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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 (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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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 8:06AM

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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
1964	17	CLE-min	A	0	3	.000	3.24	7	5					25.0	25	14	9	2	16								1.640	9.0	0.7	5.8			BRL · CARL
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	75	2.063	10.1	0.0	8.4	6.8	0.80

1968	21	CLE-min	AA	8	13	.381	2.30	27	22					168.0	113	60	43	3	55		149						1.000	6.1	0.2	2.9	8.0	2.71	WBY · EL
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	36	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-min	AAA	9	4	.692	3.37	28	17		5	0	0	131.0	119	59	49	14	31	4	81	3	0	1			1.145	8.2	1.0	2.1	5.6	2.61	OMA · AA
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	53	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
1973	26	CLE-min	AAA	7	8	.467	4.44	23	21					140.0	167	83	69	14	42								1.493	10.7	0.9	2.7			OKC · AA
1974	27	CHW-min	AAA	5	8	.385	2.90	31	16		3	0	1	152.0	149	81	49	16	38	5	98	3	0	4			1.230	8.8	0.9	2.2	5.8	2.58	IWA · AA
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	59	2.714	15.4	0.0	9.0	5.1	0.57

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1965	18	CLE	AL	5.1	0	4	3	0	.4	-1	-0.1	$

1968	21	CLE	AL	1.2	0	2	1	0	.2	-1	-0.1	$
1969	22	KCR	AL	125.0	16	53	71	-2	.9	18	1.6	$
1970	23	KCR	AL	15.0	0	13	9	0	1.2	-4	-0.6	$
1971	24	KCR	AL	205.2	30	68	104	0	1.1	36	4.4	$
1972	25	KCR	AL	113.0	16	67	53	-1	.9	-14	-1.8	$
6 Seasons				465.2	62	207	241	-3	1.0	34	3.4	$

KCR (4 yrs)				458.2	62	201	237	-3	1.0	36	3.6	$
CLE (2 yrs)				7.0	0	6	4	0	.4	-2	-0.2	$

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
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

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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1965	18	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1

1969	22	KCR	AL	35	-5	0	0	0	0	3	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$7,200	1
1970	23	KCR	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1971	24	KCR	AL	75	-12	0	0	0	0	6	2	-4	-0.6	-4	-0.4	-0.2	$	1
1972	25	KCR	AL	35	-4	0	0	0	0	2	1	-1	-0.2	-1	-0.1	-0.1	$27,000	1
5 Seasons				151	-22	0	0	0	0	11	4	-7	-1.1	-7	-0.7	-0.4	$34,200

KCR (4 yrs)				150	-22	0	0	0	0	11	4	-7	-1.1	-7	-0.7	-0.4	$34,200
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1965	CLE	AL	18	P	6	0	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		2.02	2.03	0	0		0
1968	CLE	AL	21	P	3	0	0	1.2	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	5.40	0.33	.960	2.16	1.87	0	0		1
1969	KCR	AL	22	P	34	16	1	125.0	34	9	24	1	3	.971	2.38	0.97	.951	1.88	1.88	7	1	13%	0
1970	KCR	AL	23	P	9	0	0	15.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	0.60	0.11	.950	1.86	1.86	0	1	100%	0
1971	KCR	AL	24	P	32	30	7	205.2	65	16	47	2	5	.969	2.76	1.97	.958	1.98	1.97	4	5	56%	3
1972	KCR	AL	25	P	29	16	1	113.0	31	12	19	0	3	1.000	2.47	1.07	.950	1.86	1.85	6	1	14%	2
	6 Seasons			P	113	62	9	465.2	132	37	92	3	11	.977	2.49	1.14	.954	1.92	1.90	17	8	32%	6
	6 Seasons			TOT	113	62	9	465.2	132	37	92	3	11	.977	2.49	1.14	.954	1.92	1.90	17	8	32%	6

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1971 AL 4.4 (8th)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1971 AL 2.71 (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)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1971 AL 17 (9th)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1971 AL 2.0 (9th)	Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y 1971 AL 24.72 (7th)
Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y 1971 AL 2.8 (6th)	Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y 1971 AL 1.97 (5th)	Youngest s c a p y 1965 AL born 1946-08-11 (4th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 9 (1531), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1554), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1964 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.
October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals from the Cleveland Indians as the 45th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
November 2, 1972: Traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Cleveland Indians for Kurt Bevacqua.
March 17, 1974: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Chicago White Sox for Ken Hottman.
December 16, 1974: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Cincinnati Reds for Ozzie Osborn.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1968	21	Cleveland Indians	$4,800	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1969	22	Kansas City Royals	$7,200	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

1972	25	Kansas City Royals	$27,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1973	26	Cleveland Indians	$27,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$66,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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