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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 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
1993 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1995 25 PHI NL 1 1 .500 3.18 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 10 4 4 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 47 136 1.235 7.9 0.0 3.2 5.6 1.75
1996 26 PHI NL 7 2 .778 3.49 12 12 0 1 1 0 80.0 72 33 31 9 16 1 49 1 1 0 323 123 1.100 8.1 1.0 1.8 5.5 3.06
1997 27 PHI NL 3 2 .600 3.46 6 6 0 1 1 0 39.0 32 16 15 3 10 1 26 1 0 2 151 124 1.077 7.4 0.7 2.3 6.0 2.60
1998 28 PHI NL 4 7 .364 5.48 21 15 1 0 0 0 90.1 116 61 55 10 30 1 46 8 1 1 418 80 1.616 11.6 1.0 3.0 4.6 1.53
1999 29 PHI NL 1 4 .200 7.69 27 5 1 0 0 0 55.0 80 48 47 5 30 0 28 6 0 4 273 63 2.000 13.1 0.8 4.9 4.6 0.93
5 Yrs 16 16 .500 4.96 68 40 2 2 2 0 275.2 310 162 152 27 90 3 156 16 2 7 1212 89 1.451 10.1 0.9 2.9 5.1 1.73
162 Game Avg. 10 10 .500 4.96 43 25 1 1 1 0 174 195 102 96 17 57 2 98 10 1 4 763 89 1.451 10.1 0.9 2.9 5.1 1.73

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
1995 25 PHI NL 11.1 2 2 4 3.18 4.85 0.04 0.18 86.3 4.31 1 0.1 -0.0 0.2 2 .571 .501 $109,000
1996 26 PHI NL 80.0 12 12 33 3.71 4.75 0.01 0.18 99.3 4.88 11 1.2 -0.1 1.7 18 .600 .507 $109,000
1997 27 PHI NL 39.0 6 6 16 3.69 4.86 0.06 0.18 100.0 4.98 6 0.6 -0.0 0.9 9 .600 .504 $185,000
1998 28 PHI NL 90.1 21 15 61 6.08 4.70 0.28 0.12 102.2 4.65 -14 -1.4 .4 -0.0 -0.7 -6 .434 .491 $225,000
1999 29 PHI NL 55.0 27 5 48 7.85 5.21 0.26 -0.14 100.1 4.80 -19 -1.7 .7 0.1 -1.2 -13 .436 .489 $240,000
5 Seasons 275.2 68 40 162 5.29 4.85 0.16 0.10 100.0 4.78 -15 -1.2 .7 -0.1 0.9 12 .483 .499 $868,000

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
1995 25 PHI NL 2 47 42 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 4 7 .238 .304 .262 .566 .286 11 0 0 1 0 0 0
1996 26 PHI NL 12 323 302 33 72 15 1 9 4 0 16 49 .238 .279 .384 .663 .258 116 5 1 4 0 1 3
1997 27 PHI NL 6 151 139 16 32 6 0 3 0 2 10 26 .230 .285 .338 .623 .261 47 6 1 0 1 1 1
1998 28 PHI NL 21 418 372 61 116 31 3 10 5 1 30 46 .312 .375 .492 .867 .334 183 6 8 7 1 1 8
1999 29 PHI NL 27 273 231 48 80 14 4 5 8 3 30 28 .346 .430 .506 .936 .373 117 3 6 3 3 0 3
5 Yrs 68 1212 1086 162 310 67 8 27 20 6 90 156 .285 .348 .436 .784 .312 474 20 16 15 5 3 15
162 Game Avg. 43 763 684 102 195 42 5 17 13 4 57 98 .285 .348 .436 .784 .312 298 13 10 9 3 2 9
MLB Averages .268 .339 .424 .763 .301

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1995 25 PHI NL 1.7 0.2 50 0.3 0.9 -0.6 1.14 0.3 -0.0 2.6 0.3 1.14 3.0 0 0 0
1996 26 PHI NL 7.7 0.8 329 1.1 5.8 -4.8 .96 1.1 -0.0 7.8 0.8 0.96 11.5 0 0 0
1997 27 PHI NL 3.8 0.4 155 0.4 2.9 -2.5 1.06 0.9 -0.5 3.9 0.4 1.06 9.6 0 0 0
1998 28 PHI NL -11.1 -1.1 426 -1.8 6.6 -8.5 1.04 -1.4 -0.3 -15.4 -1.4 1.04 -16.6 1 0 5
1999 29 PHI NL -15.2 -1.4 286 -1.2 3.3 -4.5 .79 -1.5 -0.0 -17.8 -1.6 0.79 -16.3 4 3 15
5 Yrs -13.2 -1.1 1246 -1.3 19.6 -20.8 .97 -0.6 -0.7 -18.8 -1.6 0.97 -8.8 5 3 20

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
1995 25 PHI NL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 50% 53.5 72 35 2 2 0 1 2.0 0.8 5.7 82 1 1 0 0 89
1996 26 PHI NL 12 12 7 2 3 1 1 8 4 .667 1 1 1 1 8 67% 55.1 83 32 5 0 0 5 4.9 5.7 6.7 91 2 3 1 1 128
1997 27 PHI NL 6 6 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 .500 0 1 1 1 4 67% 56.8 82 18 0 0 0 4 4.4 3.6 6.5 89 2 2 2 0 117
1998 28 PHI NL 21 15 4 7 4 1 1 7 8 .467 0 2 0 0 5 33% 41.7 65 26 3 0 0 9 5.3 4.5 5.5 90 2 9 4 0 105
1999 29 PHI NL 27 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 5 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 34.8 49 12 11 6 0 3 3.1 4.9 4.7 98 0 2 3 0 104
5 Yrs 68 40 15 15 10 3 3 19 21 .475 2 4 2 2 18 45% 48 83 12 21 8 0 22 4.6 4.6 5.9 91 7 17 10 1 128
MLB Averages .500 47% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.9 6.0 96

