Mike Rowland

Michael Evan Rowland

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 31, 1953 in Chicago, IL
School: Millikin University (Decatur, IL)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 22nd round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1980
Team: Giants 1980-1981

Final Game: October 3, 1981
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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	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1975	22	SFG-min	A,Rk	5	3	.625	2.43	14	13		2	1	0	89.0	65	35	24	6	31	0	50	0	2			1.079	6.6	0.6	3.1	5.1	1.61	FRE,GRF · CALL,PION
1976	23	SFG-min	AA	5	14	.263	3.69	26	26		5	2	0	161.0	157	76	66	16	59	1	87	3	6			1.342	8.8	0.9	3.3	4.9	1.47	LFY · TL
1977	24	SFG-min	AA	14	10	.583	3.79	26	26		15	3	0	185.0	169	88	78	23	61	0	148	3	9			1.243	8.2	1.1	3.0	7.2	2.43	WBY · EL
1978	25	SFG-min	AAA	1	8	.111	7.50	27	19		1	0	1	114.0	141	99	95	14	66	3	63	7	6			1.816	11.1	1.1	5.2	5.0	0.95	PHX · PCL
1979	26	SFG-min	AAA	10	12	.455	3.63	30	25		8	1	0	191.0	209	98	77	10	59	7	102	3	2			1.403	9.8	0.5	2.8	4.8	1.73	PHX · PCL
1980	27	SFG-min	AAA	5	11	.313	4.56	23	21		5	0	0	140.0	180	81	71	10	28	6	58	2	0			1.486	11.6	0.6	1.8	3.7	2.07	PHX · PCL
1980	27	SFG	NL	1	1	.500	2.33	19	0	14	0	0	0	27.0	20	8	7	2	8	2	8	1	0	109	154	1.037	6.7	0.7	2.7	2.7	1.00
1981	28	SFG-min	AAA	15	7	.682	3.99	25	25	0	9	1	0	176.0	189	90	78	21	42	1	84	2	2			1.312	9.7	1.1	2.1	4.3	2.00	PHX · PCL
1981	28	SFG	NL	0	1	.000	3.45	9	1	3	0	0	0	15.2	13	7	6	1	6	2	8	1	0	66	102	1.213	7.5	0.6	3.4	4.6	1.33
1982	29	SFG-min	AAA	9	13	.409	5.78	28	25	2	5	0	0	162.0	203	125	104	30	52	0	76	6	3			1.574	11.3	1.7	2.9	4.2	1.46	PHX · PCL
2 Yrs				1	2	.333	2.74	28	1	17	0	0	0	42.2	33	15	13	3	14	4	16	2	0	175	130	1.102	7.0	0.6	3.0	3.4	1.14
162 Game Avg.				2	5	.333	2.74	66	2	40	0	0	0	100	77	35	30	7	33	9	38	5	0	410	130	1.102	7.0	0.6	3.0	3.4	1.14

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
1980	27	SFG	NL	27.0	19	0	8	2.67	4.01	-0.23	-0.31	96.5	3.78	3	0.4	.5	-0.1	0.5	6	.520	.502	$
1981	28	SFG	NL	15.2	9	1	7	4.02	4.01	-0.20	-0.20	95.0	3.80	-1	-0.1	.5	-0.0	0.1	1	.493	.500	$
2 Seasons				42.2	28	1	15	3.16	4.01	-0.22	-0.27	95.9	3.79	3	0.3	.5	-0.2	0.6	6	.511	.501	$

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
1980	27	SFG	NL	19	109	97	8	20	3	0	2	0	1	8	8	.206	.271	.299	.570	.205	29	0	1	2	1	2	1
1981	28	SFG	NL	9	66	56	7	13	2	0	1	0	0	6	8	.232	.313	.321	.634	.250	18	0	1	2	1	2	2
2 Yrs				28	175	153	15	33	5	0	3	0	1	14	16	.216	.287	.307	.594	.221	47	0	2	4	2	4	3
162 Game Avg.				66	410	359	35	77	12	0	7	0	2	33	38	.216	.287	.307	.594	.221	110	0	5	9	5	9	7
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.380	.704	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	27	SFG	NL	3.8	0.4	110	-0.2	1.0	-1.1	.50	0.5	-0.8	2.2	0.2	0.50	4.8	3	2	12
1981	28	SFG	NL	-0.0	0.0	67	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	.72	0.0	-0.2	1.7	0.2	0.72	1.2	1	0	7
2 Yrs				3.8	0.4	177	-0.3	1.6	-1.9	.58	0.5	-1.0	3.9	0.4	0.58	6.0	4	2	19

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
1981	28	SFG	NL	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32.0	32	32	4	1	1	0	13.5	18.0	3.7
1 Yr				9	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	32	32	32	4	1	1	0	13.5	18.0	3.7
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	98	-1					4.2	4.2	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1980	27	SFG	NL	19	19	14	1	1	9	4	44%	8	.496	3	2	12	2	17	5	14	9	3	9	1	4.3
1981	28	SFG	NL	9	8	3	0	1	7	0	0%	7	.717	1	0	7	1	7	3	5	4	3	4	1	4.5
2 Yrs				28	27	17	1	2	16	4	25%		.579	4	2	19	3	24	8	19	13	6	13	2	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	27	SFG	NL	109	61%	1.8%	7.3%	7.3%	4.6%	25%	0.71	81%	17	0	0%
1981	28	SFG	NL	66	44%	1.5%	12.1%	9.1%	4.6%	23%	0.90	73%	15	0	0%
2 Yrs				175	54%	1.7%	9.1%	8.0%	4.6%	24%	0.77	78%	32	0	0%
MLB Averages					44%	1.8%	12.5%	8.3%	6.4%	27%	1.11	76%			12%

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
1980	27	SFG	NL	109	20			2	0	2	1	1	1	1	5	3	0	60%	1	0	0	38	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
1981	28	SFG	NL	66	13			1	0	7	0	1	1	0	5	1	1	20%	2	0	0	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2 Yrs				175	33			3	0	9	1	2	2	1	10	4	1	40%	3	0	0	62	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

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+
1980	27	1	1	.500	2.33	19	0	14	0	0	0	27.0	20	8	7	2	8	2	8	1	0	0	109	154	1.037	6.7	0.7	2.7	2.7	1.00	154
1981	28	1	2	.333	2.74	28	1	17	0	0	0	42.2	33	15	13	3	14	4	16	2	0	0	175	130	1.102	7.0	0.6	3.0	3.4	1.14	130

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
1980	27	1	1	.500	2.77	26.0	21	9	8	2	8	8	1	1.115	7.3	2.8	2.8	1.00	0.7	19
1981	28	1	1	.500	4.50	22.0	22	12	11	2	10	11	2	1.455	9.0	4.1	4.5	1.10	0.8	9
2 Yrs		2	2	.500	3.56	48.0	43	21	19	4	18	19	3	1.271	8.1		3.6	1.06	0.8	28

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