Mike Cubbage

Michael Lee Cubbage

Positions: Third Baseman, First Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 21, 1950 in Charlottesville, VA
High School: Lane HS (Charlottesville, VA)
School: University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)
Drafted
by the Washington Senators in the 2nd round of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1974
Teams (by GP): Twins/Rangers/Mets 1974-1981

Final Game: October 3, 1981
Relatives: Cousin of Chris Haney and Cousin of Larry Haney
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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
1974 23 TEX AL 9 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /54D
1975 24 TEX AL 58 168 143 12 32 6 0 4 21 0 0 18 14 .224 .305 .350 .655 86 50 2 0 4 3 2 4/5D
1976 25 TOT AL 118 431 374 42 96 19 5 3 49 1 1 49 44 .257 .346 .358 .704 105 134 11 3 3 2 3 5/D4
1976 25 TEX AL 14 39 32 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 .219 .359 .219 .578 71 7 1 0 0 0 0 /D45
1976 25 MIN AL 104 392 342 40 89 19 5 3 49 1 1 42 37 .260 .344 .371 .716 108 127 10 3 3 2 3 5/4D
1977 26 MIN AL 129 464 417 60 110 16 5 9 55 1 4 37 49 .264 .321 .391 .712 94 163 4 0 6 4 6 *5/D
1978 27 MIN AL 125 444 394 40 111 12 7 7 57 3 1 40 44 .282 .348 .401 .749 109 158 7 1 7 2 3 *5/4
1979 28 MIN AL 94 291 243 26 67 10 1 2 23 1 8 39 26 .276 .371 .350 .720 93 85 2 0 5 4 2 5D/34
1980 29 MIN AL 103 318 285 29 70 9 0 8 42 0 1 23 37 .246 .301 .361 .663 76 103 4 1 6 3 4 35/4D
1981 30 NYM NL 67 90 80 9 17 2 2 1 4 0 0 9 15 .213 .289 .325 .614 76 26 2 0 0 1 1 5
8 Yrs 703 2221 1951 218 503 74 20 34 251 6 15 215 233 .258 .330 .369 .699 94 719 32 5 31 19 21
162 Game Avg. 162 512 450 50 116 17 5 8 58 1 3 50 54 .258 .330 .369 .699 94 166 7 1 7 4 5
MIN (5 yrs) 555 1909 1681 195 447 66 18 29 226 6 15 181 193 .266 .336 .378 .715 97 636 27 5 27 15 18
TEX (3 yrs) 81 222 190 14 39 6 0 4 21 0 0 25 25 .205 .294 .300 .594 70 57 3 0 4 3 2
NYM (1 yr) 67 90 80 9 17 2 2 1 4 0 0 9 15 .213 .289 .325 .614 76 26 2 0 0 1 1
AL (7 yrs) 636 2131 1871 209 486 72 18 33 247 6 15 206 218 .260 .332 .370 .702 95 693 30 5 31 18 20
NL (1 yr) 67 90 80 9 17 2 2 1 4 0 0 9 15 .213 .289 .325 .614 76 26 2 0 0 1 1

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
1974 23 TEX AL 9 15 -4 0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.5 0 -4 -0.4 .445 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -3 $ /54D
1975 24 TEX AL 58 168 -3 -0 0 -2 1 -4 -0.4 5 2 0.1 .493 .497 0.4 -0.1 4 $ 4/5D
1976 25 TEX AL 14 39 -1 -0 -0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .481 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /D45
1976 25 MIN AL 104 392 2 -2 0 3 2 6 0.8 13 18 1.9 .506 .504 1.6 0.6 15 $ 5/4D
1977 26 MIN AL 129 464 -2 0 2 3 2 5 0.7 15 20 2.1 .504 .503 1.8 0.7 17 $30,000 *5/D
1978 27 MIN AL 125 444 6 -2 2 2 2 9 1.1 14 24 2.5 .508 .506 2.3 0.5 22 $51,000 *5/4
1979 28 MIN AL 94 291 -3 -4 2 -8 -1 -14 -1.3 9 -5 -0.5 .485 .491 0.4 -0.9 3 $ 5D/34
1980 29 MIN AL 103 318 -10 0 1 4 -4 -10 -0.9 10 -0 0.0 .490 .494 -0.4 0.1 -4 $ 35/4D
1981 30 NYM NL 67 90 -3 -0 0 -0 0 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .493 .497 -0.1 0.0 -1 $333,333 5
8 Seasons 703 2221 -18 -8 8 -1 1 -18 -1.1 71 53 5.5 .497 .499 5.5 0.8 53 $414,333
MIN (5 yrs) 555 1909 -7 -7 7 3 0 -4 0.4 61 57 6.0 .499 .500 5.7 1.0 54 $81,000
TEX (3 yrs) 81 222 -7 -1 0 -3 0 -11 -1.1 7 -3 -0.4 .486 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -0 $
NYM (1 yr) 67 90 -3 -0 0 -0 0 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.1 .493 .497 -0.1 0.0 -1 $333,333

