Mike Christopher
Michael Wayne Christopher
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 206 lb.

Born: November 3, 1963 in Petersburg, VA
High School: Dinwiddie (Dinwiddie, VA)
School: East Carolina University
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1991
Final Game: May 11, 1996
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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
1991 27 LAD NL 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 4.5 0.67
1992 28 CLE AL 0 0 3.00 10 0 4 0 0 0 18.0 17 8 6 2 10 1 13 0 0 2 79 132 1.500 8.5 1.0 5.0 6.5 1.30
1993 29 CLE AL 0 0 3.86 9 0 3 0 0 0 11.2 14 6 5 3 2 1 8 0 0 0 51 114 1.371 10.8 2.3 1.5 6.2 4.00
1995 31 DET AL 4 0 1.000 3.82 36 0 11 0 0 1 61.1 71 28 26 8 14 2 34 2 0 5 262 125 1.386 10.4 1.2 2.1 5.0 2.43
1996 32 DET AL 1 1 .500 9.30 13 0 3 0 0 0 30.0 47 36 31 12 11 2 19 0 0 1 149 55 1.933 14.1 3.6 3.3 5.7 1.73
5 Seasons 5 1 .833 4.90 71 0 23 0 0 1 125.0 151 78 68 25 40 6 76 2 0 8 556 95 1.528 10.9 1.8 2.9 5.5 1.90
162 Game Avg. 5 1 .833 4.90 68 0 22 0 0 1 120 145 75 65 24 38 6 73 2 0 8 533 95 1.528 10.9 1.8 2.9 5.5 1.90
CLE (2 yrs) 0 0 3.34 19 0 7 0 0 0 29.2 31 14 11 5 12 2 21 0 0 2 130 123 1.449 9.4 1.5 3.6 6.4 1.75
DET (2 yrs) 5 1 .833 5.62 49 0 14 0 0 1 91.1 118 64 57 20 25 4 53 2 0 6 411 87 1.566 11.6 2.0 2.5 5.2 2.12
LAD (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 4.5 0.67
AL (4 yrs) 5 1 .833 5.06 68 0 21 0 0 1 121.0 149 78 68 25 37 6 74 2 0 8 541 93 1.537 11.1 1.9 2.8 5.5 2.00
NL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 4.5 0.67

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
1991 27 LAD NL 3 15 12 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 .167 .333 .250 .583 .200 3 2 0 0 0 0
1992 28 CLE AL 10 79 67 8 17 4 2 2 2 2 10 13 .254 .346 .463 .809 .283 31 1 0 1 1 1
1993 29 CLE AL 9 51 49 6 14 1 0 3 1 0 2 8 .286 .314 .490 .804 .289 24 0 0 0 0 1
1995 31 DET AL 36 262 243 28 71 15 2 8 3 3 14 34 .292 .333 .469 .802 .310 114 4 2 1 2 2
1996 32 DET AL 13 149 134 36 47 11 3 12 1 0 11 19 .351 .389 .746 1.136 .327 100 1 0 0 4 2
5 Seasons 71 556 505 78 151 32 7 25 7 5 40 76 .299 .348 .539 .887 .307 272 8 2 2 7 6
162 Game Avg. 68 533 484 75 145 31 7 24 7 5 38 73 .299 .348 .539 .887 .307 261 8 2 2 7 6
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
1991 27 LAD NL 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 0.485 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 4.0 17
1992 28 CLE AL 10 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 4 31% 6 0.640 2 4 3 1 1 8 8 2 6 3 6 1 5.4 28
1993 29 CLE AL 9 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 7 0.250 0 3 6 3 0 6 3 6 3 0 4 1 3.9 21
1995 31 DET AL 36 36 11 4 0 2 1 1 50% 7 5 33 3 9% 7 1.026 14 7 15 9 6 21 17 19 24 4 26 7 5.1 25
1996 32 DET AL 13 13 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% 2 0.492 4 0 8 3 1 9 7 6 10 0 11 1 6.9 41
5 Seasons 71 71 23 5 1 2 1 1 50% 9 7 62 12 19% 0.742 21 14 33 17 8 46 35 36 44 7 48 10 5.3 27

