Mike Cvengros

Michael John Cvengros

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 159 lb.

Born: December 1, 1900 in Pana, IL (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1922
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Cubs/Pirates/Giants 1922-1929

Final Game: October 5, 1929
Died: August 2, 1970 in Hot Springs, AR
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Hot Springs, AR
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1921	20	CHK	D	17	22	.436		47						153.2	326	177			151							3.104	19.1		8.8			CHK · WA
1922	21	LRK	A	17	14	.548	2.88	47						269.0	267	121	86		102							1.372	8.9		3.4			LRK · SOUA
1922	21	NYG	NL	0	1	.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	5	4	1	3	3	1	0	0	36	105	1.000	6.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
1923	22	CHW	AL	12	13	.480	4.41	40	26	8	14	0	3	214.1	216	110	105	6	107	86	13	2	3	953	90	1.507	9.1	0.3	4.5	3.6	0.80
1924	23	CHW	AL	3	12	.200	5.88	26	15	5	2	0	0	105.2	119	80	69	5	67	36	3	0	3	492	70	1.760	10.1	0.4	5.7	3.1	0.54
1925	24	CHW	AL	3	9	.250	4.30	22	11	5	4	0	0	104.2	109	56	50	7	55	32	3	1	2	465	96	1.567	9.4	0.6	4.7	2.8	0.58

1926	25	NOR	A	18	5	.783	3.68	34						220.0	239	95	90		79							1.445	9.8		3.2			NOR · SOUA
1927	26	PIT	NL	2	1	.667	3.35	23	4	10	0	0	1	53.2	55	25	20	3	24	21	1	0	6	236	125	1.472	9.2	0.5	4.0	3.5	0.88

1928	27	BAL-min	A	21	8	.724	3.26	35						235.0	214	123	85		116							1.404	8.2		4.4			WFL · TL
1929	28	CHC	NL	5	4	.556	4.64	32	4	15	0	0	2	64.0	82	39	33	2	29	23	1	1	2	294	99	1.734	11.5	0.3	4.1	3.2	0.79
1930	29	INA	AA	15	9	.625	5.18	35						233.0	270	162	134		110							1.631	10.4		4.2			INA · AA
1931	30	CLB,INA	AA	10	10	.500	5.23	37						191.0	222	133	111		72							1.539	10.5		3.4			CLB,INA · AA
1932	31	STL-min	A	11	6	.647	3.06	19	16					153.0	122	58	52		44							1.085	7.2		2.6			HSN · TL
1933	32	STL-min	A	21	11	.656	2.38	34						272.0	243	82	72		88							1.217	8.0		2.9			HSN · TL
1934	33	STL-min	A	13	11	.542	3.88	30						202.0	219	97	87		64							1.401	9.8		2.9			HSN · TL
1935	34	STL-min	A	15	11	.577	2.60	35	28					235.0	219	107	68		58							1.179	8.4		2.2			HSN · TL
1936	35	STL-min	A1	15	7	.682	3.54	30	23					183.0	202	89	72		46							1.355	9.9		2.3			HSN · TL
1937	36	STL-min	A1	4	16	.200	3.35	25	24					191.0	210	71	71		50							1.361	9.9		2.4			HSN · TL
6 Yrs				25	40	.385	4.59	144	61	43	21	0	6	551.1	587	315	281	24	285	201	22	4	16	2476	90	1.582	9.6	0.4	4.7	3.3	0.71
162 Game Avg.				8	13	.385	4.59	48	20	14	7	0	2	183	195	104	93	8	95	67	7	1	5	821	90	1.582	9.6	0.4	4.7	3.3	0.71

CHW (3 yrs)				18	34	.346	4.75	88	52	18	20	0	3	424.2	444	246	224	18	229	154	19	3	8	1910	85	1.585	9.4	0.4	4.9	3.3	0.67
PIT (1 yr)				2	1	.667	3.35	23	4	10	0	0	1	53.2	55	25	20	3	24	21	1	0	6	236	125	1.472	9.2	0.5	4.0	3.5	0.88
NYG (1 yr)				0	1	.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	6	5	4	1	3	3	1	0	0	36	105	1.000	6.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00
CHC (1 yr)				5	4	.556	4.64	32	4	15	0	0	2	64.0	82	39	33	2	29	23	1	1	2	294	99	1.734	11.5	0.3	4.1	3.2	0.79

AL (3 yrs)				18	34	.346	4.75	88	52	18	20	0	3	424.2	444	246	224	18	229	154	19	3	8	1910	85	1.585	9.4	0.4	4.9	3.3	0.67
NL (3 yrs)				7	6	.538	4.05	56	9	25	1	0	3	126.2	143	69	57	6	56	47	3	1	8	566	108	1.571	10.2	0.4	4.0	3.3	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
1922	21	NYG	NL	9.0	1	1	5	5.00	4.12	0.37	0.00	96.0	3.60	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-0	.374	.499	$
1923	22	CHW	AL	215.1	40	26	110	4.60	4.89	0.06	0.00	100.1	4.84	6	0.6	1.0	-0.1	2.4	30	.515	.504	$
1924	23	CHW	AL	105.2	26	15	80	6.81	5.07	-0.28	0.00	95.9	5.12	-21	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-7	.427	.488	$
1925	24	CHW	AL	104.2	22	11	56	4.82	5.02	0.07	0.00	95.2	4.71	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.7	12	.494	.499	$

