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Chris Michalak

Christian Matthew Michalak

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 4, 1971 in Joliet, IL
High School: Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL)
School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 12th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 22, 1998
Teams (by GP): Rangers/BlueJays/Reds/Diamondbacks 1998-2006

Final Game: September 27, 2006
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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
1998 27 ARI NL 0 0 11.81 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 9 7 7 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 29 38 2.438 15.2 1.7 6.8 8.4 1.25
2001 30 TOT AL 8 9 .471 4.41 35 18 4 0 0 1 136.2 157 74 67 19 55 5 67 13 6 1 610 104 1.551 10.3 1.3 3.6 4.4 1.22
2001 30 TOR AL 6 7 .462 4.62 24 18 2 0 0 0 115.0 133 66 59 14 49 5 57 12 5 0 517 99 1.583 10.4 1.1 3.8 4.5 1.16
2001 30 TEX AL 2 2 .500 3.32 11 0 2 0 0 1 21.2 24 8 8 5 6 0 10 1 1 1 93 142 1.385 10.0 2.1 2.5 4.2 1.67
2002 31 TEX AL 0 2 .000 4.40 13 0 4 0 0 0 14.1 20 7 7 1 10 2 5 1 0 1 71 110 2.093 12.6 0.6 6.3 3.1 0.50
2006 35 CIN NL 2 4 .333 4.89 8 6 0 0 0 0 35.0 42 21 19 6 16 2 10 3 1 1 162 97 1.657 10.8 1.5 4.1 2.6 0.63
4 Yrs 10 15 .400 4.70 61 24 10 0 0 1 191.1 228 109 100 27 85 9 87 17 7 3 872 99 1.636 10.7 1.3 4.0 4.1 1.02
162 Game Avg. 8 12 .400 4.70 49 19 8 0 0 1 153 182 87 80 22 68 7 70 14 6 2 698 99 1.636 10.7 1.3 4.0 4.1 1.02
TEX (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 3.75 24 0 6 0 0 1 36.0 44 15 15 6 16 2 15 2 1 2 164 127 1.667 11.0 1.5 4.0 3.8 0.94
ARI (1 yr) 0 0 11.81 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 9 7 7 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 29 38 2.438 15.2 1.7 6.8 8.4 1.25
CIN (1 yr) 2 4 .333 4.89 8 6 0 0 0 0 35.0 42 21 19 6 16 2 10 3 1 1 162 97 1.657 10.8 1.5 4.1 2.6 0.63
TOR (1 yr) 6 7 .462 4.62 24 18 2 0 0 0 115.0 133 66 59 14 49 5 57 12 5 0 517 99 1.583 10.4 1.1 3.8 4.5 1.16
AL (2 yrs) 8 11 .421 4.41 48 18 8 0 0 1 151.0 177 81 74 20 65 7 72 14 6 2 681 105 1.603 10.5 1.2 3.9 4.3 1.11
NL (2 yrs) 2 4 .333 5.80 13 6 2 0 0 0 40.1 51 28 26 7 20 2 15 3 1 1 191 81 1.760 11.4 1.6 4.5 3.3 0.75

