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Mike Crudale

Michael Christopher Crudale

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 3, 1977 in San Diego, CA
High School: Monte Vista HS (Danville, CA)
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 24th round of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 2002
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Brewers 2002-2003

Final Game: September 23, 2003
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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
2002 25 STL NL 3 0 1.000 1.88 49 1 14 0 0 0 52.2 43 11 11 3 14 2 47 1 0 3 213 214 1.082 7.3 0.5 2.4 8.0 3.36
2003 26 TOT NL 0 1 .000 2.61 22 0 6 0 0 0 20.2 12 8 6 1 18 1 13 1 0 1 93 166 1.452 5.2 0.4 7.8 5.7 0.72
2003 26 STL NL 0 1 .000 2.38 13 0 4 0 0 0 11.1 11 5 3 1 12 1 6 1 0 1 59 178 2.029 8.7 0.8 9.5 4.8 0.50
2003 26 MIL NL 0 0 2.89 9 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 1 3 3 0 6 0 7 0 0 0 34 154 0.750 1.0 0.0 5.8 6.8 1.17
2 Yrs 3 1 .750 2.09 71 1 20 0 0 0 73.1 55 19 17 4 32 3 60 2 0 4 306 197 1.186 6.8 0.5 3.9 7.4 1.88
162 Game Avg. 3 1 .750 2.09 67 1 19 0 0 0 69 52 18 16 4 30 3 57 2 0 4 289 197 1.186 6.8 0.5 3.9 7.4 1.88
STL (2 yrs) 3 1 .750 1.97 62 1 18 0 0 0 64.0 54 16 14 4 26 3 53 2 0 4 272 206 1.250 7.6 0.6 3.7 7.5 2.04
MIL (1 yr) 0 0 2.89 9 0 2 0 0 0 9.1 1 3 3 0 6 0 7 0 0 0 34 154 0.750 1.0 0.0 5.8 6.8 1.17

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
2002 25 STL NL 52.2 49 1 11 1.88 4.37 0.28 -0.30 98.0 3.71 11 1.1 1.0 -0.1 1.4 16 .523 .507 $
2003 26 STL NL 11.1 13 0 5 3.97 4.60 -0.06 -0.34 93.3 4.03 0 0.0 .7 -0.0 0.1 1 .500 .500 $
2003 26 MIL NL 9.1 9 0 3 2.89 4.68 -0.32 -0.35 98.7 4.59 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.2 3 .520 .501 $
2 Seasons 73.1 71 1 19 2.33 4.45 0.15 -0.32 97.3 3.87 12 1.3 .9 -0.2 1.7 20 .518 .503 $
STL (2 yrs) 64.0 62 1 16 2.25 4.41 0.22 -0.31 97.1 3.77 11 1.1 .9 -0.2 1.5 17 .518 .503 $
MIL (1 yr) 9.1 9 0 3 2.89 4.68 -0.32 -0.35 98.7 4.59 2 0.2 .9 -0.0 0.2 3 .520 .501 $

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2002 25 STL NL NLDS W ARI 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
2002 25 STL NL NLCS L SFG 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 5.4 5.4 10.8 2.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.2 1 2 2 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 11 1.125 3.4 3.4 6.8 13.5 2.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 9.0 18.0 2.00
1 NLCS 0 0 10.80 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 1 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 7 1.200 5.4 5.4 5.4 10.8 2.00

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
2002 25 STL NL 49 213 189 11 43 12 0 3 4 1 14 47 .228 .276 .339 .615 .276 64 2 1 3 6 2 2
2003 26 MIL NL 9 34 28 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 7 .036 .206 .071 .277 .048 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 STL NL 13 59 44 5 11 3 1 1 1 0 12 6 .250 .414 .432 .846 .263 19 0 1 1 1 1 1
2003 26 TOT NL 22 93 72 8 12 4 1 1 2 0 18 13 .167 .337 .292 .629 .186 21 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Yrs 71 306 261 19 55 16 1 4 6 1 32 60 .211 .295 .326 .620 .250 85 3 2 4 7 3 3
162 Game Avg. 67 289 247 18 52 15 1 4 6 1 30 57 .211 .295 .326 .620 .250 80 3 2 4 7 3 3
MLB Averages .263 .332 .419 .751 .293

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
2002 25 STL NL 13.4 1.4 219 0.5 3.3 -2.7 .82 0.7 -0.0 10.7 1.1 0.82 8.9 10 12 25
2003 26 TOT NL 3.3 0.3 96 -0.1 0.9 -1.0 .69 0.1 -0.2 1.6 0.2 0.69 1.2 4 7 10
2003 26 STL NL 1.6 0.2 61 -0.4 0.3 -0.8 .57 -0.2 -0.5 -2.3 -0.2 0.57 -3.5 2 3 8
2003 26 MIL NL 1.7 0.2 35 0.3 0.6 -0.3 .89 0.3 0.0 3.9 0.4 0.89 4.8 2 4 2
2 Yrs 16.7 1.7 315 0.4 4.2 -3.8 .78 0.8 -0.2 12.3 1.3 0.78 10.2 14 19 35

