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Mike Oquist

Michael Lee Oquist

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 30, 1968 in La Junta, CO
High School: La Junta HS (La Junta, CO)
School: University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR)
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 13th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 14, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1993
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Orioles/Padres 1993-1999

Final Game: September 21, 1999
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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
1993 25 BAL AL 0 0 3.86 5 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 12 5 5 0 4 1 8 0 0 0 50 119 1.371 9.3 0.0 3.1 6.2 2.00
1994 26 BAL AL 3 3 .500 6.17 15 9 3 0 0 0 58.1 75 41 40 7 30 4 39 6 0 3 278 81 1.800 11.6 1.1 4.6 6.0 1.30
1995 27 BAL AL 2 1 .667 4.17 27 0 2 0 0 0 54.0 51 27 25 6 41 3 27 2 0 2 255 115 1.704 8.5 1.0 6.8 4.5 0.66
1996 28 SDP NL 0 0 2.35 8 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 6 2 2 0 4 2 4 0 0 1 30 178 1.304 7.0 0.0 4.7 4.7 1.00
1997 29 OAK AL 4 6 .400 5.02 19 17 0 1 0 0 107.2 111 62 60 15 43 3 72 6 0 2 473 89 1.430 9.3 1.3 3.6 6.0 1.67
1998 30 OAK AL 7 11 .389 6.22 31 29 2 0 0 0 175.0 210 125 121 27 57 1 112 5 0 4 777 73 1.526 10.8 1.4 2.9 5.8 1.96
1999 31 OAK AL 9 10 .474 5.37 28 24 1 0 0 0 140.2 158 86 84 18 64 5 89 2 0 2 629 85 1.578 10.1 1.2 4.1 5.7 1.39
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
7 Yrs 25 31 .446 5.46 133 79 13 1 0 0 555.0 623 348 337 73 243 19 351 21 0 14 2492 84 1.560 10.1 1.2 3.9 5.7 1.44
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .446 5.46 43 25 4 0 0 0 178 200 112 108 23 78 6 113 7 0 4 799 84 1.560 10.1 1.2 3.9 5.7 1.44
OAK (3 yrs) 20 27 .426 5.63 78 70 3 1 0 0 423.1 479 273 265 60 164 9 273 13 0 8 1879 80 1.519 10.2 1.3 3.5 5.8 1.66
BAL (3 yrs) 5 4 .556 5.08 47 9 7 0 0 0 124.0 138 73 70 13 75 8 74 8 0 5 583 96 1.718 10.0 0.9 5.4 5.4 0.99
SDP (1 yr) 0 0 2.35 8 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 6 2 2 0 4 2 4 0 0 1 30 178 1.304 7.0 0.0 4.7 4.7 1.00
AL (6 yrs) 25 31 .446 5.51 125 79 10 1 0 0 547.1 617 346 335 73 239 17 347 21 0 13 2462 84 1.564 10.1 1.2 3.9 5.7 1.45
NL (1 yr) 0 0 2.35 8 0 3 0 0 0 7.2 6 2 2 0 4 2 4 0 0 1 30 178 1.304 7.0 0.0 4.7 4.7 1.00

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
1993 25 BAL AL 11.2 5 0 5 3.86 5.12 0.46 -0.39 103.8 4.43 1 0.1 .3 -0.0 0.1 2 .517 .501 $
1994 26 BAL AL 58.1 15 9 41 6.33 5.50 0.55 -0.00 103.2 5.12 -8 -0.7 .8 -0.0 -0.2 -2 .452 .496 $112,000
1995 27 BAL AL 54.0 27 0 27 4.50 5.08 0.35 -0.38 101.3 4.40 -0 -0.0 1.0 -0.1 0.3 6 .498 .500 $125,000
1996 28 SDP NL 7.2 8 0 2 2.35 4.63 -0.15 -0.35 92.6 4.11 2 0.2 .5 -0.1 0.2 2 .520 .501 $150,000
1997 29 OAK AL 107.2 19 17 62 5.18 4.88 -0.53 0.15 99.4 5.53 4 0.3 .4 -0.1 1.2 18 .518 .502 $195,000
1998 30 OAK AL 175.0 31 29 125 6.43 4.94 -0.43 0.16 98.9 5.48 -18 -1.7 .1 -0.1 -0.2 4 .445 .490 $215,000
1999 31 OAK AL 140.2 28 24 86 5.50 5.20 -0.31 0.14 92.3 5.22 -4 -0.4 .6 -0.1 0.8 15 .487 .498 $450,000
7 Seasons 555.0 133 79 348 5.64 5.07 -0.22 0.07 98.0 5.24 -25 -2.2 .8 -0.5 2.2 44 .483 .498 $1,247,000
OAK (3 yrs) 423.1 78 70 273 5.80 5.01 -0.42 0.15 96.8 5.40 -19 -1.7 .4 -0.3 1.8 37 .478 .496 $860,000
BAL (3 yrs) 124.0 47 9 73 5.30 5.28 0.45 -0.20 102.4 4.74 -8 -0.7 .9 -0.2 0.2 5 .486 .499 $237,000
SDP (1 yr) 7.2 8 0 2 2.35 4.63 -0.15 -0.35 92.6 4.11 2 0.2 .5 -0.1 0.2 2 .520 .501 $150,000

