Mike Hedlund

Michael David Hedlund (Red)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: August 11, 1946 in Dallas, TX
High School: Arlington HS (Arlington, TX)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1965
Teams (by GP): Royals/Indians 1965-1972

Final Game: September 30, 1972
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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
1964	17	CLE-min	A	7	8	8		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							BRL · CARL
1965	18	CLE	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1966	19	CLE-min	AA	35	31	31	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14	.097	.097	.161	.258		5							PAW · EL
1967	20	CLE-min	AA,AAA	30	52	50	2	6	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	21	.120	.154	.140	.294		7		0	0	0			PAW,POR · EL,PCL
1968	21	CLE-min	AA	27	56	55	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	18	.109	.125	.127	.252		7							WBY · EL
1968	21	CLE	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1969	22	KCR	AL	34	35	33	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	15	.152	.176	.152	.328	-7	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
1970	23	KCR-min	AAA	28	47	44	2	5	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	24	.114	.133	.227	.361		10		0	2	0			OMA · AA
1970	23	KCR	AL	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1971	24	KCR	AL	32	75	68	2	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	26	.088	.114	.088	.203	-41	6	1	0	5	0	0	1
1972	25	KCR	AL	29	35	32	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	.188	.188	.188	.375	13	6	0	0	3	0	0	1
1973	26	CLE-min	AAA	23																									OKC · AA
1974	27	CHW-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			IWA · AA
6 Yrs				113	151	138	5	17	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	63	.123	.142	.123	.265	-23	17	1	0	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	216	198	7	24	0	0	0	4	1	0	4	90	.123	.142	.123	.265	-23	24	1	0	14	0	0

KCR (4 yrs)				104	150	137	5	17	0	0	0	3	1	0	3	62	.124	.143	.124	.267	-23	17	1	0	10	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1965	18	CLE	AL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1968	21	CLE	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$4,800	/1
1969	22	KCR	AL	34	35	-5	0	0	0	4	-0	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$7,200	1
1970	23	KCR	AL	9	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1971	24	KCR	AL	32	75	-12	-0	0	0	8	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.5	.485	.497	-0.5	0.0	-2	$	1
1972	25	KCR	AL	29	35	-3	-0	0	0	4	0	0.0	1	2	0.0	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$27,000	1
6 Seasons				113	151	-21	-0	0	0	16	-5	-0.6	5	0	-0.7	.495	.499	-0.5	-0.0	0	$39,000

KCR (4 yrs)				104	150	-21	-0	0	0	16	-5	-0.6	5	0	-0.7	.495	.499	-0.5	-0.0	0	$34,200
CLE (2 yrs)				9	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$4,800

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	PwrSpd
1965	18	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	93		.000	.252	.000	.322	.000	.386	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1969	22	KCR	AL	35	29	1	0.9	95	.278	.152	.254	.176	.331	.152	.384	.328	.715	-7	.059	-4.9	-0.5	.250	.061	.000	.0
1970	23	KCR	AL	5	5	0	0.0	97		.000	.257	.000	.331	.000	.392	.000	.723	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1971	24	KCR	AL	75	68	1	0.4	91	.143	.088	.253	.114	.324	.088	.375	.203	.700	-41	.014	-12.8	-1.4	.127	.029	.000
1972	25	KCR	AL	35	29	1	0.9	82	.400	.188	.246	.188	.314	.188	.354	.375	.669	13	.076	-3.6	-0.4	.231	.000	.000
6 Yrs				151	132	3	0.6	90	.227	.123	.252	.142	.324	.123	.373	.265	.697	-23	.031	-22.6	-2.4	.172	.029	.000	.0
162 Game Avg.				216	189	4	0.6	90	.227	.123	.252	.142	.324	.123	.373	.265	.697	-23	.031	-22.6	-2.4	.172	.029	.000

KCR (4 yrs)				150	131	3	0.6	90	.227	.124	.252	.143	.324	.124	.373	.267	.697	-23	.032	-22.3	-2.4	.174	.029	.000	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	93		.000	.252	.000	.322	.000	.386	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1965	18	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1969	22	KCR	AL	35	0.0%	42.9%	2.9%	0.0%	0%	15.00	2.2		33.0	0.67	51%
1970	23	KCR	AL	5	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1971	24	KCR	AL	75	0.0%	34.7%	2.7%	0.0%	0%	13.00	2.6		34.0	1.41	56%
1972	25	KCR	AL	35	0.0%	48.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.9			1.00	43%
6 Yrs				151	0.0%	41.7%	2.0%	0.0%	0%	21.00	2.2		46.0	1.16	50%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.2%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.82	5.9	44.1	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1965	18	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.47	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.2	0

1968	21	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1969	22	KCR	AL	-4.9	-0.5	36	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.96	-0.5	0.2	-3.3	-0.3	0.92	-4.7	0
1970	23	KCR	AL	-1.1	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.30	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.84	-1.2	0
1971	24	KCR	AL	-12.8	-1.4	75	-1.1	0.6	-1.7	1.07	-1.2	0.1	-12.4	-1.4	0.96	-11.9	0
1972	25	KCR	AL	-3.6	-0.4	35	-0.1	0.4	-0.5	.94	-0.3	0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.92	-2.5	0
6 Yrs				-22.6	-2.4	152	-1.7	1.4	-3.0	1.02	-2.0	0.4	-19.0	-2.1	0.94	-20.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1965	18	CLE	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	22	KCR	AL	0	0	33%	4	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1970	23	KCR	AL	0	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1971	24	KCR	AL	1	0	25%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	25	KCR	AL	1	0	17%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2	0	25%	33	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25%	5	4	1	1	1	0	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
1965	18	CLE	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1969	22	KCR	AL	35	100%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	5	1	20%	22	2	9%	0	0		5	2	40%	0
1970	23	KCR	AL	5	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	24	KCR	AL	75	100%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	11	1	9%	13	3	23%	49	3	6%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	0
1972	25	KCR	AL	35	100%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	0	0%	8	4	50%	17	1	6%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				151	100%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	10	71%	23	1	4%	27	8	30%	90	6	7%	3	1	33%	8	3	38%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1965	18	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1966	19	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1967	20	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1968	21	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1969	22	43	36	34	2	5	1	1	1	16	.147	.171	.147	.318	-10	5	0	1
1970	23	52	41	38	2	5	1	1	1	20	.132	.154	.132	.285	-19	5	0	2
1971	24	84	116	106	4	11	3	1	3	46	.104	.128	.104	.232	-33	11	1	7
1972	25	113	151	138	5	17	3	1	3	63	.123	.142	.123	.265	-23	17	1	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1965	18	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

1969	22	34	35	33	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	1	15	.152	.176	.152	.328	1	34
1970	23	9	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1971	24	32	76	69	3	7	0	0	0	3	0	2	26	.101	.127	.101	.228	1	32
1972	25	30	36	33	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	.182	.182	.182	.364	1	29
5 Yrs		111	153	140	6	18	0	0	0	4	1	3	64	.129	.147	.129	.275	3	110
162 Game Avg.		162	223	204	9	26	0	0	0	6	1	4	93	.129	.147	.129	.275	4	110

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1965 AL born 1946-08-11 (4th)

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