Mike Cook

Michael Horace Cook

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 14, 1963 in Charleston, SC
High School: St. Andrew's Parish HS (Charleston, SC)
School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 1, 1986
Teams (by GP): Angels/Twins/Orioles 1986-1993

Final Game: October 3, 1993
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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	ANA-min	A	0	0		1.80	2	2	0	0	0	0	10.0	6	3	2	0	7	0	10	1	0	1			1.300	5.4	0.0	6.3	9.0	1.43	QDS · MIDW
1986	22	ANA-min	AA,AAA	8	7	.533	4.15	24	24	0	2	0	0	160.2	150	96	74	12	76	0	117	5	3	13			1.407	8.4	0.7	4.3	6.6	1.54	MDL,EDM · TL,PCL
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	47	2.222	13.0	3.0	7.0	6.0	0.86
1987	23	ANA-min	AAA	4	7	.364	6.48	15	15	0	4	2	0	83.1	81	64	60	8	54	1	54	1	2	12			1.620	8.7	0.9	5.8	5.8	1.00	EDM · PCL
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	80	1.515	8.9	1.8	4.7	7.1	1.50
1988	24	ANA-min	AAA	5	9	.357	4.85	51	5	34	0	0	10	91.0	93	56	49	11	41	6	84	2	0	6			1.473	9.2	1.1	4.1	8.3	2.05	EDM · PCL
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	87	1.364	9.8	0.0	2.5	4.9	2.00
1989	25	MIN-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.66	42	0	36	0	0	12	64.0	53	29	26	1	35	0	55	1	0	5			1.375	7.5	0.1	4.9	7.7	1.57	POR · PCL
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	84	1.828	9.3	0.4	7.2	6.3	0.88

1990	26	MIN-min	AAA	6	8	.429	3.20	19	19	0	2	1	0	115.1	105	54	41	8	59	0	63	5	0	4			1.422	8.2	0.6	4.6	4.9	1.07	POR · PCL
1991	27	SEA-min	AAA	2	4	.333	9.68	10	6	1	0	0	0	30.2	45	35	33	5	24	0	18	1	0	1			2.250	13.2	1.5	7.0	5.3	0.75	CGY · PCL
1992	28	STL-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.60	43	0	8	0	0	0	58.2	58	31	30	5	31	4	56	1	1	3	259		1.517	8.9	0.8	4.8	8.6	1.81	LOU · AA
1993	29	BAL-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.10	57	0	38	0	0	13	81.1	77	39	28	3	48	9	74	5	0	11	373		1.537	8.5	0.3	5.3	8.2	1.54	ROC · IL
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
1994	30	NYM-BAL-min	AAA	2	7	.222	2.19	53	0	44	0	0	19	65.2	66	20	16	0	25	4	64	1	0	6	282		1.386	9.0	0.0	3.4	8.8	2.56	NFK,ROC · IL
5 Yrs				1	6	.143	5.55	41	2	13	0	0	0	71.1	74	47	44	11	45	3	53	2	1	5	324	78	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	78	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	71	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	84	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

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
1986	22	CAL	AL	9.0	5	1	12	12.00	4.25	0.45	-0.17	101.3	3.67	-8	-0.7	.3	0.2	-0.5	-7	.353	.495	$
1987	23	CAL	AL	34.1	16	1	21	5.50	5.18	0.21	-0.32	96.3	4.48	-4	-0.4	.7	0.0	-0.1	0	.477	.498	$
1988	24	CAL	AL	3.2	3	0	2	4.91	4.33	-0.14	-0.35	102.0	4.21	-0	-0.0	.8	-0.0	0.0	0	.490	.500	$
1989	25	MIN	AL	21.1	15	0	12	5.06	4.44	-0.13	-0.34	106.9	4.52	-1	-0.1	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.490	.499	$

1993	29	BAL	AL	3.0	2	0	0	0.00	5.30	0.37	-0.41	106.0	4.79	2	0.2	.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.586	.501	$
5 Seasons				71.1	41	2	47	5.93	4.80	0.13	-0.31	100.8	4.39	-12	-1.1	.6	0.1	-0.5	-4	.473	.499	$

CAL (3 yrs)				47.0	24	2	35	6.70	4.93	0.23	-0.29	97.7	4.31	-13	-1.1	.7	0.2	-0.6	-7	.452	.498	$
MIN (1 yr)				21.1	15	0	12	5.06	4.44	-0.13	-0.34	106.9	4.52	-1	-0.1	.6	-0.0	0.0	1	.490	.499	$
BAL (1 yr)				3.0	2	0	0	0.00	5.30	0.37	-0.41	106.0	4.79	2	0.2	.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.586	.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
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	2
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	2
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	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	0

