John Mitchell
John Kyle Mitchell
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 11, 1965 in Dickson, TN
High School: Overton (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 7th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1986
Final Game: September 30, 1990
Relatives: Brother of Charlie Mitchell
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Standard Pitching

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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 ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1986 20 NYM NL 0 1 .000 3.60 4 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 10 4 4 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 40 99 1.400 9.0 0.9 3.6 1.8 0.50
1987 21 NYM NL 3 6 .333 4.11 20 19 0 1 0 0 111.2 124 64 51 6 36 3 57 2 1 7 493 92 1.433 10.0 0.5 2.9 4.6 1.58
1988 22 NYM NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1989 23 NYM NL 0 1 .000 6.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 7 2 0 4 1 4 0 0 1 17 54 2.333 9.0 0.0 12.0 12.0 1.00
1990 24 BAL AL 6 6 .500 4.64 24 17 2 0 0 0 114.1 133 63 59 7 48 3 43 3 0 3 509 83 1.583 10.5 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.90
5 Seasons 9 14 .391 4.35 51 37 3 1 0 0 240.0 272 138 116 14 93 7 107 5 1 13 1064 87 1.521 10.2 0.5 3.5 4.0 1.15
162 Game Avg. 7 11 .391 4.35 39 29 2 1 0 0 185 210 107 90 11 72 5 83 4 1 10 822 87 1.521 10.2 0.5 3.5 4.0 1.15
NYM (4 yrs) 3 8 .273 4.08 27 20 1 1 0 0 125.2 139 75 57 7 45 4 64 2 1 10 555 92 1.464 10.0 0.5 3.2 4.6 1.42
BAL (1 yr) 6 6 .500 4.64 24 17 2 0 0 0 114.1 133 63 59 7 48 3 43 3 0 3 509 83 1.583 10.5 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.90
NL (4 yrs) 3 8 .273 4.08 27 20 1 1 0 0 125.2 139 75 57 7 45 4 64 2 1 10 555 92 1.464 10.0 0.5 3.2 4.6 1.42
AL (1 yr) 6 6 .500 4.64 24 17 2 0 0 0 114.1 133 63 59 7 48 3 43 3 0 3 509 83 1.583 10.5 0.6 3.8 3.4 0.90

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1986 20 NYM NL 4 40 36 4 10 2 0 1 0 2 4 2 .278 .350 .417 .767 .273 15 2 0 0 0 0
1987 21 NYM NL 20 493 444 64 124 18 1 6 8 7 36 57 .279 .333 .365 .698 .306 162 8 2 6 5 3
1988 22 NYM NL 1 5 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 .500 1.100 .667 2 1 0 0 0 0
1989 23 NYM NL 2 17 13 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 .231 .412 .308 .719 .333 4 1 0 0 0 1
1990 24 BAL AL 24 509 444 63 133 34 0 7 1 2 48 43 .300 .366 .423 .789 .313 188 15 3 6 8 3
5 Seasons 51 1064 941 138 272 55 1 14 9 11 93 107 .289 .352 .394 .746 .310 371 27 5 12 13 7
162 Game Avg. 39 822 727 107 210 43 1 11 7 9 72 83 .289 .352 .394 .746 .310 287 21 4 9 10 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1986 20 NYM NL 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 35 35 35 0 0 1 0 1.0 2.3 5.0
1987 21 NYM NL 20 19 3 6 10 1 2 9 10 .474 1 4 1 0 8 42% 47 73 29 10 4 1 8 4.8 5.2 5.8
1990 24 BAL AL 24 17 6 6 5 2 1 8 9 .471 1 2 0 0 8 47% 44 69 19 25 5 3 4 4.6 5.6 5.8 88 2 13 1 1 122
3 Seasons 48 37 9 13 15 3 3 17 20 .459 2 6 1 0 16 43% 45 73 19 35 9 5 12 4.6 5.4 5.8 88 2 13 1 1 122
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1986 20 NYM NL 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.655 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 1 0 5.0
1987 21 NYM NL 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1.040 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1988 22 NYM NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 6 1.096 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3.0 17
1989 23 NYM NL 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 1.116 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.5 32
1990 24 BAL AL 24 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 6 0.950 1 3 2 1 1 5 2 5 6 1 6 1 6.4 33
5 Seasons 51 14 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 20% 0.984 2 4 6 3 2 9 3 11 9 1 10 1 5.6 31

