Mike Hargrove
Dudley Michael Hargrove (The Human Rain Delay)
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 26, 1949 in Perryton, TX
High School: Perryton (Perryton, TX)
School: Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 25th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1974
Final Game: October 6, 1985
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 TEX AL 24 1B 91 72 689.0 712 631 72 9 57 .987 0.5 0.9 0.5 1.2 -0.7 0 9.18 7.73 .992 9.70 8.01 RoY-1
1974 TEX AL 24 DH 32 RoY-1
1974 TEX AL 24 LF 6 3 34.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 17.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 1.82 1.17 .971 2.13 1.75 RoY-1
1974 TEX AL 24 OF 6 3 34.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 17.3 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 1.82 1.17 .986 2.41 2.12 RoY-1
1975 TEX AL 25 LF 96 92 811.1 196 187 2 7 0 .964 -1.4 -2.1 -1.4 -2.1 0.7 0 2.10 1.97 .978 2.18 1.80 AS
1975 TEX AL 25 OF 96 92 811.1 196 187 2 7 0 .964 -1.4 -2.1 -1.4 -2.1 0.7 0 2.10 1.97 .979 2.37 2.10 AS
1975 TEX AL 25 1B 48 31 319.1 375 326 43 6 24 .984 2.3 8.6 2.3 -0.1 2.3 0 10.40 7.69 .990 9.84 8.32 AS
1975 TEX AL 25 DH 12 AS
1976 TEX AL 26 1B 141 140 1259.2 1353 1222 110 21 103 .984 -6.7 -6.4 -5.7 -1.5 -4.1 -1 9.52 9.45 .992 7.14 7.09
1976 TEX AL 26 DH 5
1977 TEX AL 27 1B 152 144 1288.1 1504 1393 100 11 134 .993 6.7 6.2 5.7 3.6 2.1 1 10.43 9.82 .990 6.99 6.58
1978 TEX AL 28 1B 140 139 1124.2 1354 1221 116 17 90 .987 -2.3 -2.5 -2.3 -5.5 3.2 0 10.70 9.55 .992 8.00 7.14
1978 TEX AL 28 DH 4
1979 TOT MLB 29 1B 65 58 505.0 580 544 30 6 47 .990 -2.2 -5.2 -2.2 2.0 -4.1 0 10.23 8.83 .992 9.97 8.70 MVP-26
1979 SDP NL 29 1B 37 33 277.1 345 323 17 5 24 .986 -1.0 -4.3 -1.0 2.1 -3.0 0 11.03 9.19 .992 9.89 8.59
1979 CLE AL 29 LF 65 61 520.2 135 132 2 1 0 .993 -0.4 -0.9 0.6 1.8 -1.2 -1 2.32 2.06 .980 2.22 1.80 MVP-26
1979 CLE AL 29 OF 65 61 520.2 139 135 3 1 0 .993 -0.4 -0.9 0.6 1.8 -1.2 -1 2.39 2.12 .981 2.46 2.13 MVP-26
1979 CLE AL 29 1B 28 25 227.2 235 221 13 1 23 .996 -1.2 -6.3 -1.2 -0.1 -1.1 0 9.25 8.36 .992 10.08 8.85
1979 CLE AL 29 DH 7 MVP-26
1980 CLE AL 30 1B 160 159 1398.0 1489 1391 88 10 128 .993 -7.7 -6.6 -6.7 0.8 -7.4 -1 9.52 9.24 .992 6.44 6.25
1981 CLE AL 31 1B 88 87 775.1 851 766 76 9 67 .989 0.9 1.4 0.9 -0.7 1.7 0 9.77 9.57 .993 10.06 8.57 MVP-21
1981 CLE AL 31 DH 4 MVP-21
1982 CLE AL 32 1B 153 153 1337.2 1421 1293 123 5 110 .996 -1.2 -1.1 -2.2 1.3 -3.5 1 9.53 9.25 .992 6.73 6.54
1982 CLE AL 32 DH 5
1983 CLE AL 33 1B 131 125 1101.2 1220 1098 115 7 131 .994 -0.5 -0.5 -1.5 -3.2 1.7 1 9.91 9.26 .992 8.17 7.63
1983 CLE AL 33 DH 1
1984 CLE AL 34 1B 124 85 816.2 881 790 83 8 86 .991 3.8 5.6 2.8 1.2 1.6 1 9.62 7.04 .991 9.75 8.06
1985 CLE AL 35 1B 85 70 632.0 671 599 66 6 66 .991 2.0 3.8 1.0 -3.3 4.3 1 9.47 7.82 .991 9.76 8.67
12 Seasons 1B 1378 1263 11247.1 12411 11274 1022 115 1043 .991 -4.4 -0.5 -7.4 -4.2 -2.9 3 9.84 8.92 .992 8.07 7.39
3 Seasons LF 167 156 1366.2 338 326 4 8 0 .976 -1.3 -1.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.0 -1 2.17 1.98 .978 2.19 1.80
3 Seasons OF 167 156 1366.2 342 329 5 8 0 .977 -1.3 -1.1 -0.3 -0.3 -0.0 -1 2.20 2.00 .980 2.40 2.11
8 Seasons DH 70
12 Seasons TOT 1545 1419 12614.0 12753 11603 1027 123 1043 .990 -5.7 -0.5 -7.7 -4.5 -2.9 -1 3 9.01 8.17 .982 7.46 6.82
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1974 TEX AL 24 131 102 131 94 0 0 91 0 0 0 6 0 0 6 27 17 0
