Mike Bacsik

Michael James Bacsik

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 1, 1952 in Dallas, TX
High School: Bishop Dunne HS (Dallas, TX)
School: Trinity University (San Antonio, TX)
Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1975
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rangers 1975-1980

Final Game: August 9, 1980
Relatives: Father of Mike Bacsik
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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
1973	21	TEX-min	Rk	2	0	1.000	3.91	8	0					23.0	13	13	10	0	14								1.174	5.1	0.0	5.5			RGS · GULF
1974	22	TEX-min	A	15	5	.750	4.24	25	25		7	2	0	170.0	183	93	80	11	59	2	121	2	0	17			1.424	9.7	0.6	3.1	6.4	2.05	GST · WCRS
1975	23	TEX-min	AAA	6	10	.375	5.48	19	19		5	0	0	110.0	135	82	67	12	38	1	48	4	0	3			1.573	11.0	1.0	3.1	3.9	1.26	SPO · PCL
1975	23	TEX	AL	1	2	.333	3.71	7	3	3	0	0	0	26.2	28	17	11	1	9	1	13	1	1	0	116	103	1.388	9.5	0.3	3.0	4.4	1.44
1976	24	TEX-min	AAA	4	3	.571	4.56	12	12		3	0	0	77.0	101	51	39	11	31	0	43	2	0	5			1.714	11.8	1.3	3.6	5.0	1.39	SAC · PCL
1976	24	TEX	AL	3	2	.600	4.25	23	0	7	0	0	0	55.0	66	31	26	3	26	4	21	2	1	2	251	85	1.673	10.8	0.5	4.3	3.4	0.81
1977	25	TEX-min	AAA	4	8	.333	7.51	30	18		2	0	0	115.0	161	117	96	16	61	2	67	4	1	10			1.930	12.6	1.3	4.8	5.2	1.10	TUC · PCL
1977	25	TEX	AL	0	0		19.29	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	9	5	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	16	25	3.857	34.7	3.9	0.0	3.9

1978	26	TEX-min	AAA	5	8	.385	5.35	18	16		3	1	0	101.0	116	75	60	8	40	1	50	3	1	3			1.545	10.3	0.7	3.6	4.5	1.25	TUC · PCL
1979	27	MIN-min	AAA	1	1	.500	1.29	7	0		0	0	1	21.0	19	3	3	0	3	1	16	1	0	1			1.048	8.1	0.0	1.3	6.9	5.33	TOL · IL
1979	27	MIN	AL	4	2	.667	4.39	31	0	13	0	0	0	65.2	61	39	32	6	29	4	33	0	0	2	283	101	1.371	8.4	0.8	4.0	4.5	1.14
1980	28	MIN-min	AAA	7	2	.778	3.60	26	0		0	0	7	45.0	45	19	18	3	29	6	30	2	0	4			1.644	9.0	0.6	5.8	6.0	1.03	TOL · IL
1980	28	MIN	AL	0	0		4.30	10	0	9	0	0	0	23.0	26	12	11	1	11	0	9	0	0	0	104	103	1.609	10.2	0.4	4.3	3.5	0.82
5 Yrs				8	6	.571	4.43	73	3	32	0	0	0	172.2	190	104	85	12	75	9	77	3	2	4	770	92	1.535	9.9	0.6	3.9	4.0	1.03
162 Game Avg.				7	5	.571	4.43	65	3	29	0	0	0	155	170	93	76	11	67	8	69	3	2	4	689	92	1.535	9.9	0.6	3.9	4.0	1.03

TEX (3 yrs)				4	4	.500	4.50	32	3	10	0	0	0	84.0	103	53	42	5	35	5	35	3	2	2	383	82	1.643	11.0	0.5	3.8	3.8	1.00
MIN (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	4.36	41	0	22	0	0	0	88.2	87	51	43	7	40	4	42	0	0	2	387	101	1.432	8.8	0.7	4.1	4.3	1.05

