Kevin Ritz

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Kevin Ritz
Colorado Rockies — No.
Starting pitcher
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
July 15, 1989 for the Detroit Tigers
Selected MLB statistics
(through November 19, 2006)
Wins     45
Strikeouts     462
Earned run average     5.35

Kevin D Ritz (born June 8, 1965, in Eatontown, New Jersey) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of William Penn University.

Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 4th round of the 1985 MLB amateur draft, Ritz would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Detroit Tigers on July 15, 1989, and appeared in his final game on May 16, 1998.

Ritz had his big break when he joined the Rockies in 1994, where he found some success in his career. He was a member of the only Colorado Rockies team (as of 2006) to reach the playoffs. This came in the 1995 season. His best season was in 1996, when he went 17-11 in 213 innings pitched, despite recording a high ERA of 5.28 in hitter-friendly Coors Field.

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