Mike Fiore

Michael Gary Joseph Fiore

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 11, 1944 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Lafayette HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1968
Teams (by GP): Royals/RedSox/Cardinals/Padres/Orioles 1968-1972

Final Game: July 2, 1972
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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
1963	18	NYM-min	A	122	411	411		110	25	7	7						.268	.268	.414	.681		170							QUI · MIDW
1964	19	BAL-min	A	117	392	392		111	14	2	23						.283	.283	.505	.788		198							ABD · NORL
1965	20	BAL-min	A	134	440	440		141	23	1	24						.320	.320	.541	.861		238							TRI · NORW
1966	21	BAL-min	AAA,AA	105	433	338	62	91	12	7	15	46	7	5	88	73	.269	.422	.479	.902		162		3	2	2			ROC,ELM · IL,EL
1967	22	BAL-min	AA	19	60	51	7	9	0	0	0	4	0	1	9	9	.176	.300	.176	.476		9							ELM · EL
1968	23	BAL-min	AAA	108	455	376	68	102	19	3	19	62	3	3	67	75	.271	.390	.489	.880		184		7	4	1			ROC · IL
1968	23	BAL	AL	6	22	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.059	.273	.059	.332	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	/37
1969	24	KCR	AL	107	426	339	53	93	14	1	12	35	4	4	84	63	.274	.420	.428	.848	138	145	9	2	1	1	4	3/879
1970	25	TOT	AL	66	144	122	11	20	2	0	0	8	1	1	21	28	.164	.285	.180	.465	30	22	2	0	0	1	1	3/79
1970	25	KCR	AL	25	85	72	6	13	2	0	0	4	1	1	13	24	.181	.306	.208	.514	46	15	1	0	0	0	0	3
1970	25	BOS	AL	41	59	50	5	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	8	4	.140	.254	.140	.394	9	7	1	0	0	1	1	3/79
1971	26	BOS	AL	51	75	62	9	11	2	0	1	6	0	3	12	14	.177	.311	.258	.569	58	16	1	0	1	0	1	3
1972	27	STL-min	AAA	49	210	160	28	40	8	0	4	19	0	1	47	29	.250	.419	.375	.794		60		1	0	2			TUL · AA
1972	27	TOT	NL	24	20	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.063	.211	.063	.273	-17	1	1	0	1	0	1	/39
1972	27	STL	NL	17	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	/39
1972	27	SDP	NL	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-55	0	0	0	0	0	1
1973	28	NYY-ATL-min	AAA	110	435	344	45	84	14	4	8	46	2	0	74	55	.244	.383	.378	.761		130		5	9	3			SYR,RMD · IL
1974	29	BAL-min	AAA	119	437	339	64	90	21	2	15	63	0	1	89	46	.265	.411	.472	.883		160		0	2	7			ROC · IL
1975	30	BAL-min	AAA	79	249	194	36	52	3	1	5	40	1	0	49	23	.268	.407	.371	.778		72		0	1	5			ROC · IL
1976	31	BAL-min	AAA	109	443	358	54	96	16	2	12	64	0	0	78	48	.268	.395	.425	.820		152		1	0	6			ROC · IL
1977	32	BAL-min	AAA	109	434	348	64	99	13	3	19	57	0	1	80	46	.284	.418	.503	.921		175		1	3	2			ROC · IL
1978	33	PIT-min	AAA	36	127	109	9	25	5	0	1	7	0	0	15	19	.229	.323	.303	.625		33		0	3	0			CLB · IL
5 Yrs				254	687	556	75	126	18	1	13	50	5	8	124	115	.227	.369	.333	.702	97	185	13	3	3	2	7
162 Game Avg.				162	438	355	48	80	11	1	8	32	3	5	79	73	.227	.369	.333	.702	97	118	8	2	2	1	4

