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Mike Ivie

Michael Wilson Ivie

Positions: First Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 8, 1952 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Walker (Decatur, GA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1971
Teams (by GP): Padres/Giants/Tigers/Astros 1971-1983

Final Game: May 7, 1983
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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
1971 18 SDP NL 6 19 17 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .471 .526 .471 .997 194 8 3 1 0 0 1 /2
1974 21 SDP NL 12 36 34 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 8 .088 .139 .176 .315 -10 6 0 0 0 0 0 3
1975 22 SDP NL 111 411 377 36 94 16 2 8 46 4 4 20 63 .249 .291 .366 .657 87 138 12 4 5 5 2 35/2
1976 23 SDP NL 140 446 405 51 118 19 5 7 70 6 6 30 41 .291 .345 .415 .759 123 168 10 5 2 4 8 *3/52
1977 24 SDP NL 134 535 489 66 133 29 2 9 66 3 2 39 57 .272 .326 .395 .721 102 193 6 2 1 4 4 35
1978 25 SFG NL 117 352 318 34 98 14 3 11 55 3 0 27 45 .308 .363 .475 .838 137 151 6 2 2 3 6 37
1979 26 SFG NL 133 454 402 58 115 18 3 27 89 5 1 47 80 .286 .359 .547 .906 152 220 10 1 0 4 7 37/54
1980 27 SFG NL 79 306 286 21 69 16 1 4 25 1 2 19 40 .241 .288 .346 .634 79 99 7 0 0 1 2 3
1981 28 TOT NL 26 63 59 3 15 5 0 0 9 0 1 2 12 .254 .270 .339 .609 76 20 0 0 0 2 0 3
1981 28 SFG NL 7 18 17 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 .294 .278 .412 .690 96 7 0 0 0 1 0 /3
1981 28 HOU NL 19 45 42 2 10 3 0 0 6 0 1 2 11 .238 .267 .310 .576 67 13 0 0 0 1 0 3
1982 29 TOT MLB 87 295 265 35 62 12 1 14 38 0 0 25 51 .234 .302 .445 .747 103 118 5 2 0 3 3 D
1982 29 HOU NL 7 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762 124 2 0 0 0 0 0
1982 29 DET AL 80 288 259 35 60 12 1 14 38 0 0 24 51 .232 .299 .448 .746 102 116 5 2 0 3 3 D
1983 30 DET AL 12 45 42 4 9 4 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 .214 .244 .310 .554 54 13 2 0 0 1 1 3
11 Seasons 857 2962 2694 309 724 133 17 81 411 22 16 214 402 .269 .324 .421 .744 110 1134 61 17 10 27 34
162 Game Avg. 162 560 509 58 137 25 3 15 78 4 3 40 76 .269 .324 .421 .744 110 214 12 3 2 5 6
SDP (5 yrs) 403 1447 1322 154 356 64 9 25 188 13 12 92 170 .269 .320 .388 .708 102 513 31 12 8 13 15
SFG (4 yrs) 336 1130 1023 114 287 50 7 42 172 9 3 93 166 .281 .340 .466 .806 126 477 23 3 2 9 15
DET (2 yrs) 92 333 301 39 69 16 1 14 45 0 0 26 55 .229 .291 .429 .720 96 129 7 2 0 4 4
HOU (2 yrs) 26 52 48 2 12 3 0 0 6 0 1 3 11 .250 .288 .313 .601 75 15 0 0 0 1 0
NL (10 yrs) 765 2629 2393 270 655 117 16 67 366 22 16 188 347 .274 .328 .420 .748 112 1005 54 15 10 23 30
AL (2 yrs) 92 333 301 39 69 16 1 14 45 0 0 26 55 .229 .291 .429 .720 96 129 7 2 0 4 4

