Mike Gardiner

Michael James Gardiner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 19, 1965 in Sarnia, Ontario, CAN
School: Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)
Drafted
by the Seattle Mariners in the 18th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1990
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox/Expos/Mariners 1990-1995

Final Game: July 2, 1995
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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
1990 24 SEA AL 0 2 .000 10.66 5 3 1 0 0 0 12.2 22 17 15 1 5 0 6 2 0 0 66 38 2.132 15.6 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.20
1991 25 BOS AL 9 10 .474 4.85 22 22 0 0 0 0 130.0 140 79 70 18 47 2 91 0 0 1 562 89 1.438 9.7 1.2 3.3 6.3 1.94
1992 26 BOS AL 4 10 .286 4.75 28 18 3 0 0 0 130.2 126 78 69 12 58 2 79 2 0 8 566 88 1.408 8.7 0.8 4.0 5.4 1.36
1993 27 TOT MLB 2 3 .400 4.93 34 2 4 0 0 0 49.1 52 33 27 3 26 3 25 1 0 2 224 86 1.581 9.5 0.5 4.7 4.6 0.96
1993 27 MON NL 2 3 .400 5.21 24 2 3 0 0 0 38.0 40 28 22 3 19 2 21 1 0 0 173 81 1.553 9.5 0.7 4.5 5.0 1.11
1993 27 DET AL 0 0 3.97 10 0 1 0 0 0 11.1 12 5 5 0 7 1 4 0 0 2 51 112 1.676 9.5 0.0 5.6 3.2 0.57
1994 28 DET AL 2 2 .500 4.14 38 1 14 0 0 5 58.2 53 35 27 10 23 5 31 0 0 1 254 118 1.295 8.1 1.5 3.5 4.8 1.35
1995 29 DET AL 0 0 14.59 9 0 1 0 0 0 12.1 27 20 20 5 2 1 7 0 0 1 66 34 2.351 19.7 3.6 1.5 5.1 3.50
6 Yrs 17 27 .386 5.21 136 46 23 0 0 5 393.2 420 262 228 49 161 13 239 5 0 13 1738 84 1.476 9.6 1.1 3.7 5.5 1.48
162 Game Avg. 6 10 .386 5.21 51 17 9 0 0 2 147 157 98 85 18 60 5 89 2 0 5 649 84 1.476 9.6 1.1 3.7 5.5 1.48
DET (3 yrs) 2 2 .500 5.68 57 1 16 0 0 5 82.1 92 60 52 15 32 7 42 0 0 4 371 85 1.506 10.1 1.6 3.5 4.6 1.31
BOS (2 yrs) 13 20 .394 4.80 50 40 3 0 0 0 260.2 266 157 139 30 105 4 170 2 0 9 1128 89 1.423 9.2 1.0 3.6 5.9 1.62
MON (1 yr) 2 3 .400 5.21 24 2 3 0 0 0 38.0 40 28 22 3 19 2 21 1 0 0 173 81 1.553 9.5 0.7 4.5 5.0 1.11
SEA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 10.66 5 3 1 0 0 0 12.2 22 17 15 1 5 0 6 2 0 0 66 38 2.132 15.6 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.20
AL (6 yrs) 15 24 .385 5.21 112 44 20 0 0 5 355.2 380 234 206 46 142 11 218 4 0 13 1565 84 1.468 9.6 1.2 3.6 5.5 1.54
NL (1 yr) 2 3 .400 5.21 24 2 3 0 0 0 38.0 40 28 22 3 19 2 21 1 0 0 173 81 1.553 9.5 0.7 4.5 5.0 1.11

