Mike Birkbeck

Michael Lawrence Birkbeck

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 10, 1961 in Orrville, OH
School: University of Akron (Akron, OH)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1986
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Mets 1986-1995

Final Game: June 11, 1995
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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
1983	22	MIL-min	A,Rk	5	5	.500	2.80	14	12	0	0	0	0	70.2	52	34	22	3	34	2	76	4	0	6			1.217	6.6	0.4	4.3	9.7	2.24	BEL,PAI · MIDW,APPY
1984	23	MIL-min	A	14	3	.824	2.18	26	25	1	6	2	0	177.2	134	57	43	5	64	3	164	1	1	13			1.114	6.8	0.3	3.2	8.3	2.56	BEL · MIDW
1985	24	MIL-min	AA	9	9	.500	3.43	24	24	0	4	0	0	155.0	154	67	59	9	64	4	103	1	1	11			1.406	8.9	0.5	3.7	6.0	1.61	ELP · TL
1986	25	MIL-min	AAA	12	6	.667	4.62	23	23	0	2	0	0	134.1	160	82	69	9	39	4	81	2	0	6			1.481	10.7	0.6	2.6	5.4	2.08	VAN · PCL
1986	25	MIL	AL	1	1	.500	4.50	7	4	2	0	0	0	22.0	24	12	11	0	12	0	13	0	0	1	97	98	1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	5.3	1.08
1987	26	MIL-min	AAA,A	0	1	.000	6.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	13	15	6	0	4	0	8	0	1	0			1.889	13.0	0.0	4.0	8.0	2.00	DEN,BEL · AA,MIDW
1987	26	MIL	AL	1	4	.200	6.20	10	10	0	1	0	0	45.0	63	33	31	8	19	0	25	0	0	2	210	74	1.822	12.6	1.6	3.8	5.0	1.32
1988	27	MIL-min	AAA	4	1	.800	2.01	5	5	0	4	0	0	44.2	30	10	10	1	10	0	30	0	2	1			0.896	6.0	0.2	2.0	6.0	3.00	DEN · AA
1988	27	MIL	AL	10	8	.556	4.72	23	23	0	0	0	0	124.0	141	69	65	10	37	1	64	1	11	0	538	85	1.435	10.2	0.7	2.7	4.6	1.73
1989	28	MIL-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.04	5	5	0	0	0	0	23.2	26	9	8	2	10	1	9	0	1	2			1.521	9.9	0.8	3.8	3.4	0.90	DEN · AA
1989	28	MIL	AL	0	4	.000	5.44	9	9	0	1	0	0	44.2	57	32	27	4	22	2	31	3	0	1	214	71	1.769	11.5	0.8	4.4	6.2	1.41

1990	29	MIL-min	AAA	3	8	.273	5.33	21	20	0	0	0	0	96.1	102	73	57	6	36	0	69	2	2	7			1.433	9.5	0.6	3.4	6.4	1.92	DEN · AA
1991	30	CLE-min	AA,AAA	2	3	.400	3.30	24	3	16	0	0	5	46.1	43	18	17	1	21	3	43	0	2	2	196		1.381	8.4	0.2	4.1	8.4	2.05	CAK,CSP · EL,PCL
1992	31	NYM-min	AAA	4	10	.286	4.08	21	19	0	3	0	0	117.0	108	61	53	9	31	0	101	2	3	9	481		1.188	8.3	0.7	2.4	7.8	3.26	TID · IL
1992	31	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	7	7	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	33	41	1.857	15.4	3.9	1.3	2.6	2.00

1993	32	ATL-min	AAA	13	8	.619	3.11	27	26	0	1	0	0	159.1	143	67	55	10	41	0	136	9	1	11	654		1.155	8.1	0.6	2.3	7.7	3.32	RMD · IL
1994	33	ATL-min	AAA	13	6	.684	2.73	28	28	0	1	0	0	164.2	145	58	50	8	46	0	143	2	2	5	658		1.160	7.9	0.4	2.5	7.8	3.11	RMD · IL
1995	34	NYM-min	AAA	5	3	.625	2.36	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.1	52	20	14	2	13	0	39	1	0	1	215		1.219	8.8	0.3	2.2	6.6	3.00	NFK · IL
1995	34	NYM	NL	0	1	.000	1.63	4	4	0	0	0	0	27.2	22	5	5	2	2	0	14	0	1	3	104	250	0.867	7.2	0.7	0.7	4.6	7.00
6 Yrs				12	19	.387	4.86	54	51	2	2	0	0	270.1	319	158	146	27	93	4	149	4	12	8	1196	85	1.524	10.6	0.9	3.1	5.0	1.60
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.387	4.86	35	33	1	1	0	0	175	207	102	95	17	60	3	96	3	8	5	775	85	1.524	10.6	0.9	3.1	5.0	1.60

