Mike Easler
Michael Anthony Easler (Hit Man)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 196 lb.

Born: November 29, 1950 in Cleveland, OH
High School: Benedictine (Cleveland, OH)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed July 4, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1973
Final Game: October 4, 1987
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Cliff Johnson
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 HOU NL 22 OF 2 2 17.0 2 1 0 1 0 .500 -0.9 -63.5 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 0 0.53 0.50 1.000 2.22 1.95
1973 HOU NL 22 LF 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 1 0 .000 -0.7 -105.0 -0.7 -0.7 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.000 2.02 1.70
1973 HOU NL 22 RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -26.7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.00 1.80
1976 CAL AL 25 DH 16
1977 PIT NL 26 OF 4 3 30.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.3 12.0 0.3 0.0 0.3 0 2.10 1.75 .971 2.25 1.92
1977 PIT NL 26 RF 3 2 21.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 5.7 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 2.14 1.67 .980 2.10 1.77
1977 PIT NL 26 LF 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 26.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.00 2.00 .950 1.90 1.50
1979 PIT NL 28 OF 4 3 21.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.9 -51.4 -0.9 -0.5 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.00
1979 PIT NL 28 LF 2 2 14.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.7 -60.0 -0.7 -0.3 -0.4 0 0.00 0.00 1.99 1.60
1979 PIT NL 28 RF 2 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 -34.3 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.19 1.85
1980 PIT NL 29 OF 119 110 909.0 210 201 6 3 1 .986 -2.5 -3.3 -4.5 -4.0 -0.5 2 2.05 1.74 .980 2.31 1.98 MVP-20
1980 PIT NL 29 LF 91 87 641.2 143 135 6 2 1 .986 -3.4 -6.4 -4.4 -2.8 -1.6 1 1.98 1.55 .976 2.06 1.68 MVP-20
1980 PIT NL 29 RF 42 23 267.1 63 61 1 1 0 .984 0.9 4.0 -0.1 -1.2 1.1 1 2.09 1.48 .976 2.06 1.71 MVP-20
1981 PIT NL 30 OF 90 82 776.0 205 188 13 4 2 .980 -1.4 -2.2 -3.4 -0.9 -2.7 2 2.33 2.23 .980 2.33 2.02 AS
1981 PIT NL 30 LF 73 67 610.0 166 151 12 3 2 .982 1.9 3.7 -2.1 -0.2 -2.0 4 2.40 2.23 .975 2.12 1.79 AS
1981 PIT NL 30 RF 24 15 166.0 36 34 1 1 0 .972 -3.3 -23.9 -1.3 -0.7 -0.7 -2 1.90 1.46 .978 2.08 1.65 AS
1982 PIT NL 31 OF 138 127 1110.0 258 243 8 7 2 .973 -4.3 -4.6 -4.3 1.4 -5.8 0 2.04 1.82 .978 2.25 1.91
1982 PIT NL 31 LF 137 127 1102.0 261 246 8 7 2 .973 -3.8 -4.1 -3.8 1.4 -5.3 0 2.07 1.85 .973 2.08 1.60
1982 PIT NL 31 RF 3 0 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -75.0 -0.5 0.0 -0.5 0 0.00 0.00 2.02 1.63
1983 PIT NL 32 LF 105 97 843.2 168 156 6 6 1 .964 -7.2 -10.2 -8.2 -1.7 -6.5 1 1.73 1.54 .977 2.03 1.60
1983 PIT NL 32 OF 105 97 843.2 170 158 6 6 1 .965 -7.2 -10.2 -8.2 -1.7 -6.5 1 1.75 1.56 .981 2.27 1.92
1984 BOS AL 33 DH 126
1984 BOS AL 33 1B 29 29 251.0 292 256 29 7 21 .976 -0.8 -3.8 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 10.22 9.83 .991 9.75 8.25
1985 BOS AL 34 DH 130
