Mike Hubbard

Michael Wayne Hubbard

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 16, 1971 in Lynchburg, VA
High School: Amherst County HS (Monroe, VA)
School: James Madison University (Harrisonburg, VA)
Drafted
by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 13, 1995
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Expos/Rangers/Braves 1995-2001

Final Game: June 13, 2001
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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
1995 24 CHC NL 15 25 23 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .174 .240 .174 .414 13 4 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1996 25 CHC NL 21 39 38 1 4 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 15 .105 .103 .184 .287 -27 7 1 0 0 1 0 2
1997 26 CHC NL 29 66 64 4 13 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 21 .203 .227 .250 .477 24 16 1 0 0 0 1 2/5
1998 27 MON NL 32 56 55 3 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 17 .145 .161 .218 .379 -0 12 1 1 0 0 0 2/4
2000 29 ATL NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
2001 30 TEX AL 5 11 11 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .273 .273 .636 .909 126 7 0 0 0 0 0 /2
6 Yrs 104 198 192 11 32 2 0 4 11 0 0 4 60 .167 .187 .240 .426 11 46 4 1 0 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 308 299 17 50 3 0 6 17 0 0 6 93 .167 .187 .240 .426 11 72 6 2 0 2 2
CHC (3 yrs) 65 130 125 7 21 0 0 2 7 0 0 4 38 .168 .192 .216 .408 7 27 3 0 0 1 1
ATL (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
TEX (1 yr) 5 11 11 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .273 .273 .636 .909 126 7 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 32 56 55 3 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 17 .145 .161 .218 .379 -0 12 1 1 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 99 187 181 10 29 1 0 3 10 0 0 4 56 .160 .182 .215 .397 4 39 4 1 0 1 1
AL (1 yr) 5 11 11 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .273 .273 .636 .909 126 7 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 Awards
1995 24 CHC NL 15 25 -3 0 -0 0 0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .482 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $109,000 /2
1996 25 CHC NL 21 39 -7 0 0 1 0 -6 -0.6 1 -5 -0.5 .471 .496 -0.6 0.1 -6 $112,000 2
1997 26 CHC NL 29 66 -8 -0 -0 -1 1 -8 -0.9 2 -7 -0.7 .470 .495 -0.6 -0.0 -6 $153,000 2/5
1998 27 MON NL 32 56 -7 0 0 -3 1 -9 -0.9 2 -8 -0.8 .471 .494 -0.5 -0.2 -5 $174,000 2/4
2000 29 ATL NL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .486 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2
2001 30 TEX AL 5 11 0 0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .490 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /2
6 Seasons 104 198 -25 0 -0 -4 3 -27 -2.8 5 -21 -2.2 .473 .497 -1.8 -0.2 -17 $548,000
CHC (3 yrs) 65 130 -18 -0 -0 0 2 -17 -1.8 4 -13 -1.4 .473 .496 -1.4 0.1 -13 $374,000
ATL (1 yr) 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .486 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
TEX (1 yr) 5 11 0 0 0 -1 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .490 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $
MON (1 yr) 32 56 -7 0 0 -3 1 -9 -0.9 2 -8 -0.8 .471 .494 -0.5 -0.2 -5 $174,000