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%
1991 27 LAD NL 15 47% 0.0% 13.3% 20.0% 6.7% 50% 0.67 1.50 67% 20% 0.0% 0% 2 2 100%
1992 28 CLE AL 79 29% 2.5% 16.5% 12.7% 10.1% 47% 0.61 0.70 67% 16% 8.0% 24% 21 1 5%
1993 29 CLE AL 51 47% 5.9% 15.7% 3.9% 7.8% 29% 0.64 0.69 75% 20% 13.0% 8% 12 0 0%
1995 31 DET AL 262 49% 3.1% 13.0% 5.3% 9.5% 35% 0.82 1.04 77% 18% 8.1% 13% 48 4 8%
1996 32 DET AL 149 47% 8.1% 12.8% 7.4% 17.5% 55% 0.40 0.54 72% 23% 16.7% 13% 34 1 3%
5 Seasons 556 46% 4.5% 13.7% 7.2% 11.5% 42% 0.64 0.83 74% 19% 11.1% 14% 117 8 7%
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
1991 27 LAD NL 15 51 3.40 32 63% 28% 9% 31% 31% 72% 0% 45% 87% 80% 7% 1 0 40% 6 5 0 100% 1 1 0 0 0
1992 28 CLE AL 79 281 3.56 170 60% 21% 17% 29% 33% 79% 4% 48% 79% 61% 5% 4 2 24% 19 14 2 15% 5 1 0 0 0
1993 29 CLE AL 51 189 3.71 121 64% 21% 15% 30% 34% 79% 6% 50% 81% 65% 6% 3 2 20% 10 4 0 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1995 31 DET AL 262 910 3.47 589 65% 19% 16% 29% 36% 81% 2% 52% 80% 60% 3% 9 4 20% 52 27 4 29% 6 3 0 0 1
1996 32 DET AL 128 453 3.54 283 62% 22% 16% 26% 36% 78% 5% 49% 80% 63% 4% 5 3 17% 22 12 1 18% 6 0 21 0 0
5 Seasons 535 1884 3.52 1195 63% 21% 16% 28% 35% 79% 3% 50% 80% 61% 4% 22 11 20% 109 62 7 26% 18 5 21 0 1
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
1991 27 LAD NL 15 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 28 CLE AL 79 17 5 1 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 7 6 0 86% 2 2 0 40 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1993 29 CLE AL 51 14 2 0 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 25% 1 0 1 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1995 31 DET AL 262 71 7 0 8 0 12 1 7 4 4 15 6 4 40% 1 5 0 102 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1996 32 DET AL 149 47 5 1 12 0 5 8 4 8 4 13 10 0 77% 2 1 0 63 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 Seasons 556 151 20 2 25 0 22 12 13 15 10 39 23 5 59% 6 8 1 231 7 5 58% 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 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+
1991 27 0 0 0.00 3 0 2 0 0 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 15 1.250 4.5 0.0 6.8 4.5 0.67
1992 28 0 0 2.45 13 0 6 0 0 0 22.0 19 8 6 2 13 1 15 0 0 2 94 158 1.455 7.8 0.8 5.3 6.1 1.15 158
1993 29 0 0 2.94 22 0 9 0 0 0 33.2 33 14 11 5 15 2 23 0 0 2 145 138 1.426 8.8 1.3 4.0 6.1 1.53 138
1994 30 0 0 2.94 22 0 9 0 0 0 33.2 33 14 11 5 15 2 23 0 0 2 145 138 1.426 8.8 1.3 4.0 6.1 1.53 138
1995 31 4 0 1.000 3.51 58 0 20 0 0 1 95.0 104 42 37 13 29 4 57 2 0 7 407 129 1.400 9.9 1.2 2.7 5.4 1.97 129
1996 32 5 1 .833 4.90 71 0 23 0 0 1 125.0 151 78 68 25 40 6 76 2 0 8 556 95 1.528 10.9 1.8 2.9 5.5 1.90 95

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
1991 27 0 0 0.00 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 1.667 6.0 9.0 6.0 0.67 0.0 3
1992 28 1 0 1.000 3.71 17.0 18 8 7 2 11 12 0 1.706 9.5 5.8 6.4 1.09 1.1 10
1993 29 0 1 .000 4.09 11.0 15 6 5 3 2 8 0 1.545 12.3 1.6 6.5 4.00 2.5 9
1995 31 4 3 .571 3.63 67.0 76 30 27 9 15 37 2 1.358 10.2 2.0 5.0 2.47 1.2 36
1996 32 1 2 .333 7.55 31.0 45 29 26 11 11 20 0 1.806 13.1 3.2 5.8 1.82 3.2 13
5 Seasons 6 6 .500 4.53 129.0 156 73 65 25 42 79 2 1.535 10.9 5.5 1.88 1.7 71

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