Mike Magnante

Michael Anthony Magnante

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 17, 1965 in Glendale, CA
School: University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 11th round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1991
Teams (by GP): Royals/Athletics/Astros/Angels 1991-2002

Final Game: July 29, 2002
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Standard Batting

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	Awards
1988	23	KCR-min	A-,A	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		EUG,APP,BBC · NORW,MIDW,FLOR
1989	24	KCR-min	AA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		MEM · SOUL
1990	25	KCR-min	AAA	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1991	26	KCR-min	AAA	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1991	26	KCR	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	27	KCR	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1993	28	KCR-min	AAA	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1993	28	KCR	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1994	29	KCR	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1995	30	KCR-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1995	30	KCR	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996	31	KCR-min	AAA	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1996	31	KCR	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1997	32	HOU-min	AAA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NOR · AA
1997	32	HOU	NL	40	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1998	33	HOU	NL	48	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	435	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1999	34	ANA	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2000	35	OAK-min	AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAC · PCL
2000	35	OAK	AL	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2001	36	OAK	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	37	LAD-min	AAA	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
2002	37	OAK	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
12 Yrs				484	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	2	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	1	0	0	0	0	0

KCR (6 yrs)				191	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
OAK (3 yrs)				152	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (2 yrs)				88	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	114	2	0	0	0	0	0
ANA (1 yr)				53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (10 yrs)				396	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				88	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	114	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1991	26	KCR	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1992	27	KCR	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$140,000	1
1993	28	KCR	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$152,500	/1
1994	29	KCR	AL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$180,000	1
1995	30	KCR	AL	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$220,000	1
1996	31	KCR	AL	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$250,000	1
1997	32	HOU	NL	40	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$290,000	1
1998	33	HOU	NL	48	2	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$600,000	1
1999	34	ANA	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$775,000	1
2000	35	OAK	AL	55	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$900,000	1
2001	36	OAK	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$900,000	1
2002	37	OAK	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$1,200,000	1
12 Seasons				484	6	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.3	1	$5,607,500

KCR (6 yrs)				191	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$942,500
OAK (3 yrs)				152	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$3,000,000
HOU (2 yrs)				88	5	0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$890,000
ANA (1 yr)				53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$775,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1997	32	HOU	NL	3	3	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.266	.000	.337	.000	.417	.000	.754	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1998	33	HOU	NL	2	0	2		106	1.000	1.000	.266	1.000	.337	1.000	.420	2.000	.758	435	.000	1.0	0.1		.000	.000

2000	35	OAK	AL	1	1	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.271	.000	.344	.000	.436	.000	.780	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
12 Yrs				6	4	2	13.4	106	.500	.333	.267	.333	.338	.333	.421	.667	.759	78	.860	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				2	1	1	13.4	106	.500	.333	.267	.333	.338	.333	.421	.667	.759	78	.860	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

HOU (2 yrs)				5	3	2	17.9	105	.667	.400	.266	.400	.337	.400	.418	.800	.755	114	.915	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000
OAK (3 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.271	.000	.344	.000	.436	.000	.780	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (2 yrs)				5	3	2	17.9	105	.667	.400	.266	.400	.337	.400	.418	.800	.755	114	.915	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000
AL (10 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.271	.000	.344	.000	.436	.000	.780	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1997	32	HOU	NL	NLDS	ATL	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	35	OAK	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	36	OAK	AL	ALDS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLDS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 ALDS							3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1997	32	HOU	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5					33%	0%
1998	33	HOU	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				2.0	1.00		100%	50%	0.0%	0%

2000	35	OAK	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	0.00	100%	0%	0.0%	0%
12 Yrs				6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		6.0	1.00	1.00	67%	25%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.6%	16.3%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	1.83	5.4	33.8	7.6	0.79	1.08	70%	22%	7.7%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1991	26	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
1992	27	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
1993	28	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
1994	29	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1995	30	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
1996	31	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
1997	32	HOU	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.04	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.62	-0.7	0
1998	33	HOU	NL	1.0	0.1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.05	0.0	0.0	1.3	0.1	1.18	1.0	0
1999	34	ANA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2000	35	OAK	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.45	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	1.37	-0.4	0
2001	36	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
2002	37	OAK	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
12 Yrs				-0.2	-0.0	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.28	-0.0	-0.1	0.3	0.0	0.93	-0.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	32	HOU	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	33	HOU	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	35	OAK	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12 Yrs				0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1997	32	HOU	NL	3	67%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1998	33	HOU	NL	2	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		0	0		0

2000	35	OAK	AL	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
12 Yrs				6	67%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					56%																			73%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	32	HOU	NL	3	8	2.67	8	100%	0%	25%	50%	13%	88%		88%	63%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	1
1998	33	HOU	NL	2	4	2.00	3	75%	0%	0%	33%	67%	100%	0%	75%	100%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0

2000	35	OAK	AL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
3 Yrs				6	13	2.17	12	92%	0%	17%	42%	33%	92%	0%	85%	75%	67%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	1
MLB Averages						3.70		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1997	32	231	3	3	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1998	33	279	5	5	2	1	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	114	2
1999	34	332	5	5	2	1	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	114	2
2000	35	387	6	6	2	1	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	2
2001	36	452	6	6	2	1	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	2
2002	37	484	6	6	2	1	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	78	2

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1997	32	40	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	40
1998	33	48	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	2	48

2000	35	55	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	55
3 Yrs		143	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	143
162 Game Avg.		162	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	2	143

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