Mike Armstrong

Michael Dennis Armstrong

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: March 7, 1954 in Glen Cove, NY
High School: North Shore HS (Glen Head, NY)
School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: August 12, 1980
Teams (by GP): Royals/Yankees/Padres/Indians 1980-1987

Final Game: July 5, 1987
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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
1974	20	CIN-min	A-,A	6	9	.400	3.58	21	17		6	1	0	118.0	111	62	47	6	65	0	100	6	3	14			1.492	8.5	0.5	5.0	7.6	1.54	SLE,TAM · NORW,FLOR
1975	21	CIN-min	AA	5	10	.333	2.70	25	24					150.0	116	55	45	6	44								1.067	7.0	0.4	2.6			TRV · EL
1976	22	CIN-min	AA	10	10	.500	3.51	24	24		5	0	0	146.0	143	77	57	16	52	2	91	4	0	5			1.336	8.8	1.0	3.2	5.6	1.75	TRV · EL
1977	23	CIN-min	AA	16	10	.615	3.77	30	29		7	3	1	184.0	185	91	77	15	83	5	107	8	0	10			1.457	9.0	0.7	4.1	5.2	1.29	TRV · EL
1978	24	CLE-CIN-min	AA,AAA	10	8	.556	3.90	47	4		0	0	8	97.0	87	52	42	5	54	7	71	3	0	6			1.454	8.1	0.5	5.0	6.6	1.31	CNG,INA · SOUL,AA
1979	25	CIN-SDP-min	AA,AAA	7	4	.636	3.35	42	4		1	0	4	102.0	96	47	38	12	48	3	91	4	0	4			1.412	8.5	1.1	4.2	8.0	1.90	NVL,AMA,HAW · SOUL,TL,PCL
1980	26	SDP-min	AAA	4	4	.500	1.95	42	0		0	0	16	74.0	48	18	16	3	26	2	67	4	1	3			1.000	5.8	0.4	3.2	8.1	2.58	HAW · PCL
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	63	2.023	10.0	1.9	8.2	8.8	1.08
1981	27	SDP-min	AAA	5	2	.714	1.50	22	0	21	0	0	6	36.0	21	7	6	4	12	0	39	1	0	1			0.917	5.2	1.0	3.0	9.8	3.25	HAW · PCL
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	57	2.083	10.5	0.8	8.3	6.8	0.82
1982	28	KCR-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.21	15	0	12	0	0	3	28.0	19	12	10	1	20	0	27	0	0	2			1.393	6.1	0.3	6.4	8.7	1.35	OMA · AA
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-min	A	1	0	1.000	0.77	8	0					11.2	9	2	1	1	5								1.200	6.9	0.8	3.9			FTL · FLOR
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	110	1.344	7.8	1.0	4.3	7.1	1.65
1985	31	NYY-min	AAA	2	2	.500	6.64	21	3	5	0	0	2	40.2	49	31	30	7	26	0	40	0	0	7			1.844	10.8	1.5	5.8	8.9	1.54	CLB · IL
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	135	0.750	5.5	2.5	1.2	6.8	5.50
1986	32	NYY-min	AAA	6	9	.400	4.08	31	14	12	0	0	4	106.0	103	54	48	8	53	2	103	1	0	2			1.472	8.7	0.7	4.5	8.7	1.94	CLB · IL
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	46	2.077	13.5	4.2	5.2	8.3	1.60
1987	33	CLE-NYY-min	AAA	2	4	.333	2.96	16	0	8	0	0	4	27.1	27	14	9	2	14	1	26	0	0	1			1.500	8.9	0.7	4.6	8.6	1.86	BFL,CLB · AA,IL
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	53	1.982	13.0	1.9	4.8	4.3	0.90
8 Yrs				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	97	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	117	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	60	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	53	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	103	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	60	2.051	10.3	1.4	8.2	7.9	0.96

