Mike Birkbeck
Michael Lawrence Birkbeck
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 10, 1961 in Orrville, OH
School: University of Akron
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1986
Final Game: June 11, 1995
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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
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 97 1.636 9.8 0.0 4.9 5.3 1.08
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 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 84 1.435 10.2 0.7 2.7 4.6 1.73
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
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 39 1.857 15.4 3.9 1.3 2.6 2.00
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 Seasons 12 19 .387 4.86 54 51 2 2 0 0 270.1 319 158 146 27 93 4 149 4 12 8 1196 84 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 84 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 80 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 4 137 126 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 80 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 4 137 126 1.067 8.8 1.3 0.8 4.2 5.33

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 54 1196 1082 158 319 47 7 27 26 10 93 149 .295 .351 .426 .777 .320 461 26 4 10 7 4
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
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 25 MIL AL 7 4 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 .750 0 0 0 0 0 0% 43 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 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 1 2 0 0 7 30% 46 73 16 25 5 0 6 4.9 5.4 5.4 79 11 8 3 0 109
1989 28 MIL AL 9 9 0 4 5 0 1 3 6 .333 1 3 1 0 3 33% 42 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 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 70 47 1 1 0 2 1.4 1.7 6.9 89 1 1 1 0 110
6 Seasons 54 51 12 19 20 6 4 24 27 .471 6 7 2 0 16 31% 45 73 14 54 19 1 22 4.5 4.3 5.2 83 14 13 8 0 118
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
1986 25 MIL AL 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0.877 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 6.3
1 Season 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0.877 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 6.3

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%
1986 25 MIL AL 97 52% 0.0% 13.4% 12.4% 2.1% 8% 2.00 74% 27 4 15%
1987 26 MIL AL 210 47% 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 45% 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 82% 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 43% 1.9% 13.5% 1.9% 4.8% 23% 1.43 1.88 81% 16% 7.4% 23% 14 2 14%
6 Seasons 1196 49% 2.3% 12.5% 7.8% 6.8% 25% 1.18 1.67 76% 20% 8.6% 29% 225 26 12%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 512 1739 3.40 1064 61% 28% 10% 23% 39% 72% 0% 44% 86% 52% 6% 30 19 14% 70 44 7 26% 10 10 26 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 Seasons 839 2920 3.48 1761 60% 28% 10% 24% 38% 72% 1% 43% 85% 53% 6% 47 27 13% 108 54 9 32% 12 16 50 1 4
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
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 1 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 2 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 1 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 Seasons 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 4 0 38 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+
1986 25 1 1 .500 4.50 7 4 2 0 0 0 22.0 24 12 11 0 12 0 13 0 0 1 97 97 1.636 9.8 0.0 4.9 5.3 1.08 97
1987 26 2 5 .286 5.64 17 14 2 1 0 0 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 0 0 191.0 228 114 107 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 0 0 235.2 285 146 134 22 90 3 133 4 11 4 1059 80 1.591 10.9 0.8 3.4 5.1 1.48 80
1990 29 12 17 .414 5.12 49 46 2 2 0 0 235.2 285 146 134 22 90 3 133 4 11 4 1059 80 1.591 10.9 0.8 3.4 5.1 1.48 80
1991 30 12 17 .414 5.12 49 46 2 2 0 0 235.2 285 146 134 22 90 3 133 4 11 4 1059 80 1.591 10.9 0.8 3.4 5.1 1.48 80
1992 31 12 18 .400 5.23 50 47 2 2 0 0 242.2 297 153 141 25 91 4 135 4 11 5 1092 78 1.599 11.0 0.9 3.4 5.0 1.48 78
1993 32 12 18 .400 5.23 50 47 2 2 0 0 242.2 297 153 141 25 91 4 135 4 11 5 1092 78 1.599 11.0 0.9 3.4 5.0 1.48 78
1994 33 12 18 .400 5.23 50 47 2 2 0 0 242.2 297 153 141 25 91 4 135 4 11 5 1092 78 1.599 11.0 0.9 3.4 5.0 1.48 78
1995 34 12 19 .387 4.86 54 51 2 2 0 0 270.1 319 158 146 27 93 4 149 4 12 8 1196 84 1.524 10.6 0.9 3.1 5.0 1.60 84

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
1986 25 1 1 .500 4.29 21.0 23 11 10 0 12 12 0 1.667 9.9 5.1 5.1 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 6.43 42.0 61 33 30 4 24 29 3 2.024 13.1 5.1 6.2 1.21 0.9 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 Seasons 10 16 .385 5.28 261.0 329 170 153 27 95 143 4 1.625 11.3 4.9 1.51 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 1954 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.

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