Mike Ramsey

Michael Jeffrey Ramsey

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 29, 1954 in Roanoke, VA
High School: Roswell HS (Roswell, GA)
School: Appalachian State University (Boone, NC)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1978
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Expos/Dodgers 1978-1985

Final Game: May 30, 1985
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1975	21	STL-min	Rk	65	304	277	43	79	14	1	0	25	14	0	14	20	.285	.318	.343	.661		95		0	12	1			JOH · APPY
1976	22	STL-min	AA	84	315	288	26	79	6	1	0	24	8	4	23	32	.274	.329	.302	.631		87		1	2	1			ARK · TL
1977	23	STL-min	AA	121	527	484	51	121	21	4	1	28	25	14	31	43	.250	.294	.316	.610		153		0	10	2			ARK · TL
1978	24	STL-min	AAA	99	439	382	53	92	8	4	2	30	21	9	47	48	.241	.322	.298	.620		114		0	7	3			SPR · AA
1978	24	STL	NL	12	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	/6

1979	25	STL-min	AAA	97	314	281	28	62	9	3	1	27	11	5	19	41	.221	.267	.285	.552		80		0	11	3			SPR · AA
1980	26	STL-min	AAA	21	78	69	7	18	1	0	0	6	2	5	8	9	.261	.338	.275	.613		19		0	1	0			SPR · AA
1980	26	STL	NL	59	129	126	11	33	8	1	0	8	0	0	3	17	.262	.279	.341	.620	70	43	2	0	0	0	2	46/5
1981	27	STL	NL	47	133	124	19	32	3	0	0	9	4	0	8	16	.258	.303	.282	.585	65	35	6	0	1	0	1	6/547
1982	28	STL	NL	112	290	256	18	59	8	2	1	21	6	5	22	34	.230	.294	.289	.583	64	74	7	1	11	0	3	456/7
1983	29	STL	NL	97	192	175	25	46	4	3	1	16	4	2	12	23	.263	.309	.337	.646	79	59	4	1	1	3	2	46/57
1984	30	TOT	NL	58	88	85	3	16	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	16	.188	.198	.212	.409	17	18	2	0	2	0	0	64/5
1984	30	STL	NL	21	18	15	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.067	.125	.133	.258	-26	2	0	0	2	0	0	/465
1984	30	MON	NL	37	70	70	2	15	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	.214	.214	.229	.443	27	16	2	0	0	0	0	64
1985	31	BAL-min	AA	6	16	14	2	2	1	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	.143	.250	.214	.464		3		0	0	0	0		CHR · SOUL
1985	31	LAD	NL	9	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.133	.235	.200	.435	26	3	0	0	0	0	0	/64
1986	32	ANA-min	AAA	10	34	33	4	12	2	0	0	5	1	2	1	1	.364	.382	.424	.807		14		0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
7 Yrs				394	854	786	81	189	26	6	2	57	14	7	48	111	.240	.285	.296	.581	63	233	21	2	15	3	8
162 Game Avg.				162	351	323	33	78	11	2	1	23	6	3	20	46	.240	.285	.296	.581	63	96	9	1	6	1	3

STL (6 yrs)				348	767	701	78	172	24	6	2	54	14	7	46	94	.245	.293	.305	.598	67	214	19	2	15	3	8
LAD (1 yr)				9	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.133	.235	.200	.435	26	3	0	0	0	0	0
MON (1 yr)				37	70	70	2	15	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	13	.214	.214	.229	.443	27	16	2	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1978	24	STL	NL	12	5	-1	0	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.482	.499	0.0	-0.2	-0	$	/6

1980	26	STL	NL	59	129	-4	-0	0	-4	2	-6	-0.7	4	-2	-0.3	.488	.496	0.1	-0.2	2	$	46/5
1981	27	STL	NL	47	133	-4	1	0	2	2	2	0.2	4	6	0.7	.504	.501	0.3	0.6	3	$	6/547
1982	28	STL	NL	112	290	-14	-3	-1	-2	3	-18	-1.9	9	-9	-1.0	.482	.488	-0.8	0.1	-6	$	456/7
1983	29	STL	NL	97	192	-6	-0	-0	-7	2	-10	-1.2	6	-5	-0.6	.488	.493	0.2	-0.5	2	$	46/57
1984	30	STL	NL	21	18	-3	0	0	1	0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	-0.2	0.2	-2	$	/465
1984	30	MON	NL	37	70	-5	-0	-0	2	2	-2	-0.2	2	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.2	0.5	-2	$	64
1985	31	LAD	NL	9	17	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.473	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	/64
7 Seasons				394	854	-38	-2	-0	-10	11	-40	-4.2	26	-13	-1.6	.489	.497	-0.7	0.4	-3	$

