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Mike Mimbs

Michael Randall Mimbs

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: February 13, 1969 in Macon, GA
School: Mercer University (Macon, GA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 24th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1995
Team: Phillies 1995-1997

Final Game: May 16, 1997
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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
1990	21	LAD-min	A-,Rk	4	3	.571	3.89	15	12	0	0	0	0	74.0	62	41	32	5	44	0	79	5	3	1			1.432	7.5	0.6	5.4	9.6	1.80	YAK,GRF · NORW,PION
1991	22	LAD-min	A+	12	4	.750	2.67	24	22	0	1	1	0	141.2	124	52	42	6	70	2	132	6	3	15	601		1.369	7.9	0.4	4.4	8.4	1.89	VRO · FLOR
1992	23	LAD-min	AA	10	8	.556	4.23	24	22	2	2	0	1	129.2	132	65	61	11	73	1	87	3	1	7	581		1.581	9.2	0.8	5.1	6.0	1.19	SAN · TL
1994	25	WSN-min	AA	11	4	.733	3.46	32	21	0	2	1	0	153.2	130	69	59	11	61	0	145	3	0	9	644		1.243	7.6	0.6	3.6	8.5	2.38	HRB · EL
1995	26	PHI	NL	9	7	.563	4.15	35	19	6	2	1	1	136.2	127	70	63	10	75	2	93	6	0	9	603	101	1.478	8.4	0.7	4.9	6.1	1.24
1996	27	PHI-min	AAA	2	1	.667	2.48	7	3	2	0	0	0	29.0	27	8	8	2	5	0	20	0	0	1	115		1.103	8.4	0.6	1.6	6.2	4.00	SWB · IL
1996	27	PHI	NL	3	9	.250	5.53	21	17	0	0	0	0	99.1	116	66	61	13	41	1	56	2	0	7	448	77	1.581	10.5	1.2	3.7	5.1	1.37
1997	28	PHI-min	AAA	4	2	.667	5.98	11	8	2	1	0	0	43.2	52	33	29	8	20	0	41	1	1	5	199		1.649	10.7	1.6	4.1	8.5	2.05	SWB · IL
1997	28	PHI	NL	0	3	.000	7.53	17	1	2	0	0	0	28.2	31	27	24	6	27	1	29	3	0	4	146	57	2.023	9.7	1.9	8.5	9.1	1.07
1998	29	NYY-ANA-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.58	31	3	7	0	0	0	50.0	51	35	31	6	38	0	37	1	0	9	240		1.780	9.2	1.1	6.8	6.7	0.97	CLB,VAN · IL,PCL
3 Yrs				12	19	.387	5.03	73	37	8	2	1	1	264.2	274	163	148	29	143	4	178	11	0	20	1197	84	1.576	9.3	1.0	4.9	6.1	1.24
162 Game Avg.				7	12	.387	5.03	45	23	5	1	1	1	164	169	101	91	18	88	2	110	7	0	12	740	84	1.576	9.3	1.0	4.9	6.1	1.24

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
1995	26	PHI	NL	136.2	35	19	70	4.61	4.72	0.04	0.08	100.3	4.78	1	0.1	.8	-0.1	1.0	15	.504	.501	$109,000
1996	27	PHI	NL	99.1	21	17	66	5.98	4.72	0.01	0.16	99.9	4.86	-12	-1.1	.7	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.447	.493	$160,000
1997	28	PHI	NL	28.2	17	1	27	8.48	4.78	0.07	-0.27	103.0	4.58	-12	-1.2	.6	0.1	-0.8	-10	.430	.493	$200,000
3 Seasons				264.2	73	37	163	5.54	4.73	0.03	0.07	100.4	4.78	-23	-2.2	.7	-0.1	-0.2	2	.470	.496	$469,000

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
1995	26	PHI	NL	35	603	508	70	127	26	2	10	4	7	75	93	.250	.348	.368	.717	.283	187	14	6	6	8	2	10
1996	27	PHI	NL	21	448	394	66	116	25	0	13	2	5	41	56	.294	.361	.457	.818	.314	180	12	2	8	3	1	8
1997	28	PHI	NL	17	146	114	27	31	8	2	6	1	0	27	29	.272	.424	.535	.959	.316	61	2	3	2	0	1	1
3 Yrs				73	1197	1016	163	274	59	4	29	7	12	143	178	.270	.362	.421	.784	.299	428	28	11	16	11	4	19
162 Game Avg.				45	740	628	101	169	36	2	18	4	7	88	110	.270	.362	.421	.784	.299	265	17	7	10	7	2	12
MLB Averages																.268	.338	.421	.760	.300