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 Awards
1971 18 SDP NL 19 2 0 0 -1 -1 0 1 1 0.1 2 0.2 -0.1 $ /2
1974 21 SDP NL 36 -5 0 0 0 -1 -1 1 -6 -0.6 -5 -0.6 0.0 $ 3
1975 22 SDP NL 411 -7 -2 0 -1 -4 -2 12 -4 -0.5 0 0.0 -0.5 $ 35/2
1976 23 SDP NL 446 11 -1 0 0 2 -7 13 18 2.0 16 1.7 0.3 $ *3/52
1977 24 SDP NL 535 -1 1 3 1 -5 -6 16 9 0.9 14 1.5 -0.6 $60,000 35
1978 25 SFG NL 352 14 1 2 -1 1 -5 11 23 2.5 22 2.4 0.1 $ 37
1979 26 SFG NL 455 31 0 0 0 -6 -6 14 32 3.4 39 4.2 -0.8 $ 37/54
1980 27 SFG NL 306 -8 -2 2 -1 2 -5 10 -2 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $ 3
1981 28 SFG NL 18 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 0.3 1 0.1 0.2 $ /3
1981 28 HOU NL 45 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 3
1982 29 HOU NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
1982 29 DET AL 288 0 -1 1 -1 0 -8 9 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ D
1983 30 DET AL 45 -3 0 0 0 -1 -1 1 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $ 3
11 Seasons 2963 32 -4 8 -4 -11 -42 90 68 7.2 80 8.6 -1.4 $60,000
SDP (5 yrs) 1447 0 -2 3 -1 -9 -16 43 18 1.9 27 2.8 -0.9 $60,000
SFG (4 yrs) 1131 37 -1 4 -2 -2 -16 36 56 5.9 58 6.3 -0.4 $
DET (2 yrs) 333 -3 -1 1 -1 -1 -9 10 -4 -0.4 -3 -0.3 -0.1 $
HOU (2 yrs) 52 -2 0 0 0 0 -1 1 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $

