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Mike Pérez

Michael Irvin (Ortega) Perez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 19, 1964 in Yauco, P.R.
High School: Yauco (Yauco, PR)
Schools: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL), Troy University (Troy, AL)
Drafted
by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 12th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 8, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1990
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs/Royals 1990-1997

Final Game: August 17, 1997
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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
1990 25 STL NL 1 0 1.000 3.95 13 0 7 0 0 1 13.2 12 6 6 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 55 99 1.098 7.9 0.0 2.0 3.3 1.67
1991 26 STL NL 0 2 .000 5.82 14 0 2 0 0 0 17.0 19 11 11 1 7 2 7 1 1 0 75 65 1.529 10.1 0.5 3.7 3.7 1.00
1992 27 STL NL 9 3 .750 1.84 77 0 22 0 0 0 93.0 70 23 19 4 32 9 46 1 0 4 377 186 1.097 6.8 0.4 3.1 4.5 1.44 RoY-6
1993 28 STL NL 7 2 .778 2.48 65 0 25 0 0 7 72.2 65 24 20 4 20 1 58 1 0 2 298 159 1.170 8.1 0.5 2.5 7.2 2.90
1994 29 STL NL 2 3 .400 8.71 36 0 18 0 0 12 31.0 52 32 30 5 10 1 20 3 0 0 155 48 2.000 15.1 1.5 2.9 5.8 2.00
1995 30 CHC NL 2 6 .250 3.66 68 0 18 0 0 2 71.1 72 30 29 8 27 8 49 4 0 4 308 112 1.388 9.1 1.0 3.4 6.2 1.81
1996 31 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 4.67 24 0 4 0 0 0 27.0 29 14 14 2 13 1 22 3 0 1 127 94 1.556 9.7 0.7 4.3 7.3 1.69
1997 32 KCR AL 2 0 1.000 3.54 16 0 4 0 0 0 20.1 15 8 8 2 8 0 17 1 0 1 80 134 1.131 6.6 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.13
8 Yrs 24 16 .600 3.56 313 0 100 0 0 22 346.0 334 148 137 26 120 22 224 14 1 12 1475 110 1.312 8.7 0.7 3.1 5.8 1.87
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .600 3.56 68 0 22 0 0 5 75 73 32 30 6 26 5 49 3 0 3 320 110 1.312 8.7 0.7 3.1 5.8 1.87
STL (5 yrs) 19 10 .655 3.40 205 0 74 0 0 20 227.1 218 96 86 14 72 13 136 6 1 6 960 110 1.276 8.6 0.6 2.9 5.4 1.89
CHC (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 3.94 92 0 22 0 0 2 98.1 101 44 43 10 40 9 71 7 0 5 435 106 1.434 9.2 0.9 3.7 6.5 1.78
KCR (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 3.54 16 0 4 0 0 0 20.1 15 8 8 2 8 0 17 1 0 1 80 134 1.131 6.6 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.13
NL (7 yrs) 22 16 .579 3.56 297 0 96 0 0 22 325.2 319 140 129 24 112 22 207 13 1 11 1395 109 1.323 8.8 0.7 3.1 5.7 1.85
AL (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 3.54 16 0 4 0 0 0 20.1 15 8 8 2 8 0 17 1 0 1 80 134 1.131 6.6 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.13

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
1990 25 STL NL 13.2 13 0 6 3.95 4.23 0.22 -0.32 100.3 3.70 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.0 0.0 1 .495 .500 $100,000
1991 26 STL NL 17.0 14 0 11 5.82 4.05 0.18 -0.31 102.3 3.65 -4 -0.5 1.1 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .467 .497 $115,000
1992 27 STL NL 93.0 77 0 23 2.23 3.88 -0.01 -0.30 96.5 3.46 12 1.4 1.2 -0.0 2.1 20 .519 .509 $ RoY-6
1993 28 STL NL 72.2 65 0 24 2.97 4.50 -0.09 -0.35 97.1 4.12 8 0.8 1.3 -0.0 1.4 16 .513 .505 $175,000
1994 29 STL NL 31.0 36 0 32 9.29 4.74 0.36 -0.36 99.1 3.98 -18 -1.8 1.8 -0.8 -2.4 -16 .450 .489 $200,000
1995 30 CHC NL 71.1 68 0 30 3.79 4.76 0.11 -0.36 94.8 4.07 2 0.2 1.5 -0.1 0.6 9 .502 .501 $340,000
1996 31 CHC NL 27.0 24 0 14 4.67 4.73 0.58 -0.36 101.6 3.86 -2 -0.2 .8 -0.0 0.0 0 .491 .499 $500,000
1997 32 KCR AL 20.1 16 0 8 3.54 5.05 0.27 -0.38 100.6 4.43 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.3 5 .512 .501 $
8 Seasons 346.0 313 0 148 3.85 4.43 0.11 -0.34 97.6 3.88 -2 0.1 1.3 -1.1 1.6 32 .500 .500 $1,430,000
STL (5 yrs) 227.1 205 0 96 3.80 4.23 0.04 -0.33 97.7 3.77 -3 -0.0 1.3 -0.9 0.7 19 .500 .500 $590,000
CHC (2 yrs) 98.1 92 0 44 4.03 4.75 0.24 -0.36 96.6 4.01 -1 -0.1 1.3 -0.1 0.6 9 .499 .500 $840,000
KCR (1 yr) 20.1 16 0 8 3.54 5.05 0.27 -0.38 100.6 4.43 2 0.2 .9 -0.1 0.3 5 .512 .501 $

