Mike Christopher

Michael Wayne Christopher

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 3, 1963 in Petersburg, VA
High School: Dinwiddie HS (Dinwiddie, VA)
School: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1991
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians/Dodgers 1991-1996

Final Game: May 11, 1996
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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
1985	21	NYY-min	A-	8	1	.889	1.46	15	9	3	2	2	0	80.1	58	21	13	2	22	0	84	3	0	3			0.996	6.5	0.2	2.5	9.4	3.82	ONE · NYPL
1986	22	NYY-min	A,AA	10	8	.556	3.53	26	25	0	5	1	0	163.1	167	85	64	8	48	1	90	4	1	4			1.316	9.2	0.4	2.6	5.0	1.88	FTL,ALC · FLOR,EL
1987	23	NYY-min	A	13	8	.619	2.44	24	24	0	9	4	0	169.1	183	63	46	5	28	1	81	0	0	4			1.246	9.7	0.3	1.5	4.3	2.89	FTL · FLOR
1988	24	NYY-min	AA	13	7	.650	3.83	24	24	0	5	1	0	152.2	166	75	65	7	44	3	67	6	4	2			1.376	9.8	0.4	2.6	3.9	1.52	ALC · EL
1989	25	NYY-min	AAA,AA	11	7	.611	3.84	21	19	0	4	0	0	126.2	143	62	54	7	28	3	75	4	0	1			1.350	10.2	0.5	2.0	5.3	2.68	CLB,ALC · IL,EL
1990	26	LAD-min	AAA	6	1	.857	1.97	54	0	25	0	0	8	68.2	62	20	15	3	23	3	47	2	0	0			1.238	8.1	0.4	3.0	6.2	2.04	ABQ · PCL
1991	27	LAD-min	AAA	7	2	.778	2.44	63	0	34	0	0	16	77.1	73	25	21	2	30	5	67	3	1	7	334		1.332	8.5	0.2	3.5	7.8	2.23	ABQ · PCL
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-min	AAA	4	4	.500	2.91	49	0	45	0	0	26	58.2	59	21	19	2	13	6	39	0	0	3	240		1.227	9.1	0.3	2.0	6.0	3.00	CSP · PCL
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	133	1.500	8.5	1.0	5.0	6.5	1.30
1993	29	CLE-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.22	50	0	46	0	0	22	50.1	51	21	18	2	6	4	36	0	0	2	204		1.132	9.1	0.4	1.1	6.4	6.00	CHR · IL
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	116	1.371	10.8	2.3	1.5	6.2	4.00

1994	30	DET-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.52	63	0	48	0	0	11	71.2	76	33	28	10	18	7	60	0	0	4	309		1.312	9.5	1.3	2.3	7.5	3.33	TOL · IL
1995	31	DET-min	AAA	2	4	.333	2.23	36	0	35	0	0	21	36.1	38	14	9	1	8	4	32	1	0	1	160		1.266	9.4	0.2	2.0	7.9	4.00	TOL · IL
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	127	1.386	10.4	1.2	2.1	5.0	2.43
1996	32	DET-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.92	39	0	38	0	0	22	39.0	50	21	17	5	5	1	40	0	0	5	168		1.410	11.5	1.2	1.2	9.2	8.00	TOL · IL
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 Yrs				5	1	.833	4.90	71	0	23	0	0	1	125.0	151	78	68	25	40	6	76	2	0	8	556	97	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	97	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	125	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	88	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	94	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

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
1991	27	LAD	NL	4.0	3	0	0	0.00	4.22	-0.13	-0.32	105.3	4.24	2	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.2	2	.572	.501	$
1992	28	CLE	AL	18.0	10	0	8	4.00	4.55	0.10	-0.35	100.2	4.10	0	0.0	1.2	-0.0	0.1	2	.502	.500	$
1993	29	CLE	AL	11.2	9	0	6	4.63	5.09	0.02	-0.39	101.7	4.76	0	0.0	.3	-0.0	0.1	2	.503	.500	$123,000

1995	31	DET	AL	61.1	36	0	28	4.11	5.18	-0.35	-0.39	102.0	5.25	8	0.8	1.3	-0.0	1.3	15	.521	.505	$156,000
1996	32	DET	AL	30.0	13	0	36	10.80	5.54	-0.56	-0.41	102.6	5.84	-17	-1.4	.8	0.0	-1.1	-12	.392	.491	$200,000
5 Seasons				125.0	71	0	78	5.62	5.14	-0.29	-0.39	102.0	5.15	-7	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.6	8	.495	.500	$479,000

