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Mike Difelice
Michael William Difelice

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School University of Tennessee

Debut September 1, 1996

Born May 28, 1969 in Philadelphia, PA

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1991. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1996 27 STL NL   4    7    0    2   1  0   0    2   0  0   0   1  .286  .286  .429   86    3   0   0   0   0   0
 1997 28 STL NL  93  260   16   62  10  1   4   30   1  1  19  61  .238  .297  .331   65   86   6   1   0   3  11
 1998 29 TBD AL  84  248   17   57  12  3   3   23   0  0  15  56  .230  .274  .339   58   84   3   2   0   1  12
 1999 30 TBD AL  51  179   21   55  11  0   6   27   0  0   8  23  .307  .346  .469  106   84   0   1   0   3   1
 2000 31 TBD AL  60  204   23   49  13  1   6   19   0  0  12  40  .240  .280  .402   71   82   5   2   0   0   8
 2001 32 TOT     60  170   14   32   5  1   2   10   1  1   8  49  .188  .239  .265   33   45   3   2   0   4   3
         TBD AL  48  149   13   31   5  1   2    9   1  1   8  39  .208  .259  .295   48   44   2   2   0   3   3
         ARI NL  12   21    1    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  10  .048  .091  .048  -64    1   1   0   0   1   0
 2002 33 STL NL  70  174   17   40  11  0   4   19   0  0  17  42  .230  .297  .362   75   63   2   3   3   1   4
 2003 34 KCR AL  62  189   29   48  16  1   3   25   1  0   9  30  .254  .299  .397   77   75   1   2   0   4   6
 2004 35 TOT     17   25    3    3   0  1   0    2   0  0   3   4  .120  .214  .200   11    5   0   0   0   0   3
         DET AL  13   22    3    3   0  1   0    2   0  0   3   3  .136  .240  .227   26    5   0   0   0   0   3
         CHC NL   4    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2005 36 NYM NL  11   17    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   5  .118  .211  .118  -10    2   0   0   0   0   1
 2006 37 NYM NL  15   25    3    2   1  0   0    1   0  0   5  10  .080  .233  .120   -4    3   0   0   0   0   0
 2007 38 NYM NL  16   40    1   10   2  1   0    5   0  0   2  12  .250  .311  .350   73   14   2   1   0   2   2
 2008 39 TBR AL   7   20    1    6   1  0   0    4   0  0   1   1  .300  .364  .350  101    7   0   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     550 1558  145  368  83  9  28  167   3  2 101 334  .236  .288  .355   67  553  22  14   3  19  51
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        459   43  108  24  3   8   49   1  1  30  98  .236  .288  .355   67  163   6   4   1   6  15
 Career High     93  260   29   62  16  3   6   30   1  1  19  61  .238  .297  .339   65   86   6   3   3   4  12
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1996 27 STL NL    7    5    1   5.4   107| .286  .270| .286  .339| .429  .422| .715  .761|  86  .547  -0.1   0.0   0%
 1997 28 STL NL  289  217   24   3.0   107| .238  .269| .297  .341| .331  .423| .628  .764|  65  .287 -13.7  -1.3  50%
 1998 29 TBD AL  269  208   21   2.7   111| .230  .273| .274  .342| .339  .434| .613  .776|  58  .232 -16.1  -1.5   0%
 1999 30 TBD AL  191  126   30   6.3   114| .307  .275| .346  .348| .469  .440| .815  .788| 106  .573   1.2   0.1   0%
 2000 31 TBD AL  223  170   21   3.3   114| .240  .275| .280  .348| .402  .442| .682  .790|  71  .279  -9.6  -0.9   0%
 2001 32 TOT     187  147   11   2.0   107| .188  .267| .239  .334| .265  .429| .504  .763|  33  .155 -16.9  -1.6  50%
         TBD AL  164  126   11   2.3   105| .208  .265| .259  .332| .295  .425| .554  .757|  48  .196 -11.5  -1.1  50%
