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Mike Hargrove

Dudley Michael Hargrove (The Human Rain Delay)

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 26, 1949 in Perryton, TX
High School: Perryton HS (Perryton, TX)
School: Northwestern Oklahoma State University (Alva, OK)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 25th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1974 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Indians/Rangers/Padres 1974-1985
Agents: George Kalafatis [*]
Final Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 35)
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All-Time Rank (among batters): #527. Vernon Wells… #528. Wally Pipp… #529. Bob Boone… #530. MIKE HARGROVE… #531. Sherm Lollar… #532. Marty McManus… #533. Benito Santiago… 

Standard Batting

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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
1974 24 TEX AL 131 477 415 57 134 18 6 4 66 0 0 49 42 .323 .395 .424 .819 140 176 11 4 4 5 4 3D/7 RoY-1
1975 25 TEX AL 145 610 519 82 157 22 2 11 62 4 3 79 66 .303 .395 .416 .812 131 216 14 4 2 5 10 73D AS
1976 26 TEX AL 151 654 541 80 155 30 1 7 58 2 3 97 64 .287 .397 .384 .781 129 208 5 6 4 6 13 *3/D
1977 27 TEX AL 153 648 525 98 160 28 4 18 69 2 5 103 59 .305 .420 .476 .897 144 250 13 6 8 6 7 *3
1978 28 TEX AL 146 616 494 63 124 24 1 7 40 2 5 107 47 .251 .388 .346 .734 109 171 11 7 2 6 8 *3/D
1979 29 TOT MLB 152 564 463 75 134 26 4 10 64 2 5 88 55 .289 .404 .428 .832 128 198 11 5 2 6 5 37/D MVP-26
1979 29 SDP NL 52 151 125 15 24 5 0 0 8 0 2 25 15 .192 .325 .232 .557 60 29 1 0 0 1 3 3
1979 29 CLE AL 100 413 338 60 110 21 4 10 56 2 3 63 40 .325 .433 .500 .933 152 169 10 5 2 5 2 73/D
1980 30 CLE AL 160 720 589 86 179 22 2 11 85 4 2 111 36 .304 .415 .404 .819 126 238 22 8 2 10 10 *3
1981 31 CLE AL 94 398 322 43 102 21 0 2 49 5 4 60 16 .317 .424 .401 .824 141 129 14 5 4 7 5 *3/D MVP-21
1982 32 CLE AL 160 705 591 67 160 26 1 4 65 2 2 101 58 .271 .377 .338 .715 99 200 22 3 4 6 3 *3/D
1983 33 CLE AL 134 566 469 57 134 21 4 3 57 0 6 78 40 .286 .388 .367 .755 107 172 11 5 7 7 5 *3/D
1984 34 CLE AL 133 410 352 44 94 14 2 2 44 0 2 53 38 .267 .361 .335 .696 93 118 12 0 3 2 3 *3
1985 35 CLE AL 107 326 284 31 81 14 1 1 27 1 0 39 29 .285 .370 .352 .722 101 100 8 0 2 1 2 3/D
12 Yrs 1666 6694 5564 783 1614 266 28 80 686 24 37 965 550 .290 .396 .391 .787 121 2176 154 53 44 67 75
162 Game Avg. 162 651 541 76 157 26 3 8 67 2 4 94 53 .290 .396 .391 .787 121 212 15 5 4 7 7
CLE (7 yrs) 888 3538 2945 388 860 139 14 33 383 14 19 505 257 .292 .396 .382 .778 116 1126 99 26 24 38 30
TEX (5 yrs) 726 3005 2494 380 730 122 14 47 295 10 16 435 278 .293 .399 .409 .809 130 1021 54 27 20 28 42
SDP (1 yr) 52 151 125 15 24 5 0 0 8 0 2 25 15 .192 .325 .232 .557 60 29 1 0 0 1 3
AL (12 yrs) 1614 6543 5439 768 1590 261 28 80 678 24 35 940 535 .292 .398 .395 .792 122 2147 153 53 44 66 72
NL (1 yr) 52 151 125 15 24 5 0 0 8 0 2 25 15 .192 .325 .232 .557 60 29 1 0 0 1 3