STL (6 yrs)				348	767	-31	-3	-0	-11	9	-36	-3.8	23	-12	-1.5	.489	.496	-0.4	0.0	-1	$
LAD (1 yr)				9	17	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.473	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$
MON (1 yr)				37	70	-5	-0	-0	2	2	-2	-0.2	2	1	0.1	.495	.499	-0.2	0.5	-2	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1978	24	STL	NL	5	4	0	0.0	94	.250	.200	.261	.200	.329	.200	.384	.400	.712	13	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

1980	26	STL	NL	129	95	11	3.1	98	.303	.262	.271	.279	.334	.341	.394	.620	.728	70	.365	-5.5	-0.6	.484	.103	.079
1981	27	STL	NL	133	99	10	2.7	94	.296	.258	.266	.303	.332	.282	.381	.585	.713	65	.322	-5.9	-0.6	.480	.121	.024	.0
1982	28	STL	NL	290	220	21	2.6	95	.262	.230	.267	.294	.330	.289	.388	.583	.718	64	.288	-12.8	-1.3	.469	.148	.059	1.7
1983	29	STL	NL	192	139	18	3.5	97	.292	.263	.265	.309	.333	.337	.392	.646	.725	79	.411	-5.4	-0.6	.548	.154	.074	1.6
1984	30	TOT	NL	88	73	3	1.1	91	.232	.188	.259	.198	.323	.212	.377	.409	.700	17	.081	-9.5	-1.0	.268	.035	.024
1984	30	STL	NL	18	16	0	0.0	92	.083	.067	.261	.125	.326	.133	.380	.258	.705	-26	.000	-2.5	-0.3	.214	.133	.067
1984	30	MON	NL	70	57	3	1.4	90	.263	.214	.259	.214	.323	.229	.376	.443	.699	27	.122	-6.9	-0.7	.281	.014	.014
1985	31	LAD	NL	17	13	1	2.1	91	.182	.133	.255	.235	.322	.200	.381	.435	.703	26	.216	-1.4	-0.2	.385	.200	.067
7 Yrs				854	643	64	2.7	96	.277	.240	.266	.285	.331	.296	.387	.581	.718	63	.306	-41.1	-4.3	.464	.126	.056	3.5
162 Game Avg.				351	264	26	2.7	96	.277	.240	.266	.285	.331	.296	.387	.581	.718	63	.306	-41.1	-4.3	.464	.126	.056	1

STL (6 yrs)				767	573	60	2.8	96	.280	.245	.267	.293	.332	.305	.389	.598	.720	67	.325	-32.7	-3.4	.485	.136	.060	3.5
LAD (1 yr)				17	13	1	2.1	91	.182	.133	.255	.235	.322	.200	.381	.435	.703	26	.215	-1.4	-0.2	.385	.200	.067
MON (1 yr)				70	57	3	1.4	90	.263	.214	.259	.214	.323	.229	.376	.443	.699	27	.121	-6.9	-0.7	.281	.014	.014

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1982	28	STL	NL	WS	MIL	W	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	24	STL	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			0.50	80%

1980	26	STL	NL	129	0.0%	13.2%	2.3%	7.0%	27%	5.67	7.4		15.8	1.24	85%
1981	27	STL	NL	133	0.0%	12.0%	6.0%	2.3%	9%	2.00	7.8		13.8	2.42	81%
1982	28	STL	NL	290	0.3%	11.7%	7.6%	3.8%	19%	1.55	7.5	256.0	12.2	1.90	76%
1983	29	STL	NL	192	0.5%	12.0%	6.3%	4.2%	17%	1.92	7.6	175.0	10.9	1.38	80%
1984	30	TOT	NL	88	0.0%	18.2%	1.1%	2.3%	13%	16.00	5.3		28.3	1.75	78%
1984	30	STL	NL	18	0.0%	16.7%	5.6%	5.6%	100%	3.00	5.0			2.25	67%
1984	30	MON	NL	70	0.0%	18.6%	0.0%	1.4%	7%		5.4		23.3	1.63	81%
1985	31	LAD	NL	17	0.0%	23.5%	11.8%	5.9%	50%	2.00	3.8			0.80	65%
7 Yrs				854	0.2%	13.0%	5.6%	4.0%	18%	2.31	7.1	393.0	13.8	1.67	79%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.56	6.8	44.3	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	24	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.77	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.76	-0.5	0.03	1

