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Mitchell Page
Mitchell Otis Page

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

Debut April 9, 1977
  vs. MIN 3 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 30, 1984
Born October 15, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA

Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        Mitchell Page was my favorite player on the 1974 Salem Pirates. And then he ended up with my favorite team, the Oakland A's, in the Major Leagues. Still have my Sporting News with Mitchell on the cover. Thanks for the memories.

Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1977 25 OAK AL 145  501   85  154  28  8  21   75  42  5  78  95  .307  .405  .521  154  261   4   3   6   6   7 RoY-2
 1978 26 OAK AL 147  516   62  147  25  7  17   70  23 19  53  95  .285  .355  .459  134  237   4   2   6   4   7
 1979 27 OAK AL 133  478   51  118  11  2   9   42  17 16  52  93  .247  .323  .335   83  160   3   3   5   3   9
 1980 28 OAK AL 110  348   58   85  10  4  17   51  14  7  35  87  .244  .311  .443  111  154   4   5   3   1   9
 1981 29 OAK AL  34   92    9   13   1  0   4   13   2  1   7  29  .141  .200  .283   41   26   1   1   0   0   1
 1982 30 OAK AL  31   78   14   20   5  0   4    7   3  4   7  24  .256  .333  .474  125   37   0   0   1   2   3
 1983 31 OAK AL  57   79   16   19   3  0   0    1   3  3  10  22  .241  .341  .278   79   22   1   0   0   2   2
 1984 32 PIT NL  16   12    2    4   1  0   0    0   0  0   3   4  .333  .467  .417  150    5   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      673 2104  297  560  84 21  72  259 104 55 245 449  .266  .346  .429  118  902  17  14  21  18  38
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        506   71  135  20  5  17   62  25 13  59 108  .266  .346  .429  118  217   4   3   5   4   9
 Career High    147  516   85  154  28  8  21   75  42 19  78  95  .307  .405  .521  154  261   4   5   6   6   9
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1977 25 OAK AL  592  366  117   8.6    97| .307  .263| .405  .326| .521  .400| .926  .726| 154  .755  40.6   3.9  89%
 1978 26 OAK AL  579  401   82   5.5    89| .285  .254| .355  .318| .459  .374| .814  .693| 134  .606  23.0   2.3  54%
 1979 27 OAK AL  539  391   51   3.5    97| .247  .262| .323  .326| .335  .397| .658  .724|  83  .365 -10.0  -1.0  51%
 1980 28 OAK AL  393  288   47   4.4    93| .244  .261| .311  .322| .443  .387| .754  .709| 111  .480   4.7   0.5  66%
 1981 29 OAK AL  101   83    5   1.6    85| .141  .250| .200  .314| .283  .364| .483  .678|  41  .155  -7.2  -0.8  66%
 1982 30 OAK AL   87   65   10   4.1    93| .256  .257| .333  .320| .474  .392| .807  .711| 125  .452   2.7   0.3  42%
 1983 31 OAK AL   92   66    8   3.2    92| .241  .257| .341  .318| .278  .388| .619  .706|  79  .351  -1.6  -0.2  50%
 1984 32 PIT NL   15    8    3  10.1    95| .333  .264| .467  .330| .417  .384| .884  .714| 150  .834   1.1   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      2398 1668  323   5.2    93| .266  .259| .346  .323| .429  .388| .775  .711| 118  .561  53.2   5.1  65%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1977 25 OAK AL OF 133 279 11 14 0 .954 .978 2.18 2.03 2.32 2.34 132 1124.7 LF 131 271 11 14 0 .953 .976 2.15 1.74 2.32 2.11 128 1091.7 DH 8 RF 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 1.72 1.91 2.07 4 33.0 1978 26 OAK AL OF 114 211 4 6 0 .973 .979 1.89 2.13 2.24 2.47 113 865.0 LF 112 208 4 6 0 .972 .974 1.89 1.78 2.24 2.21 111 850.0 DH 33 RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 0.60 2.22 2 15.0 1979 27 OAK AL DH 126 LF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.80 1.71 2.23 5 42.0 1980 28 OAK AL DH 101 1981 29 OAK AL DH 29 1982 30 OAK AL DH 24 1983 31 OAK AL DH 34 OF 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 2.16 2.92 2.51 3 37.0 LF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 1.90 3.67 2.33 2 27.0 RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.85 1.80 2.25 1 10.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1977 25 OAK AL DH 8 1978 26 OAK AL DH 33 1979 27 OAK AL DH 126 1980 28 OAK AL DH 101 1981 29 OAK AL DH 29 1982 30 OAK AL DH 24 1983 31 OAK AL DH 34 1977 25 OAK AL LF 131 271 11 14 0 .953 .976 2.15 1.74 2.32 2.11 128 1091.7 1978 26 OAK AL LF 112 208 4 6 0 .972 .974 1.89 1.78 2.24 2.21 111 850.0 1979 27 OAK AL LF 5 8 0 0 0 1.000 .976 1.60 1.80 1.71 2.23 5 42.0 1983 31 OAK AL LF 8 11 0 0 0 1.000 .973 1.38 1.90 3.67 2.33 2 27.0 1977 25 OAK AL OF 133 279 11 14 0 .954 .978 2.18 2.03 2.32 2.34 132 1124.7 1978 26 OAK AL OF 114 211 4 6 0 .973 .979 1.89 2.13 2.24 2.47 113 865.0 1979 27 OAK AL OF 4 6 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.50 2.12 1.29 2.46 5 42.0 1983 31 OAK AL OF 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 .984 1.20 2.16 2.92 2.51 3 37.0 1977 25 OAK AL RF 5 7 0 0 0 1.000 .972 1.40 1.72 1.91 2.07 4 33.0 1978 26 OAK AL RF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.85 0.60 2.22 2 15.0 1983 31 OAK AL RF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 1.85 1.80 2.25 1 10.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total DH 355 Games not counted in Overall Total below OF* 261 508 15 20 0 .963 .979 2.00 2.08 2.28 2.40 253 2068.7 256 0 9# LF* 256 498 15 20 0 .962 .975 2.00 1.76 2.30 2.16 246 2010.7 RF* 9 10 0 0 0 1.000 .980 1.11 1.78 1.55 2.14 7 58.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 261 508 15 20 0 .963 .979 2.00 2.08 2.28 2.40 253 2069
# indicates breakdown of outfield by position games played is for entire career.
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.

On-base %
1977 AL-.405-4

Slugging %
1977 AL-.521-9

OPS
1977 AL-.926-4

Bases on Balls
1977 AL-78-7

Stolen Bases
1977 AL-42-2

Adjusted OPS+
1977 AL-154-3

Runs Created
1977 AL-117-5

Adjusted Batting Runs
1977 AL-41-4

Batting Wins
1977 AL-3.9-3

Offensive Win%
1977 AL-.755-3

Caught Stealing
1978 AL-19-4
1979 AL-16-2

Power/Speed Number
1977 AL-28.0-2
1978 AL-19.6-5
1980 AL-15.4-8

Gray Ink: Batting - 7 (1562) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 11.0 (1482) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1811) (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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Transactions 

January 17, 1970: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 4th round of the 1970 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 5, 1973: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft.

March 15, 1977: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Tony Armas, Doug Bair, Dave Giusti, Rick Langford, and Doc Medich to the Oakland Athletics for Phil Garner, Tommy Helms, and Chris Batton.

March 29, 1984: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

May 19, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 4, 1985: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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