Richard Warren "Rick" Aguilera (born December 31, 1961 in San Gabriel, California) was a professional baseball player for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs.

Aguilera began his career as a third baseman and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1980, but he decided to attend Brigham Young University instead. By the time the Mets drafted him in 1983, he was a pitcher. Aguilera saw his first Major League action in June 1985 as the Mets were in a fierce division race with the Cardinals. He was particularly effective in July, going 3-0 with a 0.89 ERA, and ended the season 10-7 as the Cardinals edged out the Mets. Aguilera posted an identical record the next year as the number five starter for the division-winning Mets and went on to pitch five scorless innings in relief against the Houston Astros in that year's NLCS. Despite a horrid 12.00 ERA in the World Series that year, he was the pitcher of record in the Mets' dramatic Game 6 victory. Injuries slowed him the next two years, but he did pitch seven innings of one-run relief in the 1988 NLCS, which led to the Mets to experiment with him as a reliever.

At the trading deadline in 1989, Aguilera was one of five pitchers dealt to the Minnesota Twins for Frank Viola. Although he completed the season as a starter, he was shifted to the closer's role in 1990 and responded by saving 32 games for a team that went 74-88. The next year, his relief pitching was instrumental in the Twins surprising division title, as he saved 42 games with a 2.76 ERA. He went on to save three of four victories in the ALCS and the first two games of the World Series against the Atlanta Braves. In Game 3, he became the first pitcher to pinch hit in a World Series game since Don Drysdale in 1965, flying out in the top of the 12th with the bases loaded and two outs before giving up the game-winning hit in the bottom of the inning. Aguilera also won Game 6. Aguilera was a fine closer for the Twins (and very briefly the Red Sox in 1995) from 1990-95 and was named to three all star teams from 1991-93. After an off year in 1996, he continued to be effective through 1999, when the Twins traded him to the Cubs near the beginning of the season because they thought he would leave as a free agent at the end of the year. He retired after a disappointing 2000 season. He is the Twins' all time leader saves (254) as well as being eleventh on the all-time saves list with 318.

YEAR TEAM        AGE   W   L   PCT    G  GS  CG  SV  GF   IP      H    R   ER   BB   SO    ERA RSAA
1985 Mets         23  10   7  .588   21  19   2   0   1  122.1  118   49   44   37   74   3.24    2 
1986 Mets         24  10   7  .588   28  20   2   0   2  141.2  145   70   61   36  104   3.88   -6 
1987 Mets         25  11   3  .786   18  17   1   0   0  115    124   53   46   33   77   3.60    5 
1988 Mets         26   0   4  .000   11   3   0   0   2   24.2   29   20   19   10   16   6.93  -11 
1989 Mets         27   6   6  .500   36   0   0   7  19   69.1   59   19   18   21   80   2.34    8 
     Twins        27   3   5  .375   11  11   3   0   0   75.2   71   32   27   17   57   3.21    8 
     TOTALS            9  11  .450   47  11   3   7  19  145    130   51   45   38  137   2.79   16 
1990 Twins        28   5   3  .625   56   0   0  32  54   65.1   55   27   20   19   61   2.76   10 
1991 Twins        29   4   5  .444   63   0   0  42  60   69     44   20   18   30   61   2.35   13 
1992 Twins        30   2   6  .250   64   0   0  41  61   66.2   60   28   21   17   52   2.84   10 
1993 Twins        31   4   3  .571   65   0   0  34  61   72.1   60   25   25   14   59   3.11   11 
1994 Twins        32   1   4  .200   44   0   0  23  40   44.2   57   23   18   10   46   3.63    6 
1995 Twins        33   1   1  .500   22   0   0  12  21   25     20    7    7    6   29   2.52    6 
     Redsox       33   2   2  .500   30   0   0  20  30   30.1   26    9    9    7   23   2.67    7 
     TOTALS            3   3  .500   52   0   0  32  51   55.1   46   16   16   13   52   2.60   13 
1996 Twins        34   8   6  .571   19  19   2   0   0  111.1  124   69   67   27   83   5.42   -3 
1997 Twins        35   5   4  .556   61   0   0  26  57   68.1   65   29   29   22   68   3.82    6 
1998 Twins        36   4   9  .308   68   0   0  38  64   74.1   75   35   35   15   57   4.24    3 
1999 Twins        37   3   1  .750   17   0   0   6  16   21     10    3    3    2   13   1.29    9 
     Cubs         37   6   3  .667   44   0   0   8  25   46     44   22   19   10   32   3.72    6 
     TOTALS            9   4  .692   61   0   0  14  41   67     54   25   22   12   45   2.96   15 
2000 Cubs         38   1   2  .333   54   0   0  29  44   47.2   47   28   26   18   38   4.91   -4 
     TOTALS           86  81  .515  732  89  10 318 557 1290.2 1233  568  512  351 1030   3.57   86 
     LG AVERAGE       72  72  .500           10 156     1290.2 1294  662  600  498  855   4.18    0 

