Ricardo
Vargas
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: December 14, 1994 in Mexico
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2013 18 LON GL     0 0 0 0 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
2014 19 LON GL     0 1 1 1 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
2015 20 LON GL     0 2 2 2 2 2 2 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
2016 21 LON GL     2 3 4 4 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
2017 22 LON GL     7 6 6 6 3 3 3 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
2018 23 POR GL $ 100,000   7 6 7 6 2 3 3 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
2019 24 POR GL $ 100,000   8 6 7 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9
2020 25 POR GL     9 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 9 9
2021 26 POR GL $ 100,000   8 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 8
2022 27 POR GL $ 100,000   8 7 7 7 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10
2023 28 POR GL $ 100,000   8 6 7 7 2 3 2 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10
2024 29 POR GL $ 100,000   8 6 7 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 10 10 10
2025 30 GRE VL $ 7,120,000   8 6 6 6 2 2 2 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 11 11 11
Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 2 2 2 9 9 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
Max Ratings $ 7,120,000   9 7 7 7 3 3 3 9 9 9 7 7 7 8 8 8 11 11 11
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Most Valuable Pitcher 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
2013 18 A   14 5 .737 25 25 0 0 0 178.7 191 72 14 35 134 3.63 .271 .305 .411 .717  
2014 19 AA   9 14 .391 25 25 3 0 0 177.3 201 94 22 38 162 4.77 .280 .316 .441 .757  
2015 20 AA   10 6 .625 22 22 6 2 0 164.0 141 50 11 35 188 2.74 .229 .270 .360 .630  
2016 21 AA   9 11 .450 22 22 2 1 0 164.0 191 70 11 30 201 3.84 .292 .323 .435 .758  
2017 22 AAA   12 9 .571 25 25 10 3 0 193.0 190 75 12 47 230 3.50 .254 .298 .371 .669  
2018 23 POR GL 4 3 .571 8 8 1 0 0 52.3 63 35 10 9 40 6.02 .299 .330 .512 .842 1.2
    AAA   10 11 .476 23 23 12 2 0 179.0 155 70 20 36 278 3.52 .231 .270 .395 .665  
2019 24 POR GL 7 20 .259 36 36 8 0 0 240.3 301 137 32 57 189 5.13 .302 .343 .471 .814 7.6
2020 25 AAA   19 4 .826 25 25 14 5 0 202.3 156 59 18 28 290 2.62 .208 .237 .343 .580  
2021 26 POR GL 9 19 .321 33 33 5 1 0 208.7 244 115 22 56 135 4.96 .287 .329 .448 .776 6.0
2022 27 POR GL 16 12 .571 37 37 4 2 0 230.0 230 105 26 55 194 4.11 .255 .298 .430 .727 13.4
2023 28 POR GL 11 5 .688 30 30 4 3 0 202.3 237 82 14 36 165 3.65 .289 .317 .421 .738 16.2
2024 29 POR GL 10 13 .435 36 36 6 0 0 223.3 285 126 22 43 171 5.08 .307 .339 .478 .817 8.8
2025 30 GRE VL 16 14 .533 37 37 6 5 0 272.0 235 94 14 59 231 3.11 .230 .273 .340 .613 25.5
7 Years Sim 73 86 .459 217 217 34 11 0 1429.0 1595 694 140 315 1125 4.37 .279 .316 .433 .750 78.7
3 Years AAA 41 24 .631 73 73 36 10 0 574.3 501 204 50 111 798 3.20 .231 .269 .369 .637  
3 Years AA 28 31 .475 69 69 11 3 0 505.3 533 214 44 103 551 3.81 .268 .304 .414 .718  
1 Years A 14 5 .737 25 25 0 0 0 178.7 191 72 14 35 134 3.63 .271 .305 .411 .717  
7 Years Minors 83 60 .580 167 167 47 13 0 1258.3 1225 490 108 249 1483 3.50 .252 .288 .393 .682  
Season Average 10 12 .455 31 31 4 1 0 204.1 227 99 20 45 160 4.37 .279 .316 .433 .750  
Career Highs 16 20 .688 37 37 8 5 0 272.0 301 137 32 59 231 6.02 .307 .343 .512 .842  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Pitching split data is from simmed, major league years only.
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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   939 429 86 196 651   .281 .321 .439 .760
vs LH   656 265 54 119 474   .275 .310 .424 .734
Home 34 48 .415 111 111 18 8 0 755.0 817 340 79 172 580 4.05 .272 .312 .419 .731
Away 39 38 .506 106 106 16 3 0 674.0 778 354 61 143 545 4.73 .286 .321 .448 .769
Mar/Apr 10 19 .345 35 35 8 0 0 229.0 257 122 22 61 178 4.80 .280 .325 .443 .768
May 15 10 .600 33 33 5 5 0 221.3 240 103 23 47 166 4.19 .272 .309 .433 .741
June 15 14 .517 36 36 4 1 0 239.0 266 120 17 68 178 4.52 .278 .326 .410 .736
July 7 9 .438 27 27 3 1 0 176.3 216 83 15 28 133 4.24 .300 .326 .454 .780
August 11 15 .423 36 36 6 2 0 242.3 282 127 35 42 210 4.72 .285 .315 .455 .770
Sep/Oct 15 19 .441 50 50 8 2 0 321.0 334 139 28 69 260 3.90 .265 .303 .414 .717
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2018 23 POR GL P 8 8 52.3 1 4 0 1 1.000 0.86    
2019 24 POR GL P 36 36 240.3 15 16 0 3 1.000 1.16    
2021 26 POR GL P 33 33 208.7 10 24 0 1 1.000 1.47    
2022 27 POR GL P 37 37 230.0 11 21 2 1 .941 1.25    
2023 28 POR GL P 30 30 202.3 3 27 1 4 .968 1.33    
2024 29 POR GL P 36 36 223.3 12 29 1 3 .976 1.65    
2025 30 GRE VL P 37 37 272.0 18 26 2 3 .957 1.46    
Career Totals   217 217 1429.0 70 147 6 16 .973 1.37    
Career Highs   37 37 272.0 18 29 2 4 1.000 1.65    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2025 30 GRE VL 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 14 5 0 5 7 3.86 .298 .365 .404 .770
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 1 .000 2 2 0 0 0 11.7 14 5 0 5 7 3.86 .298 .365 .404 .770
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2025-9-3.11
Losses
2019-5-20
2021-4-19
Games Started
2022-3-37
2025-2-37
Complete Games
2019-7-8
2024-5-6
2025-8-6
Shutouts
2021-10-1
2022-4-2
2023-3-3
2025-1-5
Innings Pitched
2019-8-240.3
2025-3-272.0
Hits Allowed
2019-2-301
2021-7-244
2024-1-285
2025-8-235
Strikeouts
2019-6-189
2022-8-194
2025-1-231
Walks per 9IP
2023-6-1.6
Strikeouts per 9IP
2022-9-7.6
2023-7-7.3
2025-4-7.6
WHiP
2025-9-1.08
OOBP
2025-8-.273
OOPS
2025-9-.613
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 23)
   Gray Ink Test: 42    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 102)
 
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