Mike Potts

Michael Larry Potts

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 5, 1970 in Langdale, AL
High School: Lithonia HS (Lithonia, GA)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 18th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1996
Team: Brewers 1996

Final Game: July 15, 1996
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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	19	ATL-min	Rk	5	2	.714	3.46	23	1	17	0	0	4	39.0	30	23	15	2	25	1	39	1	0	6			1.410	6.9	0.5	5.8	9.0	1.56	BVS · GULF
1991	20	ATL-min	A	8	5	.615	3.49	34	11	5	2	2	1	95.1	64	45	37	3	50	1	75	4	0	13	399		1.196	6.0	0.3	4.7	7.1	1.50	MAC · SALL
1992	21	ATL-min	A+	6	8	.429	4.02	30	21	2	0	0	1	127.2	104	75	57	4	71	5	123	1	0	14	547		1.371	7.3	0.3	5.0	8.7	1.73	DHM · CARL
1993	22	ATL-min	AA	7	6	.538	3.88	25	25	0	1	0	0	141.2	131	79	61	7	86	2	116	1	1	6	621		1.532	8.3	0.4	5.5	7.4	1.35	GRV · SOUL
1994	23	ATL-min	AAA	6	3	.667	3.68	52	0	18	0	0	2	85.2	75	41	35	3	43	6	66	2	0	6	369		1.377	7.9	0.3	4.5	6.9	1.53	RMD · IL
1995	24	ATL-min	AAA	5	5	.500	3.79	38	1	17	0	0	1	73.2	79	35	31	4	37	4	52	0	0	6	320		1.575	9.7	0.5	4.5	6.4	1.41	RMD · IL
1996	25	MIL-min	AAA	0	1	.000	6.75	11	1	0	0	0	0	16.0	23	15	12	2	11	0	8	0	0	1	78		2.125	12.9	1.1	6.2	4.5	0.73	NOR · AA
1996	25	MIL	AL	1	2	.333	7.15	24	0	7	0	0	1	45.1	58	39	36	7	30	2	21	0	1	3	217	73	1.941	11.5	1.4	6.0	4.2	0.70
1 Yr				1	2	.333	7.15	24	0	7	0	0	1	45.1	58	39	36	7	30	2	21	0	1	3	217	73	1.941	11.5	1.4	6.0	4.2	0.70
162 Game Avg.				3	6	.333	7.15	68	0	20	0	0	3	128	164	111	102	20	85	6	60	0	3	9	615	73	1.941	11.5	1.4	6.0	4.2	0.70

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
1996	25	MIL	AL	45.1	24	0	39	7.74	5.43	0.05	-0.40	104.2	5.18	-14	-1.2	.7	0.1	-0.7	-7	.450	.493	$109,000
1 Season				45.1	24	0	39	7.74	5.43	0.05	-0.40	104.2	5.18	-14	-1.2	.7	0.1	-0.7	-7	.450	.493	$109,000

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
1996	25	MIL	AL	24	217	182	39	58	4	1	7	7	2	30	21	.319	.407	.467	.874	.323	85	5	0	1	4	2	3
1 Yr				24	217	182	39	58	4	1	7	7	2	30	21	.319	.407	.467	.874	.323	85	5	0	1	4	2	3
162 Game Avg.				68	615	516	111	164	11	3	20	20	6	85	60	.319	.407	.467	.874	.323	241	14	0	3	11	6	9
MLB Averages																.270	.340	.427	.767	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1996	25	MIL	AL	-9.3	-0.8	228	-0.3	1.8	-2.1	.51	-0.9	0.3	-6.6	-0.6	0.51	-7.8	4	6	12
1 Yr				-9.3	-0.8	228	-0.3	1.8	-2.1	.51	-0.9	0.3	-6.6	-0.6	0.51	-7.8	4	6	12

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1996	25	MIL	AL	24	24	7	1	2	1	1	0	100%	3	2	17	5	29%	6	.511	4	6	12	6	2	16	10	14	15	3	16	2	5.7	34
1 Yr				24	24	7	1	2	1	1	0	100%	3	2	17	5	29%		.511	4	6	12	6	2	16	10	14	15	3	16	2	5.7	34

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%
1996	25	MIL	AL	217	30%	3.2%	9.7%	13.8%	5.5%	21%	0.67	0.81	73%	27%	8.0%	10%	55	5	9%
1 Yr				217	30%	3.2%	9.7%	13.8%	5.5%	21%	0.67	0.81	73%	27%	8.0%	10%	55	5	9%
MLB Averages					45%	2.8%	16.5%	9.1%	7.8%	33%	0.81	1.10	70%	22%	8.6%	18%			11%

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
1996	25	MIL	AL	218	827	3.79	462	56%	26%	10%	29%	36%	74%	1%	42%	87%	50%	8%	18	8	15%	32	10	1	38%	1	9	-1	0	0
1 Yr				218	827	3.79	462	56%	26%	10%	29%	36%	74%	1%	42%	87%	50%	8%	18	8	15%	32	10	1	38%	1	9	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	46%	80%	57%	5%			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
1996	25	MIL	AL	217	58	4	1	7	0	9	4	3	3	4	18	9	2	50%	3	3	0	87	7	2	78%	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	0
1 Yr				217	58	4	1	7	0	9	4	3	3	4	18	9	2	50%	3	3	0	87	7	2	78%	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	9	0
MLB Averages																		54%							71%

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+
1996	25	1	2	.333	7.15	24	0	7	0	0	1	45.1	58	39	36	7	30	2	21	0	1	3	217	73	1.941	11.5	1.4	6.0	4.2	0.70	73

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
1996	25	2	3	.400	5.87	46.0	53	33	30	6	27	21	0	1.739	10.4	5.3	4.1	0.78	1.2	24
1 Yr		2	3	.400	5.87	46.0	53	33	30	6	27	21	0	1.739	10.4		4.1	0.78	1.2	24

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

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