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
1990 25 STL NL 13 55 50 6 12 3 0 0 2 0 3 5 .240 .273 .300 .573 .255 15 0 0 0 2 0 0
1991 26 STL NL 14 75 66 11 19 6 1 1 2 1 7 7 .288 .365 .455 .819 .310 30 1 1 1 0 2 0
1992 27 STL NL 77 377 333 23 70 6 2 4 5 2 32 46 .210 .278 .276 .555 .230 92 6 1 7 4 9 5
1993 28 STL NL 65 298 266 24 65 8 3 4 8 2 20 58 .244 .295 .342 .637 .292 91 5 1 5 5 1 4
1994 29 STL NL 36 155 133 32 52 8 1 5 2 0 10 20 .391 .430 .579 1.009 .416 77 5 3 4 5 1 2
1995 30 CHC NL 68 308 269 30 72 9 0 8 12 4 27 49 .268 .340 .390 .730 .298 105 5 4 5 3 8 1
1996 31 CHC NL 24 127 110 14 29 7 0 2 3 1 13 22 .264 .357 .382 .739 .314 42 0 3 1 0 1 2
1997 32 KCR AL 16 80 70 8 15 2 1 2 1 3 8 17 .214 .304 .357 .661 .255 25 1 1 1 0 0 1
8 Yrs 313 1475 1297 148 334 49 8 26 35 13 120 224 .258 .323 .368 .691 .289 477 23 14 24 19 22 15
162 Game Avg. 68 320 282 32 73 11 2 6 8 3 26 49 .258 .323 .368 .691 .289 104 5 3 5 4 5 3
MLB Averages .263 .332 .405 .737 .294

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1990 25 STL NL 0.2 0.0 56 0.1 0.8 -0.6 .76 0.3 -0.1 -0.0 -0.0 0.76 2.8 4 0 9
1991 26 STL NL -3.3 -0.3 77 0.1 1.1 -1.1 .87 0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.87 -0.5 3 4 5
1992 27 STL NL 15.9 1.7 390 1.1 7.7 -6.6 1.28 1.6 -0.7 17.0 1.9 1.28 15.4 26 17 33
1993 28 STL NL 11.7 1.2 311 2.2 7.1 -4.9 1.24 1.1 0.7 12.6 1.3 1.24 13.5 28 11 25
1994 29 STL NL -15.1 -1.4 158 -0.7 4.6 -5.3 1.90 -1.2 0.8 -15.1 -1.5 1.90 -15.5 21 6 8
1995 30 CHC NL 4.8 0.5 325 1.1 6.7 -5.6 1.24 0.4 0.5 6.3 0.6 1.24 3.9 31 11 23
1996 31 CHC NL -0.1 0.0 132 0.2 1.5 -1.3 .73 0.0 0.2 -1.6 -0.2 0.73 -1.0 5 6 10
1997 32 KCR AL 3.0 0.3 82 0.1 0.9 -0.8 .53 0.4 -0.2 1.2 0.1 0.53 4.4 5 4 7
8 Yrs 17.1 1.9 1531 4.1 30.4 -26.2 1.20 2.7 0.8 19.9 2.2 1.20 22.9 123 59 120

