Mike Proly
Michael James Proly
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 15, 1950 in Jamaica, NY
High School: Chaminade (Mineola, NY)
School: St. John's University
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 9th round of the 1972 amateur draft.
Signed June 10, 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 10, 1976
Final Game: October 2, 1983
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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
1976 25 STL NL 1 0 1.000 3.71 14 0 2 0 0 0 17.0 21 9 7 0 6 1 4 0 0 0 74 96 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 2.1 0.67
1978 27 CHW AL 5 2 .714 2.74 14 6 3 2 0 1 65.2 63 24 20 4 12 0 19 0 0 0 266 141 1.142 8.6 0.5 1.6 2.6 1.58
1979 28 CHW AL 3 8 .273 3.87 38 6 24 0 0 9 88.1 89 43 38 6 40 7 32 1 0 5 387 110 1.460 9.1 0.6 4.1 3.3 0.80
1980 29 CHW AL 5 10 .333 3.07 62 3 31 0 0 8 146.2 136 67 50 7 58 9 56 3 1 2 618 132 1.323 8.3 0.4 3.6 3.4 0.97
1981 30 PHI NL 2 1 .667 3.86 35 2 9 0 0 2 63.0 66 29 27 6 19 5 19 1 1 1 262 94 1.349 9.4 0.9 2.7 2.7 1.00
1982 31 CHC NL 5 3 .625 2.30 44 1 6 0 0 1 82.0 77 22 21 5 22 5 24 2 1 0 331 161 1.207 8.5 0.5 2.4 2.6 1.09
1983 32 CHC NL 1 5 .167 3.58 60 0 8 0 0 1 83.0 79 35 33 5 38 13 31 1 1 2 351 106 1.410 8.6 0.5 4.1 3.4 0.82
7 Seasons 22 29 .431 3.23 267 18 83 2 0 22 545.2 531 229 196 33 195 40 185 8 4 10 2289 121 1.330 8.8 0.5 3.2 3.1 0.95
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .431 3.23 64 4 20 0 0 5 130 127 55 47 8 47 10 44 2 1 2 546 121 1.330 8.8 0.5 3.2 3.1 0.95
CHW (3 yrs) 13 20 .394 3.23 114 15 58 2 0 18 300.2 288 134 108 17 110 16 107 4 1 7 1271 126 1.324 8.6 0.5 3.3 3.2 0.97
CHC (2 yrs) 6 8 .429 2.95 104 1 14 0 0 2 165.0 156 57 54 10 60 18 55 3 2 2 682 127 1.309 8.5 0.5 3.3 3.0 0.92
PHI (1 yr) 2 1 .667 3.86 35 2 9 0 0 2 63.0 66 29 27 6 19 5 19 1 1 1 262 94 1.349 9.4 0.9 2.7 2.7 1.00
STL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 3.71 14 0 2 0 0 0 17.0 21 9 7 0 6 1 4 0 0 0 74 96 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 2.1 0.67
NL (4 yrs) 9 9 .500 3.23 153 3 25 0 0 4 245.0 243 95 88 16 85 24 78 4 3 3 1018 115 1.339 8.9 0.6 3.1 2.9 0.92
AL (3 yrs) 13 20 .394 3.23 114 15 58 2 0 18 300.2 288 134 108 17 110 16 107 4 1 7 1271 126 1.324 8.6 0.5 3.3 3.2 0.97

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
1976 25 STL NL 14 74 64 9 21 3 2 0 0 0 6 4 .328 .370 .438 .807 .333 28 2 0 1 3 1
1978 27 CHW AL 14 266 252 24 63 5 0 4 3 1 12 19 .250 .282 .317 .599 .255 80 8 0 0 2 0
1979 28 CHW AL 38 387 342 43 89 19 2 6 7 2 40 32 .260 .337 .380 .717 .270 130 6 1 1 3 7
1980 29 CHW AL 62 618 537 67 136 21 6 7 19 8 58 56 .253 .323 .354 .677 .266 190 17 3 9 11 9
