Mike Cather

Michael Peter Cather

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 17, 1970 in San Diego, CA
High School: Folsom HS (Folsom, CA)
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 41st round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1997
Team: Braves 1997-1999

Final Game: April 12, 1999
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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
1993	22	TEX-min	Rk	1	1	.500	1.76	25	17	4	30.2	20	7	6	0	9	0	30	3	1	2	124		0.946	5.9	0.0	2.6	8.8	3.33	RGS · GULF
1994	23	TEX-min	A+	8	6	.571	3.88	44	37	6	60.1	56	33	26	2	40	3	53	3	0	1	270		1.591	8.4	0.3	6.0	7.9	1.33	CHT · FLOR
1995	24	TEX-min	AA	0	2	.000	3.32	18	12	0	21.2	20	11	8	0	7	5	15	1	0	0	90		1.246	8.3	0.0	2.9	6.2	2.14	TUL · TL
1996	25	ATL-min	AA	3	4	.429	3.70	53	18	5	87.2	89	42	36	2	29	5	61	8	1	2	384		1.346	9.1	0.2	3.0	6.3	2.10	GRV · SOUL
1997	26	ATL-min	AA,AAA	5	2	.714	3.27	35	12	4	63.1	54	24	23	3	16	2	51	7	0	0	255		1.105	7.7	0.4	2.3	7.2	3.19	GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1997	26	ATL	NL	2	4	.333	2.39	35	10	0	37.2	23	12	10	1	19	4	29	2	0	0	155	176	1.115	5.5	0.2	4.5	6.9	1.53
1998	27	ATL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	5.87	11	2	0	15.1	22	12	10	1	6	0	10	0	0	2	72		1.826	12.9	0.6	3.5	5.9	1.67	RMD · IL
1998	27	ATL	NL	2	2	.500	3.92	36	11	0	41.1	39	21	18	7	12	1	33	2	0	0	173	107	1.234	8.5	1.5	2.6	7.2	2.75
1999	28	ATL-min	AAA	2	7	.222	6.78	45	20	1	67.2	71	57	51	4	34	2	60	1	3	5	308		1.552	9.4	0.5	4.5	8.0	1.76	RMD · IL
1999	28	ATL	NL	1	0	1.000	10.13	4	0	0	2.2	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	50	2.250	16.9	6.8	3.4	0.0	0.00
2000	29	FLA-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.98	43	28	8	63.1	66	34	28	6	27	2	62	3	0	0	280		1.468	9.4	0.9	3.8	8.8	2.30	CGY · PCL
2001	30	STL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	5.82	15	4	0	21.2	27	14	14	3	9	1	21	1	0	0	102		1.662	11.2	1.2	3.7	8.7	2.33	MEM · PCL
3 Yrs				5	6	.455	3.42	75	21	0	81.2	67	36	31	10	32	5	62	4	0	0	341	124	1.212	7.4	1.1	3.5	6.8	1.94
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.455	3.42	68	19	0	74	61	33	28	9	29	5	56	4	0	0	309	124	1.212	7.4	1.1	3.5	6.8	1.94

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1997	26	ATL	NL	37.2	35	12	2.87	4.68	0.39	-0.36	97.4	3.83	4	0.4	1.4	0.0	0.7	8	.512	.503	$150,000
1998	27	ATL	NL	41.1	36	21	4.57	4.76	0.55	-0.36	97.8	3.76	-4	-0.4	.9	-0.1	-0.1	0	.490	.498	$182,500
1999	28	ATL	NL	2.2	4	3	10.13	5.01	0.39	-0.38	101.4	4.30	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.459	.499	$225,000
3 Seasons				81.2	75	36	3.97	4.73	0.47	-0.36	97.7	3.81	-1	-0.1	1.2	-0.1	0.5	7	.498	.500	$557,500

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	G	GF	IP	H	BB	SO	BF	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1997	26	ATL	NL	NLDS	W	HOU	1	0	2.0	0	1	2	7	0.500	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
1997	26	ATL	NL	NLCS	L	FLA	4	1	2.2	3	0	3	11	1.125	10.1	0.0	10.1
1 Yr (2 Series)							5	1	4.2	3	1	5	18	0.857	5.8	1.9	9.6	5.00
1 NLDS							1	0	2.0	0	1	2	7	0.500	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
1 NLCS							4	1	2.2	3	0	3	11	1.125	10.1	0.0	10.1

