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John Mitchell

John Kyle Mitchell

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 11, 1965 in Dickson, TN
High School: Overton HS (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1986 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Mets/Orioles 1986-1990

Final Game: September 30, 1990 (Age 25)
Relatives: Brother of Charlie Mitchell
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Standard Batting

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
1983	17	BOS-min	A-	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		ELM · NYPL
1984	18	BOS-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		WHV · FLOR
1985	19	BOS-min	AA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		NBR · EL
1986	20	NYM-min	AAA	27	8	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333		1		0	2	0	0		TID · IL
1986	20	NYM	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1987	21	NYM-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TID · IL
1987	21	NYM	NL	20	41	35	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	14	.114	.114	.143	.257	-31	5	0	0	5	0	0	1
1988	22	NYM-min	AAA	28	31	30	5	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	.267	.267	.333	.600		10		0	1	0	0		TID · IL
1988	22	NYM	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1989	23	NYM-min	AAA	27	29	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.091	.091	.091	.182		2		0	7	0	0		TID · IL
1989	23	NYM	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1990	24	BAL-min	AAA	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		ROC · IL
1990	24	BAL	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1991	25	SEA-min	AAA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		CGY · PCL
1993	27	BOS-min	AA	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		NBR · EL
1994	28	BOS-TEX-min	AA,AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		NBR,OKC · EL,AA
1995	29	WSN-min	AAA	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	0	0	0		OTT · IL
5 Yrs				51	44	38	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.105	.105	.132	.237	-36	5	0	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	140	121	3	13	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	48	.105	.105	.132	.237	-36	16	0	0	16	0	0

NYM (4 yrs)				27	44	38	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.105	.105	.132	.237	-36	5	0	0	5	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				27	44	38	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	15	.105	.105	.132	.237	-36	5	0	0	5	0	0
AL (1 yr)				24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1986	20	NYM	NL	4	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.493	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		/1
1987	21	NYM	NL	20	41	-7	-0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.2	0.0	0		1
1988	22	NYM	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	-0.0	.487	.500	-0.0	0.0	-0		/1
1989	23	NYM	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1990	24	BAL	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$111,000	1
5 Seasons				51	44	-8	-0	0	0	6	-1	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.497	.500	-0.2	0.0	-0	$111,000

NYM (4 yrs)				27	44	-8	-0	0	0	6	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.493	.500	-0.2	0.0	-0
BAL (1 yr)				24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$111,000

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1986	20	NYM	NL	2	2	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.259	.000	.329	.000	.390	.000	.720	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1987	21	NYM	NL	41	36	1	0.8	102	.190	.114	.263	.114	.332	.143	.410	.257	.742	-31	.033	-6.5	-0.6	.161	.029	.029
1988	22	NYM	NL	1	1	0	0.0	85	.000	.000	.250	.000	.313	.000	.368	.000	.681	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				44	39	1	0.7	101	.174	.105	.263	.105	.331	.132	.408	.237	.739	-36	.029	-7.3	-0.7	.147	.026	.026
162 Game Avg.				140	124	3	0.7	101	.174	.105	.263	.105	.331	.132	.408	.237	.739	-36	.029	-7.3	-0.7	.147	.026	.026

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1986	20	NYM	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%
1987	21	NYM	NL	41	0.0%	34.2%	0.0%	2.4%	25%		2.5		35.0		2.29	51%
1988	22	NYM	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%	0%
5 Yrs				44	0.0%	34.1%	0.0%	2.3%	25%		2.5		38.0		2.57	52%	0%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.75	5.9	40.1	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1986	20	NYM	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.53	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.17	-0.5	0
1987	21	NYM	NL	-6.5	-0.6	41	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	.94	-0.6	-0.1	-7.6	-0.8	1.03	-7.4	0
1988	22	NYM	NL	-0.2	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.32	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.49	-0.3	0
1989	23	NYM	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1990	24	BAL	AL	0.0	0.0
5 Yrs				-7.3	-0.7	44	-0.8	0.1	-0.8	.91	-0.7	-0.1	-8.7	-0.9	1.05	-8.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	XI	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1986	20	NYM	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0
1987	21	NYM	NL	1	25%	7	50%	1	1	1	1
1988	22	NYM	NL	0		0		0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	25%	7	50%	1	1	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1986	20	NYM	NL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1987	21	NYM	NL	41	46%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	9	0	0%	9	4	44%	34	1	3%	0	0		3	3	100%	0
1988	22	NYM	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				44	45%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	9	0	0%	9	4	44%	38	1	3%	0	0		3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	22	NYM	NL	1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
1 Yr				1	1	1.00	1	100%	0%	0%	0%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1986	20	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1987	21	24	43	37	1	4	1	1	15	.108	.108	.135	.243	-34	5	5
1988	22	25	44	38	1	4	1	1	15	.105	.105	.132	.237	-36	5	5
1989	23	27	44	38	1	4	1	1	15	.105	.105	.132	.237	-36	5	5
1990	24	51	44	38	1	4	1	1	15	.105	.105	.132	.237	-36	5	5

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1986	20	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1987	21	20	41	36	2	5	1	2	14	.139	.139	.167	.306	1	20
1988	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
3 Yrs		25	44	39	2	5	1	2	15	.128	.128	.154	.282	1	25
162 Game Avg.		162	285	253	13	32	6	13	97	.128	.128	.154	.282	6	25

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y 1986 NL born 1965-08-11 (2nd) 1987 NL born 1965-08-11 (9th)

Youngest s c a p y
1986 NL born 1965-08-11 (2nd)
1987 NL born 1965-08-11 (9th)

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