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
1980	26	SDP	NL	14.1	11	0	10	6.28	4.21	0.02	-0.33	97.0	3.74	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-3	.460	.497	$
1981	27	SDP	NL	12.0	10	0	9	6.75	4.05	-0.18	-0.31	91.0	3.57	-4	-0.5	.9	0.0	-0.4	-4	.451	.497	$
1982	28	KCR	AL	112.2	52	0	45	3.59	4.52	0.20	-0.35	100.3	3.98	5	0.6	1.1	-0.2	1.3	17	.511	.503	$
1983	29	KCR	AL	102.2	58	0	53	4.65	4.56	-0.14	-0.36	99.7	4.32	-4	-0.4	1.1	-0.2	0.3	7	.493	.498	$
1984	30	NYY	AL	54.1	36	0	21	3.48	4.57	-0.22	-0.36	96.6	4.27	5	0.5	1.0	-0.1	0.9	10	.515	.503	$190,000
1985	31	NYY	AL	14.2	9	0	5	3.07	4.51	0.14	-0.35	95.6	3.84	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.2	3	.515	.501	$
1986	32	NYY	AL	8.2	7	1	9	9.35	4.56	-0.02	-0.26	95.1	4.11	-5	-0.5	.1	0.2	-0.3	-4	.431	.497	$
1987	33	CLE	AL	18.2	14	0	18	8.68	5.04	-0.33	-0.39	101.5	5.06	-8	-0.7	1.4	-0.2	-0.7	-5	.450	.496	$
8 Seasons				338.0	197	1	170	4.53	4.54	-0.03	-0.36	98.8	4.16	-13	-1.3	1.0	-0.5	0.9	21	.493	.499	$190,000

NYY (3 yrs)				77.2	52	1	35	4.06	4.56	-0.13	-0.35	96.2	4.17	1	0.2	.9	0.0	0.8	9	.503	.500	$190,000
KCR (2 yrs)				215.1	110	0	98	4.10	4.54	0.04	-0.36	100.0	4.14	2	0.2	1.1	-0.4	1.6	24	.502	.501	$
SDP (2 yrs)				26.1	21	0	19	6.49	4.14	-0.07	-0.32	94.2	3.66	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-6	.456	.497	$
CLE (1 yr)				18.2	14	0	18	8.68	5.04	-0.33	-0.39	101.5	5.06	-8	-0.7	1.4	-0.2	-0.7	-5	.450	.496	$

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
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	0
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	0
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	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	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	3
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	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	0
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	0
8 Yrs				197	1439	1252	170	300	54	8	42	36	12	155	221	.240	.323	.396	.719	.257	496	19	6	11	15	20	10
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	3
MLB Averages																.260	.325	.391	.716	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	26	SDP	NL	-3.5	-0.4	73	0.5	1.7	-1.3	1.57	-0.4	0.7	-4.0	-0.4	1.57	-3.9	4	2	5
1981	27	SDP	NL	-3.7	-0.4	64	-0.7	0.6	-1.2	.68	-0.4	-0.6	-3.2	-0.3	0.68	-2.8	3	2	4
1982	28	KCR	AL	10.9	1.1	485	0.3	6.9	-6.6	.91	1.7	-1.4	11.9	1.2	0.91	16.3	17	10	22
1983	29	KCR	AL	0.8	0.1	452	-0.6	7.5	-8.1	.97	-0.4	-0.2	-7.4	-0.7	0.97	0.4	16	18	23
1984	30	NYY	AL	3.3	0.3	235	-0.4	2.6	-2.9	.76	0.2	-0.7	7.0	0.7	0.76	5.5	14	5	17
1985	31	NYY	AL	2.0	0.2	55	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	.12	-0.0	-3.1	1.6	0.2	0.12	1.6	1	0	7
1986	32	NYY	AL	-4.5	-0.4	47	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.33	-0.4	-0.8	-5.8	-0.6	0.33	-6.1	0	0	5
1987	33	CLE	AL	-7.5	-0.7	101	0.6	1.3	-0.8	.73	-0.4	1.2	-7.9	-0.7	0.73	-6.7	5	1	7
8 Yrs				-2.3	-0.2	1512	-1.1	20.8	-21.9	.87	-0.2	-1.1	-7.9	-0.7	0.87	4.5	60	38	90

