Mike Cook
Michael Horace Cook
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 14, 1963 in Charleston, SC
High School: St. Andrew's (Charleston, SC)
School: University of South Carolina
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1986
Final Game: October 3, 1993
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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
1986 22 CAL AL 0 2 .000 9.00 5 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 13 12 9 3 7 1 6 0 0 0 46 46 2.222 13.0 3.0 7.0 6.0 0.86
1987 23 CAL AL 1 2 .333 5.50 16 1 6 0 0 0 34.1 34 21 21 7 18 0 27 0 1 3 148 79 1.515 8.9 1.8 4.7 7.1 1.50
1988 24 CAL AL 0 1 .000 4.91 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 15 79 1.364 9.8 0.0 2.5 4.9 2.00
1989 25 MIN AL 0 1 .000 5.06 15 0 5 0 0 0 21.1 22 12 12 1 17 1 15 1 0 0 102 82 1.828 9.3 0.4 7.2 6.3 0.88
1993 29 BAL AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 13 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
5 Seasons 1 6 .143 5.55 41 2 13 0 0 0 71.1 74 47 44 11 45 3 53 2 1 5 324 76 1.668 9.3 1.4 5.7 6.7 1.18
162 Game Avg. 2 9 .143 5.55 65 3 21 0 0 0 113 117 74 70 17 71 5 84 3 2 8 512 76 1.668 9.3 1.4 5.7 6.7 1.18
CAL (3 yrs) 1 5 .167 6.13 24 2 8 0 0 0 47.0 51 35 32 10 26 1 35 1 1 4 209 70 1.638 9.8 1.9 5.0 6.7 1.35
MIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.06 15 0 5 0 0 0 21.1 22 12 12 1 17 1 15 1 0 0 102 82 1.828 9.3 0.4 7.2 6.3 0.88
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 1 13 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50

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
1986 22 CAL AL 5 46 39 12 13 2 0 3 0 1 7 6 .333 .435 .615 1.050 .333 24 1 0 0 0 1
1987 23 CAL AL 16 148 129 21 34 5 0 7 4 3 18 27 .264 .354 .465 .819 .284 60 4 0 1 0 0
1988 24 CAL AL 3 15 13 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 .308 .400 .308 .708 .364 4 1 1 0 0 0
1989 25 MIN AL 15 102 82 12 22 3 1 1 3 0 17 15 .268 .392 .366 .758 .309 30 1 1 0 2 1
1993 29 BAL AL 2 13 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .091 .231 .091 .322 .125 1 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 41 324 274 47 74 10 1 11 8 4 45 53 .270 .375 .434 .809 .297 119 7 2 1 2 3
162 Game Avg. 65 512 433 74 117 16 2 17 13 6 71 84 .270 .375 .434 .809 .297 188 11 3 2 3 5
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
1986 22 CAL AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 30 30 30 2 1 0 1 3.0 4.5 3.0
1987 23 CAL AL 16 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34 34 34 8 4 0 0 0.0 0.0 5.0
2 Seasons 21 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 34 30 10 5 0 1 1.5 1.5 4.0
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
1986 22 CAL AL 5 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 1 0 0% 7 0.820 0 1 3 2 0 2 1 3 2 2 2 0 4.5
1987 23 CAL AL 16 15 6 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 11 6 55% 7 0.516 3 4 8 2 1 12 6 9 8 2 10 1 5.9
1988 24 CAL AL 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.535 1 0 2 0 1 2 0 3 1 1 1 0 3.7 18
1989 25 MIN AL 15 15 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 9 6 67% 7 0.606 1 4 10 4 1 10 4 11 8 2 8 0 4.3 25
1993 29 BAL AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0.046 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.5 26
5 Seasons 41 39 13 1 4 2 0 2 0% 3 1 23 14 61% 0.570 5 9 25 8 3 28 12 27 20 7 22 1 4.9 24

