Mike Chris

Michael Chris

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 8, 1957 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: Venice HS (Culver City, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1977 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1979
Teams (by GP): Giants/Tigers 1979-1983

Final Game: May 1, 1983
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Standard Pitching

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
1977	19	DET-min	A	18	5	.783	2.01	26	26		11	3	0	188.0	150	53	42	5	67	4	99	7	2	6			1.154	7.2	0.2	3.2	4.7	1.48	LAK · FLOR
1978	20	DET-min	AA,AAA	12	9	.571	2.96	24	23		9	2	0	146.0	118	67	48	6	71	4	106	4	1	2			1.295	7.3	0.4	4.4	6.5	1.49	MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1979	21	DET-min	AAA	7	8	.467	5.57	19	19		3	1		105.0	113	78	65	10	67	3	71	4	3	7			1.714	9.7	0.9	5.7	6.1	1.06	EVN · AA
1979	21	DET	AL	3	3	.500	6.92	13	8	3	0	0	0	39.0	46	30	30	3	21	0	31	0	0	2	179	64	1.718	10.6	0.7	4.8	7.2	1.48

1980	22	DET-min	AAA	7	14	.333	4.56	28	24		3	0	0	140.0	148	82	71	8	90	2	85	6	3	6			1.700	9.5	0.5	5.8	5.5	0.94	EVN · AA
1981	23	DET-min	AA,AAA	7	7	.500	4.85	30	18	5	3	0	1	128.0	134	80	69	17	107	4	98	3	0	7			1.883	9.4	1.2	7.5	6.9	0.92	BIR,EVN · SOUL,AA
1982	24	SFG-min	AAA	11	4	.733	3.94	17	17	0	4	0	0	109.2	107	54	48	9	71	1	62	1	0	3			1.623	8.8	0.7	5.8	5.1	0.87	PHX · PCL
1982	24	SFG	NL	0	2	.000	4.85	9	6	0	0	0	0	26.0	23	16	14	2	26	2	10	1	3	0	124	75	1.885	8.0	0.7	9.0	3.5	0.38
1983	25	SFG-min	AAA	3	12	.200	5.77	24	23	0	5	0	0	145.0	171	115	93	20	82	2	94	5	0	4			1.745	10.6	1.2	5.1	5.8	1.15	PHX · PCL
1983	25	SFG	NL	0	0		8.10	7	0	0	0	0	0	13.1	16	14	12	1	16	2	5	2	0	1	72	45	2.400	10.8	0.7	10.8	3.4	0.31
1985	27	OAK-min	AAA	4	2	.667	5.95	32	0	8	0	0	0	56.0	65	41	37	2	50	8	38	1	5	8			2.054	10.4	0.3	8.0	6.1	0.76	TAC · PCL
3 Yrs				3	5	.375	6.43	29	14	3	0	0	0	78.1	85	60	56	6	63	4	46	3	3	3	375	62	1.889	9.8	0.7	7.2	5.3	0.73
162 Game Avg.				5	8	.375	6.43	46	22	5	0	0	0	124	134	95	89	9	100	6	73	5	5	5	593	62	1.889	9.8	0.7	7.2	5.3	0.73

SFG (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	5.95	16	6	0	0	0	0	39.1	39	30	26	3	42	4	15	3	3	1	196	61	2.059	8.9	0.7	9.6	3.4	0.36
DET (1 yr)				3	3	.500	6.92	13	8	3	0	0	0	39.0	46	30	30	3	21	0	31	0	0	2	179	64	1.718	10.6	0.7	4.8	7.2	1.48

NL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	5.95	16	6	0	0	0	0	39.1	39	30	26	3	42	4	15	3	3	1	196	61	2.059	8.9	0.7	9.6	3.4	0.36
AL (1 yr)				3	3	.500	6.92	13	8	3	0	0	0	39.0	46	30	30	3	21	0	31	0	0	2	179	64	1.718	10.6	0.7	4.8	7.2	1.48

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	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1979	21	DET	AL	39.0	13	8	30	6.92	4.73	-0.04	0.01	101.8	4.87	-9	-0.8	.5	0.0	-0.5	-4	.435	.495	$

1982	24	SFG	NL	26.0	9	6	16	5.54	4.19	-0.43	-0.02	100.1	4.60	-3	-0.3	.6	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.464	.498	$
1983	25	SFG	NL	13.1	7	0	14	9.45	4.00	-0.25	-0.31	97.3	3.84	-8	-0.8	.3	0.3	-0.5	-7	.381	.495	$
3 Seasons				78.1	29	14	60	6.89	4.43	-0.20	-0.05	100.5	4.61	-20	-2.0	.4	0.3	-1.1	-12	.431	.496	$

SFG (2 yrs)				39.1	16	6	30	6.86	4.12	-0.37	-0.12	99.2	4.34	-11	-1.2	.4	0.3	-0.6	-7	.428	.496	$
DET (1 yr)				39.0	13	8	30	6.92	4.73	-0.04	0.01	101.8	4.87	-9	-0.8	.5	0.0	-0.5	-4	.435	.495	$

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
1979	21	DET	AL	13	179	155	30	46	11	2	3	5	1	21	31	.297	.376	.452	.828	.350	70	4	0	1	2	0	1

