Ritchie attended high school at Herbert Hoover in Glendale, California where he was named All-CIF Southern Section.

[8] Ritchie would total 62.1 innings pitched over 49 relief appearances in 1987, the fullest season of his Major League career.

[6] Ritchie appeared in 19 games in relief for the Phillies in 1988 but was demoted to Triple-A on June 24 in favor of pitcher Mike Maddux and did not return to the big league roster that season.

[9][10] Ritchie spent entirety of the 1989 and 1990 seasons in Triple-A with the newly formed Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons, primarily as a starting pitcher.

[13] On May 7, 1991, Ritchie returned to the Major Leagues for the first time since 1988 after the Phillies' Lenny Dykstra and Darren Daulton were injured in a drunk driving car accident.

[16] Ritchie saw consistent use out of the Philadelphia bullpen to start the 1992 season but was demoted to the minors on July 29 and did not appear in another Major League game in his career.

He spent the 1997 season in independent baseball with the Salinas Peppers and joined the Mission Viejo Vigilantes the following year.

[21] After his playing career ended, he received a Bachelor of Science in 2002 and Master of Business Administration in 2002 from Pepperdine University.