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Jose Rijo | Major Leaguer 1984-2002

Full Name: Jose Antonio Abreau Rijo
Born: May 13,1965 in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
College:

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Debut: April 5,1984

Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the New York Yankees in 1980

Transactions: [Aug 1,1980] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Yankees. [Dec 5,1984] - Traded by Yankees with Tim Birtsas, Eric Plunk, Jay Howell and Stan Javier to Athletics for Bert Bradley, Rickey Henderson and Cash. [Dec 8,1987] - Traded by Athletics with Tim Birtsas to Reds for Dave Parker. [Oct 29,1997] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 8,1998] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Oct 15,1998] - Granted Free Agency. [Jul 1,2001] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds. [Nov 5,2001] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 7,2002] - Signed as Free Agent by Reds.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1981	GCL Yanks	GCL	16	Nyy	Rk	3	3	4.50	11	1	0	0	4	1	22.0	37	16	11	2	7	22	1		15.14	0.82	2.86	9.00	2.00	--
1982	Paintsvlle	App	17	Nyy	Rk	8	4	2.50	13	12	6	3	1	0	79.1	76	33	22	6	22	66	6		8.62	0.68	2.50	7.49	1.24	--
1983	Ft. Lauder	FSL	18	Nyy	A+	15	5	1.68	21	21	15	4	0	0	160.1	129	38	30	6	43	152	4		7.24	0.34	2.41	8.53	1.07	--
	Nashville	Sou	18	Nyy	AA	3	2	2.68	5	5	3	0	0	0	40.1	31	12	12	1	22	32	0		6.92	0.22	4.91	7.14	1.31	--
1984	Columbus	IL	19	Nyy	AAA	3	3	4.41	11	11	0	0	0	0	65.1	67	35	32	7	40	47	4		9.23	0.96	5.51	6.47	1.64	--
	NY Yankees	AL	19	Nyy	MLB	2	8	4.76	24	5	0	0	8	2	62.1	74	40	33	5	33	47	2	1	10.68	0.72	4.76	6.79	1.72	45%
1985	Tacoma	PCL	20	Oak	AAA	7	10	2.90	24	24	3	1	0	0	149.0	116	64	48	6	108	179	4		7.01	0.36	6.52	10.81	1.50	--
	Oakland	AL	20	Oak	MLB	6	4	3.53	12	9	0	0	1	0	63.2	57	26	25	6	28	65	0	0	8.06	0.85	3.96	9.19	1.34	43%
1986	Oakland	AL	21	Oak	MLB	9	11	4.65	39	26	4	0	9	1	193.2	172	116	100	24	108	176	6	4	7.99	1.12	5.02	8.18	1.45	52%
1987	Tacoma	PCL	22	Oak	AAA	2	4	3.95	9	8	0	0	0	0	54.2	44	27	24	5	28	67	8		7.24	0.82	4.61	11.03	1.32	--
	Oakland	AL	22	Oak	MLB	2	7	5.90	21	14	1	0	3	0	82.1	106	67	54	10	41	67	5	2	11.59	1.09	4.48	7.32	1.79	43%
1988	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	13	8	2.39	49	19	0	0	12	0	162.0	120	47	43	7	63	160	1	4	6.67	0.39	3.50	8.89	1.13	53%
1989	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	7	6	2.84	19	19	1	1	0	0	111.0	101	39	35	6	48	86	4	3	8.19	0.49	3.89	6.97	1.34	43%
1990	Nashville	Amer	25	Cin	AAA	0	0	8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	5	4	4	0	2	2	0		10.38	0.00	4.15	4.15	1.62	--
	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	14	8	2.70	29	29	7	1	0	0	197.0	151	65	59	10	78	152	2	5	6.90	0.46	3.56	6.94	1.16	47%
1991	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	15	6	2.51	30	30	3	1	0	0	204.1	165	69	57	8	55	172	2	4	7.27	0.35	2.42	7.58	1.08	44%
1992	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	15	10	2.56	33	33	2	0	0	0	211.0	185	67	60	15	44	171	2	1	7.89	0.64	1.88	7.29	1.09	49%
1993	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	14	9	2.48	36	36	2	1	0	0	257.1	218	76	71	19	62	227	0	1	7.62	0.66	2.17	7.94	1.09	51%
1994	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	9	6	3.08	26	26	2	0	0	0	172.1	177	73	59	16	52	171	1	2	9.24	0.84	2.72	8.93	1.33	48%
1995	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	5	4	4.17	14	14	0	0	0	0	69.0	76	33	32	6	22	62	3	0	9.91	0.78	2.87	8.09	1.42	55%
2001	Dayton	Midw	36	Cin	A	0	0	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	9.00	0.00	0.00	3.00	1.00	--
	Chattga	Sou	36	Cin	AA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	3.00	0.00	3.00	9.00	0.67	--
	Louisville	IL	36	Cin	AAA	0	0	5.14	6	4	0	0	0	0	14.0	16	9	8	2	5	7	1	0	10.29	1.29	3.21	4.50	1.50	--
	Cincinnati	NL	36	Cin	MLB	0	0	2.12	13	0	0	0	4	0	17.0	19	6	4	2	9	12	1	1	10.06	1.06	4.76	6.35	1.65	37%
2002	Cincinnati	NL	37	Cin	MLB	5	4	5.14	31	9	0	0	6	0	77.0	89	48	44	13	20	38	1	0	10.40	1.52	2.34	4.44	1.42	53%