KCR (2 yrs)				132	511	411	59	106	16	1	12	39	5	5	97	87	.258	.401	.389	.790	122	160	10	2	1	1	4
BOS (2 yrs)				92	134	112	14	18	2	0	1	10	0	3	20	18	.161	.286	.205	.491	36	23	2	0	1	1	2
STL (1 yr)				17	13	10	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	4	1	1	0	1	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.143	.000	.143	-55	0	0	0	0	0	1
BAL (1 yr)				6	22	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.059	.273	.059	.332	6	1	0	1	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				230	667	540	75	125	18	1	13	49	5	8	121	109	.231	.374	.341	.715	101	184	12	3	2	2	6
NL (1 yr)				24	20	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.063	.211	.063	.273	-17	1	1	0	1	0	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
1968	23	BAL	AL	6	22	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.461	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/37
1969	24	KCR	AL	107	426	23	0	-0	-3	-6	14	1.5	12	26	2.6	.514	.509	3.0	-1.1	29	$10,000	3/879
1970	25	KCR	AL	25	85	-4	-0	-0	-0	-1	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.4	.473	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$17,000	3
1970	25	BOS	AL	41	59	-7	0	0	0	-1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.481	.495	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$	3/79
1971	26	BOS	AL	51	75	-2	-1	-0	2	-0	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.1	.493	.498	-0.3	0.1	-2	$21,000	3
1972	27	STL	NL	17	13	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$24,000	/39
1972	27	SDP	NL	7	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.471	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
5 Seasons				254	687	4	-1	-0	-2	-9	-7	-1.0	20	13	1.0	.497	.499	1.3	-1.2	15	$72,000

KCR (2 yrs)				132	511	19	-0	-0	-3	-7	8	0.8	14	22	2.2	.506	.503	2.6	-1.2	25	$27,000
BOS (2 yrs)				92	134	-9	-1	0	2	-1	-10	-1.1	4	-5	-0.7	.488	.497	-0.9	0.0	-7	$21,000
STL (1 yr)				17	13	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$24,000
SDP (1 yr)				7	7	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.471	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
BAL (1 yr)				6	22	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.461	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
1968	23	BAL	AL	22	16	1	1.7	80	.077	.059	.238	.273	.307	.059	.352	.332	.659	6	.206	-1.7	-0.2	.375	.235	.000
1969	24	KCR	AL	426	261	66	6.8	95	.306	.274	.254	.420	.331	.428	.384	.848	.715	138	.706	22.8	2.3	.892	.401	.153	6.0
1970	25	TOT	AL	144	106	7	1.8	100	.211	.164	.261	.285	.336	.180	.398	.465	.734	30	.166	-11.3	-1.2	.410	.189	.016	.0
1970	25	KCR	AL	85	61	5	2.2	97	.271	.181	.257	.306	.331	.208	.392	.514	.723	46	.227	-4.9	-0.5	.459	.208	.028	.0
1970	25	BOS	AL	59	45	2	1.2	104	.149	.140	.267	.254	.343	.140	.407	.394	.750	9	.088	-6.4	-0.7	.341	.160	.000
1971	26	BOS	AL	75	56	5	2.4	99	.213	.177	.264	.311	.337	.258	.392	.569	.729	58	.280	-3.3	-0.4	.455	.226	.081	.0
1972	27	TOT	NL	20	17	0	0.0	89	.100	.063	.252	.211	.320	.063	.373	.273	.693	-17	.000	-2.4	-0.3	.250	.188	.000
1972	27	STL	NL	13	11	0	0.0	91	.143	.100	.256	.250	.324	.100	.377	.350	.701	4	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.300	.200	.000
1972	27	SDP	NL	7	6	0	0.0	85	.000	.000	.247	.143	.314	.000	.365	.143	.679	-55	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
5 Yrs				687	456	79	4.7	96	.263	.227	.256	.369	.332	.333	.387	.702	.718	97	.550	4.1	0.3	.685	.324	.106	7.2
162 Game Avg.				438	291	50	4.7	96	.263	.227	.256	.369	.332	.333	.387	.702	.718	97	.550	3	0	.685	.324	.106	5

