David
Riske
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 185
 
Born: October 23, 1976 in Usa, WA, RENTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2006   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 27 CLE AL $ 720,000 2 7 10 9 4 6 5 4 9 6
2005 28 CLE AL $ 1,468,571 3 7 10 9 4 6 5 4 8 6
2006 29 CLE AL $ 1,468,571 3 7 10 9 4 6 5 3 8 6
2007 30 NYA AL $ 6,250,000 3 7 10 9 4 5 5 3 8 6
2008 31 NYA AL $ 6,250,000 2 7 10 9 3 5 4 3 8 5
2009 32 MIN AL $ 6,250,000 2 7 10 9 3 5 4 3 8 5
2010 33 MIN AL $ 6,250,000 2 7 10 9 3 5 4 3 8 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 720,000 2 7 10 9 3 5 4 3 8 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,250,000 3 7 10 9 4 6 5 4 9 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 27 CLE AL 4 5 .444 51 0 0 0 23 63.3 63 25 9 29 74 3.55 .259 .337 .407 .744 8.7
2005 28 CLE AL 4 8 .333 58 0 0 0 23 69.0 75 37 7 29 63 4.83 .283 .350 .438 .788 6.2
2006 29 CLE AL 3 4 .429 68 0 0 0 6 74.7 70 22 6 23 67 2.65 .250 .307 .350 .657 8.9
2007 30 NYA AL 9 4 .692 53 0 0 0 5 82.0 63 28 12 28 85 3.07 .212 .278 .370 .649 9.5
2008 31 NYA AL 5 6 .455 67 0 0 0 7 96.7 98 55 15 51 89 5.12 .266 .356 .421 .777 5.3
2009 32 NYA AL 1 2 .333 25 0 0 0 1 32.7 53 27 9 18 30 7.44 .366 .433 .614 1.047 0.0
  MIN AL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 12.3 11 9 2 6 11 6.57 .239 .321 .391 .712 0.2
  TOT   1 2 .333 33 0 0 0 1 45.0 64 36 11 24 41 7.20 .335 .406 .560 .966 0.2
2010 33 MIN AL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 2 1 1 2 13.53 .500 .556 1.000 1.556 0.0
2011 34 A   2 2 .500 13 0 0 0 4 11.3 16 10 1 5 17 7.94 .320 .382 .460 .842  
7 Years Sim 26 30 .464 332 0 0 0 65 432.0 437 205 61 185 421 4.27 .265 .337 .419 .757 38.7
1 Years A 2 2 .500 13 0 0 0 4 11.3 16 10 1 5 17 7.94 .320 .382 .460 .842  
Season Average 3 4 .429 47 0 0 0 9 61.7 62 29 8 26 60 4.27 .265 .337 .419 .757  
Career Highs 9 8 .692 68 0 0 0 23 96.7 98 55 15 51 89 13.53 .500 .556 1.000 1.556  
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   210 87 29 83 263   .235 .300 .374 .674
vs LH   227 118 32 102 158   .299 .382 .473 .855
Home 15 12 .556 185 0 0 0 42 231.7 231 111 33 106 225 4.31 .260 .338 .413 .752
Away 11 18 .379 147 0 0 0 23 200.3 206 94 28 79 196 4.22 .270 .339 .427 .765
Mar/Apr 2 2 .500 49 0 0 0 5 73.3 66 27 13 32 70 3.31 .240 .319 .418 .737
May 4 6 .400 61 0 0 0 13 83.0 92 44 16 29 89 4.77 .283 .342 .477 .819
June 4 3 .571 56 0 0 0 14 64.0 69 33 11 24 56 4.64 .279 .343 .470 .813
July 2 7 .222 51 0 0 0 9 65.0 71 36 7 31 60 4.99 .275 .353 .415 .768
August 5 7 .417 60 0 0 0 11 70.7 77 46 10 36 67 5.86 .284 .368 .428 .796
Sep/Oct 9 5 .643 55 0 0 0 13 76.0 62 19 4 33 79 2.25 .225 .307 .304 .612
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2004 27 CLE AL P 51 0 63.3 4 9 0 0 1.000 1.85    
2005 28 CLE AL P 58 0 69.0 4 7 0 0 1.000 1.43    
2006 29 CLE AL P 68 0 74.7 4 14 0 1 1.000 2.17    
2007 30 NYA AL P 53 0 82.0 6 12 0 1 1.000 1.98    
2008 31 NYA AL P 67 0 96.7 10 17 0 3 1.000 2.51    
2009 32 NYA AL P 25 0 32.7 2 8 1 1 .909 2.75    
  MIN AL P 8 0 12.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 2.92    
  TOT   P 33 0 45.0 3 11 1 1 .933 2.80    
2010 33 MIN AL P 2 0 1.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 6.77    
Career Totals   332 0 432.0 31 71 1 6 .990 2.13    
Career Highs   68 0 96.7 10 17 1 3 1.000 6.77    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2006 29 CLE AL 2 0 1.000 5 0 0 0 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 2 0.00 .111 .111 .111 .222
2007 30 NYA AL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 11 6 2 1 4 11.59 .440 .462 .760 1.222
2008 31 NYA AL 1 1 .500 5 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 2 0 4 5 3.00 .143 .280 .143 .423
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 1 .750 14 0 0 0 0 13.3 15 8 2 5 11 5.41 .273 .333 .418 .752
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2004-10-23
2005-7-23
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
 
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History
Earned first career win on 5/18/2004
Won World Championship with Cleveland in 2006
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 2/3/2007 to a 4-year deal worth $6,250,000 per year
Traded from New York (A) to Minnesota on 7/17/2009 (Going to MIN: P David Riske, P Fabio Solis. Going to NYA: CF Mike Cameron, P Brad Radke, P Chin-Hui Tsao, RF John Boyd)
Signed as a free agent by San Francisco on 2/27/2011 to a minor league contract
Released by San Francisco on 5/14/2011