1981 30 PHI NL 35 262 234 29 66 8 3 6 7 1 19 19 .282 .335 .419 .753 .283 98 9 1 5 3 5
1982 31 CHC NL 44 331 300 22 77 8 4 5 3 6 22 24 .257 .310 .360 .670 .264 108 10 2 5 2 5
1983 32 CHC NL 60 351 305 35 79 15 1 5 8 3 38 31 .259 .339 .364 .703 .271 111 12 1 3 4 13
7 Seasons 267 2289 2034 229 531 79 18 33 47 21 195 185 .261 .324 .366 .690 .270 745 64 8 24 28 40
162 Game Avg. 64 546 485 55 127 19 4 8 11 5 47 44 .261 .324 .366 .690 .270 178 15 2 6 7 10
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 27 CHW AL 14 6 4 2 0 0 0 4 2 .667 0 0 2 0 4 67% 54 71 19 9 3 1 2 5.3 5.4 6.3
1979 28 CHW AL 38 6 0 4 2 0 1 0 6 .000 1 1 0 0 2 33% 38 48 18 12 3 3 1 3.9 4.2 5.1
1980 29 CHW AL 62 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 0 0 1 33% 33 52 21 19 8 1 2 4.0 3.7 5.3
1981 30 PHI NL 35 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 2 0 0 2 100% 50 54 46 9 1 1 1 3.5 0.9 6.0
1982 31 CHC NL 44 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 59 59 59 13 2 1 0 4.0 2.6 6.3
5 Seasons 193 18 6 8 4 0 1 7 11 .389 1 3 2 0 10 56% 45 71 18 62 17 7 6 4.3 4.1 5.7
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
1976 25 STL NL 14 14 2 1 0 1 0 1 0% 4 1 15 6 40% 9 1.192 6 1 7 4 2 8 8 6 6 6 6 5 3.6
1978 27 CHW AL 14 8 3 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 9 3 33% 6 0.797 1 3 4 2 1 5 6 2 8 0 8 1 10.5
1979 28 CHW AL 38 32 24 3 4 11 9 2 82% 12 1 48 16 33% 8 1.254 17 5 9 15 6 11 26 6 21 6 24 8 5.4
1980 29 CHW AL 62 59 31 4 8 14 8 6 57% 19 4 77 29 38% 7 1.014 28 12 19 23 8 28 45 14 45 10 46 11 6.6
1981 30 PHI NL 35 33 9 2 1 2 2 0 100% 5 3 18 7 39% 7 0.757 8 9 16 7 2 24 8 25 17 9 17 5 4.6
1982 31 CHC NL 44 43 6 4 3 6 1 5 17% 6 0 48 16 33% 6 1.058 15 9 19 8 5 30 31 12 28 10 31 15 5.3
1983 32 CHC NL 60 60 8 1 5 3 1 2 33% 11 7 70 26 37% 6 0.912 20 17 23 21 4 35 39 21 29 20 33 20 4.2
7 Seasons 267 249 83 16 21 38 22 16 58% 58 16 285 103 36% 0.996 95 56 97 80 28 141 163 86 154 61 165 65 5.3

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%
1976 25 STL NL 74 36% 0.0% 5.4% 8.1% 6.8% 24% 2.14 85% 15 2 13%
1978 27 CHW AL 266 39% 1.5% 7.1% 4.5% 3.4% 14% 1.61 87% 50 8 16%
1979 28 CHW AL 387 45% 1.6% 8.3% 10.3% 7.0% 30% 1.70 79% 77 6 8%
1980 29 CHW AL 618 40% 1.1% 9.1% 9.4% 5.5% 25% 1.42 78% 113 17 15%
1981 30 PHI NL 262 46% 2.3% 7.3% 7.3% 6.5% 26% 1.84 81% 55 9 16%
1982 31 CHC NL 331 41% 1.5% 7.3% 6.7% 5.1% 22% 1.69 82% 65 10 15%
1983 32 CHC NL 351 38% 1.4% 8.8% 10.8% 6.0% 27% 1.97 78% 74 12 16%
7 Seasons 2289 41% 1.4% 8.1% 8.5% 5.7% 25% 1.67 81% 449 64 14%
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
