Mike Bacsik

Michael Joseph Bacsik

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: November 11, 1977 in Dallas, TX
High School: Duncanville HS (Duncanville, TX)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 18th round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 2001
Teams (by GP): Nationals/Mets/Rangers/Indians 2001-2007
Agents: Jonathan Maurer [*]
Final Game: September 30, 2007
Relatives: Son of Mike Bacsik
About biographical information

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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
1996	18	CLE-min	Rk	4	2	.667	2.20	13	13	0	1	0	0	69.2	49	23	17	3	14	0	61	1	1	3	276		0.904	6.3	0.4	1.8	7.9	4.36	BRL · APPY
1997	19	CLE-min	A	4	14	.222	5.44	28	28	0	0	0	0	139.0	163	94	84	16	47	1	100	9	2	12	622		1.511	10.6	1.0	3.0	6.5	2.13	CBS · SALL
1998	20	CLE-min	A+	10	9	.526	2.88	27	27	0	1	0	0	165.2	147	64	53	17	37	3	128	4	0	4	667		1.111	8.0	0.9	2.0	7.0	3.46	KIN · CARL
1999	21	CLE-min	AA	11	11	.500	4.64	26	26	0	1	0	0	149.1	164	84	77	24	47	0	84	7	0	4	647		1.413	9.9	1.4	2.8	5.1	1.79	AKR · EL
2000	22	CLE-min	AA,A+,AAA	10	10	.500	3.97	27	27	0	1	1	0	165.1	164	79	73	14	30	0	109	5	0	3	680		1.173	8.9	0.8	1.6	5.9	3.63	AKR,KIN,BFL · EL,CARL,IL
2001	23	CLE-min	AAA,AA	13	6	.684	3.03	25	24	0	3	1	0	148.2	136	54	50	15	28	0	100	3	0	0	605		1.103	8.2	0.9	1.7	6.1	3.57	BFL,AKR · IL,EL
2001	23	CLE	AL	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	13	10	9	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	45	52	1.778	13.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	1.33
2002	24	NYM-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.74	25	14	3	1	4	0	108.1	134	48	45	13	25	0	75	4	0	1	467		1.468	11.1	1.1	2.1	6.2	3.00	NFK · IL
2002	24	NYM	NL	3	2	.600	4.37	11	9	1	1	0	0	55.2	63	29	27	8	19	3	30	4	0	0	247	92	1.473	10.2	1.3	3.1	4.9	1.58
2003	25	NYM-min	AAA	2	9	.182	4.97	22	21	0	0	0	0	117.2	129	70	65	13	34	1	62	9	1	2	507		1.385	9.9	1.0	2.6	4.7	1.82	NFK · IL
2003	25	NYM	NL	1	2	.333	10.19	5	3	1	0	0	0	17.2	28	21	20	5	8	0	12	0	0	0	85	42	2.038	14.3	2.5	4.1	6.1	1.50
2004	26	TEX-min	AAA	8	6	.571	4.55	34	9	3	0	0	0	95.0	106	58	48	16	23	1	50	1	0	0	398		1.358	10.0	1.5	2.2	4.7	2.17	OKC · PCL
2004	26	TEX	AL	1	1	.500	4.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	16	8	8	2	1	0	6	2	0	0	63	111	1.085	9.2	1.1	0.6	3.4	6.00

2005	27	PHI-min	AAA	7	10	.412	4.55	30	27	1	0	0	0	160.1	184	90	81	23	41	2	112	5	0	3	694		1.403	10.3	1.3	2.3	6.3	2.73	SWB · IL
2006	28	ARI-min	AAA	11	0	1.000	2.79	28	10	4	0	0	0	87.0	81	28	27	8	19	0	57	2	0	2	350		1.149	8.4	0.8	2.0	5.9	3.00	TUC · PCL
2007	29	WSN-min	AAA	1	3	.250	4.00	9	5	2	0	0	0	36.0	40	18	16	6	6	0	28	4	0	0	152		1.278	10.0	1.5	1.5	7.0	4.67	CLB · IL
2007	29	WSN	NL	5	8	.385	5.11	29	20	0	0	0	0	118.0	141	73	67	26	29	3	45	6	0	4	520	83	1.441	10.8	2.0	2.2	3.4	1.55
2008	30	WSN-min	AAA	7	5	.583	4.68	36	3	10	0	0	1	77.0	91	44	40	14	21	5	63	1	0	1	336		1.455	10.6	1.6	2.5	7.4	3.00	CLB · IL
5 Yrs				10	13	.435	5.46	51	35	2	1	0	0	216.0	261	141	131	41	60	7	97	13	0	4	960	78	1.486	10.9	1.7	2.5	4.0	1.62
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.435	5.46	40	28	2	1	0	0	171	206	111	104	32	47	6	77	10	0	3	759	78	1.486	10.9	1.7	2.5	4.0	1.62