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
1995 24 CHC NL 25 20 1 1.3 104 .190 .174 .267 .240 .336 .174 .416 .414 .752 13 .087 -2.9 -0.3 .300 .087 .000
1996 25 CHC NL 39 36 1 0.8 108 .130 .105 .272 .103 .342 .184 .426 .287 .768 -27 .032 -7.2 -0.7 .200 .079 .079 .0
1997 26 CHC NL 66 52 3 1.6 110 .286 .203 .273 .227 .345 .250 .428 .477 .773 24 .110 -7.6 -0.7 .346 .078 .047 .0
1998 27 MON NL 56 48 2 1.1 106 .189 .145 .267 .161 .337 .218 .420 .379 .757 -0 .064 -8.2 -0.8 .271 .073 .073 .0
2000 29 ATL NL 1 1 0 0.0 116 .000 .273 .000 .351 .000 .446 .000 .797 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
2001 30 TEX AL 11 8 2 6.7 110 .333 .273 .272 .273 .339 .636 .437 .909 .776 126 .625 0.3 0.0 .875 .364 .364 .0
6 Yrs 198 165 9 1.5 108 .217 .167 .270 .187 .341 .240 .425 .426 .765 11 .099 -25.9 -2.5 .311 .094 .073 .0
162 Game Avg. 308 257 14 1.5 108 .217 .167 .270 .187 .341 .240 .425 .426 .765 11 .099 -25.9 -2.5 .311 .094 .073
CHC (3 yrs) 130 108 5 1.2 108 .221 .168 .272 .192 .342 .216 .425 .408 .768 7 .076 -17.7 -1.7 .290 .080 .048 .0
ATL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 116 .000 .273 .000 .351 .000 .446 .000 .797 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
TEX (1 yr) 11 8 2 6.7 110 .333 .273 .272 .273 .339 .636 .437 .909 .776 126 .625 0.3 0.0 .875 .364 .364 .0
MON (1 yr) 56 48 2 1.1 106 .189 .145 .267 .161 .337 .218 .420 .379 .757 -0 .064 -8.2 -0.8 .271 .073 .073 .0
NL (5 yrs) 187 157 7 1.2 108 .211 .160 .270 .182 .341 .215 .424 .397 .765 4 .071 -26.2 -2.6 .282 .077 .055 .0
AL (1 yr) 11 8 2 6.7 110 .333 .273 .272 .273 .339 .636 .437 .909 .776 126 .625 0.3 0.0 .875 .364 .364 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1995 24 CHC NL 25 0.0% 8.0% 8.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 11.5 23.0 0.50 0.64 84% 19% 0.0% 7%
1996 25 CHC NL 39 2.6% 38.5% 0.0% 2.6% 25% 2.5 38.0 9.5 0.92 1.63 59% 17% 10.0% 17%
1997 26 CHC NL 66 1.5% 31.8% 3.0% 1.5% 8% 10.50 3.0 64.0 32.0 0.83 1.00 64% 28% 5.6% 22%
1998 27 MON NL 56 1.8% 30.4% 0.0% 3.6% 25% 3.2 55.0 18.3 0.90 1.13 66% 21% 6.7% 25%
2000 29 ATL NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
2001 30 TEX AL 11 9.1% 36.4% 0.0% 18.2% 67% 2.8 11.0 11.0 0.20 0.33 55% 43% 20.0% 0%
6 Yrs 198 2.0% 30.3% 2.0% 3.0% 19% 15.00 3.2 48.0 17.5 0.76 1.02 65% 23% 6.6% 18%
MLB Averages 2.8% 16.7% 9.0% 7.9% 33% 1.85 5.3 31.6 7.4 0.79 1.09 70% 22% 8.4% 15%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1995 24 CHC NL -3.0 -0.3 25 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .91 -0.3 0.0 -2.5 -0.2 0.81 -3.4 0.52 6
1996 25 CHC NL -7.3 -0.7 39 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .88 -0.4 -0.2 -5.9 -0.6 0.90 -6.3 1.72 9
1997 26 CHC NL -7.6 -0.7 67 -1.1 0.6 -1.7 1.10 -0.7 -0.4 -8.8 -0.9 0.95 -8.5 2.37 9
1998 27 MON NL -8.2 -0.8 56 -1.1 0.5 -1.6 1.19 -0.7 -0.2 -9.5 -0.9 0.94 -8.9 2.60 7
2000 29 ATL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.01 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.86 -0.3 2.01 1
2001 30 TEX AL 0.3 0.0 11 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .83 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 -0.0 0.76 0.3 0
6 Yrs -26.0 -2.5 199 -3.0 1.8 -4.9 1.05 -2.1 -0.8 -27.1 -2.6 0.91 -27.1 1.88 32

