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Gene Michael

Eugene Richard Michael (Stick)

Positions: Shortstop and Second Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: June 2, 1938 in Kent, OH
High School: Akron East HS (Akron, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 1966
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Dodgers/Tigers/Pirates 1966-1975

Final Game: September 9, 1975
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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	Awards
1959	21	PIT-min	C	124	543	480	54	109	11	3	1	43	11		51	83	.227	.302	.269	.570		129		2	6	4			GFK · NORL
1960	22	PIT-min	C,A	124	438	438		89	15	2	2						.203	.203	.260	.463		114							GFK,SAV · NORL,SALL
1961	23	PIT-min	D	121	513	513		166	25	7	5						.324	.324	.429	.752		220							HOB · SOPH
1962	24	PIT-min	B	138	552	474	58	102	11	3	1	36	10		64	92	.215	.307	.257	.564		122		1	8	5	5		KIN · CARL
1963	25	PIT-min	A	125	421	421		128	17	6	1						.304	.304	.380	.684		160							KIN · CARL
1964	26	PIT-min	AAA	131	449	407	43	90	13	3	3	19	7	7	37	77	.221	.288	.290	.578		118		1	4	0			CLB · IL
1965	27	PIT-min	AAA	138	526	443	53	96	14	0	1	30	5	9	61	84	.217	.316	.255	.571		113		4	16	2			CLB · IL
1966	28	PIT-min	AAA	78	314	277	38	80	9	2	3	21	3	2	31	42	.289	.363	.368	.732		102		2	3	1			CLB · IL
1966	28	PIT	NL	30	33	33	9	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	.152	.152	.273	.424	15	9	1	0	0	0	0	/645
1967	29	LAD-min	WRk	11	32	28	4	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	4	.143	.219	.143	.362		4		0	0	1			DGR · AZIL
1967	29	LAD	NL	98	245	223	20	45	3	1	0	7	1	3	11	30	.202	.246	.224	.470	41	50	4	2	9	0	0	6
1968	30	NYY	AL	61	119	116	8	23	3	0	1	8	3	2	2	23	.198	.218	.250	.468	45	29	2	1	0	0	0	6/1
1969	31	NYY	AL	119	464	412	41	112	24	4	2	31	7	4	43	56	.272	.341	.364	.705	101	150	9	1	6	2	1	*6
1970	32	NYY	AL	134	491	435	42	93	10	1	2	38	3	1	50	93	.214	.292	.255	.548	56	111	8	0	4	4	5	*6/54
1971	33	NYY	AL	139	513	456	36	102	15	0	3	35	3	3	48	64	.224	.299	.276	.576	69	126	17	3	3	4	8	*6
1972	34	NYY	AL	126	430	391	29	91	7	4	1	32	4	2	32	45	.233	.290	.279	.568	72	109	11	1	2	4	4	*6
1973	35	NYY	AL	129	446	418	30	94	11	1	3	47	1	3	26	51	.225	.270	.278	.547	58	116	12	0	1	1	0	*6
1974	36	NYY	AL	81	193	177	19	46	9	0	0	13	0	0	14	24	.260	.313	.311	.623	81	55	6	0	1	1	0	46/5
1975	37	DET	AL	56	158	145	15	31	2	0	3	13	0	0	8	28	.214	.253	.290	.543	52	42	3	0	4	1	0	6/45
10 Yrs				973	3092	2806	249	642	86	12	15	226	22	18	234	421	.229	.288	.284	.572	67	797	73	8	30	17	18
162 Game Avg.				162	515	467	41	107	14	2	2	38	4	3	39	70	.229	.288	.284	.572	67	133	12	1	5	3	3

NYY (7 yrs)				789	2656	2405	205	561	79	10	12	204	21	15	215	356	.233	.296	.289	.585	71	696	65	6	17	16	18
PIT (1 yr)				30	33	33	9	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	.152	.152	.273	.424	15	9	1	0	0	0	0
LAD (1 yr)				98	245	223	20	45	3	1	0	7	1	3	11	30	.202	.246	.224	.470	41	50	4	2	9	0	0
DET (1 yr)				56	158	145	15	31	2	0	3	13	0	0	8	28	.214	.253	.290	.543	52	42	3	0	4	1	0