NYM (2 yrs)				4	4	.500	5.77	16	12	2	1	0	0	73.1	91	50	47	13	27	3	42	4	0	0	332	71	1.609	11.2	1.6	3.3	5.2	1.56
TEX (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.60	3	3	0	0	0	0	15.2	16	8	8	2	1	0	6	2	0	0	63	111	1.085	9.2	1.1	0.6	3.4	6.00
WSN (1 yr)				5	8	.385	5.11	29	20	0	0	0	0	118.0	141	73	67	26	29	3	45	6	0	4	520	83	1.441	10.8	2.0	2.2	3.4	1.55
CLE (1 yr)				0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	9.0	13	10	9	0	3	1	4	1	0	0	45	52	1.778	13.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	1.33

NL (3 yrs)				9	12	.429	5.36	45	32	2	1	0	0	191.1	232	123	114	39	56	6	87	10	0	4	852	78	1.505	10.9	1.8	2.6	4.1	1.55
AL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	6.20	6	3	0	0	0	0	24.2	29	18	17	2	4	1	10	3	0	0	108	80	1.338	10.6	0.7	1.5	3.6	2.50

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
2001	23	CLE	AL	9.0	3	0	10	10.00	5.67	-0.40	-0.42	100.4	5.67	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.373	.498	$
2002	24	NYM	NL	55.2	11	9	29	4.69	4.53	-0.16	0.14	95.4	4.60	-1	-0.1	.0	-0.0	0.3	5	.493	.500	$
2003	25	NYM	NL	17.2	5	3	21	10.70	4.74	-0.30	0.09	95.5	4.89	-11	-1.0	.1	0.1	-0.8	-10	.308	.494	$302,500
2004	26	TEX	AL	15.2	3	3	8	4.60	5.25	-0.22	0.20	100.5	5.69	2	0.2		-0.0	0.3	4	.559	.501	$

2007	29	WSN	NL	118.0	29	20	73	5.57	4.74	-0.13	0.14	95.2	4.77	-10	-1.0	.8	-0.1	-0.2	1	.467	.494	$
5 Seasons				216.0	51	35	141	5.88	4.76	-0.17	0.12	95.9	4.84	-25	-2.2	.6	-0.1	-0.7	-3	.457	.497	$302,500

NYM (2 yrs)				73.1	16	12	50	6.14	4.58	-0.19	0.13	95.5	4.67	-12	-1.0	.1	0.0	-0.5	-5	.435	.497	$302,500
TEX (1 yr)				15.2	3	3	8	4.60	5.25	-0.22	0.20	100.5	5.69	2	0.2		-0.0	0.3	4	.559	.501	$
WSN (1 yr)				118.0	29	20	73	5.57	4.74	-0.13	0.14	95.2	4.77	-10	-1.0	.8	-0.1	-0.2	1	.467	.494	$
CLE (1 yr)				9.0	3	0	10	10.00	5.67	-0.40	-0.42	100.4	5.67	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.0	-0.3	-3	.373	.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
2001	23	CLE	AL	3	45	40	10	13	1	1	0	0	0	3	4	.325	.378	.400	.778	.351	16	0	1	0	1	1	1
2002	24	NYM	NL	11	247	218	29	63	14	2	8	2	2	19	30	.289	.355	.482	.837	.304	105	6	4	5	1	3	2
2003	25	NYM	NL	5	85	76	21	28	6	2	5	1	2	8	12	.368	.424	.697	1.121	.383	53	3	0	0	1	0	1
2004	26	TEX	AL	3	63	60	8	16	5	0	2	0	1	1	6	.267	.302	.450	.752	.269	27	2	2	0	0	0	1

