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Jason Michaels

Jason Drew Michaels (J-Mike)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: May 4, 1976 in Tampa, FL
High School: Jesuit (Tampa, FL)
School: University of Miami
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 2001
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Astros/Indians/Pirates 2001-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$1.7M (10-11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.016, Free Agent: 2012 [*], Agents: Arn Tellem [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 11, 2012, 8:14PM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1660. Don Zimmer… #1661. Ski Melillo… #1662. Travis Lee… #1663. JASON MICHAELS… #1664. Lenny Harris… #1665. Skip Schumaker… #1666. Jesus Alou… 

Standard Batting

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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
2001 25 PHI NL 6 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .167 .333 -12 1 0 0 0 0 0 /
2002 26 PHI NL 81 121 105 16 28 10 3 2 11 1 1 13 33 .267 .347 .476 .823 120 50 1 1 0 2 1 /5
2003 27 PHI NL 76 125 109 20 36 11 0 5 17 0 0 15 22 .330 .416 .569 .985 162 62 3 1 0 0 1
2004 28 PHI NL 115 346 299 44 82 12 0 10 40 2 2 42 80 .274 .364 .415 .779 98 124 3 2 0 3 1
2005 29 PHI NL 105 343 289 54 88 16 2 4 31 3 3 44 45 .304 .399 .415 .814 110 120 3 4 2 4 1
2006 30 CLE AL 123 548 494 77 132 32 1 9 55 9 5 43 101 .267 .326 .391 .717 86 193 6 3 2 6 0 *
2007 31 CLE AL 105 295 267 43 72 11 1 7 39 3 4 20 50 .270 .324 .397 .721 89 106 3 3 2 3 1
2008 32 TOT MLB 123 321 286 28 64 13 1 8 53 2 1 27 65 .224 .292 .360 .652 73 103 9 2 2 4 0 97/8
2008 32 CLE AL 21 67 58 3 12 4 0 0 9 1 1 4 13 .207 .258 .276 .533 44 16 0 1 1 3 0
2008 32 PIT NL 102 254 228 25 52 9 1 8 44 1 0 23 52 .228 .300 .382 .682 81 87 9 1 1 1 0
2009 33 HOU NL 102 152 135 17 32 12 1 4 16 1 2 16 38 .237 .322 .430 .752 99 58 2 1 0 0 0
2010 34 HOU NL 106 203 186 23 47 14 1 8 26 0 0 12 29 .253 .310 .468 .778 110 87 3 4 0 1 1
2011 35 HOU NL 89 169 156 10 31 9 0 2 10 1 0 11 31 .199 .256 .295 .551 53 46 5 1 1 0 1 79
11 Seasons 1031 2629 2332 332 613 140 10 59 299 22 18 243 496 .263 .335 .407 .742 95 950 38 22 9 23 7
162 Game Avg. 162 413 366 52 96 22 2 9 47 3 3 38 78 .263 .335 .407 .742 95 149 6 3 1 4 1
PHI (5 yrs) 383 941 808 134 235 49 5 21 100 6 6 114 182 .291 .380 .442 .822 113 357 10 8 2 9 4
CLE (3 yrs) 249 910 819 123 216 47 2 16 103 13 10 67 164 .264 .320 .385 .705 84 315 9 7 5 12 1
HOU (3 yrs) 297 524 477 50 110 35 2 14 52 2 2 39 98 .231 .296 .400 .697 88 191 10 6 1 1 2
PIT (1 yr) 102 254 228 25 52 9 1 8 44 1 0 23 52 .228 .300 .382 .682 81 87 9 1 1 1 0
NL (9 yrs) 782 1719 1513 209 397 93 8 43 196 9 8 176 332 .262 .343 .420 .763 101 635 29 15 4 11 6
AL (3 yrs) 249 910 819 123 216 47 2 16 103 13 10 67 164 .264 .320 .385 .705 84 315 9 7 5 12 1

