Rick Ankiel have?

Rick Ankiel drove in 251 runs in his career.

What was Rick Ankiel's career ERA?

Rick Ankiel finished with a 3.90 career ERA, going 13-10 with 269 strikeouts.

Rick Ankiel

Outfielder · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1999-2013)

Rick Ankiel was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2013 for 6 teams, including the St. Louis Cardinals, a span of 15 seasons. In 653 career games, he hit .240 with 462 hits, 76 home runs, and 251 RBI. He also pitched in 51 games, going 13-10 with a 3.90 ERA. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2140.5.

AVG (Batting Average):: Hits divided by at bats. .300 is the traditional mark of an excellent hitter.
HR (Home Runs):: Hits on which the batter circled the bases and scored, almost always by clearing the outfield fence.
RBI (Runs Batted In):: Runs that scored as a direct result of a batter's plate appearance.
OPS (On-Base Plus Slugging):: On-base percentage plus slugging percentage, the quickest single summary of offensive value. .900 or better is star-level.

Data updated September 8, 2026

AVG .240

HR 76

RBI 251

H 462

OPS .724

PIV -498

Position: Outfielder
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 210 lb
Born: 7/19/1979 in Fort Pierce, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 1999-08-23
Last Game: 2013-06-08

Full name: Richard Alexander Ankiel

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Career Batting Statistics

Rick Ankiel — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
653	1,921	260	462	101	10	76	251	21	162	555	.240	.302	.422	.724	-498

Career AVG .240 vs. league average .262 across their career seasons — 8.4% below league average.

Career OBP .302 vs. league average .331 across their career seasons — 8.8% below league average.

Career SLG .422 vs. league average .417 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OPS .724 vs. league average .748 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Rick Ankiel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1999	SLN	NL	9	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	SLN	NL	35	68	8	17	1	1	2	9	0	4	20	.250	.270 (-8%)	.344 (-15%)	.437 (-13%)	.782 (-14%)	-167.7
2001	SLN	NL	6	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	SLN	NL	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	SLN	NL	47	172	31	49	8	1	11	39	1	13	41	.285	.268 (+6%)	.335 (-2%)	.422 (+27%)	.758 (+14%)	346.4
2008	SLN	NL	120	413	65	109	21	2	25	71	2	42	100	.264	.263 (avg)	.333 (+1%)	.416 (+22%)	.749 (+13%)	975.6
2009	SLN	NL	122	372	50	86	21	2	11	38	4	26	99	.231	.262 (-12%)	.332 (-15%)	.417 (-7%)	.750 (-11%)	-723.6
2010	KCA	AL	27	92	14	24	7	0	4	15	1	7	29	.261	.257 (+1%)	.325 (-3%)	.402 (+16%)	.728 (+8%)	94.7
2010	ATL	NL	47	119	17	25	6	1	2	9	2	19	42	.210	.257 (-18%)	.325 (-1%)	.402 (-19%)	.728 (-11%)	94.7
2011	WAS	NL	122	380	46	91	20	0	9	37	10	29	96	.239	.255 (-6%)	.320 (-8%)	.399 (-9%)	.719 (-8%)	-507.4
2012	WAS	NL	68	158	15	36	10	2	5	15	1	12	59	.228	.254 (-10%)	.318 (-11%)	.405 (+1%)	.724 (-4%)	-141.8
2013	HOU	AL	25	62	6	12	3	0	5	11	0	3	35	.194	.253 (-24%)	.317 (-27%)	.396 (+22%)	.714 (avg)	-30.0
2013	NYN	NL	20	66	7	12	4	1	2	7	0	5	25	.182	.253 (-28%)	.317 (-25%)	.396 (-8%)	.714 (-16%)	-30.0
Career · 13 seasons			653	1,921	260	462	101	10	76	251	21	162	555	.240	—	—	—	—	-89

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 Pitching Statistics

Rick Ankiel — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
13	10	51	41	0	0	1	242.0	198	105	32	130	269	3.90	2140.5

Career ERA 3.90 vs. league average 4.59 across their career seasons — 14.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Rick Ankiel — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1999	SLN	NL	0	1	9	5	1	33.0	26	12	14	39	3.27	4.71 (+30%)	1484.0
2000	SLN	NL	11	7	31	30	0	175.0	137	68	90	194	3.50	4.77 (+27%)	2931.7
2001	SLN	NL	1	2	6	6	0	24.0	25	19	25	27	7.12	4.42 (-61%)	-2204.0
2004	SLN	NL	1	0	5	0	0	10.0	10	6	1	9	5.40	4.46 (-21%)	-71.2
Career · 4 seasons			13	10	51	41	1	242.0	198	105	130	269	3.90	—	2,141

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 Ankiel — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	15	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	6	.133

