Mike Armstrong
Michael Dennis Armstrong
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 206 lb.

Born: March 7, 1954 in Glen Cove, NY
High School: North Shore (Glen Head, NY)
School: University of Miami
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1980
Final Game: July 5, 1987
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Standard Pitching

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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
1980 26 SDP NL 0 0 5.65 11 0 4 0 0 0 14.1 16 10 9 3 13 5 14 0 0 0 67 61 2.023 10.0 1.9 8.2 8.8 1.08
1981 27 SDP NL 0 2 .000 6.00 10 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 14 9 8 1 11 3 9 0 1 0 58 55 2.083 10.5 0.8 8.3 6.8 0.82
1982 28 KCR AL 5 5 .500 3.20 52 0 25 0 0 6 112.2 88 45 40 9 43 4 75 3 1 7 466 128 1.163 7.0 0.7 3.4 6.0 1.74
1983 29 KCR AL 10 7 .588 3.86 58 0 33 0 0 3 102.2 86 53 44 11 45 3 52 3 0 5 432 106 1.276 7.5 1.0 3.9 4.6 1.16
1984 30 NYY AL 3 2 .600 3.48 36 0 15 0 0 1 54.1 47 21 21 6 26 4 43 0 0 1 229 109 1.344 7.8 1.0 4.3 7.1 1.65
1985 31 NYY AL 0 0 3.07 9 0 8 0 0 0 14.2 9 5 5 4 2 0 11 0 0 1 54 131 0.750 5.5 2.5 1.2 6.8 5.50
1986 32 NYY AL 0 1 .000 9.35 7 1 4 0 0 0 8.2 13 9 9 4 5 1 8 0 0 0 42 44 2.077 13.5 4.2 5.2 8.3 1.60
1987 33 CLE AL 1 0 1.000 8.68 14 0 2 0 0 1 18.2 27 18 18 4 10 0 9 0 0 2 91 52 1.982 13.0 1.9 4.8 4.3 0.90
8 Seasons 19 17 .528 4.10 197 1 94 0 0 11 338.0 300 170 154 42 155 20 221 6 2 16 1439 98 1.346 8.0 1.1 4.1 5.9 1.43
162 Game Avg. 7 6 .528 4.10 68 0 32 0 0 4 116 103 58 53 14 53 7 76 2 1 5 494 98 1.346 8.0 1.1 4.1 5.9 1.43
NYY (3 yrs) 3 3 .500 4.06 52 1 27 0 0 1 77.2 69 35 35 14 33 5 62 0 0 2 325 96 1.313 8.0 1.6 3.8 7.2 1.88
KCR (2 yrs) 15 12 .556 3.51 110 0 58 0 0 9 215.1 174 98 84 20 88 7 127 6 1 12 898 116 1.217 7.3 0.8 3.7 5.3 1.44
SDP (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 5.81 21 0 7 0 0 0 26.1 30 19 17 4 24 8 23 0 1 0 125 58 2.051 10.3 1.4 8.2 7.9 0.96
CLE (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 8.68 14 0 2 0 0 1 18.2 27 18 18 4 10 0 9 0 0 2 91 52 1.982 13.0 1.9 4.8 4.3 0.90
AL (6 yrs) 19 15 .559 3.96 176 1 87 0 0 11 311.2 270 151 137 38 131 12 198 6 1 16 1314 102 1.287 7.8 1.1 3.8 5.7 1.51
NL (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 5.81 21 0 7 0 0 0 26.1 30 19 17 4 24 8 23 0 1 0 125 58 2.051 10.3 1.4 8.2 7.9 0.96