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 Awards
2001 25 PHI NL 6 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /
2002 26 PHI NL 121 2 -1 2 0 -3 0 3 2 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $ /5
2003 27 PHI NL 125 10 0 1 0 2 -1 4 16 1.6 14 1.4 0.2 $305,000
2004 28 PHI NL 346 2 -2 0 0 6 -1 10 15 1.5 9 0.9 0.6 $335,000
2005 29 PHI NL 343 8 -1 -1 1 17 0 10 34 3.4 17 1.7 1.7 $825,000
2006 30 CLE AL 548 -9 1 2 2 8 -6 17 16 1.6 7 0.7 0.9 $1,500,000 *
2007 31 CLE AL 295 -5 -1 -1 1 3 -3 10 4 0.4 1 0.1 0.3 $2,050,000
2008 32 CLE AL 67 -5 0 0 0 2 -1 2 -3 -0.3 -4 -0.4 0.1 $2,200,000
2008 32 PIT NL 254 -5 0 -1 -1 0 -2 7 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $
2009 33 HOU NL 152 -1 0 -1 0 -4 0 4 -2 -0.2 2 0.3 -0.5 $750,000
2010 34 HOU NL 203 2 -0 -0 0 -3 -1 6 3 0.3 6 0.6 -0.3 $800,000
2011 35 HOU NL 169 -10 1 -0 -1 -2 -1 5 -9 -1.0 -7 -0.8 -0.2 $900,000 79
11 Seasons 2629 -12 -3 1 2 25 -17 77 74 7.4 48 4.8 2.6 $9,665,000
PHI (5 yrs) 941 21 -4 2 1 22 -2 27 66 6.7 45 4.5 2.2 $1,465,000
CLE (3 yrs) 910 -19 0 1 3 13 -10 29 17 1.7 4 0.4 1.3 $5,750,000
HOU (3 yrs) 524 -9 1 -1 -1 -9 -3 14 -8 -0.9 2 0.1 -1.0 $2,450,000
PIT (1 yr) 254 -5 0 -1 -1 0 -2 7 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 31 CLE AL ALDS NYY W 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 1 0 0
2007 31 CLE AL ALCS BOS L 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALDS 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 2 0 0 1 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2001 PHI NL 25 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.00 2.20
2001 PHI NL 25 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.90
2002 PHI NL 26 OF 26 24 22 2 0 0 1.000 -2 0.92 .983 2.17
2002 PHI NL 26 3B 1 2 0 0 2 0 .000 -0 0.00 .955 2.70
2002 PHI NL 26 CF 14 6 5 66.0 13 11 2 0 0 1.000 -3 -51 1.77 0.93 .988 2.56 2.55
2002 PHI NL 26 RF 7 4 1 35.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 7 2.06 1.14 .982 2.06 2.04
2002 PHI NL 26 LF 6 0 0 12.2 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0 9 2.13 0.50 .977 1.92 1.90
2002 PHI NL 26 DH 1 1
2003 PHI NL 27 OF 38 41 37 3 1 0 .976 2 2 1.05 .984 2.15
2003 PHI NL 27 LF 23 5 4 82.1 16 13 3 0 0 1.000 2 1 31 15 1.75 0.70 .979 1.91 1.89
2003 PHI NL 27 RF 13 6 3 68.1 17 16 0 1 0 .941 -0 2 -7 35 2.11 1.23 .982 2.09 2.07
2003 PHI NL 27 CF 5 3 2 29.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -1 -4 -41 2.48 1.60 .988 2.51 2.48
2004 PHI NL 28 OF 78 174 166 5 3 2 .983 6 0 2.19 .982 2.14
2004 PHI NL 28 CF 44 40 20 323.0 99 95 1 3 0 .970 3 -1 10 -4 2.67 2.18 .987 2.53 2.51
2004 PHI NL 28 LF 39 23 18 227.1 52 49 3 0 2 1.000 -1 -2 -5 -11 2.06 1.33 .980 1.85 1.84
2004 PHI NL 28 RF 12 5 4 67.0 23 22 1 0 0 1.000 4 3 73 54 3.09 1.92 .980 2.10 2.07
2004 PHI NL 28 DH 1 1
2005 PHI NL 29 OF 91 195 185 8 2 2 .990 17 10 2.12 .984 2.16
2005 PHI NL 29 CF 75 62 42 537.0 168 161 5 2 1 .988 15 7 34 16 2.78 2.21 .987 2.52 2.48
2005 PHI NL 29 LF 22 2 1 46.1 12 11 1 0 1 1.000 1 1 36 26 2.33 0.55 .984 1.94 1.92
2005 PHI NL 29 RF 12 4 3 52.0 15 13 2 0 0 1.000 1 2 21 46 2.60 1.25 .980 2.09 2.08
2006 CLE AL 30 OF 118 224 216 6 2 2 .991 8 6 1.88 .986 2.27
2006 CLE AL 30 LF 117 115 112 1009.1 222 214 6 2 2 .991 8 5 10 6 1.96 1.88 .986 2.06 2.03
2006 CLE AL 30 DH 2 2
2006 CLE AL 30 RF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 1 -53 133 2.00 2.00 .985 2.20 2.20
2007 CLE AL 31 OF 101 152 147 4 1 0 .993 3 5 1.50 .987 2.28
2007 CLE AL 31 LF 74 55 40 499.2 121 117 4 0 0 1.000 4 6 10 14 2.18 1.64 .985 2.11 2.09
2007 CLE AL 31 RF 27 10 7 116.0 30 29 0 1 0 .967 -1 -1 -12 -10 2.25 1.07 .985 2.08 2.06
2007 CLE AL 31 CF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.00 .990 2.70 2.70
2008 TOT MLB 32 OF 81 170 162 4 4 0 .976 2 1 2.05 .985 2.22
2008 TOT MLB 32 RF 43 30 27 293.0 94 88 2 4 0 .957 2 -1 8 -4 2.76 2.09 .982 2.13 2.11
2008 TOT MLB 32 LF 34 24 20 225.2 54 52 2 0 0 1.000 -2 1 -12 5 2.15 1.59 .984 1.97 1.95
2008 PIT NL 32 OF 61 128 124 1 3 0 .977 0 -3 2.05 .985 2.20
2008 CLE AL 32 OF 20 42 38 3 1 0 .976 2 4 2.05 .986 2.28
2008 CLE AL 32 LF 15 11 7 97.0 25 23 2 0 0 1.000 0 3 2 37 2.32 1.67 .984 2.05 2.03
