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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1978 CHW AL 23 C 47 39 350.0 229 203 19 7 1 .969 -2.0 -6.9 -2 5.71 4.72 .983 5.53 4.86 1 11 27 16 37%
1978 CHW AL 23 DH 1
1979 CHW AL 24 C 32 26 226.0 137 121 12 4 4 .971 0.0 0.0 0 5.30 4.16 .982 5.46 4.69 1 10 22 15 41%
2 Seasons C 79 65 576.0 366 324 31 11 5 .970 -2.0 -4.2 -2 5.55 4.49 .983 5.50 4.79 2 21 49 31 39%
1 Season DH 1
2 Seasons TOT 79 65 576.0 366 324 31 11 5 .970 -2.0 -4.2 -2 5.55 4.49 .953 5.50 4.79 2 21 49 31 39%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1978 CHW AL 23 48 40 48 47 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1979 CHW AL 24 32 26 32 32 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2 Seasons 80 66 80 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1978 CHW AL 23 1565 3.88 4.37 18 94% 0 0 203 12 1 5 185 18 2 0 0 1 7 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 100%
1979 CHW AL 24 1011 3.31 4.06 14 93% 0 0 121 12 1 5 103 12 2 0 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 4 0 1 2 1 100%
2 Seasons 2576 3.66 4.25 32 94% 0 0 324 24 2 10 288 30 4 0 0 2 11 0 3 8 0 5 0 1 2 2 100%
MLB Averages 3.84 4.32 95% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1978 CHW AL 23 1 11 580 27 16 14 37% 26 13 1 2 0 1 0 0 59 16 1.33 1.47
1979 CHW AL 24 1 10 353 22 15 9 41% 19 11 3 3 0 1 0 0 40 15 1.15 1.11
2 Seasons 2 21 933 49 31 23 39% 45 24 4 5 0 2 0 0 99 31 1.25 1.30
MLB Averages 35% 1.29 1.25

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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