Mike Krukow
Michael Edward Krukow (the Polish Prince)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 21, 1952 in Long Beach, CA
High School: San Gabriel (San Gabriel, CA)
School: California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 8th round of the 1973 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1976
Final Game: June 4, 1989
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1976 CHC NL 24 P 2 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.87 0.70
1977 CHC NL 25 P 34 33 172.0 44 15 26 3 3 .932 2.15 1.21 .950 1.85 0.67
1978 CHC NL 26 P 27 20 138.1 28 9 19 0 1 1.000 1.82 1.04 .950 1.91 0.72
1979 CHC NL 27 P 28 28 164.2 23 11 12 0 3 1.000 1.26 0.82 .948 1.80 0.66
1980 CHC NL 28 P 34 34 205.0 34 10 19 5 3 .853 1.27 0.85 .956 1.91 0.69
1981 CHC NL 29 P 25 25 144.1 36 13 21 2 2 .944 2.12 1.36 .958 1.97 0.68
1982 PHI NL 30 P 33 33 208.0 55 19 35 1 1 .982 2.34 1.64 .951 1.96 0.70
1983 SFG NL 31 P 31 31 184.1 36 13 18 5 1 .861 1.51 1.00 .956 1.92 0.68
1984 SFG NL 32 P 35 33 199.1 33 12 20 1 3 .970 1.44 0.91 .955 1.88 0.67
1985 SFG NL 33 P 28 28 194.2 34 6 27 1 3 .971 1.53 1.18 .953 1.92 0.68
1986 SFG NL 34 P 34 34 245.0 54 17 33 4 1 .926 1.84 1.47 .956 1.94 0.66 AS,CYA-3,MVP-15
1987 SFG NL 35 P 30 28 163.0 40 9 30 1 5 .975 2.15 1.30 .955 1.91 0.62
1988 SFG NL 36 P 20 20 124.2 26 8 18 0 0 1.000 1.88 1.30 .954 1.96 0.69
1989 SFG NL 37 P 8 8 43.0 10 4 6 0 1 1.000 2.09 1.25 .940 1.86 0.62
14 Seasons P 369 355 2190.2 453 146 284 23 27 .949 1.77 1.17 .953 1.91 0.68
14 Seasons TOT 369 355 2190.2 453 146 284 23 27 .949 1.77 1.17 .902 1.91 0.68

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1976 CHC NL 24 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CHC NL 25 34 33 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 CHC NL 26 27 20 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 CHC NL 27 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 CHC NL 28 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 CHC NL 29 25 25 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 PHI NL 30 33 33 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SFG NL 31 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 SFG NL 32 36 33 36 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 SFG NL 33 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SFG NL 34 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 SFG NL 35 30 28 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 SFG NL 36 20 20 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 SFG NL 37 8 8 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 371 355 371 369 369 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1976 CHC NL 24 20 85% 35% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CHC NL 25 813 79% 42% 34 82% 0 15 2 10 27 21 3 3 0 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 6 83%
1978 CHC NL 26 598 77% 37% 21 95% 0 9 1 7 19 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 100%
1979 CHC NL 27 766 74% 24% 12 92% 0 9 0 8 12 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0 2 100%
1980 CHC NL 28 941 77% 25% 25 84% 0 9 2 3 18 13 2 5 0 1 4 2 3 2 3 0 4 75%
1981 CHC NL 29 662 76% 31% 26 85% 0 14 1 11 22 17 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 4 50%
1982 PHI NL 30 953 77% 26% 35 97% 1 19 1 18 33 28 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 100%
1983 SFG NL 31 873 75% 25% 22 86% 1 13 1 10 17 13 2 5 0 2 3 2 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1984 SFG NL 32 948 76% 20% 19 100% 0 14 0 10 17 11 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 2 100%
1985 SFG NL 33 846 76% 21% 26 100% 2 6 2 3 25 19 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 3 0 7 100%
1986 SFG NL 34 1020 77% 29% 36 97% 0 17 2 13 33 30 2 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1987 SFG NL 35 730 79% 25% 32 94% 0 9 2 7 29 25 3 1 0 1 0 1 5 2 4 1 8 100%
1988 SFG NL 36 542 80% 29% 21 86% 0 8 0 6 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
1989 SFG NL 37 183 80% 22% 6 100% 0 4 0 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
14 Seasons 9895 77% 27% 315 92% 4 146 14 109 276 219 28 23 1 10 12 7 27 17 23 4 56 89%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

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