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 GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1990 24 SEA AL 12.2 5 3 17 12.08 4.41 0.43 -0.01 102.6 4.07 -11 -1.0 .1 0.1 -0.7 -10 .305 .494 $
1991 25 BOS AL 130.0 22 22 79 5.47 4.41 0.22 0.16 105.1 4.57 -13 -1.3 -0.1 -0.2 2 .441 .492 $
1992 26 BOS AL 130.2 28 18 78 5.37 4.51 -0.12 0.05 103.9 4.87 -7 -0.8 1.7 -0.2 0.2 7 .473 .495 $177,000
1993 27 MON NL 38.0 24 2 28 6.63 4.59 -0.15 -0.27 104.8 4.68 -9 -0.9 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .463 .494 $109,000
1993 27 DET AL 11.1 10 0 5 3.97 4.71 -0.21 -0.36 101.2 4.61 1 0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.2 2 .509 .501 $
1994 28 DET AL 58.2 38 1 35 5.37 5.32 -0.33 -0.35 100.6 5.32 -0 -0.0 1.5 -0.1 0.4 5 .499 .500 $150,000
1995 29 DET AL 12.1 9 0 20 14.59 5.48 -0.46 -0.41 102.5 5.67 -12 -1.0 1.1 -0.1 -1.0 -11 .384 .494 $165,000
6 Seasons 393.2 136 46 262 5.99 4.64 -0.04 -0.03 103.7 4.81 -52 -4.9 1.3 -0.4 -1.8 -9 .464 .496 $601,000
DET (3 yrs) 82.1 57 1 60 6.56 5.26 -0.33 -0.36 100.9 5.28 -12 -1.0 1.3 -0.2 -0.4 -3 .483 .498 $315,000
BOS (2 yrs) 260.2 50 40 157 5.42 4.46 0.05 0.10 104.5 4.72 -20 -2.0 1.7 -0.3 0.0 9 .459 .494 $177,000
MON (1 yr) 38.0 24 2 28 6.63 4.59 -0.15 -0.27 104.8 4.68 -9 -0.9 1.1 -0.1 -0.7 -5 .463 .494 $109,000
SEA (1 yr) 12.2 5 3 17 12.08 4.41 0.43 -0.01 102.6 4.07 -11 -1.0 .1 0.1 -0.7 -10 .305 .494 $

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
1990 24 SEA AL 5 66 58 17 22 3 2 1 0 1 5 6 .379 .439 .552 .991 .404 32 2 2 0 1 0 2
1991 25 BOS AL 22 562 511 79 140 26 2 18 11 5 47 91 .274 .333 .438 .772 .301 224 11 0 1 3 2 8
1992 26 BOS AL 28 566 498 78 126 15 6 12 3 2 58 79 .253 .330 .380 .710 .277 189 12 2 3 5 2 8
1993 27 TOT MLB 34 224 192 33 52 10 2 3 4 2 26 25 .271 .356 .391 .746 .293 75 4 1 2 3 3 5
1993 27 DET AL 10 51 43 5 12 1 1 0 1 0 7 4 .279 .380 .349 .729 .308 15 1 0 1 0 1 0
1993 27 MON NL 24 173 149 28 40 9 1 3 3 2 19 21 .268 .349 .403 .752 .289 60 3 1 1 3 2 5
1994 28 DET AL 38 254 227 35 53 10 1 10 1 0 23 31 .233 .302 .419 .720 .229 95 1 0 2 2 5 3
1995 29 DET AL 9 66 59 20 27 3 3 5 1 2 2 7 .458 .460 .864 1.325 .449 51 0 0 3 2 1 1
6 Yrs 136 1738 1545 262 420 67 16 49 20 12 161 239 .272 .339 .431 .770 .291 666 30 5 11 16 13 27
162 Game Avg. 51 649 577 98 157 25 6 18 7 4 60 89 .272 .339 .431 .770 .291 249 11 2 4 6 5 10
MLB Averages .262 .330 .398 .727 .291

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1990 24 SEA AL -9.3 -0.9 67 -1.0 0.7 -1.7 .93 -0.6 -0.5 -8.8 -0.8 0.93 -6.6 0 0 2
1991 25 BOS AL -8.3 -0.8 579 -1.8 8.7 -10.5 .92 -0.7 -1.2 -12.3 -1.2 0.92 -8.5 0 0 0
1992 26 BOS AL -7.9 -0.8 582 -1.3 9.4 -10.7 1.01 0.0 -1.3 -7.4 -0.7 1.01 -1.1 6 2 2
1993 27 TOT MLB -4.6 -0.4 234 -0.2 3.3 -3.5 .93 -0.2 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.93 -0.6 10 9 13
1993 27 MON NL -5.4 -0.5 179 -0.3 2.4 -2.7 .90 -0.2 -0.1 -4.3 -0.4 0.90 -1.9 7 5 10
1993 27 DET AL 0.8 0.1 55 0.0 0.9 -0.9 1.02 0.1 -0.0 2.2 0.2 1.02 1.3 3 4 3
1994 28 DET AL 2.3 0.2 256 0.7 5.5 -4.8 1.21 0.7 -0.1 5.2 0.5 1.21 6.7 18 7 9
1995 29 DET AL -12.4 -1.1 69 -0.9 0.8 -1.7 .87 -0.9 -0.1 -12.5 -1.1 0.87 -10.9 4 2 2
6 Yrs -40.2 -3.8 1787 -4.5 28.5 -33.0 .99 -1.7 -2.9 -37.8 -3.5 0.99 -21.0 38 20 28

