Mike Cather
Michael Peter Cather
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 17, 1970 in San Diego, CA
High School: Folsom (Folsom, CA)
School: University of California
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 41st round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1997
Final Game: April 12, 1999
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO 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
1997 26 ATL NL 2 4 .333 2.39 35 0 10 0 0 0 37.2 23 12 10 1 19 4 29 2 0 0 155 174 1.115 5.5 0.2 4.5 6.9 1.53
1998 27 ATL NL 2 2 .500 3.92 36 0 11 0 0 0 41.1 39 21 18 7 12 1 33 2 0 0 173 106 1.234 8.5 1.5 2.6 7.2 2.75
1999 28 ATL NL 1 0 1.000 10.12 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 5 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 44 2.250 16.9 6.8 3.4 0.0 0.00
3 Seasons 5 6 .455 3.42 75 0 21 0 0 0 81.2 67 36 31 10 32 5 62 4 0 0 341 122 1.212 7.4 1.1 3.5 6.8 1.94
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .455 3.42 68 0 19 0 0 0 74 61 33 28 9 29 5 56 4 0 0 309 122 1.212 7.4 1.1 3.5 6.8 1.94

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1997 26 ATL NL NLDS W HOU 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1997 26 ATL NL NLCS L FLA 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 1.125 10.1 0.0 0.0 10.1
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 0.00 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.2 3 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 18 0.857 5.8 0.0 1.9 9.6 5.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 0.500 0.0 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00
1 NLCS 0 0 0.00 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 11 1.125 10.1 0.0 0.0 10.1

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 75 341 297 36 67 14 1 10 0 3 32 62 .226 .307 .380 .688 .251 113 6 4 6 2 5
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
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP 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 0 3 0% 7 4 13 4 31% 8 1.272 17 5 13 15 10 10 8 27 9 7 10 11 3.2 16
1998 27 ATL NL 36 36 11 2 2 3 0 3 0% 4 1 18 8 44% 8 0.828 9 7 19 17 5 14 10 26 11 7 11 8 3.4 16
1999 28 ATL NL 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 1 100% 7 0.939 1 2 1 1 0 3 1 3 0 2 0 1 2.0 9
3 Seasons 75 75 21 5 6 7 0 7 0% 12 5 32 13 41% 1.034 27 14 33 33 15 27 19 56 20 16 21 20 3.3 16

Ratio Pitching*

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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 39% 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 45% 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 46% 15.4% 0.0% 7.7% 15.4% 40% 0.50 0.40 77% 25% 33.3% 25% 1 0 0%
3 Seasons 341 42% 2.9% 18.2% 9.4% 7.3% 37% 1.23 1.69 67% 19% 11.1% 14% 56 6 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 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 Seasons 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

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 Seasons 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

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO 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 ERA+
1997 26 2 4 .333 2.39 35 0 10 0 0 0 37.2 23 12 10 1 19 4 29 2 0 0 155 174 1.115 5.5 0.2 4.5 6.9 1.53 174
1998 27 4 6 .400 3.19 71 0 21 0 0 0 79.0 62 33 28 8 31 5 62 4 0 0 328 130 1.177 7.1 0.9 3.5 7.1 2.00 130
1999 28 5 6 .455 3.42 75 0 21 0 0 0 81.2 67 36 31 10 32 5 62 4 0 0 341 122 1.212 7.4 1.1 3.5 6.8 1.94 122

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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 4.05 40.0 39 20 18 7 12 32 2 1.275 8.8 2.7 7.2 2.67 1.6 36
1999 28 0 0 9.00 2.0 5 2 2 2 1 0 0 3.000 22.5 4.5 0.0 0.00 9.0 4
3 Seasons 5 3 .625 3.42 79.0 67 33 30 10 32 60 4 1.253 7.6 6.8 1.88 1.1 75

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