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	1
5 Yrs				41	324	274	47	74	10	1	11	8	4	45	53	.270	.375	.434	.809	.297	119	7	2	1	2	3	5
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	8
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.389	.714	.286

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1986	22	CAL	AL	-5.6	-0.5	47	-0.9	0.3	-1.3	.81	-0.1	-1.0	-6.6	-0.6	0.81	-5.8	0	1	3
1987	23	CAL	AL	-3.4	-0.3	158	-0.9	1.1	-2.0	.51	-0.3	-1.5	-2.8	-0.3	0.51	-1.7	3	3	9
1988	24	CAL	AL	-0.2	-0.0	17	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.52	-0.0	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.52	0.3	1	0	2
1989	25	MIN	AL	-1.2	-0.1	103	-0.1	0.9	-1.1	.58	-0.1	-0.1	-5.2	-0.5	0.58	-1.4	0	5	10

1993	29	BAL	AL	1.6	0.2	14	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	0.1	-0.1	1.0	0.1	0.03	0.9	0	0	2
5 Yrs				-8.8	-0.8	339	-2.0	2.4	-4.4	.55	-0.4	-3.1	-13.0	-1.2	0.55	-7.7	4	9	26

Starting Pitching*

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
1986	22	CAL	AL	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	30.0	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%	34.0	34	34	8	4	0	0	0.0	0.0	5.0
2 Yrs				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													.500						52%	51	103	-14					4.4	4.3	6.2	95

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
1986	22	CAL	AL	5	4	1	0	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	1	0	0%	7	.813	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	.511	3	3	9	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	.518	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	.580	0	5	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	.032	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.5	26
5 Yrs				41	39	13	1	4	2	0	2	0%	3	1	23	14	61%		.557	4	9	26	8	3	28	12	27	20	7	22	1	4.9	24

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%
1986	22	CAL	AL	46	41%	6.5%	13.0%	15.2%	10.9%	39%		0.67	65%				8	1	13%
1987	23	CAL	AL	148	57%	4.7%	18.2%	12.2%	8.1%	35%		1.00	64%				24	4	17%
1988	24	CAL	AL	15	40%	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	63%	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	54%	0.0%	23.1%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	0.50	62%	13%	0.0%	25%	4	0	0%
5 Yrs				324	56%	3.4%	16.4%	13.9%	6.8%	30%	0.73	0.88	65%	22%	2.3%	14%	66	7	11%
MLB Averages					40%	2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.3%	21%			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
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 Yrs				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						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				26%

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
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 Yrs				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																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	9.0	13	12	9	3	7	1	6	0	0	0	46	47	2.222	13.0	3.0	7.0	6.0	0.86	47
1987	23	1	4	.200	6.23	21	2	7	43.1	47	33	30	10	25	1	33	0	1	3	194	70	1.662	9.8	2.1	5.2	6.9	1.32	70
1988	24	1	5	.167	6.13	24	2	8	47.0	51	35	32	10	26	1	35	1	1	4	209	71	1.638	9.8	1.9	5.0	6.7	1.35	71
1989	25	1	6	.143	5.80	39	2	13	68.1	73	47	44	11	43	2	50	2	1	4	311	74	1.698	9.6	1.4	5.7	6.6	1.16	74
1990	26	1	6	.143	5.80	39	2	13	68.1	73	47	44	11	43	2	50	2	1	4	311	74	1.698	9.6	1.4	5.7	6.6	1.16	74
1991	27	1	6	.143	5.80	39	2	13	68.1	73	47	44	11	43	2	50	2	1	4	311	74	1.698	9.6	1.4	5.7	6.6	1.16	74
1992	28	1	6	.143	5.80	39	2	13	68.1	73	47	44	11	43	2	50	2	1	4	311	74	1.698	9.6	1.4	5.7	6.6	1.16	74
1993	29	1	6	.143	5.55	41	2	13	71.1	74	47	44	11	45	3	53	2	1	5	324	78	1.668	9.3	1.4	5.7	6.7	1.18	78

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
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	5.91	32.0	34	23	21	7	18	25	0	1.625	9.6	5.1	7.0	1.39	2.0	16
1988	24	0	0		6.00	3.0	4	2	2	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 Yrs		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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