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
1986	32	NYY	AL	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	21.0	21	21	2	1	0	1	8.0	4.5	1.7
1 Yr				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													.500						51%	50	98	-12					4.4	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1980	26	SDP	NL	11	11	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	7	3	43%	8	1.566	4	2	5	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	.681	3	2	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	.907	17	10	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	.974	16	18	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	.757	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	.119	1	0	7	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	.334	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	.730	5	1	7	5	0	9	11	3	6	7	8	3	4.0
8 Yrs				197	196	94	19	16	19	11	8	58%	35	16	173	65	38%		.867	60	38	90	60	24	112	93	103	113	37	120	39	5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	26	SDP	NL	67	64%	4.5%	20.9%	19.4%	11.9%	50%	0.53	55%	12	2	17%
1981	27	SDP	NL	58	66%	1.7%	15.5%	19.0%	6.9%	29%	0.60	60%	9	0	0%
1982	28	KCR	AL	466	60%	1.9%	16.1%	9.2%	5.4%	28%	0.51	71%	81	6	7%
1983	29	KCR	AL	432	58%	2.6%	12.0%	10.4%	7.9%	40%	0.40	74%	64	3	5%
1984	30	NYY	AL	229	61%	2.6%	18.8%	11.4%	6.6%	32%	0.84	66%	50	6	12%
1985	31	NYY	AL	54	35%	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	53%	4.4%	9.9%	11.0%	6.6%	22%	0.53	75%	21	1	5%
8 Yrs				1439	58%	2.9%	15.4%	10.8%	7.2%	35%	0.53	70%	245	19	8%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	13.9%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.09	74%			11%

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
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	0	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	1	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	0	0	3	0
8 Yrs				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	4	4	49	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	14.1	16	10	9	3	13	5	14	0	0	0	67	63	2.023	10.0	1.9	8.2	8.8	1.08	63
1981	27	0	2	.000	5.81	21	0	7	0	26.1	30	19	17	4	24	8	23	0	1	0	125	60	2.051	10.3	1.4	8.2	7.9	0.96	60
1982	28	5	7	.417	3.69	73	0	32	6	139.0	118	64	57	13	67	12	98	3	2	7	591	108	1.331	7.6	0.8	4.3	6.3	1.46	108
1983	29	15	14	.517	3.76	131	0	65	9	241.2	204	117	101	24	112	15	150	6	2	12	1023	107	1.308	7.6	0.9	4.2	5.6	1.34	107
1984	30	18	16	.529	3.71	167	0	80	10	296.0	251	138	122	30	138	19	193	6	2	13	1252	108	1.314	7.6	0.9	4.2	5.9	1.40	108
1985	31	18	16	.529	3.68	176	0	88	10	310.2	260	143	127	34	140	19	204	6	2	14	1306	109	1.288	7.5	1.0	4.1	5.9	1.46	109
1986	32	18	17	.514	3.83	183	1	92	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	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

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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	9.00	15.0	24	17	15	2	19	11	0	2.867	14.4	11.4	6.6	0.58	1.2	10
1982	28	7	5	.583	3.44	110.0	90	47	42	9	44	73	3	1.218	7.4	3.6	6.0	1.66	0.7	52
1983	29	5	5	.500	4.22	98.0	88	51	46	11	46	50	3	1.367	8.1	4.2	4.6	1.09	1.0	58
1984	30	2	3	.400	4.32	50.0	50	27	24	6	28	40	0	1.560	9.0	5.0	7.2	1.43	1.1	36
1985	31	1	0	1.000	3.86	14.0	9	7	6	4	2	11	0	0.786	5.8	1.3	7.1	5.50	2.6	9
1986	32	0	0		10.13	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	26	19	17	4	10	9	0	2.000	13.0	5.0	4.5	0.90	2.0	14
8 Yrs		15	17	.469	4.68	325.0	317	189	169	43	168	213	6	1.492	8.8		5.9	1.27	1.2	197

* 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.

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