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Mike James

Michael Elmo James

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 216 lb.

Born: August 15, 1967 in Fort Walton Beach, FL
High School: Fort Walton Beach HS (Fort Walton Beach, FL)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 43rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed May 21, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1995
Teams (by GP): Angels/Cardinals/Rockies 1995-2002

Final Game: May 5, 2002
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Standard Pitching

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
1995 27 CAL AL 3 0 1.000 3.88 46 0 11 0 0 1 55.2 49 27 24 6 26 2 36 3 0 1 237 121 1.347 7.9 1.0 4.2 5.8 1.38
1996 28 CAL AL 5 5 .500 2.67 69 0 23 0 0 1 81.0 62 27 24 7 42 7 65 10 0 5 353 184 1.284 6.9 0.8 4.7 7.2 1.55
1997 29 ANA AL 5 5 .500 4.31 58 0 22 0 0 7 62.2 69 32 30 3 28 4 57 5 0 1 284 109 1.548 9.9 0.4 4.0 8.2 2.04
1998 30 ANA AL 0 0 1.93 11 0 3 0 0 0 14.0 10 3 3 0 7 0 12 0 0 0 55 252 1.214 6.4 0.0 4.5 7.7 1.71
2000 32 STL NL 2 2 .500 3.16 51 0 10 0 0 2 51.1 40 22 18 7 24 2 41 3 0 2 213 149 1.247 7.0 1.2 4.2 7.2 1.71
2001 33 STL NL 1 2 .333 5.21 40 0 11 0 0 0 38.0 43 24 22 5 17 2 26 5 0 3 173 84 1.579 10.2 1.2 4.0 6.2 1.53
2002 34 COL NL 0 0 5.56 13 0 6 0 0 0 11.1 12 9 7 2 5 0 10 1 0 0 51 88 1.500 9.5 1.6 4.0 7.9 2.00
7 Yrs 16 14 .533 3.67 288 0 86 0 0 11 314.0 285 144 128 30 149 17 247 27 0 12 1366 129 1.382 8.2 0.9 4.3 7.1 1.66
162 Game Avg. 4 3 .533 3.67 68 0 20 0 0 3 74 67 34 30 7 35 4 58 6 0 3 323 129 1.382 8.2 0.9 4.3 7.1 1.66
ANA (4 yrs) 13 10 .565 3.42 184 0 59 0 0 9 213.1 190 89 81 16 103 13 170 18 0 7 929 140 1.373 8.0 0.7 4.3 7.2 1.65
STL (2 yrs) 3 4 .429 4.03 91 0 21 0 0 2 89.1 83 46 40 12 41 4 67 8 0 5 386 113 1.388 8.4 1.2 4.1 6.8 1.63
COL (1 yr) 0 0 5.56 13 0 6 0 0 0 11.1 12 9 7 2 5 0 10 1 0 0 51 88 1.500 9.5 1.6 4.0 7.9 2.00
AL (4 yrs) 13 10 .565 3.42 184 0 59 0 0 9 213.1 190 89 81 16 103 13 170 18 0 7 929 140 1.373 8.0 0.7 4.3 7.2 1.65
NL (3 yrs) 3 4 .429 4.20 104 0 27 0 0 2 100.2 95 55 47 14 46 4 77 9 0 5 437 110 1.401 8.5 1.3 4.1 6.9 1.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1995 27 CAL AL 55.2 46 0 27 4.37 5.17 0.12 -0.38 99.8 4.66 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.6 8 .504 .501 $109,000
1996 28 CAL AL 81.0 69 0 27 3.00 5.50 -0.04 -0.41 98.6 5.05 17 1.6 1.4 0.1 2.5 30 .523 .510 $150,000
1997 29 ANA AL 62.2 58 0 32 4.60 5.08 0.13 -0.38 102.2 4.68 0 0.0 1.8 -0.1 0.5 9 .500 .500 $330,000
1998 30 ANA AL 14.0 11 0 3 1.93 5.28 -0.33 -0.40 101.7 5.30 5 0.5 1.0 -0.0 0.6 7 .547 .503 $700,000
2000 32 STL NL 51.1 51 0 22 3.86 5.02 0.25 -0.38 102.5 4.50 3 0.3 1.1 -0.1 0.7 9 .507 .502 $
2001 33 STL NL 38.0 40 0 24 5.68 4.81 0.40 -0.36 102.2 4.14 -7 -0.6 .8 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .484 .496 $1,525,000
2002 34 COL NL 11.1 13 0 9 7.15 4.91 0.20 -0.36 111.1 4.83 -3 -0.3 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .477 .498 $500,000
