Mike Rochford

Michael Joseph Rochford

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 14, 1963 in Methuen, MA
High School: South Burlington HS (South Burlington, VT)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1982 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1988
Team: RedSox 1988-1990

Final Game: April 16, 1990
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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
1982	19	BOS-min	A-	6	4	.600	4.20	16	14	2	2	2	0	85.2	99	53	40	9	26	2	66	3	0	4			1.459	10.4	0.9	2.7	6.9	2.54	ELM · NYPL
1983	20	BOS-min	A	16	11	.593	3.00	29	29	0	12	1	0	210.1	182	85	70	9	57	2	165	4	2	10			1.136	7.8	0.4	2.4	7.1	2.89	WSM · CARL
1984	21	BOS-min	AAA	8	10	.444	4.90	31	22	3	2	0	0	141.1	156	88	77	20	59	1	73	6	5	3			1.521	9.9	1.3	3.8	4.6	1.24	PAW · IL
1985	22	BOS-min	AA,AAA	13	7	.650	3.48	26	26	0	10	4	0	165.1	158	73	64	23	73	0	89	1	3	2			1.397	8.6	1.3	4.0	4.8	1.22	NBR,PAW · EL,IL
1986	23	BOS-min	AAA	11	10	.524	3.53	28	25	0	3	1	0	170.2	178	76	67	20	50	2	70	1	2	6			1.336	9.4	1.1	2.6	3.7	1.40	PAW · IL
1987	24	BOS-min	AAA	8	8	.500	4.58	22	19	1	3	0	0	123.2	144	65	63	19	38	2	42	3	1	4			1.472	10.5	1.4	2.8	3.1	1.11	PAW · IL
1988	25	BOS-min	AAA	1	5	.167	3.09	52	0	22	0	0	4	81.2	68	30	28	7	29	3	47	1	1	0			1.188	7.5	0.8	3.2	5.2	1.62	PAW · IL
1988	25	BOS	AL	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	12		2.143	15.4	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
1989	26	BOS-min	AAA	9	6	.600	2.37	37	18	9	9	2	2	163.1	139	52	43	6	43	2	76	3	2	0			1.114	7.7	0.3	2.4	4.2	1.77	PAW · IL
1989	26	BOS	AL	0	0		6.75	4	0	4	0	0	0	4.0	4	7	3	1	4	1	1	0	0	2	20	67	2.000	9.0	2.3	9.0	2.3	0.25
1990	27	BOS-min	AAA	3	3	.500	2.70	9	8	0	1	0	0	43.1	36	19	13	6	13	0	31	1	0	1			1.131	7.5	1.2	2.7	6.4	2.38	PAW · IL
1990	27	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	18.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	4.0	10	10	8	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	25	25	3.500	22.5	2.3	9.0	0.0	0.00
3 Yrs				0	1	.000	9.58	8	1	4	0	0	0	10.1	18	17	11	2	9	1	2	0	0	3	57	48	2.613	15.7	1.7	7.8	1.7	0.22
162 Game Avg.				0	8	.000	9.58	60	8	30	0	0	0	78	136	128	83	15	68	8	15	0	0	23	431	48	2.613	15.7	1.7	7.8	1.7	0.22

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
1988	25	BOS	AL	2.1	2	0	0	0.00	5.34	0.04	-0.43	106.8	5.21	1	0.2	1.7	0.1	0.2	2	.575	.501	$
1989	26	BOS	AL	4.0	4	0	7	15.75	4.45	0.01	-0.34	103.5	4.23	-5	-0.5	.0	0.2	-0.2	-5	.377	.497	$
1990	27	BOS	AL	4.0	2	1	10	22.50	4.62	-0.35	-0.14	106.1	5.13	-8	-0.6	.0	0.2	-0.4	-7	.213	.496	$115,000
3 Seasons				10.1	8	1	17	14.81	4.72	-0.12	-0.28	105.3	4.80	-11	-0.9	.5	0.4	-0.4	-10	.386	.498	$115,000

