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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
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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

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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
1993	22	OAK-min	A-	7	3	.700	2.85	16	15	0	0	0	0	79.0	77	41	25	2	36	0	57	6	3	4	346		1.430	8.8	0.2	4.1	6.5	1.58	SOR · NORW
1994	23	OAK-min	A+,A	10	6	.625	3.37	32	20	5	1	0	2	144.1	133	60	54	16	48	1	84	11	6	6	601		1.254	8.3	1.0	3.0	5.2	1.75	MOD,WMI · CALL,MIDW
1995	24	OAK-min	A+,AA	4	3	.571	3.30	51	0	20	0	0	3	71.0	66	33	26	4	32	1	53	5	1	4	298		1.380	8.4	0.5	4.1	6.7	1.66	MOD,HVL · CALL,SOUL
1996	25	OAK-min	A+,AA	6	2	.750	4.79	42	0	17	0	0	4	62.0	69	50	33	6	43	4	54	3	2	4	296		1.806	10.0	0.9	6.2	7.8	1.26	MOD,HVL · CALL,SOUL
1997	26	-min	A+	3	7	.300	2.65	49	0	17	0	0	4	85.0	76	36	25	4	31	1	74	9	1	6	362		1.259	8.0	0.4	3.3	7.8	2.39	HDS · CALL
1998	27	ARI-TEX-min	AAA,AA	4	10	.286	4.35	39	9	9	0	0	0	93.0	101	51	45	13	31	3	65	6	5	4	399		1.419	9.8	1.3	3.0	6.3	2.10	TUC,TUL · PCL,TL
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	105	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	100	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	144	1.385	10.0	2.1	2.5	4.2	1.67
2002	31	BOS-TEX-min	AAA	5	9	.357	5.70	18	16	0	0	3	0	94.2	125	68	60	15	31	0	53	9	4	2	435		1.648	11.9	1.4	2.9	5.0	1.71	PAW,OKC · IL,PCL
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	111	2.093	12.6	0.6	6.3	3.1	0.50

2006	35	CIN-min	AAA	9	5	.643	2.99	23	22	0	0	0	0	132.1	142	56	44	17	28	0	61	9	3	2	552		1.285	9.7	1.2	1.9	4.1	2.18	LOU · IL
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
2007	36	WSN-min	AAA	5	8	.385	3.33	20	16	1	0	0	0	100.0	99	44	37	10	26	0	46	6	2	1	412		1.250	8.9	0.9	2.3	4.1	1.77	CLB · IL
2008	37	FLA-TEX-OAK-min	AAA,AA	1	4	.200	5.29	35	3	10	0	0	0	51.0	59	45	30	11	29	1	27	4	1	7	241		1.725	10.4	1.9	5.1	4.8	0.93	ABQ,FRI,MDL · PCL,TL
2009	38	TOR-min	A+,AAA	1	0	1.000	29.70	5	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	10	11	11	1	3	0	4	1	0	1	24		3.900	27.0	2.7	8.1	10.8	1.33	DUN,LVG · FLOR,PCL
4 Seasons				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	129	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	100	1.583	10.4	1.1	3.8	4.5	1.16

AL (2 yrs)			AL	8	11	.421	4.41	48	18	8	0	0	1	151.0	177	81	74	20	65	7	72	14	6	2	681	106	1.603	10.5	1.2	3.9	4.3	1.11
NL (2 yrs)			NL	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1998	27	ARI	NL	5.1	0	7	3	0	.3	-4	-0.3	$170,000

2001	30	TOR	AL	115.0	18	66	76	0	.8	10	0.8	$200,000
2001	30	TEX	AL	21.2	0	8	17	-1	.9	9	0.6	$
2002	31	TEX	AL	14.1	0	7	10	0	.8	3	0.1	$

2006	35	CIN	NL	35.0	6	21	23	-1	1.0	2	0.2	$
4 Seasons				191.1	24	109	129	-2	.8	20	1.4	$370,000

TEX (2 yrs)				36.0	0	15	27	-1	.9	12	0.7	$
ARI (1 yr)				5.1	0	7	3	0	.3	-4	-0.3	$170,000
CIN (1 yr)				35.0	6	21	23	-1	1.0	2	0.2	$
TOR (1 yr)				115.0	18	66	76	0	.8	10	0.8	$200,000

