Mitchell Page

Mitchell Otis Page

Positions: Designated Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 15, 1951 in Los Angeles, CA
School: California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Drafted
by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 3rd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1977
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Pirates 1977-1984

Final Game: September 30, 1984
Died: March 12, 2011 in Glendale, AZ
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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
1977 25 OAK AL 145 592 501 85 154 28 8 21 75 42 5 78 95 .307 .405 .521 .926 154 261 7 6 4 3 6 *7/D9 RoY-2
1978 26 OAK AL 147 579 516 62 147 25 7 17 70 23 19 53 95 .285 .355 .459 .814 134 237 7 4 4 2 6 *7D/9
1979 27 OAK AL 133 539 478 51 118 11 2 9 42 17 16 52 93 .247 .323 .335 .657 83 160 9 3 3 3 5 *D/7
1980 28 OAK AL 110 393 348 58 85 10 4 17 51 14 7 35 87 .244 .311 .443 .754 111 154 9 1 4 5 3 D
1981 29 OAK AL 34 101 92 9 13 1 0 4 13 2 1 7 29 .141 .200 .283 .483 41 26 1 0 1 1 0 D
1982 30 OAK AL 31 87 78 14 20 5 0 4 7 3 4 7 24 .256 .333 .474 .808 125 37 3 2 0 0 1 D
1983 31 OAK AL 57 92 79 16 19 3 0 0 1 3 3 10 22 .241 .341 .278 .619 79 22 2 2 1 0 0 D/79
1984 32 PIT NL 16 15 12 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .333 .467 .417 .883 150 5 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 673 2398 2104 297 560 84 21 72 259 104 55 245 449 .266 .346 .429 .774 118 902 38 18 17 14 21
162 Game Avg. 162 577 506 71 135 20 5 17 62 25 13 59 108 .266 .346 .429 .774 118 217 9 4 4 3 5
OAK (7 yrs) 657 2383 2092 295 556 83 21 72 259 104 55 242 445 .266 .345 .429 .774 117 897 38 18 17 14 21
PIT (1 yr) 16 15 12 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .333 .467 .417 .883 150 5 0 0 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 657 2383 2092 295 556 83 21 72 259 104 55 242 445 .266 .345 .429 .774 117 897 38 18 17 14 21
NL (1 yr) 16 15 12 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .333 .467 .417 .883 150 5 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1977 25 OAK AL 592 41 4 -1 1 1 -7 19 58 6.0 57 5.8 0.2 $30,000 *7/D9 RoY-2
1978 26 OAK AL 579 24 -3 0 2 -12 -8 19 22 2.4 34 3.6 -1.2 $66,000 *7D/9
1979 27 OAK AL 539 -12 -3 0 0 -1 -13 18 -11 -1.1 -10 -1.0 -0.1 $70,000 *D/7
1980 28 OAK AL 393 5 2 -1 -1 0 -10 12 7 0.8 7 0.7 0.1 $100,000 D
1981 29 OAK AL 101 -7 0 0 0 0 -3 3 -7 -0.8 -7 -0.7 -0.1 $ D
1982 30 OAK AL 87 3 -1 0 -1 0 -2 3 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $ D
1983 31 OAK AL 92 -1 -2 0 0 2 -4 3 -2 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $ D/79
1984 32 PIT NL 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $
8 Seasons 2398 54 -3 -2 1 -11 -47 77 70 7.5 80 8.3 -0.8 $266,000
OAK (7 yrs) 2383 53 -3 -2 1 -11 -47 77 69 7.3 79 8.2 -0.9 $266,000
PIT (1 yr) 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 1 0.1 0.1 $

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 PwrSpd
1977 25 OAK AL 592 366 117 8.6 97 .343 .307 .263 .405 .326 .521 .400 .926 .726 154 .754 40.6 3.9 1.064 .443 .214 28.0
1978 26 OAK AL 579 401 82 5.5 89 .320 .285 .254 .355 .318 .459 .374 .814 .693 134 .606 22.9 2.3 .754 .285 .174 19.6
1979 27 OAK AL 539 391 51 3.5 97 .288 .247 .262 .323 .326 .335 .398 .657 .724 83 .365 -10.1 -1.0 .561 .199 .088 11.8
1980 28 OAK AL 393 288 47 4.4 93 .273 .244 .261 .311 .322 .443 .387 .754 .709 111 .480 4.6 0.5 .706 .319 .198 15.4
1981 29 OAK AL 101 83 5 1.6 85 .150 .141 .250 .200 .314 .283 .364 .483 .678 41 .155 -7.3 -0.8 .420 .228 .141 2.7
1982 30 OAK AL 87 65 10 4.1 93 .320 .256 .257 .333 .320 .474 .392 .808 .711 125 .452 2.7 0.3 .692 .295 .218 3.4
1983 31 OAK AL 92 66 8 3.2 92 .333 .241 .257 .341 .318 .278 .388 .619 .706 79 .351 -1.6 -0.2 .523 .165 .038 .0
1984 32 PIT NL 15 8 3 10.1 95 .500 .333 .264 .467 .330 .417 .385 .883 .714 150 .834 1.1 0.1 1.000 .333 .083
8 Seasons 2398 1668 323 5.2 93 .306 .266 .259 .346 .323 .429 .388 .774 .711 118 .561 53.0 5.2 .742 .302 .163 85.1
162 Game Avg. 577 402 78 5.2 93 .306 .266 .259 .346 .323 .429 .388 .774 .711 118 .561 13 1 .742 .302 .163 20
OAK (7 yrs) 2383 1660 320 5.2 93 .305 .266 .259 .345 .322 .429 .388 .774 .711 117 .558 51.9 5.0 .740 .302 .163 85.1
PIT (1 yr) 15 8 3 10.1 95 .500 .333 .264 .467 .330 .417 .385 .883 .714 150 .834 1.1 0.1 1.000 .333 .083
AL (7 yrs) 2383 1660 320 5.2 93 .305 .266 .259 .345 .322 .429 .388 .774 .711 117 .558 51.9 5.0 .740 .302 .163 85.1
NL (1 yr) 15 8 3 10.1 95 .500 .333 .264 .467 .330 .417 .385 .883 .714 150 .834 1.1 0.1 1.000 .333 .083