7 Seasons 314.0 288 0 144 4.13 5.16 0.12 -0.39 101.2 4.71 19 1.7 1.2 -0.2 4.4 58 .506 .502 $3,314,000
ANA (4 yrs) 213.1 184 0 89 3.75 5.28 0.03 -0.39 100.2 4.85 25 2.3 1.4 -0.2 4.2 53 .513 .504 $1,289,000
STL (2 yrs) 89.1 91 0 46 4.63 4.93 0.31 -0.37 102.4 4.35 -3 -0.3 1.0 -0.1 0.3 6 .497 .499 $1,525,000
COL (1 yr) 11.1 13 0 9 7.15 4.91 0.20 -0.36 111.1 4.83 -3 -0.3 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .477 .498 $500,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 32 STL NL NLDS W ATL 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 0.462 2.1 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
2000 32 STL NL NLCS L NYM 0 0 15.43 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 4 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 2.571 19.3 11.6 3.9 0.0 0.00
1 Yr (2 Series) 1 0 1.000 5.40 6 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 6 4 4 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 27 1.200 8.1 4.1 2.7 1.4 0.50
1 NLDS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 14 0.462 2.1 0.0 2.1 2.1 1.00
1 NLCS 0 0 15.43 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 4 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 13 2.571 19.3 11.6 3.9 0.0 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1995 27 CAL AL 46 237 206 27 49 8 1 6 0 1 26 36 .238 .332 .374 .706 .262 77 6 3 2 0 2 1
1996 28 CAL AL 69 353 290 27 62 8 2 7 1 3 42 65 .214 .329 .328 .656 .247 95 5 10 6 5 7 5
1997 29 ANA AL 58 284 244 32 69 13 2 3 4 3 28 57 .283 .367 .389 .756 .357 95 6 5 6 1 4 5
1998 30 ANA AL 11 55 48 3 10 3 0 0 0 2 7 12 .208 .309 .271 .580 .278 13 1 0 0 0 0 0
2000 32 STL NL 51 213 183 22 40 5 1 7 4 2 24 41 .219 .318 .372 .689 .243 68 7 3 2 1 2 2
2001 33 STL NL 40 173 147 24 43 10 3 5 3 0 17 26 .293 .382 .503 .886 .325 74 7 5 3 1 2 4
2002 34 COL NL 13 51 45 9 12 3 1 2 0 0 5 10 .267 .353 .511 .864 .303 23 2 1 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 288 1366 1163 144 285 50 10 30 12 11 149 247 .245 .342 .383 .725 .285 445 34 27 19 8 17 18
162 Game Avg. 68 323 275 34 67 12 2 7 3 3 35 58 .245 .342 .383 .725 .285 105 8 6 4 2 4 4
MLB Averages .267 .338 .425 .763 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1995 27 CAL AL 4.7 0.4 239 0.2 2.7 -2.5 .63 0.1 0.2 2.6 0.2 0.63 4.7 10 8 26
1996 28 CAL AL 20.2 1.9 363 0.4 9.0 -8.6 1.48 0.8 -0.6 13.6 1.3 1.48 13.8 36 10 18
1997 29 ANA AL 2.9 0.3 293 -0.0 8.5 -8.6 1.70 0.1 -0.2 -1.0 -0.1 1.70 1.2 37 8 13
1998 30 ANA AL 4.6 0.4 57 -0.0 0.8 -0.9 .86 0.2 -0.3 4.1 0.4 0.86 4.9 3 2 5
2000 32 STL NL 7.8 0.7 220 0.9 4.4 -3.5 1.10 0.4 0.3 9.5 0.9 1.10 5.5 14 11 24
2001 33 STL NL -3.6 -0.4 181 -0.3 1.7 -2.0 .65 -0.4 -0.0 -6.9 -0.7 0.65 -6.4 7 12 18
2002 34 COL NL -1.2 -0.1 51 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .19 -0.4 -0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.19 -4.0 0 1 11
7 Yrs 35.2 3.3 1404 1.1 27.3 -26.2 1.14 1.0 -0.1 18.6 1.7 1.14 19.7 107 52 115