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
1993 25 BAL AL 5 50 46 5 12 3 0 0 0 1 4 8 .261 .320 .326 .646 .316 15 0 0 0 0 1 1
1994 26 BAL AL 15 278 235 41 75 15 0 7 1 0 30 39 .319 .404 .472 .876 .352 111 5 6 3 4 4 2
1995 27 BAL AL 27 255 207 27 51 12 2 6 4 2 41 27 .246 .370 .411 .781 .253 85 2 2 1 4 3 2
1996 28 SDP NL 8 30 26 2 6 1 0 0 1 0 4 4 .231 .333 .269 .603 .273 7 3 0 0 0 2 0
1997 29 OAK AL 19 473 418 62 111 21 2 15 3 4 43 72 .266 .340 .433 .773 .287 181 8 6 3 3 3 4
1998 30 OAK AL 31 777 704 125 210 40 4 27 9 6 57 112 .298 .352 .482 .834 .320 339 18 5 5 6 1 6
1999 31 OAK AL 28 629 559 86 158 40 6 18 5 6 64 89 .283 .358 .472 .830 .309 264 12 2 3 1 5 3
7 Yrs 133 2492 2195 348 623 132 14 73 23 19 243 351 .284 .358 .456 .815 .307 1002 48 21 15 18 19 18
162 Game Avg. 43 799 704 112 200 42 4 23 7 6 78 113 .284 .358 .456 .815 .307 321 15 7 5 6 6 6
MLB Averages .268 .338 .421 .759 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1993 25 BAL AL 1.1 0.1 50 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .24 0.2 -0.1 2.1 0.2 0.24 2.2 0 0 5
1994 26 BAL AL -5.9 -0.5 283 -0.8 5.1 -5.8 1.08 -0.8 0.0 -4.7 -0.4 1.08 -9.2 1 1 4
1995 27 BAL AL 3.8 0.4 263 -0.4 3.0 -3.4 .73 -0.4 -0.2 -4.6 -0.4 0.73 -5.4 9 5 13
1996 28 SDP NL 1.8 0.2 32 0.2 0.4 -0.2 .77 0.2 0.1 4.9 0.5 0.77 2.4 0 2 6
1997 29 OAK AL -5.4 -0.5 479 -0.8 7.7 -8.5 .91 -0.4 -0.6 -2.5 -0.2 0.91 -2.6 0 0 2
1998 30 OAK AL -31.0 -2.8 793 -1.4 13.3 -14.7 .98 -2.1 0.7 -22.6 -2.1 0.98 -23.9 0 0 2
1999 31 OAK AL -10.3 -0.9 642 -0.2 10.4 -10.6 .92 -0.6 0.4 -4.2 -0.4 0.92 -10.1 0 1 3
7 Yrs -45.8 -4.1 2542 -3.5 40.0 -43.5 .92 -3.9 0.1 -31.7 -2.9 0.92 -46.8 10 9 35

