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Mike Jones

Michael Carl Jones

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: July 30, 1959 in Rochester, NY
High School: Sutherland HS (Pittsford, NY)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1980
Team: Royals 1980-1985

Final Game: October 6, 1985
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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
1977	17	KCR-min	Rk,A	6	1	.857	2.47	9	9		4	0	0	62.0	47	21	17	0	46	0	57	4	1	5			1.500	6.8	0.0	6.7	8.3	1.24	ROY,DYB · GULF,FLOR
1978	18	KCR-min	A	13	9	.591	3.67	25	25		9	4	0	169.0	150	80	69	5	117	1	118	7	2	7			1.580	8.0	0.3	6.2	6.3	1.01	FTM · FLOR
1979	19	KCR-min	AA	9	13	.409	4.10	26	26		8	2	0	167.0	142	92	76	13	100	3	116	1	1	16			1.449	7.7	0.7	5.4	6.3	1.16	JCK · SOUL
1980	20	KCR-min	AA	13	6	.684	3.87	24	24		6	2	0	158.0	152	79	68	15	83	2	116	1	0	3			1.487	8.7	0.9	4.7	6.6	1.40	JCK · SOUL
1980	20	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	11.57	3	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	6	7	6	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	24	37	2.357	11.6	0.0	9.6	3.9	0.40
1981	21	KCR-min	AAA	11	7	.611	2.96	20	20	0	7	1	0	134.0	102	55	44	8	79	0	101	1	0	0			1.351	6.9	0.5	5.3	6.8	1.28	OMA · AA
1981	21	KCR	AL	6	3	.667	3.21	12	11	0	0	0	0	75.2	74	30	27	7	28	0	29	2	0	1	323	112	1.348	8.8	0.8	3.3	3.4	1.04	RoY-4

1983	23	KCR-min	A	5	8	.385	3.26	18	18	0	4	0	0	116.0	135	47	42	6	31	1	68	1	0	3			1.431	10.5	0.5	2.4	5.3	2.19	FTM · FLOR
1984	24	KCR-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.44	11	11	0	5	1	0	73.1	65	39	28	8	27	0	38	3	1	3			1.255	8.0	1.0	3.3	4.7	1.41	OMA · AA
1984	24	KCR	AL	2	3	.400	4.89	23	12	8	0	0	0	81.0	86	48	44	10	36	1	43	1	0	2	359	82	1.506	9.6	1.1	4.0	4.8	1.19
1985	25	KCR	AL	3	3	.500	4.78	33	1	16	0	0	0	64.0	62	40	34	6	39	4	32	0	0	1	290	86	1.578	8.7	0.8	5.5	4.5	0.82
1986	26	ATL-min	AAA,AA	7	6	.538	4.91	26	21	3	6	0	0	121.0	131	77	66	13	66	0	66	2	0	5			1.628	9.7	1.0	4.9	4.9	1.00	RMD,GRV · IL,SOUL
1987	27	WSN-min	A,AAA	6	5	.545	2.51	23	12	5	2	1	1	86.0	84	37	24	0	34	0	47	2	0	6			1.372	8.8	0.0	3.6	4.9	1.38	BUR,INA · MIDW,AA
1988	28	CIN-min	AAA	5	4	.556	2.54	35	4	14	1	1	2	63.2	46	21	18	5	32	4	41	0	3	3			1.225	6.5	0.7	4.5	5.8	1.28	NVL · AA
1989	29	BAL-min	AAA	9	7	.563	3.35	31	17	7	2	0	2	129.0	127	65	48	12	42	0	80	3	1	3			1.310	8.9	0.8	2.9	5.6	1.90	ROC · IL
1990	30	BAL-min	AAA	2	3	.400	6.00	8	5	2	0	0	0	30.0	36	23	20	6	14	0	27	0	0	1			1.667	10.8	1.8	4.2	8.1	1.93	ROC · IL
4 Yrs				11	10	.524	4.43	71	25	25	0	0	0	225.1	228	125	111	23	108	6	106	3	0	4	996	88	1.491	9.1	0.9	4.3	4.2	0.98
162 Game Avg.				8	7	.524	4.43	50	18	18	0	0	0	160	162	89	79	16	77	4	75	2	0	3	706	88	1.491	9.1	0.9	4.3	4.2	0.98

