Mike Kinnunen

Michael John Kinnunen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 1, 1958 in Seattle, WA
High School: Lincoln HS (Seattle, WA)
School: Washington State University (Pullman, WA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 10th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 12, 1980
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Twins 1980-1987

Final Game: October 3, 1987
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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
1979	21	MIN-min	AA	6	6	.500	4.12	17	16		8	0	0	118.0	129	63	54	7	45	1	55	0	2	3			1.475	9.8	0.5	3.4	4.2	1.22	ORL · SOUL
1980	22	MIN-min	AAA	2	2	.500	2.57	14	0		0	0	3	14.0	13	5	4	1	5	1	9	0	0	0			1.286	8.4	0.6	3.2	5.8	1.80	TOL · IL
1980	22	MIN	AL	0	0		5.11	21	0	10	0	0	0	24.2	29	18	14	1	9	1	8	1	0	2	112	87	1.541	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.9	0.89

1981	23	MIN-min	AAA	4	4	.500	5.50	50	1	31	0	0	4	72.0	94	53	44	7	35	4	36	1	0	4			1.792	11.8	0.9	4.4	4.5	1.03	TOL · IL
1982	24	STL-min	AAA,AA	6	5	.545	3.56	34	5	18	1	0	6	78.1	78	35	31	9	38	4	39	5	2	6			1.481	9.0	1.0	4.4	4.5	1.03	LOU,ARK · AA,TL
1983	25	WSN-min	AA,AAA	6	5	.545	3.89	51	0	29	0	0	6	83.1	76	49	36	11	40	3	55	1	0	5			1.392	8.2	1.2	4.3	5.9	1.38	MEM,WCH · SOUL,AA
1984	26	WSN-min	AA,AAA	9	3	.750	4.02	54	5	19	0	0	4	112.0	96	53	50	6	75	4	74	2	0	8			1.527	7.7	0.5	6.0	5.9	0.99	JCK,INA · SOUL,AA
1985	27	KCR-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.46	53	0	25	0	0	6	52.0	41	24	20	3	41	1	30	1	1	4			1.577	7.1	0.5	7.1	5.2	0.73	OMA · AA
1986	28	BAL-min	AAA	1	3	.250	2.35	47	1	24	0	0	10	53.2	41	18	14	0	29	4	43	1	0	5			1.304	6.9	0.0	4.9	7.2	1.48	ROC · IL
1986	28	BAL	AL	0	0		6.43	9	0	4	0	0	0	7.0	8	6	5	1	5	0	1	0	0	1	31	68	1.857	10.3	1.3	6.4	1.3	0.20
1987	29	BAL-min	AAA	6	4	.600	1.75	48	0	34	0	0	16	67.0	48	16	13	1	36	3	33	2	0	0			1.254	6.4	0.1	4.8	4.4	0.92	ROC · IL
1987	29	BAL	AL	0	0		4.95	18	0	4	0	0	0	20.0	27	14	11	3	16	1	14	0	0	1	97	90	2.150	12.2	1.4	7.2	6.3	0.88
1988	30	NYY-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.98	45	5	32	0	0	13	81.1	78	41	36	7	58	7	73	3	6	5			1.672	8.6	0.8	6.4	8.1	1.26	CLB · IL
1989	31	LAD-MIL-min	AA,AAA	0	1	.000	3.86	8	0	3	0	0	0	9.1	7	4	4	3	6	0	5	0	0	1			1.393	6.8	2.9	5.8	4.8	0.83	SAN,DEN · TL,AA
3 Yrs				0	0		5.23	48	0	18	0	0	0	51.2	64	38	30	5	30	2	23	1	0	4	240	85	1.819	11.1	0.9	5.2	4.0	0.77
162 Game Avg.				0	0		5.23	68	0	26	0	0	0	73	91	54	43	7	43	3	33	1	0	6	340	85	1.819	11.1	0.9	5.2	4.0	0.77

BAL (2 yrs)				0	0		5.33	27	0	8	0	0	0	27.0	35	20	16	4	21	1	15	0	0	2	128	83	2.074	11.7	1.3	7.0	5.0	0.71
MIN (1 yr)				0	0		5.11	21	0	10	0	0	0	24.2	29	18	14	1	9	1	8	1	0	2	112	87	1.541	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.9	0.89

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
1980	22	MIN	AL	24.2	21	0	18	6.57	4.86	0.26	-0.39	106.1	4.46	-6	-0.6	.6	0.1	-0.3	-3	.472	.496	$

1986	28	BAL	AL	7.0	9	0	6	7.71	5.33	-0.06	-0.42	101.2	5.04	-2	-0.2	.5	0.0	-0.1	-1	.477	.499	$
1987	29	BAL	AL	20.0	18	0	14	6.30	5.34	-0.06	-0.41	99.4	4.96	-3	-0.3	.8	-0.0	-0.1	-1	.484	.498	$
3 Seasons				51.2	48	0	38	6.62	5.11	0.09	-0.40	102.8	4.73	-11	-1.1	.7	0.1	-0.5	-5	.477	.498	$

