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Mike Cosgrove

Michael John Cosgrove

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 17, 1951 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Bourgade HS (Phoenix, AZ)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1972
Team: Astros 1972-1976

Final Game: September 25, 1976
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Standard Batting

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
1972 21 HOU NL 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1973 22 HOU NL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 23 HOU NL 45 22 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .056 .150 .056 .206 -39 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1975 24 HOU NL 32 15 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .154 .154 .231 .385 10 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
1976 25 HOU NL 22 30 23 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 .087 .160 .087 .247 -25 2 0 0 5 0 0 1
5 Yrs 119 70 56 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .089 .150 .107 .257 -24 6 1 0 10 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 95 76 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 19 .089 .150 .107 .257 -24 8 1 0 14 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1972 21 HOU NL 7 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .493 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1973 22 HOU NL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1974 23 HOU NL 45 22 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1975 24 HOU NL 32 15 -2 0 -0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 25 HOU NL 22 30 -3 -0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
5 Seasons 119 70 -9 -0 -0 0 7 -2 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.0 0 $

Advanced Batting

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
1972 21 HOU NL 3 3 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .254 .000 .322 .000 .376 .000 .698 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1974 23 HOU NL 22 19 0 0.0 90 .083 .056 .256 .150 .328 .056 .371 .206 .698 -39 .000 -3.3 -0.3 .176 .111 .000
1975 24 HOU NL 15 14 0 0.0 89 .167 .154 .256 .154 .325 .231 .370 .385 .695 10 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .250 .077 .077
1976 25 HOU NL 30 26 1 1.0 84 .118 .087 .252 .160 .317 .087 .359 .247 .676 -25 .075 -3.6 -0.4 .190 .087 .000
5 Yrs 70 62 1 0.4 88 .119 .089 .254 .150 .322 .107 .366 .257 .688 -24 .016 -9.0 -0.9 .192 .089 .018
162 Game Avg. 95 84 1 0.4 88 .119 .089 .254 .150 .322 .107 .366 .257 .688 -24 .016 -9.0 -0.9 .192 .089 .018

Ratio Batting*

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
1972 21 HOU NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 33%
1974 23 HOU NL 22 0.0% 27.3% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.0 11.00 55%
1975 24 HOU NL 15 0.0% 6.7% 0.0% 6.7% 50% 13.0 3.00 80%
1976 25 HOU NL 30 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.8 23.0 1.63 57%
5 Yrs 70 0.0% 20.0% 5.7% 1.4% 20% 3.50 4.0 56.0 2.92 60%
MLB Averages 1.8% 13.4% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.55 6.6 49.4 9.0 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1972 21 HOU NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.07 -0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 1.50 -0.4 0
1973 22 HOU NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1974 23 HOU NL -3.4 -0.4 22 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .68 -0.4 -0.0 -3.5 -0.4 0.96 -3.5 0
1975 24 HOU NL -1.6 -0.2 15 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 .72 -0.2 -0.1 -3.7 -0.4 1.14 -2.0 0
1976 25 HOU NL -3.6 -0.4 30 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 1.04 -0.4 0.0 -4.9 -0.5 1.09 -3.9 0
5 Yrs -9.0 -1.0 69 -1.0 0.3 -1.2 .88 -1.0 -0.1 -12.7 -1.4 1.07 -9.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1972 21 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 23 HOU NL 1 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 24 HOU NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 25 HOU NL 1 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2 0 22% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

Situational Hitting*

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
1972 21 HOU NL 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1974 23 HOU NL 22 86% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 16 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1975 24 HOU NL 15 47% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 5 1 20% 4 1 25% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1976 25 HOU NL 30 77% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 8 0 0% 9 3 33% 23 1 4% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
5 Yrs 70 74% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 10 77% 16 1 6% 16 5 31% 58 1 2% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 55% 76% 11% 33% 14% 48% 53%

Cumulative Batting

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
1972 21 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1973 22 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
1974 23 65 25 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .050 .136 .050 .186 -45 1 0 0 3 0 0
1975 24 97 40 33 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 .091 .143 .121 .264 -24 4 1 0 5 0 0
1976 25 119 70 56 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 14 .089 .150 .107 .257 -24 6 1 0 10 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1972 21 7 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1974 23 45 22 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 45
1975 24 32 16 14 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .214 .214 .357 .571 1 32
1976 25 22 30 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .080 .000 .080 0 22
4 Yrs 106 71 57 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 4 14 .053 .115 .088 .202 1 106
162 Game Avg. 162 109 87 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 6 21 .053 .115 .088 .202 2 106

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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