Mike Madden

Michael Anthony Madden

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 13, 1957 in Denver, CO
High School: Palmer HS (Colorado Springs, CO)
School: University of Northern Colorado (Greeley, CO)
Signed by the Milwaukee Brewers as an amateur free agent in 1979. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1983
Team: Astros 1983-1986

Final Game: June 11, 1986
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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	22	MIL-min	A	2	1	.667	1.97	5	4					32.0	21	11	7	0	15								1.125	5.9	0.0	4.2			BUR · MIDW
1980	23	MIL-min	A	12	4	.750	1.95	29	12		5	0	2	134.0	88	46	29	4	63	0	92	3	4	5			1.127	5.9	0.3	4.2	6.2	1.46	STK · CALL
1981	24	MIL-min	AA	6	8	.429	5.69	22	22	0	2	0	0	125.0	154	94	79	13	40	0	140	1	1	13			1.552	11.1	0.9	2.9	10.1	3.50	ELP · TL
1982	25	MIL-min	AAA	3	8	.273	7.03	18	18	0	1	0	0	80.2	92	69	63	3	60	0	41	1	1	8			1.884	10.3	0.3	6.7	4.6	0.68	VAN · PCL
1983	26	HOU-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.68	4	4	0	0	0	0	22.0	25	9	9	1	8	0	15	0	0	2			1.500	10.2	0.4	3.3	6.1	1.88	TUC · PCL
1983	26	HOU	NL	9	5	.643	3.14	28	13	7	0	0	0	94.2	76	37	33	4	45	3	44	1	3	2	387	108	1.278	7.2	0.4	4.3	4.2	0.98
1984	27	HOU-min	AAA	4	3	.571	4.30	11	11	0	2	1	0	60.2	60	29	29	2	30	0	38	0	0	4			1.484	8.9	0.3	4.5	5.6	1.27	TUC · PCL
1984	27	HOU	NL	2	3	.400	5.53	17	7	2	0	0	0	40.2	46	27	25	1	35	3	29	0	0	1	193	60	1.992	10.2	0.2	7.7	6.4	0.83
1985	28	HOU-min	AAA	2	0	1.000	3.52	6	3	1	0	0	0	23.0	24	11	9	1	11	0	14	0	1	1			1.522	9.4	0.4	4.3	5.5	1.27	TUC · PCL
1985	28	HOU	NL	0	0		4.26	13	0	4	0	0	0	19.0	29	15	9	1	11	0	16	0	0	1	92	83	2.105	13.7	0.5	5.2	7.6	1.45
1986	29	HOU	NL	1	2	.333	4.08	13	6	1	0	0	0	39.2	47	20	18	3	22	3	30	0	0	5	185	89	1.739	10.7	0.7	5.0	6.8	1.36
4 Yrs				12	10	.545	3.94	71	26	14	0	0	0	194.0	198	99	85	9	113	9	119	1	3	9	857	87	1.603	9.2	0.4	5.2	5.5	1.05
162 Game Avg.				8	7	.545	3.94	50	18	10	0	0	0	136	139	69	60	6	79	6	83	1	2	6	601	87	1.603	9.2	0.4	5.2	5.5	1.05

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
1983	26	HOU	NL	94.2	28	13	37	3.52	4.09	0.21	0.03	93.8	3.67	1	0.1	.6	-0.1	0.8	11	.505	.501	$
1984	27	HOU	NL	40.2	17	7	27	5.98	4.10	-0.13	-0.05	94.3	3.94	-10	-1.0	.7	0.0	-0.7	-5	.440	.494	$
1985	28	HOU	NL	19.0	13	0	15	7.11	3.95	-0.19	-0.31	95.5	3.66	-7	-0.8	.4	0.2	-0.4	-5	.440	.495	$
1986	29	HOU	NL	39.2	13	6	20	4.54	4.06	0.20	-0.01	96.2	3.70	-4	-0.4	.2	0.0	-0.1	0	.468	.497	$
4 Seasons				194.0	71	26	99	4.59	4.07	0.10	-0.03	94.6	3.73	-20	-2.1	.5	0.1	-0.4	0	.471	.497	$

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
1983	26	HOU	NL	28	387	329	37	76	12	1	4	7	2	45	44	.231	.323	.310	.633	.254	102	17	1	9	3	3	3
1984	27	HOU	NL	17	193	155	27	46	13	2	1	7	3	35	29	.297	.422	.426	.848	.354	66	7	0	1	2	3	1
1985	28	HOU	NL	13	92	80	15	29	7	1	1	1	1	11	16	.363	.435	.513	.947	.438	41	2	0	0	1	0	2
1986	29	HOU	NL	13	185	158	20	47	8	0	3	8	3	22	30	.297	.381	.405	.786	.349	64	3	0	4	1	3	3
4 Yrs				71	857	722	99	198	40	4	9	23	9	113	119	.274	.370	.378	.748	.314	273	29	1	14	7	9	9
162 Game Avg.				50	601	506	69	139	28	3	6	16	6	79	83	.274	.370	.378	.748	.314	191	20	1	10	5	6	6
MLB Averages																.259	.324	.390	.714	.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
1983	26	HOU	NL	3.1	0.3	404	1.0	6.8	-5.8	.99	0.9	0.1	8.9	1.0	0.99	8.6	2	2	10
1984	27	HOU	NL	-10.1	-1.0	207	-0.6	2.7	-3.2	.84	-1.2	0.5	-8.3	-0.9	0.84	-11.2	2	2	6
1985	28	HOU	NL	-3.8	-0.4	96	-0.4	0.4	-0.9	.36	-0.4	-0.8	-11.3	-1.1	0.36	-7.7	1	2	10
1986	29	HOU	NL	-2.1	-0.2	199	-0.7	3.0	-3.6	1.03	-0.6	-0.1	-3.7	-0.4	1.03	-5.4	0	0	7
4 Yrs				-12.9	-1.3	906	-0.7	12.8	-13.5	.90	-1.3	0.6	-14.4	-1.4	0.90	-15.6	5	6	33