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 Awards
1974 24 TEX AL 131 477 20 1 0 1 -9 13 1.6 15 28 3.0 .511 .509 2.9 -0.8 27 3D/7 RoY-1
1975 25 TEX AL 145 610 22 -2 1 1 -9 14 1.7 20 34 3.5 .510 .509 3.4 -0.7 33 73D AS
1976 26 TEX AL 151 654 21 -2 3 -7 -9 6 0.9 21 28 2.8 .505 .504 3.6 -1.6 34 *3/D
1977 27 TEX AL 153 648 32 0 -1 7 -9 29 3.2 21 50 5.1 .519 .518 4.4 -0.1 43 $85,000 *3
1978 28 TEX AL 146 616 6 -2 -1 -2 -9 -7 -0.6 20 13 1.2 .495 .495 1.5 -1.1 15 *3/D
1979 29 SDP NL 52 151 -7 -1 0 -1 -2 -11 -1.2 4 -7 -0.8 .476 .492 -0.7 -0.3 -6 3 MVP-26
1979 29 CLE AL 100 413 27 -4 -2 -2 -6 14 1.5 13 27 2.7 .514 .508 2.9 -0.6 29 73/D MVP-26
1980 30 CLE AL 160 720 27 1 -1 -8 -10 9 1.2 22 31 3.1 .506 .505 3.9 -1.6 38 *3
1981 31 CLE AL 94 398 20 1 -1 1 -6 16 1.8 12 28 2.9 .518 .511 2.9 -0.5 27 *3/D MVP-21
1982 32 CLE AL 160 705 3 -3 -2 -1 -10 -14 -1.3 22 8 0.7 .491 .491 0.9 -1.1 9 *3/D
1983 33 CLE AL 134 566 7 -4 1 -0 -8 -4 -0.2 17 13 1.4 .497 .497 1.5 -0.7 14 *3/D
1984 34 CLE AL 133 410 -2 0 -0 4 -6 -3 -0.2 12 9 0.9 .498 .498 0.6 -0.1 6 *3
1985 35 CLE AL 107 326 1 1 -1 2 -5 -2 -0.0 10 8 0.9 .499 .499 0.7 -0.2 6 $458,333 3/D
12 Seasons 1666 6694 179 -14 -4 -6 -97 59 8.3 210 269 27.4 .504 .503 28.5 -9.5 275 $543,333
CLE (7 yrs) 888 3538 84 -8 -6 -4 -50 15 2.7 109 124 12.6 .502 .501 13.4 -4.9 129 $458,333
TEX (5 yrs) 726 3005 102 -4 2 -0 -45 54 6.8 97 152 15.6 .508 .507 15.8 -4.3 152 $85,000
SDP (1 yr) 52 151 -7 -1 0 -1 -2 -11 -1.2 4 -7 -0.8 .476 .492 -0.7 -0.3 -6