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
1975	23	TEX	AL	26.2	7	3	17	5.74	4.25	-0.09	-0.10	99.6	4.22	-4	-0.5	.5	0.0	-0.2	-2	.435	.497	$
1976	24	TEX	AL	55.0	23	0	31	5.07	4.08	-0.01	-0.34	104.2	3.91	-7	-0.8	1.6	-0.3	-0.6	-2	.467	.495	$
1977	25	TEX	AL	2.1	2	0	5	19.29	5.44	0.71	-0.44	102.0	4.37	-4	-0.3	.3	0.1	-0.2	-4	.331	.498	$

1979	27	MIN	AL	65.2	31	0	39	5.35	4.68	-0.02	-0.38	103.7	4.48	-6	-0.6	.8	-0.1	-0.1	1	.480	.496	$
1980	28	MIN	AL	23.0	10	0	12	4.70	4.84	0.25	-0.39	98.6	4.15	-2	-0.2	.5	-0.0	0.0	1	.484	.499	$
5 Seasons				172.2	73	3	104	5.42	4.45	0.02	-0.32	102.5	4.21	-23	-2.3	1.0	-0.3	-1.1	-5	.468	.497	$

TEX (3 yrs)				84.0	32	3	53	5.68	4.17	-0.01	-0.26	102.7	4.02	-15	-1.6	1.4	-0.2	-1.0	-7	.451	.497	$
MIN (2 yrs)				88.2	41	0	51	5.18	4.72	0.05	-0.38	102.3	4.39	-8	-0.8	.8	-0.1	-0.1	2	.481	.498	$

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
1975	23	TEX	AL	7	116	102	17	28	9	2	1	2	2	9	13	.275	.336	.431	.768	.303	44	1	1	3	1	1	2
1976	24	TEX	AL	23	251	214	31	66	9	1	3	11	2	26	21	.308	.385	.402	.787	.328	86	4	2	7	2	4	2
1977	25	TEX	AL	2	16	16	5	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	.563	.563	.875	1.438	.571	14	0	0	0	0	0	0

1979	27	MIN	AL	31	283	245	39	61	12	2	6	6	0	29	33	.249	.325	.388	.713	.263	95	7	0	6	3	4	2
1980	28	MIN	AL	10	104	91	12	26	5	0	1	1	0	11	9	.286	.359	.374	.733	.305	34	3	0	1	1	0	1
5 Yrs				73	770	668	104	190	37	5	12	20	4	75	77	.284	.356	.409	.765	.304	273	15	3	17	7	9	7
162 Game Avg.				65	689	598	93	170	33	4	11	18	4	67	69	.284	.356	.409	.765	.304	244	13	3	15	6	8	6
MLB Averages																.261	.326	.384	.710	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1975	23	TEX	AL	-1.7	-0.2	121	-0.2	1.2	-1.4	.65	-0.3	-0.0	-3.3	-0.3	0.65	-2.6	0	1	3
1976	24	TEX	AL	-4.4	-0.5	267	0.5	4.9	-4.3	1.13	-0.3	0.8	-3.7	-0.4	1.13	-5.6	8	6	9
1977	25	TEX	AL	-3.5	-0.3	16	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.08	-0.2	-0.7	-4.3	-0.4	0.08	-3.6	0	0	2

1979	27	MIN	AL	-1.1	-0.1	292	0.1	3.4	-3.3	.72	-0.2	0.4	-4.5	-0.4	0.72	4.0	7	8	15
1980	28	MIN	AL	0.4	0.0	105	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.12	-0.2	-1.8	-1.8	-0.2	0.12	0.5	1	0	9
5 Yrs				-10.3	-1.0	801	0.2	9.6	-9.4	.76	-1.2	1.4	-17.6	-1.7	0.76	-7.3	16	15	38

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
1975	23	TEX	AL	7	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38.0	43	29	8	4	2	0	3.8	5.4	4.7
1 Yr				7	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	38	43	29	8	4	2	0	3.8	5.4	4.7
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	105	-13					4.3	4.2	6.4

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
1975	23	TEX	AL	7	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	1	.654	0	1	3	0	0	4	3	1	4	0	4	0	9.5
1976	24	TEX	AL	23	23	7	3	2	2	0	2	0%	4	2	29	14	48%	4	1.132	8	6	9	4	4	15	17	6	17	4	17	3	7.2
1977	25	TEX	AL	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	1	33%	1	.081	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	1	0	3.5