CLE (2 yrs)				29.2	19	0	14	4.25	4.76	0.07	-0.37	100.8	4.36	0	0.1	.8	-0.1	0.2	4	.503	.500	$123,000
DET (2 yrs)				91.1	49	0	64	6.31	5.30	-0.42	-0.40	102.2	5.44	-9	-0.6	1.1	0.0	0.2	2	.487	.498	$356,000
LAD (1 yr)				4.0	3	0	0	0.00	4.22	-0.13	-0.32	105.3	4.24	2	0.2	.5	-0.1	0.2	2	.572	.501	$

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
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	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	2
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	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	1
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	2
5 Yrs				71	556	505	78	151	32	7	25	7	5	40	76	.299	.348	.539	.887	.307	272	8	2	2	7	6	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	6
MLB Averages																.264	.332	.405	.737	.294

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1991	27	LAD	NL	1.8	0.2	15	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.44	0.0	0.2	1.9	0.2	0.44	1.1	1	0	1
1992	28	CLE	AL	1.4	0.2	85	-0.3	0.8	-1.1	.61	-0.2	-0.3	0.9	0.1	0.61	-1.7	2	4	3
1993	29	CLE	AL	0.6	0.1	53	0.1	0.2	-0.2	.25	-0.2	0.4	0.9	0.1	0.25	0.4	0	3	6

1995	31	DET	AL	6.7	0.6	272	2.1	5.5	-3.4	1.03	0.4	1.6	11.6	1.1	1.03	4.5	14	7	14
1996	32	DET	AL	-14.6	-1.3	150	-0.2	1.3	-1.4	.51	-1.1	0.8	-17.5	-1.5	0.51	-19.2	4	1	7
5 Yrs				-4.1	-0.2	575	1.7	7.9	-6.2	.74	-1.1	3.4	-2.2	-0.0	0.74	-14.8	21	15	31

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	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
1991	27	LAD	NL	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0		8	.443	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	.609	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	.248	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	1.031	14	7	14	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	.506	4	1	7	3	1	9	7	6	10	0	11	1	6.9	41
5 Yrs				71	71	23	5	1	2	1	1	50%	9	7	62	12	19%		.743	21	15	31	17	8	46	35	36	44	7	48	10	5.3	27

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%
1991	27	LAD	NL	15	53%	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	71%	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	53%	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	51%	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	53%	8.1%	12.8%	7.4%	17.5%	55%	0.40	0.54	72%	23%	16.7%	13%	34	1	3%
5 Yrs				556	55%	4.5%	13.7%	7.2%	11.5%	42%	0.64	0.83	74%	19%	11.1%	14%	117	8	7%
MLB Averages					42%	2.4%	15.6%	8.8%	7.2%	31%	0.82	1.08	72%	21%	7.1%	16%			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
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	264	914	3.46	592	65%	19%	16%	29%	36%	80%	2%	52%	80%	60%	3%	9	4	20%	52	27	4	29%	6	3	-2	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 Yrs				537	1888	3.52	1198	63%	21%	16%	28%	35%	79%	3%	50%	80%	62%	4%	22	11	20%	109	62	7	26%	18	5	19	0	1
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			19%				27%

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
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 Yrs				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																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1991	27	0	0		0.00	3	2	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	15		1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
1992	28	0	0		2.45	13	6	0	22.0	19	8	6	2	13	1	15	0	2	94	162	1.455	7.8	0.8	5.3	6.1	1.15	162
1993	29	0	0		2.94	22	9	0	33.2	33	14	11	5	15	2	23	0	2	145	141	1.426	8.8	1.3	4.0	6.1	1.53	141
1994	30	0	0		2.94	22	9	0	33.2	33	14	11	5	15	2	23	0	2	145	141	1.426	8.8	1.3	4.0	6.1	1.53	141
1995	31	4	0	1.000	3.51	58	20	1	95.0	104	42	37	13	29	4	57	2	7	407	131	1.400	9.9	1.2	2.7	5.4	1.97	131
1996	32	5	1	.833	4.90	71	23	1	125.0	151	78	68	25	40	6	76	2	8	556	97	1.528	10.9	1.8	2.9	5.5	1.90	97

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
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	3.75	12.0	14	6	5	3	2	8	0	1.333	10.5	1.5	6.0	4.00	2.3	9

1995	31	4	3	.571	3.63	67.0	77	30	27	9	15	37	2	1.373	10.3	2.0	5.0	2.47	1.2	36
1996	32	1	2	.333	7.59	32.0	44	30	27	11	10	20	0	1.688	12.4	2.8	5.6	2.00	3.1	13
5 Yrs		6	6	.500	4.53	131.0	155	74	66	25	41	79	2	1.496	10.6		5.4	1.93	1.7	71

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