KCR (2 yrs)				511	322	71	5.9	95	.300	.258	.255	.401	.331	.389	.385	.790	.716	122	.651	17.9	1.8	.809	.367	.131	7.1
BOS (2 yrs)				134	101	7	1.9	101	.181	.161	.265	.286	.340	.205	.399	.491	.738	36	.188	-9.6	-1.0	.404	.196	.045	.0
STL (1 yr)				13	11	0	0.0	91	.143	.100	.256	.250	.324	.100	.377	.350	.701	4	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.300	.200	.000
SDP (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	85	.000	.000	.247	.143	.314	.000	.365	.143	.679	-55	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
BAL (1 yr)				22	16	1	1.7	80	.077	.059	.238	.273	.307	.059	.352	.332	.659	6	.206	-1.7	-0.2	.375	.235	.000

AL (4 yrs)				667	439	79	4.8	96	.267	.231	.256	.374	.332	.341	.387	.715	.719	101	.566	6.5	0.6	.701	.328	.109	7.2
NL (1 yr)				20	17	0	0.0	89	.100	.063	.252	.211	.320	.063	.373	.273	.693	-17	.000	-2.4	-0.3	.250	.188	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1968	23	BAL	AL	22	0.0%	18.2%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.3			0.50	59%
1969	24	KCR	AL	426	2.8%	14.8%	19.7%	6.3%	29%	0.75	5.4	28.3	9.7	0.86	62%
1970	25	TOT	AL	144	0.0%	19.4%	14.6%	1.4%	10%	1.33	4.4		15.3	0.83	66%
1970	25	KCR	AL	85	0.0%	28.2%	15.3%	2.4%	15%	1.85	3.0		18.0	0.84	56%
1970	25	BOS	AL	59	0.0%	6.8%	13.6%	0.0%	0%	0.50	12.5		12.5	0.82	80%
1971	26	BOS	AL	75	1.3%	18.7%	16.0%	4.0%	27%	1.17	4.4	62.0	10.3	0.85	63%
1972	27	TOT	NL	20	0.0%	30.0%	15.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	2.7		16.0	0.57	50%
1972	27	STL	NL	13	0.0%	23.1%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	1.50	3.3		10.0	1.00	54%
1972	27	SDP	NL	7	0.0%	42.9%	14.3%	0.0%		3.00	2.0			0.00	43%
5 Yrs				687	1.9%	16.7%	18.1%	4.7%	25%	0.93	4.8	42.8	11.1	0.82	63%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.0%	8.6%	5.9%	27%	1.74	5.9	45.0	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	23	BAL	AL	-1.8	-0.2	23	0.1	0.4	-0.3	1.01	-0.1	0.2	-1.3	-0.1	0.94	-1.2		0
1969	24	KCR	AL	22.8	2.3	444	2.6	9.7	-7.0	1.09	2.9	-0.4	17.6	1.8	0.93	30.3	2.15	6
1970	25	TOT	AL	-11.3	-1.2	146	-1.3	2.0	-3.3	1.26	-1.0	-0.1	-11.1	-1.1	1.01	-11.7	1.83	26
1970	25	KCR	AL	-4.9	-0.5	87	-0.8	1.3	-2.0	1.28	-0.5	-0.1	-5.5	-0.6	0.98	-6.1	0.90	5
1970	25	BOS	AL	-6.4	-0.7	59	-0.5	0.7	-1.2	1.23	-0.5	0.0	-5.6	-0.6	1.05	-5.7	2.05	21
1971	26	BOS	AL	-3.3	-0.4	79	-0.3	1.2	-1.5	1.13	-0.2	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	0.97	-2.3	1.39	33
1972	27	TOT	NL	-2.4	-0.3	20	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.38	-0.3	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	1.00	-2.7	1.28	16
1972	27	STL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	13	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.28	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.11	-1.3	1.09	10
1972	27	SDP	NL	-1.2	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.58	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.80	-1.3	1.58	6
5 Yrs				4.1	0.4	712	0.7	13.3	-12.6	1.13	1.2	-0.6	-1.2	-0.1	0.95	12.4	1.57	81

