What years did Juan Rincon play?

Juan Rincon played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2010.

Was Juan Rincon a pitcher?

Yes. Juan Rincon pitched in the major leagues, recording 35 wins and 469 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Juan Rincon hit?

Juan Rincon hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.

What was Juan Rincon's career batting average?

Juan Rincon batted .250 over his career, with 1 hits in 4 at bats.

What was Juan Rincon's career ERA?

Juan Rincon finished with a 4.03 career ERA, going 35-29 with 469 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Juan Rincon have?

Juan Rincon recorded 469 career strikeouts.

Juan Rincon

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2001-2010)

Juan Rincon was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2010 for 4 teams, including the Minnesota Twins, a span of 10 seasons. Across 444 career appearances, he went 35-29 with a 4.03 ERA and 469 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 9442.7.

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 12, 2026

W–L 35–29

ERA 4.03

WHIP 1.38

SO 469

Pitcher PIV 9442.7

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 210 lb
Born: 1/23/1979 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2001-06-07
Last Game: 2010-06-20

Full name: Juan Manuel Rincon

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Career Pitching Statistics

Juan Rincon — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
35	29	444	3	0	0	3	507.0	481	227	41	218	469	4.03	9442.7

Career ERA 4.03 vs. league average 4.36 across their career seasons — 7.5% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Juan Rincon Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2001	MIN	AL	0	0	4	0	0	5.2	7	4	5	4	6.35	—	0.0
2002	MIN	AL	0	2	10	3	0	28.2	44	20	9	21	6.28	4.28 (-47%)	-306.9
2003	MIN	AL	5	6	58	0	0	85.2	74	35	38	63	3.68	4.40 (+16%)	1328.2
2004	MIN	AL	11	6	77	0	2	82.0	52	24	32	106	2.63	4.46 (+41%)	4094.5
2005	MIN	AL	6	6	75	0	0	77.0	63	21	30	84	2.45	4.29 (+43%)	3577.3
2006	MIN	AL	3	1	75	0	1	74.1	76	24	24	65	2.91	4.53 (+36%)	3187.7
2007	MIN	AL	3	3	63	0	0	59.2	65	34	28	49	5.13	4.47 (-15%)	-960.0
2008	MIN	AL	2	2	24	0	0	28.0	33	19	16	20	6.11	4.32 (-41%)	-1140.8
2008	CLE	AL	1	1	23	0	0	27.1	34	17	8	19	5.60	4.32 (-29%)	115.0
2009	DET	AL	1	0	7	0	0	10.1	12	6	6	10	5.23	4.32 (-21%)	-283.6
2009	COL	NL	3	2	26	0	0	26.1	18	22	20	25	7.52	4.32 (-74%)	-168.8
2010	COL	NL	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	3	1	2	3	4.50	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			35	29	444	3	3	507.0	481	227	218	469	4.03	—	9,443

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

Juan Rincon — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
444	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	0

Career AVG .250 vs. league average .264 across their career seasons — 5.3% below league average.

Career OBP .250 vs. league average .333 across their career seasons — 24.8% below league average.

Career SLG .250 vs. league average .420 across their career seasons — 40.5% below league average.

Career OPS .500 vs. league average .753 across their career seasons — 33.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Juan Rincon Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2001	MIN	AL	4	1	1	0	1.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	MIN	AL	10	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	MIN	AL	58	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	MIN	AL	77	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	MIN	AL	75	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	MIN	AL	75	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	MIN	AL	63	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	MIN	AL	24	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	CLE	AL	23	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	DET	AL	7	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	COL	NL	26	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	COL	NL	2	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			444	4	1	1	.250	—	—	—	—	0

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

Juan Rincon — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Juan Rincon — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2006	ALDS2	MIN	2	.000
2004	ALDS2	MIN	3	.000
2003	ALDS1	MIN	3	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Juan Rincon — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	8	0	0	8.2	6	5	6	9	5.19