1985 BOS AL 34 OF 20 20 151.1 35 32 0 3 0 .914 0.3 2.4 0.3 -0.3 0.7 0 1.90 1.60 .983 2.44 2.10
1985 BOS AL 34 LF 18 18 133.1 33 30 0 3 0 .909 0.3 2.7 0.3 -0.3 0.7 0 2.02 1.67 .979 2.25 1.77
1985 BOS AL 34 RF 2 2 18.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.50 1.50 .967 2.15 1.80
1986 NYY AL 35 DH 129
1986 NYY AL 35 OF 11 9 80.0 24 23 0 1 0 .958 0.7 10.5 1.7 0.9 0.7 -1 2.59 2.09 .979 2.38 2.06
1986 NYY AL 35 LF 8 6 57.0 18 17 0 1 0 .944 2.3 48.4 2.3 1.8 0.5 0 2.68 2.13 .978 2.24 1.78
1986 NYY AL 35 RF 3 3 23.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -1.6 -83.5 -0.6 -0.9 0.2 -1 2.35 2.00 .967 2.11 1.80
1987 TOT MLB 36 OF 45 44 340.0 79 73 5 1 2 .987 0.4 1.4 0.4 0.9 -0.5 0 2.06 1.73 .981 2.23 1.89
1987 TOT MLB 36 LF 44 43 331.0 80 74 5 1 2 .988 0.5 1.8 0.5 0.9 -0.4 0 2.15 1.80 .979 2.06 1.63
1987 PHI NL 36 LF 30 30 221.0 56 51 4 1 2 .982 2.5 13.6 1.5 2.2 -0.7 1 2.24 1.83 .980 2.04 1.58
1987 PHI NL 36 OF 30 30 221.0 54 49 4 1 2 .981 2.5 13.6 1.5 2.2 -0.7 1 2.16 1.77 .981 2.19 1.83
1987 NYY AL 36 DH 32
1987 NYY AL 36 OF 15 14 119.0 25 24 1 0 0 1.000 -2.1 -21.2 -1.1 -1.3 0.2 -1 1.89 1.67 .980 2.31 2.00
1987 NYY AL 36 LF 14 13 110.0 24 23 1 0 0 1.000 -2.0 -21.8 -1.0 -1.3 0.3 -1 1.96 1.71 .975 2.11 1.73
1987 NYY AL 36 RF 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -13.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.00 1.00 1.000 2.10 1.80
10 Seasons OF 538 497 4278.0 990 926 38 26 8 .974 -15.5 -4.3 -19.5 -4.9 -14.9 4 2.03 1.79 .980 2.29 1.96
10 Seasons LF 480 449 3749.2 872 811 37 24 8 .972 -10.6 -3.4 -16.6 -1.9 -14.8 6 2.04 1.77 .975 2.08 1.66
5 Seasons DH 433
9 Seasons RF 81 48 528.1 115 111 2 2 0 .983 -4.9 -11.1 -2.9 -3.0 -0.1 -2 1.92 1.40 .977 2.07 1.70
1 Season 1B 29 29 251.0 292 256 29 7 21 .976 -0.8 -3.8 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 10.22 9.83 .991 9.75 8.25
14 Seasons TOT 567 526 4529.0 1282 1182 67 33 29 .974 -16.3 -4.3 -20.3 -5.1 -15.5 4 0 2.48 2.20 .957 2.70 2.28
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1973 HOU NL 22 6 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 2 2
1974 HOU NL 23 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1975 HOU NL 24 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1976 CAL AL 25 21 13 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 5 3
1977 PIT NL 26 10 3 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 0 6 0
1979 PIT NL 28 55 3 55 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 51 0
1980 PIT NL 29 132 110 132 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 91 0 42 119 0 15 1
1981 PIT NL 30 95 82 95 90 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 0 24 90 0 8 1
1982 PIT NL 31 142 127 142 138 0 0 0 0 0 0 137 0 3 138 0 11 1
1983 PIT NL 32 115 97 115 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 105 0 0 105 0 17 0
1984 BOS AL 33 156 155 156 29 0 0 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 126 1 0
1985 BOS AL 34 155 149 155 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 2 20 129 6 0
1986 NYY AL 35 146 124 146 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 3 11 115 22 0
1987 NYY AL 36 65 43 65 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 15 29 22 0