MIL (4 yrs)				12	17	.414	5.12	49	46	2	2	0	0	235.2	285	146	134	22	90	3	133	4	11	4	1059	81	1.591	10.9	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.48
NYM (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	3.12	5	5	0	0	0	0	34.2	34	12	12	5	3	1	16	0	1	4	137	128	1.067	8.8	1.3	0.8	4.2	5.33

AL (4 yrs)				12	17	.414	5.12	49	46	2	2	0	0	235.2	285	146	134	22	90	3	133	4	11	4	1059	81	1.591	10.9	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.48
NL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	3.12	5	5	0	0	0	0	34.2	34	12	12	5	3	1	16	0	1	4	137	128	1.067	8.8	1.3	0.8	4.2	5.33

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
1986	25	MIL	AL	22.0	7	4	12	4.91	4.53	-0.36	0.01	105.3	5.16	1	0.1	.2	-0.0	0.2	3	.508	.500	$60,000
1987	26	MIL	AL	45.0	10	10	33	6.60	4.74	-0.29	0.17	104.1	5.41	-6	-0.6		-0.0	-0.2	-1	.444	.497	$70,000
1988	27	MIL	AL	124.0	23	23	69	5.01	4.30	0.17	0.14	100.4	4.28	-10	-1.0		-0.1	-0.1	3	.455	.494	$70,000
1989	28	MIL	AL	44.2	9	9	32	6.45	4.28	-0.25	0.15	99.1	4.64	-9	-0.9		-0.0	-0.6	-4	.400	.494	$

1992	31	NYM	NL	7.0	1	1	7	9.00	3.98	-0.42	0.14	100.0	4.54	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-3	.216	.498	$

1995	34	NYM	NL	27.2	4	4	5	1.63	4.81	-0.15	0.18	92.4	4.75	9	1.1		-0.0	1.3	12	.773	.507	$
6 Seasons				270.1	54	51	158	5.26	4.43	-0.07	0.14	100.4	4.66	-19	-1.6	.2	-0.2	0.4	10	.470	.498	$200,000

MIL (4 yrs)				235.2	49	46	146	5.58	4.40	-0.05	0.13	101.3	4.65	-25	-2.4	.2	-0.2	-0.7	1	.450	.496	$200,000
NYM (2 yrs)				34.2	5	5	12	3.12	4.64	-0.21	0.17	94.0	4.71	6	0.8		-0.0	1.1	9	.662	.502	$

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
1986	25	MIL	AL	7	97	85	12	24	2	0	0	3	1	12	13	.282	.371	.306	.677	.333	26	4	0	0	0	0	2
1987	26	MIL	AL	10	210	188	33	63	11	1	8	6	4	19	25	.335	.392	.532	.924	.350	100	2	0	1	2	0	1
1988	27	MIL	AL	23	538	494	69	141	20	3	10	8	4	37	64	.285	.335	.399	.734	.310	197	12	1	4	2	1	10
1989	28	MIL	AL	9	214	184	32	57	9	2	4	6	1	22	31	.310	.387	.446	.832	.349	82	4	3	2	3	2	7

1992	31	NYM	NL	1	33	31	7	12	3	0	3	1	0	1	2	.387	.406	.774	1.180	.346	24	2	0	1	0	1	1

1995	34	NYM	NL	4	104	100	5	22	2	1	2	2	0	2	14	.220	.235	.320	.555	.238	32	2	0	2	0	0	1
6 Yrs				54	1196	1082	158	319	47	7	27	26	10	93	149	.295	.351	.426	.777	.320	461	26	4	10	7	4	22
162 Game Avg.				35	775	701	102	207	30	5	17	17	6	60	96	.295	.351	.426	.777	.320	299	17	3	6	5	3	14
MLB Averages																.260	.327	.395	.722	.289

