Mike Perez
Michael Irvin (Ortega) Perez
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 187 lb.

Born: October 19, 1964 in Yauco, P.R.
High School: Yauco (Yauco, PR)
Schools: University of Florida, Troy State University
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
Final Game: August 17, 1997
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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
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 96 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 63 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 4 377 185 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 2 298 160 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 93 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 80 132 1.131 6.6 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.13
8 Seasons 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 80 132 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 108 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 80 132 1.131 6.6 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.13

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
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
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
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
1993 28 STL NL 65 297 266 24 65 8 3 4 8 2 20 58 .244 .295 .342 .637 .292 91 5 1 5 5 1
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
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
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
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
8 Seasons 313 1474 1297 148 334 49 8 26 35 13 120 224 .258 .323 .368 .691 .289 477 23 14 24 19 22
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
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
1990 25 STL NL 13 13 7 1 0 2 1 1 50% 4 2 9 3 33% 8 0.792 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 0.919 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 1.346 28 20 28 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 1.285 31 9 24 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 1.936 23 5 7 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 1.261 33 13 19 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 0.744 5 6 11 4 3 17 6 18 7 4 8 3 3.4 20
1997 32 KCR AL 16 16 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 16 9 56% 7 0.528 5 4 7 1 3 12 9 7 7 5 8 4 3.8 18
8 Seasons 313 313 100 24 16 32 22 10 69% 86 50 175 55 31% 1.239 132 61 110 121 59 133 100 213 95 91 106 93 3.3 17

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%
1990 25 STL NL 55 56% 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 37% 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 48% 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 43% 1.4% 19.5% 6.7% 5.1% 23% 0.63 0.73 70% 24% 3.8% 17% 51 5 10%
1994 29 STL NL 155 47% 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 35% 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 40% 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 28% 2.5% 21.3% 10.0% 6.3% 33% 1.00 1.41 64% 26% 8.0% 4% 16 1 6%
8 Seasons 1475 42% 1.8% 15.2% 8.1% 5.6% 25% 0.71 0.87 72% 23% 4.9% 15% 301 23 8%
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
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 277 1035 3.74 663 64% 28% 14% 27% 30% 71% 1% 46% 79% 64% 3% 8 6 25% 68 28 1 43% 12 2 21 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 289 1106 3.83 667 60% 30% 11% 27% 32% 70% 6% 42% 84% 59% 4% 12 4 18% 53 24 3 46% 2 3 19 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 79 287 3.63 176 61% 32% 16% 22% 30% 68% 0% 42% 76% 61% 5% 4 3 22% 17 8 1 24% 2 1 1 0 0
8 Seasons 1391 5096 3.66 3171 62% 28% 13% 27% 33% 72% 4% 45% 82% 61% 4% 58 25 20% 276 132 12 35% 32 17 84 0 9
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
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 Seasons 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

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+
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 96 1.098 7.9 0.0 2.0 3.3 1.67 96
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 75 1.337 9.1 0.3 2.9 3.5 1.20 75
1992 27 10 5 .667 2.62 104 0 31 0 0 1 123.2 101 40 36 5 42 11 58 2 1 4 507 133 1.156 7.4 0.4 3.1 4.2 1.38 133
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 108 1.323 8.8 0.7 3.1 5.7 1.85 108
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

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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 4.85 13.0 13 8 7 0 3 5 0 1.231 9.0 2.1 3.5 1.67 0.0 13
1991 26 0 1 .000 6.75 16.0 20 13 12 1 7 7 1 1.688 11.3 3.9 3.9 1.00 0.6 14
1992 27 7 2 .778 2.25 88.0 76 24 22 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 57 1 1.197 8.2 2.5 7.2 2.85 0.5 65
1994 29 1 3 .250 8.79 42.0 73 46 41 7 14 27 4 2.071 15.6 3.0 5.8 1.93 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 2 1 .667 3.86 28.0 28 13 12 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 14 9 8 2 7 16 1 1.105 6.6 3.3 7.6 2.29 0.9 16
8 Seasons 20 15 .571 3.92 354.0 369 171 154 29 129 232 15 1.407 9.4 5.9 1.80 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 (2371), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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  5. Barney Schultz (971)
  6. Wes Stock (970)
  7. Oscar Villarreal (969)
  8. Rich Garces (969)
  9. Bill Simas (968)
  10. Mike James (967)
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  3. Justin Duchscherer (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Donn Pall (983)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Steve Reed (987)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Steve Reed (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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