1987 PHI NL 36 33 30 33 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 3 0
14 Seasons 1151 938 1151 571 0 0 29 0 0 0 480 0 81 538 412 189 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 HOU NL 22 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 36 61% 75% 19% 5 0%
1977 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 42% 89% 44% 3 67%
1979 PIT NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 62 60% 81% 24% 3 0%
1980 PIT NL 29 2 0 2 0 0 6 0 4 0 1 25 18 0 15 4 0 11 5 1 9 4 0 13 12 0 73 43 58.9% 29 1 1.4% 5 2794 61% 79% 26% 272 51%
1981 PIT NL 30 3 0 3 0 2 12 0 5 1 2 32 23 0 22 7 4 9 3 0 6 4 0 11 10 1 80 47 58.8% 28 5 6.3% 7 2690 55% 80% 27% 329 49%
1982 PIT NL 31 7 0 7 0 2 8 0 1 2 3 52 41 1 41 14 2 27 18 0 16 6 1 21 19 0 157 98 62.4% 55 4 2.5% 4 4914 60% 78% 24% 578 44%
1983 PIT NL 32 6 0 6 0 2 6 0 3 1 2 29 24 0 34 10 2 17 10 0 6 3 0 11 10 1 97 57 58.8% 37 3 3.1% 3 3741 59% 75% 24% 385 42%
1985 BOS AL 34 3 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 550 60% 77% 26% 35 86%
1986 NYY AL 35 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 223 56% 78% 33% 22 77%
1987 PHI NL 36 1 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 0 1 8 5 0 7 1 0 6 3 1 3 2 0 8 7 1 32 18 56.3% 12 2 6.3% 2 1004 66% 75% 32% 97 55%
1987 NYY AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 4 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 16 7 43.8% 9 0 0.0% 1 491 62% 79% 24% 51 47%
10 Seasons 24 0 24 0 11 37 0 15 4 9 157 117 1 125 37 8 71 40 2 41 20 1 69 63 3 463 277 59.8% 171 15 3.2% 22 16541 59% 78% 25% 1780 47%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.7% 58% 78% 27% 51%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 HOU NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 40 70% 80% 28% 1 100%
1977 PIT NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 85 71% 80% 28% 10 50%
1979 PIT NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 61% 81% 32% 0
1980 PIT NL 29 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11 7 0 5 2 0 3 2 0 5 2 0 7 6 0 31 19 61.3% 12 0 0.0% 1 1180 59% 78% 25% 130 48%
1981 PIT NL 30 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 0 15 3 20.0% 12 0 0.0% 1 736 61% 79% 31% 68 51%
1982 PIT NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35 69% 80% 14% 1 0%
1985 BOS AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 80 54% 71% 25% 3 100%
1986 NYY AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 110 55% 83% 31% 13 46%
1987 NYY AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 52% 82% 33% 2 50%
9 Seasons 2 0 2 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 22 10 0 8 2 0 4 2 0 9 3 0 13 9 0 56 26 46.4% 30 0 0.0% 2 2330 60% 79% 28% 228 50%
MLB Averages 43.1% 3.1% 58% 78% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 BOS AL 33 1149 59% 80% 26% 63 90% 0 259 7 250 2 32 27 17 3 0 0 7 2 5 0 5 21 0 0 2 19 1 2 1 1 1 100%
1 Season 1149 59% 80% 26% 63 90% 0 259 7 250 2 32 27 17 3 0 0 7 2 5 0 5 21 0 0 2 19 1 2 1 1 1 100%
MLB Averages 58% 78% 27% 94% 89%

* 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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