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
1977 25 OAK AL 592 3.6% 16.1% 13.2% 9.6% 37% 1.22 5.3 23.9 6.7 1.27 66%
1978 26 OAK AL 579 2.9% 16.4% 9.2% 8.5% 33% 1.79 5.4 30.4 7.4 1.00 70%
1979 27 OAK AL 539 1.7% 17.3% 9.7% 4.1% 19% 1.79 5.1 53.1 11.4 1.50 70%
1980 28 OAK AL 393 4.3% 22.1% 8.9% 7.9% 37% 2.49 4.0 20.5 6.8 0.99 63%
1981 29 OAK AL 101 4.0% 28.7% 6.9% 5.0% 39% 4.14 3.2 23.0 7.1 1.08 59%
1982 30 OAK AL 87 4.6% 27.6% 8.1% 10.3% 45% 3.43 3.3 19.5 11.1 1.25 57%
1983 31 OAK AL 92 0.0% 23.9% 10.9% 3.3% 16% 2.20 3.6 79.0 0.71 62%
1984 32 PIT NL 15 0.0% 26.7% 20.0% 6.7% 25% 1.33 3.0 0.00 53%
8 Seasons 2398 3.0% 18.7% 10.2% 7.4% 32% 1.83 4.7 29.2 8.1 1.15 67%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.1% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.56 6.8 44.2 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 25 OAK AL 40.6 3.9 651 3.3 13.1 -9.8 1.02 3.8 -0.6 35.5 3.5 0.92 40.2 2.00 5
1978 26 OAK AL 22.9 2.3 630 0.9 11.7 -10.8 1.04 1.4 -0.5 13.4 1.4 0.94 16.9 2.67 1
1979 27 OAK AL -10.1 -1.0 578 -1.4 8.8 -10.2 1.01 -1.5 0.1 -14.6 -1.5 0.89 -15.2 0.44 1
1980 28 OAK AL 4.6 0.5 420 -1.9 6.3 -8.2 1.04 -0.4 -1.4 -5.3 -0.5 0.98 2.7 2.38 18
1981 29 OAK AL -7.3 -0.8 104 -0.4 1.7 -2.1 1.07 -0.5 0.2 -3.4 -0.4 0.92 -5.5 2.28 5
1982 30 OAK AL 2.7 0.3 95 0.8 2.1 -1.3 .81 0.4 0.6 -0.4 -0.0 0.88 1.0 0.92 3
1983 31 OAK AL -1.6 -0.2 101 -0.9 1.3 -2.2 1.10 -0.4 -0.4 -7.3 -0.8 0.94 -6.0 1.62 12
1984 32 PIT NL 1.1 0.1 15 0.1 0.3 -0.2 1.24 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.74 0.6 1.24 12
8 Seasons 53.0 5.2 2594 0.5 45.3 -44.8 1.03 2.7 -2.2 18.2 1.7 0.92 34.7 1.83 57

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1977 25 OAK AL 6 0 30% 243 42 5 89% 40 5 2 0 0 0 7 1 9 18 50% 28 19 9 5 3 2 23 6 17
1978 26 OAK AL 7 0 24% 179 23 19 55% 22 18 1 1 0 0 8 4 4 10 49% 19 13 5 4 0 3 12 2 9
1979 27 OAK AL 8 0 26% 203 17 16 52% 13 15 4 0 0 1 2 0 8 9 38% 27 20 7 6 2 4 15 6 7
1980 28 OAK AL 3 0 39% 106 14 7 67% 13 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 4 11 64% 20 9 10 5 1 4 8 1 7
1981 29 OAK AL 1 0 31% 15 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 67% 4 2 2 1 0 1 4 1 3
1982 30 OAK AL 1 0 40% 37 3 4 43% 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 46% 5 5 0 1 1 0 5 0 5
1983 31 OAK AL 1 0 52% 59 3 3 50% 2 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 67% 9 5 4 5 1 4 7 1 6
1984 32 PIT NL 0 0 29% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 27 0 30% 851 104 55 65% 94 48 10 5 0 2 19 5 29 52 51% 115 75 38 27 8 18 74 17 54