2008 CLE AL 32 RF 6 5 4 45.0 17 15 1 1 0 .941 1 1 35 27 3.20 2.67 .985 2.16 2.13
2008 PIT NL 32 RF 37 25 23 248.0 77 73 1 3 0 .961 1 -2 3 -10 2.69 2.00 .982 2.12 2.11
2008 PIT NL 32 LF 19 13 13 128.2 29 29 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -2 -22 -19 2.03 1.53 .983 1.90 1.89
2008 PIT NL 32 CF 8 6 5 57.1 22 22 0 0 0 1.000 2 1 42 21 3.45 2.75 .990 2.61 2.59
2009 HOU NL 33 OF 45 52 52 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -4 1.16 .986 2.18
2009 HOU NL 33 LF 31 4 4 90.1 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -1 -27 -13 1.79 0.58 .982 1.93 1.91
2009 HOU NL 33 CF 14 12 8 102.0 30 30 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -2 -29 -24 2.65 2.14 .989 2.60 2.57
2009 HOU NL 33 RF 3 2 2 20.1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 -1 24 -59 1.77 1.33 .985 2.08 2.07
2010 HOU NL 34 OF 55 57 56 1 0 0 1.000 -3 3 1.04 .987 2.15
2010 HOU NL 34 LF 41 18 17 204.0 36 35 1 0 0 1.000 -2 0 -9 0 1.59 0.88 .985 1.82 1.80
2010 HOU NL 34 CF 11 8 5 69.0 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -0 2 -7 35 1.83 1.27 .989 2.60 2.56
2010 HOU NL 34 RF 5 4 4 36.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1 -37 33 1.75 1.40 .986 2.10 2.08
2010 HOU NL 34 DH 2 2
2011 HOU NL 35 OF 41 29 15 253.0 60 59 1 0 0 1.000 -2 3 -10 14 2.13 1.46 .986 2.16 2.15
2011 HOU NL 35 LF 26 17 13 158.0 37 36 1 0 0 1.000 -4 1 -29 8 2.11 1.42 .985 1.87 1.87
2011 HOU NL 35 RF 16 12 2 95.0 23 23 0 0 0 1.000 2 2 21 25 2.18 1.44 .983 2.05 2.04
11 Seasons OF 675 29 15 253.0 1149 1102 34 13 6 .989 26 26 122 7 2.13 1.68 .985 2.16 2.20
11 Seasons LF 414 263 229 2557.2 571 548 21 2 5 .996 6 12 3 5 2.00 1.37 .984 2.00 1.96
8 Seasons CF 172 137 87 1184.1 355 342 8 5 1 .986 14 6 14 6 2.66 2.03 .987 2.54 2.51
10 Seasons RF 139 78 54 791.2 223 212 5 6 0 .973 6 8 9 12 2.47 1.56 .983 2.10 2.08
1 Season 3B 1 2 0 0 2 0 .000 -0 0.00 .955 2.70
11 Seasons TOT 676 29 15 253.0 1151 1102 34 15 6 .987 25 52 119 246 2.13 1.68 .985 2.16 2.20
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2005 NL  1.7 (6th)

Def. Games as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  414 (20th)

Putouts as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  548 (23rd)

Assists as LF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  21 (19th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
Active  14 (24th)
Career  14 (91st)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
2005 NL  17 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as OF† s c a p y
2005 NL  2.73 (4th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
Career  .989 (67th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1564), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Thomas Howard (954)
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  8. Merv Rettenmund (950)
  9. Glenn Braggs (950)
  10. Gary Thomasson (950)
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  3. Dave Clark (951)
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  5. Darrin Jackson (949)
  6. Greg Norton (948)
  7. Dick Williams (947) *
  8. Gates Brown (942)
  9. Felix Jose (941)
  10. John Vander Wal (938)
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  3. Ryan Spilborghs (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ryan Spilborghs (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  6. Gene Hermanski (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Merv Rettenmund (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Thomas Howard (954)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Transactions

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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
200327Philadelphia Phillies$305,0004/3/03 AP
200428Philadelphia Phillies$335,0004/7/04 AP
200529Philadelphia Phillies$825,000
200630Cleveland Indians$1,500,000
200731Cleveland Indians$2,050,000
200832Cleveland Indians$2,200,000
200933Houston Astros$750,000
201034Houston Astros$800,000
201135Houston Astros$900,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$9,665,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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