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
1994 26 BAL AL 15 9 1 3 5 0 0 4 5 .444 1 2 0 0 2 22% 34.2 56 21 20 6 3 2 5.1 4.8 4.4 84 3 4 2 0 104
1997 29 OAK AL 19 17 4 5 8 2 0 9 8 .529 4 2 1 0 5 29% 48.4 80 20 21 7 0 5 5.0 4.6 5.9 100 3 4 7 3 136
1998 30 OAK AL 31 29 7 11 11 1 1 12 17 .414 5 3 0 0 11 38% 42.3 75 -21 23 11 0 12 4.9 5.2 5.9 93 4 15 10 0 118
1999 31 OAK AL 28 24 9 10 5 4 1 13 11 .542 1 2 0 0 8 33% 43.7 73 20 26 14 0 12 5.3 5.7 5.2 91 3 15 6 0 111
4 Yrs 93 79 21 29 29 7 2 38 41 .481 11 9 1 0 26 33% 43 80 -21 90 38 3 31 5.1 5.2 5.5 93 13 38 25 3 136
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 105 -21 4.9 4.9 6.0 96

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
1993 25 BAL AL 5 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 20% 4 .244 0 0 5 0 0 5 3 2 4 1 4 0 7.0 39
1994 26 BAL AL 15 6 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 2 1.082 1 1 4 1 1 4 4 2 3 0 4 0 9.3 49
1995 27 BAL AL 27 27 2 2 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 32 18 56% 4 .732 9 5 13 5 2 20 20 7 17 10 19 3 6.0 40
1996 28 SDP NL 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 0 0% 8 .770 0 2 6 3 0 5 3 5 2 3 2 0 2.9 16
1997 29 OAK AL 19 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 2 .913 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 10.0 60
1998 30 OAK AL 31 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .975 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 7.5 37
1999 31 OAK AL 28 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 71% 5 .918 0 1 3 0 0 4 4 0 4 0 4 0 11.8 59
7 Yrs 133 54 13 4 2 1 0 1 0% 2 1 61 27 44% .919 10 9 35 9 3 42 36 18 33 14 36 3 6.6 40