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
1974 23 TEX AL 15 15 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .255 .000 .319 .000 .367 .000 .685 -100 .000 -3.8 -0.4 .000 .000 .000
1975 24 TEX AL 168 120 17 3.8 92 .219 .224 .257 .305 .326 .350 .377 .655 .704 86 .444 -2.3 -0.2 .602 .252 .126 .0
1976 25 TOT AL 431 295 47 4.3 88 .283 .257 .259 .346 .324 .358 .365 .704 .689 105 .535 3.6 0.4 .641 .233 .102 1.5
1976 25 TEX AL 39 26 3 3.1 87 .280 .219 .258 .359 .323 .219 .364 .578 .687 71 .390 -0.8 -0.1 .538 .219 .000
1976 25 MIN AL 392 269 44 4.4 88 .283 .260 .259 .344 .324 .371 .366 .716 .690 108 .547 4.4 0.5 .652 .234 .111 1.5
1977 26 MIN AL 464 325 53 4.4 99 .278 .264 .265 .321 .329 .391 .403 .712 .732 94 .473 -3.5 -0.4 .625 .209 .127 1.8
1978 27 MIN AL 444 300 56 5.0 95 .301 .282 .263 .348 .329 .401 .388 .749 .717 109 .566 4.2 0.4 .691 .226 .119 4.2
1979 28 MIN AL 291 195 33 4.5 105 .297 .276 .274 .371 .340 .350 .415 .720 .755 93 .480 -0.5 -0.1 .629 .206 .074 1.3
1980 29 MIN AL 318 229 32 3.8 104 .255 .246 .277 .301 .340 .361 .411 .663 .752 76 .409 -10.2 -1.0 .573 .193 .116 .0
1981 30 NYM NL 90 66 8 3.3 90 .246 .213 .260 .289 .325 .325 .373 .614 .698 76 .397 -2.7 -0.3 .538 .225 .113 .0
8 Yrs 2221 1545 246 4.3 97 .275 .258 .266 .330 .331 .369 .392 .699 .723 94 .486 -15.2 -1.5 .622 .216 .111 10.2
162 Game Avg. 512 356 57 4.3 97 .275 .258 .266 .330 .331 .369 .392 .699 .723 94 .486 -15.2 -1.5 .622 .216 .111 2
MIN (5 yrs) 1909 1318 218 4.4 98 .284 .266 .267 .336 .331 .378 .395 .715 .727 97 .500 -5.7 -0.5 .637 .215 .112 9.9
TEX (3 yrs) 222 161 20 3.3 91 .213 .205 .257 .294 .325 .300 .374 .594 .700 70 .393 -6.9 -0.7 .532 .226 .095 .0
NYM (1 yr) 90 66 8 3.3 90 .246 .213 .260 .289 .325 .325 .373 .614 .698 76 .398 -2.7 -0.3 .538 .225 .113 .0
AL (7 yrs) 2131 1479 238 4.3 97 .277 .260 .266 .332 .331 .370 .393 .702 .724 95 .490 -12.6 -1.2 .626 .216 .111 10.2
NL (1 yr) 90 66 8 3.3 90 .246 .213 .260 .289 .325 .325 .373 .614 .698 76 .398 -2.7 -0.3 .538 .225 .113 .0