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1974 TEX AL 24 1B 91 72 71 689.0 712 631 72 9 57 .987 0 1 9.18 7.73 .992 9.70 9.66 RoY-1
1974 TEX AL 24 DH 32 27 RoY-1
1974 TEX AL 24 LF 6 3 0 34.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.82 1.17 .974 2.13 2.12 RoY-1
1974 TEX AL 24 OF 6 3 0 34.2 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 17 1.82 1.17 .980 2.41 2.40 RoY-1
1975 TEX AL 25 LF 96 92 79 811.1 196 187 2 7 0 .964 -1 -2 2.10 1.97 .977 2.18 2.17 AS
1975 TEX AL 25 OF 96 92 79 811.1 196 187 2 7 0 .964 -1 -2 2.10 1.97 .979 2.37 2.36 AS
1975 TEX AL 25 1B 48 31 30 319.1 375 326 43 6 24 .984 2 9 10.40 7.69 .990 9.84 9.81 AS
1975 TEX AL 25 DH 12 9 AS
1976 TEX AL 26 1B 141 140 134 1259.2 1353 1222 110 21 103 .984 -7 -6 9.52 9.45 .992 9.85 9.89
1976 TEX AL 26 DH 5 4
1977 TEX AL 27 1B 152 144 132 1288.1 1504 1393 100 11 134 .993 7 6 10.43 9.82 .990 10.02 9.95
1978 TEX AL 28 1B 140 139 79 1124.2 1354 1221 116 17 90 .987 -2 -2 10.70 9.55 .992 10.05 9.95
1978 TEX AL 28 DH 4 4
1979 TOT MLB 29 1B 65 58 50 505.0 580 544 30 6 47 .990 -2 -5 10.23 8.83 .992 9.97 9.90 MVP-26
1979 SDP NL 29 1B 37 33 25 277.1 345 323 17 5 24 .986 -1 -4 11.03 9.19 .992 9.89 9.86
1979 CLE AL 29 LF 65 61 52 520.2 135 132 2 1 0 .993 -0 -1 2.32 2.06 .980 2.22 2.20 MVP-26
1979 CLE AL 29 OF 65 61 52 520.2 139 135 3 1 0 .993 -0 -1 2.39 2.12 .981 2.46 2.43 MVP-26
1979 CLE AL 29 1B 28 25 25 227.2 235 221 13 1 23 .996 -1 -6 9.25 8.36 .992 10.08 9.96
1979 CLE AL 29 DH 6 4 MVP-26
1980 CLE AL 30 1B 160 159 151 1398.0 1489 1391 88 10 128 .993 -8 -7 9.52 9.24 .992 10.02 10.00
1981 CLE AL 31 1B 88 87 82 775.1 851 766 76 9 67 .989 1 1 9.77 9.57 .993 10.06 10.03 MVP-21
1981 CLE AL 31 DH 4 3 MVP-21
1982 CLE AL 32 1B 153 153 138 1337.2 1421 1293 123 5 110 .996 -1 -1 9.53 9.25 .992 9.85 9.81
1982 CLE AL 32 DH 5 5
1983 CLE AL 33 1B 131 125 117 1101.2 1220 1098 115 7 131 .994 -0 -1 9.91 9.26 .992 9.90 9.82
1983 CLE AL 33 DH 1 0
1984 CLE AL 34 1B 124 85 75 816.2 881 790 83 8 86 .991 4 6 9.62 7.04 .991 9.75 9.68
1985 CLE AL 35 1B 85 70 55 632.0 671 599 66 6 66 .991 2 4 9.47 7.82 .991 9.76 9.67
1985 CLE AL 35 DH 2 0
12 Seasons 1B 1378 1263 1114 11247.1 12411 11274 1022 115 1043 .991 -4 -0 9.84 8.92 .992 9.91 9.86
3 Seasons OF 167 156 131 1366.2 342 329 5 8 0 .977 -1 -1 2.20 2.00 .980 2.40 2.39
3 Seasons LF 167 156 131 1366.2 338 326 4 8 0 .976 -1 -1 2.17 1.98 .978 2.19 2.18
12 Seasons TOT 1545 1419 1245 12614.0 12753 11603 1027 123 1043 .990 -6 -1 9.01 8.17 .991 9.10 9.05
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1991 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1975 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1974 AL Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1979 AL (26, 0%)
1981 AL (21, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1977 AL  5.1 (9th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1974 AL  .323 (5th)**
1975 AL  .303 (10th)
1981 AL  .317 (6th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1974 AL  .395 (7th)**
1975 AL  .395 (6th)
1976 AL  .397 (2nd)
1977 AL  .420 (3rd)
1978 AL  .388 (3rd)
1979 ML  .404 (9th)
1980 AL  .415 (4th)
1981 AL  .424 (1st)
1983 AL  .388 (7th)
Career  .396 (75th)