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%
1993 25 BAL AL 50 66% 0.0% 16.0% 8.0% 6.0% 25% 0.46 0.44 76% 29% 0.0% 8% 8 0 0%
1994 26 BAL AL 278 50% 2.5% 14.0% 10.8% 7.9% 29% 0.76 0.92 69% 24% 7.0% 11% 61 5 8%
1995 27 BAL AL 255 63% 2.4% 10.6% 16.1% 7.8% 39% 0.65 0.71 70% 24% 7.0% 23% 61 2 3%
1996 28 SDP NL 30 53% 0.0% 13.3% 13.3% 3.3% 17% 0.83 1.38 73% 23% 0.0% 17% 7 3 43%
1997 29 OAK AL 473 47% 3.2% 15.2% 9.1% 8.0% 34% 0.66 0.91 71% 21% 8.6% 16% 90 8 9%
1998 30 OAK AL 777 45% 3.5% 14.4% 7.3% 9.1% 34% 0.59 0.89 73% 25% 8.6% 16% 158 18 11%
1999 31 OAK AL 629 48% 2.9% 14.2% 10.2% 10.2% 41% 0.53 0.81 72% 22% 6.8% 13% 95 12 13%
7 Yrs 2492 49% 2.9% 14.1% 9.8% 8.8% 35% 0.61 0.85 72% 23% 7.5% 15% 480 48 10%
MLB Averages 44% 2.7% 16.3% 9.0% 7.7% 32% 0.82 1.09 70% 21% 8.0% 15% 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
1993 25 BAL AL 50 197 3.94 124 63% 23% 15% 31% 31% 77% 5% 48% 80% 58% 6% 3 2 18% 9 5 0 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1994 26 BAL AL 278 1051 3.78 612 58% 31% 9% 27% 33% 69% 3% 40% 87% 60% 8% 22 12 18% 50 22 4 54% 4 6 0 1 0
1995 27 BAL AL 208 832 4.00 463 56% 30% 9% 28% 32% 70% 3% 39% 87% 52% 9% 18 8 16% 33 13 2 43% 4 7 47 0 0
1996 28 SDP NL 29 109 3.76 55 50% 24% 11% 27% 38% 76% 9% 39% 86% 41% 14% 4 1 0% 0 0 0 25% 0 2 1 0 0
1997 29 OAK AL 474 1814 3.83 1090 60% 30% 13% 25% 32% 70% 1% 42% 82% 55% 5% 26 18 17% 79 40 2 29% 10 5 -1 0 0
1998 30 OAK AL 779 2779 3.57 1749 63% 28% 11% 27% 34% 72% 0% 45% 85% 63% 4% 30 16 18% 140 66 3 37% 17 13 -2 0 0
1999 31 OAK AL 630 2414 3.83 1436 59% 31% 11% 24% 33% 69% 1% 41% 84% 59% 6% 35 17 15% 97 33 3 31% 7 13 -1 0 0
7 Yrs 2448 9196 3.76 5529 60% 30% 11% 26% 33% 70% 1% 42% 84% 59% 6% 138 74 17% 408 179 14 36% 42 46 44 1 0
MLB Averages 3.70 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 46% 80% 56% 6% 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
1993 25 BAL AL 50 12 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 33% 1 0 0 22 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 26 BAL AL 278 75 8 3 7 0 10 4 3 5 2 17 8 3 47% 2 3 1 131 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1995 27 BAL AL 255 51 3 0 6 1 6 3 3 4 2 18 12 1 67% 2 2 1 125 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1996 28 SDP NL 30 6 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0% 0 1 0 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1997 29 OAK AL 473 111 10 2 15 1 10 7 8 4 11 22 12 1 55% 4 2 0 175 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1998 30 OAK AL 777 210 25 1 27 0 13 13 14 11 16 49 33 8 67% 6 4 0 295 9 6 60% 9 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1999 31 OAK AL 629 158 11 3 18 1 15 10 8 13 5 33 15 5 45% 3 2 2 224 5 6 45% 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 0
7 Yrs 2492 623 60 9 73 3 57 37 36 37 36 144 81 18 56% 18 14 4 986 23 19 55% 23 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 45 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 BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1993 25 0 0 3.86 5 0 2 0 0 0 11.2 12 5 5 0 4 1 8 0 0 0 50 119 1.371 9.3 0.0 3.1 6.2 2.00 119
1994 26 3 3 .500 5.79 20 9 5 0 0 0 70.0 87 46 45 7 34 5 47 6 0 3 328 86 1.729 11.2 0.9 4.4 6.0 1.38 86
1995 27 5 4 .556 5.08 47 9 7 0 0 0 124.0 138 73 70 13 75 8 74 8 0 5 583 96 1.718 10.0 0.9 5.4 5.4 0.99 96
1996 28 5 4 .556 4.92 55 9 10 0 0 0 131.2 144 75 72 13 79 10 78 8 0 6 613 98 1.694 9.8 0.9 5.4 5.3 0.99 98
1997 29 9 10 .474 4.96 74 26 10 1 0 0 239.1 255 137 132 28 122 13 150 14 0 8 1086 94 1.575 9.6 1.1 4.6 5.6 1.23 94
1998 30 16 21 .432 5.50 105 55 12 1 0 0 414.1 465 262 253 55 179 14 262 19 0 12 1863 84 1.554 10.1 1.2 3.9 5.7 1.46 84
1999 31 25 31 .446 5.46 133 79 13 1 0 0 555.0 623 348 337 73 243 19 351 21 0 14 2492 84 1.560 10.1 1.2 3.9 5.7 1.44 84

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
1993 25 0 1 .000 4.09 11.0 12 6 5 0 4 8 0 1.455 9.8 3.3 6.5 2.00 0.0 5
1994 26 3 6 .333 5.31 83.0 99 54 49 9 40 55 8 1.675 10.7 4.3 6.0 1.38 1.0 15
1995 27 3 3 .500 3.77 62.0 55 29 26 6 44 31 2 1.597 8.0 6.4 4.5 0.70 0.9 27
1996 28 0 0 3.00 6.0 7 2 2 0 5 3 0 2.000 10.5 7.5 4.5 0.60 0.0 8
1997 29 4 7 .364 5.06 105.0 110 66 59 15 43 70 6 1.457 9.4 3.7 6.0 1.63 1.3 19
1998 30 5 13 .278 6.19 170.0 206 130 117 26 56 109 5 1.541 10.9 3.0 5.8 1.95 1.4 31
1999 31 5 10 .333 5.36 136.0 155 90 81 18 63 86 2 1.603 10.3 4.2 5.7 1.37 1.2 28
7 Yrs 20 40 .333 5.32 573.0 644 377 339 74 255 362 23 1.569 10.1 5.7 1.42 1.2 133

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Earned Runs s c a p y
1998 AL  121 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1994 AL  6 (10th)

                           

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