YEAR TEAM          HR   H/9  BR/9  SO/9  BB/9 SO/BB SHO  WP IBB HBP   BFP BK  NW  NL
1985 Mets           8  8.68 11.55  5.44  2.72  2.00   0   5   2   2   507  2   9   8 
1986 Mets          15  9.21 11.94  6.61  2.29  2.89   0   5   1   7   605  3   8   9 
1987 Mets          12  9.70 12.52  6.03  2.58  2.33   0   9   2   3   494  0   8   6 
1988 Mets           2 10.58 14.59  5.84  3.65  1.60   0   1   2   1   111  1   1   3 
1989 Mets           3  7.66 10.64 10.38  2.73  3.81   0   3   3   2   284  3   8   4 
     Twins          5  8.44 10.59  6.78  2.02  3.35   0   1   1   1   310  0   5   3 
     TOTALS         8  8.07 10.61  8.50  2.36  3.61   0   4   4   3   594  3  13   7 
1990 Twins          5  7.58 10.74  8.40  2.62  3.21   0   3   6   4   268  0   5   3 
1991 Twins          3  5.74  9.78  7.96  3.91  2.03   0   3   6   1   275  0   7   2 
1992 Twins          7  8.10 10.53  7.02  2.30  3.06   0   5   4   1   273  0   5   3 
1993 Twins          9  7.47  9.33  7.34  1.74  4.21   0   1   3   1   287  0   5   2 
1994 Twins          7 11.49 13.50  9.27  2.01  4.60   0   2   3   0   201  0   3   2 
1995 Twins          2  7.20  9.72 10.44  2.16  4.83   0   0   1   1    99  0   2   0 
     Redsox         4  7.71  9.79  6.82  2.08  3.29   0   0   0   0   124  0   3   1 
     TOTALS         6  7.48  9.76  8.46  2.11  4.00   0   0   1   1   223  0   5   1 
1996 Twins         20 10.02 12.45  6.71  2.18  3.07   0   6   1   3   484  0   7   7 
1997 Twins          9  8.56 11.72  8.96  2.90  3.09   0   3   3   2   285  0   5   4 
1998 Twins          8  9.08 11.02  6.90  1.82  3.80   0   1   1   1   307  0   7   6 
1999 Twins          2  4.29  5.14  5.57  0.86  6.50   0   1   0   0    76  1   4   0 
     Cubs           6  8.61 10.96  6.26  1.96  3.20   0   3   1   2   191  0   6   3 
     TOTALS         8  7.25  9.13  6.04  1.61  3.75   0   4   1   2   267  1  10   3 
2000 Cubs          11  8.87 13.03  7.17  3.40  2.11   0   1   2   4   210  0   1   2 
     TOTALS       138  8.60 11.30  7.18  2.45  2.93   0  53  42  36  5391 10  99  68 
     LG AVERAGE   133  9.03 12.74  5.96  3.48  1.72   4  46  45  35  5560  9

RICK AGUILERA LEAGUE LEADERSHIP RANKINGS

1986 NL HIT BY PITCHES T3RD 7

1987 NL WILD PITCHES T8TH 9

1990 AL SAVES T6TH 32; GAMES FINISHED 7TH 54

1991 AL SAVES 3RD 42; GAMES FINISHED 3RD 60

1992 AL SAVES 2ND 41 GAMES FINISHED 4TH 61

1993 AL SAVES 6TH 34; GAMES FINISHED 4TH 61

1994 AL SAVES 3RD 23; GAMES FINISHED T2ND 40

1995 AL SAVES T3RD 32; GAMES FINISHED T4TH 51

1997 AL SAVES 9TH 26; GAMES FINISHED T4TH 57

1998 AL SAVES 5TH 38; GAMES FINISHED 2ND 64

2000 NL SAVES T6TH 29