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
1990 25 STL NL 13 13 7 1 0 2 1 1 50% 4 2 9 3 33% 8 .764 4 0 9 5 0 8 4 9 3 4 3 3 3.2 15
1991 26 STL NL 14 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 6 2 33% 7 .868 3 4 5 3 2 9 4 10 6 6 6 3 3.6 17
1992 27 STL NL 77 77 22 9 3 3 0 3 0% 13 9 45 10 22% 8 1.280 26 17 33 22 18 37 24 53 31 23 33 25 3.6 18
1993 28 STL NL 65 65 25 7 2 10 7 3 70% 24 13 22 7 32% 8 1.241 28 11 25 32 13 20 12 53 17 15 17 25 3.4 17
1994 29 STL NL 36 36 18 2 3 14 12 2 86% 21 6 12 2 17% 9 1.900 21 6 8 25 5 6 7 29 3 11 5 10 2.6 15
1995 30 CHC NL 68 68 18 2 6 3 2 1 67% 20 16 53 16 30% 8 1.236 31 11 23 29 15 24 34 34 21 23 26 20 3.1 17
1996 31 CHC NL 24 24 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 12 6 50% 7 .730 5 6 10 4 3 17 6 18 7 4 8 3 3.4 19
1997 32 KCR AL 16 16 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 9 56% 7 .531 5 4 7 1 3 12 9 7 7 5 8 4 3.8 19
8 Yrs 313 313 100 24 16 32 22 10 69% 86 50 175 55 31% 1.200 123 59 120 121 59 133 100 213 95 91 106 93 3.3 17

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%
1990 25 STL NL 55 44% 0.0% 9.1% 5.5% 5.5% 25% 1.04 1.25 85% 23% 0.0% 17% 8 0 0%
1991 26 STL NL 75 63% 1.3% 9.3% 9.3% 10.7% 42% 0.40 0.43 77% 22% 2.8% 14% 18 1 6%
1992 27 STL NL 377 52% 1.1% 12.2% 8.5% 3.2% 17% 0.80 0.97 76% 17% 2.9% 16% 63 6 10%
1993 28 STL NL 298 57% 1.3% 19.5% 6.7% 5.0% 23% 0.63 0.73 70% 24% 3.8% 17% 51 5 10%
1994 29 STL NL 155 53% 3.2% 12.9% 6.5% 9.0% 27% 0.45 0.62 73% 31% 7.7% 19% 50 5 10%
1995 30 CHC NL 308 65% 2.6% 15.9% 8.8% 5.5% 24% 0.80 0.92 70% 22% 7.5% 12% 66 5 8%
1996 31 CHC NL 127 60% 1.6% 17.3% 10.2% 7.1% 31% 0.72 1.07 68% 31% 4.8% 16% 29 0 0%
1997 32 KCR AL 80 73% 2.5% 21.3% 10.0% 6.3% 33% 1.00 1.41 64% 26% 8.0% 4% 16 1 6%
8 Yrs 1475 58% 1.8% 15.2% 8.1% 5.6% 25% 0.71 0.87 72% 23% 4.9% 15% 301 23 8%
MLB Averages 42% 2.4% 15.7% 8.8% 7.2% 31% 0.82 1.08 71% 21% 7.1% 16% 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
1990 25 STL NL 55 189 3.44 125 66% 20% 14% 28% 38% 80% 0% 53% 82% 69% 4% 2 2 25% 14 8 1 20% 1 0 0 0 0
1991 26 STL NL 75 241 3.21 146 61% 24% 8% 27% 41% 76% 8% 46% 90% 55% 5% 4 0 15% 11 8 0 43% 1 2 0 0 0
1992 27 STL NL 377 1352 3.59 839 62% 28% 12% 25% 36% 72% 6% 45% 84% 59% 5% 20 5 17% 64 36 3 22% 9 7 0 0 0
1993 28 STL NL 278 1037 3.73 664 64% 28% 14% 27% 30% 71% 1% 46% 79% 64% 3% 8 6 24% 68 28 1 43% 12 2 20 0 8
1994 29 STL NL 124 455 3.67 296 65% 24% 13% 30% 32% 76% 0% 49% 83% 68% 2% 3 3 27% 33 13 2 26% 1 0 31 0 0
1995 30 CHC NL 290 1111 3.83 669 60% 30% 11% 27% 32% 70% 6% 42% 84% 59% 4% 12 4 18% 53 24 3 46% 2 3 18 0 1
1996 31 CHC NL 115 431 3.75 259 60% 28% 13% 28% 31% 72% 1% 43% 82% 60% 4% 5 2 14% 16 7 1 40% 4 2 12 0 0
1997 32 KCR AL 80 290 3.63 176 61% 32% 16% 22% 30% 68% 0% 41% 76% 60% 5% 4 3 21% 17 8 1 24% 2 1 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1394 5106 3.66 3174 62% 28% 13% 27% 33% 72% 4% 45% 82% 61% 4% 58 25 20% 276 132 12 35% 32 17 81 0 9
MLB Averages 3.67 61% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 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
1990 25 STL NL 55 12 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 4 1 80% 0 0 0 13 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1991 26 STL NL 75 19 6 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 1 0 14% 0 0 0 33 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 27 STL NL 377 70 22 1 4 0 13 2 2 0 4 24 13 2 54% 5 4 0 121 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 0
1993 28 STL NL 298 65 6 1 4 0 9 2 2 2 2 18 9 6 50% 4 2 1 110 8 2 80% 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1994 29 STL NL 155 52 4 0 5 0 7 2 3 2 3 14 10 0 71% 2 0 0 75 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1995 30 CHC NL 308 72 12 0 8 0 8 6 2 3 5 15 10 1 67% 1 4 1 136 12 4 75% 11 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1996 31 CHC NL 127 29 2 0 2 0 11 2 0 2 0 12 6 4 50% 2 1 0 51 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1997 32 KCR AL 80 15 2 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 3 0 60% 1 1 0 32 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1475 334 55 3 26 0 54 17 9 10 16 100 56 14 56% 15 12 2 571 35 13 73% 32 13 3 0 0 0 1 0 46 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1990 25 1 0 1.000 3.95 13 0 7 0 0 1 13.2 12 6 6 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 55 99 1.098 7.9 0.0 2.0 3.3 1.67 99
1991 26 1 2 .333 4.99 27 0 9 0 0 1 30.2 31 17 17 1 10 2 12 1 1 0 130 77 1.337 9.1 0.3 2.9 3.5 1.20 77
1992 27 10 5 .667 2.62 104 0 31 0 0 1 123.2 101 40 36 5 42 11 58 2 1 4 507 134 1.156 7.4 0.4 3.1 4.2 1.38 134
1993 28 17 7 .708 2.57 169 0 56 0 0 8 196.1 166 64 56 9 62 12 116 3 1 6 805 143 1.161 7.6 0.4 2.8 5.3 1.87 143
1994 29 19 10 .655 3.40 205 0 74 0 0 20 227.1 218 96 86 14 72 13 136 6 1 6 960 110 1.276 8.6 0.6 2.9 5.4 1.89 110
1995 30 21 16 .568 3.47 273 0 92 0 0 22 298.2 290 126 115 22 99 21 185 10 1 10 1268 110 1.302 8.7 0.7 3.0 5.6 1.87 110
1996 31 22 16 .579 3.56 297 0 96 0 0 22 325.2 319 140 129 24 112 22 207 13 1 11 1395 109 1.323 8.8 0.7 3.1 5.7 1.85 109
1997 32 24 16 .600 3.56 313 0 100 0 0 22 346.0 334 148 137 26 120 22 224 14 1 12 1475 110 1.312 8.7 0.7 3.1 5.8 1.87 110

