Mike Caldwell

Ralph Michael Caldwell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 22, 1949 in Tarboro, NC
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1971
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Giants/Padres/Reds 1971-1984
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: September 25, 1984
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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
1971	22	SDP-min	A,A-	19	16	16		3	2	0	0						.188	.188	.313	.500		5							LOD,TRI · CALL,NORW
1971	22	SDP	NL	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	760	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	23	SDP	NL	42	55	50	1	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	20	.140	.137	.140	.277	-18	7	3	0	4	1	0	1
1973	24	SDP	NL	56	39	35	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.143	.167	.143	.310	-10	5	2	0	3	0	0	1
1974	25	SFG	NL	31	72	63	4	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	15	.143	.169	.143	.312	-13	9	1	0	7	0	0	1
1975	26	SFG	NL	38	51	44	2	7	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	11	.159	.159	.227	.386	5	10	2	0	7	0	0	1
1976	27	SFG	NL	50	20	19	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.158	.158	.211	.368	3	4	0	0	1	0	0	1
1977	28	TOT	MLB	35	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	1.000	1.600	318	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	28	CIN	NL	14	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	1.000	1.600	318	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	28	MIL	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	29	MIL	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1	CYA-2,MVP-12
1979	30	MIL	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1980	31	MIL	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	32	MIL	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	33	MIL	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	34	MIL	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	35	MIL	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
14 Yrs				476	243	216	11	34	7	0	0	8	0	0	4	62	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	41	8	0	22	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	83	74	4	12	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	21	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	14	3	0	7	0	0

MIL (8 yrs)				239	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SFG (3 yrs)				119	143	126	7	19	4	0	0	5	0	0	2	30	.151	.164	.183	.347	-5	23	3	0	15	0	0
SDP (3 yrs)				104	95	86	3	13	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	32	.151	.159	.163	.322	-6	14	5	0	7	1	0
CIN (1 yr)				14	5	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	1.000	1.600	318	4	0	0	0	0	0

AL (8 yrs)				239	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (7 yrs)				237	243	216	11	34	7	0	0	8	0	0	4	62	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	41	8	0	22	1	0

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	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1971	22	SDP	NL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.515	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1972	23	SDP	NL	42	55	-7	0	-0	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$	1
1973	24	SDP	NL	56	39	-5	0	-0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1974	25	SFG	NL	31	72	-10	-0	0	0	7	-2	-0.3	2	-0	-0.3	.491	.498	-0.3	0.0	-0	$	1
1975	26	SFG	NL	38	51	-7	-0	-0	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$	1
1976	27	SFG	NL	50	20	-2	-0	0	0	2	-0	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1977	28	CIN	NL	14	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.514	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$	1
1977	28	MIL	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1978	29	MIL	AL	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1	CYA-2,MVP-12
1979	30	MIL	AL	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1980	31	MIL	AL	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1981	32	MIL	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1982	33	MIL	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1983	34	MIL	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1984	35	MIL	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
14 Seasons				476	243	-30	-0	-1	0	26	-5	-0.6	7	2	-0.6	.499	.500	-0.6	0.3	2	$

