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Mike Fornieles
Jose Miguel (Torres) Fornieles
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 172 lb.

Born: January 18, 1932 in Havana, Cuba
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1952
Final Game: July 14, 1963
Died: February 11, 1998 in St.Petersburg, FL
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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1952 20 WSH AL 2 2 .500 1.37 4 2 2 2 1 0 26.1 13 4 4 1 11 12 0 0 0 104 261 0.911 4.4 0.3 3.8 4.1 1.09
1953 21 CHW AL 8 7 .533 3.59 39 16 7 5 0 3 153.0 160 68 61 8 61 72 2 1 2 664 112 1.444 9.4 0.5 3.6 4.2 1.18
1954 22 CHW AL 1 2 .333 4.29 15 6 3 0 0 1 42.0 41 24 20 4 14 18 0 0 0 179 87 1.310 8.8 0.9 3.0 3.9 1.29
1955 23 CHW AL 6 3 .667 3.86 26 9 11 2 0 2 86.1 84 37 37 12 29 3 23 2 0 2 365 102 1.309 8.8 1.3 3.0 2.4 0.79
1956 24 TOT AL 4 8 .333 4.05 36 11 9 1 1 1 126.2 131 68 57 8 31 3 59 0 1 3 523 97 1.279 9.3 0.6 2.2 4.2 1.90
1956 24 CHW AL 0 1 .000 4.60 6 0 0 0 0 0 15.2 22 9 8 1 6 1 6 0 0 0 79 90 1.787 12.6 0.6 3.4 3.4 1.00
1956 24 BAL AL 4 7 .364 3.97 30 11 9 1 1 1 111.0 109 59 49 7 25 2 53 0 1 3 444 98 1.207 8.8 0.6 2.0 4.3 2.12
1957 25 TOT AL 10 13 .435 3.75 40 22 8 8 2 2 182.1 193 91 76 11 55 5 107 3 0 3 796 103 1.360 9.5 0.5 2.7 5.3 1.95
1957 25 BAL AL 2 6 .250 4.26 15 4 4 1 1 0 57.0 57 30 27 4 17 2 43 0 0 2 240 84 1.298 9.0 0.6 2.7 6.8 2.53
1957 25 BOS AL 8 7 .533 3.52 25 18 4 7 1 2 125.1 136 61 49 7 38 3 64 3 0 1 556 113 1.388 9.8 0.5 2.7 4.6 1.68
1958 26 BOS AL 4 6 .400 4.96 37 7 11 1 0 1 110.2 123 62 61 10 33 0 49 6 0 2 481 81 1.410 10.0 0.8 2.7 4.0 1.48
1959 27 BOS AL 5 3 .625 3.07 46 0 26 0 0 11 82.0 77 29 28 6 29 3 54 1 0 2 342 131 1.293 8.5 0.7 3.2 5.9 1.86
1960 28 BOS AL 10 5 .667 2.64 70 0 48 0 0 14 109.0 86 38 32 6 49 7 64 6 0 5 461 151 1.239 7.1 0.5 4.0 5.3 1.31 MVP-28
1961 29 BOS AL 9 8 .529 4.68 57 2 42 1 0 15 119.1 121 65 62 18 54 7 70 2 0 5 526 89 1.466 9.1 1.4 4.1 5.3 1.30 AS
1962 30 BOS AL 3 6 .333 5.36 42 1 21 0 0 5 82.1 96 57 49 14 37 4 36 8 0 6 373 77 1.615 10.5 1.5 4.0 3.9 0.97
1963 31 TOT AL 1 1 .500 5.40 20 0 7 0 0 0 36.2 40 24 22 0 18 0 12 2 0 4 169 69 1.582 9.8 0.0 4.4 2.9 0.67
1963 31 BOS AL 0 0 6.43 9 0 6 0 0 0 14.0 16 10 10 0 5 0 5 0 0 0 63 59 1.500 10.3 0.0 3.2 3.2 1.00
1963 31 MIN AL 1 1 .500 4.76 11 0 1 0 0 0 22.2 24 14 12 0 13 0 7 2 0 4 106 77 1.632 9.5 0.0 5.2 2.8 0.54
12 Seasons 63 64 .496 3.96 432 76 195 20 4 55 1156.2 1165 567 509 98 421 32 576 32 2 34 4983 100 1.371 9.1 0.8 3.3 4.5 1.37
162 Game Avg. 8 9 .496 3.96 58 10 26 3 1 7 155 156 76 68 13 56 77 4 0 5 667 100 1.371 9.1 0.8 3.3 4.5 1.37
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
BOS (7 yrs) 39 35 .527 4.08 286 28 158 9 1 48 642.2 655 322 291 61 245 24 342 26 0 21 2802 99 1.400 9.2 0.9 3.4 4.8 1.40
CHW (4 yrs) 15 13 .536 3.82 86 31 21 7 0 6 297.0 307 138 126 25 110 4 119 4 1 4 1287 104 1.404 9.3 0.8 3.3 3.6 1.08
MIN (2 yrs) 3 3 .500 2.94 15 2 3 2 1 0 49.0 37 18 16 1 24 0 19 2 0 4 210 123 1.245 6.8 0.2 4.4 3.5 0.79
BAL (2 yrs) 6 13 .316 4.07 45 15 13 2 2 1 168.0 166 89 76 11 42 4 96 0 1 5 684 93 1.238 8.9 0.6 2.3 5.1 2.29