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
1980	20	KCR	AL	4.2	3	1	7	13.50	4.59	0.14	-0.22	99.8	4.22	-5	-0.4	1.2	-0.0	-0.4	-4	.354	.497	$
1981	21	KCR	AL	75.2	12	11	30	3.57	3.79	0.06	0.11	99.4	3.82	2	0.2	1.3	-0.0	0.8	7	.520	.501	$	RoY-4

1984	24	KCR	AL	81.0	23	12	48	5.33	4.56	0.39	-0.01	99.4	4.13	-10	-1.1	.3	0.1	-0.3	-2	.454	.493	$
1985	25	KCR	AL	64.0	33	1	40	5.63	4.73	-0.02	-0.35	99.4	4.38	-9	-0.9	.8	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.473	.495	$100,000
4 Seasons				225.1	71	25	125	4.99	4.35	0.16	-0.07	99.4	4.10	-22	-2.1	.7	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.470	.497	$100,000

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
1981	21	KCR	AL	ALDS	L	OAK	0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	33	1.125	10.1	0.0	0.0	2.3

1984	24	KCR	AL	ALCS	L	DET	0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.750	6.8	6.8	0.0	0.0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							0	1	.000	2.89	2	1	1	0	0	0	9.1	10	3	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	38	1.071	9.6	1.0	0.0	1.9
1 ALDS							0	1	.000	2.25	1	1	0	0	0	0	8.0	9	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	33	1.125	10.1	0.0	0.0	2.3
1 ALCS							0	0		6.75	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.750	6.8	6.8	0.0	0.0

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
1980	20	KCR	AL	3	24	18	7	6	1	0	0	2	1	5	2	.333	.478	.389	.867	.375	7	0	0	1	0	1	0
1981	21	KCR	AL	12	323	289	30	74	13	2	7	8	4	28	29	.256	.324	.388	.712	.263	112	4	2	2	2	0	3

1984	24	KCR	AL	23	359	319	48	86	20	3	10	10	1	36	43	.270	.343	.445	.788	.283	142	7	1	0	3	1	4
1985	25	KCR	AL	33	290	241	40	62	13	3	6	2	2	39	32	.257	.353	.411	.764	.268	99	2	0	4	6	4	3
4 Yrs				71	996	867	125	228	47	8	23	22	8	108	106	.263	.343	.415	.758	.274	360	13	3	7	11	6	10
162 Game Avg.				50	706	614	89	162	33	6	16	16	6	77	75	.263	.343	.415	.758	.274	255	9	2	5	8	4	7
MLB Averages																.260	.324	.386	.710	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	20	KCR	AL	-3.9	-0.4	28	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.64	-0.1	-0.3	-3.0	-0.3	0.64	-2.5	1	0	1
1981	21	KCR	AL	3.5	0.4	337	0.8	6.4	-5.7	1.10	0.1	0.6	4.9	0.5	1.10	-0.7	0	1	0

1984	24	KCR	AL	-7.0	-0.7	372	-1.3	5.1	-6.4	.85	-0.9	-0.6	-7.5	-0.7	0.85	-8.3	0	1	9
1985	25	KCR	AL	-5.4	-0.5	296	-0.9	3.1	-3.9	.68	-0.9	-0.4	-4.5	-0.4	0.68	-6.2	8	5	17
4 Yrs				-12.7	-1.2	1033	-1.6	14.8	-16.5	.88	-1.8	-0.1	-10.1	-0.9	0.88	-17.7	9	7	27

Starting Pitching*

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
1980	20	KCR	AL	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	23.0	23	23	2	1	0	1	0.0	0.0	1.3
1981	21	KCR	AL	12	11	6	3	2	0	1	8	3	.727	1	0	0	0	8	73%	51.2	66	36	13	5	4	3	5.3	5.3	6.6