2007	29	WSN	NL	29	520	478	73	141	20	3	26	2	2	29	45	.295	.340	.513	.853	.280	245	14	6	3	4	3	8
5 Yrs				51	960	872	141	261	46	8	41	5	7	60	97	.299	.351	.511	.862	.297	446	25	13	8	7	7	13
162 Game Avg.				40	759	689	111	206	36	6	32	4	6	47	77	.299	.351	.511	.862	.297	353	20	10	6	6	6	10
MLB Averages																.265	.333	.424	.757	.297

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2001	23	CLE	AL	-4.4	-0.4	45	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.19	-0.3	-0.4	-6.4	-0.6	0.19	-1.7	1	1	1
2002	24	NYM	NL	-2.0	-0.2	251	-0.2	3.7	-3.9	.91	-0.6	0.4	-1.2	-0.1	0.91	-6.3	0	0	2
2003	25	NYM	NL	-11.5	-1.0	88	-0.3	0.9	-1.2	.65	-0.6	0.0	-12.9	-1.1	0.65	-7.9	0	0	2
2004	26	TEX	AL	1.2	0.1	64	-0.0	1.1	-1.1	.91	0.2	-0.2	0.8	0.1	0.91	2.0	0	0	0

2007	29	WSN	NL	-12.5	-1.2	526	-1.5	8.2	-9.8	.91	-2.2	0.5	-13.5	-1.3	0.91	-23.3	1	3	5
5 Yrs				-29.2	-2.7	974	-2.2	14.1	-16.3	.85	-3.5	0.9	-33.2	-3.0	0.85	-37.3	2	4	10

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
2002	24	NYM	NL	11	9	3	2	4	2	0	5	4	.556	1	1	1	0	2	22%	45.6	67	21	8	4	0	7	5.5	5.9	5.7	94	0	6	3	0	110
2003	25	NYM	NL	5	3	1	2	0	1	0	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0%	36.3	50	28	3	0	0	2	2.7	3.0	4.9	81	2	1	0	0	94
2004	26	TEX	AL	3	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.667	0	0	0	0	1	33%	48.0	73	33	0	0	0	1	5.9	6.0	5.2	76	2	1	0	0	86

2007	29	WSN	NL	29	20	5	8	7	0	2	9	11	.450	2	5	0	0	8	40%	42.1	66	22	21	5	2	7	4.3	3.6	5.3	85	6	12	2	0	100
4 Yrs				48	35	10	13	12	3	2	17	18	.486	3	6	1	0	11	31%	43	73	21	32	9	2	17	4.6	4.4	5.4	86	10	20	5	0	110
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	100	-12					4.8	4.8	5.9	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2001	23	CLE	AL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4	57%	2	.192	1	1	1	0	0	3	3	0	3	0	3	0	9.0	49
2002	24	NYM	NL	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	.911	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	2	0	6.0	24
2003	25	NYM	NL	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	.648	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	4.5	36

2007	29	WSN	NL	29	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1	14%	5	.909	1	3	5	0	1	8	4	5	5	3	5	1	3.8	17
4 Yrs				48	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	5	36%		.849	2	4	10	1	1	14	7	9	11	3	11	1	5.1	26

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%
2001	23	CLE	AL	45	36%	0.0%	8.9%	6.7%	4.4%	15%	0.76	0.64	82%	22%	0.0%	29%	17	0	0%
2002	24	NYM	NL	247	18%	3.2%	12.2%	7.7%	9.7%	38%	0.96	1.50	73%	21%	10.8%	19%	38	6	16%
2003	25	NYM	NL	85	26%	5.9%	14.1%	9.4%	15.3%	46%	0.72	1.00	71%	14%	15.2%	8%	13	3	23%
2004	26	TEX	AL	63	33%	3.2%	9.5%	1.6%	11.1%	44%	0.63	0.90	83%	17%	6.9%	9%	12	2	17%

