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Mike Lamb

Michael Robert Lamb

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 9, 1975 in West Covina, CA
High School: Bishop Amat (La Puente, CA)
School: California State University, Fullerton
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 2000
Teams (by GP): Astros/Rangers/Twins/Marlins/Brewers 2000-2010
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 8.082, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Levinsons [*]
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Fine Details · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:11AM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1722. Larry Brown… #1723. David Ross… #1724. Ricky Gutierrez… #1725. MIKE LAMB… #1726. Chick Galloway… #1727. Joe Sommer… #1728. Roger Metzger…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1722. Larry Brown… #1723. David Ross… #1724. Ricky Gutierrez… #1725. MIKE LAMB… #1726. Chick Galloway… #1727. Joe Sommer… #1728. Roger Metzger…

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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
1997	21	TEX-min	Rk	60	276	233	59	78	19	3	9	47	7	2	31	18	.335	.412	.558	.970		130	5	4	2	6	2	PUL · APPY
1998	22	TEX-min	A+	135	595	536	83	162	35	3	9	93	18	7	45	63	.302	.356	.429	.785		230	10	4	2	8	5	CHT · FLOR
1999	23	TEX-min	AA,AAA	139	617	546	98	177	51	5	21	100	4	4	54	65	.324	.388	.551	.939		301	11	8	1	8	6	TUL,OKC · TL,PCL
2000	24	TEX-min	AAA	14	60	55	8	14	5	1	2	5	2	1	5	6	.255	.317	.491	.808		27	5	0	0	0	0	OKC · PCL
2000	24	TEX	AL	138	538	493	65	137	25	2	6	47	0	2	34	60	.278	.328	.373	.702	76	184	10	4	5	2	6	*5
2001	25	TEX-min	AAA	69	295	273	35	81	19	3	8	40	0	2	13	31	.297	.331	.476	.807		130	8	3	2	4	0	OKC · PCL
2001	25	TEX	AL	76	306	284	42	87	18	0	4	35	2	1	14	27	.306	.348	.412	.760	96	117	6	5	1	2	1	5
2002	26	TEX-min	AAA	6	29	28	3	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	1	4	.393	.414	.429	.842		12	1	0	0	0	0	OKC · PCL
2002	26	TEX	AL	115	355	314	54	89	13	0	9	33	0	0	33	48	.283	.354	.411	.765	99	129	7	3	2	3	5	35/24
2003	27	TEX-min	AAA	73	323	274	45	79	19	4	9	46	1	1	42	45	.288	.383	.485	.869		133	4	2	2	3	3	OKC · PCL
2003	27	TEX	AL	28	42	38	3	5	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	7	.132	.190	.132	.322	-16	5	1	1	0	1	0	/35
2004	28	HOU	NL	112	312	278	38	80	14	3	14	58	1	1	31	63	.288	.356	.511	.867	119	142	4	0	0	3	3	53/4
2005	29	HOU	NL	125	349	322	41	76	13	5	12	53	1	1	22	65	.236	.284	.419	.703	81	135	10	1	0	4	1	35
2006	30	HOU	NL	126	421	381	70	117	22	3	12	45	2	4	35	55	.307	.361	.475	.836	113	181	10	0	0	5	6	35/4
2007	31	HOU	NL	124	353	311	45	90	14	2	11	40	0	0	36	45	.289	.366	.453	.820	111	141	5	3	1	2	5	53/
2008	32	TOT	MLB	92	272	247	22	58	12	3	1	32	0	1	17	33	.235	.276	.320	.596	61	79	3	0	0	8	4	5/3D
2008	32	MIL	NL	11	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	46	3	0	0	0	0	0	5/35
2008	32	MIN	AL	81	261	236	20	55	12	3	1	32	0	1	17	32	.233	.276	.322	.598	62	76	3	0	0	8	4	5/35

2010	34	FLA-min	AAA	60	239	213	36	68	7	0	7	42	0	0	21	17	.319	.385	.451	.836		96	9	3	0	2	1	NOR · PCL
2010	34	FLA	NL	39	40	38	2	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	6	.184	.225	.263	.488	30	10	0	0	0	0	0	/3
2011	35	NYY-min	AAA	53	221	203	27	60	13	2	6	26	0	0	13	29	.296	.348	.468	.816		95	9	4	0	1	0	SWB · IL
10 Seasons				975	2988	2706	382	746	132	19	69	349	7	10	226	409	.276	.332	.415	.747	92	1123	56	17	9	30	31
162 Game Avg.				162	496	450	63	124	22	3	11	58	1	2	38	68	.276	.332	.415	.747	92	187	9	3	1	5	5

TEX (4 yrs)				357	1241	1129	164	318	56	2	19	117	3	3	83	142	.282	.336	.385	.721	84	435	24	13	8	8	12
HOU (4 yrs)				487	1435	1292	194	363	63	13	49	196	4	6	124	228	.281	.342	.464	.806	106	599	29	4	1	14	15
MIN (1 yr)				81	261	236	20	55	12	3	1	32	0	1	17	32	.233	.276	.322	.598	62	76	3	0	0	8	4
FLA (1 yr)				39	40	38	2	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	6	.184	.225	.263	.488	30	10	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				11	11	11	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.273	.273	.273	.545	46	3	0	0	0	0	0