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
1988	25	BOS	AL	2	12	11	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.364	.417	.364	.780	.400	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	26	BOS	AL	4	20	15	7	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	.267	.400	.467	.867	.214	7	0	0	0	1	1	1
1990	27	BOS	AL	2	25	19	10	10	1	0	1	2	1	4	0	.526	.583	.737	1.320	.474	14	1	0	1	1	0	1
3 Yrs				8	57	45	17	18	1	0	2	2	1	9	2	.400	.482	.556	1.038	.372	25	1	0	1	2	1	2
162 Game Avg.				60	431	340	128	136	8	0	15	15	8	68	15	.400	.482	.556	1.038	.372	189	8	0	8	15	8	15
MLB Averages																.255	.321	.379	.700	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1988	25	BOS	AL	1.2	0.1	12	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.30	0.0	-1.0	0.7	0.1	0.30	0.1	1	0
1989	26	BOS	AL	-2.5	-0.2	22	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.01	-0.3	-0.3	-5.4	-0.5	0.01	-2.2	0	2
1990	27	BOS	AL	-6.2	-0.5	29	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.51	-0.4	-0.4	-5.9	-0.5	0.51	-5.4	0	0
3 Yrs				-7.5	-0.7	63	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	.29	-0.6	-1.7	-10.6	-0.9	0.29	-7.5	1	2

Starting Pitching*

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
1990	27	BOS	AL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22.0	22	22	4	3	0	1	7.0	4.5	1.7	46	1	0	0	0	46
1 Yr				2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	22	22	22	4	3	0	1	7.0	4.5	1.7	46	1	0	0	0	46
MLB Averages													.500						54%	51	103	-2					4.2	4.2	6.2	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1988	25	BOS	AL	2	2	0	5	1	20%	5	.296	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	3.5	21
1989	26	BOS	AL	4	4	4	3	2	67%	8	.011	0	2	0	4	2	2	0	0	0	3.0	15
1990	27	BOS	AL	2	1	0	2	1	50%	6	.507	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	7.0	48
3 Yrs				8	7	4	10	4	40%		.289	1	2	1	6	5	2	2	1	2	3.7	21

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%
1988	25	BOS	AL	12	50%	0.0%	8.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	2.00	83%	30%	0.0%	40%	0	0
1989	26	BOS	AL	20	30%	5.0%	5.0%	20.0%	5.0%	25%	0.88	0.57	70%	13%	14.3%	13%	2	0	0%
1990	27	BOS	AL	25	20%	4.0%	0.0%	16.0%	8.0%	20%	1.71	1.20	76%	10%	16.7%	14%	10	1	10%
3 Yrs				57	30%	3.5%	3.5%	15.8%	5.3%	17%	1.20	1.00	75%	15%	12.5%	20%	12	1	8%
MLB Averages					40%	2.0%	14.8%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	0.80	1.04	73%	20%	6.6%	26%			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
1988	25	BOS	AL	12	41	3.42	25	61%	16%	20%	24%	40%	84%	0%	51%	76%	50%	0%	0	0	17%	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0
1989	26	BOS	AL	20	58	2.90	31	53%	19%	3%	29%	48%	81%	7%	43%	96%	50%	10%	2	0	10%	2	2	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0
1990	27	BOS	AL	25	94	3.76	51	54%	18%	4%	37%	41%	82%	0%	45%	95%	40%	12%	3	2	16%	4	1	0		0	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				57	193	3.39	107	55%	18%	7%	32%	43%	82%	2%	46%	91%	46%	9%	5	2	14%	8	3	1	0%	0	2	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	57%	6%			19%				26%

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
1988	25	BOS	AL	12	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1989	26	BOS	AL	20	4	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	2	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1990	27	BOS	AL	25	10	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	8	5	0	63%	1	1	0	13	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
3 Yrs				57	18	5	1	2	0	4	1	1	1	1	9	6	0	67%	2	3	0	28	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1988	25	0		0.00	2	0	0	2.1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	12		2.143	15.4	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
1989	26	0		4.26	6	0	4	6.1	8	7	3	1	5	1	2	2	32	108	2.053	11.4	1.4	7.1	2.8	0.40	108
1990	27	1	.000	9.58	8	1	4	10.1	18	17	11	2	9	1	2	3	57	48	2.613	15.7	1.7	7.8	1.7	0.22	48

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1988	25	0.00	2.0	4	0	0	0	1	1	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	2
1989	26	6.75	4.0	4	3	3	1	4	1	2.000	9.0	9.0	2.3	0.25	2.3	4
1990	27	18.00	4.0	10	9	8	1	4	0	3.500	22.5	9.0	0.0	0.00	2.3	2
3 Yrs		9.90	10.0	18	12	11	2	9	2	2.700	16.2		1.8	0.22	1.8	8

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