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1986	25	MIL	AL	-0.1	-0.0	101	0.1	1.5	-1.4	.88	0.1	-0.1	2.6	0.3	0.88	2.2	0	0	2
1987	26	MIL	AL	-7.0	-0.6	223	-0.5	4.0	-4.5	1.07	-0.9	0.5	-6.5	-0.6	1.07	-10.1	0	0	0
1988	27	MIL	AL	-8.8	-0.9	560	-0.6	7.9	-8.5	.86	-0.7	0.0	-9.9	-1.0	0.86	-7.1	0	0	0
1989	28	MIL	AL	-8.6	-0.8	224	-1.2	3.7	-4.8	1.16	-1.0	0.0	-9.5	-0.9	1.16	-10.3	0	0	0

1992	31	NYM	NL	-3.8	-0.3	36	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.90	-0.7	0.2	-4.0	-0.4	0.90	-6.2	0	0	0

1995	34	NYM	NL	8.1	0.9	110	1.2	2.7	-1.4	1.20	0.7	0.3	9.6	1.1	1.20	8.4	0	0	0
6 Yrs				-20.2	-1.8	1254	-1.3	20.2	-21.5	.98	-2.5	1.1	-17.7	-1.5	0.98	-23.1	0	0	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
1986	25	MIL	AL	7	4	1	1	2	1	0	3	1	.750	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42.8	52	17	7	5	0	4	5.0	3.9	3.9
1987	26	MIL	AL	10	10	1	4	5	1	2	5	5	.500	1	2	1	0	2	20%	41.1	68	14	11	4	1	5	5.3	3.6	4.5
1988	27	MIL	AL	23	23	10	8	5	4	0	13	10	.565	2	2	0	0	7	30%	46.4	73	16	25	5	0	6	4.9	5.4	5.4	79	10	9	3	0	109
1989	28	MIL	AL	9	9	0	4	5	0	1	3	6	.333	2	3	1	0	3	33%	42.3	57	24	10	4	0	4	4.0	3.7	5.0	88	2	4	3	0	105

1992	31	NYM	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	26.0	26	26	0	0	0	1	5.0	3.0	7.0	118	0	0	1	0	118

1995	34	NYM	NL	4	4	0	1	3	0	1	0	4	.000	3	0	0	0	4	100%	63.2	70	47	1	1	0	2	1.4	1.7	6.9	89	1	1	1	0	110
6 Yrs				54	51	12	19	20	6	4	24	27	.471	8	7	2	0	16	31%	45	73	14	54	19	1	22	4.5	4.3	5.2	84	13	14	8	0	118
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	103	-14					4.5	4.4	6.1	95

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	Pit/GR
1986	25	MIL	AL	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%	6	.879	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	1	2	1	6.3
1 Yr				7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0%		.879	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	2	2	1	2	1	6.3

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%
1986	25	MIL	AL	97	48%	0.0%	13.4%	12.4%	2.1%	8%		2.00	74%				27	4	15%
1987	26	MIL	AL	210	53%	3.8%	11.9%	9.1%	9.5%	32%		1.39	75%				37	2	5%
1988	27	MIL	AL	538	50%	1.9%	11.9%	6.9%	6.1%	23%	1.19	1.67	78%	19%	9.0%	42%	98	12	12%
1989	28	MIL	AL	214	55%	1.9%	14.5%	10.3%	7.0%	26%	1.07	1.59	71%	23%	5.6%	5%	47	4	9%

1992	31	NYM	NL	33	18%	9.1%	6.1%	3.0%	18.2%	50%	1.08	3.00	79%	23%	23.1%	0%	2	2	100%

1995	34	NYM	NL	104	57%	1.9%	13.5%	1.9%	4.8%	23%	1.43	1.88	81%	16%	7.4%	23%	14	2	14%
6 Yrs				1196	51%	2.3%	12.5%	7.8%	6.8%	25%	1.18	1.67	76%	20%	8.6%	29%	225	26	12%
MLB Averages					41%	2.3%	15.2%	8.7%	7.0%	30%	0.81	1.07	72%	21%	6.7%	20%			10%

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
1988	27	MIL	AL	514	1744	3.39	1066	61%	28%	10%	23%	39%	72%	0%	44%	86%	52%	6%	30	19	14%	70	44	7	26%	10	10	24	1	0
1989	28	MIL	AL	214	796	3.72	456	57%	27%	13%	26%	35%	73%	1%	42%	82%	51%	6%	13	6	13%	28	7	2	35%	1	5	0	0	3