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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
1952 20 WSH AL 4 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1953 21 CHW AL 39 51 41 2 4 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 5 .098 .119 .122 .241 -36 5 1 0 9 1
1954 22 CHW AL 16 12 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545 48 3 1 0 1 0 1
1955 23 CHW AL 28 31 29 6 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .103 .103 .138 .241 -36 4 0 0 2 0 0 1
1956 24 TOT AL 39 37 35 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .171 .171 .229 .400 8 8 1 0 2 0 0 1
1956 24 CHW AL 6 6 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .400 .600 55 2 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1956 24 BAL AL 33 31 30 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .167 .167 .200 .367 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
1957 25 TOT AL 42 67 62 4 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .177 .203 .177 .381 4 11 0 0 3 0 0 1
1957 25 BAL AL 16 19 18 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .278 .278 .278 .556 58 5 0 0 1 0 0 1
1957 25 BOS AL 26 48 44 3 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .136 .174 .136 .310 -16 6 0 0 2 0 0 1
1958 26 BOS AL 37 29 29 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .207 .207 .207 .414 12 6 1 0 0 0 0 1
1959 27 BOS AL 46 19 19 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .158 .158 .211 .368 -1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1960 28 BOS AL 70 17 15 2 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .400 .400 .400 .800 115 6 0 0 2 0 0 1 MVP-28
1961 29 BOS AL 57 33 32 2 5 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 8 .156 .156 .281 .438 14 9 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
1962 30 BOS AL 42 17 16 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .188 .188 .188 .375 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1
1963 31 TOT AL 20 9 9 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 .222 .222 .556 .778 108 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
1963 31 BOS AL 9 3 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .667 1.000 169 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 31 MIN AL 11 6 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .500 .667 77 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
12 Seasons 440 332 308 25 52 7 1 1 16 1 0 3 63 .169 .177 .208 .385 3 64 5 0 21 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 122 113 9 19 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 23 .169 .177 .208 .385 3 24 2 0 8
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
BOS (7 yrs) 287 166 158 10 30 3 0 1 9 0 0 2 35 .190 .200 .228 .428 14 36 2 0 6 0 0
CHW (4 yrs) 89 100 86 10 11 3 0 0 6 1 0 1 11 .128 .138 .163 .301 -20 14 2 0 13 0 0
MIN (2 yrs) 15 16 16 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 .063 .063 .188 .250 -32 3 0 0 0 0 0
BAL (2 yrs) 49 50 48 3 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .208 .208 .229 .437 21 11 1 0 2 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1952 WSH AL 20 P 4 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.25 .960 1.02
1953 CHW AL 21 P 39 48 16 30 2 2 .958 1.18 .956 0.88
