Alesso
Rusticucci
 
Nickname: The Stallion
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5''
Weight: 230
 
Born: March 4, 1980 in Italy
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2010    2011    2012    2013   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 24 TX GE $ 300,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9 4 3 3 4 3 3
2005 25 TX GE $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9 4 4 4 5 4 4
2006 26 MS FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5
2007 27 MS FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6
2008 28 MS FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 300,000 5 5 5 6 6 6 0 0 0 9 9 9 4 3 3 4 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 1 1 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 29 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 9 9 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
2010 30 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
2011 31 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
2012 32 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 4 4 8 8 8 7 7 7
2013 33 DC FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
2014 34 DC FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 6 5 5
2015 35 DC FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 7 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
2016 36 DC FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 10 10 10 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2004 24 TX GE 96 333 36 80 17 1 16 52 3 4 13 85 .240 .271 .441 .712 40.2 4.1
    AAA   61 246 32 66 10 0 12 39 2 1 14 55 .268 .308 .455 .763 34.0  
2005 25 TX GE 155 602 83 173 31 1 26 98 10 4 41 140 .287 .334 .472 .806 88.0 16.6
2006 26 TX GE 79 281 42 68 17 3 13 37 3 1 33 61 .242 .321 .463 .783 42.2 5.3
  MS FF 40 154 23 36 7 1 4 20 1 1 15 23 .234 .300 .370 .670 16.7 0.9
  TOT   119 435 65 104 24 4 17 57 4 2 48 84 .239 .314 .430 .743 58.9 6.2
2007 27 MS FF 154 596 94 174 30 0 35 115 9 4 53 84 .292 .347 .518 .865 101.5 23.3
2008 28 MS FF 116 424 54 105 27 2 14 69 10 3 54 81 .248 .332 .420 .752 59.2 10.7
2009 29 IL GE 154 558 92 161 24 0 33 113 17 4 52 66 .289 .346 .509 .855 95.9 21.1
2010 30 IL GE 156 551 95 154 11 0 41 116 14 5 69 60 .279 .364 .523 .887 103.1 24.3
2011 31 IL GE 156 589 76 149 23 0 29 86 11 6 35 59 .253 .291 .440 .731 72.7 13.4
2012 32 IL GE 154 536 83 123 10 0 33 86 10 1 52 58 .229 .297 .433 .730 70.9 12.7
2013 33 IL GE 15 49 8 12 1 0 5 10 1 1 8 6 .245 .351 .571 .922 9.7 2.3
  DC FF 143 507 68 128 24 0 25 88 11 5 48 71 .252 .316 .448 .764 71.6 16.3
  TOT   158 556 76 140 25 0 30 98 12 6 56 77 .252 .319 .459 .778 81.3 18.6
2014 34 DC FF 144 392 52 89 9 1 16 44 8 4 49 69 .227 .313 .378 .690 49.1 9.2
2015 35 DC FF 129 263 33 66 6 1 11 42 4 2 26 59 .251 .318 .407 .725 34.0 6.4
2016 36 DC FF 140 270 16 55 8 3 3 20 8 1 24 48 .204 .268 .289 .557 22.7 1.7
13 Years Sim 1831 6105 855 1573 245 13 304 996 120 46 572 970 .258 .321 .451 .772 877.5 168.3
1 Years AAA 61 246 32 66 10 0 12 39 2 1 14 55 .268 .311 .455 .766 34.0  
162 Game Average 540 75 139 21 1 26 88 10 4 50 85 .258 .321 .451 .772 77.6  
Career Highs 158 602 95 174 31 4 41 116 17 6 69 140 .292 .364 .523 .887 103.1  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4428 598 1127 184 11 223 734 85 33 365 714 .255 .311 .452 .763 631.5
vs LH   1677 257 446 61 2 81 262 35 13 207 256 .266 .346 .450 .796 268.0
Home 910 2959 403 776 97 7 148 474 47 31 281 455 .262 .326 .450 .775 436.8
Away 921 3146 452 797 148 6 156 522 73 15 291 515 .253 .316 .453 .769 462.7
RISP   1552 0 412 58 3 93 687 0 0 183 268 .265 .334 .486 .820 260.6
Pinch Hitting   249 17 48 8 1 3 20 3 2 29 58 .193 .274 .269 .543 19.6
Close/Late   795 94 201 33 1 40 125 0 0 96 137 .253 .336 .448 .784 121.5
Mar/Apr 264 899 125 228 32 0 50 151 24 8 96 131 .254 .326 .456 .782 138.0
May 286 981 141 242 35 2 45 145 18 11 95 159 .247 .313 .424 .737 133.2
June 309 1078 143 268 40 6 55 165 23 7 95 181 .249 .308 .450 .758 154.2
July 298 988 137 243 45 2 47 155 15 2 91 159 .246 .311 .438 .749 138.1
August 333 1045 155 289 47 2 60 194 23 8 94 163 .277 .334 .498 .832 173.3
Sep/Oct 341 1114 154 303 46 1 47 186 17 10 101 177 .272 .330 .442 .772 162.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
2004 24 TX GE LF 84 84 744.3 140 1 5 0 .966 1.70   1.2
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
2005 25 TX GE LF 150 150 1325.7 300 2 10 1 .968 2.05   2.7
2006 26 TX GE LF 73 72 633.6 152 5 7 2 .957 2.23   2.0
    1B 5 1 16.9 16 0 0 1 1.000 8.52   0.0
  MS FF LF 37 36 338.7 81 2 4 1 .954 2.21   1.4
    1B 2 0 9.1 8 0 0 0 1.000 7.91   0.0
  TOT   LF 110 108 972.3 233 7 11 3 .956 2.22   3.4
      1B 7 1 26.0 24 0 0 1 1.000 8.31   0.0
2007 27 MS FF LF 151 144 1308.7 276 1 10 1 .965 1.91   3.6
    1B 1 1 9.0 13 1 1 0 .933 14.00   0.0
2008 28 MS FF LF 114 113 1019.7 195 6 9 2 .957 1.77   1.8
2009 29 IL GE LF 143 138 1232.7 289 7 11 1 .964 2.16   3.5
    1B 10 8 71.7 72 7 0 4 1.000 9.92   0.2
2010 30 IL GE LF 81 78 708.3 171 5 8 1 .957 2.24   1.7
    1B 70 68 608.3 697 47 3 54 .996 11.01   1.5
    2B 1 0 7.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.14   0.0
2011 31 IL GE LF 147 143 1313.3 320 6 7 0 .979 2.23   3.8
    1B 2 0 4.0 4 0 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
2012 32 IL GE LF 135 126 1108.0 278 6 6 1 .979 2.31   3.3
    1B 19 18 150.0 158 16 1 16 .994 10.44   0.3
2013 33 IL GE LF 14 14 119.0 31 1 0 0 1.000 2.42   0.4
    1B 0 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
  DC FF LF 134 129 1168.7 301 10 3 4 .990 2.39   1.8
    1B 2 0 4.5 6 0 0 1 1.000 12.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 148 143 1287.7 332 11 3 4 .991 2.40   2.3
      1B 2 0 5.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 12.60   0.0
2014 34 DC FF LF 107 92 844.0 198 9 3 3 .986 2.21   1.4
    CF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
2015 35 DC FF LF 72 47 448.3 115 2 4 0 .967 2.35   0.9
    1B 4 0 7.0 9 1 0 3 1.000 12.86   0.0
2016 36 DC FF LF 77 53 498.0 103 9 2 1 .982 2.02   1.0
    1B 13 6 77.0 96 6 0 10 1.000 11.92   0.1
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  LF 1519 1419 12811.0 2950 72 89 18 .971 2.12   30.5
  1B 131 102 962.0 1083 78 5 90 .996 10.86   2.1
  CF 1 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  2B 1 0 7.0 1 3 0 1 1.000 5.14   0.0
  RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
Career Totals   1653 1521 13790.0 4034 153 94 109 .978 2.73   32.6
Career Highs   154 150 1325.7 869 55 11 56 .992 6.28    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2006 26 MS FF 15 59 4 14 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 15 .237 .286 .339 .625
2007 27 MS FF 10 35 4 7 2 0 1 5 2 2 7 6 .200 .333 .343 .676
2008 28 MS FF 5 18 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 .167 .211 .167 .377
2009 29 IL GE 14 51 4 9 2 0 2 9 1 0 4 9 .176 .232 .333 .565
2010 30 IL GE 8 27 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 5 .074 .194 .185 .379
2011 31 IL GE 14 54 9 16 0 0 4 13 2 0 4 3 .296 .345 .519 .863
2012 32 IL GE 12 44 5 8 1 0 3 9 1 0 4 3 .182 .250 .409 .659
2014 34 DC FF 11 19 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .263 .300 .316 .616
Career Post-Season Batting 89 307 30 64 9 0 12 43 6 3 29 46 .208 .276 .355 .631
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
2010-6-.364
Slugging Pct
2007-10-.518
2009-8-.509
2010-6-.523
OPS
2009-9-.855
2010-5-.887
XR
2009-9-95.9
2010-5-103.1
At-Bats
2005-7-602
2007-9-596
2011-7-589
Runs
2009-9-92
2010-5-95
Hits
2005-10-173
Total Bases
2005-9-284
2007-5-309
2009-6-284
2010-6-288
Homeruns
2007-3-35
2009-3-33
2010-1-41
2011-9-29
2012-4-33
CAR-40-304
RBIs
2005-5-98
2007-2-115
2009-1-113
2010-1-116
2011-7-86
2013-10-88
Walks
2010-7-69
Strikeouts
2005-6-140
 