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
1971 18 SDP NL 19 12 3 6.7 87 .500 .471 .252 .526 .317 .471 .368 .997 .685 194 .715 2.2 0.2 .833 .059 .000
1974 21 SDP NL 36 31 1 0.9 90 .080 .088 .256 .139 .328 .176 .371 .315 .698 -10 .052 -5.2 -0.5 .258 .147 .088 .0
1975 22 SDP NL 411 309 37 3.2 91 .277 .249 .258 .291 .328 .366 .373 .657 .701 87 .370 -7.6 -0.8 .542 .170 .117 5.3
1976 23 SDP NL 446 309 56 4.9 85 .307 .291 .253 .345 .318 .415 .361 .759 .679 123 .580 12.0 1.2 .670 .198 .123 6.5
1977 24 SDP NL 535 369 64 4.7 94 .290 .272 .257 .326 .323 .395 .392 .721 .715 102 .506 2.4 0.2 .646 .204 .123 4.5
1978 25 SFG NL 352 231 55 6.4 91 .328 .308 .257 .363 .324 .475 .378 .838 .703 137 .684 15.2 1.6 .810 .261 .167 4.7
1979 26 SFG NL 454 302 79 7.0 94 .294 .286 .260 .359 .325 .547 .387 .906 .712 152 .702 27.7 2.8 .913 .388 .261 8.4
1980 27 SFG NL 306 227 27 3.2 93 .267 .241 .263 .288 .325 .346 .382 .634 .707 79 .375 -8.3 -0.9 .518 .168 .105 1.6
1981 28 TOT NL 63 47 5 2.9 89 .306 .254 .258 .270 .322 .339 .369 .609 .692 76 .342 -1.7 -0.2 .467 .102 .085
1981 28 SFG NL 18 13 2 4.2 90 .294 .294 .260 .278 .325 .412 .373 .690 .698 96 .505 -0.0 0.0 .583 .118 .118
1981 28 HOU NL 45 34 3 2.4 88 .313 .238 .257 .267 .321 .310 .368 .576 .689 67 .270 -1.7 -0.2 .424 .095 .071
1982 29 TOT MLB 295 211 36 4.6 98 .236 .234 .264 .302 .328 .445 .402 .747 .730 103 .501 0.4 0.0 .697 .306 .211 .0
1982 29 HOU NL 7 4 1 6.8 88 .333 .333 .256 .429 .318 .333 .372 .762 .690 124 .703 0.3 0.0 .750 .167 .000
1982 29 DET AL 288 207 35 4.5 99 .234 .232 .264 .299 .328 .448 .403 .746 .731 102 .495 0.2 0.0 .696 .309 .216 .0
1983 30 DET AL 45 36 3 2.2 95 .231 .214 .262 .244 .324 .310 .395 .554 .719 54 .213 -2.5 -0.2 .429 .143 .095
11 Seasons 2962 2084 366 4.7 92 .287 .269 .259 .324 .324 .421 .381 .744 .705 110 .538 34.6 3.5 .670 .234 .152 34.6
162 Game Avg. 560 394 69 4.7 92 .287 .269 .259 .324 .324 .421 .381 .744 .705 110 .538 7 1 .670 .234 .152 7
SDP (5 yrs) 1447 1030 161 4.2 90 .290 .269 .256 .320 .323 .388 .376 .708 .699 102 .485 3.8 0.4 .612 .189 .119 17.1
SFG (4 yrs) 1130 773 163 5.7 93 .297 .281 .260 .340 .325 .466 .383 .806 .707 126 .625 34.5 3.4 .760 .283 .186 14.8
DET (2 yrs) 333 243 38 4.2 98 .233 .229 .264 .291 .327 .429 .401 .720 .729 96 .460 -2.3 -0.2 .657 .286 .199 .0
HOU (2 yrs) 52 38 4 2.9 88 .316 .250 .257 .288 .321 .313 .368 .601 .689 75 .336 -1.4 -0.2 .459 .104 .063
NL (10 yrs) 2629 1841 328 4.8 91 .294 .274 .258 .328 .324 .420 .379 .748 .702 112 .548 36.9 3.7 .671 .227 .146 33.1
AL (2 yrs) 333 243 38 4.2 98 .233 .229 .264 .291 .327 .429 .401 .720 .729 96 .460 -2.3 -0.2 .657 .286 .199 .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
1971 18 SDP NL 19 0.0% 5.3% 5.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 17.0 5.7 84%
1974 21 SDP NL 36 2.8% 22.2% 5.6% 2.8% 33% 4.00 4.3 34.0 11.3 0.77 69%
1975 22 SDP NL 411 2.0% 15.3% 4.9% 6.3% 28% 3.15 6.0 47.1 8.2 0.90 76%
1976 23 SDP NL 446 1.6% 9.2% 6.7% 7.0% 26% 1.37 9.9 57.9 5.8 1.02 81%
1977 24 SDP NL 535 1.7% 10.7% 7.3% 7.5% 30% 1.46 8.6 54.3 7.4 0.75 80%
1978 25 SFG NL 352 3.1% 12.8% 7.7% 8.0% 29% 1.67 7.1 28.9 5.8 1.11 75%
1979 26 SFG NL 454 6.0% 17.6% 10.4% 10.6% 42% 1.70 5.0 14.9 4.5 0.68 66%
1980 27 SFG NL 306 1.3% 13.1% 6.2% 6.9% 30% 2.11 7.2 71.5 11.4 0.69 79%
1981 28 TOT NL 63 0.0% 19.1% 3.2% 7.9% 33% 6.00 4.9 6.6 0.57 78%
1981 28 SFG NL 18 0.0% 5.6% 0.0% 11.1% 40% 17.0 5.7 0.50 94%
1981 28 HOU NL 45 0.0% 24.4% 4.4% 6.7% 30% 5.50 3.8 7.0 0.62 71%
1982 29 TOT MLB 295 4.8% 17.3% 8.5% 9.2% 44% 2.04 5.2 18.9 7.0 0.66 69%
1982 29 HOU NL 7 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 86%
1982 29 DET AL 288 4.9% 17.7% 8.3% 9.4% 45% 2.13 5.1 18.5 6.8 0.62 68%
1983 30 DET AL 45 0.0% 8.9% 4.4% 8.9% 44% 2.00 10.5 6.0 2.10 87%
11 Seasons 2962 2.7% 13.6% 7.2% 7.8% 32% 1.88 6.7 33.3 6.6 0.84 76%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.2% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 1.55 6.7 46.1 8.7 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 18 SDP NL 2.2 0.2 17 0.3 0.5 -0.2 1.09 0.2 0.1 1.0 0.1 1.05 0.9 0
1974 21 SDP NL -5.2 -0.5 36 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 .99 -0.4 0.2 -5.0 -0.5 1.00 -5.1 0.70 1
1975 22 SDP NL -7.6 -0.8 422 -0.6 7.0 -7.6 1.07 -1.3 0.7 -2.1 -0.2 0.99 -10.8 1.37 9
1976 23 SDP NL 12.0 1.2 467 1.2 9.4 -8.2 1.09 0.7 0.4 20.3 2.2 1.03 10.9 2.66 4
1977 24 SDP NL 2.4 0.2 546 2.7 11.3 -8.6 1.06 0.1 2.5 10.2 1.1 0.96 4.4 1.52 15
1978 25 SFG NL 15.2 1.6 361 2.7 9.5 -6.9 1.27 1.9 0.2 18.9 2.0 1.02 18.0 2.36 31
1979 26 SFG NL 27.7 2.8 466 3.6 11.5 -8.0 1.15 2.6 0.5 35.0 3.6 1.01 33.1 2.43 23
1980 27 SFG NL -8.3 -0.9 308 -0.2 5.7 -6.0 1.13 -0.7 0.5 -6.0 -0.6 0.97 -5.5 2.27 6
1981 28 TOT NL -1.7 -0.2 64 -0.2 1.7 -1.9 1.56 -0.1 0.0 -1.5 -0.2 1.06 -1.7 1.74 13
1981 28 SFG NL -0.0 0.0 18 0.2 0.7 -0.5 1.76 0.0 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 1.01 -0.6 2.57 3
1981 28 HOU NL -1.7 -0.2 46 -0.4 1.0 -1.3 1.48 -0.1 -0.1 -1.0 -0.1 1.08 -1.1 1.49 10
1982 29 TOT MLB 0.5 0.0 296 -0.6 4.7 -5.3 .98 -0.0 -0.6 -3.8 -0.4 0.94 1.7 2.63 18
1982 29 HOU NL 0.3 0.0 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .84 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.95 -0.1 0.84 6
1982 29 DET AL 0.2 0.0 289 -0.5 4.7 -5.2 .98 -0.0 -0.5 -3.6 -0.4 0.94 1.8 3.53 12
1983 30 DET AL -2.5 -0.2 46 -0.5 0.6 -1.1 1.10 -0.3 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2 0.97 -2.5 0
11 Seasons 34.7 3.5 3029 8.0 62.4 -54.4 1.11 2.5 4.6 65.0 6.8 0.99 43.4 2.16 120