1980	26	STL	NL	-5.5	-0.6	129	-1.2	1.7	-3.0	1.13	-0.6	-0.5	-7.1	-0.7	0.93	-6.1	1.33	18
1981	27	STL	NL	-5.9	-0.6	138	-0.7	1.6	-2.3	.98	-0.4	-0.3	-5.7	-0.6	1.01	-6.2	1.41	7
1982	28	STL	NL	-12.8	-1.3	302	-1.0	4.5	-5.5	1.10	-1.6	0.7	-11.3	-1.2	0.95	-17.5	1.90	16
1983	29	STL	NL	-5.4	-0.6	202	-0.9	2.4	-3.3	.90	-0.7	-0.4	-8.0	-0.8	0.94	-7.0	1.65	6
1984	30	TOT	NL	-9.5	-1.0	88	-0.9	0.8	-1.7	.96	-0.9	-0.1	-7.3	-0.8	0.91	-8.9	2.00	2
1984	30	STL	NL	-2.5	-0.3	18	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.05	-0.3	-0.0	-2.9	-0.3	0.93	-2.9	2.00	2
1984	30	MON	NL	-6.9	-0.7	70	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	.94	-0.6	-0.0	-4.4	-0.5	0.91	-6.0		0
1985	31	LAD	NL	-1.5	-0.2	18	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.04	-0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.76	-1.2	1.18	5
7 Yrs				-41.1	-4.3	882	-4.8	11.3	-16.1	1.02	-4.3	-0.4	-40.1	-4.2	0.95	-47.4	1.53	55

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	24	STL	NL	0	0	400%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	1	1	0	1	0	1

1980	26	STL	NL	3	0	31%	60	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	31%	10	7	3	0	0	0	3	2	1
1981	27	STL	NL	4	0	48%	59	4	0	100%	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	6	58%	6	4	2	4	0	2	9	1	7
1982	28	STL	NL	1	0	21%	78	6	5	55%	5	5	1	0	0	0	2	1	8	4	33%	6	4	2	1	0	0	11	5	4
1983	29	STL	NL	2	0	41%	90	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	6	58%	9	4	4	4	1	2	11	3	8
1984	30	TOT	NL	2	0	18%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1984	30	STL	NL	0	0	50%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	30	MON	NL	2	0	13%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1985	31	LAD	NL	0	0	25%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				12	0	33%	334	14	7	67%	12	7	1	0	1	0	5	1	18	20	47%	35	22	12	10	2	4	36	11	22

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1978	24	STL	NL	5	100%	1			1	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0

1980	26	STL	NL	129	100%	33			18	6	0	2	1.33	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	18	2	11%	6	1	17%	76	9	12%	5	2	40%	0	0		0
1981	27	STL	NL	133	100%	32			7	1	0	0	1.41	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	31	6	19%	8	4	50%	93	10	11%	6	5	83%	9	4	44%	0
1982	28	STL	NL	290	100%	59			16	4	0	3	1.90	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	13	11	85%	51	7	14%	27	17	63%	174	21	12%	15	7	47%	8	6	75%	0
1983	29	STL	NL	192	100%	46			6	1	0	0	1.65	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	28	4	14%	16	8	50%	115	15	13%	11	7	64%	5	2	40%	0
1984	30	TOT	NL	88	100%	16			2	0	0	0	2.00	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	12	2	17%	7	3	43%	40	3	8%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1984	30	STL	NL	18	100%	1			2	0	0	0	2.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	3	2	67%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1984	30	MON	NL	70	100%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	2	20%	4	1	25%	32	3	9%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1985	31	LAD	NL	17	100%	2			5	1	0	0	1.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				854	100%	189			55	13	0	5	1.53	2	0	17	2	0	1	1	0	18	15	83%	141	21	15%	64	33	52%	501	58	12%	39	21	54%	24	13	54%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1978	24	12	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0
1979	25	12	5	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	13	1	0	0	0	0	0
1980	26	71	134	131	15	34	8	1	0	8	0	0	3	18	.260	.276	.336	.612	68	44	2	0	0	0	2
1981	27	118	267	255	34	66	11	1	0	17	4	0	11	34	.259	.289	.310	.599	67	79	8	0	1	0	3
1982	28	230	557	511	52	125	19	3	1	38	10	5	33	68	.245	.292	.299	.591	65	153	15	1	12	0	6
1983	29	327	749	686	77	171	23	6	2	54	14	7	45	91	.249	.296	.309	.605	69	212	19	2	13	3	8
1984	30	385	837	771	80	187	25	6	2	57	14	7	46	107	.243	.286	.298	.584	63	230	21	2	15	3	8
1985	31	394	854	786	81	189	26	6	2	57	14	7	48	111	.240	.285	.296	.581	63	233	21	2	15	3	8

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / 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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	24	12	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	12

1980	26	59	131	128	12	35	8	1	0	9	0	3	17	.273	.290	.352	.642	13	59
1981	27	71	206	191	33	52	5	0	0	15	6	13	24	.272	.319	.298	.617	18	47
1982	28	112	293	258	19	61	8	2	1	22	6	23	34	.236	.301	.295	.596	23	112
1983	29	97	195	177	27	48	4	3	1	17	4	13	23	.271	.320	.345	.664	20	97
1984	30	58	89	86	3	17	2	0	0	3	0	1	16	.198	.207	.221	.428	4	58
1985	31	9	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	4	.133	.235	.200	.435	1	9
7 Yrs		418	936	860	95	215	28	6	2	66	16	55	119	.250	.296	.303	.599	79	394
162 Game Avg.		162	363	333	37	83	11	2	1	26	6	21	46	.250	.296	.303	.599	31	394

* 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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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