Mike Caldwell
Ralph Michael Caldwell
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 22, 1949 in Tarboro, NC
School: North Carolina State University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1971
Final Game: September 25, 1984
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 SDP NL 22 P 6 0 6.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 4.05 0.50 .967 1.89 0.78
1972 SDP NL 23 P 42 20 163.2 58 9 47 2 3 .966 3.08 1.33 .950 1.78 0.73
1973 SDP NL 24 P 55 13 149.0 43 12 29 2 1 .953 2.48 0.75 .949 1.88 0.73
1974 SFG NL 25 P 31 27 189.1 59 11 48 0 7 1.000 2.80 1.90 .941 1.88 0.71
1975 SFG NL 26 P 38 21 163.1 44 10 33 1 2 .977 2.37 1.13 .943 1.86 0.72
1976 SFG NL 27 P 50 9 107.1 31 8 22 1 2 .968 2.52 0.60 .948 1.88 0.72
1977 TOT MLB 28 P 35 12 119.0 38 7 31 0 3 1.000 2.87 1.09 .945 1.93 0.77
1977 CIN NL 28 P 14 0 24.2 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 1.46 0.29 .950 1.86 0.67
1977 MIL AL 28 P 21 12 94.1 34 7 27 0 3 1.000 3.24 1.62 .944 1.95 0.84
1978 MIL AL 29 P 37 34 293.1 64 14 50 0 2 1.000 1.96 1.73 .952 1.90 0.85 CYA-2,MVP-12
1979 MIL AL 30 P 30 31 235.0 73 7 64 2 3 .973 2.72 2.37 .948 1.92 0.81
1980 MIL AL 31 P 34 33 225.1 46 8 37 1 5 .978 1.80 1.32 .957 1.85 0.77
1981 MIL AL 32 P 24 23 144.1 31 5 26 0 0 1.000 1.93 1.29 .961 1.98 0.81
1982 MIL AL 33 P 35 34 258.0 62 13 48 1 5 .984 2.13 1.74 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 MIL AL 34 P 32 32 228.1 44 4 38 2 4 .955 1.66 1.31 .959 1.80 0.73
1984 MIL AL 35 P 26 19 126.0 34 7 24 3 2 .912 2.21 1.19 .959 1.79 0.70
14 Seasons P 475 308 2408.2 630 116 499 15 39 .976 2.30 1.29 .951 1.86 0.75
14 Seasons TOT 475 308 2408.2 630 116 499 15 39 .976 2.30 1.29 .927 1.86 0.75

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 SDP NL 22 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SDP NL 23 42 20 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 SDP NL 24 56 13 56 56 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 SFG NL 25 31 27 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 SFG NL 26 38 21 38 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 SFG NL 27 50 9 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 MIL AL 28 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CIN NL 28 14 0 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MIL AL 29 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MIL AL 30 31 0 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MIL AL 31 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MIL AL 32 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MIL AL 33 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MIL AL 34 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 MIL AL 35 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 477 90 237 477 476 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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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%
1971 SDP NL 22 30 73% 30% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 SDP NL 23 733 79% 32% 52 85% 0 9 1 6 47 36 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 12 83%
1973 SDP NL 24 651 78% 33% 34 94% 0 12 3 7 32 24 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 100%
1974 SFG NL 25 810 81% 37% 48 98% 0 11 1 9 47 33 10 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 7 0 10 100%
1975 SFG NL 26 735 85% 35% 46 80% 1 10 4 4 34 25 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 10 80%
1976 SFG NL 27 497 85% 37% 22 95% 0 6 0 6 22 13 5 1 0 1 0 1 2 2 2 0 5 80%
1977 MIL AL 28 429 82% 36% 30 93% 1 7 0 5 27 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 4 100%
1977 CIN NL 28 109 83% 37% 7 86% 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 MIL AL 29 1205 84% 40% 55 98% 1 13 2 10 52 43 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 10 100%
1979 MIL AL 30 994 87% 33% 66 92% 0 8 2 5 62 49 4 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 2 1 11 100%
1980 MIL AL 31 965 86% 34% 38 95% 0 8 0 6 37 27 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 5 0 9 100%
1981 MIL AL 32 618 87% 37% 29 100% 0 4 2 2 27 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 100%
1982 MIL AL 33 1087 88% 33% 51 96% 0 13 2 7 47 38 5 1 0 1 0 1 5 4 5 0 10 90%
1983 MIL AL 34 996 89% 31% 39 90% 0 4 0 4 38 25 9 2 0 1 1 1 4 4 4 0 5 100%
1984 MIL AL 35 549 90% 34% 28 89% 0 6 1 2 24 20 1 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 1 1 5 100%
14 Seasons 10408 85% 35% 547 93% 3 112 18 74 504 386 63 15 0 12 3 10 39 26 34 5 105 94%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 88%

* 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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