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
1971 18 SDP NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 21 SDP NL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 22 SDP NL 5 0 26% 130 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 9 26% 19 16 2 0 0 0 12 5 6
1976 23 SDP NL 6 0 30% 181 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 2 0 7 15 48% 27 16 10 5 0 5 14 7 7
1977 24 SDP NL 10 0 35% 210 3 2 60% 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 5 12 43% 30 18 12 11 7 3 17 6 10
1978 25 SFG NL 7 0 20% 104 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 37% 25 19 6 3 2 1 10 3 7
1979 26 SFG NL 4 1 23% 161 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 6 5 42% 25 17 8 3 1 2 15 6 8
1980 27 SFG NL 6 0 20% 129 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 24% 12 9 3 5 2 1 4 3 1
1981 28 TOT NL 0 0 18% 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1981 28 SFG NL 0 0 20% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1981 28 HOU NL 0 0 17% 16 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1982 29 TOT MLB 3 0 28% 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 28% 10 8 2 2 2 0 6 3 3
1982 29 HOU NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1982 29 DET AL 3 0 29% 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 29% 10 8 2 1 1 0 6 3 3
1983 30 DET AL 1 0 36% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
11 Seasons 43 1 26% 1042 22 16 58% 22 12 0 4 0 0 7 2 33 56 38% 151 106 43 29 14 12 83 34 46

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
1971 18 SDP NL 17 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 2 0 0% 14 3 21% 1 1 100% 0 0 2
1974 21 SDP NL 36 11% 3 1 0 0 0 0.70 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 6 1 17% 23 2 9% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1975 22 SDP NL 411 31% 94 9 3 0 2 1.37 8 1 11 5 3 2 6 0 10 5 50% 85 12 14% 40 15 38% 263 39 15% 26 16 62% 21 11 52% 0
1976 23 SDP NL 446 38% 118 4 0 0 1 2.66 7 0 9 2 5 4 3 0 2 2 100% 80 10 13% 37 11 30% 303 65 21% 34 16 47% 26 18 69% 0
1977 24 SDP NL 535 27% 133 15 2 0 2 1.52 9 1 18 4 5 4 5 0 1 1 100% 96 6 6% 44 14 32% 346 58 17% 34 22 65% 20 9 45% 0
1978 25 SFG NL 352 44% 98 31 12 4 10 2.36 11 2 13 5 6 5 6 0 2 2 100% 61 6 10% 30 11 37% 240 47 20% 28 13 46% 8 4 50% 0
1979 26 SFG NL 455 29% 115 23 9 1 8 2.43 27 0 13 15 12 10 17 0 0 0 99 10 10% 51 11 22% 330 67 20% 44 20 45% 15 8 53% 0
1980 27 SFG NL 306 24% 69 6 1 0 0 2.27 4 0 6 3 1 1 3 0 0 0 49 7 14% 24 5 21% 178 22 12% 14 7 50% 13 6 46% 0
1981 28 TOT NL 63 43% 15 13 4 0 1 1.74 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 8 3 38% 51 10 20% 4 2 50% 3 0 0% 0
1981 28 SFG NL 18 61% 5 3 1 0 0 2.57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 14 4 29% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1981 28 HOU NL 45 36% 10 10 3 0 1 1.49 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 7 2 29% 37 6 16% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0
1982 29 TOT MLB 295 46% 62 18 4 0 1 2.63 14 0 7 5 9 10 4 0 0 0 49 5 10% 21 4 19% 183 24 13% 17 9 53% 9 4 44% 0
1982 29 HOU NL 7 71% 2 6 2 0 0 0.84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 29 DET AL 288 46% 60 12 2 0 1 3.53 14 0 7 5 9 10 4 0 0 0 48 5 10% 21 4 19% 178 24 13% 17 9 53% 9 4 44% 0
1983 30 DET AL 45 51% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 17% 6 2 33% 32 7 22% 5 3 60% 1 1 100% 0
11 Seasons 2961 33% 724 120 35 5 25 2.16 81 4 81 40 41 37 44 0 15 10 67% 552 61 11% 269 77 29% 1963 344 18% 209 110 53% 118 61 52% 2
MLB Averages 56% 78% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

