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Mike Fornieles
Jose Miguel (Torres) Fornieles

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 172 lb.

Debut September 2, 1952
Final Game July 14, 1963
Born January 18, 1932 in Havana, Cuba
Died February 11, 1998 in St.Petersburg, FL

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1952 20 WSH AL   2   2   4   2   2   1   2  0   26.3   13    4    4   1   11   12   0   0   104       0  1.37  3.56  261 0.911
 1953 21 CHW AL   8   7  39  16   5   0   7  3  153.0  160   68   61   8   61   72   2   2   664       1  3.59  4.04  112 1.444
 1954 22 CHW AL   1   2  15   6   0   0   3  1   42.0   41   24   20   4   14   18   0   0   179       0  4.29  3.72   87 1.310
 1955 23 CHW AL   6   3  26   9   2   0  11  2   86.3   84   37   37  12   29   23   2   2   365   3   0  3.86  3.96  103 1.309
 1956 24 TOT AL   4   8  36  11   1   1   9  1  126.7  131   68   57   8   31   59   0   3   523   3   1  4.05  3.94   97 1.279
         CHW AL   0   1   6   0   0   0   0  0   15.7   22    9    8   1    6    6   0   0    79   1   0  4.60  4.12   90 1.787
         BAL AL   4   7  30  11   1   1   9  1  111.0  109   59   49   7   25   53   0   3   444   2   1  3.97  3.91   98 1.207
 1957 25 TOT AL  10  13  40  22   8   2   8  2  182.3  193   91   76  11   55  107   3   3   796   5   0  3.75  3.86  103 1.360
         BAL AL   2   6  15   4   1   1   4  0   57.0   57   30   27   4   17   43   0   2   240   2   0  4.26  3.60   84 1.298
         BOS AL   8   7  25  18   7   1   4  2  125.3  136   61   49   7   38   64   3   1   556   3   0  3.52  3.98  113 1.388
 1958 26 BOS AL   4   6  37   7   1   0  11  1  110.7  123   62   61  10   33   49   6   2   481   0   0  4.96  4.00   81 1.410
 1959 27 BOS AL   5   3  46   0   0   0  26 11   82.0   77   29   28   6   29   54   1   2   342   3   0  3.07  4.02  131 1.293
 1960 28 BOS AL  10   5  70   0   0   0  48 14  109.0   86   38   32   6   49   64   6   5   461   7   0  2.64  3.99  151 1.239 MVP-28
 1961 29 BOS AL   9   8  57   2   1   0  42 15  119.3  121   65   62  18   54   70   2   5   526   7   0  4.68  4.15   89 1.466 AS
 1962 30 BOS AL   3   6  42   1   0   0  21  5   82.3   96   57   49  14   37   36   8   6   373   4   0  5.36  4.13   77 1.615
 1963 31 TOT AL   1   1  20   0   0   0   7  0   36.7   40   24   22   0   18   12   2   4   169   0   0  5.40  3.71   69 1.582
         BOS AL   0   0   9   0   0   0   6  0   14.0   16   10   10   0    5    5   0   0    63   0   0  6.43  3.77   59 1.500
         MIN AL   1   1  11   0   0   0   1  0   22.7   24   14   12   0   13    7   2   4   106   0   0  4.76  3.67   77 1.632
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .496  63  64 432  76  20   4 195 55 1156.7 1165  567  509  98  421  576  32  34  4983  32   2  3.96  3.97  100 1.371
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     8   8  57  10   2   0  26  7  154.7  155   75   68  13   56   77   4   4   667   4   0  3.96  3.97  100 1.371
 Career High     10  13  70  22   8   2  48 15  182.3  193   91   76  18   61  107   8   6   796   7   1  2.64  4.15  151 1.239
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

