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William
Ratzlaff		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 220
 
Born: March 28, 1982 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2011   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2002 20 MA FF     0 0 0 0 4 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 2 3 3 6 5 5
2003 21 MA FF     0 0 2 1 4 5 4 5 5 5 0 2 1 4 5 5 7 6 7
2004 22 MA FF     0 1 3 2 4 5 4 5 5 5 1 2 2 6 7 6 7 6 6
2005 23 MA FF     0 1 3 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 2 3 3 7 8 7 7 6 6
2006 24 MA FF     0 1 3 2 4 5 4 5 5 5 3 5 4 8 9 8 7 6 6
2007 25 MA FF     0 1 3 2 4 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 8 9 8 7 6 6
2008 26 MA FF     1 1 3 2 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 9 8 7 6 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 4 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 2 3 3 6 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings     1 1 3 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 8 9 8 7 6 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 27 MA FF   6 2 3 3 8 10 9 6 8 7
2010 28 MA FF $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 8 10 9 6 8 7
2011 29 MA FF $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 8 10 9 6 8 7
2012 30 MA FF $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 8 10 9 6 8 7
2013 31 MA FF $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 8 10 9 5 7 6
2014 32 MA FF $ 300,000 6 4 4 4 8 10 9 5 7 6
2015 33 MA FF $ 300,000 6 3 4 3 8 10 9 5 7 6
2016 34 MN GE $ 300,000 6 3 4 3 8 9 9 4 6 5
2017 35 MN GE $ 300,000 5 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 2 2 2 6 7 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 4 5 4 8 10 9 6 8 7
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
2002 20 MA FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2003 21 MA FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2004 22 MA FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2005 23 MA FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2006 24 MA FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2007 25 MA FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
2008 26 MA FF   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  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 27 MA FF     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
2010 28 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
2011 29 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
2012 30 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
2013 31 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
2014 32 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
2015 33 MA FF $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
2016 34 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
2017 35 MN GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2002 20 A   9 4 .692 38 14 0 0 1 119.7 139 52 6 52 100 3.91 .294 .365 .388 .752  
2003 21 A   10 7 .588 25 21 0 0 0 157.7 135 42 14 34 194 2.40 .229 .271 .362 .633  
2004 22 A   14 8 .636 26 26 1 0 0 182.7 141 64 19 39 203 3.15 .211 .255 .341 .596  
2005 23 AA   2 6 .250 11 11 1 0 0 67.7 78 47 12 15 75 6.25 .286 .323 .502 .825  
    A   4 4 .500 13 13 0 0 0 87.3 88 37 10 12 102 3.81 .257 .282 .397 .678  
2006 24 AA   11 9 .550 24 24 1 1 0 158.0 148 66 14 28 199 3.76 .244 .278 .394 .672  
2007 25 AA   12 9 .571 25 25 1 1 0 167.0 164 58 16 13 245 3.13 .253 .268 .386 .654  
2008 26 AA   10 5 .667 25 25 1 1 0 181.3 131 34 8 16 272 1.69 .199 .218 .285 .503  
2009 27 AAA   12 9 .571 29 29 5 0 0 213.7 211 96 25 57 80 4.04 .259 .307 .418 .726  
2010 28 MA FF 2 3 .400 9 9 0 0 0 55.7 54 21 5 10 10 3.40 .258 .290 .383 .672 3.3
    AAA   11 8 .579 25 25 1 0 0 188.3 155 52 12 23 81 2.48 .219 .243 .336 .579  
2011 29 MA FF 4 8 .333 25 25 0 0 0 154.0 161 60 14 23 39 3.51 .271 .309 .386 .694 6.5
2012 30 MA FF 7 14 .333 34 34 0 0 0 204.3 190 80 25 32 71 3.52 .245 .288 .382 .670 7.4
2013 31 MA FF 10 14 .417 35 35 0 0 0 213.7 196 79 18 40 78 3.33 .240 .279 .351 .630 10.0
2014 32 MA FF 9 12 .429 26 26 0 0 0 174.7 152 63 15 21 47 3.25 .234 .265 .351 .616 10.9
2015 33 MA FF 1 3 .250 29 8 0 0 1 75.0 94 33 4 14 32 3.96 .303 .333 .400 .733 2.0
2016 34 MN GE 1 6 .143 10 10 0 0 0 50.0 77 37 12 9 16 6.66 .352 .377 .575 .953 0.0
    AAA   7 7 .500 19 16 0 0 0 106.3 123 51 13 18 45 4.32 .290 .319 .434 .753  
2017 35 AAA   5 2 .714 13 9 0 0 0 65.7 68 25 4 13 31 3.43 .271 .307 .355 .661  
7 Years Sim 34 60 .362 168 147 0 0 1 927.3 924 373 93 149 293 3.62 .259 .295 .383 .678 40.0
4 Years AAA 35 26 .574 86 79 6 0 0 574.0 557 224 54 111 237 3.51 .253 .289 .387 .677  
4 Years AA 35 29 .547 85 85 4 3 0 574.0 521 205 50 72 791 3.21 .238 .263 .372 .635  
4 Years A 37 23 .617 102 74 1 0 1 547.3 503 195 49 137 599 3.21 .243 .290 .367 .657  