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
1974 23 TEX AL 15 0.0% 26.7% 0.0% 0.0% 3.8 1.20 73%
1975 24 TEX AL 168 2.4% 8.3% 10.7% 6.0% 31% 0.78 10.2 35.8 6.8 1.21 76%
1976 25 TOT AL 431 0.7% 10.2% 11.4% 6.3% 28% 0.90 8.5 124.7 7.6 1.18 76%
1976 25 TEX AL 39 0.0% 18.0% 18.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 4.6 2.80 64%
1976 25 MIN AL 392 0.8% 9.4% 10.7% 6.9% 30% 0.88 9.2 114.0 7.0 1.11 78%
1977 26 MIN AL 464 1.9% 10.6% 8.0% 6.5% 27% 1.32 8.5 46.3 7.6 1.39 78%
1978 27 MIN AL 444 1.6% 9.9% 9.0% 5.9% 23% 1.10 9.0 56.3 6.9 1.11 78%
1979 28 MIN AL 291 0.7% 8.9% 13.4% 4.5% 19% 0.67 9.3 121.5 10.6 1.00 75%
1980 29 MIN AL 318 2.5% 11.6% 7.2% 5.4% 24% 1.61 7.7 35.6 6.8 1.17 76%
1981 30 NYM NL 90 1.1% 16.7% 10.0% 5.6% 29% 1.67 5.3 80.0 20.0 1.17 72%
8 Yrs 2221 1.5% 10.5% 9.7% 5.8% 25% 1.08 8.4 57.4 7.8 1.18 77%
MLB Averages 1.9% 12.8% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 1.50 7.0 47.2 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 23 TEX AL -3.8 -0.4 15 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .48 -0.4 -0.0 -2.9 -0.3 0.72 -3.9 0.38 5
1975 24 TEX AL -2.3 -0.2 170 0.5 3.5 -3.0 1.10 0.0 0.4 1.5 0.2 1.03 -0.9 1.53 17
1976 25 TOT AL 3.6 0.4 433 0.4 7.0 -6.6 .92 -0.2 0.6 8.7 0.9 1.02 1.0 1.02 8
1976 25 TEX AL -0.8 -0.1 39 -0.1 0.3 -0.5 .71 -0.0 -0.1 -1.9 -0.2 0.84 -1.2 0.81 1
1976 25 MIN AL 4.4 0.5 394 0.5 6.7 -6.2 .94 -0.2 0.7 10.6 1.1 1.03 2.2 1.06 7
1977 26 MIN AL -3.5 -0.4 474 -0.5 7.8 -8.4 1.02 -0.2 -0.3 3.1 0.3 1.00 -0.4 1.26 13
1978 27 MIN AL 4.2 0.4 454 0.4 8.5 -8.2 1.13 0.9 -0.6 16.1 1.6 1.01 11.3 1.77 22
1979 28 MIN AL -0.5 -0.1 300 -1.0 4.6 -5.6 1.03 -0.6 -0.4 -3.1 -0.3 0.95 -6.8 1.74 17
1980 29 MIN AL -10.5 -1.0 320 -0.5 5.5 -6.0 1.06 -0.8 0.4 -3.6 -0.3 0.93 -9.9 1.85 10
1981 30 NYM NL -2.7 -0.3 91 -0.4 1.4 -1.8 1.16 -0.3 -0.0 -4.7 -0.5 0.95 -2.6 1.36 44
8 Yrs -15.6 -1.6 2257 -1.3 38.3 -39.7 1.04 -1.6 0.3 15.1 1.5 0.99 -12.2 1.46 136

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
1974 23 TEX AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 24 TEX AL 3 0 17% 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 62% 6 5 1 0 0 0 7 0 7
1976 25 TOT AL 3 0 27% 190 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 35% 31 25 5 7 4 3 16 5 11
1976 25 TEX AL 0 0 14% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1976 25 MIN AL 3 0 28% 172 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 35% 27 22 4 5 3 2 16 5 11
1977 26 MIN AL 9 0 37% 194 1 4 20% 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 12 43% 34 22 12 5 2 2 14 5 9
1978 27 MIN AL 7 0 23% 196 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 32% 21 16 5 8 6 0 8 0 7
1979 28 MIN AL 1 0 23% 129 1 8 11% 1 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 5 35% 24 19 5 3 2 1 13 5 8
1980 29 MIN AL 4 0 24% 109 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 46% 11 9 2 3 0 3 10 4 6
1981 30 NYM NL 0 0 32% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 40% 5 4 1 2 1 1 3 1 2
8 Yrs 27 0 27% 929 6 15 29% 6 12 0 2 0 1 5 2 19 34 39% 132 100 31 28 15 10 71 20 50