2007	29	WSN	NL	520	20%	5.0%	8.7%	5.6%	9.4%	35%	0.70	0.93	79%	19%	11.5%	10%	86	14	16%
5 Yrs				960	22%	4.3%	10.1%	6.3%	9.9%	36%	0.76	1.03	77%	19%	10.8%	13%	166	25	15%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	8.5%	8.0%	34%	0.79	1.07	70%	20%	7.9%	12%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2001	23	CLE	AL	45	148	3.29	89	60%	36%	10%	12%	42%	64%	7%	39%	84%	58%	7%	3	2	22%	10	6	1	0%	2	0	0	0	0
2002	24	NYM	NL	248	894	3.60	545	61%	26%	14%	25%	36%	74%	3%	45%	81%	57%	4%	11	7	17%	41	21	2	13%	6	1	-1	0	0
2003	25	NYM	NL	87	315	3.62	192	61%	31%	12%	23%	34%	69%	0%	42%	83%	59%	5%	4	2	14%	12	4	0	17%	1	2	-2	0	0
2004	26	TEX	AL	63	228	3.62	152	67%	24%	12%	28%	36%	76%	0%	50%	84%	70%	2%	1	1	25%	16	9	1	17%	1	0	0	0	0

2007	29	WSN	NL	521	1840	3.53	1147	62%	27%	9%	26%	38%	73%	2%	45%	88%	60%	3%	16	11	15%	78	33	3	18%	6	2	-1	0	0
5 Yrs				964	3425	3.55	2125	62%	27%	11%	25%	37%	73%	2%	45%	85%	60%	4%	35	23	16%	157	73	7	15%	16	5	-4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	80%	59%	5%			21%				26%

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
2001	23	CLE	AL	45	13	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	7	5	1	71%	1	0	0	21	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2002	24	NYM	NL	247	63	6	0	8	0	3	7	1	5	3	10	4	1	40%	2	0	1	91	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
2003	25	NYM	NL	85	28	3	1	5	0	2	3	2	2	3	6	4	0	67%	1	0	0	30	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
2004	26	TEX	AL	63	16	2	1	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	3	1	1	33%	1	0	0	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0

2007	29	WSN	NL	520	141	17	5	26	0	6	20	6	8	18	21	12	1	57%	8	4	0	185	2	2	50%	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
5 Yrs				960	261	29	7	41	0	18	31	10	15	26	47	26	4	55%	13	4	1	344	5	7	42%	4	7	1	0	0	0	3	3	15	0
MLB Averages																		53%							70%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
2001	23	0	0		9.00	3	0	0	0	9.0	13	10	9	0	3	1	4	1	0	45	52	1.778	13.0	0.0	3.0	4.0	1.33	52
2002	24	3	2	.600	5.01	14	9	1	1	64.2	76	39	36	8	22	4	34	5	0	292	82	1.515	10.6	1.1	3.1	4.7	1.55	82
2003	25	4	4	.500	6.12	19	12	2	1	82.1	104	60	56	13	30	4	46	5	0	377	68	1.628	11.4	1.4	3.3	5.0	1.53	68
2004	26	5	5	.500	5.88	22	15	2	1	98.0	120	68	64	15	31	4	52	7	0	440	73	1.541	11.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	1.68	73
2005	27	5	5	.500	5.88	22	15	2	1	98.0	120	68	64	15	31	4	52	7	0	440	73	1.541	11.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	1.68	73
2006	28	5	5	.500	5.88	22	15	2	1	98.0	120	68	64	15	31	4	52	7	0	440	73	1.541	11.0	1.4	2.8	4.8	1.68	73
2007	29	10	13	.435	5.46	51	35	2	1	216.0	261	141	131	41	60	7	97	13	4	960	78	1.486	10.9	1.7	2.5	4.0	1.62	78

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
2001	23	0	1	.000	9.00	9.0	13	10	9	0	3	4	1	1.778	13.0	3.0	4.0	1.33	0.0	3
2002	24	2	3	.400	4.75	53.0	64	31	28	8	19	29	4	1.566	10.9	3.2	4.9	1.53	1.4	11
2003	25	0	1	.000	10.69	16.0	28	21	19	5	8	11	0	2.250	15.8	4.5	6.2	1.38	2.8	5
2004	26	0	1	.000	4.20	15.0	15	8	7	2	1	6	2	1.067	9.0	0.6	3.6	6.00	1.2	3

2007	29	4	8	.333	5.17	115.0	140	73	66	26	29	44	6	1.470	11.0	2.3	3.4	1.52	2.0	29
5 Yrs		6	14	.300	5.58	208.0	260	143	129	41	60	94	13	1.538	11.3		4.1	1.57	1.8	51

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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