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1980 26 SDP NL 11 67 54 10 16 5 0 3 2 1 13 14 .296 .433 .556 .988 .351 30 2 0 0 0 5
1981 27 SDP NL 10 58 45 9 14 3 0 1 1 2 11 9 .311 .446 .444 .891 .371 20 0 0 2 0 3
1982 28 KCR AL 52 466 409 45 88 13 3 9 9 2 43 75 .215 .290 .328 .618 .238 134 6 3 4 7 4
1983 29 KCR AL 58 432 377 53 86 18 5 11 11 4 45 52 .228 .312 .390 .702 .236 147 3 3 3 4 3
1984 30 NYY AL 36 229 197 21 47 9 0 6 4 1 26 43 .239 .322 .376 .697 .270 74 6 0 2 4 4
1985 31 NYY AL 9 54 52 5 9 2 0 4 0 0 2 11 .173 .204 .442 .646 .135 23 1 0 0 0 0
1986 32 NYY AL 7 42 37 9 13 2 0 4 2 2 5 8 .351 .429 .730 1.158 .360 27 0 0 0 0 1
1987 33 CLE AL 14 91 81 18 27 2 0 4 7 0 10 9 .333 .407 .506 .913 .338 41 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 197 1439 1252 170 300 54 8 42 36 12 155 221 .240 .323 .396 .719 .257 496 19 6 11 15 20
162 Game Avg. 68 494 430 58 103 19 3 14 12 4 53 76 .240 .323 .396 .719 .257 170 7 2 4 5 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1986 32 NYY AL 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21 21 21 2 1 0 1 8.0 4.5 1.7
1 Season 7 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 21 21 21 2 1 0 1 8.0 4.5 1.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1980 26 SDP NL 11 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 3 43% 8 1.638 4 3 4 1 2 8 3 8 3 4 3 2 3.9
1981 27 SDP NL 10 10 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 9 0.781 3 3 4 1 2 7 3 7 3 3 4 1 3.6
1982 28 KCR AL 52 52 25 5 5 8 6 2 75% 12 4 50 18 36% 7 0.930 17 12 22 19 6 27 25 27 34 7 36 9 6.5
1983 29 KCR AL 58 58 33 10 7 6 3 3 50% 9 3 46 21 46% 7 0.997 18 17 23 17 10 31 24 34 40 6 41 10 5.3
1984 30 NYY AL 36 36 15 3 2 4 1 3 25% 9 5 35 10 29% 7 0.782 14 5 17 14 3 19 21 15 22 7 22 11 4.5
1985 31 NYY AL 9 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 8 0.127 1 0 8 2 1 6 4 5 4 2 5 0 4.9
1986 32 NYY AL 7 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 9 0.361 0 0 5 1 0 5 2 4 1 1 1 3 3.5
1987 33 CLE AL 14 14 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 4 3 18 6 33% 6 0.731 5 1 8 5 0 9 11 3 6 7 8 3 4.0
8 Seasons 197 196 94 19 16 19 11 8 58% 35 16 173 65 38% 0.894 62 41 91 60 24 112 93 103 113 37 120 39 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1980 26 SDP NL 67 36% 4.5% 20.9% 19.4% 11.9% 50% 0.53 55% 12 2 17%
1981 27 SDP NL 58 34% 1.7% 15.5% 19.0% 6.9% 29% 0.60 60% 9 0 0%
1982 28 KCR AL 466 40% 1.9% 16.1% 9.2% 5.4% 28% 0.51 71% 81 6 7%
1983 29 KCR AL 432 42% 2.6% 12.0% 10.4% 7.9% 40% 0.40 74% 64 3 5%
1984 30 NYY AL 229 39% 2.6% 18.8% 11.4% 6.6% 32% 0.84 66% 50 6 12%
1985 31 NYY AL 54 65% 7.4% 20.4% 3.7% 11.1% 67% 0.74 69% 2 1 50%
1986 32 NYY AL 42 50% 9.5% 19.1% 11.9% 14.3% 46% 0.60 60% 6 0 0%
1987 33 CLE AL 91 47% 4.4% 9.9% 11.0% 6.6% 22% 0.53 75% 21 1 5%
8 Seasons 1439 42% 2.9% 15.4% 10.8% 7.2% 35% 0.53 70% 245 19 8%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1980 26 SDP NL 67 16 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 7 2 0 29% 0 0 0 20 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
1981 27 SDP NL 58 14 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 5 2 0 40% 0 0 0 17 1 2 33% 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0
1982 28 KCR AL 466 88 9 3 18 6 3 5 4 34 17 5 50% 4 7 0 172 9 2 82% 9 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 24 0
1983 29 KCR AL 432 86 11 0 15 4 7 2 9 26 14 1 54% 3 5 0 154 11 4 73% 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1984 30 NYY AL 229 47 6 0 11 3 3 4 2 16 9 1 56% 3 1 0 90 4 1 80% 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
1985 31 NYY AL 54 9 4 0 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986 32 NYY AL 42 13 4 0 2 3 1 1 3 2 1 0 50% 0 0 0 17 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
1987 33 CLE AL 91 27 4 0 3 4 0 4 0 6 6 0 100% 0 2 0 42 7 0 100% 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
8 Seasons 1439 300 42 3 62 23 19 19 23 97 52 7 54% 10 16 0 520 36 12 75% 35 8 1 4 0 0 8 4 49 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1980 26 0 0 5.65 11 0 4 0 0 0 14.1 16 10 9 3 13 5 14 0 0 0 67 61 2.023 10.0 1.9 8.2 8.8 1.08 61
1981 27 0 2 .000 5.81 21 0 7 0 0 0 26.1 30 19 17 4 24 8 23 0 1 0 125 58 2.051 10.3 1.4 8.2 7.9 0.96 58
1982 28 5 7 .417 3.69 73 0 32 0 0 6 139.0 118 64 57 13 67 12 98 3 2 7 591 107 1.331 7.6 0.8 4.3 6.3 1.46 107
1983 29 15 14 .517 3.76 131 0 65 0 0 9 241.2 204 117 101 24 112 15 150 6 2 12 1023 106 1.308 7.6 0.9 4.2 5.6 1.34 106
1984 30 18 16 .529 3.71 167 0 80 0 0 10 296.0 251 138 122 30 138 19 193 6 2 13 1252 107 1.314 7.6 0.9 4.2 5.9 1.40 107
1985 31 18 16 .529 3.68 176 0 88 0 0 10 310.2 260 143 127 34 140 19 204 6 2 14 1306 108 1.288 7.5 1.0 4.1 5.9 1.46 108
1986 32 18 17 .514 3.83 183 1 92 0 0 10 319.1 273 152 136 38 145 20 212 6 2 14 1348 104 1.309 7.7 1.1 4.1 6.0 1.46 104
1987 33 19 17 .528 4.10 197 1 94 0 0 11 338.0 300 170 154 42 155 20 221 6 2 16 1439 98 1.346 8.0 1.1 4.1 5.9 1.43 98