1976 25 STL NL 74 21 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 100% 1 0 0 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1978 27 CHW AL 266 63 4 0 9 3 1 3 1 11 8 1 73% 5 0 0 91 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1979 28 CHW AL 387 89 6 0 25 3 3 2 4 36 20 0 56% 4 5 0 153 7 2 78% 6 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 11 0
1980 29 CHW AL 618 136 7 0 23 4 3 3 4 49 33 3 67% 13 2 2 250 19 8 70% 16 6 3 1 0 1 3 0 19 0
1981 30 PHI NL 262 66 6 0 4 4 2 5 1 21 9 2 43% 3 1 0 104 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1982 31 CHC NL 331 77 5 1 15 3 2 3 2 22 6 3 27% 3 0 1 129 3 6 33% 3 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
1983 32 CHC NL 351 79 5 1 20 3 2 4 1 33 16 4 48% 8 2 0 132 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 9 0
7 Seasons 2289 531 33 2 101 20 13 20 13 176 96 13 55% 37 10 3 887 47 21 69% 42 18 5 1 0 2 10 0 55 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+
1976 25 1 0 1.000 3.71 14 0 2 0 0 0 17.0 21 9 7 0 6 1 4 0 0 0 74 96 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 2.1 0.67 96
1977 26 1 0 1.000 3.71 14 0 2 0 0 0 17.0 21 9 7 0 6 1 4 0 0 0 74 96 1.588 11.1 0.0 3.2 2.1 0.67 96
1978 27 6 2 .750 2.94 28 6 5 2 0 1 82.2 84 33 27 4 18 1 23 0 0 0 340 129 1.234 9.1 0.4 2.0 2.5 1.28 129
1979 28 9 10 .474 3.42 66 12 29 2 0 10 171.0 173 76 65 10 58 8 55 1 0 5 727 118 1.351 9.1 0.5 3.1 2.9 0.95 118
1980 29 14 20 .412 3.26 128 15 60 2 0 18 317.2 309 143 115 17 116 17 111 4 1 7 1345 124 1.338 8.8 0.5 3.3 3.1 0.96 124
1981 30 16 21 .432 3.36 163 17 69 2 0 20 380.2 375 172 142 23 135 22 130 5 2 8 1607 118 1.340 8.9 0.5 3.2 3.1 0.96 118
1982 31 21 24 .467 3.17 207 18 75 2 0 21 462.2 452 194 163 28 157 27 154 7 3 8 1938 124 1.316 8.8 0.5 3.1 3.0 0.98 124
1983 32 22 29 .431 3.23 267 18 83 2 0 22 545.2 531 229 196 33 195 40 185 8 4 10 2289 121 1.330 8.8 0.5 3.2 3.1 0.95 121

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
1976 25 0 1 .000 4.80 15.0 22 9 8 0 6 4 0 1.867 13.2 3.6 2.4 0.67 0.0 14
1978 27 4 2 .667 3.19 62.0 66 24 22 4 13 18 0 1.274 9.6 1.9 2.6 1.38 0.6 14
1979 28 5 4 .556 3.98 86.0 89 42 38 6 40 31 1 1.500 9.3 4.2 3.2 0.78 0.6 38
1980 29 9 6 .600 3.43 139.0 139 59 53 7 59 53 3 1.424 9.0 3.8 3.4 0.90 0.5 62
1981 30 4 5 .444 4.66 87.0 103 50 45 9 30 26 2 1.529 10.7 3.1 2.7 0.87 0.9 35
1982 31 6 2 .750 2.61 76.0 78 24 22 5 22 22 2 1.316 9.2 2.6 2.6 1.00 0.6 44
1983 32 4 4 .500 3.92 78.0 79 38 34 5 38 29 1 1.500 9.1 4.4 3.3 0.76 0.6 60
7 Seasons 32 24 .571 3.68 543.0 576 246 222 36 208 183 9 1.444 9.5 3.0 0.88 0.6 267

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1980 AL  62 (8th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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