Mike Figga

Michael Anthony Figga

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 31, 1970 in Tampa, FL
High School: Plant HS (Tampa, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 44th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed May 21, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1997
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Yankees 1997-1999

Final Game: October 3, 1999
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More Stats

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
1990	19	NYY-min	Rk	40	142	123	19	35	1	1	2	18	4	2	17	33	.285	.373	.358	.731		44		1	0	1	2		YNK · GULF
1991	20	NYY-min	A+	55	196	174	15	34	6	0	3	17	2	1	19	51	.195	.273	.282	.555		49	9	0	2	1	0		PRW · CARL
1992	21	NYY-min	A+	83	279	259	12	46	14	0	1	15	4	1	15	81	.178	.228	.243	.472		63	7	2	3	0	1		FTL,PRW · FLOR,CARL
1993	22	NYY-min	A+,AA	89	356	330	51	87	17	1	25	73	3	3	19	93	.264	.305	.548	.854		181	7	2	2	3	0		SBR,ALC · CALL,EL
1994	23	NYY-min	A+,AA	112	452	422	49	117	18	5	15	75	3	0	22	95	.277	.313	.450	.763		190	12	2	1	5	1		TAM,ALC · FLOR,EL
1995	24	NYY-min	AA,AAA	117	480	424	61	115	23	4	14	64	1	0	46	95	.271	.340	.443	.783		188	10	1	3	6	3		NCH,CLB · EL,IL
1996	25	NYY-min	AAA	4	12	11	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.273	.333	.364	.697		4	0	0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1997	26	NYY-min	AAA	110	414	390	48	95	14	4	12	54	3	3	18	104	.244	.278	.392	.671		153	9	2	1	3	0		CLB · IL
1997	26	NYY	AL	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2D
1998	27	NYY-min	AAA	123	499	461	57	129	30	3	26	95	2	2	35	109	.280	.333	.527	.860		243	15	2	0	1	4		CLB · IL
1998	27	NYY	AL	1	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1999	28	TOT	AL	43	91	86	12	19	4	0	1	5	0	2	2	27	.221	.236	.302	.538	40	26	1	0	2	1	0	2
1999	28	NYY	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1999	28	BAL	AL	41	91	86	12	19	4	0	1	5	0	2	2	27	.221	.236	.302	.538	40	26	1	0	2	1	0	2
2000	29	LAD-BOS-min	AA,AAA	68	237	218	27	53	9	0	9	31	0	0	17	59	.243	.300	.408	.708		89	7	1	0	1	0		SAN,ABQ,TRE,PAW · TL,PCL,EL,IL
2001	30	NYY-NYM-min	AAA,A+,AA	70	249	236	25	56	9	1	10	34	0	2	8	58	.237	.262	.411	.673		97	4	1	1	3	1		NFK,CLB,SCE,BNG · IL,FLOR,EL
2002	31	TBD-min	A+,AA,AAA	35	134	123	14	34	5	0	6	24	0	0	7	34	.276	.313	.463	.776		57	6	0	3	1	1		BAK,ORL,DHM,PUE · CALL,SOUL,IL,MEX
3 Yrs				46	99	94	13	20	4	0	1	5	0	2	2	31	.213	.227	.287	.514	33	27	1	0	2	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	349	331	46	70	14	0	4	18	0	7	7	109	.213	.227	.287	.514	33	95	4	0	7	4	0

NYY (3 yrs)				5	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	0	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				41	91	86	12	19	4	0	1	5	0	2	2	27	.221	.236	.302	.538	40	26	1	0	2	1	0

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
1997	26	NYY	AL	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.450	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2D
1998	27	NYY	AL	1	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.471	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
1999	28	NYY	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$203,650	/2
1999	28	BAL	AL	41	91	-8	-1	0	-3	2	-11	-1.0	3	-8	-0.7	.475	.494	-0.4	-0.1	-5	$203,650	2
3 Seasons				46	99	-10	-1	0	-3	2	-12	-1.1	3	-9	-0.8	.475	.498	-0.5	-0.1	-6	$407,300

NYY (3 yrs)				5	8	-2	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$203,650
BAL (1 yr)				41	91	-8	-1	0	-3	2	-11	-1.0	3	-8	-0.7	.475	.494	-0.4	-0.1	-5	$203,650

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO
1997	NYY	AL	26	C	1	1	1	9.0	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	6.00	6.00	.992	7.20	7.10	0	0	0	0			0
1997	NYY	AL	26	DH	1	0
1998	NYY	AL	27	C	1	1	1	9.0	4	3	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	4.00	4.00	.990	7.10	7.00	0	0	0	0			0
1999	TOT	AL	28	C	43	26	19	248.0	188	171	12	5	1	.973	-3	-15	6.64	4.26	.991	6.98	6.87	2	13	22	7	24%	33%	0
1999	NYY	AL	28	C	2	0	0	2.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	13.50	1.50	.990	7.20	6.85	0	0	0	0			0
1999	BAL	AL	28	C	41	26	19	246.0	185	168	12	5	1	.973	-3	-15	6.59	4.39	.991	6.98	6.87	2	13	22	7	24%	33%	0
	3 Seasons			C	45	28	21	266.0	198	180	13	5	1	.975	-3	-14	6.53	4.29	.991	6.99	6.88	2	13	22	7	24%	33%	0
	3 Seasons			TOT	45	28	21	266.0	198	180	13	5	1	.975	-3	-14	6.53	4.29	.991	6.99	6.88	2	13	22	7	24%	33%	0

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 5, 1989: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 44th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 1990.
June 3, 1999: Selected off waivers by the Baltimore Orioles from the New York Yankees.
November 18, 1999: Selected off waivers by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the Baltimore Orioles.
December 21, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1999	28	Baltimore Orioles	$203,650	11/19/99 USA Today
	28	New York Yankees	$203,650	4/6/99 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$407,300

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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