Rich Garcés

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 250lb (183cm, 113kg)

Born: May 18, 1971 in Maracay, Venezuela ve

High School: Jose Felix Rivas (Maracay, Venezuela)

Debut: September 18, 1990 (Age 19-123d, 15,890th in major league history)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 20, 2002 (Age 31-063d)
vs. NYY 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: Richard Aron Garces

Nicknames: El Guapo

Pronunciation: \gar-SEZ\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

ERA

3.74

287

341.1

296

WHIP

1.330

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1988	17	MIN-min	Rk	5	4	.556	2.29	17	3	10	1	0	5	59.0	51	22	15	1	27	2	69	1	0	7				1.322	7.8	0.2	4.1	10.5	2.56	ELZ APPY
1989	18	MIN-min	A	9	10	.474	3.41	24	24	0	4	1	0	142.2	117	70	54	5	62	1	84	5	6	5				1.255	7.4	0.3	3.9	5.3	1.35	KSH MIDW
1990	19	MIN-min	A+,AA	4	3	.571	1.88	62	0	56	0	0	36	72.0	50	18	15	2	30	2	97	1	0	8				1.111	6.3	0.3	3.8	12.1	3.23	VIS,ORL CALL,SOUL
1990	19	MIN	AL	0	0		1.59	5	0	3	0	0	2	5.2	4	2	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	24	278	4.57	1.412	6.4	0.0	6.4	1.6	0.25

1991	20	MIN-min	AA,AAA	2	2	.500	3.99	20	0	13	0	0	3	29.1	22	13	13	1	22	3	30	3	1	0	133			1.500	6.8	0.3	6.8	9.2	1.36	ORL,POR SOUL,PCL
1992	21	MIN-min	AA	3	3	.500	4.54	58	0	42	0	0	13	73.1	76	46	37	6	39	1	72	2	0	6	334			1.568	9.3	0.7	4.8	8.8	1.85	ORL SOUL
1993	22	MIN-min	AAA	1	3	.250	8.33	35	7	5	0	0	0	54.0	70	55	50	4	64	0	48	0	3	3	293			2.481	11.7	0.7	10.7	8.0	0.75	POR PCL
1993	22	MIN	AL	0	0		0.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	18		2.99	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50

1994	23	MIN-min	AA	4	5	.444	3.72	40	1	22	0	0	3	77.1	70	40	32	5	31	0	76	2	0	6	335			1.306	8.1	0.6	3.6	8.8	2.45	NSV SOUL
1995	24	CHC-min	AAA	0	2	.000	2.86	23	0	15	0	0	7	28.1	25	10	9	3	8	1	36	1	1	0	116			1.165	7.9	1.0	2.5	11.4	4.50	IWA AA
1995	24	TOT	NL	0	2	.000	4.44	18	0	7	0	0	0	24.1	25	15	12	1	11	2	22	0	0	0	108	96	3.19	1.479	9.2	0.4	4.1	8.1	2.00
1995	24	CHC	NL	0	0		3.27	7	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	11	6	4	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	46	128	2.83	1.273	9.0	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00
1995	24	FLA	NL	0	2	.000	5.40	11	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	14	9	8	1	8	2	16	0	0	0	62	80	3.48	1.650	9.5	0.7	5.4	10.8	2.00
1996	25	BOS-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	2.30	10	0	4	0	0	0	15.2	10	4	4	2	5	0	13	0	0	1	58			0.957	5.7	1.1	2.9	7.5	2.60	PAW IL
1996	25	BOS	AL	3	2	.600	4.91	37	0	9	0	0	0	44.0	42	26	24	5	33	5	55	0	0	0	205	104	4.40	1.705	8.6	1.0	6.8	11.3	1.67
1997	26	BOS-min	AAA	2	1	.667	1.45	26	0	16	0	0	5	31.0	24	5	5	0	13	3	42	1	0	4	126			1.194	7.0	0.0	3.8	12.2	3.23	PAW IL
1997	26	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	4.61	12	0	4	0	0	0	13.2	14	9	7	2	9	0	12	1	0	0	66	104	5.45	1.683	9.2	1.3	5.9	7.9	1.33
1998	27	BOS-min	Rk,AAA	0	1	.000	4.19	14	7	7	0	0	3	19.1	17	9	9	1	2	1	18	0	2	1	76			0.983	7.9	0.5	0.9	8.4	9.00	RES,PAW GULF,IL
1998	27	BOS	AL	1	1	.500	3.33	30	0	11	0	0	1	46.0	36	19	17	6	27	3	34	2	1	1	201	142	5.25	1.370	7.0	1.2	5.3	6.7	1.26
1999	28	BOS-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.25	21	0	15	0	0	7	27.2	24	11	10	5	10	0	24	0	0	1	117			1.229	7.8	1.6	3.3	7.8	2.40	PAW IL
1999	28	BOS	AL	5	1	.833	1.55	30	0	4	0	0	2	40.2	25	9	7	1	18	1	33	0	0	0	164	326	3.16	1.057	5.5	0.2	4.0	7.3	1.83
2000	29	BOS	AL	8	1	.889	3.25	64	0	9	0	0	1	74.2	64	28	27	7	23	5	69	1	0	3	309	156	3.47	1.165	7.7	0.8	2.8	8.3	3.00
2001	30	BOS-min	A-	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7			0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	4.5		LOW NYPL
2001	30	BOS	AL	6	1	.857	3.90	62	0	5	0	0	1	67.0	55	32	29	6	25	1	51	4	1	2	284	116	3.99	1.194	7.4	0.8	3.4	6.9	2.04
2002	31	BOS-min	Rk	0	0		0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	14			0.250	2.3	0.0	0.0	11.3		RES GULF
2002	31	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	7.59	26	0	7	0	0	0	21.1	21	20	18	4	12	2	16	3	0	0	97	61	6.01	1.547	8.9	1.7	5.1	6.8	1.33
2005	34	BOS-min	Rk	0	0		3.00	3	3	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	10			0.333	3.0	3.0	0.0	12.0		RES GULF
10 Yrs				23	10	.697	3.74	287	0	60	0	0	7	341.1	290	162	142	32	164	19	296	11	2	6	1476	128	4.12	1.330	7.6	0.8	4.3	7.8	1.80
162 Game Avg.				5	2	.697	3.74	68	0	14	0	0	2	81	69	38	34	8	39	5	70	3	0	1	350	128	4.12	1.330	7.6	0.8	4.3	7.8	1.80

BOS (7 yrs)				23	8	.742	3.78	261	0	49	0	0	5	307.1	257	143	129	31	147	17	270	11	2	6	1326	129	4.21	1.315	7.5	0.9	4.3	7.9	1.84
MIN (2 yrs)				0	0		0.93	8	0	4	0	0	2	9.2	8	4	1	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	42	488	3.92	1.448	7.4	0.0	5.6	3.7	0.67
CHC (1 yr)				0	0		3.27	7	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	11	6	4	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	46	128	2.83	1.273	9.0	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00
FLA (1 yr)				0	2	.000	5.40	11	0	3	0	0	0	13.1	14	9	8	1	8	2	16	0	0	0	62	80	3.48	1.650	9.5	0.7	5.4	10.8	2.00

AL (9 yrs)				23	8	.742	3.69	269	0	53	0	0	7	317.0	265	147	130	31	153	17	274	11	2	6	1368	131	4.20	1.319	7.5	0.9	4.3	7.8	1.79
NL (1 yr)				0	2	.000	4.44	18	0	7	0	0	0	24.1	25	15	12	1	11	2	22	0	0	0	108	96	3.19	1.479	9.2	0.4	4.1	8.1	2.00

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