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 Awards
1998 27 ARI NL 5.1 5 0 7 11.81 4.56 0.12 -0.35 104.2 4.26 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.3 -4 .415 .497 $170,000
2001 30 TOR AL 115.0 24 18 66 5.17 4.79 -0.03 0.11 100.9 4.97 -3 -0.3 .3 -0.1 0.7 12 .488 .498 $200,000
2001 30 TEX AL 21.2 11 0 8 3.32 5.36 -0.31 -0.40 103.9 5.47 5 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.7 8 .547 .503 $
2002 31 TEX AL 14.1 13 0 7 4.40 4.97 -0.17 -0.38 108.5 5.16 1 0.1 .8 -0.0 0.2 3 .509 .501 $
2006 35 CIN NL 35.0 8 6 21 5.40 4.73 -0.34 0.05 105.1 5.39 0 0.0 .3 -0.0 0.2 4 .501 .500 $
4 Seasons 191.1 61 24 109 5.13 4.85 -0.12 -0.01 102.7 5.10 -1 -0.1 .8 -0.0 1.5 22 .499 .500 $370,000
TEX (2 yrs) 36.0 24 0 15 3.75 5.21 -0.25 -0.39 105.7 5.35 6 0.6 1.0 -0.0 0.9 11 .526 .502 $
ARI (1 yr) 5.1 5 0 7 11.81 4.56 0.12 -0.35 104.2 4.26 -4 -0.4 .4 0.1 -0.3 -4 .415 .497 $170,000
CIN (1 yr) 35.0 8 6 21 5.40 4.73 -0.34 0.05 105.1 5.39 0 0.0 .3 -0.0 0.2 4 .501 .500 $
TOR (1 yr) 115.0 24 18 66 5.17 4.79 -0.03 0.11 100.9 4.97 -3 -0.3 .3 -0.1 0.7 12 .488 .498 $200,000

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
1998 27 ARI NL 5 29 24 7 9 1 0 1 1 0 4 5 .375 .448 .542 .990 .421 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
2001 30 TEX AL 11 93 86 8 24 2 1 5 0 1 6 10 .279 .333 .500 .833 .268 43 2 1 0 0 0 0
2001 30 TOR AL 24 517 449 66 133 37 1 14 5 4 49 57 .296 .377 .477 .854 .312 214 16 12 3 4 5 12
2001 30 TOT AL 35 610 535 74 157 39 2 19 5 5 55 67 .293 .371 .480 .851 .305 257 18 13 3 4 5 12
2002 31 TEX AL 13 71 59 7 20 2 0 1 0 1 10 5 .339 .437 .424 .860 .352 25 2 1 0 1 2 0
2006 35 CIN NL 8 162 138 21 42 9 0 6 2 2 16 10 .304 .389 .500 .889 .295 69 6 3 5 0 2 4
4 Yrs 61 872 756 109 228 51 2 27 8 8 85 87 .302 .382 .481 .863 .310 364 26 17 8 6 9 16
162 Game Avg. 49 698 605 87 182 41 2 22 6 6 68 70 .302 .382 .481 .863 .310 291 21 14 6 5 7 13
MLB Averages .266 .336 .426 .762 .298

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1998 27 ARI NL -4.1 -0.4 31 -0.3 0.1 -0.3 .32 -0.4 -0.5 -6.5 -0.6 0.32 -4.3 0 1 3
2001 30 TOT AL 3.2 0.3 635 -0.2 9.9 -10.1 .86 -1.9 1.7 -4.5 -0.4 0.86 -18.3 5 3 9
2001 30 TOR AL -0.5 -0.1 539 -0.6 8.1 -8.7 .85 -1.9 1.3 -9.7 -0.9 0.85 -19.6 0 1 5
2001 30 TEX AL 3.7 0.4 96 0.3 1.8 -1.5 .93 0.0 0.4 5.2 0.5 0.93 1.3 5 2 4
2002 31 TEX AL 1.0 0.1 73 -0.0 0.9 -0.9 .81 -0.2 0.2 0.8 0.1 0.81 -0.6 1 5 7
2006 35 CIN NL -0.8 -0.1 168 -0.3 2.9 -3.2 1.01 -0.6 0.3 -2.8 -0.3 1.01 -6.5 0 0 2
4 Yrs -0.7 -0.1 907 -0.9 13.7 -14.6 .87 -3.2 2.1 -13.0 -1.2 0.87 -29.7 6 9 21