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
1974 23 TEX AL 15 100% 0 5 0 0 0 0.38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1975 24 TEX AL 168 86% 32 17 1 0 1 1.53 4 1 6 3 1 2 2 0 4 4 100% 38 2 5% 18 8 44% 129 18 14% 10 3 30% 7 4 57% 0
1976 25 TOT AL 431 81% 96 8 3 0 3 1.02 3 1 10 2 1 1 2 0 3 3 100% 95 11 12% 48 13 27% 305 48 16% 25 11 44% 25 13 52% 0
1976 25 TEX AL 39 92% 7 1 0 0 0 0.81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 4 1 25% 13 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1976 25 MIN AL 392 80% 89 7 3 0 3 1.06 3 1 10 2 1 1 2 0 3 3 100% 89 10 11% 44 12 27% 292 48 16% 25 11 44% 24 12 50% 0
1977 26 MIN AL 464 84% 110 13 2 0 0 1.26 9 1 11 9 0 6 3 0 6 6 100% 105 4 4% 42 17 40% 321 48 15% 31 18 58% 23 13 57% 0
1978 27 MIN AL 444 89% 111 22 8 1 4 1.77 7 1 10 7 0 5 2 0 8 7 88% 84 7 8% 42 20 48% 299 55 18% 23 17 74% 18 11 61% 0
1979 28 MIN AL 291 97% 67 17 3 0 2 1.74 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 7 5 71% 61 2 3% 28 13 46% 169 21 12% 14 8 57% 11 5 45% 0
1980 29 MIN AL 318 93% 70 10 4 0 3 1.85 8 0 4 7 1 3 5 1 6 6 100% 64 4 6% 31 16 52% 192 35 18% 22 14 64% 11 6 55% 0
1981 30 NYM NL 90 99% 17 44 12 1 3 1.36 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 14 2 14% 6 3 50% 54 3 6% 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 0
8 Yrs 2221 89% 503 136 33 2 16 1.46 34 4 45 31 3 18 16 1 34 31 91% 463 32 7% 216 90 42% 1472 228 15% 128 73 57% 99 53 54% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 35% 14% 50% 54%

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
1974 23 9 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 24 67 183 158 12 32 6 0 4 21 0 0 18 18 .203 .279 .316 .596 70 50 2 0 4 3 2
1976 25 185 614 532 54 128 25 5 7 70 1 1 67 62 .241 .326 .346 .672 94 184 13 3 7 5 5
1977 26 314 1078 949 114 238 41 10 16 125 2 5 104 111 .251 .324 .366 .690 94 347 17 3 13 9 11
1978 27 439 1522 1343 154 349 53 17 23 182 5 6 144 155 .260 .331 .376 .707 99 505 24 4 20 11 14
1979 28 533 1813 1586 180 416 63 18 25 205 6 14 183 181 .262 .337 .372 .709 98 590 26 4 25 15 16
1980 29 636 2131 1871 209 486 72 18 33 247 6 15 206 218 .260 .332 .370 .702 95 693 30 5 31 18 20
1981 30 703 2221 1951 218 503 74 20 34 251 6 15 215 233 .258 .330 .369 .699 94 719 32 5 31 19 21

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
1974 23 9 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1975 24 58 172 146 13 34 6 0 4 23 0 19 14 .233 .315 .356 .672 17 58
1976 25 119 445 384 48 104 21 5 3 56 1 53 44 .271 .362 .375 .737 52 118
1977 26 129 468 420 63 113 16 5 9 57 1 38 49 .269 .327 .395 .722 55 129
1978 27 125 452 400 44 117 13 7 7 62 3 42 44 .293 .360 .413 .772 60 125
1979 28 95 290 243 25 66 10 1 2 22 1 38 26 .272 .365 .346 .711 31 94
1980 29 103 317 284 28 69 9 0 8 41 0 23 37 .243 .299 .359 .658 30 103
1981 30 101 140 123 16 28 3 3 2 7 0 15 23 .228 .307 .350 .657 14 67
8 Yrs 739 2299 2015 237 531 78 21 35 268 6 228 241 .264 .337 .375 .712 259 703
162 Game Avg. 162 504 442 52 116 17 5 8 59 1 50 53 .264 .337 .375 .712 57 703

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