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
1971 18 6 19 17 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .471 .526 .471 .997 194 8 3 1 0 0 1
1972 19 6 19 17 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .471 .526 .471 .997 194 8 3 1 0 0 1
1973 20 6 19 17 0 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 1 .471 .526 .471 .997 194 8 3 1 0 0 1
1974 21 18 55 51 1 11 0 0 1 6 0 0 3 9 .216 .273 .275 .547 58 14 3 1 0 0 1
1975 22 129 466 428 37 105 16 2 9 52 4 4 23 72 .245 .289 .355 .644 83 152 15 5 5 5 3
1976 23 269 912 833 88 223 35 7 16 122 10 10 53 113 .268 .316 .384 .700 103 320 25 10 7 9 11
1977 24 403 1447 1322 154 356 64 9 25 188 13 12 92 170 .269 .320 .388 .708 102 513 31 12 8 13 15
1978 25 520 1799 1640 188 454 78 12 36 243 16 12 119 215 .277 .328 .405 .733 109 664 37 14 10 16 21
1979 26 653 2253 2042 246 569 96 15 63 332 21 13 166 295 .279 .334 .433 .767 118 884 47 15 10 20 28
1980 27 732 2559 2328 267 638 112 16 67 357 22 15 185 335 .274 .329 .422 .751 113 983 54 15 10 21 30
1981 28 758 2622 2387 270 653 117 16 67 366 22 16 187 347 .274 .327 .420 .748 112 1003 54 15 10 23 30
1982 29 845 2917 2652 305 715 129 17 81 404 22 16 212 398 .270 .325 .423 .747 111 1121 59 17 10 26 33
1983 30 857 2962 2694 309 724 133 17 81 411 22 16 214 402 .269 .324 .421 .744 110 1134 61 17 10 27 34

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
1971 18 6 20 18 0 9 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 .500 .550 .500 1.050 5 6
1974 21 12 36 34 1 3 0 0 1 4 0 2 8 .088 .139 .176 .315 1 12
1975 22 111 414 384 41 101 17 2 9 52 4 21 63 .263 .304 .388 .692 45 111
1976 23 140 463 419 62 132 21 6 8 85 7 34 41 .315 .371 .451 .823 69 140
1977 24 134 546 498 73 142 31 2 10 73 3 42 57 .285 .341 .416 .756 70 134
1978 25 117 361 327 39 107 15 3 12 63 3 29 45 .327 .382 .502 .884 63 117
1979 26 133 465 410 65 123 19 3 29 100 5 50 80 .300 .374 .573 .947 89 133
1980 27 79 312 291 24 74 17 1 4 28 1 20 40 .254 .301 .361 .662 32 79
1981 28 39 99 93 6 26 9 0 0 17 0 3 18 .280 .293 .376 .669 11 26
1982 29 87 298 267 37 64 12 1 14 40 0 26 51 .240 .309 .449 .758 37 87
1983 30 12 46 43 5 10 4 0 0 9 0 2 4 .233 .261 .326 .586 4 12
11 Seasons 870 3060 2784 353 791 145 18 87 475 23 230 408 .284 .340 .443 .782 426 857
162 Game Avg. 162 570 518 66 147 27 3 16 88 4 43 76 .284 .340 .443 .782 79 857

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 NL  5 (9th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1979 NL  14.9 (6th)**

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
1979 NL  3.6 (10th)

Youngest s c a p y
1971 NL  born 1952-08-08 (2nd)

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 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 (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Name and misspellings: Michael mark michael Mike Wilson Ivie

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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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