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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 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
1972 21 HOU NL 0 1 .000 4.61 7 1 3 0 0 1 13.2 16 8 7 2 3 0 7 0 0 1 60 75 1.390 10.5 1.3 2.0 4.6 2.33
1973 22 HOU NL 1 1 .500 1.80 13 0 2 0 0 0 10.0 11 2 2 1 8 2 2 0 0 1 49 208 1.900 9.9 0.9 7.2 1.8 0.25
1974 23 HOU NL 7 3 .700 3.50 45 0 17 0 0 2 90.0 76 35 35 2 39 3 47 1 0 3 373 99 1.278 7.6 0.2 3.9 4.7 1.21
1975 24 HOU NL 1 2 .333 3.03 32 3 13 1 0 5 71.1 62 24 24 2 37 1 32 0 1 6 300 112 1.388 7.8 0.3 4.7 4.0 0.86
1976 25 HOU NL 3 4 .429 5.52 22 16 1 1 1 0 89.2 106 63 55 6 58 2 34 2 0 5 425 58 1.829 10.6 0.6 5.8 3.4 0.59
5 Yrs 12 11 .522 4.03 119 20 36 2 1 8 274.2 271 132 123 13 145 8 122 3 1 16 1207 84 1.515 8.9 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.84
162 Game Avg. 6 5 .522 4.03 58 10 18 1 0 4 134 133 65 60 6 71 4 60 1 0 8 590 84 1.515 8.9 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.84

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 Awards
1972 21 HOU NL 13.2 7 1 8 5.27 4.44 -0.48 -0.08 92.9 4.50 -1 -0.2 .9 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .478 .499 $
1973 22 HOU NL 10.1 13 0 2 1.74 4.65 0.00 -0.38 97.4 4.15 3 0.3 1.1 0.0 0.4 4 .524 .502 $
1974 23 HOU NL 90.0 45 0 35 3.50 4.06 0.04 -0.33 98.5 3.64 1 0.1 1.5 -0.1 0.7 10 .502 .501 $
1975 24 HOU NL 71.1 32 3 24 3.03 4.15 -0.13 -0.18 92.9 3.81 6 0.6 1.4 0.0 1.2 13 .520 .504 $
1976 25 HOU NL 89.2 22 16 63 6.32 3.78 -0.04 0.09 95.1 3.73 -27 -2.7 .3 0.0 -2.0 -18 .378 .483 $
5 Seasons 275.0 119 20 132 4.32 4.03 -0.06 -0.14 95.6 3.77 -19 -1.8 1.3 -0.0 0.2 8 .485 .498 $

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
1972 21 HOU NL 7 54 56 8 16 2 0 2 2 0 3 7 .286 .317 .429 .745 .292 24 0 0 0 1 0 0
1973 22 HOU NL 13 49 39 2 11 0 0 1 2 1 8 2 .282 .396 .359 .755 .270 14 1 0 1 1 2 1
1974 23 HOU NL 45 372 327 35 76 17 2 2 3 2 39 47 .232 .313 .315 .628 .262 103 13 1 2 4 3 2
1975 24 HOU NL 32 300 253 24 62 12 0 2 1 5 37 32 .245 .338 .316 .654 .270 80 7 0 7 3 1 1
1976 25 HOU NL 22 425 349 63 106 16 4 6 6 5 58 34 .304 .400 .424 .824 .317 148 12 2 9 6 2 6
5 Yrs 119 1200 1024 132 271 47 6 13 14 13 145 122 .265 .353 .360 .713 .285 369 33 3 19 15 8 10
162 Game Avg. 58 587 501 65 133 23 3 6 7 6 71 60 .265 .353 .360 .713 .285 181 16 1 9 7 4 5
MLB Averages .254 .322 .367 .689 .280

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1972 21 HOU NL -1.8 -0.2 57 -0.4 0.8 -1.1 .97 -0.4 0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.97 -3.7 0 3 2
1973 22 HOU NL 2.4 0.2 52 -0.6 0.6 -1.2 .99 -0.1 -0.5 -1.2 -0.1 0.99 -0.7 3 3 6
1974 23 HOU NL 2.3 0.2 381 1.3 7.7 -6.4 1.12 1.2 0.0 15.2 1.7 1.11 14.0 18 7 19
1975 24 HOU NL 4.7 0.5 316 0.0 5.3 -5.3 1.11 0.2 -0.2 5.7 0.6 1.10 3.3 8 7 13
1976 25 HOU NL -25.5 -2.5 442 -1.5 7.4 -8.9 1.13 -1.7 0.4 -23.5 -2.4 1.13 -19.1 0 1 5
5 Yrs -18.0 -1.7 1248 -1.1 21.8 -22.9 1.11 -0.9 -0.1 -6.8 -0.6 1.10 -6.0 29 21 45

