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Mike Boddicker

Michael James Boddicker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 172 lb.

Born: August 23, 1957 in Cedar Rapids, IA
High School: Norway HS (Norway, IA)
School: University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 6th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 4, 1980 (Age 23)
Teams (by GP): Orioles/RedSox/Royals/Brewers 1980-1993
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: June 13, 1993 (Age 35)
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All-Star

Standard Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1980 BAL AL 22 P 1 1 0 7.1 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0.00 .960 1.84 1.80 0 0 0
1981 BAL AL 23 P 2 0 0 5.2 2 1 0 1 0 .500 1.59 0.50 .965 2.06 2.00 0 0 0
1982 BAL AL 24 P 7 0 0 25.2 9 5 3 1 0 .889 2.81 1.14 .958 1.79 1.80 2 0 0% 36% 1
1983 BAL AL 25 P 27 26 10 179.0 59 24 32 3 4 .949 2.82 2.07 .958 1.80 1.78 19 4 17% 33% 4 RoY-3
1983 BAL AL 25 DH 1 0 RoY-3
1984 BAL AL 26 P 34 34 16 261.1 105 49 49 7 6 .933 3.38 2.88 .958 1.79 1.78 24 10 29% 36% 3 AS,CYA-4,MVP-25
1984 BAL AL 26 DH 1 0 AS,CYA-4,MVP-25
1985 BAL AL 27 P 32 32 9 203.1 74 26 46 2 6 .973 3.19 2.25 .953 1.86 1.84 36 5 12% 33% 0
1985 BAL AL 27 DH 2 0
1986 BAL AL 28 P 33 33 7 218.1 67 28 36 3 4 .955 2.64 1.94 .957 1.83 1.81 32 7 18% 34% 2
1987 BAL AL 29 P 33 33 7 226.0 66 18 46 2 5 .970 2.55 1.94 .955 1.84 1.82 32 4 11% 31% 2
1988 TOT AL 30 P 36 35 5 236.0 57 22 33 2 1 .965 2.10 1.53 .961 1.78 1.77 25 13 34% 31% 2
1988 BAL AL 30 P 21 21 4 147.0 29 12 15 2 0 .931 1.65 1.29 .961 1.78 1.77 17 6 26% 31% 1
1988 BOS AL 30 P 15 14 1 89.0 28 10 18 0 1 1.000 2.83 1.87 .961 1.78 1.77 8 7 47% 31% 1
1989 BOS AL 31 P 34 34 3 211.2 53 14 36 3 2 .943 2.13 1.47 .960 1.87 1.85 16 6 27% 31% 1
1990 BOS AL 32 P 34 34 4 228.0 58 29 27 2 6 .966 2.21 1.65 .953 1.78 1.76 13 10 43% 34% 1 GG
1991 KCR AL 33 P 30 29 1 180.2 50 12 36 2 1 .960 2.39 1.60 .956 1.80 1.80 17 10 37% 34% 2
1992 KCR AL 34 P 29 8 0 86.2 26 12 13 1 1 .962 2.60 0.86 .953 1.72 1.71 13 2 13% 34% 0
1993 MIL AL 35 P 10 10 1 54.0 16 5 9 2 1 .875 2.33 1.40 .953 1.78 1.78 6 3 33% 36% 1
14 Seasons P 342 309 63 2123.2 643 245 366 32 37 .950 2.59 1.79 .957 1.81 1.79 235 74 24% 33% 19
14 Seasons TOT 342 309 63 2123.2 643 245 366 32 37 .950 2.59 1.79 .957 1.81 1.79 235 74 24% 33% 19
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1980 BAL AL 22 P
1981 BAL AL 23 P
1982 BAL AL 24 P
1983 BAL AL 25 P
1984 BAL AL 26 P
1985 BAL AL 27 P
1986 BAL AL 28 P
1987 BAL AL 29 P
1988 BAL AL 30 P
1988 BOS AL 30 P
1989 BOS AL 31 P
1990 BOS AL 32 P
1991 KCR AL 33 P
1992 KCR AL 34 P
1993 MIL AL 35 P
14 Seasons P
14 Seasons TOT

