How Rick Ankiel's Saves Compares to Similar Players

Rick Ankiel totaled 1 career Saves, well below the league average of 11.1 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the Saves arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Saves arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Saves profile — ranging from 0 to 1 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Rick Ankiel Lifetime Saves

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Rick Ankiel Saves Per Season

Rick Ankiel's Saves for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rick Ankiel Saves per season line chart

Rick Ankiel Saves by Team

Rick Ankiel's career Saves totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rick Ankiel career Saves by team bar chart

Rick Ankiel Cumulative Saves — Career Progression

A running total of Rick Ankiel's career Saves, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Rick Ankiel Saves year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Ankiel Saves Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Ankiel's seasonal Saves alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rick Ankiel Saves distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Ankiel Saves — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Ankiel's MLB career with Saves alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Rick Ankiel Saves season-by-season breakdown table