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Mike Caruso

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 172 lb.

Debut March 31, 1998
  vs. TEX 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 9, 2002
Born May 27, 1977 in Queens, NY

Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1996. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1998 21 CHW AL 133  523   81  160  17  6   5   55  22  6  14  38  .306  .331  .390   89  204   8   3   0   7   8 RoY-3
 1999 22 CHW AL 136  529   60  132  11  4   2   35  12 14  20  36  .250  .280  .297   47  157  11   1   0   3   6
 2002 25 KCR AL  12   20    3    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .100  .143  .100  -36    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      281 1072  144  294  28 10   7   90  34 20  35  76  .274  .302  .339   66  363  19   4   0  10  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        618   83  169  16  6   4   52  20 12  20  44  .274  .302  .339   66  209  11   2   0   6   8
 Career High    136  529   81  160  17  6   5   55  22 14  20  38  .306  .331  .390   89  204  11   3   0   7   8
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1998 21 CHW AL  555  388   68   4.7   108| .306  .269| .331  .338| .390  .429| .721  .766|  89  .452 -10.0  -0.9  78%
 1999 22 CHW AL  564  429   42   2.6   115| .250  .276| .280  .349| .297  .442| .577  .791|  47  .208 -44.6  -4.1  46%
 2002 25 KCR AL   21   18    0   0.0   114| .100  .275| .143  .344| .100  .443| .243  .788| -36  .000  -4.2  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons      1140  835  110   3.5   111| .274  .273| .302  .343| .339  .436| .641  .779|  66  .321 -58.7  -5.4  62%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1998 21 CHW AL SS 131 216 378 35 91 .944 .972 4.53 4.26 4.77 4.71 129 1121.3 1999 22 CHW AL SS 132 183 348 24 86 .957 .970 4.02 4.19 4.29 4.73 125 1114.7 DH 2 2002 25 KCR AL SS 5 4 10 0 0 1.000 .972 2.80 4.16 5.41 4.56 2 23.3 2B 4 10 4 1 1 .933 .979 3.50 4.35 5.04 4.90 2 25.0 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.40 2.25 2.70 0 4.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2002 25 KCR AL 2B 4 10 4 1 1 .933 .979 3.50 4.35 5.04 4.90 2 25.0 2002 25 KCR AL 3B 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.40 2.25 2.70 0 4.0 1999 22 CHW AL DH 2 1998 21 CHW AL SS 131 216 378 35 91 .944 .972 4.53 4.26 4.77 4.71 129 1121.3 1999 22 CHW AL SS 132 183 348 24 86 .957 .970 4.02 4.19 4.29 4.73 125 1114.7 2002 25 KCR AL SS 5 4 10 0 0 1.000 .972 2.80 4.16 5.41 4.56 2 23.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total SS* 268 403 736 59 177 .951 .971 4.25 4.22 4.54 4.72 256 2259.3 2B* 4 10 4 1 1 .933 .979 3.50 4.35 5.04 4.90 2 25.0 3B* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 2.40 2.25 2.70 0 4.0 DH 2 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 274 414 740 60 178 .951 .971 4.21 4.21 4.54 4.72 258 2288
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Triples
1998 AL-6-10

Singles
1998 AL-132-4

Sac. Hits
1999 AL-11-6

Caught Stealing
1999 AL-14-1

At Bats per Strikeout
1998 AL-13.8-1
1999 AL-14.7-1

Youngest Player
1998 AL-21-3

Gray Ink: Batting - 1 (2315) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3451) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1809) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft. Player signed June 17, 1996.

July 31, 1997: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Brian Manning (minors), Lorenzo Barcelo, Keith Foulke, Bobby Howry, and Ken Vining to the Chicago White Sox for Wilson Alvarez, Danny Darwin, and Roberto Hernandez.

December 14, 2000: Selected off waivers by the Seattle Mariners from the Chicago White Sox.

December 21, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

February 13, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.

October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

April 28, 2002: Selected off waivers by the Kansas City Royals from the Cincinnati Reds.

October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1998Chicago White Sox$170,000
1999Chicago White Sox$275,000
Career (may be incomplete)$445,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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