Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1985
- College
- BYU
Bio
- Height
- 6' 5"
- Debut
- 1985
- College
- BYU
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 732
- W
- 86
- L
- 81
- ERA
- 3.57
- IP
- 1291.1
- K
- 1,030
- BB
- 351
- WHIP
- 1.23
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | NYM | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3.24 | 122.1 | 74 | 37 | 1.27 |
| 1986 | NYM | 28 | 10 | 7 | 3.88 | 141.2 | 104 | 36 | 1.28 |
| 1987 | NYM | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3.60 | 115.0 | 77 | 33 | 1.37 |
| 1988 | NYM | 11 | 0 | 4 | 6.93 | 24.2 | 16 | 10 | 1.58 |
| 1989 |  NYM/MIN | 47 | 9 | 11 | 2.79 | 145.0 | 137 | 38 | 1.16 |
| 1990 | MIN | 56 | 5 | 3 | 2.76 | 65.1 | 61 | 19 | 1.13 |
| 1991 | MIN | 63 | 4 | 5 | 2.35 | 69.0 | 61 | 30 | 1.07 |
| 1992 | MIN | 64 | 2 | 6 | 2.84 | 66.2 | 52 | 17 | 1.16 |
| 1993 | MIN | 65 | 4 | 3 | 3.11 | 72.1 | 59 | 14 | 1.02 |
| 1994 | MIN | 44 | 1 | 4 | 3.63 | 44.2 | 46 | 10 | 1.50 |
| 1995 | BOS/MIN | 52 | 3 | 3 | 2.60 | 55.1 | 52 | 13 | 1.07 |
| 1996 | MIN | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5.42 | 111.1 | 83 | 27 | 1.36 |
| 1997 | MIN | 61 | 5 | 4 | 3.82 | 68.1 | 68 | 22 | 1.27 |
| 1998 | MIN | 68 | 4 | 9 | 4.24 | 74.1 | 57 | 15 | 1.21 |
| 1999 |  MIN/CHC | 61 | 9 | 4 | 2.93 | 67.2 | 45 | 12 | 0.98 |
| 2000 | CHC | 54 | 1 | 2 | 4.91 | 47.2 | 38 | 18 | 1.36 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 14
- W
- 2
- L
- 1
- ERA
- 2.66
- IP
- 23.2
- K
- 17
- BB
- 6
- WHIP
- 1.23
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 48
- CG
- 10
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 7.2
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 53
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | NYM | 11 | 2 | 0 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1986 | NYM | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1987 | NYM | 9 | 1 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1988 | NYM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1989 | NYM/MIN | 10 | 3 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1990 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1991 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1992 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1993 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1994 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | BOS/MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | MIN | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1997 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1998 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | MIN/CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2000 | CHC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
What were Rick Aguilera's career stats?
Rick Aguilera played 16 seasons for the Mets, the Twins and the Cubs. He had 86 wins and 1,030 strikeouts with a 3.57 ERA over 1,291.1 innings. His best season was 1987: 11 wins, a 3.60 ERA and 77 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
16 seasons, 4 postseasons, 1985 to 2000
Rick Aguilera finished top 10 in a stat 6 times.
Championships ×2
- 1986 World Series with the New York Mets
- 1991 World Series with the Minnesota Twins
All-time career rank
- 23rd in saves (318)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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