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1995	26	PHI	NL	1.3	0.1	622	0.4	11.0	-10.5	1.05	-0.2	0.6	2.7	0.3	1.05	-3.7	3	2	10
1996	27	PHI	NL	-12.7	-1.2	460	-1.3	7.0	-8.3	.95	-1.4	0.1	-14.8	-1.4	0.95	-16.4	0	3	1
1997	28	PHI	NL	-10.4	-1.0	150	-1.1	1.0	-2.1	.54	-1.1	-1.0	-15.7	-1.5	0.54	-14.4	2	3	10
3 Yrs				-21.8	-2.1	1232	-2.0	19.0	-21.0	.95	-2.7	0.6	-27.8	-2.6	0.95	-34.4	5	8	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
1995	26	PHI	NL	35	19	7	7	5	1	2	9	10	.474	1	2	2	1	10	53%	49.1	86	20	22	7	0	7	4.0	3.8	5.8	94	3	5	8	1	127
1996	27	PHI	NL	21	17	3	9	5	1	1	5	12	.294	2	2	0	0	5	29%	45.2	76	-3	20	6	1	10	3.8	3.6	5.6	88	5	4	1	1	122
1997	28	PHI	NL	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	48.0	48	48	12	3	0	1	1.0	1.8	5.0	98	0	1	0	0	98
3 Yrs				73	37	10	17	10	2	3	14	23	.378	3	4	2	1	15	41%	47	86	-3	54	16	1	18	3.9	3.7	5.7	92	8	10	9	2	127
MLB Averages													.500						47%	49	97	-11					4.9	4.9	6.0	95

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1995	26	PHI	NL	35	16	6	2	0	1	1	100%	1	12	4	33%	5	1.055	3	2	10	1	2	13	7	9	10	2	10	2	4.9	27
1996	27	PHI	NL	21	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	2	67%	4	.952	0	3	1	1	0	3	2	2	1	2	2	0	2.8	14
1997	28	PHI	NL	17	16	2	0	2	0	0		0	13	4	31%	5	.543	2	3	10	3	1	12	6	10	11	3	11	4	4.4	31
3 Yrs				73	36	8	2	2	1	1	100%	1	28	10	36%		.954	5	8	21	5	3	28	15	21	22	7	23	6	4.5	28

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%
1995	26	PHI	NL	603	19%	1.7%	15.4%	12.4%	6.3%	30%	0.90	1.14	68%	24%	5.3%	13%	145	14	10%
1996	27	PHI	NL	448	20%	2.9%	12.5%	9.2%	8.5%	33%	0.75	1.02	73%	26%	8.2%	17%	88	12	14%
1997	28	PHI	NL	146	36%	4.1%	19.9%	18.5%	11.0%	52%	0.63	0.93	54%	22%	14.6%	20%	30	2	7%
3 Yrs				1197	21%	2.4%	14.9%	12.0%	7.7%	34%	0.81	1.07	69%	25%	7.5%	15%	263	28	11%
MLB Averages					44%	2.7%	16.6%	9.0%	7.7%	33%	0.83	1.11	70%	22%	8.3%	17%			10%

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
1995	26	PHI	NL	571	2095	3.67	1181	56%	21%	20%	25%	34%	79%	1%	44%	75%	50%	8%	45	23	13%	73	33	4	21%	10	20	32	0	2
1996	27	PHI	NL	308	1095	3.56	661	61%	23%	13%	28%	37%	77%	1%	46%	83%	50%	6%	18	9	16%	48	29	5	31%	7	8	140	4	0
1997	28	PHI	NL	141	565	4.01	303	54%	24%	21%	28%	27%	76%	2%	41%	73%	46%	13%	18	8	15%	21	13	0	29%	1	9	5	0	0
3 Yrs				1020	3755	3.68	2145	57%	22%	18%	26%	34%	78%	1%	44%	77%	49%	8%	81	40	14%	142	75	9	25%	18	37	177	4	2
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			19%				28%

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
1995	26	PHI	NL	603	127	8	1	10	0	20	9	1	7	3	45	24	2	53%	10	9	2	245	4	7	36%	3	6	1	1	0	0	1	1	24	0
1996	27	PHI	NL	448	116	15	3	13	1	7	12	1	9	4	23	13	1	57%	8	7	0	177	2	5	29%	2	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	10	0
1997	28	PHI	NL	146	31	4	0	6	0	6	5	1	4	2	10	4	0	40%	1	4	0	57	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				1197	274	27	4	29	1	33	26	3	20	9	78	41	3	53%	19	20	2	479	7	12	37%	6	10	1	2	0	0	2	2	38	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	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1995	26	9	7	.563	4.15	35	19	6	2	1	1	136.2	127	70	63	10	75	2	93	6	9	603	101	1.478	8.4	0.7	4.9	6.1	1.24	101
1996	27	12	16	.429	4.73	56	36	6	2	1	1	236.0	243	136	124	23	116	3	149	8	16	1051	89	1.521	9.3	0.9	4.4	5.7	1.28	89
1997	28	12	19	.387	5.03	73	37	8	2	1	1	264.2	274	163	148	29	143	4	178	11	20	1197	84	1.576	9.3	1.0	4.9	6.1	1.24	84

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1995	26	8	8	.500	4.02	150.0	139	74	67	11	82	102	7	1.473	8.3	4.9	6.1	1.24	0.7	35
1996	27	4	6	.400	5.23	98.0	112	63	57	13	40	55	2	1.551	10.3	3.7	5.1	1.38	1.2	21
1997	28	1	2	.333	7.14	29.0	30	26	23	6	26	29	3	1.931	9.3	8.1	9.0	1.12	1.9	17
3 Yrs		13	16	.448	4.78	277.0	281	163	147	30	148	186	12	1.549	9.1		6.0	1.26	1.0	73

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Bases on Balls s c a p y 1995 NL 75 (5th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1995 NL 9 (7th)

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