C Rick Giardina #19
Twin Cities Northmen MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: L | Throws: R | Morale: Unhappy
08/23/1976
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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
101 333 70 8 0 3 24 24 48 .210 .260 .261 3 -0.3
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.: 30
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
08/22/1976 DET Loss, 1-8 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0
08/20/1976 DET Win, 6-5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/19/1976 SEA Loss, 3-4 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
08/18/1976 SEA Win, 2-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/17/1976 SEA Loss, 3-8 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
08/14/1976 @ HOU Loss, 7-8 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
08/13/1976 @ HOU Loss, 1-5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
08/12/1976 @ MON Loss, 0-4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
08/11/1976 @ MON Loss, 0-2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
08/10/1976 @ MON Loss, 3-4 2 0 0 0 0 1 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:139 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 101 333 70 8 0 3 24 17 24 48 .210 .260 .261 .521 .231 .051 46
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 98 376 0 3 0 7 14 5 87 11 3 5 37.5 22.7 2.08 -0.3  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   83 18 3 0 0 3 4 10 14 1 1 0 .217 .298 .253 .551
Versus Right   250 52 5 0 3 21 13 14 34 4 13 0 .208 .246 .264 .510
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   18 3 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 .167 .250 .333 .583
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   51 8 1 0 1 3 2 3 6 0 3 0 .157 .204 .235 .439
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   2962 671 72 6 73 367 262 303 524 28 82 17 .227 .299 .329 .628
Home   181 40 4 0 1 9 8 14 18 0 6 0 .221 .277 .260 .537
Road   152 30 4 0 2 15 9 10 30 5 8 0 .197 .240 .263 .503
Grass   333 70 8 0 3 24 17 24 48 5 14 0 .210 .260 .261 .521
Day   181 39 5 0 1 12 9 13 21 3 8 0 .215 .264 .260 .524
Night   152 31 3 0 2 12 8 11 27 2 6 0 .204 .255 .263 .518
As Starter   329 70 8 0 3 24 17 24 48 5 14 0 .213 .263 .264 .527
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   85 19 4 0 0 5 3 5 16 1 2 0 .224 .264 .271 .534
Inning 1-3   87 18 1 0 1 10 5 7 17 2 5 0 .207 .260 .253 .513
Inning 4-6   122 26 3 0 2 7 9 11 10 1 7 0 .213 .276 .287 .563
Inning 7-9   118 25 4 0 0 6 3 6 19 2 1 0 .212 .246 .246 .492
Extra Innings   6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 .167 .167 .167 .333
0 Outs   105 14 1 0 0 2 3 8 21 2 8 0 .133 .191 .143 .334
1 Outs   104 23 4 0 3 11 9 5 13 3 6 0 .221 .250 .346 .596
2 Outs   124 33 3 0 0 11 5 11 14 0 0 0 .266 .326 .290 .616
Scoring Position   82 20 0 0 1 22 2 8 10 5 14 0 .244 .295 .280 .575
Bases Empty   185 35 7 0 2 2 10 8 29 0 0 0 .189 .223 .259 .482
Runner on 1st   66 15 1 0 0 0 5 8 9 0 0 0 .227 .311 .242 .553
Runner on 2nd   33 6 0 0 0 3 0 2 6 0 10 0 .182 .229 .182 .410
Runner on 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .750 1.000 1.750
Runner on 1st & 2nd   27 8 0 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 3 0 .296 .321 .407 .729
Runner on 1st & 3rd   5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 .000 .286 .000 .286
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   133 17 2 0 1 7 7 9 48 2 0 0 .128 .181 .165 .346
First Pitch   52 14 2 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 5 0 .269 .304 .308 .611
Count 0-1   33 9 3 0 2 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 .273 .273 .545 .818
Count 0-2   24 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 2 0 0 .125 .115 .167 .282
Count 1-0   34 11 1 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 3 0 .324 .314 .353 .667
Count 1-1   29 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 4 0 .207 .200 .207 .407
Count 1-2   46 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 19 0 0 0 .152 .152 .174 .326
Count 2-0   13 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .154 .154 .154 .308
Count 2-1   24 7 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 .292 .292 .292 .583
Count 2-2   43 6 0 0 1 5 1 0 15 0 0 0 .140 .140 .209 .349
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   15 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 .267 .476 .267 .743
Full Count   20 1 0 0 0 0 3 9 7 0 0 0 .050 .345 .050 .395
Behind in Count   103 19 5 0 2 6 7 0 26 2 1 0 .184 .181 .291 .472
Ahead in Count   86 24 1 0 0 9 4 12 0 1 4 0 .279 .364 .291 .654
Batting 6th   13 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 2 0 .077 .143 .077 .220
Batting 7th   264 59 7 0 2 19 10 15 32 3 11 0 .223 .262 .273 .535
Batting 8th   53 10 1 0 1 5 5 8 11 2 1 0 .189 .286 .264 .550
Batting 9th   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   108 25 4 0 0 3 6 7 12 0 0 0 .231 .278 .269 .547
Medium Leverage   153 31 3 0 2 11 9 12 23 3 8 0 .203 .256 .261 .517
High Leverage   70 14 1 0 1 10 2 5 12 2 6 0 .200 .247 .257 .504
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 29 101 333 70 8 0 3 24 17 24 0 5 48 3 5 .210 .260 .261 .521 51 46 -0.3
Total MLB 921 2962 671 72 6 73 367 262 303 17 28 524 12 19 .227 .299 .329 .628 83 78 9.7
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 99 98 557 91 2 652 4 .994 868.2 6.71 +2.8 .981 8 117 52 44.4
TOTAL C 872 849 4622 609 35 5258 27 .995 7472.1 6.30 +13.1 1.022 60 754 299 39.7
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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