1975 TEX AL 25 145 132 145 133 0 0 48 0 0 0 96 0 0 96 9 11 0
1976 TEX AL 26 151 144 151 141 0 0 141 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 0
1977 TEX AL 27 153 144 153 152 0 0 152 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1978 TEX AL 28 146 143 146 140 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0
1979 CLE AL 29 100 90 100 92 0 0 28 0 0 0 65 0 0 65 4 6 0
1979 SDP NL 29 52 33 52 37 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1980 CLE AL 30 160 159 160 160 0 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CLE AL 31 94 90 94 88 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
1982 CLE AL 32 160 158 160 153 0 0 153 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 0
1983 CLE AL 33 134 125 134 131 0 0 131 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1984 CLE AL 34 133 85 133 124 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 0
1985 CLE AL 35 107 70 107 85 0 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
12 Seasons 1666 1475 1666 1530 0 0 1378 0 0 0 167 0 0 167 56 119 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1974 TEX AL 24 3031 55% 79% 26% 180 94% 1 632 48 582 2 63 69 47 13 1 3 9 0 6 3 6 58 0 1 1 54 2 4 2 1 4 75%
1975 TEX AL 25 1442 54% 78% 28% 85 89% 3 325 8 311 7 34 42 28 4 2 2 6 2 1 3 1 26 1 0 0 25 1 1 0 0 6 83%
1976 TEX AL 26 5545 55% 81% 26% 312 90% 4 1224 63 1140 21 119 110 75 20 1 7 21 2 17 2 16 103 2 0 1 91 4 11 2 8 31 74%
1977 TEX AL 27 5538 52% 79% 29% 324 94% 4 1393 56 1324 14 152 102 70 20 2 4 11 0 9 2 8 133 1 6 2 118 10 14 2 11 19 68%
1978 TEX AL 28 4905 53% 81% 29% 283 92% 5 1220 56 1148 18 114 113 67 20 1 5 17 1 14 2 12 90 5 1 0 82 6 7 2 5 14 100%
1979 SDP NL 29 1244 66% 78% 27% 67 93% 0 321 16 301 4 30 18 11 3 1 3 5 0 5 0 4 24 1 0 0 20 1 4 0 4 2 100%
1979 CLE AL 29 1004 56% 78% 24% 47 98% 0 222 10 210 2 24 14 10 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 24 0 1 1 22 2 2 0 2 1 100%
1980 CLE AL 30 6343 59% 78% 25% 297 95% 1 1384 74 1287 24 135 90 60 13 0 7 10 3 5 2 5 128 2 0 1 118 3 10 2 7 14 86%
1981 CLE AL 31 3434 53% 79% 27% 191 93% 2 767 31 722 14 73 78 59 14 2 4 9 3 3 3 3 67 6 0 0 64 7 3 0 3 11 64%
1982 CLE AL 32 6008 54% 77% 25% 302 96% 1 1294 64 1211 18 116 125 86 22 2 10 5 0 5 0 2 109 5 2 2 99 9 10 3 6 14 86%
1983 CLE AL 33 4980 52% 79% 25% 254 96% 3 1099 46 1039 14 97 116 75 18 5 6 7 2 5 0 4 129 7 0 0 110 8 19 6 13 8 75%
1984 CLE AL 34 3659 49% 80% 25% 206 97% 2 793 27 758 7 103 76 51 16 2 6 8 0 8 0 8 83 4 0 3 76 8 7 2 5 10 100%
1985 CLE AL 35 2901 56% 80% 24% 164 96% 3 607 25 575 6 75 69 41 13 5 4 6 0 6 0 6 66 2 2 1 56 8 10 4 6 3 100%
12 Seasons 50034 54% 79% 26% 2712 94% 29 11281 524 10608 151 1135 1022 680 179 24 62 115 13 84 18 75 1040 36 13 12 935 69 102 25 71 137 81%
MLB Averages 58% 79% 26% 94% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1974 TEX AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 135 54% 73% 24% 14 50%
1975 TEX AL 25 7 0 7 0 3 2 0 2 0 0 40 33 0 24 9 0 21 13 0 5 1 0 9 9 0 99 65 65.7% 34 0 0.0% 2 3606 53% 79% 24% 397 48%
1979 CLE AL 29 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 29 22 0 19 7 1 11 5 0 9 3 0 12 11 0 80 48 60.0% 31 1 1.3% 1 2348 54% 78% 27% 285 47%
3 Seasons 8 0 8 0 3 4 0 3 0 0 72 58 0 43 16 1 32 18 0 14 4 0 21 20 0 182 116 63.7% 65 1 0.5% 3 6089 53% 79% 25% 696 47%
MLB Averages 58.0% 2.8% 58% 79% 26% 52%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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