NL (6 yrs)				537	1486	1341	198	373	64	14	49	200	4	6	126	235	.278	.339	.456	.795	104	612	29	4	1	14	15
AL (5 yrs)				438	1502	1365	184	373	68	5	20	149	3	4	100	174	.273	.325	.374	.700	81	511	27	13	8	16	16

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
2000	24	TEX	AL	538	-18	-1	0	1	-16	1	19	-14	-1.3	2	0.2	-1.5	$	*5
2001	25	TEX	AL	306	-1	0	1	0	-0	1	11	12	1.2	12	1.2	0.0	$	5
2002	26	TEX	AL	355	-1	1	2	0	1	-5	12	11	1.1	9	0.9	0.2	$	35/24
2003	27	TEX	AL	42	-6	0	0	0	0	-1	1	-6	-0.6	-6	-0.6	0.0	$440,000	/35
2004	28	HOU	NL	312	9	1	-1	0	0	0	9	18	1.8	18	1.8	0.0	$352,000	53/4
2005	29	HOU	NL	349	-8	-1	0	-1	-4	-4	10	-8	-0.9	-4	-0.4	-0.5	$1,300,000	35
2006	30	HOU	NL	422	6	-2	-2	-1	3	-3	12	12	1.2	10	1.0	0.2	$1,700,000	35/4
2007	31	HOU	NL	353	4	2	2	1	-5	-1	10	14	1.4	18	1.8	-0.4	$2,700,000	53/
2008	32	MIN	AL	261	-12	0	0	1	1	0	9	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$3,500,000	5/35
2008	32	MIL	NL	11	-1	0	1	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	5/35

2010	34	FLA	NL	40	-4	0	-0	0	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$500,000	/3
10 Seasons				2989	-32	0	3	1	-20	-12	94	35	3.5	54	5.4	-1.9	$10,492,000

TEX (4 yrs)				1241	-26	0	3	1	-15	-4	43	3	0.4	17	1.7	-1.3	$440,000
HOU (4 yrs)				1436	11	0	-1	-1	-6	-8	41	36	3.5	42	4.2	-0.7	$6,052,000
MIN (1 yr)				261	-12	0	0	1	1	0	9	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$3,500,000
FLA (1 yr)				40	-4	0	-0	0	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$500,000
MIL (1 yr)				11	-1	0	1	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
2004	28	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	0
2004	28	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	L	2	6	5	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	.400	.500	1.600	2.100	8	1	0	0
2005	29	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	W	2	8	6	1	3	0	1	1	2	0	.500	.625	1.000	1.625	6	0	0	2
2005	29	HOU	NL	NLCS	STL	W	4	16	16	3	3	1	1	2	0	3	.188	.188	.438	.625	7	0	0	0
2005	29	HOU	NL	WS	CHW	L	4	12	10	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	.200	.333	.600	.933	6	0	0	1
2 Seasons (5 Series)							16	46	40	7	10	2	5	7	5	7	.250	.326	.675	1.001	27	1	1	3
2 NLDS							6	12	9	1	3	0	1	2	2	0	.333	.417	.667	1.083	6	0	1	2
2 NLCS							6	22	21	5	5	1	3	4	1	4	.238	.273	.714	.987	15	1	0	0
1 WS							4	12	10	1	2	1	1	1	2	3	.200	.333	.600	.933	6	0	0	1

