Mike Ryan

Michael James Ryan

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: November 25, 1941 in Haverhill, MA
High School: St. James (Haverhill, MA)
Signed
by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 3, 1964
Teams (by GP): Phillies/RedSox/Pirates 1964-1974

Final Game: September 10, 1974
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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
1964 22 BOS AL 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 133 1 0 0 0 0 1 /2
1965 23 BOS AL 33 114 107 7 17 0 1 3 9 0 0 5 19 .159 .193 .262 .455 25 28 6 0 0 2 1 2
1966 24 BOS AL 116 400 369 27 79 15 3 2 32 1 0 29 68 .214 .271 .287 .558 54 106 10 0 1 1 3 *2
1967 25 BOS AL 79 259 226 21 45 4 2 2 27 2 0 26 42 .199 .282 .261 .543 56 59 8 1 4 2 5 2
1968 26 PHI NL 96 314 296 12 53 6 1 1 15 0 3 15 59 .179 .218 .216 .434 31 64 12 0 2 1 3 2
1969 27 PHI NL 133 481 446 41 91 17 2 12 44 1 1 30 66 .204 .256 .332 .588 65 148 12 2 1 2 4 *2
1970 28 PHI NL 46 152 134 14 24 8 0 2 11 0 0 16 24 .179 .265 .284 .548 49 38 8 0 1 1 3 2
1971 29 PHI NL 43 144 134 9 22 5 1 3 6 0 0 10 32 .164 .222 .284 .506 43 38 2 0 0 0 1 2
1972 30 PHI NL 46 118 106 6 19 4 0 2 10 0 0 10 25 .179 .254 .274 .528 49 29 5 1 0 1 2 2
1973 31 PHI NL 28 78 69 7 16 1 2 1 5 0 0 6 19 .232 .289 .348 .637 75 24 4 0 2 1 0 2
1974 32 PIT NL 15 34 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 .100 .206 .100 .306 -11 3 2 0 0 0 0 2
11 Seasons 636 2098 1920 146 370 60 12 28 161 4 4 152 370 .193 .252 .280 .532 51 538 69 4 11 11 23
162 Game Avg. 162 534 489 37 94 15 3 7 41 1 1 39 94 .193 .252 .280 .532 51 137 18 1 3 3 6
PHI (6 yrs) 392 1287 1185 89 225 41 6 21 91 1 4 87 225 .190 .246 .288 .534 52 341 43 3 6 6 13
BOS (4 yrs) 229 777 705 55 142 19 6 7 70 3 0 61 129 .201 .264 .275 .539 51 194 24 1 5 5 10
PIT (1 yr) 15 34 30 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 .100 .206 .100 .306 -11 3 2 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 407 1321 1215 91 228 41 6 21 91 1 4 91 241 .188 .245 .283 .528 50 344 45 3 6 6 13
AL (4 yrs) 229 777 705 55 142 19 6 7 70 3 0 61 129 .201 .264 .275 .539 51 194 24 1 5 5 10

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1964 22 BOS AL 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /2
1965 23 BOS AL 114 -11 0 0 -1 0 2 3 -7 -0.9 -7 -0.8 -0.1 $ 2
1966 24 BOS AL 400 -22 -1 3 -2 1 7 11 -3 -0.6 -4 -0.4 -0.2 $ *2
1967 25 BOS AL 260 -12 0 -1 -1 0 5 7 -2 -0.5 -2 -0.2 -0.3 $15,000 2
1968 26 PHI NL 314 -22 -4 0 -1 9 6 11 -1 -0.8 -10 -1.2 0.4 $ 2
1969 27 PHI NL 481 -20 0 -2 -1 7 8 17 9 0.6 2 0.2 0.4 $ *2
1970 28 PHI NL 152 -10 0 0 -2 3 3 5 -1 -0.2 -4 -0.4 0.2 $ 2
1971 29 PHI NL 144 -10 0 -1 0 9 3 4 5 0.4 -4 -0.4 0.8 $ 2
1972 30 PHI NL 118 -7 0 -1 -1 0 2 4 -3 -0.5 -3 -0.3 -0.2 $ 2
1973 31 PHI NL 78 -2 0 0 -1 2 1 2 2 0.2 0 0.0 0.2 $ 2
1974 32 PIT NL 34 -5 0 0 -1 1 1 1 -3 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 2
11 Seasons 2099 -121 -5 -1 -11 32 38 65 -3 -2.6 -35 -3.8 1.2 $15,000
PHI (6 yrs) 1287 -71 -4 -4 -6 30 23 43 11 -0.3 -19 -2.1 1.8 $
BOS (4 yrs) 778 -45 -1 3 -4 1 14 21 -11 -1.9 -12 -1.3 -0.6 $15,000
PIT (1 yr) 34 -5 0 0 -1 1 1 1 -3 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $