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2001 30 TOT AL 35 18 6 7 5 3 0 8 10 .444 1 2 0 0 5 28% 70 18 22 2 0 10 4.1 5.1 5.5 91 3 10 5 0 115
2001 30 TOR AL 24 18 6 7 5 3 0 8 10 .444 1 2 0 0 5 28% 46.6 70 18 20 1 0 10 4.1 5.1 5.5 91 3 10 5 0 115
2006 35 CIN NL 8 6 1 4 1 1 0 1 5 .167 1 0 0 0 1 17% 38.0 53 20 8 2 1 2 3.1 2.8 4.4 72 4 2 0 0 92
2 Yrs 32 24 7 11 6 4 0 9 15 .375 2 2 0 0 6 25% 44 70 18 28 3 1 12 3.9 4.6 5.3 86 7 12 5 0 115
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.9 5.9 95

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1998 27 ARI NL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 .318 0 1 3 0 0 5 2 3 1 2 1 0 3.2 20
2001 30 TOT AL 35 17 4 2 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 13 4 31% .861 5 3 9 3 3 11 9 8 13 4 14 1 6.5 37
2001 30 TOR AL 24 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 .848 0 1 5 0 0 6 3 3 5 1 6 0 7.7 50
2001 30 TEX AL 11 11 2 2 2 2 1 1 50% 2 0 9 1 11% 5 .930 5 2 4 3 3 5 6 5 8 3 8 1 5.9 29
2002 31 TEX AL 13 13 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 7 2 29% 8 .813 1 5 7 2 2 9 5 8 4 8 4 1 3.3 19
2006 35 CIN NL 8 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.007 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 13.0 55
4 Yrs 61 37 10 3 4 2 1 1 50% 4 2 23 9 39% .866 6 9 21 5 5 27 16 21 20 14 21 2 5.3 29

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1998 27 ARI NL 29 24% 3.5% 17.2% 13.8% 6.9% 22% 0.54 0.83 66% 20% 7.7% 0% 9 0 0%
2001 30 TOT AL 610 26% 3.1% 11.0% 9.0% 9.8% 38% 0.78 1.16 74% 25% 8.7% 13% 117 18 15%
2001 30 TOR AL 517 23% 2.7% 11.0% 9.5% 10.1% 39% 0.78 1.22 74% 27% 7.4% 11% 102 16 16%
2001 30 TEX AL 93 40% 5.4% 10.8% 6.5% 8.6% 33% 0.79 0.93 76% 17% 17.2% 24% 15 2 13%
2002 31 TEX AL 71 39% 1.4% 7.0% 14.1% 4.2% 15% 0.86 1.18 76% 22% 3.7% 7% 18 2 11%
2006 35 CIN NL 162 20% 3.7% 6.2% 9.9% 9.3% 36% 1.07 1.74 75% 19% 10.9% 10% 39 6 15%
4 Yrs 872 26% 3.1% 10.0% 9.8% 9.2% 35% 0.83 1.25 74% 24% 8.6% 11% 183 26 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.7% 8.7% 8.0% 34% 0.78 1.08 70% 21% 8.1% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1998 27 ARI NL 29 98 3.38 62 63% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 0% 47% 80% 66% 7% 2 1 21% 6 2 0 20% 1 1 0 0 0
2001 30 TOT AL 611 2263 3.70 1344 59% 30% 13% 22% 35% 70% 1% 41% 82% 55% 4% 26 17 13% 82 37 4 28% 11 6 -1 0 0
2001 30 TOR AL 518 1941 3.75 1153 59% 30% 12% 23% 35% 70% 1% 42% 82% 55% 4% 23 15 14% 71 34 4 28% 9 5 -1 0 0
2001 30 TEX AL 93 322 3.46 191 59% 33% 13% 14% 40% 67% 0% 40% 80% 57% 3% 3 2 12% 11 3 0 30% 2 1 0 0 0
2002 31 TEX AL 72 245 3.40 141 58% 27% 11% 23% 39% 73% 8% 42% 84% 58% 7% 5 1 15% 11 6 1 20% 2 2 -1 0 0
2006 35 CIN NL 162 539 3.33 330 61% 28% 10% 22% 40% 72% 4% 44% 86% 64% 5% 8 4 19% 31 16 2 20% 0 2 0 0 0
4 Yrs 874 3145 3.60 1877 60% 29% 12% 22% 36% 71% 2% 42% 83% 57% 5% 41 23 15% 130 61 7 26% 14 11 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.73 62% 27% 15% 27% 32% 73% 2% 46% 80% 58% 5% 21% 27%