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
1998 28 PHI NL 21 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 1.045 1 0 5 1 0 5 0 6 2 0 2 0 3.8 17
1999 29 PHI NL 27 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 15 8 53% 6 .790 4 3 15 3 2 17 9 13 13 3 14 4 4.3 24
2 Yrs 48 28 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 15 8 53% .944 5 3 20 4 2 22 9 19 15 3 16 4 4.2 23

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%
1995 25 PHI NL 47 45% 0.0% 14.9% 8.5% 2.1% 10% 0.89 0.93 74% 22% 0.0% 17% 6 0 0%
1996 26 PHI NL 323 55% 2.8% 15.2% 5.0% 7.7% 35% 1.11 1.60 76% 19% 10.3% 25% 49 5 10%
1997 27 PHI NL 151 44% 2.0% 17.2% 6.6% 6.0% 28% 0.93 1.34 74% 32% 5.7% 9% 26 6 23%
1998 28 PHI NL 418 55% 2.4% 11.0% 7.2% 10.5% 38% 0.93 1.23 76% 26% 6.8% 11% 82 6 7%
1999 29 PHI NL 273 58% 1.8% 10.3% 11.0% 8.4% 29% 0.75 1.03 74% 27% 4.6% 8% 67 3 4%
5 Yrs 1212 54% 2.2% 12.9% 7.4% 8.4% 33% 0.93 1.28 75% 25% 6.6% 14% 230 20 9%
MLB Averages 45% 2.7% 16.6% 9.1% 7.8% 33% 0.81 1.10 70% 21% 8.2% 15% 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
1995 25 PHI NL 47 164 3.49 106 65% 32% 12% 22% 34% 68% 0% 44% 82% 68% 11% 5 3 32% 15 7 0 71% 3 2 0 0 0
1996 26 PHI NL 191 640 3.35 412 64% 23% 15% 27% 35% 77% 2% 50% 80% 62% 5% 10 7 19% 36 21 4 15% 4 2 132 0 0
1997 27 PHI NL 151 536 3.55 338 63% 25% 14% 26% 34% 75% 1% 47% 80% 60% 5% 7 2 22% 33 11 1 42% 1 4 0 0 1
1998 28 PHI NL 418 1446 3.46 885 61% 23% 13% 27% 38% 77% 0% 47% 84% 59% 4% 17 10 18% 74 38 5 46% 7 6 0 0 0
1999 29 PHI NL 275 1025 3.73 607 59% 25% 12% 29% 34% 75% 0% 44% 84% 58% 8% 22 11 15% 42 22 6 14% 6 11 -2 0 2
5 Yrs 1082 3811 3.52 2348 62% 24% 13% 27% 36% 76% 0% 47% 82% 60% 6% 61 33 18% 200 99 16 33% 21 25 130 0 3
MLB Averages 3.71 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 57% 6% 19% 28%

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
1995 25 PHI NL 47 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 17 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 26 PHI NL 323 72 12 2 9 1 4 8 1 2 7 14 9 2 64% 3 0 0 100 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1997 27 PHI NL 151 32 3 1 3 0 5 0 3 1 2 7 4 1 57% 1 2 0 44 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1998 28 PHI NL 418 116 31 3 10 0 13 5 5 7 3 25 14 3 56% 8 1 0 178 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1999 29 PHI NL 273 80 5 1 5 0 12 4 1 1 4 32 20 3 63% 3 4 0 120 8 3 73% 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
5 Yrs 1212 310 54 7 27 1 34 17 10 11 16 79 48 9 61% 15 7 0 459 20 6 77% 17 5 3 0 0 1 2 0 20 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1995 25 1 1 .500 3.18 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.1 10 4 4 0 4 0 7 0 0 0 47 136 1.235 7.9 0.0 3.2 5.6 1.75 136
1996 26 8 3 .727 3.45 14 14 0 1 1 0 91.1 82 37 35 9 20 1 56 1 1 0 370 124 1.117 8.1 0.9 2.0 5.5 2.80 124
1997 27 11 5 .688 3.45 20 20 0 2 2 0 130.1 114 53 50 12 30 2 82 2 1 2 521 124 1.105 7.9 0.8 2.1 5.7 2.73 124
1998 28 15 12 .556 4.28 41 35 1 2 2 0 220.2 230 114 105 22 60 3 128 10 2 3 939 101 1.314 9.4 0.9 2.4 5.2 2.13 101
1999 29 16 16 .500 4.96 68 40 2 2 2 0 275.2 310 162 152 27 90 3 156 16 2 7 1212 89 1.451 10.1 0.9 2.9 5.1 1.73 89

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
1995 25 0 1 .000 3.75 12.0 12 6 5 0 5 7 0 1.417 9.0 3.8 5.3 1.40 0.0 2
1996 26 5 3 .625 3.30 79.0 70 32 29 9 16 48 1 1.089 8.0 1.8 5.5 3.00 1.0 12
1997 27 2 2 .500 3.50 36.0 31 16 14 3 10 24 1 1.139 7.8 2.5 6.0 2.40 0.8 6
1998 28 3 6 .333 5.10 90.0 112 57 51 10 29 46 8 1.567 11.2 2.9 4.6 1.59 1.0 21
1999 29 2 4 .333 6.55 55.0 74 44 40 5 28 28 6 1.855 12.1 4.6 4.6 1.00 0.8 27
5 Yrs 12 16 .429 4.60 272.0 299 155 139 27 88 153 16 1.423 9.9 5.1 1.74 0.9 68

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Shutouts s c a p y
1996 NL  1 (9th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

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