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
1964 22 BOS AL 4 2 1 13.5 100 .333 .333 .261 .500 .330 .333 .406 .833 .736 133 .892 0.2 0.0 1.000 .333 .000
1965 23 BOS AL 114 98 4 1.1 97 .161 .159 .257 .193 .328 .262 .394 .455 .723 25 .085 -11.3 -1.2 .344 .150 .103 .0
1966 24 BOS AL 400 302 28 2.5 98 .257 .214 .260 .271 .328 .287 .401 .558 .729 54 .306 -23.0 -2.5 .453 .154 .073 1.3
1967 25 BOS AL 259 195 17 2.4 91 .234 .199 .253 .282 .324 .261 .379 .543 .703 56 .301 -12.7 -1.4 .466 .186 .062 2.0
1968 26 PHI NL 314 261 12 1.2 81 .219 .179 .252 .218 .310 .216 .355 .434 .666 31 .127 -25.4 -2.9 .295 .078 .037 .0
1969 27 PHI NL 481 371 36 2.6 93 .214 .204 .257 .256 .327 .332 .381 .588 .708 65 .296 -22.1 -2.3 .489 .195 .128 1.8
1970 28 PHI NL 152 120 9 2.0 102 .202 .179 .265 .265 .337 .284 .404 .548 .741 49 .179 -9.6 -1.0 .458 .224 .104 .0
1971 29 PHI NL 144 114 8 1.9 92 .192 .164 .260 .222 .326 .284 .380 .506 .706 43 .196 -10.7 -1.1 .421 .194 .119 .0
1972 30 PHI NL 118 93 7 2.0 93 .213 .179 .259 .254 .327 .274 .382 .528 .710 49 .220 -7.2 -0.8 .435 .189 .094 .0
1973 31 PHI NL 78 60 6 2.7 98 .300 .232 .265 .289 .334 .348 .394 .637 .728 75 .300 -2.7 -0.3 .526 .203 .116 .0
1974 32 PIT NL 34 29 1 0.9 92 .214 .100 .259 .206 .330 .100 .374 .306 .704 -11 .058 -4.4 -0.5 .241 .133 .000
11 Seasons 2098 1645 129 2.1 93 .223 .193 .257 .252 .325 .280 .383 .532 .709 51 .237 -128.8 -13.9 .428 .167 .088 7.0
162 Game Avg. 534 419 33 2.1 93 .223 .193 .257 .252 .325 .280 .383 .532 .709 51 .237 -128.8 -13.9 .428 .167 .088 2
PHI (6 yrs) 1287 1019 78 2.1 91 .216 .190 .258 .246 .325 .288 .378 .534 .702 52 .224 -77.6 -8.3 .425 .169 .098 1.9
BOS (4 yrs) 777 597 50 2.3 96 .235 .201 .257 .264 .327 .275 .393 .539 .720 51 .272 -46.8 -5.1 .441 .165 .074 4.2
PIT (1 yr) 34 29 1 0.9 92 .214 .100 .259 .206 .330 .100 .374 .306 .704 -11 .058 -4.4 -0.5 .241 .133 .000
NL (7 yrs) 1321 1048 79 2.0 91 .216 .188 .258 .245 .325 .283 .378 .528 .703 50 .218 -82.0 -8.8 .420 .168 .095 1.9
AL (4 yrs) 777 597 50 2.3 96 .235 .201 .257 .264 .327 .275 .393 .539 .720 51 .272 -46.8 -5.1 .441 .165 .074 4.2