AL (8 yrs)				845	2814	2550	220	592	81	10	15	217	21	15	223	384	.232	.294	.289	.583	70	738	68	6	21	17	18
NL (2 yrs)				128	278	256	29	50	5	2	0	9	1	3	11	37	.195	.234	.230	.465	38	59	5	2	9	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
1966	28	PIT	NL	30	33	-4	0	0	-2	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.480	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	/645
1967	29	LAD	NL	98	245	-14	-0	0	-7	4	-17	-2.0	8	-9	-1.1	.479	.487	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$	6
1968	30	NYY	AL	61	119	-6	-1	0	-7	2	-12	-1.5	3	-8	-1.2	.476	.491	-0.3	-0.6	-2	$13,000	6/1
1969	31	NYY	AL	119	464	1	0	-1	2	7	9	1.0	13	22	2.2	.509	.506	2.1	0.9	20	$	*6
1970	32	NYY	AL	134	491	-25	1	0	-7	8	-24	-2.7	16	-8	-1.2	.481	.484	-0.3	-0.1	-0	$	*6/54
1971	33	NYY	AL	139	513	-17	-1	-1	5	8	-6	-0.8	17	11	0.9	.495	.496	0.4	1.5	6	$	*6
1972	34	NYY	AL	126	430	-13	0	-0	-0	7	-7	-0.9	14	8	0.5	.493	.495	0.6	0.7	8	$	*6
1973	35	NYY	AL	129	446	-23	-3	0	-6	7	-24	-2.4	14	-10	-1.1	.480	.484	-0.5	0.4	-4	$55,000	*6
1974	36	NYY	AL	81	193	-4	-0	-0	1	4	0	0.1	6	6	0.6	.500	.500	0.5	0.6	5	$55,000	46/5
1975	37	DET	AL	56	158	-9	-1	1	-3	3	-8	-0.9	5	-3	-0.4	.484	.494	0.0	0.0	-0	$35,000	6/45
10 Seasons				973	3092	-114	-4	0	-24	49	-93	-10.6	98	5	-1.3	.489	.493	2.0	2.9	29	$158,000

NYY (7 yrs)				789	2656	-88	-4	-2	-11	42	-62	-7.2	83	21	0.7	.491	.494	2.5	3.4	33	$123,000
PIT (1 yr)				30	33	-4	0	0	-2	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.480	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$
LAD (1 yr)				98	245	-14	-0	0	-7	4	-17	-2.0	8	-9	-1.1	.479	.487	-0.3	-0.3	-2	$
DET (1 yr)				56	158	-9	-1	1	-3	3	-8	-0.9	5	-3	-0.4	.484	.494	0.0	0.0	-0	$35,000

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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	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1962	24	PIT-min	B	0	0		0.00	1	0		0	0		2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5		KIN · CARL
1963	25	PIT-min	A	1	3	.250	6.79	16	4					53.0	72	47	40	5	36							2.038	12.2	0.8	6.1			KIN · CARL
1964	26	PIT-min	AAA	0	0		9.00	2	0		0	0		4.0	5	4	4	3	1	0	2	0	0	0		1.500	11.2	6.8	2.2	4.5	2.00	CLB · IL
1967	29	LAD-min	WRk	3	0	1.000	1.64	6	3		0	0		22.0	13	7	4	0	11	0	13	1	0	0		1.091	5.3	0.0	4.5	5.3	1.18	DGR · AZIL
1968	30	NYY	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	16	1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
1 Yr				0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	5	5	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	16	1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
162 Game Avg.				0	0		0.00	68	0	68	0	0	0	204	340	340	0	0	0	0	204	68	0	0	1088	1.667	15.0	0.0	0.0	9.0

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
1968	30	NYY	AL	3.0	1	0	5	15.00	3.25	0.01	-0.14	92.0	2.86	-4	-0.3	.1	0.1	-0.2	-4	.177	.498	$13,000
1 Season				3.0	1	0	5	15.00	3.25	0.01	-0.14	92.0	2.86	-4	-0.3	.1	0.1	-0.2	-4	.177	.498	$13,000