Reliever Pitching*

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
1995 27 CAL AL 46 46 11 3 0 2 1 1 50% 5 3 42 15 36% 7 .634 10 8 26 18 4 24 23 23 19 13 22 10 3.6 19
1996 28 CAL AL 69 69 23 5 5 6 1 5 17% 25 17 47 17 36% 8 1.482 36 10 18 33 13 23 30 39 29 21 32 16 3.5 18
1997 29 ANA AL 58 58 22 5 5 13 7 6 54% 27 12 36 12 33% 8 1.696 37 8 13 31 14 13 21 37 19 22 22 11 3.2 17
1998 30 ANA AL 11 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 2 40% 8 .857 3 2 5 3 2 6 3 8 4 1 5 1 3.8 21
2000 32 STL NL 51 51 10 2 2 5 2 3 40% 17 12 32 10 31% 8 1.099 14 11 24 28 4 19 19 32 15 14 18 7 3.0 16
2001 33 STL NL 40 40 11 1 2 0 0 0 4 4 31 13 42% 8 .653 7 12 18 11 3 26 18 22 10 19 11 9 2.9 15
2002 34 COL NL 13 13 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 7 .185 0 1 11 4 0 9 2 11 1 3 1 4 2.6 14
7 Yrs 288 288 86 16 14 26 11 15 42% 80 50 196 71 36% 1.141 107 52 115 128 40 120 116 172 97 93 111 58 3.3 17