12 Years Minors 107 78 .578 273 238 11 3 1 1695.3 1581 624 153 320 1627 3.31 .245 .281 .376 .656  
Season Average 4 8 .333 24 21 0 0 0 132.5 132 53 13 21 41 3.62 .259 .295 .383 .678  
Career Highs 10 14 .429 35 35 0 0 1 213.7 196 80 25 40 78 6.66 .352 .377 .575 .953  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   540 209 46 70 192   .251 .275 .357 .632
vs LH   384 164 47 79 101   .270 .309 .423 .732
Home 21 32 .396 89 82 0 0 0 525.6 492 202 55 92 164 3.46 .245 .278 .378 .656
Away 13 28 .317 79 65 0 0 1 401.7 432 171 38 57 129 3.83 .276 .301 .391 .692
Mar/Apr 5 11 .313 23 23 0 0 0 129.0 144 63 13 23 41 4.40 .285 .316 .409 .725
May 6 11 .353 27 27 0 0 0 160.3 164 61 14 30 69 3.42 .259 .293 .362 .654
June 7 14 .333 29 29 0 0 0 178.7 164 75 20 29 58 3.78 .242 .273 .382 .655
July 4 8 .333 22 22 0 0 0 136.3 129 58 16 21 33 3.83 .250 .280 .388 .668
August 7 6 .538 35 21 0 0 1 154.7 156 54 13 19 40 3.14 .262 .285 .379 .664
Sep/Oct 5 10 .333 32 25 0 0 0 168.3 167 62 17 27 52 3.32 .259 .289 .386 .675
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
2010 28 MA FF 9 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .118 .167 .118 .284 -0.1 0.0
2011 29 MA FF 25 48 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .042 .061 .083 .145 -2.7 0.0
2012 30 MA FF 34 65 4 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 .077 .077 .138 .215 -2.4 0.0
2013 31 MA FF 35 69 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 32 .058 .096 .087 .183 -2.3 0.0
2014 32 MA FF 26 53 3 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .094 .127 .151 .278 -0.5 0.0
2015 33 MA FF 29 17 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .059 .111 .059 .170 -0.6 0.0
2016 34 MN GE 10 14 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .071 .133 .143 .276 -0.2 0.0
7 Years Sim 168 283 14 20 12 0 0 5 0 0 9 106 .071 .099 .113 .212 -8.7 0.0
162 Game Average 272 13 19 11 0 0 4 0 0 8 102 .071 .099 .113 .212 -8.4  
Career Highs 35 69 4 5 4 0 0 3 0 0 3 32 .118 .167 .151 .284 -0.1  
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   236 8 14 8 0 0 3 0 0 5 95 .059 .079 .093 .172 -10.9
vs LH   47 6 6 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 11 .128 .196 .213 .409 1.3
Home 89 152 10 11 8 0 0 2 0 0 4 57 .072 .096 .125 .221 -4.9
Away 79 131 4 9 4 0 0 3 0 0 5 49 .069 .102 .099 .201 -4.6
RISP   64 0 3 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 25 .047 .061 .063 .123 -3.8
Close/Late   4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.4
Mar/Apr 23 41 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 16 .098 .119 .146 .265 -0.8
May 27 49 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 18 .041 .096 .082 .178 -2.1
June 29 55 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 26 .055 .088 .091 .179 -2.4
July 21 44 3 4 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 17 .091 .091 .159 .250 -1.2
August 35 44 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .091 .109 .136 .245 -1.1
Sep/Oct 32 50 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 18 .060 .096 .080 .176 -2.1
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    
2010 28 MA FF P 9 9 55.7 4 14 1 1 .947 2.91    
2011 29 MA FF P 25 25 154.0 12 35 0 1 1.000 2.75    
2012 30 MA FF P 34 34 204.3 20 45 2 2 .970 2.86    
2013 31 MA FF P 35 35 213.7 18 42 5 1 .923 2.53    
2014 32 MA FF P 26 26 174.7 11 40 1 5 .981 2.63    
2015 33 MA FF P 29 8 75.0 9 13 2 1 .917 2.64    
2016 34 MN GE P 10 10 50.0 6 12 1 3 .947 3.24    
Career Totals   168 147 927.3 80 201 12 14 .959 2.73    
Career Highs   35 35 213.7 20 45 5 5 1.000 3.24    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2012-7-14
 Games Started
2013-5-35
 Hits Allowed
2013-10-196
 Homeruns Allowed
2012-5-25
 Walks per 9IP
2012-10-1.4
2014-5-1.1
 WHiP
2014-10-0.99
OOBP
2014-9-.265
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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  5. Richard Herron (938)
  6. Alphonse Nietz (937)
  7. Lloyd Sewell (936)
  8. Francisco Soberanez (934)
  9. Pedro Ramos (929)
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History
Drafted in 47th round, 1106th overall pick, by California Kings in 2000
Drafted in 5th round, 114th overall pick, by Massachusetts in 2002
Injured on 6/9/2003 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 6 days
Injured on 4/7/2010 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 8/29/2010, off Alfonso Arevalo (NY)
Earned first career win on 9/25/2010
Won Mays Award at Pitcher in 2011
Injured on 5/18/2015 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 9-10 weeks
Traded from Massachusetts to Minnesota on 5/1/2016 (Going to MN: 2B James Erickson, P William Ratzlaff, 3B Cirilo Diez. Going to MA: LF Simon Gardena)
 
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