MIL (8 yrs)				239	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$
SFG (3 yrs)				119	143	-19	-1	0	0	15	-5	-0.5	4	-0	-0.6	.496	.499	-0.6	0.0	-0	$
SDP (3 yrs)				104	95	-12	0	-1	0	10	-2	-0.2	3	0	-0.2	.497	.499	-0.2	0.0	0	$
CIN (1 yr)				14	5	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.514	.501	0.2	0.0	2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1971	22	SDP	NL	1	0	2		86	1.000	1.000	.252	1.000	.316	2.000	.368	3.000	.684	760	.000	0.9	0.1		1.000	1.000
1972	23	SDP	NL	55	51	1	0.5	85	.226	.140	.247	.137	.314	.140	.365	.277	.679	-18	.023	-7.5	-0.8	.152	.000	.000
1973	24	SDP	NL	39	35	1	0.8	89	.217	.143	.252	.167	.319	.143	.374	.310	.694	-10	.041	-5.0	-0.5	.188	.029	.000
1974	25	SFG	NL	72	62	2	0.9	99	.188	.143	.268	.169	.341	.143	.387	.312	.728	-13	.052	-10.1	-1.0	.200	.032	.000
1975	26	SFG	NL	51	46	1	0.6	99	.212	.159	.270	.159	.342	.227	.390	.386	.732	5	.026	-5.9	-0.6	.256	.068	.068
1976	27	SFG	NL	20	17	1	1.6	93	.200	.158	.265	.158	.332	.211	.378	.368	.709	3	.149	-2.5	-0.3	.250	.053	.053
1977	28	TOT	MLB	5	2	3	40.5	105	.500	.500	.272	.600	.340	1.000	.414	1.600	.754	318	.982	1.4	0.1	2.500	.750	.500
1977	28	CIN	NL	5	2	3	40.6	105	.500	.500	.272	.600	.340	1.000	.414	1.600	.754	318	.982	1.4	0.1	2.500	.750	.500
14 Yrs				243	213	11	1.4	94	.219	.157	.261	.172	.330	.190	.380	.362	.711	2	.115	-28.6	-3.0	.237	.051	.032
162 Game Avg.				83	72	4	1.4	94	.219	.157	.261	.172	.330	.190	.380	.362	.711	2	.115	-28.6	-3.0	.237	.051	.032

SFG (3 yrs)				143	125	4	0.9	98	.198	.151	.268	.164	.340	.183	.387	.347	.727	-5	.051	-18.4	-1.9	.227	.048	.032
SDP (3 yrs)				95	86	4	1.3	87	.236	.151	.249	.159	.316	.163	.369	.322	.685	-6	.101	-11.7	-1.2	.192	.023	.012
CIN (1 yr)				5	2	3	40.5	105	.500	.500	.272	.600	.340	1.000	.414	1.600	.754	318	.981	1.4	0.1	2.500	.750	.500

NL (7 yrs)				243	213	11	1.4	94	.219	.157	.261	.172	.330	.190	.380	.362	.711	2	.116	-28.6	-3.0	.237	.051	.032