1984	24	KCR	AL	23	12	2	3	7	1	0	7	5	.583	1	4	0	0	2	17%	41.8	79	16	11	4	1	4	4.5	3.2	4.6
1985	25	KCR	AL	33	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.0	35	35	12	5	0	1	3.0	9.0	2.0
4 Yrs				71	25	8	8	9	1	1	15	10	.600	2	4	0	0	10	40%	45	79	16	38	15	5	9	4.6	4.4	5.3
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1980	20	KCR	AL	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	6	.640	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	5.0
1981	21	KCR	AL	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1.098	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	9.0

1984	24	KCR	AL	23	11	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	20%	8	.848	0	1	9	0	0	11	3	8	7	0	7	1	6.9
1985	25	KCR	AL	33	32	16	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	26	7	27%	7	.682	8	5	17	4	5	23	13	19	21	2	22	1	5.8
4 Yrs				71	46	25	3	2	0	0	0	2	2	32	8	25%		.876	9	7	27	4	7	35	17	29	30	3	31	2	6.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	20	KCR	AL	24	29%	0.0%	8.3%	20.8%	4.2%	17%	0.38	67%	4	0	0%
1981	21	KCR	AL	323	16%	2.2%	9.0%	8.7%	6.8%	30%	0.60	79%	59	4	7%

1984	24	KCR	AL	359	25%	2.8%	12.0%	10.0%	9.2%	38%	0.68	75%	72	7	10%
1985	25	KCR	AL	290	31%	2.1%	11.0%	13.5%	7.6%	36%	0.66	72%	59	2	3%
4 Yrs				996	24%	2.3%	10.6%	10.8%	7.8%	34%	0.64	75%	194	13	7%
MLB Averages					42%	2.0%	13.3%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

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
1980	20	KCR	AL	24	6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50%	0	0	0	12	2	1	67%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	21	KCR	AL	323	74			7	0	5	7	0	5	2	15	5	2	33%	3	1	1	115	8	4	67%	7	4	1	0	0	0	5	4	6	0

1984	24	KCR	AL	359	86			10	0	4	6	4	7	3	17	9	1	53%	4	2	0	144	10	1	91%	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1985	25	KCR	AL	290	62			6	0	13	3	3	4	2	19	9	3	47%	3	1	0	125	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	0
4 Yrs				996	228			23	0	22	16	7	16	7	53	24	6	45%	10	4	1	396	22	8	73%	19	7	3	1	0	0	6	5	18	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1980	20	0	1	.000	11.57	3	1	1	4.2	6	7	6	0	5	1	2	0	0	24	37	2.357	11.6	0.0	9.6	3.9	0.40	37
1981	21	6	4	.600	3.70	15	12	1	80.1	80	37	33	7	33	1	31	2	1	347	99	1.407	9.0	0.8	3.7	3.5	0.94	99
1982	22	6	4	.600	3.70	15	12	1	80.1	80	37	33	7	33	1	31	2	1	347	99	1.407	9.0	0.8	3.7	3.5	0.94	99
1983	23	6	4	.600	3.70	15	12	1	80.1	80	37	33	7	33	1	31	2	1	347	99	1.407	9.0	0.8	3.7	3.5	0.94	99
1984	24	8	7	.533	4.30	38	24	9	161.1	166	85	77	17	69	2	74	3	3	706	89	1.457	9.3	0.9	3.8	4.1	1.07	89
1985	25	11	10	.524	4.43	71	25	25	225.1	228	125	111	23	108	6	106	3	4	996	88	1.491	9.1	0.9	4.3	4.2	0.98	88

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1980	20	0	0		15.75	4.0	6	8	7	0	5	2	0	2.750	13.5	11.3	4.5	0.40	0.0	3
1981	21	5	6	.455	4.16	106.0	122	54	49	12	46	41	3	1.585	10.4	3.9	3.5	0.89	1.0	12

1984	24	3	5	.375	5.42	78.0	88	52	47	10	37	41	1	1.603	10.2	4.3	4.7	1.11	1.2	23
1985	25	2	4	.333	5.08	62.0	63	39	35	6	40	31	0	1.661	9.1	5.8	4.5	0.78	0.9	33
4 Yrs		10	15	.400	4.97	250.0	279	153	138	28	128	115	4	1.628	10.0		4.1	0.90	1.0	71

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