Mike Hedlund
Michael David Hedlund (Red)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 11, 1946 in Dallas, TX
High School: Arlington (Arlington, TX)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1964. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 8, 1965
Final Game: September 30, 1972
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Standard Pitching

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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
1965 18 CLE AL 0 0 5.06 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 4 3 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 27 69 2.063 10.1 0.0 8.4 6.8 0.80
1968 21 CLE AL 0 0 10.80 3 0 1 0 0 0 1.2 6 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 14 28 4.800 32.4 0.0 10.8 0.0 0.00
1969 22 KCR AL 3 6 .333 3.24 34 16 8 1 0 2 125.0 123 53 45 8 40 2 74 1 0 0 532 113 1.304 8.9 0.6 2.9 5.3 1.85
1970 23 KCR AL 2 3 .400 7.20 9 0 3 0 0 0 15.0 18 13 12 6 7 0 5 0 0 1 69 52 1.667 10.8 3.6 4.2 3.0 0.71
1971 24 KCR AL 15 8 .652 2.71 32 30 1 7 1 0 205.2 168 68 62 15 72 1 76 1 0 2 833 127 1.167 7.4 0.7 3.2 3.3 1.06
1972 25 KCR AL 5 7 .417 4.78 29 16 4 1 0 0 113.0 119 67 60 10 41 1 52 4 1 2 488 63 1.416 9.5 0.8 3.3 4.1 1.27
6 Seasons 25 24 .510 3.56 113 62 18 9 1 2 465.2 440 207 184 39 167 5 211 7 1 6 1963 96 1.304 8.5 0.8 3.2 4.1 1.26
162 Game Avg. 10 9 .510 3.56 44 24 7 3 0 1 181 171 80 71 15 65 2 82 3 0 2 763 96 1.304 8.5 0.8 3.2 4.1 1.26
KCR (4 yrs) 25 24 .510 3.51 104 62 16 9 1 2 458.2 428 201 179 39 160 4 207 6 1 5 1922 97 1.282 8.4 0.8 3.1 4.1 1.29
CLE (2 yrs) 0 0 6.43 9 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 12 6 5 0 7 1 4 1 0 1 41 52 2.714 15.4 0.0 9.0 5.1 0.57

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1965 18 CLE AL 6 26 20 4 6 2 0 0 0 0 5 4 .300 .423 .400 .823 .353 8 0 0 0 1 1
1968 21 CLE AL 3 14 11 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .545 .643 .545 1.188 .545 6 0 1 0 0 0
1969 22 KCR AL 34 534 476 53 123 19 3 8 7 1 40 74 .258 .313 .361 .674 .287 172 5 1 10 7 2
1970 23 KCR AL 9 69 60 13 18 1 1 6 0 1 7 5 .300 .373 .650 1.023 .245 39 1 0 2 0 0
1971 24 KCR AL 32 833 740 68 168 17 4 15 4 5 72 76 .227 .295 .322 .617 .234 238 21 1 16 4 1
1972 25 KCR AL 29 488 433 67 119 19 5 10 6 1 41 52 .275 .341 .411 .752 .291 178 14 4 7 3 1
6 Seasons 113 1964 1740 207 440 58 13 39 17 8 167 211 .253 .318 .368 .687 .266 641 41 7 35 15 5
162 Game Avg. 44 763 676 80 171 23 5 15 7 3 65 82 .253 .318 .368 .687 .266 249 16 3 14 6 2
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1969 22 KCR AL 34 16 3 6 7 0 2 6 10 .375 1 1 1 0 7 44% 49 73 29 13 3 7 2 3.7 4.4 5.8
1971 24 KCR AL 32 30 15 8 7 2 4 20 10 .667 1 4 7 1 22 73% 56 78 31 21 11 2 14 3.5 3.0 6.7
1972 25 KCR AL 29 16 4 7 5 2 2 6 10 .375 4 2 1 0 8 50% 47 71 22 23 15 3 9 4.2 3.4 5.4
3 Seasons 95 62 22 21 19 4 8 32 30 .516 6 7 9 1 37 60% 52 78 22 57 29 12 25 3.8 3.4 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1965 18 CLE AL 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 4 0.419 0 2 4 0 0 6 4 2 2 4 2 1 2.7
1968 21 CLE AL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 8 0.206 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 2 0 0 1.7
1969 22 KCR AL 34 18 8 0 0 2 2 0 100% 2 0 7 4 57% 7 0.886 1 3 13 2 1 15 4 14 10 2 11 3 5.3
1970 23 KCR AL 9 9 3 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0% 8 1.245 5 2 2 1 4 4 4 5 4 3 6 2 5.0
1971 24 KCR AL 32 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.063 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 6.0
1972 25 KCR AL 29 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 9 2 22% 7 0.947 1 7 5 2 2 9 4 9 9 2 10 1 6.3
6 Seasons 113 51 18 3 3 2 2 0 100% 5 2 32 11 34% 0.978 7 15 27 5 7 39 18 33 27 13 31 8 5.0