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G
1981	32	MIL	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	2
1982	33	MIL	AL	ALCS	CAL	W	1
1982	33	MIL	AL	WS	STL	L	3
2 Yrs (3 Series)							6
1 ALDS							2
1 ALCS							1
1 WS							3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	22	SDP	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100%						100%
1972	23	SDP	NL	55	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		16.7	4.17	56%
1973	24	SDP	NL	39	0.0%	30.8%	2.6%	0.0%	0%	12.00	2.9			2.67	59%
1974	25	SFG	NL	72	0.0%	20.8%	2.8%	0.0%	0%	7.50	4.2		31.5	3.60	67%
1975	26	SFG	NL	51	0.0%	21.6%	0.0%	5.9%	43%		4.0		14.7	1.57	65%
1976	27	SFG	NL	20	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	5.0%	33%		4.8			1.60	75%
1977	28	TOT	MLB	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	100%	0.00					80%
1977	28	CIN	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	40.0%	100%	0.00					80%
14 Yrs				243	0.0%	25.5%	1.7%	2.9%	21%	15.50	3.5		27.0	2.66	64%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.3%	8.5%	6.3%	27%	1.56	6.7	46.0	8.7	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1971	22	SDP	NL	0.9	0.1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.44	0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.38	0.6	0
1972	23	SDP	NL	-7.5	-0.8	55	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	1.11	-0.8	0.2	-7.6	-0.8	1.00	-7.9	0
1973	24	SDP	NL	-5.0	-0.5	39	-0.8	0.2	-1.0	1.03	-0.5	-0.3	-7.2	-0.8	0.96	-6.0	0
1974	25	SFG	NL	-10.1	-1.0	73	-0.8	0.4	-1.2	.83	-1.0	-0.0	-10.7	-1.1	0.99	-10.4	0
1975	26	SFG	NL	-5.9	-0.6	51	-0.7	0.4	-1.0	.96	-0.7	-0.0	-7.1	-0.7	1.03	-7.3	0
1976	27	SFG	NL	-2.5	-0.3	21	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.89	-0.3	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	1.01	-2.7	0
1977	28	TOT	MLB	1.4	0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.27	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.02	0.3	0
1977	28	CIN	NL	1.4	0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.27	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.02	0.3	0
1977	28	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
1978	29	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
1979	30	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
1980	31	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
1981	32	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
1982	33	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	34	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
1984	35	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0
14 Yrs				-28.7	-3.0	246	-3.1	1.6	-4.7	.94	-3.2	-0.1	-35.2	-3.7	1.00	-33.5	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	22	SDP	NL	0	0%	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	23	SDP	NL	1	14%	12	0	1	1	67%	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
1973	24	SDP	NL	0	33%	12	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1974	25	SFG	NL	1	36%	20	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0
1975	26	SFG	NL	0	29%	9	1	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
1976	27	SFG	NL	0	33%	3	0	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	28	TOT	MLB	0	33%	2	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1977	28	CIN	NL	0	33%	2	0	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
14 Yrs				2	29%	59	1	3	3	23%	8	7	1	1	1	4	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
1971	22	SDP	NL	1	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1972	23	SDP	NL	55	9%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	13	3	23%	14	4	29%	43	3	7%	4	2	50%	5	4	80%	0
1973	24	SDP	NL	39	33%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	6	2	33%	10	1	10%	25	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1974	25	SFG	NL	72	22%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	13	1	8%	18	2	11%	49	2	4%	6	2	33%	2	1	50%	0
1975	26	SFG	NL	51	53%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	15	2	13%	16	4	25%	39	3	8%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1976	27	SFG	NL	20	50%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	14	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1977	28	TOT	MLB	5	40%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1977	28	CIN	NL	5	40%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
14 Yrs				243	30%	34			0	0	0	0		0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	29	22	76%	50	8	16%	61	12	20%	173	8	5%	16	4	25%	10	6	60%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			34%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1971	22	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	760	2	0	0	0
1972	23	48	56	51	1	8	1	3	0	20	.157	.154	.176	.330	-3	9	3	4	1
1973	24	104	95	86	3	13	1	3	1	32	.151	.159	.163	.322	-6	14	5	7	1
1974	25	135	167	149	7	22	1	5	3	47	.148	.163	.154	.318	-9	23	6	14	1
1975	26	173	218	193	9	29	4	8	3	58	.150	.162	.171	.333	-6	33	8	21	1
1976	27	223	238	212	10	32	5	8	3	62	.151	.162	.175	.337	-5	37	8	22	1
1977	28	258	243	216	11	34	7	8	4	62	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	41	8	22	1
1978	29	295	243	216	11	34	7	8	4	62	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	41	8	22	1
1979	30	325	243	216	11	34	7	8	4	62	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	41	8	22	1
1980	31	359	243	216	11	34	7	8	4	62	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	41	8	22	1
1981	32	383	243	216	11	34	7	8	4	62	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	41	8	22	1
1982	33	418	243	216	11	34	7	8	4	62	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	41	8	22	1
1983	34	450	243	216	11	34	7	8	4	62	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	41	8	22	1
1984	35	476	243	216	11	34	7	8	4	62	.157	.172	.190	.362	2	41	8	22	1

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	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	22	6	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	6
1972	23	44	57	52	1	7	0	3	0	21	.135	.132	.135	.267	1	42
1973	24	56	40	36	2	6	0	0	1	12	.167	.189	.167	.356	1	56
1974	25	31	73	64	5	10	0	3	2	15	.156	.182	.156	.338	2	31
1975	26	38	52	45	3	8	3	4	0	11	.178	.178	.244	.422	2	38
1976	27	50	21	20	2	4	1	0	0	4	.200	.200	.250	.450	1	50
1977	28	35	5	4	1	2	2	0	1	0	.500	.600	1.000	1.600	2	35
7 Yrs		260	249	222	14	38	7	10	4	63	.171	.185	.203	.388	11	258
162 Game Avg.		162	155	138	9	24	4	6	2	39	.171	.185	.203	.388	7	258

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1990 BBWAA ()	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1978 AL (12, 10%) 0.10 Career Shares (916th)	Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1978 AL (2, 54%) 0.54 Career Shares (96th)	Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1978 AL 7.8 (2nd)

Hall of Fame
1990 BBWAA ()

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (12, 10%)
0.10 Career Shares (916th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (2, 54%)
0.54 Career Shares (96th)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1978 AL 7.8 (2nd)

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