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 % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1977 25 OAK AL 592 71% 154 5 2 0 1 2.00 21 0 7 17 4 10 11 0 4 4 100% 90 7 8% 60 20 33% 343 59 17% 47 19 40% 23 13 57% 0
1978 26 OAK AL 579 56% 147 1 0 0 0 2.67 17 1 7 11 6 10 7 0 4 4 100% 90 7 8% 52 12 23% 328 57 17% 38 15 39% 11 3 27% 0
1979 27 OAK AL 539 65% 118 1 0 0 0 0.44 9 0 4 8 1 4 5 0 4 3 75% 82 9 11% 44 13 30% 283 34 12% 25 12 48% 22 7 32% 0
1980 28 OAK AL 393 87% 85 18 2 0 1 2.38 17 0 6 13 4 8 9 0 5 4 80% 89 9 10% 50 15 30% 253 34 13% 30 14 47% 20 10 50% 0
1981 29 OAK AL 101 97% 13 5 1 1 1 2.28 4 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 100% 19 1 5% 9 2 22% 62 9 15% 5 2 40% 2 0 0% 0
1982 30 OAK AL 87 97% 20 3 0 0 0 0.92 4 0 1 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 16 3 19% 5 1 20% 37 5 14% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1983 31 OAK AL 92 91% 19 12 3 0 0 1.62 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 11 2 18% 6 1 17% 50 3 6% 3 0 0% 5 3 60% 0
1984 32 PIT NL 15 100% 4 12 4 0 0 1.24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 2398 72% 560 57 12 1 3 1.83 72 1 27 57 15 36 36 0 19 17 89% 397 38 10% 226 64 28% 1363 201 15% 149 62 42% 85 37 44% 0
MLB Averages 57% 82% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 25 145 592 501 85 154 28 8 21 75 42 5 78 95 .307 .405 .521 .926 154 261 7 6 4 3 6
1978 26 292 1171 1017 147 301 53 15 38 145 65 24 131 190 .296 .380 .490 .870 145 498 14 10 8 5 12
1979 27 425 1710 1495 198 419 64 17 47 187 82 40 183 283 .280 .362 .440 .802 125 658 23 13 11 8 17
1980 28 535 2103 1843 256 504 74 21 64 238 96 47 218 370 .273 .352 .441 .793 122 812 32 14 15 13 20
1981 29 569 2204 1935 265 517 75 21 68 251 98 48 225 399 .267 .346 .433 .779 119 838 33 14 16 14 20
1982 30 600 2291 2013 279 537 80 21 72 258 101 52 232 423 .267 .345 .435 .780 119 875 36 16 16 14 21
1983 31 657 2383 2092 295 556 83 21 72 259 104 55 242 445 .266 .345 .429 .774 117 897 38 18 17 14 21
1984 32 673 2398 2104 297 560 84 21 72 259 104 55 245 449 .266 .346 .429 .774 118 902 38 18 17 14 21

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1977 25 145 599 508 91 161 29 8 22 80 44 82 95 .317 .416 .535 .951 112 145
1978 26 147 597 532 74 163 28 8 19 83 26 59 95 .306 .379 .496 .875 99 147
1979 27 134 547 486 55 124 12 2 9 45 18 55 94 .255 .333 .344 .676 55 133
1980 28 110 397 354 65 91 11 4 18 57 15 37 87 .257 .325 .463 .788 54 110
1981 29 51 154 141 16 21 2 0 6 22 3 11 44 .149 .208 .291 .499 9 34
1982 30 31 88 79 15 21 5 0 4 8 3 7 24 .266 .341 .481 .822 13 31
1983 31 57 93 80 18 20 3 0 0 1 3 11 22 .250 .355 .288 .642 8 57
1984 32 16 17 13 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 .385 .529 .462 .991 3 16
8 Seasons 691 2492 2193 337 606 91 22 78 296 112 266 465 .276 .357 .445 .802 353 673
162 Game Avg. 162 584 514 79 142 21 5 18 69 26 62 109 .276 .357 .445 .802 83 673

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacements c a p y
1977 AL  6.0 (8th)

WAR Position Playerss c a p y
1977 AL  6.0 (5th)

Offensive WARs c a p y
1977 AL  5.8 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1977 AL  .405 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1977 AL  .521 (9th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1977 AL  .926 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 AL  78 (7th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1977 AL  42 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1977 AL  154 (3rd)

Runs Created s c a p y
1977 AL  117 (5th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  41 (4th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1977 AL  3.9 (4th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1977 AL  .755 (3rd)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1978 AL  19 (4th)
1979 AL  16 (2nd)

Power-Speed # s c a p y
1977 AL  28.0 (2nd)
1978 AL  19.6 (5th)
1980 AL  15.4 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)s c a p y
1977 AL  35.52 (10th)

Situ. Wins Added (WPA/LI)s c a p y
1977 AL  3.8 (7th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)s c a p y
1977 AL  3.5 (10th)

                           

Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 7 (1608), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 11 (1506), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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