Playoff Pitching by Year

Juan Rincon — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2006	ALDS2	MIN	2	3.0	1	1	0	3	3.00
2004	ALDS2	MIN	3	3.1	4	4	2	5	10.80
2003	ALDS1	MIN	3	2.1	1	0	4	1	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Juan Rincon — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	227	2	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	217	2	0	1	0	0	.500

Pitching — Home / Away

Juan Rincon — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	227	270.0	234	105	97	262	3.50
Away	217	237.0	247	122	121	207	4.63

Last 10 Games — Batting

Juan Rincon — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
2010-06-20	COL	MIL	L	0
2010-04-27	COL	AZ	W	1
2009-10-03	COL	LAD	L	0
2009-09-30	COL	MIL	W	0
2009-09-22	COL	SDP	W	0
2009-09-14	COL	SFG	L	0
2009-09-13	COL	SDP	L	0
2009-09-10	COL	CIN	W	0
2009-09-06	COL	AZ	W	0
2009-09-03	COL	NYN	L	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Juan Rincon — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2010-06-20	COL	MIL	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	3	0
2010-04-27	COL	AZ	—	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0
2009-10-03	COL	LAD	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009-09-30	COL	MIL	—	0.0	1	1	1	0	0	0
2009-09-22	COL	SDP	—	0.2	0	3	3	3	0	0
2009-09-14	COL	SFG	—	1.1	1	3	3	2	2	0
2009-09-13	COL	SDP	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2009-09-10	COL	CIN	W	3.0	2	0	0	0	5	0
2009-09-06	COL	AZ	—	1.2	1	1	1	2	0	1
2009-09-03	COL	NYN	—	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Juan Rincon — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	444	3	41	63	6	4

Season-by-Season Fielding

Juan Rincon — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2001	MIN	P	4	0	0	1	0	0
2002	MIN	P	10	3	2	5	1	1
2003	MIN	P	58	0	15	10	0	0
2004	MIN	P	77	0	3	6	3	0
2005	MIN	P	75	0	5	12	1	0
2006	MIN	P	75	0	7	6	0	1
2007	MIN	P	63	0	3	11	1	1
2008	MIN	P	24	0	1	1	0	0
2008	CLE	P	23	0	0	4	0	1
2009	DET	P	7	0	1	1	0	0
2009	COL	P	26	0	4	6	0	0
2010	COL	P	2	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Juan Rincon Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	444

Salary History

Juan Rincon — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2009	DET	AL	$750,000
2008	MIN	AL	$2,475,000
2007	MIN	AL	$2,000,000
2006	MIN	AL	$900,000
2005	MIN	AL	$440,000
2004	MIN	AL	$330,000
Total Career Earnings			$6,895,000

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Juan Rincon: the record in brief

June 7, 2001 and June 20, 2010 bracket Juan Rincon's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Club by club, the record runs the Minnesota Twins (2001 to 2008), the Cleveland Indians (2008), the Detroit Tigers (2009), and the Colorado Rockies (2009 through 2010). At 5 feet, 11 inches and 210 pounds, Rincon is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Rincon both batted and threw right-handed. Rincon was born on January 23, 1979, in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela. Juan Rincon was the playing name; the full given name is Juan Manuel.

The pitching table credits Rincon with a 35-29 record and a 4.03 ERA in 444 games. Rincon had 469 strikeouts. Against a 4.36 league ERA for the same years, Rincon was 7.5% better. No season topped the 11 wins of 2004. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 2.45 in 2005, when the league's was 4.29. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 9,442.7 for Rincon's career.

Frequently Asked Questions about Juan Rincon

What years did Juan Rincon play?: Juan Rincon played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2010.
Was Juan Rincon a pitcher?: Yes. Juan Rincon pitched in the major leagues, recording 35 wins and 469 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Juan Rincon hit?: Juan Rincon hit 0 career home runs with 1 hits.
What was Juan Rincon's career batting average?: Juan Rincon batted .250 over his career, with 1 hits in 4 at bats.
What was Juan Rincon's career ERA?: Juan Rincon finished with a 4.03 career ERA, going 35-29 with 469 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Juan Rincon have?: Juan Rincon recorded 469 career strikeouts.