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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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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
1973 22 HOU NL 6 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .222 .000 .222 -33 0 0 0 0 0 1 /79
1974 23 HOU NL 15 15 15 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .067 .067 .067 .133 -62 1 1 0 0 0 0
1975 24 HOU NL 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 25 CAL AL 21 59 54 6 13 1 1 0 4 1 1 2 11 .241 .259 .296 .555 68 16 1 0 1 2 1 D
1977 26 PIT NL 10 19 18 3 8 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 .444 .421 .722 1.143 198 13 0 0 0 1 0 /97
1979 28 PIT NL 55 62 54 8 15 1 1 2 11 0 1 8 13 .278 .371 .444 .815 118 24 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1980 29 PIT NL 132 445 393 66 133 27 3 21 74 5 9 43 65 .338 .396 .583 .978 167 229 7 0 0 9 6 *79 MVP-20
1981 30 PIT NL 95 369 339 43 97 18 5 7 42 4 7 24 45 .286 .328 .431 .759 111 146 10 0 0 6 7 *79 AS
1982 31 PIT NL 142 526 475 52 131 27 2 15 58 1 1 40 85 .276 .337 .436 .773 112 207 11 6 1 4 12 *7/9
1983 32 PIT NL 115 408 381 44 117 17 2 10 54 4 2 22 64 .307 .349 .441 .790 116 168 10 3 1 1 1 7
1984 33 BOS AL 156 666 601 87 188 31 5 27 91 1 1 58 134 .313 .376 .516 .892 140 310 8 4 1 2 4 *D3
1985 34 BOS AL 155 631 568 71 149 29 4 16 74 0 1 53 129 .262 .325 .412 .737 98 234 15 3 0 7 1 *D7/9
1986 35 NYY AL 146 546 490 64 148 26 2 14 78 3 2 49 87 .302 .362 .449 .811 121 220 17 0 2 5 13 *D/79
1987 36 TOT MLB 98 301 277 20 78 10 0 5 31 1 1 20 52 .282 .329 .372 .701 86 103 5 1 0 3 0 7D/9
1987 36 PHI NL 33 117 110 7 31 4 0 1 10 0 1 6 20 .282 .316 .345 .662 74 38 1 0 0 1 0 7
1987 36 NYY AL 65 184 167 13 47 6 0 4 21 1 0 14 32 .281 .337 .389 .726 93 65 4 1 0 2 0 D7/9
14 Seasons 1151 4061 3677 465 1078 189 25 118 522 20 26 321 696 .293 .349 .454 .804 118 1671 85 17 6 40 46
162 Game Avg. 162 572 518 65 152 27 4 17 73 3 4 45 98 .293 .349 .454 .804 118 235 12 2 1 6 6
PIT (6 yrs) 549 1829 1660 216 501 92 13 56 244 14 20 137 273 .302 .354 .474 .828 127 787 38 9 2 21 26
HOU (3 yrs) 26 29 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 .037 .103 .037 .140 -59 1 1 0 0 0 1
BOS (2 yrs) 311 1297 1169 158 337 60 9 43 165 1 2 111 263 .288 .351 .465 .816 119 544 23 7 1 9 5
NYY (2 yrs) 211 730 657 77 195 32 2 18 99 4 2 63 119 .297 .356 .434 .790 114 285 21 1 2 7 13
PHI (1 yr) 33 117 110 7 31 4 0 1 10 0 1 6 20 .282 .316 .345 .662 74 38 1 0 0 1 0
CAL (1 yr) 21 59 54 6 13 1 1 0 4 1 1 2 11 .241 .259 .296 .555 68 16 1 0 1 2 1
NL (10 yrs) 608 1975 1797 224 533 96 13 57 254 14 21 145 303 .297 .348 .460 .808 121 826 40 9 2 22 27
AL (5 yrs) 543 2086 1880 241 545 93 12 61 268 6 5 176 393 .290 .350 .449 .800 116 845 45 8 4 18 19

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1979 28 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 28 PIT NL WS BAL W 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1981 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 NL (20, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1984 AL  .313 (6th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1980 NL  .583 (5th)**
1984 AL  .516 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1980 NL  .978 (5th)**
1984 AL  .892 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  188 (5th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1984 AL  310 (5th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1984 AL  134 (5th)
1985 AL  129 (5th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1984 AL  118 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1980 NL  37 (3rd)
1984 AL  32 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1980 NL  3.7 (3rd)
1984 AL  3.2 (9th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1984 AL  63 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1984 AL  250 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1984 AL  .714 (5th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1982 NL  6 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 NL  9 (5th)
1981 NL  6 (6th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1986 AL  13 (3rd)

AB per HR s c a p y
1980 NL  18.7 (10th)**

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 13 (1233), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 13 (1009), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 16 (1000), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 5, 1969: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 14th round of the 1969 amateur draft. Player signed July 4, 1969.

June 25, 1975: Traded by the Houston Astros to the St. Louis Cardinals for a player to be named later. The St. Louis Cardinals sent Mike Barlow (September 30, 1975) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

September 3, 1976: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the California Angels for a player to be named later. The California Angels sent Ron Farkas (minors) (September 7, 1976) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.

April 4, 1977: Traded by the California Angels to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Randy Sealy (minors).

October 27, 1978: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

March 15, 1979: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Pittsburgh Pirates for George Hill (minors), Martin Rivas (minors) and cash.

December 6, 1983: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Boston Red Sox for John Tudor.

March 28, 1986: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for Don Baylor.

December 11, 1986: Traded by the New York Yankees with Tom Barrett to the Philadelphia Phillies for Jeff Knox (minors) and Charles Hudson.

June 10, 1987: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the New York Yankees for Keith Hughes and Shane Turner.

December 21, 1987: Released by the New York Yankees.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Boston Red Sox$650,000
1986New York Yankees$658,333
1987Philadelphia Phillies$700,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,008,333
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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