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 <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1972 21 HOU NL 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 50.0 50 50 2 1 0 1 2.0 3.0 6.0
1975 24 HOU NL 32 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 .667 0 0 1 0 2 67% 57.7 66 44 18 5 2 0 3.8 4.1 8.0
1976 25 HOU NL 22 16 3 4 9 0 0 10 6 .625 1 4 1 1 4 25% 43.9 74 24 23 8 2 5 4.7 4.0 5.3
3 Yrs 61 20 4 6 10 0 1 12 8 .600 1 4 2 1 7 35% 46 74 24 43 14 4 6 4.4 4.0 5.7
MLB Averages .500 56% 52 106 -5 4.1 4.0 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

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
1972 21 HOU NL 7 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 .969 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 3 2 2 0 3.8
1973 22 HOU NL 13 13 2 1 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 8 4 50% 8 .993 3 3 6 2 3 8 5 8 2 6 2 4 2.4
1974 23 HOU NL 45 45 17 7 3 5 2 3 40% 9 4 44 11 25% 8 1.115 18 7 19 14 7 24 22 23 26 10 28 11 6.0
1975 24 HOU NL 32 29 13 0 1 8 5 3 63% 12 3 17 7 41% 8 1.105 8 7 13 12 2 15 11 18 19 5 19 7 4.9
1976 25 HOU NL 22 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50% 5 1.131 0 1 5 0 0 6 3 3 2 3 2 0 2.8
5 Yrs 119 99 36 8 5 14 8 7 57% 23 8 80 27 34% 1.107 29 21 45 28 13 57 43 55 52 26 53 22 4.9

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%
1972 21 HOU NL 60 28% 3.7% 13.0% 5.6% 7.4% 25% 0.40 89% 8 0 0%
1973 22 HOU NL 49 37% 2.0% 4.1% 16.3% 2.0% 9% 0.87 76% 13 1 8%
1974 23 HOU NL 373 27% 0.5% 12.6% 10.5% 5.7% 28% 0.90 76% 83 13 16%
1975 24 HOU NL 300 36% 0.7% 10.7% 12.3% 4.7% 23% 1.26 74% 62 7 11%
1976 25 HOU NL 425 22% 1.4% 8.0% 13.7% 6.1% 25% 1.00 74% 104 12 12%
5 Yrs 1207 28% 1.1% 10.2% 12.1% 5.5% 24% 0.98 75% 270 33 12%
MLB Averages 45% 1.8% 13.4% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.09 74% 11%

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
1972 21 HOU NL 54 16 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 1 1 25% 0 1 0 21 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6
1973 22 HOU NL 49 11 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 4 1 1 25% 1 1 0 23 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1974 23 HOU NL 372 76 2 0 13 1 1 1 1 29 10 4 34% 2 3 0 146 3 2 60% 2 2 1 0 0 0 2 2 9 1
1975 24 HOU NL 300 62 2 0 4 1 1 0 2 18 9 2 50% 1 6 2 122 1 5 17% 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 17 0
1976 25 HOU NL 425 106 6 1 14 6 0 1 5 34 19 1 56% 6 5 0 184 6 5 55% 5 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 16 0
5 Yrs 1200 271 13 1 34 10 3 3 10 89 40 9 45% 10 16 2 496 14 13 52% 10 11 4 0 0 1 5 4 48 7
MLB Averages 51% 64%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1972 21 0 1 .000 4.61 7 1 3 0 0 1 13.2 16 8 7 2 3 0 7 0 0 1 60 75 1.390 10.5 1.3 2.0 4.6 2.33 75
1973 22 1 2 .333 3.42 20 1 5 0 0 1 23.2 27 10 9 3 11 2 9 0 0 2 109 105 1.606 10.3 1.1 4.2 3.4 0.82 105
1974 23 8 5 .615 3.48 65 1 22 0 0 3 113.2 103 45 44 5 50 5 56 1 0 5 482 100 1.346 8.2 0.4 4.0 4.4 1.12 100
1975 24 9 7 .563 3.31 97 4 35 1 0 8 185.0 165 69 68 7 87 6 88 1 1 11 782 104 1.362 8.0 0.3 4.2 4.3 1.01 104
1976 25 12 11 .522 4.03 119 20 36 2 1 8 274.2 271 132 123 13 145 8 122 3 1 16 1207 84 1.515 8.9 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.84 84

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1972 21 0 1 .000 5.14 14.0 18 9 8 2 3 7 0 1.500 11.6 1.9 4.5 2.33 1.3 7
1973 22 1 0 1.000 1.80 10.0 11 2 2 1 8 2 0 1.900 9.9 7.2 1.8 0.25 0.9 13
1974 23 4 5 .444 4.18 84.0 80 43 39 2 41 44 1 1.440 8.6 4.4 4.7 1.07 0.2 45
1975 24 4 3 .571 3.94 64.0 67 31 28 2 40 29 0 1.672 9.4 5.6 4.1 0.73 0.3 32
1976 25 2 6 .250 7.44 81.0 117 74 67 7 64 31 2 2.235 13.0 7.1 3.4 0.48 0.8 22
5 Yrs 11 15 .423 5.12 253.0 293 159 144 14 156 113 3 1.775 10.4 4.0 0.72 0.5 119

* 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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