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
1990 25 0 1 .000 4.15 13.0 12 7 6 0 3 5 0 1.154 8.3 2.1 3.5 1.67 0.0 13
1991 26 0 1 .000 6.75 16.0 19 13 12 1 7 7 1 1.625 10.7 3.9 3.9 1.00 0.6 14
1992 27 7 2 .778 2.35 88.0 76 26 23 4 35 44 1 1.261 7.8 3.6 4.5 1.26 0.4 77
1993 28 5 2 .714 2.54 71.0 65 22 20 4 20 56 1 1.197 8.2 2.5 7.1 2.80 0.5 65
1994 29 1 3 .250 8.58 43.0 72 46 41 7 14 28 4 2.000 15.1 2.9 5.9 2.00 1.5 36
1995 30 4 4 .500 3.74 77.0 80 36 32 9 30 53 4 1.429 9.4 3.5 6.2 1.77 1.1 68
1996 31 1 2 .333 4.18 28.0 28 14 13 2 13 23 3 1.464 9.0 4.2 7.4 1.77 0.6 24
1997 32 1 1 .500 3.79 19.0 15 9 8 2 8 16 1 1.211 7.1 3.8 7.6 2.00 0.9 16
8 Yrs 19 16 .543 3.93 355.0 367 173 155 29 130 232 15 1.400 9.3 5.9 1.78 0.7 313

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1992 NL  77 (3rd)
1995 NL  68 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2466), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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