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1995 24 CHC NL 0 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
1996 25 CHC NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 26 CHC NL 0 0 21% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1998 27 MON NL 1 0 25% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
2000 29 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 30 TEX AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1 0 21% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 30% 6 4 2 0 0 0 4 3 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
1995 24 CHC NL 25 60% 4 0 0 6 1 0 0 0.52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 2 0 0% 10 1 10% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1996 25 CHC NL 39 10% 4 0 0 9 1 0 0 1.72 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 4 1 25% 23 3 13% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1997 26 CHC NL 66 55% 13 0 0 9 1 0 0 2.37 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 13% 3 0 0% 34 1 3% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1998 27 MON NL 56 25% 8 1 0 7 2 0 0 2.60 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 6 4 67% 35 2 6% 4 2 50% 3 3 100% 0
2000 29 ATL NL 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 30 TEX AL 11 64% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 198 38% 32 1 0 32 5 0 0 1.88 4 0 4 3 1 2 2 0 0 0 27 4 15% 15 5 33% 105 7 7% 8 4 50% 8 4 50% 0
MLB Averages 54% 74% 10% 34% 15% 53% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1995 24 CHC NL 25 99 3.96 60 61% 28% 13% 23% 35% 72% 0% 43% 81% 32% 16% 4 0 20% 5 1 16% 4 3 0% 0 0 0
1996 25 CHC NL 38 138 3.63 100 72% 21% 23% 32% 24% 79% 0% 57% 71% 32% 0% 0 0 8% 3 2 5% 2 2 36% 1 0 0
1997 26 CHC NL 63 225 3.57 154 68% 19% 27% 27% 26% 81% 6% 55% 66% 41% 3% 2 0 13% 8 6 5% 3 2 14% 3 0 0
1998 27 MON NL 56 187 3.34 132 71% 21% 21% 29% 29% 79% 0% 56% 73% 45% 4% 2 0 7% 4 1 4% 2 2 35% 0 0 0
2000 29 ATL NL 1 8 8.00 6 75% 0% 17% 83% 0% 100% 0% 75% 83% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
2001 30 TEX AL 12 41 3.42 31 76% 42% 16% 19% 23% 58% 0% 44% 72% 33% 0% 0 0 8% 1 1 0% 0 0 25% -1 0 0
6 Yrs 195 698 3.58 483 69% 23% 22% 28% 27% 77% 2% 54% 71% 38% 4% 8 0 11% 21 11 6% 11 9 25% 3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.72 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 30% 5% 16% 9% 28%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 24 15 25 23 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 .174 .240 .174 .414 13 4 1 0 0 0 0
1996 25 36 64 61 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 17 .131 .156 .180 .337 -11 11 2 0 0 1 0
1997 26 65 130 125 7 21 0 0 2 7 0 0 4 38 .168 .192 .216 .408 7 27 3 0 0 1 1
1998 27 97 186 180 10 29 1 0 3 10 0 0 4 55 .161 .183 .217 .399 5 39 4 1 0 1 1
1999 28 97 186 180 10 29 1 0 3 10 0 0 4 55 .161 .183 .217 .399 5 39 4 1 0 1 1
2000 29 99 187 181 10 29 1 0 3 10 0 0 4 56 .160 .182 .215 .397 4 39 4 1 0 1 1
2001 30 104 198 192 11 32 2 0 4 11 0 0 4 60 .167 .187 .240 .426 11 46 4 1 0 1 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G)
How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1995 24 17 28 26 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 .192 .250 .192 .442 1 15
1996 25 21 40 39 1 5 0 0 1 5 0 0 15 .128 .125 .205 .330 1 21
1997 26 29 65 63 3 12 0 0 1 2 0 2 21 .190 .215 .238 .453 3 29
1998 27 32 57 56 3 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 17 .161 .175 .232 .408 2 32
2000 29 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
2001 30 5 11 11 1 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 .273 .273 .636 .909 2 5
6 Yrs 106 202 196 10 34 2 0 4 12 0 4 60 .173 .193 .245 .438 9 104
162 Game Avg. 162 309 300 15 52 3 0 6 18 0 6 92 .173 .193 .245 .438 14 104

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