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

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 20 WSH AL   4   10    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
 1953 21 CHW AL  39   41    2    4   1  0   0    5   0  0   1   5  .098  .119  .122  -36    5   9           0   1
 1954 22 CHW AL  16   11    2    3   0  0   0    0   1  0   0   0  .273  .273  .273   48    3   1   0       0   1
 1955 23 CHW AL  28   29    6    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .103  .103  .138  -36    4   2   0   0   0   0
 1956 24 TOT AL  39   35    2    6   2  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .171  .171  .229    8    8   2   0   0   0   1
         CHW AL   6    5    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .200  .200  .400   54    2   1   0   0   0   0
         BAL AL  33   30    2    5   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .167  .167  .200    0    6   1   0   0   0   1
 1957 25 TOT AL  42   62    4   11   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   9  .177  .203  .177    4   11   3   0   0   0   0
         BAL AL  16   18    1    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .278  .278  .278   58    5   1   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL  26   44    3    6   0  0   0    2   0  0   2   4  .136  .174  .136  -16    6   2   0   0   0   0
 1958 26 BOS AL  37   29    2    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   5  .207  .207  .207   12    6   0   0   0   0   1
 1959 27 BOS AL  46   19    0    3   1  0   0    1   0  0   0   7  .158  .158  .211   -1    4   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 28 BOS AL  70   15    2    6   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   3  .400  .400  .400  115    6   2   0   0   0   0 MVP-28
 1961 29 BOS AL  57   32    2    5   1  0   1    4   0  0   0   8  .156  .156  .281   14    9   1   0   0   0   0 AS
 1962 30 BOS AL  42   16    1    3   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .188  .188  .188    0    3   1   0   0   0   1
 1963 31 TOT AL  20    9    1    2   1  1   0    1   0  0   0   5  .222  .222  .556  108    5   0   0   0   0   0
         BOS AL   9    3    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .333  .333  .667  169    2   0   0   0   0   0
         MIN AL  11    6    1    1   0  1   0    1   0  0   0   3  .167  .167  .500   77    3   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     440  308   25   52   7  1   1   16   1  0   3  63  .169  .177  .208    3   64  21   0   0   0   5
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        113    9   19   3  0   0    6   0  0   1  23  .169  .177  .208    3   24   8   0   0   0   2
 Career High     70   62    6   11   2  1   1    5   1  0   2   9                          11   9   0   0   0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 20 WSH AL   10   10    0   0.0    94| .000  .257| .000  .336| .000  .375| .000  .710|-100  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1953 21 CHW AL   51   47    1   0.6   105| .098  .273| .119  .350| .122  .402| .241  .752| -36  .023  -8.1  -0.8   0%
 1954 22 CHW AL   12   10    1   2.7   101| .273  .269| .273  .345| .273  .393| .546  .738|  48  .300  -0.8  -0.1 100%
 1955 23 CHW AL   31   28    0   0.0   105| .103  .270| .103  .350| .138  .402| .241  .752| -36  .000  -5.7  -0.6   0%
 1956 24 TOT AL   37   32    1   0.8   100| .171  .259| .171  .340| .229  .396| .400  .736|   8  .039  -4.6  -0.4   0%
         CHW AL    6    5    0   0.0   108| .200  .270| .200  .352| .400  .412| .600  .764|  54  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
         BAL AL   31   27    1   1.0    99| .167  .258| .167  .338| .200  .393| .367  .731|   0  .053  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1957 25 TOT AL   67   54    2   1.0   101| .177  .265| .203  .338| .177  .401| .380  .739|   4  .062  -8.5  -0.9   0%
         BAL AL   19   14    1   1.9    93| .278  .255| .278  .326| .278  .384| .556  .710|  58  .181  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         BOS AL   48   40    1   0.7   104| .136  .270| .174  .343| .136  .407| .310  .750| -16  .032  -7.4  -0.8   0%
 1958 26 BOS AL   29   24    1   1.1   103| .207  .268| .207  .338| .207  .408| .414  .746|  12  .078  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1959 27 BOS AL   19   16    1   1.7   102| .158  .265| .158  .337| .211  .405| .369  .742|  -1  .147  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1960 28 BOS AL   17   11    2   4.9   104| .400  .267| .400  .341| .400  .408| .800  .749| 115  .540   0.2   0.0   0%
 1961 29 BOS AL   33   28    1   1.0   106| .156  .266| .156  .342| .281  .414| .437  .756|  14  .052  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1962 30 BOS AL   17   15    0   0.0   105| .188  .266| .188  .339| .188  .415| .376  .754|   0  .000  -2.3  -0.2   0%
 1963 31 TOT AL    9    7    2   7.7    96| .222  .258| .222  .325| .556  .398| .778  .723| 108  .753  -0.0   0.0   0%
         BOS AL    3    2    1  13.5    97| .333  .259| .333  .325| .667  .399|1.000  .725| 169  .895   0.3   0.0   0%
         MIN AL    6    5    1   5.4    96| .167  .258| .167  .324| .500  .398| .667  .722|  77  .613  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      332  282   12   1.1   103| .169  .266| .177  .341| .208  .403| .385  .744|   3  .076 -43.1  -4.4 100%