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1965 18 CLE AL 26 35% 0.0% 15.4% 19.2% 7.7% 33% 1.20 65% 6 0 0%
1968 21 CLE AL 14 14% 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 79% 7 0 0%
1969 22 KCR AL 534 43% 1.5% 13.9% 7.5% 5.6% 24% 0.70 75% 111 5 5%
1970 23 KCR AL 69 43% 8.7% 7.3% 10.1% 11.6% 44% 0.54 71% 15 1 7%
1971 24 KCR AL 833 42% 1.8% 9.1% 8.6% 4.3% 21% 1.20 78% 152 21 14%
1972 25 KCR AL 488 40% 2.1% 10.7% 8.4% 7.0% 29% 1.09 77% 92 14 15%
6 Seasons 1964 42% 2.0% 10.7% 8.5% 5.6% 25% 0.99 77% 383 41 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1965 18 CLE AL 26 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 1 1 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1968 21 CLE AL 14 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1969 22 KCR AL 534 123 8 0 7 6 2 4 4 30 17 3 57% 8 0 2 214 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1970 23 KCR AL 69 18 6 0 3 5 1 3 3 5 1 1 20% 1 1 0 27 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1971 24 KCR AL 833 168 15 0 8 6 9 7 8 32 14 3 44% 14 2 1 286 4 5 44% 4 4 0 1 0 0 6 1 8 0
1972 25 KCR AL 488 119 10 0 5 6 4 3 7 34 14 5 41% 3 2 2 176 6 1 86% 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 0
6 Seasons 1964 440 39 0 28 23 16 17 22 104 49 12 47% 26 6 6 726 17 8 68% 17 6 0 1 0 1 9 1 34 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1965 18 0 0 5.06 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 4 3 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 27 69 2.063 10.1 0.0 8.4 6.8 0.80 69
1966 19 0 0 5.06 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 4 3 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 27 69 2.063 10.1 0.0 8.4 6.8 0.80 69
1967 20 0 0 5.06 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 6 4 3 0 5 1 4 0 0 1 27 69 2.063 10.1 0.0 8.4 6.8 0.80 69
1968 21 0 0 6.43 9 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 12 6 5 0 7 1 4 1 0 1 41 52 2.714 15.4 0.0 9.0 5.1 0.57 52
1969 22 3 6 .333 3.41 43 16 10 1 0 2 132.0 135 59 50 8 47 3 78 2 0 1 573 107 1.379 9.2 0.5 3.2 5.3 1.66 107
1970 23 5 9 .357 3.80 52 16 13 1 0 2 147.0 153 72 62 14 54 3 83 2 0 2 642 96 1.408 9.4 0.9 3.3 5.1 1.54 96
1971 24 20 17 .541 3.16 84 46 14 8 1 2 352.2 321 140 124 29 126 4 159 3 0 4 1475 111 1.267 8.2 0.7 3.2 4.1 1.26 111
1972 25 25 24 .510 3.56 113 62 18 9 1 2 465.2 440 207 184 39 167 5 211 7 1 6 1963 96 1.304 8.5 0.8 3.2 4.1 1.26 96

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
1965 18 0 0 5.40 5.0 6 3 3 0 5 4 0 2.200 10.8 9.0 7.2 0.80 0.0 6
1968 21 0 0 27.00 1.0 7 3 3 0 2 0 1 9.000 63.0 18.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
1969 22 7 6 .538 3.60 120.0 128 53 48 8 42 71 1 1.417 9.6 3.2 5.3 1.69 0.6 34
1970 23 0 1 .000 8.36 14.0 19 14 13 6 7 5 0 1.857 12.2 4.5 3.2 0.71 3.9 9
1971 24 12 9 .571 3.38 192.0 182 80 72 16 78 71 1 1.354 8.5 3.7 3.3 0.91 0.8 32
1972 25 3 8 .273 7.03 105.0 142 91 82 12 49 48 5 1.819 12.2 4.2 4.1 0.98 1.0 29
6 Seasons 22 24 .478 4.55 437.0 484 244 221 42 183 199 8 1.526 10.0 4.1 1.09 0.9 113

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1971 AL  2.713 (4th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1971 AL  .652 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1971 AL  7.352 (7th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1971 AL  127 (4th)

Youngest s c a p y
1965 AL  born 1946-08-11 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 9 (1502), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1494), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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