Mike Garcia

Michael R. Garcia

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: May 11, 1968 in Riverside, CA
High School: North Riverside HS (Riverside, CA)
School: Riverside Community College (Riverside, CA)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 55th round of the 1989 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1999
Team: Pirates 1999-2000

Final Game: May 20, 2000
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Standard Pitching

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
1989	21	DET-min	A-,Rk	5	4	.556	2.41	15	6	0	1	0	0	56.0	44	21	15	3	11	1	52	3	1	1			0.982	7.1	0.5	1.8	8.4	4.73	NFL,BRS · NYPL,APPY
1990	22	DET-min	A	12	8	.600	2.55	28	28	0	6	2	0	180.1	152	69	51	7	41	0	113	6	0	3			1.070	7.6	0.3	2.0	5.6	2.76	FAY · SALL
1991	23	DET-min	A+	6	8	.429	3.12	25	24	0	0	0	0	144.0	130	63	50	5	41	2	109	6	2	3	596		1.188	8.1	0.3	2.6	6.8	2.66	LAK · FLOR
1992	24	DET-min	AA	8	8	.500	3.89	27	20	3	1	1	0	136.2	149	69	59	10	35	1	92	4	0	2	581		1.346	9.8	0.7	2.3	6.1	2.63	LON · EL
1993	25	DET-min	AA	1	0	1.000	5.56	6	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	12	8	7	0	6	0	12	0	0	1	55		1.588	9.5	0.0	4.8	9.5	2.00	LON · EL
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1995		Did not play in major leagues (Mexico)
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Taiwan)
1997		Did not play in major leagues (Taiwan)
1998		Did not play in major leagues (Taiwan)
1999	31	PIT-min	AAA	0	2	.000	3.95	23	0	10	0	0	2	27.1	24	12	12	3	10	2	35	1	0	0	114		1.244	7.9	1.0	3.3	11.5	3.50	NVL · PCL
1999	31	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	1.29	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	25	376	0.714	2.6	1.3	3.9	11.6	3.00
2000	32	PIT-min	AAA	2	2	.500	3.55	24	0	3	0	0	0	33.0	31	17	13	3	8	0	31	0	0	0	137		1.182	8.5	0.8	2.2	8.5	3.88	NVL · PCL
2000	32	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	11.12	13	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	21	15	14	1	7	1	9	0	0	1	59	43	2.471	16.7	0.8	5.6	7.1	1.29
2001	33	PIT-min	AA,AAA	2	2	.500	4.35	30	0	24	0	0	7	31.0	36	15	15	3	8	0	26	2	0	0	135		1.419	10.5	0.9	2.3	7.5	3.25	ATO,MXD · EL,MEX
2002	34	BAL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	0.76	39	0	33	0	0	19	47.1	31	4	4	0	4	1	61	0	0	0	178		0.739	5.9	0.0	0.8	11.6	15.25	YUC,ROC · MEX,IL
2003	35	BAL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	2.20	46	0	36	0	0	20	49.0	39	17	12	2	18	1	61	2	0	2	207		1.163	7.2	0.4	3.3	11.2	3.39	OTT,YUC · IL,MEX
2006	38	CHC-min	AAA	2	3	.400	3.41	32	0	7	0	0	3	37.0	37	14	14	3	7	2	37	0	0	0	149		1.189	9.0	0.7	1.7	9.0	5.29	SLT,IWA · MEX,PCL
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	7.36	20	0	4	0	0	0	18.1	23	16	15	2	10	1	18	0	0	1	84	65	1.800	11.3	1.0	4.9	8.8	1.80
162 Game Avg.				3	7	.333	7.36	68	0	14	0	0	0	62	78	54	51	7	34	3	61	0	0	3	286	65	1.800	11.3	1.0	4.9	8.8	1.80