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

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1952 20 WSH AL   P    4      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  1.25  1.02  1.71  2.09    2   26.3
 1953 21 CHW AL   P   39     16   30    2    2  .958  .956  1.18  0.88  2.71  1.95   16  153.0
 1954 22 CHW AL   P   15      1   11    2    1  .857  .960  0.80  0.93  2.57  2.01    6   42.0
 1955 23 CHW AL   P   26      1   18    1    2  .950  .955  0.73  0.83  1.98  1.99    9   86.3
 1956 24 TOT AL   P   36      5   30    0    3 1.000  .949  0.97  0.82  2.49  1.92   11  126.7
         CHW AL   P    6      1    2    0    0 1.000  .938  0.50  0.82  1.72  1.89    0   15.7
         BAL AL   P   30      4   28    0    3 1.000  .950  1.07  0.82  2.59  1.92   11  111.0
 1957 25 TOT AL   P   40     13   25    3    2  .927  .962  0.95  0.86  1.88  1.99   22  182.3
         BAL AL   P   15      5   10    0    1 1.000  .962  1.00  0.86  2.37  1.99    4   57.0
         BOS AL   P   25      8   15    3    1  .885  .962  0.92  0.86  1.65  1.99   18  125.3
 1958 26 BOS AL   P   37      5   18    1    1  .958  .962  0.62  0.82  1.87  1.95    7  110.7
 1959 27 BOS AL   P   46      5   13    1    0  .947  .957  0.39  0.85  1.98  2.05    0   82.0
 1960 28 BOS AL   P   70      7   19    3    3  .897  .967  0.37  0.78  2.15  1.96    0  109.0
 1961 29 BOS AL   P   57     12   25    1    2  .974  .954  0.65  0.83  2.80  2.05    2  119.0 AS
 1962 30 BOS AL   P   42      5   14    1    1  .950  .960  0.45  0.79  2.08  2.08    1   82.3
 1963 31 TOT AL   P   20      3    2    0    0 1.000  .962  0.25  0.79  1.23  1.99    0   36.7
         BOS AL   P    9      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  0.33  0.79  1.93  1.99    0   14.0
         MIN AL   P   11      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.18  0.79  0.79  1.98    0   22.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1952 20 WSH AL   P    4      1    4    0    0 1.000  .962  1.25  1.02  1.71  2.09    2   26.3
 1953 21 CHW AL   P   39     16   30    2    2  .958  .956  1.18  0.88  2.71  1.95   16  153.0
 1954 22 CHW AL   P   15      1   11    2    1  .857  .960  0.80  0.93  2.57  2.01    6   42.0
 1955 23 CHW AL   P   26      1   18    1    2  .950  .955  0.73  0.83  1.98  1.99    9   86.3
 1956 24 TOT AL   P   36      5   30    0    3 1.000  .949  0.97  0.82  2.49  1.92   11  126.7
         CHW AL   P    6      1    2    0    0 1.000  .938  0.50  0.82  1.72  1.89    0   15.7
         BAL AL   P   30      4   28    0    3 1.000  .950  1.07  0.82  2.59  1.92   11  111.0
 1957 25 TOT AL   P   40     13   25    3    2  .927  .962  0.95  0.86  1.88  1.99   22  182.3
         BAL AL   P   15      5   10    0    1 1.000  .962  1.00  0.86  2.37  1.99    4   57.0
         BOS AL   P   25      8   15    3    1  .885  .962  0.92  0.86  1.65  1.99   18  125.3
 1958 26 BOS AL   P   37      5   18    1    1  .958  .962  0.62  0.82  1.87  1.95    7  110.7
 1959 27 BOS AL   P   46      5   13    1    0  .947  .957  0.39  0.85  1.98  2.05    0   82.0
 1960 28 BOS AL   P   70      7   19    3    3  .897  .967  0.37  0.78  2.15  1.96    0  109.0
 1961 29 BOS AL   P   57     12   25    1    2  .974  .954  0.65  0.83  2.80  2.05    2  119.0
 1962 30 BOS AL   P   42      5   14    1    1  .950  .960  0.45  0.79  2.08  2.08    1   82.3
 1963 31 TOT AL   P   20      3    2    0    0 1.000  .962  0.25  0.79  1.23  1.99    0   36.7
         BOS AL   P    9      2    1    0    0 1.000  .968  0.33  0.79  1.93  1.99    0   14.0
         MIN AL   P   11      1    1    0    0 1.000  .952  0.18  0.79  0.79  1.98    0   22.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 432     74  209   15   17  .950  .958  0.66  0.83  2.20  1.99   76 1156.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       432     74  209   15   17  .950  .958  0.66  0.83  2.20  1.99   76   1156