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1990 24 SEA AL 5 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 25.7 30 22 7 4 1 0 4.0 10.3 2.8 56 2 1 0 0 84
1991 25 BOS AL 22 22 9 10 3 5 3 11 11 .500 0 3 0 0 8 36% 46.8 66 23 26 9 1 7 5.0 6.1 5.9 96 3 11 6 2 122
1992 26 BOS AL 28 18 2 8 8 0 3 7 11 .389 3 5 0 0 7 39% 47.2 77 20 24 11 1 9 3.2 2.6 5.7 94 3 6 7 2 124
1993 27 TOT MLB 34 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 58 22 12 5 1 0 6.9 9.0 3.0 53 2 0 0 0 73
1993 27 MON NL 24 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.0 58 22 10 5 1 0 6.9 9.0 3.0 53 2 0 0 0 73
1994 28 DET AL 38 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 37.0 37 37 10 4 1 0 6.2 13.5 5.7 65 1 0 0 0 65
5 Yrs 117 46 12 21 13 6 6 19 27 .413 4 8 0 0 15 33% 45 77 20 77 33 5 16 4.3 5.0 5.5 90 11 18 13 4 124
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 101 -14 4.5 4.5 6.1 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1990 24 SEA AL 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 .933 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 6.5 30
1992 26 BOS AL 28 10 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 21 4 19% 5 1.009 6 2 2 2 1 7 9 1 9 1 10 0 8.4 47
1993 27 TOT MLB 34 32 4 1 2 2 0 2 0% 6 4 27 4 15% .928 10 9 13 8 5 19 18 14 17 9 19 5 4.1 23
1993 27 MON NL 24 22 3 1 2 1 0 1 0% 3 2 20 4 20% 7 .900 7 5 10 5 2 15 12 10 13 7 14 3 4.4 24
1993 27 DET AL 10 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 3 2 7 0 0% 7 1.025 3 4 3 3 3 4 6 4 4 2 5 2 3.4 20
1994 28 DET AL 38 37 14 2 2 6 5 1 83% 13 6 34 6 18% 8 1.210 18 7 9 22 4 11 18 19 19 8 20 3 4.3 23
1995 29 DET AL 9 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 0% 2 1 7 3 43% 7 .870 4 2 2 5 1 3 4 5 6 2 6 1 4.1 27
5 Yrs 114 90 23 5 6 9 5 4 56% 21 11 91 18 20% 1.025 38 20 28 37 11 42 50 40 52 21 56 9 4.7 26