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						116	91	3.24	376	269	22	4	43	3	1,880.0	1710	772	676	147	663	1606	30	28	8.19	0.70	3.17	7.69	1.26	48%
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)						41	31	2.90	103	89	27	8	5	1	595.1	525	239	192	35	278	578	29		7.94	0.53	4.20	8.74	1.35	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1984	NY Yankees	AL	19	Nyy	MLB	p	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1985	Oakland	AL	20	Oak	MLB	p	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1986	Oakland	AL	21	Oak	MLB	p	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1987	Oakland	AL	22	Oak	MLB	p	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1988	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	p	9	49	37	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14	0	0	4	0	0	.054	.054	.135	189	53%
1989	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	p	9	19	38	0	8	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	11	0	0	1	0	0	.211	.231	.237	468	54%
1990	Nashville	Amer	25	Cin	AAA	p		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	p	9	29	62	3	10	1	0	0	2	1	0	2	10	0	0	11	0	1	.161	.188	.177	365	62%
1991	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	p	9	31	67	7	14	0	0	0	5	0	1	2	13	0	0	9	0	0	.209	.232	.209	441	70%
1992	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	p	9	33	72	3	14	2	0	0	6	0	0	0	18	0	0	6	0	0	.194	.194	.222	416	69%
1993	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	p	9	36	82	5	22	4	0	1	8	0	0	3	18	0	0	12	0	2	.268	.294	.354	648	52%
1994	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	p	9	26	49	4	10	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	10	0	0	.204	.204	.286	490	65%
1995	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	p	9	14	22	1	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	.136	.136	.182	318	56%
2001	Chattga	Sou	36	Cin	AA	p		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Louisville	IL	36	Cin	AAA	p		6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	36	Cin	MLB	p	9	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2002	Cincinnati	NL	37	Cin	MLB	p	9	31	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	3	0	1	.125	.125	.125	250	60%