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1995 27 CAL AL 237 59% 2.5% 15.2% 11.0% 6.3% 31% 0.87 1.17 69% 17% 8.1% 18% 50 6 12%
1996 28 CAL AL 353 55% 2.0% 18.4% 11.9% 4.8% 27% 0.77 1.06 63% 22% 7.3% 26% 67 5 7%
1997 29 ANA AL 284 60% 1.1% 20.1% 9.9% 6.3% 26% 1.00 1.29 65% 20% 4.0% 16% 51 6 12%
1998 30 ANA AL 55 55% 0.0% 21.8% 12.7% 5.5% 30% 0.71 1.00 65% 17% 0.0% 19% 13 1 8%
2000 32 STL NL 213 62% 3.3% 19.3% 11.3% 6.1% 33% 0.85 1.24 64% 20% 11.7% 18% 40 7 18%
2001 33 STL NL 173 72% 2.9% 15.0% 9.8% 10.4% 42% 1.39 2.95 68% 24% 12.2% 16% 44 7 16%
2002 34 COL NL 51 59% 3.9% 19.6% 9.8% 11.8% 50% 0.43 0.60 65% 31% 10.0% 13% 14 2 14%
7 Yrs 1366 60% 2.2% 18.1% 10.9% 6.6% 32% 0.89 1.26 65% 21% 7.8% 19% 279 34 12%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.7% 9.0% 7.9% 33% 0.79 1.08 70% 23% 8.3% 15% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1995 27 CAL AL 225 798 3.55 483 61% 22% 14% 30% 34% 78% 3% 47% 82% 54% 7% 16 9 20% 45 26 1 20% 5 5 12 0 0
1996 28 CAL AL 277 1017 3.67 601 59% 24% 16% 30% 30% 76% 5% 45% 79% 52% 7% 19 6 19% 52 32 2 35% 13 7 76 2 0
1997 29 ANA AL 231 837 3.62 520 62% 29% 16% 25% 31% 71% 5% 44% 78% 56% 7% 16 7 23% 54 37 5 26% 10 5 53 0 0
1998 30 ANA AL 56 226 4.04 142 63% 35% 14% 26% 25% 65% 0% 41% 78% 63% 5% 3 1 30% 17 8 2 8% 2 2 -1 0 0
2000 32 STL NL 214 826 3.86 505 61% 29% 15% 27% 29% 71% 2% 43% 79% 55% 5% 11 5 21% 45 29 6 37% 7 4 -1 0 0
2001 33 STL NL 173 619 3.58 384 62% 30% 16% 22% 33% 70% 3% 44% 77% 57% 7% 12 6 16% 27 17 3 23% 8 4 0 0 0
2002 34 COL NL 51 178 3.49 112 63% 32% 12% 25% 31% 68% 0% 43% 83% 65% 8% 4 2 33% 17 7 0 50% 0 2 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1227 4501 3.67 2747 61% 27% 15% 27% 31% 73% 3% 44% 79% 55% 7% 81 36 21% 257 156 19 29% 45 29 139 2 0
MLB Averages 3.72 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 20% 28%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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
1995 27 CAL AL 237 49 10 1 6 0 9 1 5 3 3 18 11 2 61% 1 1 0 93 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1996 28 CAL AL 353 62 7 0 7 0 13 4 3 3 4 18 10 3 56% 5 5 0 141 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 13 0
1997 29 ANA AL 284 69 8 0 3 0 9 3 0 1 2 19 9 5 47% 5 1 0 112 4 3 57% 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1998 30 ANA AL 55 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 22 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 32 STL NL 213 40 5 1 7 0 9 4 3 4 3 14 7 1 50% 2 2 0 79 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
2001 33 STL NL 173 43 2 0 5 0 11 1 4 1 4 18 10 2 56% 4 3 1 73 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
2002 34 COL NL 51 12 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1366 285 35 2 30 0 53 14 16 13 17 91 49 13 54% 18 12 1 540 12 11 52% 12 10 0 0 0 1 3 2 27 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1995 27 3 0 1.000 3.88 46 0 11 0 0 1 55.2 49 27 24 6 26 2 36 3 0 1 237 121 1.347 7.9 1.0 4.2 5.8 1.38 121
1996 28 8 5 .615 3.16 115 0 34 0 0 2 136.2 111 54 48 13 68 9 101 13 0 6 590 153 1.310 7.3 0.9 4.5 6.7 1.49 153
1997 29 13 10 .565 3.52 173 0 56 0 0 9 199.1 180 86 78 16 96 13 158 18 0 7 874 136 1.385 8.1 0.7 4.3 7.1 1.65 136
1998 30 13 10 .565 3.42 184 0 59 0 0 9 213.1 190 89 81 16 103 13 170 18 0 7 929 140 1.373 8.0 0.7 4.3 7.2 1.65 140
1999 31 13 10 .565 3.42 184 0 59 0 0 9 213.1 190 89 81 16 103 13 170 18 0 7 929 140 1.373 8.0 0.7 4.3 7.2 1.65 140
2000 32 15 12 .556 3.37 235 0 69 0 0 11 264.2 230 111 99 23 127 15 211 21 0 9 1142 142 1.349 7.8 0.8 4.3 7.2 1.66 142
2001 33 16 14 .533 3.60 275 0 80 0 0 11 302.2 273 135 121 28 144 17 237 26 0 12 1315 131 1.378 8.1 0.8 4.3 7.0 1.65 131
2002 34 16 14 .533 3.67 288 0 86 0 0 11 314.0 285 144 128 30 149 17 247 27 0 12 1366 129 1.382 8.2 0.9 4.3 7.1 1.66 129

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1995 27 3 3 .500 3.69 61.0 53 28 25 6 28 39 3 1.328 7.8 4.1 5.8 1.39 0.9 46
1996 28 7 2 .778 2.33 81.0 59 23 21 7 40 65 10 1.222 6.6 4.4 7.2 1.63 0.8 69
1997 29 3 3 .500 4.06 62.0 67 31 28 3 27 56 5 1.516 9.7 3.9 8.1 2.07 0.4 58
1998 30 1 0 1.000 2.08 13.0 10 3 3 0 7 11 0 1.308 6.9 4.8 7.6 1.57 0.0 11
2000 32 3 2 .600 2.88 50.0 37 18 16 6 22 40 3 1.180 6.7 4.0 7.2 1.82 1.1 51
2001 33 2 2 .500 5.25 36.0 42 23 21 5 17 25 5 1.639 10.5 4.3 6.3 1.47 1.3 40
2002 34 0 1 .000 4.91 11.0 11 7 6 2 5 10 1 1.455 9.0 4.1 8.2 2.00 1.6 13
7 Yrs 19 13 .594 3.44 314.0 279 133 120 29 146 246 27 1.354 8.0 7.1 1.68 0.8 288

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1996 AL  10 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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