1979	27	MIN	AL	31	31	13	4	2	1	0	1	0%	2	1	31	9	29%	5	.721	7	8	15	4	4	23	20	11	18	6	21	3	6.4
1980	28	MIN	AL	10	10	9	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	2	33%	7	.118	1	0	9	1	1	8	4	6	7	1	7	0	6.9
5 Yrs				73	70	32	7	4	3	0	3	0%	6	3	72	27	38%		.750	16	15	38	9	9	52	46	24	47	12	50	6	6.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1975	23	TEX	AL	116	53%	0.9%	11.2%	7.8%	10.3%	43%	1.25	77%	24	1	4%
1976	24	TEX	AL	251	62%	1.2%	8.4%	10.4%	5.2%	20%	1.09	76%	60	4	7%
1977	25	TEX	AL	16	38%	6.3%	6.3%	0.0%	18.8%	33%	2.00	88%	2	0	0%

1979	27	MIN	AL	283	64%	2.1%	11.7%	10.3%	7.1%	33%	1.28	74%	53	7	13%
1980	28	MIN	AL	104	57%	1.0%	8.7%	10.6%	5.8%	23%	0.82	79%	17	3	18%
5 Yrs				770	60%	1.6%	10.0%	9.7%	7.0%	28%	1.14	76%	156	15	10%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	12.8%	8.5%	6.4%	28%	1.09	75%			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
1975	23	TEX	AL	116	28			1	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	4	0	67%	2	0	0	51	2	2	50%	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0
1976	24	TEX	AL	251	66			3	0	10	2	1	2	1	29	16	2	55%	2	2	0	107	11	2	85%	8	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1977	25	TEX	AL	16	9			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	100%	0	0	0	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1979	27	MIN	AL	283	61			6	0	10	3	3	2	4	19	12	2	63%	2	2	0	116	6	0	100%	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1980	28	MIN	AL	104	26			1	0	8	1	0	0	1	6	2	1	33%	1	0	0	40	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				770	190			12	0	29	8	4	4	8	61	35	5	57%	7	4	0	322	20	4	83%	16	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	16	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1975	23	1	2	.333	3.71	7	3	3	26.2	28	17	11	1	9	1	13	1	1	0	116	103	1.388	9.5	0.3	3.0	4.4	1.44	103
1976	24	4	4	.500	4.08	30	3	10	81.2	94	48	37	4	35	5	34	3	2	2	367	90	1.580	10.4	0.4	3.9	3.7	0.97	90
1977	25	4	4	.500	4.50	32	3	10	84.0	103	53	42	5	35	5	35	3	2	2	383	82	1.643	11.0	0.5	3.8	3.8	1.00	82
1978	26	4	4	.500	4.50	32	3	10	84.0	103	53	42	5	35	5	35	3	2	2	383	82	1.643	11.0	0.5	3.8	3.8	1.00	82
1979	27	8	6	.571	4.45	63	3	23	149.2	164	92	74	11	64	9	68	3	2	4	666	90	1.523	9.9	0.7	3.8	4.1	1.06	90
1980	28	8	6	.571	4.43	73	3	32	172.2	190	104	85	12	75	9	77	3	2	4	770	92	1.535	9.9	0.6	3.9	4.0	1.03	92

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1975	23	1	1	.500	4.68	25.0	30	14	13	1	10	12	1	1.600	10.8	3.6	4.3	1.20	0.4	7
1976	24	2	3	.400	5.29	51.0	71	33	30	3	28	19	2	1.941	12.5	4.9	3.4	0.68	0.5	23
1977	25	0	0		9.00	5.0	0	6	5	0	0	2	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	3.6		0.0	2

1979	27	3	4	.429	4.43	65.0	61	36	32	6	29	33	0	1.385	8.4	4.0	4.6	1.14	0.8	31
1980	28	1	1	.500	4.30	23.0	25	12	11	1	11	9	0	1.565	9.8	4.3	3.5	0.82	0.4	10
5 Yrs		7	9	.438	4.85	169.0	187	101	91	11	78	75	3	1.568	10.0		4.0	0.96	0.6	73

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