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Mike Pazik

Michael Joseph Pazik

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 26, 1950 in Lynn, MA
High School: Lynn English HS (Lynn, MA)
School: College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 1st round (13th pick) of the 1971 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1975
Team: Twins 1975-1977

Final Game: April 22, 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
1971	21	NYY-min	A,AAA	5	5	.500	2.49	13	12		1	1	0	83.0	65	27	23	2	34	0	75	2	0	0			1.193	7.0	0.2	3.7	8.1	2.21	FTL,SYR · FLOR,IL
1972	22	NYY-min	AAA	10	10	.500	3.87	27	27		8	1	0	165.0	172	84	71	15	67	7	93	5	1	4			1.448	9.4	0.8	3.7	5.1	1.39	SYR · IL
1973	23	NYY-min	AAA	13	8	.619	4.53	25	25		10	0	0	167.0	166	93	84	16	85	1	76	5	0	4			1.503	8.9	0.9	4.6	4.1	0.89	SYR · IL
1974	24	MIN-NYY-min	AAA	13	8	.619	4.01	25	25		10	0	0	175.0	170	95	78	21	78	0	118	4	0	5			1.417	8.7	1.1	4.0	6.1	1.51	TAC,SYR · PCL,IL
1975	25	MIN-min	AAA	9	9	.500	3.15	20	19		11	3	1	140.0	117	61	49	11	46	0	99	5	1	4			1.164	7.5	0.7	3.0	6.4	2.15	TAC · PCL
1975	25	MIN	AL	0	4	.000	8.24	5	3	0	0	0	0	19.2	28	20	18	5	10	0	8	0	0	1	96	48	1.932	12.8	2.3	4.6	3.7	0.80
1976	26	MIN-min	AAA	14	5	.737	4.14	22	21		12	3	0	152.0	134	73	70	14	76	6	75	1	0	3			1.382	7.9	0.8	4.5	4.4	0.99	TAC · PCL
1976	26	MIN	AL	0	0		7.00	5	0	3	0	0	0	9.0	13	9	7	0	4	0	6	1	0	0	43	54	1.889	13.0	0.0	4.0	6.0	1.50
1977	27	MIN	AL	1	0	1.000	2.50	3	3	0	0	0	0	18.0	18	5	5	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	77	163	1.333	9.0	0.5	3.0	3.0	1.00
1978	28	CHW-TOR-min	AA,AAA	5	4	.556	3.09	28	10		3	1	1	105.0	96	38	36	11	46	1	36	0	0	1			1.352	8.2	0.9	3.9	3.1	0.78	KNX,IWA,SYR · SOUL,AA,IL
1979	29	PIT-CHW-min	AAA	1	3	.250	6.12	8	4		0	0	1	25.0	29	19	17	2	8	0	10	2	0	2			1.480	10.4	0.7	2.9	3.6	1.25	POR,IWA · PCL,AA
3 Yrs				1	4	.200	5.79	13	6	3	0	0	0	46.2	59	34	30	6	20	0	20	1	0	1	216	68	1.693	11.4	1.2	3.9	3.9	1.00
162 Game Avg.				4	14	.200	5.79	47	21	11	0	0	0	167	211	122	107	21	72	0	72	4	0	4	773	68	1.693	11.4	1.2	3.9	3.9	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
1975	25	MIN	AL	19.2	5	3	20	9.15	4.22	0.01	0.02	99.4	4.20	-11	-1.0	.2	0.1	-0.7	-9	.310	.494	$
1976	26	MIN	AL	9.0	5	0	9	9.00	4.41	0.11	-0.36	95.7	3.77	-5	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.393	.497	$
1977	27	MIN	AL	18.0	3	3	5	2.50	4.10	-0.04	0.13	99.4	4.24	3	0.4		-0.0	0.5	5	.629	.502	$
3 Seasons				46.2	13	6	34	6.56	4.21	0.01	-0.01	98.7	4.13	-13	-1.1	.3	0.2	-0.5	-8	.415	.498	$

