Rick Ankiel

2004 Career
Games 5 51
Wins 1 13
Loses 0 10
Saves 0 1
SO 9 269
IP 10.0 242.0
WHIP 1.100 1.355


Contract
Year 2011
Salary $1,500,000.00
Year # 1 of 1 (2011)
Signed Dec 2010
Agent Scott Boras
Last updated: 02/05/12 at 14:34 PST by Ryan Todd
The Washington Nationals have signed Rick Ankiel to a minor league deal, Amanda Comak of the Washington Times reports. The deal includes an invite to Spring Training.

Last season for the Nats, Ankiel posted a .239 avg while accumulating 91 hits in 380 at-bats.

Ankiel earned a base salary of $1.5mm last season and also earned an additional $450k in incentives for reaching 100, 150, 200, 250, 300 and 375 plate appearances.

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