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Craig Mitchell

Craig Seton Mitchell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 14, 1954 in Santa Rosa, CA
High School: Shadle Park HS (Spokane, WA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1975
Team: Athletics 1975-1977

Final Game: September 25, 1977
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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
1975 21 OAK AL 0 1 .000 12.27 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 6 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18 33 2.182 14.7 0.0 4.9 4.9 1.00
1976 22 OAK AL 0 0 2.70 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 141 0.900 8.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 23 OAK AL 0 1 .000 7.94 3 1 1 0 0 0 5.2 9 6 5 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 29 54 1.941 14.3 1.6 3.2 1.6 0.50
3 Yrs 0 2 .000 7.82 5 2 1 0 0 0 12.2 18 12 11 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 60 52 1.737 12.8 0.7 2.8 2.1 0.75
162 Game Avg. 0 19 .000 7.82 49 19 10 0 0 0 123 175 117 107 10 39 0 29 0 0 0 583 52 1.737 12.8 0.7 2.8 2.1 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
1975 21 OAK AL 3.2 1 1 5 12.27 3.97 0.31 0.12 92.0 3.48 -4 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -3 .225 .498 $
1976 22 OAK AL 3.1 1 0 1 2.70 3.59 -0.09 -0.29 90.0 3.05 0 0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 0 .516 .500 $
1977 23 OAK AL 5.2 3 1 6 9.53 4.48 -0.17 -0.07 100.5 4.61 -3 -0.3 .2 0.0 -0.2 -2 .402 .498 $
3 Seasons 12.2 5 2 12 8.53 4.10 -0.01 -0.07 95.3 3.87 -7 -0.6 .2 0.0 -0.4 -5 .389 .499 $

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
1975 21 OAK AL 1 18 16 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .375 .444 .438 .882 .429 7 1 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 OAK AL 1 13 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .231 .231 .231 .462 .231 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
1977 23 OAK AL 3 29 26 6 9 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 .346 .393 .577 .970 .333 15 0 0 1 0 0 1
3 Yrs 5 60 55 12 18 2 1 1 2 0 4 3 .327 .373 .455 .827 .333 25 2 0 1 0 0 2
162 Game Avg. 49 583 534 117 175 19 10 10 19 0 39 29 .327 .373 .455 .827 .333 243 19 0 10 0 0 19
MLB Averages .259 .326 .379 .705 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1975 21 OAK AL -3.2 -0.3 18 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .90 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.90 -1.0 0 0 0
1976 22 OAK AL 0.5 0.0 14 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .19 -0.0 -0.1 0.8 0.1 0.19 0.3 0 0 1
1977 23 OAK AL -2.6 -0.2 31 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .51 -0.3 -0.2 -3.4 -0.3 0.51 -3.2 0 0 2
3 Yrs -5.2 -0.5 63 -0.4 0.5 -0.8 .55 -0.4 -0.3 -3.5 -0.3 0.55 -3.9 0 0 3

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
1975 21 OAK AL 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29.0 29 29 3 3 0 1 2.0 0.0 3.7
1977 23 OAK AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 1 0 0 1 1.0 0.0 3.3
2 Yrs 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 29 28 4 3 0 2 1.5 0.0 3.5
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 105 -13 4.2 4.2 6.5

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
1976 22 OAK AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 .189 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 10.0
1977 23 OAK AL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .509 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 3.5
2 Yrs 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% .410 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 1 2 0 5.7

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%
1975 21 OAK AL 18 50% 0.0% 11.1% 11.1% 5.6% 17% 0.80 78% 4 1 25%
1976 22 OAK AL 13 38% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.67 100% 3 1 33%
1977 23 OAK AL 29 45% 3.5% 3.5% 6.9% 10.3% 33% 0.23 83% 5 0 0%
3 Yrs 60 45% 1.7% 5.0% 6.7% 6.7% 22% 0.46 85% 12 2 17%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 13.1% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.09 75% 11%

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
1975 21 OAK AL 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 22 OAK AL 13 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 23 OAK AL 29 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 60 18 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 100% 2 0 0 30 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1975 21 0 1 .000 12.27 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.2 6 5 5 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 18 33 2.182 14.7 0.0 4.9 4.9 1.00 33
1976 22 0 1 .000 7.71 2 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 9 6 6 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 31 51 1.571 11.6 0.0 2.6 2.6 1.00 51
1977 23 0 2 .000 7.82 5 2 1 0 0 0 12.2 18 12 11 1 4 0 3 0 0 0 60 52 1.737 12.8 0.7 2.8 2.1 0.75 52

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
1975 21 0 0 18.00 3.0 7 7 6 0 2 2 0 3.000 21.0 6.0 6.0 1.00 0.0 1
1976 22 0 0 2.25 4.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1
1977 23 0 0 9.00 6.0 10 7 6 1 2 1 0 2.000 15.0 3.0 1.5 0.50 1.5 3
3 Yrs 0 0 9.00 13.0 17 15 13 1 4 3 0 1.615 11.8 2.1 0.75 0.7 5

* 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.

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