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
1997	26	ATL	NL	35	155	132	12	23	7	0	1	0	0	19	29	.174	.288	.250	.538	.216	33	3	2	2	0	4	2
1998	27	ATL	NL	36	173	153	21	39	7	1	7	0	2	12	33	.255	.314	.451	.765	.278	69	3	2	4	2	1	2
1999	28	ATL	NL	4	13	12	3	5	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	.417	.462	.917	1.378	.300	11	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				75	341	297	36	67	14	1	10	0	3	32	62	.226	.307	.380	.688	.251	113	6	4	6	2	5	4
162 Game Avg.				68	309	269	33	61	13	1	9	0	3	29	56	.226	.307	.380	.688	.251	102	5	4	5	2	5	4
MLB Averages																.268	.339	.425	.763	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1997	26	ATL	NL	7.2	0.7	155	-0.6	3.1	-3.7	1.26	0.7	-1.2	6.7	0.7	1.26	9.5	16	6	12
1998	27	ATL	NL	0.6	0.1	175	-1.5	2.0	-3.5	.81	-0.2	-1.7	-3.5	-0.3	0.81	-1.2	9	5	19
1999	28	ATL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	14	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.94	-0.3	-0.0	-2.9	-0.3	0.94	-3.7	1	2	1
3 Yrs				6.4	0.6	344	-2.5	5.3	-7.8	1.02	0.1	-2.6	0.3	0.1	1.02	4.6	26	13	32

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1997	26	ATL	NL	35	35	10	2	4	3	3	0%	7	4	13	4	31%	8	1.258	16	6	12	15	10	10	8	27	9	7	10	11	3.2	16
1998	27	ATL	NL	36	36	11	2	2	3	3	0%	4	1	18	8	44%	8	.809	9	5	19	17	5	14	10	26	11	7	11	8	3.4	16
1999	28	ATL	NL	4	4	0	1	0	1	1	0%	1	0	1	1	100%	7	.942	1	2	1	1	0	3	1	3	0	2	0	1	2.0	9
3 Yrs				75	75	21	5	6	7	7	0%	12	5	32	13	41%		1.018	26	13	32	33	15	27	19	56	20	16	21	20	3.3	16

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%
1997	26	ATL	NL	155	61%	0.7%	18.7%	12.3%	5.2%	35%	1.43	1.90	66%	19%	2.6%	10%	25	3	12%
1998	27	ATL	NL	173	55%	4.1%	19.1%	6.9%	8.7%	39%	1.18	1.70	66%	17%	15.2%	16%	30	3	10%
1999	28	ATL	NL	13	54%	15.4%	0.0%	7.7%	15.4%	40%	0.50	0.40	77%	25%	33.3%	25%	1	0	0%
3 Yrs				341	58%	2.9%	18.2%	9.4%	7.3%	37%	1.23	1.69	67%	19%	11.1%	14%	56	6	11%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	7.9%	33%	0.81	1.09	70%	21%	8.2%	15%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	26	ATL	NL	145	529	3.65	323	61%	30%	17%	22%	30%	70%	8%	43%	75%	65%	6%	8	3	23%	33	15	3	4%	5	1	10	0	0
1998	27	ATL	NL	173	586	3.39	387	66%	26%	17%	25%	33%	74%	2%	49%	77%	63%	5%	9	7	23%	40	28	2	18%	7	1	0	0	0
1999	28	ATL	NL	13	37	2.85	26	70%	19%	4%	31%	46%	81%	0%	57%	95%	54%	0%	0	0	8%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				331	1152	3.48	736	64%	28%	17%	24%	32%	72%	5%	46%	77%	63%	5%	17	10	22%	74	43	5	12%	12	2	10	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	57%	6%			19%				28%

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
1997	26	ATL	NL	155	23	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	8	4	1	50%	2	0	0	58	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	27	ATL	NL	173	39	10	1	7	1	2	6	1	6	1	7	5	0	71%	2	0	0	67	0	2	0%	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0
1999	28	ATL	NL	13	5	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
3 Yrs				341	67	14	1	10	1	5	8	2	6	4	15	9	1	60%	4	0	0	128	0	3	0%	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1997	26	2	4	.333	2.39	35	10	37.2	23	12	10	1	19	4	29	2	155	176	1.115	5.5	0.2	4.5	6.9	1.53	176
1998	27	4	6	.400	3.19	71	21	79.0	62	33	28	8	31	5	62	4	328	132	1.177	7.1	0.9	3.5	7.1	2.00	132
1999	28	5	6	.455	3.42	75	21	81.2	67	36	31	10	32	5	62	4	341	124	1.212	7.4	1.1	3.5	6.8	1.94	124

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1997	26	3	1	.750	2.43	37.0	23	11	10	1	19	28	2	1.135	5.6	4.6	6.8	1.47	0.2	35
1998	27	2	2	.500	3.83	40.0	38	19	17	7	12	32	2	1.250	8.6	2.7	7.2	2.67	1.6	36
1999	28	0	0		13.50	2.0	5	3	3	2	1	0	0	3.000	22.5	4.5	0.0	0.00	9.0	4
3 Yrs		5	3	.625	3.42	79.0	66	33	30	10	32	60	4	1.241	7.5		6.8	1.88	1.1	75

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