Mike Grace

Michael James Grace

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 20, 1970 in Joliet, IL
High School: Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL)
School: Bradley University (Peoria, IL)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 10th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 5, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1995
Team: Phillies 1995-1999

Final Game: October 1, 1999
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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
1991	21	PHI-min	A,A-	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SPB,BAT · SALL,NYPL
1992	22	PHI-min	A	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SPB · SALL
1993		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1994	24	PHI-min	A	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SPB · SALL
1995	25	PHI-min	AA,AAA	26	24	21	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	.095	.095	.095	.190		2	0	0	3	0	0		REA,SWB · EL,IL
1995	25	PHI	NL	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	0	0	/1
1996	26	PHI	NL	12	33	29	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.138	.219	.138	.357	-2	4	0	1	1	0	0	1
1997	27	PHI-min	AAA,AA	16	11	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.100	.100	.100	.200		1	1	0	1	0	0		SWB,REA · IL,EL
1997	27	PHI	NL	6	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.083	.083	.083	.167	-56	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	28	PHI-min	AAA	12	10	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.125	.125	.125	.250		1	0	0	2	0	0		SWB · IL
1998	28	PHI	NL	21	28	23	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.087	.160	.087	.247	-33	2	1	0	3	0	0	1
1999	29	PHI-min	AAA	10	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250		0	0	0	0	0	0		SWB · IL
1999	29	PHI	NL	27	11	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	-65	0	0	0	3	0	0	1
2000	30	BAL-min	AAA	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
2001	31	CIN-min	AA	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		CNG · SOUL
5 Yrs				68	88	73	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	37	.096	.165	.096	.260	-29	7	1	1	9	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	210	174	7	17	0	0	0	2	0	0	12	88	.096	.165	.096	.260	-29	17	2	2	21	0	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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1995	25	PHI	NL	2	4	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.469	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$109,000	/1
1996	26	PHI	NL	12	33	-4	0	0	4	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$109,000	1
1997	27	PHI	NL	6	12	-3	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.477	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$185,000	/1
1998	28	PHI	NL	21	28	-5	0	-0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$225,000	1
1999	29	PHI	NL	27	11	-3	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$240,000	1
5 Seasons				68	88	-16	0	-0	12	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.5	.494	.499	-0.5	-0.0	-2	$868,000

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
1995	25	PHI	NL	4	4	0	0.0	106		.000	.270	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1996	26	PHI	NL	33	26	1	1.0	106	.222	.138	.269	.219	.338	.138	.420	.357	.758	-2	.056	-4.4	-0.4	.280	.069	.000
1997	27	PHI	NL	12	11	0	0.0	108	.333	.083	.270	.083	.342	.083	.424	.167	.767	-56	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.091	.000	.000
1998	28	PHI	NL	28	25	0	0.0	109	.167	.087	.271	.160	.342	.087	.428	.247	.770	-33	.000	-4.6	-0.4	.182	.087	.000
1999	29	PHI	NL	11	10	0	0.0	119	.000	.000	.280	.125	.356	.000	.451	.125	.808	-65	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.143	.143	.000
5 Yrs				88	76	1	0.4	109	.194	.096	.271	.165	.342	.096	.426	.260	.768	-29	.008	-14.3	-1.4	.194	.068	.000
162 Game Avg.				210	181	2	0.4	109	.194	.096	.271	.165	.342	.096	.426	.260	.768	-29	.008	-14.3	-1.4	.194	.068	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1995	25	PHI	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%	0%
1996	26	PHI	NL	33	0.0%	33.3%	6.1%	0.0%	0%	5.50	2.6			8.00	14.00	55%	5%	0.0%	50%
1997	27	PHI	NL	12	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.3			2.00	1.00	25%	0%	0.0%	0%
1998	28	PHI	NL	28	0.0%	39.3%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	5.50	2.1		23.0	2.00	2.00	43%	7%	0.0%	33%
1999	29	PHI	NL	11	0.0%	36.4%	9.1%	0.0%		4.00	1.8					27%	0%
5 Yrs				88	0.0%	42.1%	5.7%	0.0%	0%	7.40	2.0		73.0	4.50	4.57	41%	4%	0.0%	33%
MLB Averages					2.7%	16.6%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	1.84	5.3	32.3	7.4	0.81	1.10	70%	21%	8.2%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1995	25	PHI	NL	-0.6	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.25	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.93	-0.8
1996	26	PHI	NL	-4.4	-0.4	34	-0.2	0.2	-0.5	.74	-0.4	0.1	-4.3	-0.4	0.89	-4.6
1997	27	PHI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	13	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.80	-0.3	-0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.91	-3.3
1998	28	PHI	NL	-4.6	-0.4	28	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.04	-0.4	0.0	-5.6	-0.5	0.95	-5.2
1999	29	PHI	NL	-1.9	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.18	-0.1	0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.09	-1.3
5 Yrs				-14.3	-1.4	91	-1.1	0.6	-1.7	.92	-1.3	0.2	-14.9	-1.4	0.94	-15.2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	PO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1995	25	PHI	NL		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1996	26	PHI	NL	14%	9	0	2	0%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1997	27	PHI	NL	0%	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	28	PHI	NL	25%	6	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1999	29	PHI	NL	100%	2	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				23%	17	1	3	20%	2	2	1	1	2	1	1