1927	26	PIT	NL	53.2	23	4	25	4.19	4.65	0.09	0.00	106.1	4.84	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.8	9	.517	.502	$

1929	28	CHC	NL	64.0	32	4	39	5.48	5.29	0.24	0.00	97.7	4.93	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.1	3	.488	.498	$
6 Seasons				552.1	144	61	315	5.13	4.96	0.02	0.00	98.6	4.86	-18	-1.5	1.0	-0.3	2.9	46	.489	.498	$

CHW (3 yrs)				425.2	88	52	246	5.20	4.97	-0.02	0.00	97.9	4.88	-17	-1.4	1.0	-0.2	2.1	34	.484	.497	$
PIT (1 yr)				53.2	23	4	25	4.19	4.65	0.09	0.00	106.1	4.84	4	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.8	9	.517	.502	$
NYG (1 yr)				9.0	1	1	5	5.00	4.12	0.37	0.00	96.0	3.60	-1	-0.1		-0.0	-0.1	-0	.374	.499	$
CHC (1 yr)				64.0	32	4	39	5.48	5.29	0.24	0.00	97.7	4.93	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.1	3	.488	.498	$

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
1927	26	PIT	NL	WS	L	NYY	0	0		3.86	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	11	1.286	11.6	3.9	0.0	7.7
1 WS							0	0		3.86	2	0	1	0	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	11	1.286	11.6	3.9	0.0	7.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1922	21	NYG	NL	37	2.7%	8.1%	8.1%			73%
1923	22	CHW	AL	955	0.6%	9.0%	11.2%	2.8%	13%	75%
1924	23	CHW	AL	491	1.0%	7.3%	13.7%	1.4%	6%	73%
1925	24	CHW	AL	465	1.5%	6.9%	11.8%	3.4%	15%	76%

1927	26	PIT	NL	236	1.3%	8.9%	10.2%			75%

1929	28	CHC	NL	294	0.7%	7.8%	9.9%	2.4%	9%	79%
6 Yrs				2478	1.0%	8.1%	11.5%	2.3%	10%	75%
MLB Averages					1.1%	7.2%	7.9%	3.0%	12%	80%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1922	21	0	1	.000	4.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	6	5	4	1	3	3	1	0	0	36	105	1.000	6.0	1.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	105
1923	22	12	14	.462	4.39	41	27	8	15	3	223.1	222	115	109	7	110	89	14	2	3	989	90	1.487	8.9	0.3	4.4	3.6	0.81	90
1924	23	15	26	.366	4.87	67	42	13	17	3	329.0	341	195	178	12	177	125	17	2	6	1481	82	1.574	9.3	0.3	4.8	3.4	0.71	82
1925	24	18	35	.340	4.73	89	53	18	21	3	433.2	450	251	228	19	232	157	20	3	8	1946	85	1.573	9.3	0.4	4.8	3.3	0.68	85
1926	25	18	35	.340	4.73	89	53	18	21	3	433.2	450	251	228	19	232	157	20	3	8	1946	85	1.573	9.3	0.4	4.8	3.3	0.68	85
1927	26	20	36	.357	4.58	112	57	28	21	4	487.1	505	276	248	22	256	178	21	3	14	2182	89	1.562	9.3	0.4	4.7	3.3	0.70	89
1928	27	20	36	.357	4.58	112	57	28	21	4	487.1	505	276	248	22	256	178	21	3	14	2182	89	1.562	9.3	0.4	4.7	3.3	0.70	89
1929	28	25	40	.385	4.59	144	61	43	21	6	551.1	587	315	281	24	285	201	22	4	16	2476	90	1.582	9.6	0.4	4.7	3.3	0.71	90

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1922	21	1	0	1.000	4.00	9.0	6	4	4	1	3	3	1	1.000	6.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	1.0	1
1923	22	11	13	.458	4.25	220.0	220	116	104	6	109	88	13	1.495	9.0	4.5	3.6	0.81	0.2	40
1924	23	4	8	.333	5.45	109.0	120	73	66	5	68	37	3	1.725	9.9	5.6	3.1	0.54	0.4	26
1925	24	5	6	.455	4.04	107.0	110	53	48	7	56	33	3	1.551	9.3	4.7	2.8	0.59	0.6	22

1927	26	4	2	.667	3.05	56.0	55	21	19	3	24	22	1	1.411	8.8	3.9	3.5	0.92	0.5	23

1929	28	4	3	.571	3.90	67.0	80	32	29	2	28	24	1	1.612	10.7	3.8	3.2	0.86	0.3	32
6 Yrs		29	32	.475	4.28	568.0	591	299	270	24	288	207	22	1.548	9.4		3.3	0.72	0.4	144

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1923 AL 3.611 (7th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1923 AL 107 (5th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1923 AL 105 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1927 NL 6 (2nd)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1923 AL 13 (4th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1929 NL 15 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 1 (1990), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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