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 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
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 73 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 49 202 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 3 373 100 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 Seasons 12 11 .522 4.03 119 20 36 2 1 8 274.2 271 132 123 13 145 8 122 3 1 16 1207 83 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 83 1.515 8.9 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.84

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
1972 21 HOU NL 7 60 56 8 16 2 0 2 2 0 3 7 .286 .317 .429 .745 .292 24 0 0 0 1 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
1974 23 HOU NL 45 373 327 35 76 17 2 2 3 2 39 47 .232 .313 .315 .628 .262 103 13 1 2 4 3
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
1976 25 HOU NL 22 424 349 63 106 16 4 6 6 5 58 34 .304 .400 .424 .824 .317 148 12 2 9 6 2
5 Seasons 119 1206 1024 132 271 47 6 13 14 13 145 122 .265 .353 .360 .713 .285 369 33 3 19 15 8
162 Game Avg. 58 590 501 65 133 23 3 6 7 6 71 60 .265 .353 .360 .713 .285 181 16 1 9 7 4
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
1972 21 HOU NL 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 50 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% 58 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 0 4 1 1 4 25% 44 74 24 23 8 2 5 4.7 4.0 5.3
3 Seasons 61 20 4 6 10 0 1 12 8 .600 0 4 2 1 7 35% 46 74 24 43 14 4 6 4.4 4.0 5.7
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
1972 21 HOU NL 7 6 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 2 40% 7 0.977 0 4 1 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 1.040 4 2 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 1.162 19 8 17 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 1.169 9 6 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 1.116 0 1 5 0 0 6 3 3 2 3 2 0 2.8
5 Seasons 119 99 36 8 5 14 8 7 57% 23 8 80 27 34% 1.134 32 21 42 28 13 57 43 55 52 26 53 22 4.9

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%
1972 21 HOU NL 60 72% 3.3% 11.7% 5.0% 6.7% 25% 0.40 80% 8 0 0%
1973 22 HOU NL 49 63% 2.0% 4.1% 16.3% 2.0% 9% 0.87 76% 13 1 8%
1974 23 HOU NL 373 73% 0.5% 12.6% 10.5% 5.6% 28% 0.90 76% 83 13 16%
1975 24 HOU NL 300 64% 0.7% 10.7% 12.3% 4.7% 23% 1.26 74% 62 7 11%
1976 25 HOU NL 425 78% 1.4% 8.0% 13.7% 6.1% 25% 1.00 74% 104 12 12%
5 Seasons 1207 72% 1.1% 10.1% 12.0% 5.5% 24% 0.98 75% 270 33 12%
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
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 4 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 Seasons 1200 271 13 1 34 10 3 3 10 89 40 9 45% 10 16 2 496 14 13 52% 10 12 4 0 0 1 5 4 48 7
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+
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 73 1.390 10.5 1.3 2.0 4.6 2.33 73
1973 22 1 2 .333 3.42 20 1 5 0 0 1 23.2 27 10 9 3 11 2 9 0 0 2 109 101 1.606 10.3 1.1 4.2 3.4 0.82 101
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 83 1.515 8.9 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.84 83

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
1972 21 0 1 .000 6.23 13.0 19 10 9 2 4 7 0 1.769 13.2 2.8 4.8 1.75 1.4 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 79 43 39 2 41 44 1 1.429 8.5 4.4 4.7 1.07 0.2 45
1975 24 4 3 .571 3.74 65.0 65 30 27 2 39 29 0 1.600 9.0 5.4 4.0 0.74 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 Seasons 11 15 .423 5.12 253.0 291 159 144 14 156 113 3 1.767 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 1954 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.

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