         ARI NL   23   21    0   0.0   118| .048  .278| .091  .350| .048  .455| .139  .805| -64  .000  -5.4  -0.5   0%
 2002 33 STL NL  197  143   19   3.6   105| .230  .263| .297  .337| .362  .419| .659  .756|  75  .367  -6.1  -0.6   0%
 2003 34 KCR AL  205  150   22   3.9   113| .254  .276| .299  .343| .397  .441| .696  .784|  77  .388  -6.5  -0.6 100%
 2004 35 TOT      28   25    1   1.1   106| .120  .266| .214  .333| .200  .427| .414  .760|  11  .053  -3.4  -0.3   0%
         DET AL   25   22    1   1.2   105| .136  .264| .240  .332| .227  .425| .467  .756|  26  .066  -2.5  -0.2   0%
         CHC NL    3    3    0   0.0   114| .000  .273| .000  .345| .000  .443| .000  .788|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 2005 36 NYM NL   19   16    0   0.0   106| .118  .266| .211  .336| .118  .424| .329  .760| -10  .000  -2.8  -0.3   0%
 2006 37 NYM NL   30   23    1   1.2   111| .080  .270| .233  .340| .120  .438| .353  .778|  -4  .063  -3.9  -0.4   0%
 2007 38 NYM NL   47   35    4   3.1   108| .250  .269| .311  .338| .350  .430| .661  .768|  73  .285  -1.5  -0.1   0%
 2008 39 TBR AL   22   14    3   5.7    95| .300  .255| .364  .325| .350  .390| .714  .715| 101  .607   0.1   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 13 Seasons     1714 1279  158   3.3   110| .236  .271| .288  .341| .355  .432| .643  .773|  67  .311 -79.4  -7.5  60%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    PB  WP  SB   CS
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1996 27 STL NL C 4 15 1 0 0 1.000 .988 4.00 6.33 8.00 7.50 2 18.0 0 2 3 1 1997 28 STL NL C 91 586 64 6 10 .991 .990 7.14 6.58 8.49 7.68 81 688.7 12 24 62 34 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.20 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 1998 29 TBD AL C 84 483 52 4 8 .993 .990 6.37 6.17 7.18 7.13 75 671.0 13 21 49 32 1999 30 TBD AL C 51 344 28 5 5 .987 .991 7.29 6.11 7.57 6.98 50 442.3 8 13 23 17 2000 31 TBD AL C 59 351 34 8 7 .980 .991 6.53 6.02 6.98 6.93 57 496.7 10 16 35 17 2001 32 TOT C 60 346 32 7 5 .982 .990 6.30 6.22 7.63 7.25 53 446.0 3 19 29 19 TBD AL C 48 293 29 6 4 .982 .990 6.71 6.12 7.50 7.17 46 386.3 2 17 28 16 ARI NL C 12 53 3 1 1 .982 .991 4.67 6.64 8.44 7.73 7 59.7 1 2 1 3 2002 33 STL NL C 61 312 33 3 5 .991 .991 5.66 6.41 7.13 7.53 51 435.3 2 22 23 9 2003 34 KCR AL C 58 305 34 2 1 .994 .991 5.84 5.88 6.50 6.79 54 469.7 2 27 37 16 2004 35 TOT C 16 46 6 0 1 1.000 .992 3.25 6.26 7.17 7.15 4 65.3 0 5 1 1 DET AL C 12 40 6 0 1 1.000 .991 3.83 6.19 7.02 7.12 4 59.0 0 5 1 1 DH 1 CHC NL C 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 6.45 8.57 7.43 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 2005 36 NYM NL C 11 39 2 1 1 .976 .993 3.73 6.26 7.38 7.25 5 50.0 0 1 1 1 2006 37 NYM NL C 15 71 3 2 0 .974 .992 4.93 6.36 7.93 7.37 9 84.0 0 0 7 1 2007 38 NYM NL C 16 83 7 2 0 .978 .991 5.62 6.51 7.59 7.39 11 106.7 2 2 6 1 2008 39 TBR AL C 7 42 3 0 1 1.000 .991 6.43 6.29 7.50 6.93 6 54.0 0 3 4 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1997 28 STL NL 1B 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.20 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 1996 27 STL NL C 4 15 1 0 0 1.000 .988 4.00 6.33 8.00 7.50 2 18.0 0 2 3 1 1997 28 STL NL C 91 586 64 6 10 .991 .990 7.14 6.58 8.49 7.68 81 688.7 12 24 62 34 1998 29 TBD AL C 84 483 52 4 8 .993 .990 6.37 6.17 7.18 7.13 75 671.0 13 21 49 32 1999 30 TBD AL C 51 344 28 5 5 .987 .991 7.29 6.11 7.57 6.98 50 442.3 8 13 23 17 2000 31 TBD AL C 59 351 34 8 7 .980 .991 6.53 6.02 6.98 6.93 57 496.7 10 16 35 17 2001 32 TOT C 60 346 32 7 5 .982 .990 6.30 6.22 7.63 7.25 53 446.0 3 19 29 19 TBD AL C 48 293 29 6 4 .982 .990 6.71 6.12 7.50 7.17 46 386.3 2 17 28 16 ARI NL C 12 53 3 1 1 .982 .991 4.67 6.64 8.44 7.73 7 59.7 1 2 1 3 2002 33 STL NL C 61 312 33 3 5 .991 .991 5.66 6.41 7.13 7.53 51 435.3 2 22 23 9 2003 34 KCR AL C 58 305 34 2 1 .994 .991 5.84 5.88 6.50 6.79 54 469.7 2 27 37 16 2004 35 TOT C 16 46 6 0 1 1.000 .992 3.25 6.26 7.17 7.15 4 65.3 0 5 1 1 DET AL C 12 40 6 0 1 1.000 .991 3.83 6.19 7.02 7.12 4 59.0 0 5 1 1 CHC NL C 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.50 6.45 8.57 7.43 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 2005 36 NYM NL C 11 39 2 1 1 .976 .993 3.73 6.26 7.38 7.25 5 50.0 0 1 1 1 2006 37 NYM NL C 15 71 3 2 0 .974 .992 4.93 6.36 7.93 7.37 9 84.0 0 0 7 1 2007 38 NYM NL C 16 83 7 2 0 .978 .991 5.62 6.51 7.59 7.39 11 106.7 2 2 6 1 2008 39 TBR AL C 7 42 3 0 1 1.000 .991 6.43 6.29 7.50 6.93 6 54.0 0 3 4 2 2004 35 DET AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Position Total C* 533 3023 299 40 44 .988 .991 6.23 6.24 7.42 7.21 458 4027.7 52 155 280 151 1B* 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 8.20 9.00 9.90 0 1.0 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+---+---+----+---+ Overall Total 534 3024 299 40 44 .988 .991 6.22 6.25 7.42 7.21 458 4029
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2002   NLCS  STL SFG     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Oldest Player
2008 AL-39-10

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3449) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

June 3, 1991: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 11th round of the 1991 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1991.

November 18, 1997: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the St. Louis Cardinals as the 20th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

July 25, 2001: Traded by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays with Albie Lopez to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Jason Conti and Nick Bierbrodt.

September 4, 2001: Released by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

November 20, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 1, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 9, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Kansas City Royals.

October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

April 3, 2004: Released by the Detroit Tigers.

April 13, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.

August 31, 2004: Sent to the Chicago Cubs by the Detroit Tigers as part of a conditional deal.

October 12, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

December 24, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

March 27, 2005: Released by the Florida Marlins.

April 15, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

June 2, 2005: Released by the New York Mets.

February 19, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.

March 23, 2006: Released by the Washington Nationals.

May 30, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1997St. Louis Cardinals$152,500
1998Tampa Bay Devil Rays$210,000
1999Tampa Bay Devil Rays$267,500
2000Tampa Bay Devil Rays$525,000
2001Tampa Bay Devil Rays$775,000
2002St. Louis Cardinals$750,000
2003Kansas City Royals$625,000
Career (may be incomplete)$3,305,000

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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