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	25	MIN	AL	5	96	85	20	28	7	0	5	0	3	10	8	.329	.400	.588	.988	.319	50	0	0	1	0	0	1
1976	26	MIN	AL	5	43	38	9	13	1	0	0	3	1	4	6	.342	.419	.368	.787	.406	14	1	1	0	0	0	1
1977	27	MIN	AL	3	77	68	5	18	0	0	1	2	0	6	6	.265	.320	.309	.629	.274	21	1	0	2	1	0	0
3 Yrs				13	216	191	34	59	8	0	6	5	4	20	20	.309	.376	.445	.821	.319	85	2	1	3	1	0	2
162 Game Avg.				47	773	684	122	211	29	0	21	18	14	72	72	.309	.376	.445	.821	.319	304	7	4	11	4	0	7
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	LevMd	LevLo
1975	25	MIN	AL	-9.0	-0.8	100	-1.2	0.9	-2.1	.73	-0.9	-0.7	-12.1	-1.1	0.73	-10.0	0	2
1976	26	MIN	AL	-3.6	-0.4	47	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.09	-0.2	-0.1	-5.4	-0.5	0.09	-2.0	1	3
1977	27	MIN	AL	3.5	0.4	79	0.3	1.3	-1.0	.92	0.3	0.0	4.1	0.4	0.92	3.1	0	0
3 Yrs				-9.1	-0.8	226	-0.9	2.3	-3.2	.66	-0.9	-0.5	-13.5	-1.2	0.66	-8.9	1	5

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
1975	25	MIN	AL	5	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.7	41	21	5	0	0	2	2.3	2.3	5.1

1977	27	MIN	AL	3	3	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	1.000	0	1	0	0	1	33%	53.3	58	51	0	0	0	1	5.9	4.8	6.0
2 Yrs				8	6	1	3	2	0	0	3	3	.500	0	1	0	0	1	17%	42	58	21	5	0	0	3	4.1	3.5	5.6
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	105	-13					4.2	4.2	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1975	25	MIN	AL	5	2	0	1	1	0	0%	1	.729	0	2	2	1	1	2	0	2	6.5
1976	26	MIN	AL	5	5	3	0	7	2	29%	2	.086	1	3	5	4	1	3	2	3	5.4
2 Yrs				10	7	3	1	8	2	25%		.530	1	5	7	5	2	5	2	5	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1975	25	MIN	AL	96	19%	5.2%	8.3%	10.4%	12.5%	43%	0.78	75%	18	0	0%
1976	26	MIN	AL	43	44%	0.0%	14.0%	9.3%	2.3%	8%	0.54	74%	12	1	8%
1977	27	MIN	AL	77	21%	1.3%	7.8%	7.8%	1.3%	6%	1.18	81%	15	1	7%
3 Yrs				216	25%	2.8%	9.3%	9.3%	6.5%	24%	0.87	77%	45	2	4%
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	25	MIN	AL	96	28			5	0	3	5	0	2	3	6	2	0	33%	1	1	0	32	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1976	26	MIN	AL	43	13			0	0	6	0	0	0	0	11	2	1	18%	1	0	0	18	3	1	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	27	MIN	AL	77	18			1	0	3	1	0	0	1	4	2	1	50%	0	0	0	33	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
3 Yrs				216	59			6	0	12	6	0	2	4	21	6	2	29%	2	1	0	83	5	4	56%	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		52%							65%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1975	25	0	4	.000	8.24	5	3	0	19.2	28	20	18	5	10	8	0	1	96	48	1.932	12.8	2.3	4.6	3.7	0.80	48
1976	26	0	4	.000	7.85	10	3	3	28.2	41	29	25	5	14	14	1	1	139	50	1.919	12.9	1.6	4.4	4.4	1.00	50
1977	27	1	4	.200	5.79	13	6	3	46.2	59	34	30	6	20	20	1	1	216	68	1.693	11.4	1.2	3.9	3.9	1.00	68

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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	25	0	2	.000	9.47	19.0	29	22	20	5	10	8	0	2.053	13.7	4.7	3.8	0.80	2.4	5
1976	26	0	0		9.00	8.0	14	9	8	0	4	5	1	2.250	15.8	4.5	5.6	1.25	0.0	5
1977	27	1	0	1.000	2.50	18.0	18	6	5	1	6	6	0	1.333	9.0	3.0	3.0	1.00	0.5	3
3 Yrs		1	2	.333	6.60	45.0	61	37	33	6	20	19	1	1.800	12.2		3.8	0.95	1.2	13

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