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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 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
1951 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 24 SLB AL 2 6 .250 6.39 33 9 8 2 0 0 94.1 110 78 67 6 56 23 0 0 7 440 66 1.760 10.5 0.6 5.3 2.2 0.41
1954 25 BAL AL 1 5 .167 4.69 37 0 17 0 0 1 86.1 83 48 45 2 51 35 0 0 1 386 77 1.552 8.7 0.2 5.3 3.6 0.69
2 Yrs 3 11 .214 5.58 70 9 25 2 0 1 180.2 193 126 112 8 107 58 0 0 8 826 70 1.661 9.6 0.4 5.3 2.9 0.54
162 Game Avg. 3 9 .214 5.58 60 8 22 2 0 1 156 166 108 96 7 92 50 0 0 7 711 70 1.661 9.6 0.4 5.3 2.9 0.54

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 Awards
1953 24 SLB AL 94.1 33 9 78 7.44 4.68 -0.29 0.00 106.2 5.27 -23 -2.3 .5 0.2 -1.3 -14 .431 .486 $
1954 25 BAL AL 86.1 37 0 48 5.00 4.40 -0.26 0.00 95.8 4.46 -5 -0.6 .9 -0.2 -0.1 2 .485 .497 $
2 Seasons 180.2 70 9 126 6.28 4.55 -0.27 0.00 101.2 4.88 -28 -2.8 .7 0.0 -1.4 -12 .460 .491 $

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
1953 24 SLB AL 33 375 377 78 110 18 10 6 2 1 56 23 .292 .383 .440 .824 .299 166 10 0 7 0 7
1954 25 BAL AL 37 384 329 48 83 11 6 2 6 4 51 35 .252 .349 .340 .689 .274 112 6 0 4 4 7
2 Yrs 70 759 706 126 193 29 16 8 8 5 107 58 .273 .367 .394 .761 .287 278 16 0 11 4 14
162 Game Avg. 60 653 608 108 166 25 14 7 7 4 92 50 .273 .367 .394 .761 .287 239 14 0 9 3 12
MLB Averages .263 .335 .390 .724 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1953 24 SLB AL -22.3 -2.2 386 -1.5 4.0 -5.5 .70 -1.7 -0.4 -23.9 -2.3 0.70 -18.2 1 4 14
1954 25 BAL AL -9.6 -1.0 397 -1.5 3.1 -4.6 .56 -0.0 -2.5 -9.1 -0.9 0.56 -4.5 9 2 25
2 Yrs -32.0 -3.1 783 -2.9 7.1 -10.1 .63 -1.7 -3.0 -33.0 -3.2 0.63 -22.7 10 6 39

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
1953 24 SLB AL 33 9 1 5 3 0 3 2 7 .222 0 0 2 0 4 44% 44.1 63 27 18 10 3 3 3.5 4.8 5.4
1 Yr 33 9 1 5 3 0 3 2 7 .222 0 0 2 0 4 44% 44 63 27 18 10 3 3 3.5 4.8 5.4
MLB Averages .500 49% 50 109 -2 4.5 4.5 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

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
1953 24 SLB AL 33 24 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 4 36% 6 .698 1 4 14 1 0 21 6 16 14 6 12 5 5.8
1954 25 BAL AL 37 37 17 1 5 2 1 1 50% 3 1 25 12 48% 8 .565 9 2 25 4 5 27 12 24 27 6 29 7 7.0
2 Yrs 70 61 25 2 6 2 1 1 50% 4 1 36 16 44% .631 10 6 39 5 5 48 18 40 41 12 41 12 6.5

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%
1953 24 SLB AL 440 60% 1.6% 6.1% 14.9% 9.1% 31% 1.07 93% 90 10 11%
1954 25 BAL AL 387 64% 0.5% 9.1% 13.3% 5.0% 23% 1.01 77% 95 6 6%
2 Yrs 827 62% 1.1% 7.6% 14.1% 7.0% 28% 1.04 85% 185 16 9%
MLB Averages 51% 2.3% 11.5% 10.0% 6.8% 27% 0.95 82% 10%

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
1953 24 SLB AL 375 110 6 0 16 3 2 2 3 37 23 1 62% 7 7 1 153 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 65
1954 25 BAL AL 384 83 2 1 24 2 0 0 2 32 14 4 44% 7 1 1 159 6 4 60% 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Yrs 759 193 8 1 40 5 2 2 5 69 37 5 54% 14 8 2 312 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 68
MLB Averages 52% 54%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1953 24 2 6 .250 6.39 33 9 8 2 0 0 94.1 110 78 67 6 56 23 0 0 7 440 66 1.760 10.5 0.6 5.3 2.2 0.41 66
1954 25 3 11 .214 5.58 70 9 25 2 0 1 180.2 193 126 112 8 107 58 0 0 8 826 70 1.661 9.6 0.4 5.3 2.9 0.54 70

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1953 24 3 7 .300 6.12 97.0 112 73 66 6 57 24 0 1.742 10.4 5.3 2.2 0.42 0.6 33
1954 25 3 6 .333 5.51 85.0 91 58 52 2 56 35 0 1.729 9.6 5.9 3.7 0.63 0.2 37
2 Yrs 6 13 .316 5.84 182.0 203 131 118 8 113 59 0 1.736 10.0 2.9 0.52 0.4 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1953 AL  7 (3rd)

                                         

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