Mike Caruso
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 172 lb.

Born: May 27, 1977 in Queens, NY
High School: Stoneman-Douglas (Parkland, FL)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 2nd round of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: March 31, 1998
Final Game: August 9, 2002
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Standard Batting

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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
1998 21 CHW AL 133 555 523 81 160 17 6 5 55 22 6 14 38 .306 .331 .390 .721 89 204 8 7 8 3 0 *6 RoY-3
1999 22 CHW AL 136 564 529 60 132 11 4 2 35 12 14 20 36 .250 .280 .297 .577 47 157 6 3 11 1 0 *6/D
2002 25 KCR AL 12 21 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .143 .100 .243 -36 2 0 0 0 0 0 /645
3 Seasons 281 1140 1072 144 294 28 10 7 90 34 20 35 76 .274 .302 .339 .641 66 363 14 10 19 4 0
162 Game Avg. 162 657 618 83 169 16 6 4 52 20 12 20 44 .274 .302 .339 .641 66 209 8 6 11 2 0
CHW (2 yrs) 269 1119 1052 141 292 28 10 7 90 34 20 34 74 .278 .305 .343 .649 68 361 14 10 19 4 0
KCR (1 yr) 12 21 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .100 .143 .100 .243 -36 2 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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 PwrSpd
1998 21 CHW AL 555 388 68 4.7 108 .321 .306 .269 .331 .338 .390 .429 .721 .766 89 .452 -10.0 -0.9 .639 .141 .084 8.1
1999 22 CHW AL 564 429 42 2.6 115 .264 .250 .276 .280 .349 .297 .442 .577 .791 47 .208 -44.6 -4.1 .427 .081 .047 3.4
2002 25 KCR AL 21 18 0 0.0 114 .111 .100 .276 .143 .344 .100 .443 .243 .788 -36 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .167 .050 .000
3 Seasons 1140 835 110 3.5 111 .289 .274 .273 .302 .343 .339 .436 .641 .779 66 .321 -58.7 -5.4 .520 .110 .064 11.6
162 Game Avg. 657 481 63 3.5 111 .289 .274 .273 .302 .343 .339 .436 .641 .779 66 .321 -58.7 -5.4 .520 .110 .064 7
CHW (2 yrs) 1119 817 110 3.6 111 .292 .278 .273 .305 .343 .343 .435 .649 .779 68 .329 -54.6 -5.0 .528 .111 .066 11.6
KCR (1 yr) 21 18 0 0.0 114 .111 .100 .276 .143 .344 .100 .443 .243 .788 -36 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .167 .050 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1998 21 CHW AL 555 0.9% 6.9% 2.5% 5.1% 18% 2.71 13.8 104.6 9.5 1.05 1.38 87% 18% 2.7% 16%
1999 22 CHW AL 564 0.4% 6.4% 3.6% 3.0% 13% 1.80 14.7 264.5 15.1 1.35 1.54 87% 14% 1.4% 25%
2002 25 KCR AL 21 0.0% 9.5% 4.8% 0.0% 0% 2.00 10.0 2.20 3.25 86% 17% 0.0% 20%
3 Seasons 1140 0.6% 6.7% 3.1% 4.0% 15% 2.17 14.1 153.1 11.9 1.20 1.49 87% 16% 2.1% 20%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1998 21 CHW AL 8 0 43% 234 22 6 79% 19 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 6 30 51% 24 12 10 7 3 4 18 7 11
1999 22 CHW AL 9 0 38% 179 12 14 46% 11 13 1 1 0 0 2 2 5 19 58% 26 10 16 8 4 3 18 7 11
2002 25 KCR AL 0 0 100% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
3 Seasons 17 0 41% 422 34 20 63% 30 19 4 1 0 0 3 2 12 49 55% 51 23 26 15 7 7 38 14 24
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1998 21 CHW AL 555 81% 160 68 20 1 0 0 0 1.60 5 0 12 4 1 3 2 0 16 8 50% 107 8 7% 66 22 33% 343 57 17% 37 24 65% 35 20 57% 0
1999 22 CHW AL 564 79% 132 34 18 3 2 0 0 1.29 2 0 11 2 0 0 2 0 20 11 55% 111 6 5% 75 35 47% 356 36 10% 29 14 48% 44 23 52% 0
2002 25 KCR AL 21 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
3 Seasons 1140 80% 294 102 38 4 2 0 0 1.37 7 0 23 6 1 3 4 0 36 19 53% 222 14 6% 145 58 40% 710 93 13% 67 38 57% 82 44 54% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1998 21 CHW AL 555 1708 3.08 1177 69% 22% 7% 29% 42% 78% 0% 54% 91% 37% 3% 15 0 10% 55 19 5% 25 16 26% 0 0 0
1999 22 CHW AL 564 1771 3.14 1197 68% 25% 8% 25% 42% 74% 0% 50% 90% 33% 3% 18 0 12% 65 19 5% 27 15 19% 0 0 1
2002 25 KCR AL 21 62 2.95 42 68% 36% 12% 10% 43% 64% 0% 44% 81% 29% 5% 1 0 10% 2 0 5% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1140 3541 3.11 2416 68% 24% 7% 27% 42% 76% 0% 52% 90% 35% 3% 34 0 11% 122 38 5% 53 32 22% 0 0 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1998 21 133 555 523 81 160 17 6 5 55 22 6 14 38 .306 .331 .390 .721 89 204 8 7 8 3 0
1999 22 269 1119 1052 141 292 28 10 7 90 34 20 34 74 .278 .305 .343 .649 68 361 14 10 19 4 0
2000 23 269 1119 1052 141 292 28 10 7 90 34 20 34 74 .278 .305 .343 .649 68 361 14 10 19 4 0
2001 24 269 1119 1052 141 292 28 10 7 90 34 20 34 74 .278 .305 .343 .649 68 361 14 10 19 4 0
2002 25 281 1140 1072 144 294 28 10 7 90 34 20 35 76 .274 .302 .339 .641 66 363 14 10 19 4 0

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1998 21 133 545 521 77 158 17 6 5 52 22 14 38 .303 .328 .388 .716 65 133
1999 22 136 541 519 54 122 10 4 2 32 11 18 36 .235 .264 .281 .546 38 136
2002 25 12 21 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .048 .000 .048 0 12
3 Seasons 281 1107 1060 131 280 27 10 7 84 33 33 76 .264 .292 .328 .620 103 281
162 Game Avg. 162 638 611 76 161 16 6 4 48 19 19 44 .264 .292 .328 .620 59 281

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1998 AL  6 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1998 AL  132 (4th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1999 AL  11 (6th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1999 AL  14 (1st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1998 AL  13.8 (1st)
1999 AL  14.7 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1998 AL  born 1977-05-27 (3rd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  3. Carl Lind (948)
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  5. Mickey Haslin (944)
  6. Erick Aybar (940)
  7. Scott Hastings (940)
  8. Ed Busch (940)
  9. Brendan Ryan (940)
  10. Roy Hartsfield (940)
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  1. Red Kress (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Joe Tinker (969) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Pat Listach (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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