An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1961-1 BOS AL      0  0  0   0.1   2   1   1   0   0  1   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1961-1 BOS AL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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.

All-Star
1961-1 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1960-AL-28-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Won-Loss %
1960 AL-.667-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1957 AL-5.28-9

Games
1959 AL-46-5
1960 AL-70-1
1961 AL-57-5

Saves
1959 AL-11-5
1960 AL-14-1
1961 AL-15-3

Shutouts
1957 AL-2-7

SO to Walk
1957 AL-1.95-7

Losses
1957 AL-13-7

Hit Batsmen
1958 AL-6-9
1962 AL-8-9

Games Finished
1959 AL-26-5
1960 AL-48-1
1961 AL-42-4

Youngest Player
1952 AL-20-6
1953 AL-21-7

Black Ink: Pitching - 4 (458) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 16 (1175) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 5.0 (1323) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1117) (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.

Transactions
Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.
December 10, 1952: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Chuck Stobbs.
May 21, 1956: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Connie Johnson, George Kell, and Bob Nieman to the Baltimore Orioles for Jim Wilson and Dave Philley.
June 14, 1957: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Goodman.
June 14, 1963: Purchased by the Minnesota Twins from the Boston Red Sox.
July 22, 1963: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
Before 1964 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
April 7, 1964: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Mike Fornieles's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1961-1 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1960-AL-28-0.01 Car-1440-0.01 shares	Won-Loss % 1960 AL-.667-4	Strikeouts/9IP 1957 AL-5.28-9	Games 1959 AL-46-5 1960 AL-70-1 1961 AL-57-5	Saves 1959 AL-11-5 1960 AL-14-1 1961 AL-15-3
Shutouts 1957 AL-2-7	SO to Walk 1957 AL-1.95-7	Losses 1957 AL-13-7	Hit Batsmen 1958 AL-6-9 1962 AL-8-9	Games Finished 1959 AL-26-5 1960 AL-48-1 1961 AL-42-4	Youngest Player 1952 AL-20-6 1953 AL-21-7