1982	24	SFG	NL	9	124	94	16	23	5	1	2	2	5	26	10	.245	.410	.383	.793	.253	36	0	1	2	1	2	1
1983	25	SFG	NL	7	72	52	14	16	6	1	1	0	0	16	5	.308	.479	.519	.998	.319	27	1	2	1	1	2	1
3 Yrs				29	375	301	60	85	22	4	6	7	6	63	46	.282	.407	.442	.849	.312	133	5	3	4	4	4	3
162 Game Avg.				46	593	476	95	134	35	6	9	11	9	100	73	.282	.407	.442	.849	.312	210	8	5	6	6	6	5
MLB Averages																.262	.325	.388	.713	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1979	21	DET	AL	-9.1	-0.9	186	-1.1	2.4	-3.5	.89	-0.5	-0.8	-11.4	-1.0	0.89	-5.0	1	0	3

1982	24	SFG	NL	-3.6	-0.4	134	-1.1	1.9	-3.0	1.04	-0.6	-0.4	-7.4	-0.7	1.04	-6.3	0	2	1
1983	25	SFG	NL	-6.9	-0.7	74	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.14	-0.4	-1.6	-12.1	-1.2	0.14	-7.0	0	1	6
3 Yrs				-19.6	-1.9	394	-2.4	4.4	-6.9	.80	-1.5	-1.5	-30.8	-2.9	0.80	-18.4	1	3	10

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1979	21	DET	AL	13	8	3	3	2	1	0	4	4	.500	0	2	0	0	2	25%	40.1	71	21	15	4	1	3	3.4	3.9	3.6

1982	24	SFG	NL	9	6	0	2	4	0	1	3	3	.500	0	2	0	0	1	17%	41.2	68	29	12	1	1	4	4.4	5.3	2.8
2 Yrs				22	14	3	5	6	1	1	7	7	.500	0	4	0	0	3	21%	41	71	21	27	5	2	7	3.8	4.4	3.3
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	99	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1979	21	DET	AL	13	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	9	.890	1	0	3	1	0	4	2	3	2	0	3	0	6.2

1982	24	SFG	NL	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	50%	3	1.041	0	2	1	0	0	3	2	1	3	0	3	0	9.0
1983	25	SFG	NL	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	5	.140	0	1	6	0	0	7	4	3	6	1	6	1	5.7
3 Yrs				29	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	8	62%		.796	1	3	10	1	0	14	8	7	11	1	12	1	6.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	21	DET	AL	179	34%	1.7%	17.3%	11.7%	8.9%	35%	1.90	69%	33	4	12%

1982	24	SFG	NL	124	34%	1.6%	8.1%	21.0%	6.5%	35%	1.29	67%	24	0	0%
1983	25	SFG	NL	72	43%	1.4%	6.9%	22.2%	11.1%	50%	0.57	65%	12	1	8%
3 Yrs				375	35%	1.6%	12.3%	16.8%	8.5%	38%	1.32	67%	69	5	7%
MLB Averages					43%	2.0%	12.9%	8.3%	6.6%	28%	1.10	75%			11%

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
1979	21	DET	AL	179	46			3	0	2	3	0	2	1	9	7	1	78%	1	2	0	66	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0

1982	24	SFG	NL	124	23			2	0	7	1	1	2	0	15	5	2	33%	1	0	0	43	2	5	29%	2	4	0	1	0	0	4	4	4	0
1983	25	SFG	NL	72	16			1	0	5	1	0	0	1	7	4	2	57%	1	1	0	35	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
3 Yrs				375	85			6	0	14	5	1	4	2	31	16	5	52%	3	3	0	144	7	6	54%	6	5	1	1	0	0	5	4	13	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1979	21	3	3	.500	6.92	13	8	3	39.0	46	30	30	3	21	0	31	0	0	2	179	64	1.718	10.6	0.7	4.8	7.2	1.48	64
1980	22	3	3	.500	6.92	13	8	3	39.0	46	30	30	3	21	0	31	0	0	2	179	64	1.718	10.6	0.7	4.8	7.2	1.48	64
1981	23	3	3	.500	6.92	13	8	3	39.0	46	30	30	3	21	0	31	0	0	2	179	64	1.718	10.6	0.7	4.8	7.2	1.48	64
1982	24	3	5	.375	6.09	22	14	3	65.0	69	46	44	5	47	2	41	1	3	2	303	67	1.785	9.6	0.7	6.5	5.7	0.87	67
1983	25	3	5	.375	6.43	29	14	3	78.1	85	60	56	6	63	4	46	3	3	3	375	62	1.889	9.8	0.7	7.2	5.3	0.73	62

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1979	21	1	3	.250	6.87	38.0	46	32	29	3	21	30	0	1.763	10.9	5.0	7.1	1.43	0.7	13

1982	24	1	1	.500	5.63	24.0	24	17	15	2	27	9	1	2.125	9.0	10.1	3.4	0.33	0.8	9
1983	25	0	1	.000	9.75	12.0	17	14	13	1	17	4	2	2.833	12.8	12.8	3.0	0.24	0.8	7
3 Yrs		2	5	.286	6.93	74.0	87	63	57	6	65	43	3	2.054	10.6		5.2	0.66	0.7	29

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