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1999	31	PIT	NL	7.0	7	1	1.29	5.05	0.01	-0.38	97.7	4.55	2	0.2	.6	-0.1	0.2	3	.535	.502	$
2000	32	PIT	NL	11.1	13	15	11.91	5.12	-0.43	-0.39	99.7	5.15	-9	-0.8	1.4	-0.2	-0.9	-7	.440	.495	$
2 Seasons				18.1	20	16	7.85	5.09	-0.26	-0.39	98.9	4.92	-6	-0.5	1.1	-0.2	-0.7	-4	.473	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1999	31	PIT	NL	7	25	22	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	9	.091	.200	.227	.427	.083	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	32	PIT	NL	13	59	49	15	21	5	0	1	2	2	7	9	.429	.475	.592	1.066	.476	29	0	0	0	3	1	0
2 Yrs				20	84	71	16	23	5	0	2	2	3	10	18	.324	.393	.479	.872	.389	34	0	0	0	3	1	0
162 Game Avg.				68	286	241	54	78	17	0	7	7	10	34	61	.324	.393	.479	.872	.389	116	0	0	0	10	3	0
MLB Averages																.271	.345	.436	.780	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1999	31	PIT	NL	2.8	0.3	25	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.56	0.3	0.1	2.6	0.3	0.56	3.4	0	3	4
2000	32	PIT	NL	-7.8	-0.7	64	-0.8	0.7	-1.5	1.12	-0.5	-0.3	-9.3	-0.8	1.12	-6.4	5	3	5
2 Yrs				-5.1	-0.4	89	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	.97	-0.2	-0.4	-6.7	-0.6	0.97	-3.0	5	6	9

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1999	31	PIT	NL	7	7	2	1	0	0	0		1	1	1	0	0%	6	.563	0	3	4	2	1	4	1	6	1	2	1	0	3.0	17
2000	32	PIT	NL	13	13	2	0	2	1	1	0%	3	2	7	3	43%	8	1.123	5	3	5	6	4	3	4	9	1	6	3	2	2.6	18
2 Yrs				20	20	4	1	2	1	1	0%	4	3	8	3	38%		.956	5	6	9	8	5	7	5	15	2	8	4	2	2.8	18

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1999	31	PIT	NL	25	76%	4.0%	36.0%	12.0%	4.0%	50%	0.18	0.22	48%	31%	11.1%	18%	4	0	0%
2000	32	PIT	NL	59	78%	1.7%	15.3%	11.9%	10.2%	29%	0.41	0.77	71%	44%	4.0%	14%	16	0	0%
2 Yrs				84	77%	2.4%	21.4%	11.9%	8.3%	30%	0.35	0.55	64%	41%	5.9%	15%	20	0	0%
MLB Averages					47%	3.0%	16.4%	9.5%	8.1%	34%	0.76	1.06	69%	23%	8.5%	13%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1999	31	PIT	NL	25	120	4.80	67	56%	27%	25%	28%	19%	73%	0%	41%	65%	52%	0%	0	0	16%	4	0	0	11%	0	0	0	0	0
2000	32	PIT	NL	59	236	4.00	137	58%	26%	22%	21%	31%	74%	3%	43%	71%	49%	2%	1	0	12%	7	2	0	22%	2	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				84	356	4.24	204	57%	26%	23%	24%	27%	74%	2%	42%	69%	50%	1%	1	0	13%	11	2	0	17%	2	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	56%	6%			19%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1999	31	PIT	NL	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	6	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2000	32	PIT	NL	59	21	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	7	5	0	71%	0	1	0	23	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
2 Yrs				84	23	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	7	5	0	71%	0	1	0	29	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		55%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
1999	31	1	0	1.000	1.29	7	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	2	1	1	1	3	0	9	0	0	0	25	376	0.714	2.6	1.3	3.9	11.6	3.00	376
2000	32	1	2	.333	7.36	20	0	4	0	0	0	18.1	23	16	15	2	10	1	18	0	0	1	84	65	1.800	11.3	1.0	4.9	8.8	1.80	65

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1999	31	0		1.29	7.0	2	1	1	1	3	9	0.714	2.6	3.9	11.6	3.00	1.3	7
2000	32	1	.000	9.82	11.0	20	13	12	1	7	8	2.455	16.4	5.7	6.5	1.14	0.8	13
2 Yrs		1	.000	6.50	18.0	22	14	13	2	10	17	1.778	11.0		8.5	1.70	1.0	20

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