Mike Blyzka

Michael John Blyzka
born Michael John Bliska

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 25, 1928 in Hamtramck, MI
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1953
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Browns 1953-1954

Final Game: September 25, 1954
Died: October 13, 2004 in Cheyenne, WY
Buried: Lakeview Cemetery, Cheyenne, WY
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1946	17	CHW-min	D																										MSV · KITL
1947	18	CHW-min	D	26	46	44	5	9	1	0	0	0	0		2	10	.205	.239	.227	.466		10		0	0				LIM,MSV · OHSL,KITL
1948	19	BAL-min	D	31	86	86		14	1	0	0						.163	.163	.174	.337		15							BLV · ILSL
1949	20	BAL-min	C	39	106	106		25	4	1	0						.236	.236	.292	.528		31							MSH · ETXL
1950	21	BAL-min	A	37	48	48		6	3	0	0						.125	.125	.188	.313		9							WCH · WL
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	24	SLB	AL	33	26	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.000	.042	.000	.042	-88	0	0	0	2			1
1954	25	BAL	AL	37	16	15	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.133	.133	.133	.267	-24	2	0	0	1	0		1
1955	26	NYY-min	AAA	31	41	36	2	6	0	0	0	2	0		2	18	.167	.231	.167	.397		6	0	1	2	0			DEN · AA
1956	27	NYY-min	AAA	37	30	28	2	8	1	0	0	2	0		1	12	.286	.310	.321	.632		9	0	0	1	0			DEN · AA
1957	28	SFG-min	AAA,A	40	40	35	3	9	3	0	0	4	0		2	11	.257	.289	.343	.632		12		0	2	1	0		MNE,SPF · AA,EL
2 Yrs				70	42	38	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.053	.077	.053	.130	-64	2	0	0	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	97	88	5	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	35	.053	.077	.053	.130	-64	5	0	0	7

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1953	24	SLB	AL	33	26	-6	3	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	-2	$	1
1954	25	BAL	AL	37	16	-3	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0	$	1
2 Seasons				70	42	-8	5	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.4	.495	.499	-0.4	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1953	24	SLB	AL	26	25	104	.000	.000	.272	.042	.349	.000	.400	.042	.749	-88	.000	-6.3	-0.6	.043	.043	.000
1954	25	BAL	AL	16	14	92	.222	.133	.256	.133	.330	.133	.374	.267	.704	-24	.000	-2.5	-0.3	.154	.000	.000
2 Yrs				42	39	99	.087	.053	.266	.077	.341	.053	.390	.130	.731	-64	.000	-8.8	-0.9	.083	.026	.000
162 Game Avg.				97	90	99	.087	.053	.266	.077	.341	.053	.390	.130	.731	-64	.000	-8.8	-0.9	.083	.026	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	24	SLB	AL	26	0.0%	34.6%	3.9%	0.0%		9.00	2.6		23.0	1.17	54%
1954	25	BAL	AL	16	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5			1.33	56%
2 Yrs				42	0.0%	35.7%	2.4%	0.0%	0%	15.00	2.5		38.0	1.22	55%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.7%	9.3%	6.6%	28%	1.15	8.3	42.1	8.1	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1953	24	SLB	AL	-6.3	-0.6	22	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.75	-0.3	0.0	-3.2	-0.3	0.91	-4.0
1954	25	BAL	AL	-2.5	-0.3	16	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.56	-0.2	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	1.00	-2.7
2 Yrs				-8.8	-0.9	38	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.67	-0.5	0.0	-5.8	-0.6	0.95	-6.7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1953	24	SLB	AL	1	100%	3	0%	1	1
1954	25	BAL	AL	0	50%	4	0%	1	1
2 Yrs				1	67%	7	0%	2	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1953	24	SLB	AL	26	5%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	4	0	0%	6	3	50%	13	2	15%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1954	25	BAL	AL	16	13%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	4	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				42	8%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	9	0	0%	10	3	30%	22	2	9%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1953	24	33	26	23	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.000	.042	.000	.042	-88	0	0	0	2
1954	25	70	42	38	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15	.053	.077	.053	.130	-64	2	0	0	3	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1953	24	34	27	24	1	1	1	9	.000	.040	.000	.040	33
1954	25	39	17	16	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	37
2 Yrs		73	44	40	1	1	1	15	.000	.024	.000	.024	70
162 Game Avg.		162	98	89	2	2	2	33	.000	.024	.000	.024	70

* 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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