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1980 26 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 17 11 10 3 14 12 0 2.583 12.8 10.5 9.0 0.86 2.3 11
1981 27 0 1 .000 7.88 16.0 23 16 14 2 18 12 0 2.563 12.9 10.1 6.8 0.67 1.1 10
1982 28 7 5 .583 3.47 109.0 91 47 42 9 44 73 3 1.239 7.5 3.6 6.0 1.66 0.7 52
1983 29 5 5 .500 4.32 98.0 89 52 47 11 47 50 3 1.388 8.2 4.3 4.6 1.06 1.0 58
1984 30 2 3 .400 4.14 50.0 50 26 23 6 28 40 0 1.560 9.0 5.0 7.2 1.43 1.1 36
1985 31 0 1 .000 3.86 14.0 10 7 6 4 2 10 0 0.857 6.4 1.3 6.4 5.00 2.6 9
1986 32 0 0 10.12 8.0 13 10 9 4 5 7 0 2.250 14.6 5.6 7.9 1.40 4.5 7
1987 33 0 2 .000 8.50 18.0 27 19 17 4 10 9 0 2.056 13.5 5.0 4.5 0.90 2.0 14
8 Seasons 14 18 .438 4.65 325.0 320 188 168 43 168 213 6 1.502 8.9 5.9 1.27 1.2 197

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