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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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	PO	Awards
1966	PIT	NL	28	SS	8	4	2	46.0	31	9	19	3	7	.903	-2	-55	5.48	3.50	.964	4.97	4.96
1966	PIT	NL	28	2B	2	0	0	4.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-30	4.50	1.00	.980	5.40	5.35
1966	PIT	NL	28	3B	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-240	0.00	0.00		2.70	3.00
1967	LAD	NL	29	SS	83	66	53	600.2	338	117	204	17	30	.950	-7	-15	4.81	3.87	.963	4.99	4.99
1968	NYY	AL	30	SS	43	37	22	317.2	181	67	103	11	15	.939	-7	-25	4.82	3.95	.962	4.79	4.77
1968	NYY	AL	30	P	1	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			3.00	1.00	.960	1.80	1.90	0	0			0
1969	NYY	AL	31	SS	118	112	110	1016.2	589	205	365	19	64	.968	2	2	5.05	4.83	.966	4.96	4.96
1970	NYY	AL	32	SS	123	120	113	1073.2	655	248	379	28	78	.957	-7	-8	5.26	5.10	.967	4.93	4.91
1970	NYY	AL	32	3B	4	1	1	12.0	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0	20	1.50	0.50	.950	3.08	3.05
1970	NYY	AL	32	2B	3	3	3	27.0	20	11	9	0	1	1.000	-0	-9	6.67	6.67	.979	5.33	5.33
1971	NYY	AL	33	SS	136	128	119	1149.0	737	243	474	20	88	.973	5	6	5.62	5.27	.965	4.90	4.88
1972	NYY	AL	34	SS	121	116	106	1005.0	676	218	437	21	89	.969	-0	-0	5.87	5.41	.967	4.99	4.97
1973	NYY	AL	35	SS	129	127	117	1082.1	664	208	433	23	84	.965	-6	-6	5.33	4.97	.963	5.10	5.07
1974	NYY	AL	36	2B	45	39	23	323.1	198	86	106	6	29	.970	-1	-3	5.34	4.27	.975	5.37	5.35
1974	NYY	AL	36	SS	39	13	9	169.1	101	35	63	3	11	.970	2	13	5.21	2.51	.965	4.98	4.96
1974	NYY	AL	36	3B	2	0	0	5.0	2	1	1	0	0	1.000	0	0	3.60	1.00	.955	3.06	3.10
1975	DET	AL	37	SS	44	31	30	293.1	161	52	99	10	23	.938	-4	-16	4.63	3.43	.959	4.85	4.84
1975	DET	AL	37	2B	7	6	6	58.0	32	9	23	0	5	1.000	2	33	4.97	4.57	.975	5.40	5.39
1975	DET	AL	37	3B	4	1	1	15.0	5	2	3	0	0	1.000	-1	-56	3.00	1.25	.954	3.18	3.15
	10 Seasons			SS	844	754	681	6753.2	4133	1402	2576	155	489	.962	-24	-4	5.30	4.71	.965	4.96	4.95
	4 Seasons			2B	57	48	32	412.1	252	107	139	6	35	.976	1	1	5.37	4.32	.975	5.37	5.35
	4 Seasons			3B	11	2	2	33.0	9	3	6	0	0	1.000	-1	-25	2.45	0.82	.953	3.11	3.09
	1 Season			P	1	0	0	3.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000			3.00	1.00	.960	1.80	1.90	0	0			0
	10 Seasons			TOT	913	804	715	7202.0	4395	1513	2721	161	524	.963	-24	-4	5.29	4.64	.965	4.98	4.94	0	0			0
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	lgCS%	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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
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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

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1971 AL 1.5 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1967 NL 9 (8th)	Assists† s c a p y 1971 AL 474 (3rd)	Errors Committed† s c a p y 1970 AL 28 (1st)
Def. Games as SS s c a p y 1971 AL 136 (5th)	Putouts as SS s c a p y 1971 AL 243 (4th)	Assists as SS s c a p y 1971 AL 474 (2nd) 1973 AL 433 (5th)	Errors Committed as SS s c a p y 1970 AL 28 (1st) 1972 AL 21 (5th)
Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y 1971 AL 5 (5th)	Range Factor/9Inn as SS† s c a p y 1969 AL 5.05 (5th) 1970 AL 5.26 (3rd) 1971 AL 5.62 (1st) 1972 AL 5.87 (1st) 1973 AL 5.33 (3rd)	Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y 1969 AL 4.83 (5th) 1970 AL 5.10 (2nd) 1971 AL 5.27 (1st) 1972 AL 5.41 (2nd) 1973 AL 4.97 (4th)	Fielding % as SS s c a p y 1971 AL .973 (5th)

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Transactions

Before 1959 Season: Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent.
December 1, 1966: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Bob Bailey to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Maury Wills.
November 30, 1967: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
January 21, 1975: Released by the New York Yankees.
February 1, 1975: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 22, 1975: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
February 15, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
May 4, 1976: Released by the Boston Red Sox.

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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	Notes
1968	30	New York Yankees	$13,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

1973	35	New York Yankees	$55,000	1975 TSN Guide
1974	36	New York Yankees	$55,000	1975 TSN Guide	Player loss; $65.5K demand
1975	37	Detroit Tigers	$35,000	3/1/75 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$158,000

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