1954 CHW AL 22 P 15 6 42.0 14 1 11 2 1 .857 2.57 0.80 .964 2.01 0.93
1955 CHW AL 23 P 26 9 86.1 20 1 18 1 2 .950 1.98 0.73 .955 1.99 0.83
1956 TOT AL 24 P 36 11 126.2 35 5 30 0 3 1.000 2.49 0.97 .946 1.92 0.82
1956 CHW AL 24 P 6 0 15.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.72 0.50 .933 1.90 0.82
1956 BAL AL 24 P 30 11 111.0 32 4 28 0 3 1.000 2.59 1.07 .947 1.92 0.82
1957 TOT AL 25 P 40 22 182.1 41 13 25 3 2 .927 1.88 0.95 .963 1.99 0.86
1957 BAL AL 25 P 15 4 57.0 15 5 10 0 1 1.000 2.37 1.00 .960 1.99 0.86
1957 BOS AL 25 P 25 18 125.1 26 8 15 3 1 .885 1.65 0.92 .965 1.99 0.86
1958 BOS AL 26 P 37 7 110.2 24 5 18 1 1 .958 1.87 0.62 .962 1.95 0.82
1959 BOS AL 27 P 46 0 82.0 19 5 13 1 0 .947 1.98 0.39 .958 2.05 0.85
1960 BOS AL 28 P 70 0 109.0 29 7 19 3 3 .897 2.15 0.37 .969 1.96 0.78 MVP-28
1961 BOS AL 29 P 57 2 119.0 38 12 25 1 2 .974 2.80 0.65 .953 2.05 0.83 AS
1962 BOS AL 30 P 42 1 82.1 20 5 14 1 1 .950 2.08 0.45 .960 2.08 0.79
1963 TOT AL 31 P 20 0 36.2 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.25 .960 1.99 0.79
1963 BOS AL 31 P 9 0 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 1.000 1.93 0.33 .967 1.99 0.79
1963 MIN AL 31 P 11 0 22.2 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.79 0.18 .950 1.99 0.79
12 Seasons P 432 58 977.0 298 74 209 15 17 .950 2.61 0.66 .958 1.99 0.83
12 Seasons TOT 432 58 977.0 298 74 209 15 17 .950 2.61 0.66 .908 1.99 0.83
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1961-1 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1960 AL (28, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1469th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  5.282 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1959 AL  46 (5th)
1960 AL  70 (1st)
1961 AL  57 (5th)

Saves s c a p y
1959 AL  11 (5th)
1960 AL  14 (1st)
1961 AL  15 (3rd)
Career  55 (241st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1957 AL  2 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1957 AL  1.945 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1957 AL  .543 (3rd)

Losses s c a p y
1957 AL  13 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1958 AL  6 (9th)
1962 AL  8 (9th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1959 AL  26 (5th)
1960 AL  48 (1st)
1961 AL  42 (4th)
Career  195 (235th)

Youngest s c a p y
1952 AL  born 1932-01-18 (6th)
1953 AL  born 1932-01-18 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (461), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 13 (1298), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1150), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

December 10, 1952: Traded by the Washington Senators to the Chicago White Sox for Chuck Stobbs.

May 21, 1956: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Connie Johnson, George Kell and Bob Nieman to the Baltimore Orioles for Dave Philley and Jim Wilson.

June 14, 1957: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles to the Boston Red Sox for Billy Goodman.

June 14, 1963: Purchased by the Minnesota Twins from the Boston Red Sox.

July 22, 1963: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

Before 1964 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

April 7, 1964: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.

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