Postseason Batting

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
1967 25 BOS AL WS STL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 2 2 0 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1964 22 BOS AL 4 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 1.5 75%
1965 23 BOS AL 114 2.6% 16.7% 4.4% 3.5% 24% 3.80 5.6 35.7 11.9 0.77 76%
1966 24 BOS AL 400 0.5% 17.0% 7.3% 5.0% 25% 2.34 5.4 184.5 11.5 0.92 75%
1967 25 BOS AL 259 0.8% 16.2% 10.0% 3.1% 18% 1.62 5.4 113.0 8.4 0.96 71%
1968 26 PHI NL 314 0.3% 18.8% 4.8% 2.6% 15% 3.93 5.0 296.0 19.7 1.31 75%
1969 27 PHI NL 481 2.5% 13.7% 6.2% 6.4% 34% 2.20 6.8 37.2 10.1 0.99 77%
1970 28 PHI NL 152 1.3% 15.8% 10.5% 6.6% 42% 1.50 5.6 67.0 12.2 0.94 72%
1971 29 PHI NL 144 2.1% 22.2% 6.9% 6.3% 41% 3.20 4.2 44.7 22.3 0.58 69%
1972 30 PHI NL 118 1.7% 21.2% 8.5% 5.1% 32% 2.50 4.2 53.0 10.6 0.70 68%
1973 31 PHI NL 78 1.3% 24.4% 7.7% 5.1% 25% 3.17 3.6 69.0 13.8 0.86 64%
1974 32 PIT NL 34 0.0% 47.1% 11.8% 0.0% 0% 4.00 1.9 0.63 41%
11 Seasons 2098 1.3% 17.6% 7.2% 4.8% 27% 2.43 5.2 68.6 11.9 0.94 73%
MLB Averages 2.0% 14.9% 8.4% 6.0% 27% 1.77 6.0 44.1 9.2 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 22 BOS AL 0.2 0.0 4 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .72 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 1.51 0.3 0
1965 23 BOS AL -11.3 -1.2 115 -1.6 1.1 -2.7 1.08 -1.0 -0.5 -13.0 -1.4 1.00 -10.3 0
1966 24 BOS AL -23.0 -2.5 404 -0.7 5.9 -6.5 .91 -1.4 0.6 -16.1 -1.7 0.92 -16.3 2.73 3
1967 25 BOS AL -12.7 -1.4 263 -0.3 3.5 -3.8 .90 -1.0 0.7 -3.0 -0.3 1.03 -9.4 0
1968 26 PHI NL -25.4 -2.9 320 -3.0 3.8 -6.9 1.10 -2.6 -0.2 -31.6 -3.6 1.00 -24.4 1.46 1
1969 27 PHI NL -22.1 -2.3 489 -1.9 7.1 -9.0 1.01 -1.9 0.1 -22.5 -2.4 0.98 -21.9 0.05 1
1970 28 PHI NL -9.6 -1.0 155 -0.9 2.4 -3.4 1.12 -1.0 0.2 -11.4 -1.1 1.02 -11.3 0
1971 29 PHI NL -10.7 -1.1 144 -1.5 2.0 -3.5 1.19 -1.2 -0.0 -13.5 -1.4 0.96 -12.2 4.48 1
1972 30 PHI NL -7.2 -0.8 119 -0.5 1.7 -2.2 1.04 -0.7 0.1 -8.4 -0.9 0.99 -6.9 0.00 1
1973 31 PHI NL -2.7 -0.3 78 0.1 1.5 -1.4 1.09 -0.2 0.3 -5.0 -0.5 0.97 -4.3 1.71 1
1974 32 PIT NL -4.4 -0.5 34 -0.5 0.3 -0.9 1.06 -0.4 -0.1 -5.3 -0.6 0.94 -4.5 0
11 Seasons -128.8 -13.9 2125 -10.9 29.5 -40.3 1.02 -11.4 0.7 -129.0 -13.8 0.98 -121.2 1.99 8

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1964 22 BOS AL 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 23 BOS AL 1 0 21% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60% 1 1 0 2 1 1 2 0 2
1966 24 BOS AL 9 0 24% 156 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 43% 14 10 3 1 0 1 13 5 8
1967 25 BOS AL 2 0 27% 70 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 33% 12 10 2 2 2 0 7 2 5
1968 26 PHI NL 5 0 16% 86 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 31% 7 5 2 2 2 0 7 3 3
1969 27 PHI NL 4 0 26% 130 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 12 35% 20 15 5 4 3 1 13 6 7
1970 28 PHI NL 2 0 32% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 80% 1 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 3
1971 29 PHI NL 0 0 21% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 75% 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1972 30 PHI NL 0 0 14% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 31 PHI NL 0 0 29% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1
1974 32 PIT NL 0 0 29% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
11 Seasons 24 0 24% 590 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 19 33 38% 64 49 14 12 9 3 52 19 32