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1968	23	BAL	AL	0	33%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1969	24	KCR	AL	8	25%	223	4	4	50%	4	4	3	1	4	15	51%	22	14	8	4	2	1	17	3	13
1970	25	TOT	AL	1	27%	47	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	1	50%	7	4	3	2	2	0	3	0	3
1970	25	KCR	AL	1	23%	31	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	1	38%	3	3	0	2	2	0	3	0	3
1970	25	BOS	AL	0	33%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	75%	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	26	BOS	AL	2	36%	26	0	3	0%	0	3	1	0	0	2	38%	6	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
1972	27	TOT	NL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	27	STL	NL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	27	SDP	NL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				11	26%	310	5	8	38%	5	8	4	1	5	19	51%	36	22	14	7	5	1	22	3	18

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
1968	23	BAL	AL	22	59%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	5	2	40%	13	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1969	24	KCR	AL	426	84%	93			6	4	0	2	2.15	12	0	3	12	0	5	7	0	1	1	100%	87	9	10%	42	7	17%	227	24	11%	23	5	22%	14	6	43%	0
1970	25	TOT	AL	144	67%	20			26	5	0	3	1.83	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		31	2	6%	18	4	22%	107	8	7%	12	3	25%	6	3	50%	0
1970	25	KCR	AL	85	55%	13			5	0	0	0	0.90	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	1	6%	11	2	18%	55	4	7%	7	0	0%	5	3	60%	0
1970	25	BOS	AL	59	83%	7			21	5	0	3	2.05	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	1	7%	7	2	29%	52	4	8%	5	3	60%	1	0	0%	0
1971	26	BOS	AL	75	96%	11			33	8	1	2	1.39	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	6	3	50%	52	5	10%	4	1	25%	2	2	100%	0
1972	27	TOT	NL	20	100%	1			16	1	0	1	1.28	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	1	14%	2	1	50%	15	1	7%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1972	27	STL	NL	13	100%	1			10	1	0	1	1.09	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	2	1	50%	11	1	9%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1972	27	SDP	NL	7	100%	0			6	0	0	0	1.58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				687	81%	126			81	18	1	8	1.57	13	0	12	13	0	6	7	0	3	3	100%	137	13	9%	73	17	23%	414	38	9%	43	10	23%	23	12	52%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			75%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

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
1968	23	6	22	17	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.059	.273	.059	.332	6	1	0	1	0	0	0
1969	24	113	448	356	55	94	14	1	12	35	4	4	88	67	.264	.413	.410	.823	132	146	9	3	1	1	4
1970	25	179	592	478	66	114	16	1	12	43	5	5	109	95	.238	.382	.351	.733	106	168	11	3	1	2	5
1971	26	230	667	540	75	125	18	1	13	49	5	8	121	109	.231	.374	.341	.715	101	184	12	3	2	2	6
1972	27	254	687	556	75	126	18	1	13	50	5	8	124	115	.227	.369	.333	.702	97	185	13	3	3	2	7

Neutralized Batting

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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
1968	23	6	22	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	.000	.227	.000	.227	0	6
1969	24	107	437	344	58	98	15	1	13	38	4	89	63	.285	.433	.448	.881	66	107
1970	25	66	146	123	12	21	2	0	0	9	1	22	28	.171	.295	.187	.482	7	66
1971	26	51	75	62	9	11	2	0	1	6	0	12	14	.177	.311	.258	.569	5	51
1972	27	25	21	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.000	.150	.000	.150	0	24
5 Yrs		255	701	563	79	130	19	1	14	53	5	130	115	.231	.377	.343	.720	78	254
162 Game Avg.		162	445	358	50	83	12	1	9	34	3	83	73	.231	.377	.343	.720	50	254

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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