Michael Earl Payne
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.
Born: November 15, 1961 in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, US
Died: August 4, 2002 in Dunnellon, Florida, US
High School: Williston HS (Williston, FL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 6th round of the 1979 MLB June Amateur Draft from Williston HS (Williston, FL).
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 17 | Kingsport | APPY | Rk | ATL | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.90 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.567 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 0.82 | ||
| 1980 | 18 | Anderson | SALL | A | ATL | 12 | 6 | .667 | 4.36 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 129 | 76 | 61 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 70 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1.603 | 9.2 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 0.96 | ||
| 1981 | 19 | Durham | CARL | A | ATL | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5.23 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 105.0 | 107 | 76 | 61 | 12 | 65 | 0 | 84 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1.638 | 9.2 | 1.0 | 5.6 | 7.2 | 1.29 | |
| 1982 | 20 | Durham | CARL | A | ATL | 8 | 7 | .533 | 4.07 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126.0 | 127 | 66 | 57 | 9 | 55 | 0 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1.444 | 9.1 | 0.6 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 1.60 | |
| 1983 | 21 | Savannah | SOUL | AA | ATL | 10 | 7 | .588 | 3.91 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 145.0 | 144 | 71 | 63 | 5 | 80 | 1 | 97 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1.545 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 1.21 | |
| 1984 | 22 | Richmond | IL | AAA | ATL | 10 | 10 | .500 | 3.28 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 145.1 | 155 | 68 | 53 | 5 | 89 | 1 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.679 | 9.6 | 0.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 0.90 | |
| 1985 | 23 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AAA-AA | ATL | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.19 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67.2 | 73 | 46 | 39 | 5 | 68 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 2.084 | 9.7 | 0.7 | 9.0 | 2.9 | 0.32 | |
| 1985 | 23 | Greenville | SOUL | AA | ATL | 0 | 1 | .000 | 5.87 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.565 | 9.4 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 1.00 | |
| 1985 | 23 | Richmond | IL | AAA | ATL | 5 | 4 | .556 | 5.10 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 | 65 | 41 | 34 | 5 | 64 | 0 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2.150 | 9.8 | 0.8 | 9.6 | 2.7 | 0.28 | |
| 1986 | 24 | Sumter | SALL | A | ATL | 5 | 5 | .500 | 3.32 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 59.2 | 45 | 26 | 22 | 5 | 32 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1.291 | 6.8 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 0.94 | |
| 1987 | 25 | Jacksonville | SOUL | AA | MON | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.95 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36.1 | 37 | 22 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.459 | 9.2 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 5.4 | 1.38 | |
| 9 Seasons | 60 | 51 | .541 | 4.16 | 171 | 145 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 841.0 | 847 | 474 | 389 | 50 | 495 | 4 | 507 | 16 | 4 | 47 | 1.596 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 1.02 | ||||||
| A (4 seasons) | A | 31 | 24 | .564 | 4.34 | 88 | 67 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 416.2 | 408 | 244 | 201 | 31 | 225 | 1 | 272 | 11 | 4 | 23 | 1.519 | 8.8 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 1.21 | |||||
| AA (3 seasons) | AA | 12 | 10 | .545 | 4.19 | 37 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 189.0 | 189 | 98 | 88 | 9 | 100 | 1 | 123 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1.529 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 1.23 | |||||
| AAA (2 seasons) | AAA | 15 | 14 | .517 | 3.81 | 39 | 38 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 205.1 | 220 | 109 | 87 | 10 | 153 | 1 | 98 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1.817 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 6.7 | 4.3 | 0.64 | |||||
| Rk (1 season) | Rk | 2 | 3 | .400 | 3.90 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 30 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.567 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 0.82 | ||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 17 | Kingsport | APPY | Rk | ATL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1980 | 18 | Anderson | SALL | A | ATL | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1981 | 19 | Durham | CARL | A | ATL | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1982 | 20 | Durham | CARL | A | ATL | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1983 | 21 | Savannah | SOUL | AA | ATL | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1984 | 22 | Richmond | IL | AAA | ATL | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1985 | 23 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AAA-AA | ATL | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1985 | 23 | Greenville | SOUL | AA | ATL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 1985 | 23 | Richmond | IL | AAA | ATL | 13 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1986 | 24 | Sumter | SALL | A | ATL | 17 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1987 | 25 | Jacksonville | SOUL | AA | MON | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 9 Seasons | 171 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| A (4 seasons) | A | 88 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| AA (3 seasons) | AA | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| AAA (2 seasons) | AAA | 39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Rk (1 season) | Rk | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | CG | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | lgCS% | PO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 17 | Kingsport | APPY | Rk | ATL | P | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .857 | 0.86 | |||
| 1980 | 18 | Anderson | SALL | A | ATL | P | 21 | 26 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 3 | .923 | 1.14 | |||
| 1981 | 19 | Durham | CARL | A | ATL | P | 29 | 24 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 1 | .958 | 0.79 | |||
| 1982 | 20 | Durham | CARL | A | ATL | P | 21 | 43 | 11 | 28 | 4 | 4 | .907 | 1.86 | |||
| 1983 | 21 | Savannah | SOUL | AA | ATL | P | 25 | 29 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.16 | |||
| 1984 | 22 | Richmond | IL | AAA | ATL | P | 26 | 29 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 1 | .966 | 1.08 | |||
| 1985 | 23 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AAA-AA | ATL | P | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.67 | |||
| 1985 | 23 | Greenville | SOUL | AA | ATL | P | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.50 | |||
| 1985 | 23 | Richmond | IL | AAA | ATL | P | 13 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.54 | |||
| 1986 | 24 | Sumter | SALL | A | ATL | P | 17 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.94 | |||
| 1987 | 25 | Jacksonville | SOUL | AA | MON | P | 10 | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.20 | |||
| 9 Seasons | 171 | 206 | 68 | 129 | 9 | 14 | .956 | 1.15 | |||||||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 17 | Kingsport Braves | Appalachian League | Rk | ATL | |||
| 1980 | 18 | Anderson Braves | South Atlantic League | A | ATL | |||
| 1981 | 19 | Durham Bulls | Carolina League | A | ATL | |||
| 1982 | 20 | Durham Bulls | Carolina League | A | ATL | |||
| 1983 | 21 | Savannah Braves | Southern League | AA | ATL | |||
| 1984 | 22 | Richmond Braves | International League | AAA | ATL | |||
| 1984 | 22 | Atlanta Braves | National League | MLB | ATL | 1 | 1984-08-22 | 1984-09-17 |
| 1985 | 23 | Richmond Braves | International League | AAA | ATL | |||
| 1985 | 23 | Greenville Braves | Southern League | AA | ATL | |||
| 1986 | 24 | Sumter Braves | South Atlantic League | A | ATL | |||
| 1987 | 25 | Jacksonville Expos | Southern League | AA | MON |
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