Mike Gardiner
Michael James Gardiner
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 19, 1965 in Sarnia, ON, CAN
School: Indiana State University
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 18th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1990
Final Game: July 2, 1995
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 37 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 89 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 51 108 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 1 254 117 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 33 2.351 19.7 3.6 1.5 5.1 3.50
6 Seasons 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 84 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 37 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 136 1738 1545 262 420 67 16 49 20 12 161 239 .272 .339 .431 .770 .291 666 30 5 11 16 13
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 26 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% 47 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 77 20 24 11 1 9 3.2 2.6 5.7 93 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 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 37 37 10 4 1 0 6.2 13.5 5.7 65 1 0 0 0 65
5 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.923 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 1.013 6 2 2 2 1 7 9 1 9 1 10 0 8.4 46
1993 27 TOT MLB 34 32 4 1 2 2 0 2 0% 6 4 27 4 15% 0.937 9 10 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 0.909 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 1.033 2 5 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 1.199 18 5 12 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 0.870 4 2 2 5 1 3 4 5 6 2 6 1 4.1 27
5 Seasons 114 90 23 5 6 9 5 4 56% 21 11 91 18 20% 1.026 37 19 31 37 11 42 50 40 52 21 56 9 4.7 26

Ratio Pitching*

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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 44% 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 48% 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 44% 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 48% 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 51% 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 37% 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 46% 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 58% 7.6% 10.6% 3.0% 16.7% 41% 0.73 1.80 74% 28% 17.9% 7% 15 0 0%
6 Seasons 1738 47% 2.8% 13.8% 9.3% 7.6% 31% 0.70 0.93 73% 21% 7.7% 17% 364 30 8%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 566 2145 3.79 1295 60% 32% 11% 24% 33% 68% 1% 41% 84% 56% 7% 40 28 17% 95 42 4 33% 11 10 0 0 0
1993 27 TOT MLB 198 786 3.97 462 59% 28% 13% 26% 33% 72% 4% 42% 82% 56% 10% 19 10 24% 48 26 3 14% 7 6 26 0 0
1993 27 MON NL 147 584 3.97 342 59% 28% 11% 28% 32% 72% 3% 42% 84% 59% 11% 16 9 26% 38 20 1 18% 6 5 26 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 Seasons 1712 6423 3.75 3943 61% 29% 12% 26% 33% 71% 2% 44% 84% 56% 6% 107 65 18% 305 153 20 34% 34 29 26 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 2 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 Seasons 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 6 1 38 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 37 2.132 15.6 0.7 3.6 4.3 1.20 37
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 88 1.448 9.3 1.0 3.8 5.5 1.46 88
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

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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 12.00 12.0 23 18 16 1 5 6 2 2.333 17.3 3.8 4.5 1.20 0.8 5
1991 25 5 8 .385 5.11 125.0 141 79 71 18 47 88 0 1.504 10.2 3.4 6.3 1.87 1.3 22
1992 26 5 8 .385 5.07 126.0 128 79 71 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 3.71 85.0 74 39 35 14 32 45 0 1.247 7.8 3.4 4.8 1.41 1.5 38
1995 29 0 1 .000 13.50 14.0 30 23 21 6 2 8 0 2.286 19.3 1.3 5.1 4.00 3.9 9
6 Seasons 17 25 .405 5.26 411.0 447 267 240 54 171 248 5 1.504 9.8 5.4 1.45 1.2 136

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