Games Played s c a p y
1980 AL  160 (5th)
1982 AL  160 (6th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1980 AL  720 (4th)
1982 AL  705 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1980 AL  179 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  97 (1st)
1977 AL  103 (3rd)
1978 AL  107 (1st)
1980 AL  111 (3rd)
1981 AL  60 (7th)
1982 AL  101 (4th)
1983 AL  78 (7th)
Career  965 (131st)

Singles s c a p y
1975 AL  122 (10th)
1980 AL  144 (5th)
1982 AL  129 (7th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1977 AL  144 (9th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1976 AL  91 (9th)
1977 AL  110 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1976 AL  27 (9th)
1977 AL  39 (5th)
1980 AL  29 (9th)
1981 AL  23 (8th)
Career  218 (234th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1976 AL  2.8 (9th)
1977 AL  3.7 (5th)
1980 AL  2.8 (9th)
1981 AL  2.4 (8th)
Career  21.8 (233rd)

Times On Base s c a p y
1975 AL  240 (9th)
1976 AL  258 (5th)
1977 AL  269 (3rd)
1980 AL  298 (2nd)
1981 AL  167 (8th)
1982 AL  264 (8th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1975 AL  .656 (10th)
1976 AL  .684 (6th)
1977 AL  .703 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 AL  6 (10th)
1978 AL  7 (6th)
1980 AL  8 (4th)
1981 AL  5 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1980 AL  10 (2nd)
1981 AL  7 (5th)
Career  67 (157th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1976 AL  13 (4th)
1978 AL  8 (6th)
1980 AL  10 (9th)
Career  75 (205th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1980 AL  22 (7th)
1981 AL  14 (7th)
1982 AL  22 (5th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1980 AL  16.4 (4th)
1981 AL  20.1 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1982 AL  465 (10th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
1974 AL  30.62 (8th)
1979 AL  38.03 (10th)
1981 AL  26.13 (4th)
Career  236.36 (173rd)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1974 AL  3.3 (5th)
1979 AL  4.8 (4th)
1981 AL  2.3 (8th)
Career  20.9 (171st)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
Career  17.8 (215th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1974 AL  3.2 (6th)
1979 AL  3.6 (10th)
1981 AL  2.7 (4th)
Career  23.6 (171st)

Putouts† s c a p y
1976 AL  1,222 (5th)
1977 AL  1,393 (5th)
1980 AL  1,391 (1st)
1982 AL  1,293 (4th)
Career  11,603 (97th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
1977 AL  152 (5th)
1980 AL  160 (1st)
1982 AL  153 (3rd)
Career  1,378 (71st)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  1,222 (5th)
1977 AL  1,393 (5th)
1980 AL  1,391 (1st)
1982 AL  1,293 (4th)
Career  11,274 (88th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
1974 AL  72 (3rd)
1976 AL  110 (2nd)
1978 AL  116 (1st)
1980 AL  88 (3rd)
1981 AL  76 (2nd)
1982 AL  123 (1st)
1983 AL  115 (3rd)
Career  1,022 (48th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
1976 AL  21 (1st)
1978 AL  17 (1st)
1980 AL  10 (2nd)
1981 AL  9 (1st)
Career  115 (92nd)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
1977 AL  134 (4th)
1982 AL  110 (5th)
1983 AL  131 (3rd)
Career  1,043 (75th)

Errors Committed as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  7 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1977 AL  7 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1977 AL  10.43 (4th)
1978 AL  10.70 (2nd)
Career  9.84 (33rd)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
1983 AL  9.26 (5th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1977 AL  .993 (5th)
1982 AL  .996 (3rd)
1983 AL  .994 (3rd)

Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1975 AL  2.10 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
1975 AL  1.97 (3rd)

                                         
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.
† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (423), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 31 (770), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 14 (1010), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (776), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (75th), 27.4 career WAR/23.1 7yr-peak WAR/25.2 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

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Transactions

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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
197727Texas Rangers$85,000TSN salary survey, 4/23/77
198535Cleveland Indians$458,3331985 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$543,333
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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