Mike Colbern
Michael Malloy Colbern
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 19, 1955 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: Hawthorne (Hawthorne, CA)
School: Arizona State University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1978
Final Game: September 29, 1979
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1978 23 CHW AL 48 146 141 11 38 5 1 2 20 0 1 1 36 .270 .281 .362 .643 79 51 1 2 0 2 0 2/D
1979 24 CHW AL 32 91 83 5 20 5 1 0 8 0 0 4 25 .241 .276 .325 .601 62 27 1 0 4 0 0 2
2 Seasons 80 237 224 16 58 10 2 2 28 0 1 5 61 .259 .279 .348 .627 73 78 2 2 4 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 480 454 32 117 20 4 4 57 0 2 10 124 .259 .279 .348 .627 73 158 4 4 8 4 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1978 23 CHW AL 146 107 14 3.5 94 .343 .270 .262 .281 .328 .362 .386 .643 .714 79 .405 -4.5 -0.5 .505 .092 .092 .0
1979 24 CHW AL 91 68 8 3.1 102 .345 .241 .270 .276 .334 .325 .408 .601 .743 62 .323 -4.6 -0.5 .484 .133 .084
2 Seasons 237 175 22 3.4 97 .344 .259 .265 .279 .330 .348 .395 .627 .725 73 .372 -9.1 -1.0 .497 .107 .089 .0
162 Game Avg. 480 354 45 3.4 97 .344 .259 .265 .279 .330 .348 .395 .627 .725 73 .372 -9.1 -1.0 .497 .107 .089

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1978 23 CHW AL 146 1.4% 24.7% 0.7% 5.5% 21% 36.00 3.9 70.5 7.1 0.79 72%
1979 24 CHW AL 91 0.0% 27.5% 4.4% 6.6% 30% 6.25 3.3 10.4 2.15 64%
2 Seasons 237 0.8% 25.7% 2.1% 5.9% 24% 12.20 3.7 112.0 8.0 1.14 69%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1978 23 CHW AL 1 0 23% 53 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 55% 4 2 1 1 0 1 6 2 4
1979 24 CHW AL 1 0 21% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1
2 Seasons 2 0 22% 80 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 44% 6 4 1 3 2 1 7 2 5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1978 23 CHW AL 146 40% 38 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 28 1 4% 10 2 20% 88 19 22% 9 6 67% 8 4 50% 0
1979 24 CHW AL 91 54% 20 2 1 0 0 0.81 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 22 1 5% 8 4 50% 60 8 13% 2 1 50% 9 3 33% 0
2 Seasons 237 45% 58 2 1 0 0 0.81 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 4 4 100% 50 2 4% 18 6 33% 148 27 18% 11 7 64% 17 7 41% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 23 48 146 141 11 38 5 1 2 20 0 1 1 36 .270 .281 .362 .643 79 51 1 2 0 2 0
1979 24 80 237 224 16 58 10 2 2 28 0 1 5 61 .259 .279 .348 .627 73 78 2 2 4 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1978 23 48 149 144 12 41 5 1 2 23 0 1 36 .285 .295 .375 .670 16 48
1979 24 32 88 84 5 21 5 1 0 8 0 4 25 .250 .284 .333 .617 8 32
2 Seasons 80 237 228 17 62 10 2 2 31 0 5 61 .272 .291 .360 .651 24 80
162 Game Avg. 162 480 462 34 126 20 4 4 63 0 10 124 .272 .291 .360 .651 49 80

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3952), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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