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
1964 22 BOS AL 4 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 6 2 33% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1965 23 BOS AL 114 27% 17 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 25 6 24% 16 3 19% 84 7 8% 7 3 43% 7 2 29% 0
1966 24 BOS AL 400 23% 79 3 1 0 0 2.73 2 0 12 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 100% 65 10 15% 27 3 11% 212 30 14% 19 7 37% 5 1 20% 0
1967 25 BOS AL 260 21% 45 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 100% 65 8 12% 27 11 41% 184 26 14% 14 6 43% 14 8 57% 0
1968 26 PHI NL 314 49% 53 1 0 0 0 1.46 1 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 6 2 33% 67 12 18% 32 5 16% 212 14 7% 14 4 29% 9 2 22% 0
1969 27 PHI NL 481 20% 91 1 0 0 0 0.05 12 1 17 10 2 8 4 0 3 1 33% 90 12 13% 47 11 23% 305 34 11% 31 9 29% 19 8 42% 0
1970 28 PHI NL 152 32% 24 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 40 8 20% 17 5 29% 108 10 9% 7 2 29% 10 4 40% 0
1971 29 PHI NL 144 63% 22 1 0 0 0 4.48 3 0 3 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0% 31 2 6% 12 2 17% 94 3 3% 3 0 0% 4 2 50% 0
1972 30 PHI NL 118 57% 19 1 1 0 1 0.00 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 28 5 18% 13 3 23% 78 8 10% 5 1 20% 5 1 20% 0
1973 31 PHI NL 78 23% 16 1 0 0 0 1.71 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 17 4 24% 7 4 57% 53 4 8% 2 1 50% 4 3 75% 0
1974 32 PIT NL 34 18% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 7 2 29% 3 0 0% 20 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
11 Seasons 2099 31% 370 8 2 0 1 1.99 28 1 61 19 9 18 10 0 19 11 58% 436 69 16% 201 47 23% 1356 138 10% 104 34 33% 79 32 41% 0
MLB Averages 54% 77% 11% 31% 14% 47% 52%

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
1964 22 1 4 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 .833 133 1 0 0 0 0 1
1965 23 34 118 110 7 18 0 1 3 11 0 0 6 19 .164 .203 .264 .467 29 29 6 0 0 2 2
1966 24 150 518 479 34 97 15 4 5 43 1 0 35 87 .203 .255 .282 .537 48 135 16 0 1 3 5
1967 25 229 777 705 55 142 19 6 7 70 3 0 61 129 .201 .264 .275 .539 51 194 24 1 5 5 10
1968 26 325 1091 1001 67 195 25 7 8 85 3 3 76 188 .195 .251 .258 .509 45 258 36 1 7 6 13
1969 27 458 1572 1447 108 286 42 9 20 129 4 4 106 254 .198 .253 .281 .533 52 406 48 3 8 8 17
1970 28 504 1724 1581 122 310 50 9 22 140 4 4 122 278 .196 .254 .281 .534 51 444 56 3 9 9 20
1971 29 547 1868 1715 131 332 55 10 25 146 4 4 132 310 .194 .251 .281 .532 51 482 58 3 9 9 21
1972 30 593 1986 1821 137 351 59 10 27 156 4 4 142 335 .193 .251 .281 .532 51 511 63 4 9 10 23
1973 31 621 2064 1890 144 367 60 12 28 161 4 4 148 354 .194 .253 .283 .536 51 535 67 4 11 11 23
1974 32 636 2098 1920 146 370 60 12 28 161 4 4 152 370 .193 .252 .280 .532 51 538 69 4 11 11 23

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies 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
1964 22 1 6 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 1
1965 23 33 115 108 8 18 0 1 3 10 0 5 19 .167 .200 .269 .469 6 33
1966 24 117 402 372 27 80 15 3 2 32 1 29 68 .215 .271 .288 .559 29 116
1967 25 79 258 228 23 47 4 2 2 29 2 27 42 .206 .291 .268 .558 18 79
1968 26 95 321 303 15 61 7 1 1 19 0 17 59 .201 .243 .241 .484 18 96
1969 27 133 488 452 46 97 18 2 13 49 1 32 66 .215 .268 .350 .618 42 133
1970 28 46 151 134 14 24 8 0 2 11 0 16 24 .179 .265 .284 .548 10 46
1971 29 43 147 136 11 24 5 1 3 7 0 11 32 .176 .238 .294 .532 10 43
1972 30 48 125 112 7 21 4 0 2 12 0 11 26 .188 .264 .277 .541 8 46
1973 31 28 76 69 7 16 1 2 1 5 0 6 19 .232 .289 .348 .637 7 28
1974 32 15 36 31 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 .129 .250 .129 .379 1 15
11 Seasons 638 2125 1949 161 394 62 12 29 178 4 161 371 .202 .263 .291 .554 150 636
162 Game Avg. 162 540 495 41 100 16 3 7 45 1 41 94 .202 .263 .291 .554 38 636

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ()

Defensive WARs c a p y
1968 NL  0.4 (10th)
1971 NL  0.8 (9th)

                           

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