Playoff Batting by Year

Rick Ankiel — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2010	NLDS2	ATL	4	12	1	2	1	1	2	4	.167
2009	NLDS1	SLN	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000
2000	NLCS	SLN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	NLDS1	SLN	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Rick Ankiel — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	3	2	0	4.0	5	7	11	5	15.75

Playoff Pitching by Year

Rick Ankiel — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2000	NLCS	SLN	0	0	2	1	0	1.3	1	3	5	2	20.25
2000	NLDS1	SLN	0	0	1	1	0	2.7	4	4	6	3	13.50

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Rick Ankiel — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	337	964	133	245	40	133	.254
Away	316	957	127	217	36	118	.227

Pitching — Home / Away

Rick Ankiel — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	28	135.0	99	52	76	154	3.47
Away	23	107.0	99	53	54	115	4.46

Last 10 Games — Batting

Rick Ankiel — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
2013-06-08	NYN	MIA	L	4	0	0	0	0	3
2013-06-04	NYN	WAS	L	3	1	0	0	0	1
2013-06-02	NYN	MIA	L	4	0	0	0	0	2
2013-06-01	NYN	MIA	L	2	0	0	0	1	1
2013-05-31	NYN	MIA	L	4	0	0	0	0	1
2013-05-29	NYN	NYY	W	4	1	1	1	1	2
2013-05-28	NYN	NYY	W	3	0	1	0	0	0
2013-05-27	NYN	NYY	W	3	0	0	0	0	2
2013-05-26	NYN	ATL	W	3	0	0	0	0	1
2013-05-25	NYN	ATL	L	1	0	0	0	0	1

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Rick Ankiel — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2004-10-01	STL	MIL	W	4.0	2	1	1	0	2	1
2004-09-25	STL	COL	—	2.0	6	5	5	0	2	1
2004-09-19	STL	AZ	—	2.0	0	0	0	1	4	0
2004-09-12	STL	LAD	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2004-09-07	STL	SDP	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2001-05-10	STL	PIT	—	3.0	3	3	3	5	2	0
2001-05-05	STL	ATL	—	3.2	5	4	4	3	6	2
2001-04-26	STL	WSN	—	4.1	6	3	3	4	3	2
2001-04-20	STL	HOU	L	3.0	3	5	3	5	2	0
2001-04-14	STL	HOU	L	5.0	5	4	4	5	6	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Rick Ankiel — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
OF	536	447	1108	32	24	5
P	51	41	11	20	7	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Rick Ankiel — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1999	SLN	P	9	5	2	0	0	0
2000	SLN	P	31	30	8	14	7	2
2001	SLN	P	6	6	0	3	0	0
2004	SLN	P	5	0	1	3	0	0
2007	SLN	OF	44	40	91	3	2	0
2008	SLN	OF	106	100	236	4	8	1
2009	SLN	OF	101	90	203	5	5	2
2010	KCA	OF	25	23	68	1	2	1
2010	ATL	OF	45	34	73	4	2	1
2011	WAS	OF	113	90	245	9	1	0
2012	WAS	OF	62	37	115	2	2	0
2013	HOU	OF	22	16	42	3	2	0
2013	NYN	OF	18	17	35	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Rick Ankiel Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	51
Left Field	44
Center Field	431
Right Field	90

Awards & Honors

Rick Ankiel — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2000	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Rick Ankiel — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2012	WAS	NL	$1,250,000
2011	WAS	NL	$1,500,000
2010	KCA	AL	$2,750,000
2009	SLN	NL	$2,825,000
2008	SLN	NL	$900,000
2006	SLN	NL	$335,000
2005	SLN	NL	$400,000
2004	SLN	NL	$320,000
2002	SLN	NL	$400,000
2001	SLN	NL	$400,000
2000	SLN	NL	$202,500
1999	SLN	NL	$200,000
Total Career Earnings			$11,482,500

Award Voting History

Rick Ankiel — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2000	Rookie of the Year	NL	2nd	87.0	160	6

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Frequently Asked Questions about Rick Ankiel

What years did Rick Ankiel play?: Rick Ankiel played in Major League Baseball from 1999 to 2013.
Was Rick Ankiel a pitcher?: Both. Rick Ankiel pitched in 51 games, going 13-10 with a 3.9 ERA, but spent most of his career as an Outfielder.
How many home runs did Rick Ankiel hit?: Rick Ankiel hit 76 career home runs with 462 hits.
What was Rick Ankiel's career batting average?: Rick Ankiel batted .240 over his career, with 462 hits in 1,921 at bats.
How many RBI did Rick Ankiel have?: Rick Ankiel drove in 251 runs in his career.
What was Rick Ankiel's career ERA?: Rick Ankiel finished with a 3.90 career ERA, going 13-10 with 269 strikeouts.