BAL (2 yrs)				27.0	27	0	20	6.67	5.34	-0.06	-0.41	99.8	4.98	-5	-0.5	.7	0.0	-0.2	-2	.482	.498	$
MIN (1 yr)				24.2	21	0	18	6.57	4.86	0.26	-0.39	106.1	4.46	-6	-0.6	.6	0.1	-0.3	-3	.472	.496	$

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	22	MIN	AL	21	112	100	18	29	4	2	1	2	1	9	8	.290	.348	.400	.748	.301	40	1	1	0	2	1	3

1986	28	BAL	AL	9	31	26	6	8	1	0	1	1	1	5	1	.308	.419	.462	.881	.292	12	2	0	0	0	0	0
1987	29	BAL	AL	18	97	80	14	27	4	0	3	1	2	16	14	.338	.443	.500	.943	.375	40	4	0	0	1	1	1
3 Yrs				48	240	206	38	64	9	2	5	4	4	30	23	.311	.396	.447	.842	.326	92	7	1	0	3	2	4
162 Game Avg.				68	340	292	54	91	13	3	7	6	6	43	33	.311	.396	.447	.842	.326	130	10	1	0	4	3	6
MLB Averages																.260	.325	.391	.716	.285

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	22	MIN	AL	-2.7	-0.3	117	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.41	-0.2	-0.5	-4.9	-0.5	0.41	-2.4	2	6	12

1986	28	BAL	AL	-1.8	-0.2	34	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.40	-0.2	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	0.40	-1.2	0	2	6
1987	29	BAL	AL	-2.0	-0.2	99	-0.3	0.4	-0.8	.42	-0.6	-0.3	-6.4	-0.6	0.42	-7.1	4	0	14
3 Yrs				-6.5	-0.6	250	-0.8	1.2	-2.0	.41	-0.9	-1.0	-12.6	-1.2	0.41	-10.7	6	8	32

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	22	MIN	AL	21	21	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	5	23%	6	.411	2	6	12	0	1	20	16	5	9	11	9	4	3.5

1986	28	BAL	AL	9	9	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	4	31%	8	.400	0	2	6	0	0	9	8	1	3	5	3	3	2.3
1987	29	BAL	AL	18	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	19	7	37%	7	.421	4	0	14	3	0	15	12	6	8	9	11	2	3.3
3 Yrs				48	48	18	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	54	16	30%		.414	6	8	32	3	1	44	36	12	20	25	23	9	3.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	22	MIN	AL	112	57%	0.9%	7.1%	8.0%	6.3%	24%	1.63	83%	26	1	4%

1986	28	BAL	AL	31	58%	3.2%	3.2%	16.1%	6.5%	25%	18.00	77%	7	2	29%
1987	29	BAL	AL	97	40%	3.1%	14.4%	16.5%	7.2%	26%	4.38	66%	25	4	16%
3 Yrs				240	50%	2.1%	9.6%	12.5%	6.7%	25%	2.79	75%	58	7	12%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	13.9%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.09	74%			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	22	MIN	AL	112	29			1	0	2	0	1	0	1	8	9	0	113%	3	2	0	52	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0

1986	28	BAL	AL	31	8			1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	1	0	33%	0	1	0	17	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1987	29	BAL	AL	97	27			3	0	3	2	1	1	2	8	6	1	75%	1	1	0	46	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				240	64			5	0	5	3	2	1	4	19	16	1	84%	4	4	0	115	4	4	50%	4	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	ERA	G	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	22	5.11	21	10	24.2	29	18	14	1	9	1	8	1	2	112	87	1.541	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.9	0.89	87
1981	23	5.11	21	10	24.2	29	18	14	1	9	1	8	1	2	112	87	1.541	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.9	0.89	87
1982	24	5.11	21	10	24.2	29	18	14	1	9	1	8	1	2	112	87	1.541	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.9	0.89	87
1983	25	5.11	21	10	24.2	29	18	14	1	9	1	8	1	2	112	87	1.541	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.9	0.89	87
1984	26	5.11	21	10	24.2	29	18	14	1	9	1	8	1	2	112	87	1.541	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.9	0.89	87
1985	27	5.11	21	10	24.2	29	18	14	1	9	1	8	1	2	112	87	1.541	10.6	0.4	3.3	2.9	0.89	87
1986	28	5.40	30	14	31.2	37	24	19	2	14	1	9	1	3	143	82	1.611	10.5	0.6	4.0	2.6	0.64	82
1987	29	5.23	48	18	51.2	64	38	30	5	30	2	23	1	4	240	85	1.819	11.1	0.9	5.2	4.0	0.77	85

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1980	22	1	1	.500	4.68	25.0	28	14	13	1	9	8	1	1.480	10.1	3.2	2.9	0.89	0.4	21

1986	28	0	0		9.00	6.0	8	7	6	1	5	1	0	2.167	12.0	7.5	1.5	0.20	1.5	9
1987	29	1	1	.500	5.50	18.0	27	12	11	3	16	13	0	2.389	13.5	8.0	6.5	0.81	1.5	18
3 Yrs		2	2	.500	5.51	49.0	63	33	30	5	30	22	1	1.898	11.6		4.0	0.73	0.9	48

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