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1993	22	OAK-min	A-	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SOR · NORW
1994	23	OAK-min	A+,A	33	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500		1	0	0	0	0	0	MOD,WMI · CALL,MIDW
1995	24	OAK-min	AA,A+	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	HVL,MOD · SOUL,CALL
1996	25	OAK-min	AA,A+	43	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	HVL,MOD · SOUL,CALL
1997	26	-min	A+	49	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	HDS · CALL
1998	27	ARI-TEX-min	AAA,AA	40	13	10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.091	.000	.091		0	0	0	2	0	0	TUC,TUL · PCL,TL
1998	27	ARI	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

2001	30	TOT	AL	35	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	230	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
2001	30	TOR	AL	24	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	230	3	0	0	2	0	0	1
2001	30	TEX	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
2002	31	TEX-BOS-min	AAA	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	OKC,PAW · PCL,IL
2002	31	TEX	AL	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1

2006	35	CIN-min	AAA	23	19	15	1	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.333	.444	.400	.844		6	1	0	1	0	0	LOU · IL
2006	35	CIN	NL	8	11	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.250	.333	.375	.708	79	3	0	0	2	0	0	/1
2007	36	WSN-min	AAA	20	18	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.188	.235	.188	.423		3	0	0	1	0	0	CLB · IL
2008	37	FLA-OAK-TEX-min	AAA,AA	35	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0	ABQ,MDL,FRI · PCL,TL
2009	38	TOR-min	AAA,A+	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	LVG,DUN · PCL,FLOR
4 Seasons				61	16	11	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	6	.273	.333	.545	.879	119	6	0	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	42	29	0	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	16	.273	.333	.545	.879	119	16	0	0	11	0	0

TEX (2 yrs)				24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ARI (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				8	11	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.250	.333	.375	.708	79	3	0	0	2	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				24	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	230	3	0	0	2	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				48	5	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	230	3	0	0	2	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				13	11	8	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.250	.333	.375	.708	79	3	0	0	2	0	0

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
2001	30	TOR	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$200,000	1

2006	35	CIN	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
2 Seasons				16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$200,000

CIN (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
TOR (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$200,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1998	ARI	NL	27	P	5	0	5.1	0	0	0	0	0				0.00	0.00		1.86	1.84	1	0	0%	0
2001	TOT	AL	30	P	35	18	136.2	45	14	30	1	2	.978			2.90	1.26	.955	1.75	1.74	5	5	50%	10
2001	TOR	AL	30	P	24	18	115.0	38	11	26	1	2	.974			2.90	1.54	.955	1.75	1.74	5	4	44%	8
2001	TEX	AL	30	P	11	0	21.2	7	3	4	0	0	1.000			2.91	0.64	.954	1.74	1.74	0	1	100%	2
2002	TEX	AL	31	P	13	0	14.1	4	0	4	0	0	1.000			2.51	0.31	.958	1.70	1.67	0	1	100%	0
2006	CIN	NL	35	P	8	6	35.0	12	2	9	1	1	.917	1	6	2.83	1.38	.958	1.72	1.71	2	2	50%	2
	4 Seasons			P	61	24	191.1	61	16	43	2	3	.967	1	5	2.78	0.97	.956	1.75	1.73	8	8	50%	12
	4 Seasons			TOT	61	24	191.1	61	16	43	2	3	.967	1	34	2.78	0.97	.956	1.75	1.73	8	8	50%	12

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 12th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 6, 1993.
April 1, 1997: Released by the Oakland Athletics.
April 8, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 17, 1997: Granted Free Agency.
November 10, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 16, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
January 25, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.
June 19, 1999: Released by the Anaheim Angels.
June 23, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 15, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
January 9, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
April 25, 2000: Released by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
May 6, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.
December 13, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
August 22, 2001: Selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers from the Toronto Blue Jays.
May 31, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
June 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
November 19, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.
July 29, 2003: Sent to the Cincinnati Reds by the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal.
October 15, 2003: Granted Free Agency.
February 19, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.
July 11, 2004: Sent to the Florida Marlins by the Milwaukee Brewers as part of a conditional deal.
October 15, 2004: Granted Free Agency.
February 28, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
April 3, 2005: Released by the Toronto Blue Jays.
April 5, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
February 20, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
October 6, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
November 22, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
January 4, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.
March 28, 2008: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
March 30, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
May 25, 2008: Released by the Texas Rangers.
May 30, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.
July 29, 2008: Released by the Florida Marlins.
August 1, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
November 3, 2008: Granted Free Agency.
April 14, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1998	27	Arizona Diamondbacks	$170,000	11/23/98 USA Today

2001	30	Toronto Blue Jays	$200,000	4/6/01 USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$370,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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