Mike Golden

Michael Henry Golden

Positions: Outfielder and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 166 lb.

Born: September 11, 1851 in Shirley, MA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1875
Teams (by GP): Grays/WhiteStockings/Westerns 1875-1878

Final Game: September 14, 1878
Died: January 11, 1929 in Rockford, IL
Buried: St. Mary & James Cemetery, Rockford, IL
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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	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1875	23	TOT	NA	7	19	.269	1.86	27	27	0	25	1	0	232.0	240	183	48	0	20	34	0	25	1037	127	1.121	9.3	*0.0*	0.8	1.3	1.70
1875	23	WES	NA	1	12	.077	1.83	13	13	0	13	0	0	113.0	111	88	23	0	12	20	0	12	506	134	1.088	8.8	0.0	1.0	1.6	1.67
1875	23	CHI	NA	6	7	.462	1.89	14	14	0	12	1	0	119.0	129	95	25	0	8	14	0	13	531	121	1.151	9.8	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.75

1878	26	MLG	NL	3	13	.188	4.14	22	18	4	15	0	0	161.0	217	171	74	1	33	52		24	769	64	1.553	12.1	0.1	1.8	2.9	1.58
2 Yrs				10	32	.238	2.79	49	45	4	40	1	0	393.0	457	354	122	1	53	86	0	49	1806	89	1.298	10.5	0.0	1.2	2.0	1.62
162 Game Avg.				7	23	.238	2.79	35	33	3	29	1	0	284	331	256	88	1	38	62	0	35	1306	89	1.298	10.5	0.0	1.2	2.0	1.62

CHI (1 yr)				6	7	.462	1.89	14	14	0	12	1	0	119.0	129	95	25	0	8	14	0	13	531	121	1.151	9.8	0.0	0.6	1.1	1.75
WES (1 yr)				1	12	.077	1.83	13	13	0	13	0	0	113.0	111	88	23	0	12	20	0	12	506	134	1.088	8.8	0.0	1.0	1.6	1.67
MLG (1 yr)				3	13	.188	4.14	22	18	4	15	0	0	161.0	217	171	74	1	33	52		24	769	64	1.553	12.1	0.1	1.8	2.9	1.58

NA (1 yr)				7	19	.269	1.86	27	27	0	25	1	0	232.0	240	183	48	0	20	34	0	25	1037	127	1.121	9.3	0.0	0.8	1.3	1.70
NL (1 yr)				3	13	.188	4.14	22	18	4	15	0	0	161.0	217	171	74	1	33	52		24	769	64	1.553	12.1	0.1	1.8	2.9	1.58

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
1875	23	WES	NA	113.0	13	13	88	7.01	6.19	0.00	0.00	110.0	6.81	-1	-0.1		-0.2	1.2	5	.492	.499	$
1875	23	CHI	NA	119.0	14	14	95	7.18	6.21	0.37	0.00	102.0	5.96	-15	-1.2		-0.2	0.1	-8	.414	.493	$

1878	26	MLG	NL	161.0	22	18	171	9.56	5.37	-0.55	0.00	114.0	6.74	-51	-4.1	1.0	-0.3	-3.1	-43	.312	.474	$
2 Seasons				393.0	49	45	354	8.11	5.86	-0.11	0.00	109.2	6.52	-67	-5.5	1.0	-0.7	-1.8	-46	.389	.489	$

CHI (1 yr)				119.0	14	14	95	7.18	6.21	0.37	0.00	102.0	5.96	-15	-1.2		-0.2	0.1	-8	.414	.493	$
WES (1 yr)				113.0	13	13	88	7.01	6.19	0.00	0.00	110.0	6.81	-1	-0.1		-0.2	1.2	5	.492	.499	$
MLG (1 yr)				161.0	22	18	171	9.56	5.37	-0.55	0.00	114.0	6.74	-51	-4.1	1.0	-0.3	-3.1	-43	.312	.474	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1875	23	7	19	.269	1.86	27	27	0	25	1	232.0	240	183	48	0	20	34	25	1037	127	1.121	9.3	0.8	1.3	1.70	127
1876	24	7	19	.269	1.86	27	27	0	25	1	232.0	240	183	48	0	20	34	25	1037	127	1.121	9.3	0.8	1.3	1.70	127
1877	25	7	19	.269	1.86	27	27	0	25	1	232.0	240	183	48	0	20	34	25	1037	127	1.121	9.3	0.8	1.3	1.70	127
1878	26	10	32	.238	2.79	49	45	4	40	1	393.0	457	354	122	1	53	86	49	1806	89	1.298	10.5	1.2	2.0	1.62	89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1875	23	87	6	.935	1.06	839.0	604	110	99	0	50	123	0	0.779	6.5	0.5	1.3	2.46	0.0	27

1878	26	37	17	.685	2.72	489.0	499	164	148	2	76	158	0	1.176	9.2	1.4	2.9	2.08	0.0	22
2 Yrs		124	23	.844	1.67	1328.0	1103	274	247	2	126	281	0	0.925	7.5		1.9	2.23	0.0	49

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y 1875 NA 1.86 (7th)	Wins s c a p y 1875 NA 7 (10th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1875 NA 1.121 (9th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1875 NA 9.310 (9th)
Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1878 NL 1.845 (10th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1875 NA 1.319 (5th) 1878 NL 2.907 (7th)	Games Played s c a p y 1878 NL 22 (7th)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1875 NA 232.0 (10th) 1878 NL 161.0 (7th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1875 NA 34 (7th) 1878 NL 52 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1875 NA 27 (10th) 1878 NL 18 (7th)	Complete Games s c a p y 1875 NA 25 (10th) 1878 NL 15 (7th)	Shutouts s c a p y 1875 NA 1 (10th)
Home Runs s c a p y 1878 NL 1 (6th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1875 NA 20 (2nd) 1878 NL 33 (4th)	Hits s c a p y 1878 NL 217 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1878 NL 1.576 (10th)
Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1875 NA 0.000 (1st) 1878 NL 0.056 (6th)	Losses s c a p y 1875 NA 19 (6th) 1878 NL 13 (6th)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1878 NL 74 (6th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1875 NA 25 (2nd) 1878 NL 24 (5th)
Batters Faced s c a p y 1875 NA 1,037 (10th) 1878 NL 769 (7th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1878 NL 4 (1st)	Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1875 NA 127 (7th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1875 NA 3 (8th)
Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1875 NA 0.3 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 34 (713), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 4 (1410), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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