Mike Chris
Michael Chris
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 8, 1957 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: Venice (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
Final Game: May 1, 1983
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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
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 63 1.718 10.6 0.7 4.8 7.2 1.48
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 74 1.885 8.0 0.7 9.0 3.5 0.38
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 44 2.400 10.8 0.7 10.8 3.4 0.31
3 Seasons 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 60 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 63 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 60 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 63 1.718 10.6 0.7 4.8 7.2 1.48

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
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
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
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
3 Seasons 29 375 301 60 85 22 4 6 7 6 63 46 .282 .407 .442 .849 .312 133 5 3 4 4 4
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1979 21 DET AL 13 8 3 3 2 1 0 4 4 .500 0 2 0 0 2 25% 40 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 68 29 12 1 1 4 4.4 5.3 2.8
2 Seasons 22 14 3 5 6 1 1 7 7 .500 0 4 0 0 3 21% 40 71 21 27 5 2 7 3.8 4.4 3.3
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
1979 21 DET AL 13 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 9 0.892 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 1.035 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 0.182 0 1 6 0 0 7 4 3 6 1 6 1 5.7
3 Seasons 29 15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8 62% 0.803 1 3 10 1 0 14 8 7 11 1 12 1 6.5

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%
1979 21 DET AL 179 66% 1.7% 17.3% 11.7% 8.9% 35% 1.90 69% 33 4 12%
1982 24 SFG NL 124 66% 1.6% 8.1% 21.0% 6.5% 35% 1.29 67% 24 0 0%
1983 25 SFG NL 72 57% 1.4% 6.9% 22.2% 11.1% 50% 0.57 65% 12 1 8%
3 Seasons 375 65% 1.6% 12.3% 16.8% 8.5% 38% 1.32 67% 69 5 7%
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
1979 21 3 3 .500 6.92 13 8 3 0 0 0 39.0 46 30 30 3 21 0 31 0 0 2 179 63 1.718 10.6 0.7 4.8 7.2 1.48 63
1980 22 3 3 .500 6.92 13 8 3 0 0 0 39.0 46 30 30 3 21 0 31 0 0 2 179 63 1.718 10.6 0.7 4.8 7.2 1.48 63
1981 23 3 3 .500 6.92 13 8 3 0 0 0 39.0 46 30 30 3 21 0 31 0 0 2 179 63 1.718 10.6 0.7 4.8 7.2 1.48 63
1982 24 3 5 .375 6.09 22 14 3 0 0 0 65.0 69 46 44 5 47 2 41 1 3 2 303 66 1.785 9.6 0.7 6.5 5.7 0.87 66
1983 25 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 62

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
1979 21 1 3 .250 6.87 38.0 45 32 29 3 21 30 0 1.737 10.7 5.0 7.1 1.43 0.7 13
1982 24 1 1 .500 5.62 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 9.00 13.0 16 14 13 1 16 5 2 2.462 11.1 11.1 3.5 0.31 0.7 7
3 Seasons 2 5 .286 6.84 75.0 85 63 57 6 64 44 3 1.987 10.2 5.3 0.69 0.7 29

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