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Ernie Riles

(Ernest Riles)

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Born
1960 (65 years old)
Cairo, United States

Position
Shortstop

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Retired

Ethnicity
Black

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Ernest Riles (born October 2, 1960) is an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman. From 1985 through 1993, Riles played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1985–1988), San Francisco Giants (1988–1990), Oakland Athletics (1991), Houston Astros (1992) and Boston Red Sox (1993) of the Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

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Riles grew up in Georgia, where he was the youngest child in a family of ten boys and one girl. He played baseball his entire life and idolized Bert Campaneris as a child. Riles attended Bainbridge High School in Bainbridge, Georgia, where he was coached by John Palermo.

Riles was signed by the Milwaukee Brewers from Middle Georgia College in the 1981 Major League Baseball Draft. In 1983, he led the Texas League in batting average (.349), on-base percentage (.450) and OPS (.958), being promoted to Triple-A Pacific Coast League the next year.

Riles debuted with the Brewers in the 1985 mid-season. In his first major league stint, he hit .286 and finished third in the American League Rookie of the Year vote, behind Ozzie Guillén and teammate Teddy Higuera.

After frequent trips to the disabled list, Riles was traded from the Brewers to the San Francisco Giants for Jeffrey Leonard on June 8, 1988. The Giants were in need of infield roster depth at the time. He belted the 10,000th home run in Giants history during a 21–2 rout of the Cardinals. Riles played in the 1989 World Series as a member of the Giants. Riles started the first two games of the World Series as the Designated Hitter for the Giants.

Riles also played with Oakland and Houston, and ended his major league career with the Boston Red Sox in the 1993 season.

Over a nine-season major league career, Riles was a .254 hitter with 48 home runs and 284 run batted in in 919 games played.




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	Positions Played	MLB	1993	H4D5/3
	Intentional Bases on Balls	MLB	1993	3
	Sacrifice Flies	MLB	1993	3
	Sacrifice Hits	MLB	1993	2
	Times Hit by a Pitch	MLB	1993	2
	GIDP	MLB	1993	3
	Total Bases	MLB	1993	50
	Rbat+	MLB	1993	57
	rOBA	MLB	1993	.283
	OPS+	MLB	1993	68
	OPS	MLB	1993	.641
	SLG	MLB	1993	.350
	OBP	MLB	1993	.292
	Hits/At Bats	MLB	1993	.189
	Strikeouts	MLB	1993	40
	Bases on Balls/Walks	MLB	1993	20
	Caught Stealing	MLB	1993	3
	Stolen Bases	MLB	1993	1
	Runs Batted In	MLB	1993	20
	Home Runs	MLB	1993	5
	Triples	MLB	1993	0
	Doubles	MLB	1993	8
	Hits	MLB	1993	27
	Runs Scored	MLB	1993	15
	At Bats	MLB	1993	143
	Plate Appearances	MLB	1993	170
	Games Played	MLB	1993	94
	Wins Above Replacement for position players	MLB	1993	-0.4
	Positions Played	MLB	1991	5H6/43
	Intentional Bases on Balls	MLB	1991	3
	Sacrifice Flies	MLB	1991	4
	Sacrifice Hits	MLB	1991	4
	Times Hit by a Pitch	MLB	1991	1
	GIDP	MLB	1991	8
	Total Bases	MLB	1991	91
	Rbat+	MLB	1991	70
	rOBA	MLB	1991	.283
	OPS+	MLB	1991	75
	OPS	MLB	1991	.614
	SLG	MLB	1991	.324
	OBP	MLB	1991	.290
	Hits/At Bats	MLB	1991	.214
	Strikeouts	MLB	1991	42
	Bases on Balls/Walks	MLB	1991	31
	Caught Stealing	MLB	1991	2
	Stolen Bases	MLB	1991	3
	Runs Batted In	MLB	1991	32
	Home Runs	MLB	1991	5
	Triples	MLB	1991	4
	Doubles	MLB	1991	8
	Hits	MLB	1991	60
	Runs Scored	MLB	1991	30
	At Bats	MLB	1991	281
	Plate Appearances	MLB	1991	321
	Games Played	MLB	1991	108
	Wins Above Replacement for position players	MLB	1991	0.4

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