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%
1990 24 SEA AL 66 56% 1.5% 9.1% 7.6% 9.1% 27% 0.86 1.58 79% 23% 4.5% 21% 20 2 10%
1991 25 BOS AL 562 52% 3.2% 16.2% 8.4% 8.2% 33% 0.74 1.04 72% 20% 8.7% 14% 118 11 9%
1992 26 BOS AL 566 56% 2.1% 14.0% 10.3% 5.8% 26% 0.74 0.96 73% 21% 6.2% 18% 113 12 11%
1993 27 TOT MLB 224 52% 1.3% 11.2% 11.6% 6.7% 29% 0.68 0.85 75% 24% 3.7% 19% 47 4 9%
1993 27 MON NL 173 49% 1.7% 12.1% 11.0% 7.5% 33% 0.70 0.86 74% 25% 4.7% 16% 35 3 9%
1993 27 DET AL 51 63% 0.0% 7.8% 13.7% 3.9% 17% 0.63 0.81 76% 20% 0.0% 29% 12 1 8%
1994 28 DET AL 254 54% 3.9% 12.2% 9.1% 8.3% 40% 0.51 0.58 74% 20% 9.4% 18% 51 1 2%
1995 29 DET AL 66 42% 7.6% 10.6% 3.0% 16.7% 41% 0.73 1.80 74% 28% 17.9% 7% 15 0 0%
6 Yrs 1738 53% 2.8% 13.8% 9.3% 7.6% 31% 0.70 0.93 73% 21% 7.7% 17% 364 30 8%
MLB Averages 41% 2.3% 15.3% 8.8% 7.0% 30% 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.7% 16% 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
1990 24 SEA AL 66 227 3.44 135 59% 25% 11% 24% 39% 75% 0% 44% 85% 62% 2% 1 1 20% 13 5 0 17% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 25 BOS AL 562 2116 3.77 1326 63% 28% 12% 28% 32% 72% 1% 45% 84% 55% 4% 25 14 16% 92 46 6 37% 10 9 0 0 0
1992 26 BOS AL 568 2153 3.79 1299 60% 32% 11% 24% 33% 68% 1% 41% 84% 56% 7% 40 28 17% 96 42 4 33% 11 10 -2 0 0
1993 27 TOT MLB 200 791 3.96 465 59% 29% 12% 26% 32% 71% 4% 42% 83% 57% 10% 19 10 25% 49 26 3 14% 7 6 24 0 0
1993 27 MON NL 149 589 3.95 345 59% 29% 11% 28% 32% 71% 3% 42% 84% 59% 11% 16 9 26% 39 20 1 18% 6 5 24 0 0
1993 27 DET AL 51 202 3.96 120 59% 28% 16% 23% 33% 72% 5% 43% 78% 49% 6% 3 1 20% 10 6 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0
1994 28 DET AL 254 902 3.55 564 63% 27% 13% 25% 35% 73% 6% 46% 83% 58% 7% 18 9 16% 41 24 6 42% 5 4 0 0 0
1995 29 DET AL 66 247 3.74 161 65% 27% 8% 29% 35% 73% 5% 47% 89% 61% 6% 4 3 24% 16 10 1 57% 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1716 6436 3.75 3950 61% 29% 12% 26% 33% 71% 2% 44% 84% 57% 6% 107 65 18% 307 153 20 34% 34 29 22 0 0
MLB Averages 3.66 61% 25% 14% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 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
1990 24 SEA AL 66 22 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 9 6 1 67% 2 0 0 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
1991 25 BOS AL 562 140 43 3 18 0 7 14 4 10 8 25 16 2 64% 8 1 0 203 11 5 69% 11 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 0
1992 26 BOS AL 566 126 33 3 12 1 16 9 3 2 10 33 14 6 42% 8 8 2 207 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 19 0
1993 27 TOT MLB 224 52 6 0 3 0 9 1 2 0 3 22 14 4 64% 5 2 0 98 4 2 67% 3 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 0
1993 27 MON NL 173 40 4 0 3 0 9 1 2 0 3 19 11 4 58% 5 0 0 70 3 2 60% 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0
1993 27 DET AL 51 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 2 0 28 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1994 28 DET AL 254 53 5 1 10 0 14 6 4 2 8 19 6 3 32% 3 1 0 92 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1995 29 DET AL 66 27 2 2 5 0 5 2 3 4 1 7 5 1 71% 1 1 0 22 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
6 Yrs 1738 420 92 10 49 1 52 32 17 19 30 115 61 17 53% 27 13 2 653 20 12 63% 19 9 1 1 0 2 5 1 38 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1990 24 0 2 .000 10.66 5 3 1 0 0 0 12.2 22 17 15 1 5 0 6 2 0 0 66 38 2.132 15.6 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.20 38
1991 25 9 12 .429 5.36 27 25 1 0 0 0 142.2 162 96 85 19 52 2 97 2 0 1 628 80 1.500 10.2 1.2 3.3 6.1 1.87 80
1992 26 13 22 .371 5.07 55 43 4 0 0 0 273.1 288 174 154 31 110 4 176 4 0 9 1194 84 1.456 9.5 1.0 3.6 5.8 1.60 84
1993 27 15 25 .375 5.05 89 45 8 0 0 0 322.2 340 207 181 34 136 7 201 5 0 11 1418 84 1.475 9.5 0.9 3.8 5.6 1.48 84
1994 28 17 27 .386 4.91 127 46 22 0 0 5 381.1 393 242 208 44 159 12 232 5 0 12 1672 89 1.448 9.3 1.0 3.8 5.5 1.46 89
1995 29 17 27 .386 5.21 136 46 23 0 0 5 393.2 420 262 228 49 161 13 239 5 0 13 1738 84 1.476 9.6 1.1 3.7 5.5 1.48 84

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1990 24 0 1 .000 12.75 12.0 23 19 17 1 5 6 2 2.333 17.3 3.8 4.5 1.20 0.8 5
1991 25 5 8 .385 5.04 125.0 140 78 70 18 47 88 0 1.496 10.1 3.4 6.3 1.87 1.3 22
1992 26 5 8 .385 5.14 126.0 128 80 72 12 59 76 2 1.484 9.1 4.2 5.4 1.29 0.9 28
1993 27 2 3 .400 4.78 49.0 51 29 26 3 26 25 1 1.571 9.4 4.8 4.6 0.96 0.6 34
1994 28 5 4 .556 3.56 86.0 71 38 34 13 31 46 0 1.186 7.4 3.2 4.8 1.48 1.4 38
1995 29 0 1 .000 12.86 14.0 29 22 20 5 2 8 0 2.214 18.6 1.3 5.1 4.00 3.2 9
6 Yrs 17 25 .405 5.22 412.0 442 266 239 52 170 249 5 1.485 9.7 5.4 1.46 1.1 136

* 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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