1992	31	NYM	NL	33	118	3.58	71	60%	25%	1%	31%	42%	75%	9%	45%	98%	52%	6%	2	1	9%	3	1	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0

1995	34	NYM	NL	80	267	3.34	170	64%	33%	9%	18%	39%	66%	0%	42%	85%	63%	3%	2	1	9%	7	2	0	50%	1	1	24	0	1
4 Yrs				841	2925	3.48	1763	60%	28%	10%	24%	38%	72%	1%	43%	85%	53%	6%	47	27	13%	108	54	9	32%	12	16	48	1	4
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			19%				27%

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
1986	25	MIL	AL	97	24			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	50%	2	1	1	43	3	1	75%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0
1987	26	MIL	AL	210	63			8	0	3	6	2	4	4	9	4	2	44%	1	2	1	81	6	4	60%	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1988	27	MIL	AL	538	141	23	4	10	0	9	7	3	4	6	32	21	3	66%	10	0	1	194	8	4	67%	8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	0
1989	28	MIL	AL	214	57	9	1	4	0	5	3	1	1	3	13	8	1	62%	7	1	0	94	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0

1992	31	NYM	NL	33	12	2	1	3	0	0	0	3	3	0	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1995	34	NYM	NL	104	22	1	0	2	0	3	2	0	1	1	5	1	2	20%	1	3	0	23	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6 Yrs				1196	319	35	6	27	0	23	18	9	13	14	64	37	9	58%	22	8	3	449	26	10	72%	25	9	1	1	0	0	1	0	38	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1986	25	1	1	.500	4.50	7	4	2	0	22.0	24	12	11	0	12	0	13	0	0	1	97	98	1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	5.3	1.08	98
1987	26	2	5	.286	5.64	17	14	2	1	67.0	87	45	42	8	31	0	38	0	0	3	307	80	1.761	11.7	1.1	4.2	5.1	1.23	80
1988	27	12	13	.480	5.04	40	37	2	1	191.0	228	114	107	18	68	1	102	1	11	3	845	83	1.550	10.7	0.8	3.2	4.8	1.50	83
1989	28	12	17	.414	5.12	49	46	2	2	235.2	285	146	134	22	90	3	133	4	11	4	1059	81	1.591	10.9	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.48	81
1990	29	12	17	.414	5.12	49	46	2	2	235.2	285	146	134	22	90	3	133	4	11	4	1059	81	1.591	10.9	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.48	81
1991	30	12	17	.414	5.12	49	46	2	2	235.2	285	146	134	22	90	3	133	4	11	4	1059	81	1.591	10.9	0.8	3.4	5.1	1.48	81
1992	31	12	18	.400	5.23	50	47	2	2	242.2	297	153	141	25	91	4	135	4	11	5	1092	79	1.599	11.0	0.9	3.4	5.0	1.48	79
1993	32	12	18	.400	5.23	50	47	2	2	242.2	297	153	141	25	91	4	135	4	11	5	1092	79	1.599	11.0	0.9	3.4	5.0	1.48	79
1994	33	12	18	.400	5.23	50	47	2	2	242.2	297	153	141	25	91	4	135	4	11	5	1092	79	1.599	11.0	0.9	3.4	5.0	1.48	79
1995	34	12	19	.387	4.86	54	51	2	2	270.1	319	158	146	27	93	4	149	4	12	8	1196	85	1.524	10.6	0.9	3.1	5.0	1.60	85

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
1986	25	1	1	.500	4.95	20.0	24	12	11	0	12	12	0	1.800	10.8	5.4	5.4	1.00	0.0	7
1987	26	1	3	.250	5.93	44.0	61	32	29	8	18	24	0	1.795	12.5	3.7	4.9	1.33	1.6	10
1988	27	5	8	.385	5.34	118.0	146	78	70	10	38	61	1	1.559	11.1	2.9	4.7	1.61	0.8	23
1989	28	1	3	.250	6.28	43.0	60	33	30	4	23	30	3	1.930	12.6	4.8	6.3	1.30	0.8	9

1992	31	0	0		12.00	6.0	13	9	8	3	1	2	0	2.333	19.5	1.5	3.0	2.00	4.5	1

1995	34	2	1	.667	1.80	30.0	25	7	6	2	2	15	0	0.900	7.5	0.6	4.5	7.50	0.6	4
6 Yrs		10	16	.385	5.31	261.0	329	171	154	27	94	144	4	1.621	11.3		5.0	1.53	0.9	54

* 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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