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
1998 27 ARI NL 29 9 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 7 5 1 71% 0 0 1 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2001 30 TOT AL 610 157 12 1 19 0 7 14 5 10 9 26 11 2 42% 12 1 0 243 5 5 50% 4 4 1 1 0 0 10 3 10 0
2001 30 TOR AL 517 133 11 1 14 0 4 12 2 7 7 21 11 1 52% 12 0 0 211 5 4 56% 4 3 1 1 0 0 8 2 9 0
2001 30 TEX AL 93 24 1 0 5 0 3 2 3 3 2 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 32 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0
2002 31 TEX AL 71 20 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 0 100% 0 1 0 33 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2006 35 CIN NL 162 42 7 2 6 0 2 5 1 3 3 12 5 2 42% 4 1 0 66 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
4 Yrs 872 228 22 3 27 0 11 21 6 13 14 47 23 5 49% 16 3 1 356 8 8 50% 7 7 1 1 0 0 12 5 22 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1998 27 0 0 11.81 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 9 7 7 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 29 38 2.438 15.2 1.7 6.8 8.4 1.25 38
1999 28 0 0 11.81 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 9 7 7 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 29 38 2.438 15.2 1.7 6.8 8.4 1.25 38
2000 29 0 0 11.81 5 0 2 0 0 0 5.1 9 7 7 1 4 0 5 0 0 0 29 38 2.438 15.2 1.7 6.8 8.4 1.25 38
2001 30 8 9 .471 4.69 40 18 6 0 0 1 142.0 166 81 74 20 59 5 72 13 6 1 639 98 1.585 10.5 1.3 3.7 4.6 1.22 98
2002 31 8 11 .421 4.66 53 18 10 0 0 1 156.1 186 88 81 21 69 7 77 14 6 2 710 99 1.631 10.7 1.2 4.0 4.4 1.12 99
2003 32 8 11 .421 4.66 53 18 10 0 0 1 156.1 186 88 81 21 69 7 77 14 6 2 710 99 1.631 10.7 1.2 4.0 4.4 1.12 99
2004 33 8 11 .421 4.66 53 18 10 0 0 1 156.1 186 88 81 21 69 7 77 14 6 2 710 99 1.631 10.7 1.2 4.0 4.4 1.12 99
2005 34 8 11 .421 4.66 53 18 10 0 0 1 156.1 186 88 81 21 69 7 77 14 6 2 710 99 1.631 10.7 1.2 4.0 4.4 1.12 99
2006 35 10 15 .400 4.70 61 24 10 0 0 1 191.1 228 109 100 27 85 9 87 17 7 3 872 99 1.636 10.7 1.3 4.0 4.1 1.02 99

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1998 27 0 0 12.60 5.0 9 8 7 1 4 5 0 2.600 16.2 7.2 9.0 1.25 1.8 5
2001 30 6 8 .429 4.43 130.0 153 71 64 19 54 64 13 1.592 10.6 3.7 4.4 1.19 1.3 35
2002 31 0 1 .000 3.86 14.0 19 7 6 1 10 5 1 2.071 12.2 6.4 3.2 0.50 0.6 13
2006 35 1 2 .333 4.37 35.0 39 19 17 6 15 10 3 1.543 10.0 3.9 2.6 0.67 1.5 8
4 Yrs 7 11 .389 4.60 184.0 220 105 94 27 83 84 17 1.647 10.8 4.1 1.01 1.3 61

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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