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  NAME     : Rich Garces
  NICKNAME : El Guapo
  ORIGIN   : Venezuela
 
  BIRTHDAY : 5/18/1971
  AGE      : 33
  HEIGHT   : 6"1
  WEIGHT   : 260
 
  POSITION : Pitcher
  ROLE     : Middle Reliever
  BATS     : Right
  THROWS   : Right
 
  CONTRACT : $5,000,000 through 2007
  DESIRE TO PLAY FOR WINNER: Minimal
  LOYALTY                  : Minimal
  TEAM LEADER              : None at all
  CONSISTENCY              : Inconsistent at times
  CLUTCH PERFORMANCE       : Normal
  INJURY RATING            : Normal

DEFENSIVE RATINGS : Range at Pitcher : D (Fielding Pct. : 1.000)
PITCHING RATINGS : (Rated by an average league scout) Duration as Starter : * Duration as Reliever : C Holding Runners : C Groundball Pct. : 57 Avoiding Runs : 8 Avoiding Hits : 8 (VS. RHB : 8, VS. LHB : 8, Talent Good) Avoiding Doubles : 5 (VS. RHB : 5, VS. LHB : 5, Talent Average) Avoiding Homeruns : 7 (VS. RHB : 7, VS. LHB : 7, Talent Good) Avoiding BB's : 6 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Average) Getting Strikeouts : 6 (VS. RHB : 6, VS. LHB : 6, Talent Good) Throwing Velocity : 5 Pitch Assortment : , Fastball, Changeup, Curveball
PITCHING STATS : Category ERA W L S G GS IP HA R ER BB K Overall 2.31 0 2 0 13 0 11.2 17 7 3 7 10 At Home 2.25 0 1 0 8 0 8.0 12 5 2 6 7 Away 2.45 0 1 0 5 0 3.2 5 2 1 1 3 Last Week 0.00 0 0 0 3 0 3.1 3 0 0 2 1 This Week 3.38 0 1 0 3 0 2.2 4 2 1 0 3 Apr/Mar 2.31 0 2 0 13 0 11.2 17 7 3 7 10 May 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
CAREER STATS : YEAR ERA W L S G CG SHO IP ER BB K TEAMS 1990 1.80 0 0 2 5 0 0 5.0 1 4 1 MIN 1993 0.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 4.0 0 2 3 MIN 1995 4.50 0 2 0 18 0 0 24.0 12 11 22 FLO,CHN 1996 4.91 3 2 0 37 0 0 44.0 24 33 55 BOS 1997 4.50 0 1 0 12 0 0 14.0 7 9 12 BOS 1998 3.33 1 1 1 30 0 0 46.0 17 27 34 BOS 1999 1.54 5 1 2 30 0 0 41.0 7 18 33 BOS 2000 3.24 8 1 1 64 0 0 75.0 27 23 69 BOS 2001 3.90 6 1 1 62 0 0 67.0 29 25 51 BOS 2003 5.08 6 3 1 98 0 0 88.2 50 41 77 BOS,BOS,COL 2004 4.19 4 7 0 69 0 0 68.2 32 23 35 CHN Total ERA : 3.85 Total Wins : 33 Total Losses: 21 Total Saves : 8 Total SHO : 0 Total CG : 0 Total K's : 402 Total BB's : 223
PLAYER HISTORY
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (N) on 2/4/2004 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year... Had first career hit on 4/12/2005, off Blaine Neal (FLO)...