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
2002 25 STL NL 49 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 51.0 51 51 6 0 0 1 5.0 0.0 2.0 34 1 0 0 0 34
1 Yr 49 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 51 51 51 6 0 0 1 5.0 0.0 2.0 34 1 0 0 0 34
MLB Averages .500 49% 49 100 -9 4.7 4.7 5.9 95

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
2002 25 STL NL 49 48 14 3 0 1 0 1 0% 7 6 31 14 45% 8 .822 10 12 25 22 5 21 21 27 10 11 11 10 3.2 17
2003 26 TOT NL 22 22 6 0 1 1 0 1 0% 5 4 9 6 67% .688 4 7 10 8 3 11 6 16 3 8 3 4 2.8 16
2003 26 STL NL 13 13 4 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 8 6 75% 7 .573 2 3 8 5 1 7 5 8 1 6 1 4 2.6 17
2003 26 MIL NL 9 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 0% 8 .888 2 4 2 3 2 4 1 8 2 2 2 0 3.1 15
2 Yrs 71 70 20 3 1 2 0 2 0% 12 10 40 20 50% .781 14 19 35 30 8 32 27 43 13 19 14 14 3.1 17

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%
2002 25 STL NL 213 63% 1.4% 22.1% 6.6% 7.0% 35% 0.41 0.50 68% 23% 3.5% 16% 41 2 5%
2003 26 TOT NL 93 66% 1.1% 14.0% 19.4% 6.5% 50% 0.94 1.33 63% 21% 3.7% 13% 14 1 7%
2003 26 STL NL 59 66% 1.7% 10.2% 20.3% 8.5% 46% 1.05 1.80 64% 23% 5.9% 11% 10 0 0%
2003 26 MIL NL 34 65% 0.0% 20.6% 17.7% 2.9% 100% 0.75 0.91 62% 19% 0.0% 17% 4 1 25%
2 Yrs 306 64% 1.3% 19.6% 10.5% 6.9% 38% 0.53 0.68 67% 23% 3.5% 15% 55 3 5%
MLB Averages 46% 2.7% 16.6% 8.6% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.08 70% 21% 7.9% 13% 11%

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
2002 25 STL NL 213 848 3.98 548 65% 23% 19% 30% 28% 77% 2% 50% 75% 60% 4% 9 6 21% 45 27 1 4% 10 1 0 0 0
2003 26 TOT NL 93 355 3.82 196 55% 28% 14% 27% 31% 72% 3% 40% 80% 57% 10% 9 7 17% 16 6 1 31% 0 1 0 0 0
2003 26 STL NL 59 220 3.73 121 55% 24% 16% 27% 33% 76% 4% 42% 79% 61% 7% 4 3 19% 11 4 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2003 26 MIL NL 34 135 3.97 75 56% 33% 12% 27% 28% 67% 0% 37% 82% 50% 15% 5 4 15% 5 2 0 57% 0 1 0 0 0
2 Yrs 306 1203 3.93 744 62% 24% 18% 29% 28% 76% 2% 47% 77% 59% 6% 18 13 20% 61 33 2 10% 10 2 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 14% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 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
2002 25 STL NL 213 43 4 0 3 0 8 2 1 1 2 23 10 8 43% 2 3 1 86 4 1 80% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2003 26 TOT NL 93 12 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 3 1 60% 1 1 0 36 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003 26 STL NL 59 11 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 5 3 1 60% 1 1 0 27 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
2003 26 MIL NL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 306 55 4 0 4 0 11 3 1 2 2 28 13 9 46% 3 4 1 122 6 1 86% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
MLB Averages 53% 69%

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+
2002 25 3 0 1.000 1.88 49 1 14 0 0 0 52.2 43 11 11 3 14 2 47 1 0 3 213 214 1.082 7.3 0.5 2.4 8.0 3.36 214
2003 26 3 1 .750 2.09 71 1 20 0 0 0 73.1 55 19 17 4 32 3 60 2 0 4 306 197 1.186 6.8 0.5 3.9 7.4 1.88 197

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
2002 25 4 1 .800 1.90 52.0 43 12 11 3 14 46 1 1.096 7.4 2.4 8.0 3.29 0.5 49
2003 26 1 1 .500 2.57 21.0 12 7 6 1 18 13 1 1.429 5.1 7.7 5.6 0.72 0.4 22
2 Yrs 5 2 .714 2.10 73.0 55 19 17 4 32 59 2 1.192 6.8 7.3 1.84 0.5 71

* 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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