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
1995	25	PHI	NL	4	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1996	26	PHI	NL	33	15%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	17	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1997	27	PHI	NL	12	58%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1998	28	PHI	NL	28	32%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	3	50%	6	1	17%	7	1	14%	18	1	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1999	29	PHI	NL	11	9%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	4	0	0%	3	2	67%	10	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
5 Yrs				88	27%	7	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	9	75%	15	1	7%	17	4	24%	55	1	2%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1995	25	PHI	NL	4	14	3.50	9	64%	44%	22%	11%	22%	56%	0%	36%	60%	25%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
1996	26	PHI	NL	20	79	3.95	47	60%	55%	9%	11%	26%	45%	0%	27%	81%	14%	5%	1	0	15%	3	0	5%	1	0	50%	13	1	0
1997	27	PHI	NL	12	53	4.42	36	68%	56%	22%	14%	8%	44%	0%	30%	50%	25%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	8%	1	1	44%	0	0	0
1998	28	PHI	NL	28	108	3.86	71	66%	39%	20%	20%	21%	61%	0%	40%	67%	29%	0%	0	0	14%	4	0	7%	2	0	18%	0	0	0
1999	29	PHI	NL	11	41	3.73	26	63%	35%	19%	23%	23%	65%	0%	41%	71%	18%	0%	0	0	9%	1	1	9%	1	0	50%	0	0	0
5 Yrs				75	295	3.93	189	64%	46%	17%	16%	20%	54%	0%	35%	68%	22%	1%	1	0	11%	8	1	7%	5	1	38%	13	1	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1995	25	2	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2
1996	26	14	37	31	1	4	0	2	13	.129	.206	.129	.335	-8	4	0	1	3
1997	27	20	49	43	1	5	0	2	22	.116	.174	.116	.290	-21	5	0	1	3
1998	28	41	77	66	2	7	1	4	33	.106	.169	.106	.275	-25	7	1	1	6
1999	29	68	88	73	3	7	1	5	37	.096	.165	.096	.260	-29	7	1	1	9

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1995	25	2	4	2	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1996	26	12	34	30	1	5	2	11	.167	.242	.167	.409	1	12
1997	27	6	12	12	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1998	28	21	28	23	0	0	2	11	.000	.080	.000	.080	0	21
1999	29	27	11	7	1	0	1	4	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	27
5 Yrs		68	89	74	2	5	5	37	.068	.138	.068	.205	1	68
162 Game Avg.		162	212	176	5	12	12	88	.068	.138	.068	.205	2	68

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