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
1983	26	HOU	NL	28	13	6	5	2	2	2	7	6	.538	1	0	0	0	8	62%	51.6	75	27	12	6	3	4	3.3	4.2	5.5
1984	27	HOU	NL	17	7	1	3	3	1	0	3	4	.429	0	2	0	0	2	29%	44.3	60	29	14	6	2	3	2.6	2.9	3.4

1986	29	HOU	NL	13	6	0	2	4	0	0	2	4	.333	1	1	0	0	1	17%	42.5	60	28	12	3	3	1	3.7	4.0	4.4
3 Yrs				58	26	7	10	9	3	2	12	14	.462	2	3	0	0	11	42%	48	75	27	38	15	8	8	3.2	3.9	4.7
MLB Averages													.500						51%	51	98	-5					4.3	4.3	6.2

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1983	26	HOU	NL	28	15	7	3	0	0	11	1	9%	7	.985	2	2	10	1	2	12	6	9	10	2	10	0	4.7
1984	27	HOU	NL	17	10	2	1	1	1	5	2	40%	7	.838	2	2	6	1	0	9	3	7	5	2	7	2	5.1
1985	28	HOU	NL	13	13	4	0	0	0	11	8	73%	5	.363	1	2	10	0	1	12	6	7	8	4	8	2	4.4
1986	29	HOU	NL	13	7	1	1	0	0	2	1	50%	6	1.029	0	0	7	0	0	7	1	6	5	0	5	0	5.6
4 Yrs				71	45	14	5	1	1	29	12	41%		.895	5	6	33	2	3	40	16	29	28	8	30	4	4.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1983	26	HOU	NL	387	21%	1.0%	11.4%	11.6%	4.4%	22%	1.72	73%	78	17	22%
1984	27	HOU	NL	193	28%	0.5%	15.0%	18.1%	8.3%	35%	1.07	66%	38	7	18%
1985	28	HOU	NL	92	24%	1.1%	17.4%	12.0%	9.8%	31%	1.92	70%	29	2	7%
1986	29	HOU	NL	185	21%	1.6%	16.2%	11.9%	6.0%	23%	1.50	68%	39	3	8%
4 Yrs				857	23%	1.1%	13.9%	13.2%	6.2%	27%	1.54	70%	184	29	16%
MLB Averages					41%	2.2%	14.2%	8.6%	6.8%	29%	1.07	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
1983	26	HOU	NL	387	76			4	0	5	3	1	1	3	17	12	2	71%	3	2	2	140	7	2	78%	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	16	0
1984	27	HOU	NL	193	46			1	0	7	1	0	0	1	12	7	3	58%	1	1	2	80	7	3	70%	6	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	6	0
1985	28	HOU	NL	92	29			1	0	10	1	0	0	1	16	11	2	69%	2	1	1	43	1	1	50%	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0
1986	29	HOU	NL	185	47			3	0	3	3	0	2	1	8	4	3	50%	3	5	0	84	8	3	73%	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
4 Yrs				857	198			9	0	25	8	1	3	6	53	34	10	64%	9	9	5	347	23	9	72%	19	7	4	1	0	1	2	1	33	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	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1983	26	9	5	.643	3.14	28	13	7	94.2	76	37	33	4	45	3	44	1	3	2	387	108	1.278	7.2	0.4	4.3	4.2	0.98	108
1984	27	11	8	.579	3.86	45	20	9	135.1	122	64	58	5	80	6	73	1	3	3	580	88	1.493	8.1	0.3	5.3	4.9	0.91	88
1985	28	11	8	.579	3.91	58	20	13	154.1	151	79	67	6	91	6	89	1	3	4	672	87	1.568	8.8	0.3	5.3	5.2	0.98	87
1986	29	12	10	.545	3.94	71	26	14	194.0	198	99	85	9	113	9	119	1	3	9	857	87	1.603	9.2	0.4	5.2	5.5	1.05	87

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1983	26	4	5	.444	4.02	85.0	82	42	38	4	49	40	1	1.541	8.7	5.2	4.2	0.82	0.4	28
1984	27	1	2	.333	7.71	35.0	50	33	30	1	38	25	0	2.514	12.9	9.8	6.4	0.66	0.3	17
1985	28	0	1	.000	5.63	16.0	31	11	10	1	12	14	0	2.688	17.4	6.8	7.9	1.17	0.6	13
1986	29	2	2	.500	4.86	37.0	50	22	20	3	23	28	0	1.973	12.2	5.6	6.8	1.22	0.7	13
4 Yrs		7	10	.412	5.10	173.0	213	108	98	9	122	107	1	1.936	11.1		5.6	0.88	0.5	71

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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