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Mike Adamson

John Michael Adamson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 13, 1947 in San Diego, CA
High School: Point Lomas HS (San Diego, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 27, 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1967
Team: Orioles 1967-1969

Final Game: May 7, 1969
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1967 19 BAL AL 0 1 .000 8.38 3 2 1 0 0 0 9.2 9 9 9 1 12 0 8 0 0 1 48 40 2.172 8.4 0.9 11.2 7.4 0.67
1968 20 BAL AL 0 2 .000 9.39 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.2 9 9 8 2 4 0 4 0 1 0 36 33 1.696 10.6 2.3 4.7 4.7 1.00
1969 21 BAL AL 0 1 .000 4.50 6 0 1 0 0 0 8.0 10 4 4 0 6 2 2 0 0 1 38 83 2.000 11.3 0.0 6.8 2.3 0.33
3 Yrs 0 4 .000 7.46 11 4 2 0 0 0 25.1 28 22 21 3 22 2 14 0 1 2 122 46 1.974 9.9 1.1 7.8 5.0 0.64
162 Game Avg. 0 18 .000 7.46 50 18 9 0 0 0 115 127 100 95 14 100 9 63 0 5 9 553 46 1.974 9.9 1.1 7.8 5.0 0.64

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1967 19 BAL AL 9.2 3 2 9 8.38 3.52 0.24 0.02 96.1 3.18 -5 -0.5 .1 0.0 -0.4 -5 .320 .497 $
1968 20 BAL AL 7.2 2 2 9 10.57 3.44 0.56 0.06 106.5 3.13 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.5 -6 .222 .497 $
1969 21 BAL AL 8.0 6 0 4 4.50 4.10 0.86 -0.17 97.3 2.99 -1 -0.1 1.4 -0.0 -0.1 -1 .477 .499 $
3 Seasons 25.1 11 4 22 7.82 3.68 0.53 -0.03 99.6 3.11 -13 -1.2 1.2 -0.0 -1.0 -11 .388 .497 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1967 19 BAL AL 3 48 35 9 9 1 0 1 5 2 12 8 .257 .438 .371 .809 .296 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
1968 20 BAL AL 2 36 32 9 9 5 1 2 2 0 4 4 .281 .361 .688 1.049 .269 22 1 0 0 0 0 1
1969 21 BAL AL 6 38 28 4 10 2 0 0 0 0 6 2 .357 .444 .429 .873 .357 12 1 0 2 2 2 0
3 Yrs 11 122 95 22 28 8 1 3 7 2 22 14 .295 .417 .495 .911 .309 47 2 0 2 3 2 1
162 Game Avg. 50 553 431 100 127 36 5 14 32 9 100 63 .295 .417 .495 .911 .309 213 9 0 9 14 9 5
MLB Averages .243 .309 .356 .665 .273

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1967 19 BAL AL -5.0 -0.5 54 -0.3 0.8 -1.1 .96 -0.4 0.1 -5.5 -0.5 0.96 -5.0 0 0 1
1968 20 BAL AL -5.3 -0.5 39 -0.7 0.5 -1.1 .83 -0.9 0.1 -5.4 -0.5 0.83 -7.8 0 0 0
1969 21 BAL AL -0.4 -0.0 40 -0.5 0.7 -1.1 1.50 -0.3 -0.1 -1.4 -0.1 1.50 -2.1 2 3 1
3 Yrs -10.7 -1.1 133 -1.5 1.9 -3.3 1.08 -1.6 0.3 -12.3 -1.2 1.08 -14.9 2 3 2

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 19 BAL AL 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 40.5 55 26 2 0 1 1 3.2 2.3 3.8
1968 20 BAL AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35.5 36 35 2 1 0 2 3.0 5.6 3.8
2 Yrs 5 4 0 3 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0 0 0 0 1 25% 38 55 26 4 1 1 3 3.1 3.9 3.8
MLB Averages .500 58% 55 112 0 3.8 3.7 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1967 19 BAL AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .958 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1969 21 BAL AL 6 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 4 1.497 2 3 1 0 2 4 4 2 3 1 4 1 4.0
2 Yrs 9 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 1.196 2 3 2 0 2 5 4 3 4 1 5 1 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1967 19 BAL AL 48 58% 2.1% 16.7% 25.0% 4.2% 22% 0.58 56% 12 0 0%
1968 20 BAL AL 36 56% 5.6% 11.1% 11.1% 22.2% 89% 1.71 72% 5 1 20%
1969 21 BAL AL 38 53% 0.0% 5.3% 15.8% 5.3% 20% 1.63 74% 9 1 11%
3 Yrs 122 56% 2.5% 11.5% 18.0% 9.8% 43% 1.19 66% 26 2 8%
MLB Averages 47% 1.9% 15.8% 8.3% 5.8% 27% 1.11 73% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1967 19 BAL AL 48 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 100% 0 1 0 27 5 2 71% 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
1968 20 BAL AL 36 9 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 11 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1969 21 BAL AL 38 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 75% 0 1 1 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Yrs 122 28 3 0 5 3 0 0 3 9 6 0 67% 1 2 1 58 7 2 78% 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 9 0
MLB Averages 48% 61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1967 19 0 1 .000 8.38 3 2 1 0 0 0 9.2 9 9 9 1 12 0 8 0 0 1 48 40 2.172 8.4 0.9 11.2 7.4 0.67 40
1968 20 0 3 .000 8.83 5 4 1 0 0 0 17.1 18 18 17 3 16 0 12 0 1 1 84 37 1.962 9.3 1.6 8.3 6.2 0.75 37
1969 21 0 4 .000 7.46 11 4 2 0 0 0 25.1 28 22 21 3 22 2 14 0 1 2 122 46 1.974 9.9 1.1 7.8 5.0 0.64 46

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1967 19 0 0 11.25 8.0 10 11 10 1 13 7 0 2.875 11.3 14.6 7.9 0.54 1.1 3
1968 20 0 0 14.14 7.0 10 12 11 2 4 4 0 2.000 12.9 5.1 5.1 1.00 2.6 2
1969 21 0 0 6.43 7.0 11 6 5 0 7 2 0 2.571 14.1 9.0 2.6 0.29 0.0 6
3 Yrs 0 0 10.64 22.0 31 29 26 3 24 13 0 2.500 12.7 5.3 0.54 1.2 11

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1967 AL  born 1947-09-13 (5th)
1968 AL  born 1947-09-13 (6th)

                                         

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