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1986 20 NYM NL 40 48% 2.5% 5.0% 10.0% 7.5% 30% 5.50 83% 4 2 50%
1987 21 NYM NL 493 55% 1.2% 11.6% 7.3% 5.1% 20% 1.82 78% 100 8 8%
1988 22 NYM NL 5 40% 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.50 60% 67% 0.0% 0% 2 1 50%
1989 23 NYM NL 17 35% 0.0% 23.5% 23.5% 5.9% 33% 2.00 1.50 53% 0% 0.0% 0% 5 1 20%
1990 24 BAL AL 509 47% 1.4% 8.5% 9.4% 8.1% 31% 1.01 1.41 79% 20% 3.8% 8% 97 15 15%
5 Seasons 1064 51% 1.3% 10.1% 8.7% 6.6% 26% 1.02 1.67 78% 19% 3.7% 8% 208 27 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1988 22 NYM NL 5 18 3.60 8 47% 13% 25% 25% 38% 88% 0% 39% 71% 80% 20% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0% 0 1 0 1 0
1989 23 NYM NL 17 63 3.71 34 54% 21% 26% 24% 26% 76% 14% 41% 63% 53% 12% 2 0 18% 3 2 0 0% 2 1 0 0 1
1990 24 BAL AL 509 1720 3.38 991 58% 24% 9% 25% 42% 76% 2% 44% 87% 51% 6% 31 13 10% 52 14 1 35% 8 15 0 0 3
3 Seasons 531 1801 3.39 1033 57% 23% 10% 25% 41% 76% 2% 44% 86% 52% 6% 34 13 10% 55 16 1 31% 10 17 0 1 4
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1986 20 NYM NL 40 10 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 100% 0 2 0 15 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 21 NYM NL 493 124 6 0 11 4 2 2 4 33 19 2 58% 12 7 0 196 8 7 53% 8 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 15 0
1988 22 NYM NL 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 23 NYM NL 17 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 33% 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1990 24 BAL AL 509 133 12 2 7 0 10 3 4 2 5 29 16 4 55% 2 3 1 209 1 2 33% 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 14 0
5 Seasons 1064 272 12 2 14 0 24 8 6 5 9 66 37 7 56% 16 13 1 428 9 11 45% 8 10 1 1 0 0 6 1 31 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1986 20 0 1 .000 3.60 4 1 1 0 0 0 10.0 10 4 4 1 4 0 2 0 0 2 40 99 1.400 9.0 0.9 3.6 1.8 0.50 99
1987 21 3 7 .300 4.07 24 20 1 1 0 0 121.2 134 68 55 7 40 3 59 2 1 9 533 93 1.430 9.9 0.5 3.0 4.4 1.48 93
1988 22 3 7 .300 4.04 25 20 1 1 0 0 122.2 136 68 55 7 41 3 60 2 1 9 538 94 1.443 10.0 0.5 3.0 4.4 1.46 94
1989 23 3 8 .273 4.08 27 20 1 1 0 0 125.2 139 75 57 7 45 4 64 2 1 10 555 92 1.464 10.0 0.5 3.2 4.6 1.42 92
1990 24 9 14 .391 4.35 51 37 3 1 0 0 240.0 272 138 116 14 93 7 107 5 1 13 1064 87 1.521 10.2 0.5 3.5 4.0 1.15 87

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1986 20 0 0 4.00 9.0 10 4 4 1 4 2 0 1.556 10.0 4.0 2.0 0.50 1.0 4
1987 21 5 7 .417 4.38 109.0 127 59 53 6 37 56 2 1.505 10.5 3.1 4.6 1.51 0.5 20
1988 22 0 0 0.00 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 3.000 18.0 9.0 9.0 1.00 0.0 1
1989 23 0 0 9.00 3.0 4 3 3 0 5 4 0 3.000 12.0 15.0 12.0 0.80 0.0 2
1990 24 4 7 .364 5.66 105.0 140 73 66 7 51 40 3 1.819 12.0 4.4 3.4 0.78 0.6 24
5 Seasons 9 14 .391 5.00 227.0 283 139 126 14 98 103 5 1.678 11.2 4.1 1.05 0.6 51

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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)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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