Mike Gates

Michael Grant Gates

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 20, 1956 in Culver City, CA
High School: Cleveland HS (Reseda, CA)
School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 7th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1981
Team: Expos 1981-1982

Final Game: July 30, 1982
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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
1979	22	WSN-min	A	78	289	289		82	9	3	0						.284	.284	.336	.619		97							WPB · FLOR
1980	23	WSN-min	AA	143	632	538	87	137	18	6	5	67	23	11	77	50	.255	.346	.338	.684		182		3	5	9			MEM · SOUL
1981	24	WSN-min	AAA	127	564	498	91	154	36	4	3	57	13	6	52	50	.309	.374	.416	.790		207		2	8	4	4		DEN · AA
1981	24	MON	NL	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	449	3	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1982	25	WSN-min	AAA	64	283	248	52	82	8	5	6	35	9	6	30	14	.331	.409	.476	.885		118		3	2	0	1		WCH · AA
1982	25	MON	NL	36	132	121	16	28	2	3	0	8	0	0	9	19	.231	.280	.298	.578	61	36	1	0	0	2	0	4
1983	26	WSN-min	AAA	126	490	431	69	118	24	2	4	43	9	9	47	37	.274	.343	.367	.710		158		0	9	3	3		WCH · AA
1984	27	WSN-BAL-min	AAA	120	454	403	62	114	16	0	2	29	11	8	43	48	.283	.355	.337	.692		136		2	6	0	3		INA,ROC · AA,IL
2 Yrs				37	134	123	17	29	2	4	0	9	0	0	9	20	.236	.284	.317	.601	67	39	1	0	0	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	587	539	74	127	9	18	0	39	0	0	39	88	.236	.284	.317	.601	67	171	4	0	0	9	0

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
1981	24	MON	NL	1	2	1	0	0	-0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.563	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/4
1982	25	MON	NL	36	132	-6	-0	1	1	1	-3	-0.3	4	1	0.1	.491	.498	-0.1	0.3	0	$	4
2 Seasons				37	134	-5	-0	1	1	1	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.493	.499	0.0	0.3	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
1981	24	MON	NL	2	1	2	54.2	93	1.000	.500	.264	.500	.329	1.500	.378	2.000	.707	449	.991	0.8	0.1	3.000	1.000	1.000
1982	25	MON	NL	132	96	11	3.1	96	.269	.231	.268	.280	.331	.298	.389	.578	.721	61	.362	-6.7	-0.7	.479	.140	.066
2 Yrs				134	97	13	3.6	96	.276	.236	.268	.284	.331	.317	.389	.601	.720	67	.430	-6.0	-0.6	.505	.154	.081
162 Game Avg.				587	425	57	3.6	96	.276	.236	.268	.284	.331	.317	.389	.601	.720	67	.430	-6.0	-0.6	.505	.154	.081

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1981	24	MON	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%		2.0		2.0		50%
1982	25	MON	NL	132	0.0%	14.4%	6.8%	3.8%	18%	2.11	6.4		15.1	1.08	79%
2 Yrs				134	0.0%	14.9%	6.7%	4.5%	21%	2.22	6.2		13.7	1.08	78%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.9%	8.3%	6.4%	28%	1.55	6.9	46.2	8.7	1.11	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1981	24	MON	NL	0.8	0.1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	-0.0	0.0	1.3	0.1	1.16	0.8	0.01	1
1982	25	MON	NL	-6.7	-0.7	136	-0.4	1.7	-2.0	.91	-0.2	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.99	-2.4	1.20	2
2 Yrs				-6.0	-0.6	138	-0.4	1.7	-2.0	.89	-0.2	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.99	-1.6	0.80	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1981	24	MON	NL	0	100%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	25	MON	NL	2	43%	59	2	5	28%	11	8	3	2	2	5	3	2
2 Yrs				2	45%	59	2	5	28%	11	8	3	2	2	5	3	2

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
1981	24	MON	NL	2	100%	1			1	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1982	25	MON	NL	132	73%	28			2	0	0	0	1.20	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	23	1	4%	13	5	38%	79	8	10%	6	4	67%	7	5	71%	0
2 Yrs				134	73%	29			3	0	0	0	0.80	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	24	1	4%	13	5	38%	80	9	11%	6	4	67%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			82%			11%			36%			14%			51%			54%

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
1981	24	1	2	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	449	3	0	0	0	0	0
1982	25	37	134	123	17	29	2	4	0	9	0	0	9	20	.236	.284	.317	.601	67	39	1	0	0	2	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1981	24	2	4	4	2	2	0	2	2	0	2	.500	.500	1.500	2.000	3	1
1982	25	36	133	122	17	29	2	3	9	9	19	.238	.286	.303	.589	11	36
2 Yrs		38	137	126	19	31	2	5	11	9	21	.246	.292	.341	.633	14	37
162 Game Avg.		162	584	537	81	132	9	21	47	38	90	.246	.292	.341	.633	60	37

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