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 BAL AL 22 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BAL AL 23 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 BAL AL 24 7 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 BAL AL 25 28 26 1 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1984 BAL AL 26 35 34 1 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1985 BAL AL 27 34 32 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1986 BAL AL 28 33 33 0 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 BAL AL 29 34 33 1 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 BAL AL 30 21 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 BOS AL 30 15 14 0 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 BOS AL 31 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 BOS AL 32 34 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 KCR AL 33 30 29 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 KCR AL 34 29 8 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIL AL 35 10 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 347 309 5 342 342 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1916 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1980 BAL AL 22 34 76% 35% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 BAL AL 23 25 92% 48% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 BAL AL 24 110 74% 26% 6 100% 0 5 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 BAL AL 25 711 81% 36% 31 94% 1 24 0 16 32 23 3 3 0 0 3 0 4 3 4 0 1 100%
1984 BAL AL 26 1051 85% 35% 54 100% 2 46 2 32 55 46 2 7 0 0 7 0 6 2 5 1 2 100%
1985 BAL AL 27 899 80% 24% 48 100% 1 25 2 19 46 37 5 2 0 0 2 0 6 4 5 1 10 100%
1986 BAL AL 28 934 77% 29% 40 90% 1 27 3 18 36 25 3 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 2 2 4 75%
1987 BAL AL 29 950 80% 28% 47 98% 0 19 2 14 46 35 6 2 0 0 2 0 5 5 5 0 10 90%
1988 BAL AL 30 636 79% 30% 19 95% 0 12 5 5 14 10 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1988 BOS AL 30 364 82% 38% 20 95% 1 10 1 4 18 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
1989 BOS AL 31 912 78% 32% 36 94% 2 12 2 9 34 27 2 3 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 1 7 100%
1990 BOS AL 32 956 80% 35% 32 91% 1 29 6 20 25 17 4 2 1 0 1 0 6 4 4 2 4 75%
1991 KCR AL 33 775 85% 36% 36 97% 1 12 3 8 36 28 1 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 8 100%
1992 KCR AL 34 392 81% 35% 14 100% 0 12 2 9 13 9 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 100%
1993 MIL AL 35 249 86% 37% 15 67% 0 5 1 3 9 5 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 6 33%
14 Seasons 8998 81% 32% 398 95% 10 239 33 159 367 276 34 32 3 2 27 4 36 22 28 8 59 88%
MLB Averages 81% 30% 91% 88%



* - Disclaimer & Completeness Note

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1945 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) 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

Hall of Fame
1999 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1984

Awards (yr lg award)
1983 AL ALCS MVP
1984 AL pitching_title

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 AL (25, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1984 AL (4, 28%)
0.29 Career Shares (140th)

Gold Gloves
1990 AL (P)

Putouts as P s c a p y
1984 AL  49 (1st)
1985 AL  26 (5th)
1986 AL  28 (3rd)
1990 AL  29 (3rd)
Career  245 (40th)

Assists as P s c a p y
1984 AL  49 (3rd)
1985 AL  46 (4th)
1986 AL  36 (5th)
1987 AL  46 (2nd)
1991 AL  36 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1983 AL  3 (2nd)
1984 AL  7 (1st)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1983 AL  2.82 (1st)
1984 AL  3.38 (1st)
1985 AL  3.19 (1st)
1986 AL  2.64 (1st)
1987 AL  2.55 (3rd)
1991 AL  2.39 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
1983 AL  2.07 (3rd)
1984 AL  2.88 (1st)
1985 AL  2.25 (3rd)
1986 AL  1.94 (1st)
1987 AL  1.94 (3rd)
1990 AL  1.65 (5th)

             

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