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								377	445	25	85	13	0	2	29	2	1	8	101	0	0	58	0	4	.191	.205	.234	439	61%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1990	Cincinnati	NL	25		Ch	1	0	4.38	2		0			0	12.1	10		6		7	15			7.30	---	5.11	10.95	1.38	--
	Cincinnati	NL	25		Ws	2	0	0.59	2		0			0	15.1	9		1		5	14			5.28	---	2.93	8.22	0.91	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						3	0	2.28	4		0			0	27.2	19		7		12	29			6.18	---	3.90	9.43	1.12	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1990	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	Ch	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	Ws	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	666	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						4	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.125	.125	250	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1981	GCL Yanks	GCL	16	Nyy	Rk	P	11			0	3	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1982	Paintsvlle	App	17	Nyy	Rk	P	13			3	24	0	27	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1983	Ft. Lauder	FSL	18	Nyy	A+	P	21			9	23	1	33	0	-	-	-	.970	--
1983	Nashville	Sou	18	Nyy	AA	P	5			6	1	0	7	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1984	Columbus	IL	19	Nyy	AAA	P	11			5	9	0	14	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1984	NY Yankees	AL	19	Nyy	MLB	P	24		62.1	2	12	1	15	0	-	-	-	.933	2.02

1985	Tacoma	PCL	20	Oak	AAA	P	24			7	16	0	23	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1985	Oakland	AL	20	Oak	MLB	P	12		63.2	2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	.99

1986	Oakland	AL	21	Oak	MLB	P	39		193.2	13	18	3	34	0	-	-	-	.912	1.44

1987	Tacoma	PCL	22	Oak	AAA	P	9			2	9	1	12	1	-	-	-	.917	--
1987	Oakland	AL	22	Oak	MLB	P	21		82.1	10	10	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	2.19

1988	Cincinnati	NL	23	Cin	MLB	P	49		162	7	23	1	31	1	-	-	-	.968	1.67

1989	Cincinnati	NL	24	Cin	MLB	P	19		111	6	14	0	20	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.62

1990	Nashville	Amer	25	Cin	AAA	P	1			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1990	Cincinnati	NL	25	Cin	MLB	P	29		197	19	27	2	48	0	-	-	-	.958	2.10

1991	Cincinnati	NL	26	Cin	MLB	P	30		204.1	17	22	3	42	2	-	-	-	.929	1.72

1992	Cincinnati	NL	27	Cin	MLB	P	33		211	19	31	2	52	1	-	-	-	.962	2.13

1993	Cincinnati	NL	28	Cin	MLB	P	36		257.1	27	35	0	62	8	-	-	-	1.000	2.17

1994	Cincinnati	NL	29	Cin	MLB	P	26		172.1	14	27	0	41	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.14

1995	Cincinnati	NL	30	Cin	MLB	P	14		69	4	9	0	13	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.70

2001	Dayton	Midw	36	Cin	A	P	1			0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Chattga	Sou	36	Cin	AA	P	1			0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	--
2001	Louisville	IL	36	Cin	AAA	P	6			2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Cincinnati	NL	36	Cin	MLB	P	13		17	0	1	1	2	0	-	-	-	.500	.53

2002	Cincinnati	NL	37	Cin	MLB	P	31		77	4	14	0	18	0	-	-	-	1.000	2.10

Awards

[1990] - World Series Most Valuable Player, NL MVP (Voting Rank: #19) [1991] - NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #4) [1993] - NL MVP (Voting Rank: #21), NL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #5) [1994] - Played in MLB All-Star Game [2001] - Hall of Fame Ballot Voting (1 votes - 0.19%) [2002] - Tony Conigliaro Award (Overcoming Adversity)

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1985	*60,000		299,108	66
1986	85,000		325,466	62
1987	*60,000		292,853	73
1988	127,500		325,305	51
1989	457,500		375,257	28
1990	630,000		426,358	27
1991	2,333,333	74	617,627	8
1992	3,520,833	36	798,185	4
1993	4,083,333	36	815,723	4
1994	3,975,000	44	914,157	5
1995	5,750,000	18	831,504	2
1996	6,150,000	16	835,262	2
1997	6,150,000	31	996,990	3
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	79
2002	500,000		1,654,088	43

Career:	$34,082,499	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Member of the World Series Champion Cincinnati Reds in 1990.

Notes: Played in 1 All-Star game during his career (1994)

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