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards
2000	TEX	AL	24	3B	135				381	118	230	33	24	.913	-16					2.58	.947		2.64
2000	TEX	AL	24	DH	2	2
2001	TEX	AL	25	3B	74				209	52	139	18	14	.914	-0					2.58	.947		2.71
2002	TEX	AL	26	1B	52				391	358	28	5	36	.987	3					7.42	.993		9.23
2002	TEX	AL	26	OF	16				12	11	0	1	0	.917	0					0.69	.985		2.32
2002	TEX	AL	26	3B	14				35	12	20	3	0	.914	-0					2.29	.951		2.65
2002	TEX	AL	26	C	3				11	10	1	0	0	1.000	-2					3.67	.993		6.90	1		3	0	0%
2002	TEX	AL	26	2B	1				2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0					2.00	.980		4.80
2002	TEX	AL	26	DH	18	18
2002	TEX	AL	26	LF	12	5	1	51.2	11	10	0	1	0	.909	0		0		1.74	0.83	.983	2.16	2.13
2002	TEX	AL	26	RF	5	0	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0		40		1.50	0.20	.980	2.10	2.08
2003	TEX	AL	27	1B	5				7	6	1	0	0	1.000	0	1				1.40	.993		9.46
2003	TEX	AL	27	OF	2				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0				0.50	.980		2.35
2003	TEX	AL	27	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0		-0					0.00			2.60
2003	TEX	AL	27	DH	5	5
2003	TEX	AL	27	LF	2	1	0	6.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	20	0	1.50	0.50	.980	2.10	2.15
2004	HOU	NL	28	3B	57				160	41	106	13	9	.919	-1	-1				2.58	.956		2.75
2004	HOU	NL	28	1B	10				80	76	4	0	7	1.000	1	1				8.00	.993		9.44
2004	HOU	NL	28	2B	7				22	9	12	1	0	.955	0	2				3.00	.982		4.97
2004	HOU	NL	28	DH	1	1
2005	HOU	NL	29	1B	68				461	428	28	5	38	.989	-1	-2				6.71	.993		9.52
2005	HOU	NL	29	3B	15				51	16	34	1	0	.980	3	5				3.33	.958		2.74
2005	HOU	NL	29	OF	13				12	12	0	0	0	1.000	-6	-2				0.92	.984		2.16
2005	HOU	NL	29	LF	12	11	6	90.0	11	11	0	0	0	1.000	-5	-2	-69	-27	1.10	0.92	.984	1.94	1.92
2005	HOU	NL	29	DH	1	1
2005	HOU	NL	29	RF	1	1	0	7.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-154	0	1.29	1.00	.980	2.06	2.10
2006	HOU	NL	30	1B	68				521	475	41	5	48	.990	-1	-1				7.59	.994		9.36
2006	HOU	NL	30	3B	36				100	24	70	6	8	.940	3	-1				2.61	.954		2.68
2006	HOU	NL	30	2B	2				3	2	1	0	1	1.000	0	0				1.50	.983		5.00
2007	HOU	NL	31	3B	58				125	29	88	8	8	.936	-4	-1				2.02	.954		2.67
2007	HOU	NL	31	1B	43				230	198	29	3	25	.987	-0	-1				5.28	.993		9.17
2007	HOU	NL	31	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0							0.00			2.30
2007	HOU	NL	31	RF	1	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0						0.00	0.00		2.70	2.20
2008	TOT	MLB	32	3B	56				136	41	90	5	8	.963	-1	-7				2.34	.958		2.71
2008	MIN	AL	32	3B	55				133	41	88	4	8	.970	-1	-6				2.35	.958		2.71
2008	MIN	AL	32	1B	9				54	46	8	0	4	1.000	2	1				6.00	.994		9.18
2008	MIL	NL	32	3B	1				3	0	2	1	0	.667	-0	-1				2.00	.957		2.60
2008	MIN	AL	32	DH	4	4
2010	FLA	NL	34	1B	1				11	11	0	0	1	1.000	0	-1				11.00	.993		9.10
	9 Seasons			3B	446				1197	333	777	87	71	.927	-17	-5				2.49	.951		2.68
	8 Seasons			1B	256				1755	1598	139	18	159	.990	4	-2				6.79	.993		9.34
	4 Seasons			OF	32				25	24	0	1	0	.960	-6	-2		-23		0.75	.984		2.26
	3 Seasons			LF	26	17	7	147.2	23	22	0	1	0	.957	-5	-2	-41	-25	1.34	0.85	.983	2.02	2.03
	3 Seasons			2B	10				27	11	15	1	1	.963	1	2				2.60	.982		4.96
	3 Seasons			RF	7	1	0	13.2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	-1	0	-61	0	1.32	0.29	.980	2.11	2.10
	1 Season			C	3				11	10	1	0	0	1.000	-2					3.67	.993		6.90	1		3	0	0%
	10 Seasons			TOT	747				3015	1976	932	107	231	.965	-20	-9				3.89	.976		5.00	1		3	0	0%
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	PO	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed† s c a p y 2000 AL 33 (2nd)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 2000 AL 118 (3rd) Active 333 (21st)	Assists as 3B s c a p y Active 777 (24th)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 2000 AL 33 (1st) 2001 AL 18 (3rd) Active 87 (15th)
Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y Active 4 (23rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Joel Youngblood (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

June 4, 1996: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 31st round of the 1996 amateur draft, but did not sign.
June 3, 1997: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1997.
February 5, 2004: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the New York Yankees for Jose Garcia (minors).
March 25, 2004: Traded by the New York Yankees to the Houston Astros for Juan DeLeon (minors).
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
December 14, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
September 5, 2008: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
September 5, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
October 30, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
December 9, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
April 1, 2009: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
April 25, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.
February 11, 2010: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
October 5, 2010: Granted Free Agency.
June 23, 2011: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
November 2, 2011: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

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Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2003	27	Texas Rangers	$440,000	4/3/03 AP
2004	28	Houston Astros	$352,000	4/7/04 AP
2005	29	Houston Astros	$1,300,000
2006	30	Houston Astros	$1,700,000
2007	31	Houston Astros	$2,700,000
2008	32	Minnesota Twins	$3,500,000

2010	34	Florida Marlins	$500,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$10,492,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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