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%
1986 22 CAL AL 46 59% 6.5% 13.0% 15.2% 10.9% 39% 0.67 65% 8 1 13%
1987 23 CAL AL 148 43% 4.7% 18.2% 12.2% 8.1% 35% 1.00 64% 24 4 17%
1988 24 CAL AL 15 60% 0.0% 13.3% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 0.57 0.80 73% 27% 0.0% 14% 4 1 25%
1989 25 MIN AL 102 37% 1.0% 14.7% 16.7% 4.9% 23% 0.73 0.88 67% 22% 2.9% 13% 26 1 4%
1993 29 BAL AL 13 46% 0.0% 23.1% 15.4% 0.0% 0% 1.00 0.50 62% 13% 0.0% 25% 4 0 0%
5 Seasons 324 44% 3.4% 16.4% 13.9% 6.8% 30% 0.73 0.88 65% 22% 2.3% 14% 66 7 11%
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
1988 24 CAL AL 15 55 3.67 31 56% 26% 13% 26% 35% 74% 0% 42% 83% 60% 7% 1 1 13% 2 1 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1989 25 MIN AL 102 375 3.68 210 56% 24% 12% 30% 33% 75% 2% 42% 84% 44% 12% 12 5 11% 11 5 0 47% 3 6 0 0 1
1993 29 BAL AL 13 51 3.92 29 57% 24% 17% 31% 28% 76% 14% 43% 77% 31% 8% 1 0 8% 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 130 481 3.70 270 56% 24% 13% 30% 33% 75% 3% 42% 83% 45% 11% 14 6 11% 14 7 1 50% 4 6 0 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
1986 22 CAL AL 46 13 3 0 3 3 0 0 3 4 2 0 50% 2 0 0 17 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1987 23 CAL AL 148 34 7 1 3 3 4 4 3 8 4 2 50% 2 3 0 52 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
1988 24 CAL AL 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 1 0 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1989 25 MIN AL 102 22 0 0 1 0 8 1 0 1 0 8 5 1 63% 0 0 0 39 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1993 29 BAL AL 13 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
5 Seasons 324 74 1 0 11 1 15 7 4 5 6 24 13 3 54% 5 5 0 120 8 4 67% 8 2 0 1 0 1 1 0 12 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+
1986 22 0 2 .000 9.00 5 1 1 0 0 0 9.0 13 12 9 3 7 1 6 0 0 0 46 46 2.222 13.0 3.0 7.0 6.0 0.86 46
1987 23 1 4 .200 6.23 21 2 7 0 0 0 43.1 47 33 30 10 25 1 33 0 1 3 194 69 1.662 9.8 2.1 5.2 6.9 1.32 69
1988 24 1 5 .167 6.13 24 2 8 0 0 0 47.0 51 35 32 10 26 1 35 1 1 4 209 70 1.638 9.8 1.9 5.0 6.7 1.35 70
1989 25 1 6 .143 5.80 39 2 13 0 0 0 68.1 73 47 44 11 43 2 50 2 1 4 311 73 1.698 9.6 1.4 5.7 6.6 1.16 73
1990 26 1 6 .143 5.80 39 2 13 0 0 0 68.1 73 47 44 11 43 2 50 2 1 4 311 73 1.698 9.6 1.4 5.7 6.6 1.16 73
1991 27 1 6 .143 5.80 39 2 13 0 0 0 68.1 73 47 44 11 43 2 50 2 1 4 311 73 1.698 9.6 1.4 5.7 6.6 1.16 73
1992 28 1 6 .143 5.80 39 2 13 0 0 0 68.1 73 47 44 11 43 2 50 2 1 4 311 73 1.698 9.6 1.4 5.7 6.6 1.16 73
1993 29 1 6 .143 5.55 41 2 13 0 0 0 71.1 74 47 44 11 45 3 53 2 1 5 324 76 1.668 9.3 1.4 5.7 6.7 1.18 76

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1986 22 0 0 9.00 9.0 13 10 9 3 7 6 0 2.222 13.0 7.0 6.0 0.86 3.0 5
1987 23 1 2 .333 5.62 32.0 34 22 20 7 18 25 0 1.625 9.6 5.1 7.0 1.39 2.0 16
1988 24 0 0 9.00 3.0 4 3 3 0 1 2 1 1.667 12.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 0.0 3
1989 25 1 1 .500 5.14 21.0 22 13 12 1 17 15 1 1.857 9.4 7.3 6.4 0.88 0.4 15
1993 29 0 0 0.00 4.0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0.500 0.0 4.5 9.0 2.00 0.0 2
5 Seasons 2 3 .400 5.74 69.0 73 48 44 11 45 52 2 1.710 9.5 6.8 1.16 1.4 41

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