   Black Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 67    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 2nd overall pick, by Texas in 2004
Had first career hit (double) on 6/15/2004, off Joseph Smartt (Uta)
Hit first career homerun on 7/6/2004, off Thomas Maurer (Kan)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/26/2004, hitting .435 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Washington on 6/16/2005
Had 20-game hitting streak snapped on 7/29/2005
Traded from Texas to Mississippi on 7/2/2006 (Going to Tex: CF S. Huggan. Going to Mis: 1B A. Rusticucci)
Injured on 8/21/2006 with a Spasms Back, out for 6 weeks
Won National Cup with Mississippi in 2006
Injured on 4/28/2008 with a Broken Foot, out for 5 weeks
Traded from Mississippi to Illinois on 3/3/2009 (Going to Ill: LF Aless Rusticucci, P Billy-Bob Suggs. Going to Mis: C Martin Holtz)
Had 5 hits with 7 RBI against California on 8/4/2009
Won Player of the Week award on 8/10/2009, hitting .423 with 3 HR, 14 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/2009, hitting .343 with 7 HR, 32 RBI
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2009
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/7/2011, hitting .360 with 3 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 2011 Allstar game
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2011
Drove in 6 runs against Utah on 4/23/2012
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Idaho on 7/1/2012
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/2012, hitting .455 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Idaho on 10/14/2012
Traded from Illinois to D.C. on 4/21/2013 (Going to Ill: P Walter Piccirillo, CF Larry Misner, RF Ike Asimov, 1B Jeremy Vaz. Going to DC: LF Alesso Rusticucci)
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game