Mike Cosgrove
Michael John Cosgrove
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 17, 1951 in Phoenix, AZ
High School: Bourgade (Phoenix, AZ)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1972
Final Game: September 25, 1976
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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
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 9 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 Seasons 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

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
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 91 .083 .056 .258 .150 .329 .056 .372 .206 .701 -39 .000 -3.4 -0.4 .176 .111 .000
1975 24 HOU NL 15 14 0 0.0 90 .167 .154 .257 .154 .327 .231 .371 .385 .698 9 .000 -1.6 -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 Seasons 70 62 1 0.4 88 .119 .089 .255 .150 .323 .107 .367 .257 .690 -24 .015 -9.0 -1.0 .192 .089 .018
162 Game Avg. 95 84 1 0.4 88 .119 .089 .255 .150 .323 .107 .367 .257 .690 -24 .015 -9.0 -1.0 .192 .089 .018

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
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 Seasons 70 0.0% 20.0% 5.7% 1.4% 20% 3.50 4.0 56.0 2.92 60%
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
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 Seasons 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
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
1972 21 HOU NL 2 100% 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 1
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 Seasons 69 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% 1
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
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

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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
1972 21 7 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1974 23 45 20 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 45
1975 24 32 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 32
1976 25 22 29 25 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 .160 .276 .160 .436 1 22
4 Seasons 106 64 58 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 6 14 .069 .156 .069 .225 1 106
162 Game Avg. 162 98 89 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 9 21 .069 .156 .069 .225 2 106

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