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Mike Schooler

Michael Ralph Schooler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 10, 1962 in Anaheim, CA
School: California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 2nd round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 10, 1988
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Rangers 1988-1993
Agents: Mike Wadkins [*]
Final Game: September 3, 1993
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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
1985	22	SEA-min	A-	4	3	.571	2.93	10	10	0	0	0	0	55.1	42	24	18	5	15	0	48	2	1	1			1.030	6.8	0.8	2.4	7.8	3.20	BLH · NORW
1986	23	SEA-min	A	12	10	.545	3.35	26	26	0	6	1	0	166.1	166	83	62	20	44	0	171	4	2	10			1.263	9.0	1.1	2.4	9.3	3.89	WAU · MIDW
1987	24	SEA-min	AA	13	8	.619	3.96	28	28	0	3	2	0	175.0	183	87	77	14	48	1	144	6	7	4			1.320	9.4	0.7	2.5	7.4	3.00	CNG · SOUL
1988	25	SEA-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.21	26	0	21	0	0	8	33.2	33	19	12	2	6	1	47	0	1	3			1.158	8.8	0.5	1.6	12.6	7.83	CGY · PCL
1988	25	SEA	AL	5	8	.385	3.54	40	0	33	0	0	15	48.1	45	21	19	4	24	4	54	1	1	4	214	119	1.428	8.4	0.7	4.5	10.1	2.25	RoY-7
1989	26	SEA	AL	1	7	.125	2.81	67	0	60	0	0	33	77.0	81	27	24	2	19	3	69	2	1	6	329	145	1.299	9.5	0.2	2.2	8.1	3.63
1990	27	SEA	AL	1	4	.200	2.25	49	0	45	0	0	30	56.0	47	18	14	5	16	5	45	1	0	1	229	175	1.125	7.6	0.8	2.6	7.2	2.81
1991	28	SEA-min	AA	1	1	.500	5.56	11	2	3	0	0	0	11.1	13	9	7	2	3	0	12	0	0	0	50		1.412	10.3	1.6	2.4	9.5	4.00	JCK · SOUL
1991	28	SEA	AL	3	3	.500	3.67	34	0	23	0	0	7	34.1	25	14	14	2	10	0	31	0	1	2	138	113	1.019	6.6	0.5	2.6	8.1	3.10
1992	29	SEA-min	A-,AAA	0	0		0.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	20		0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4		BLH,CGY · NORW,PCL
1992	29	SEA	AL	2	7	.222	4.70	53	0	36	0	0	13	51.2	55	29	27	7	24	6	33	1	0	0	232	85	1.529	9.6	1.2	4.2	5.7	1.38
1993	30	TEX-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.91	28	0	20	0	0	5	45.2	59	33	30	3	11	3	31	0	2	5	205		1.533	11.6	0.6	2.2	6.1	2.82	OKC · AA
1993	30	TEX	AL	3	0	1.000	5.55	17	0	0	0	0	0	24.1	30	17	15	3	10	1	16	0	0	1	111	76	1.644	11.1	1.1	3.7	5.9	1.60
1994	31	SDP-min	AA	0	8	.000	4.68	22	9	7	0	0	0	57.2	82	37	30	1	12	3	37	0	0	2	261		1.630	12.8	0.2	1.9	5.8	3.08	WCH · TL
1995	32	ANA-min	AA	3	3	.500	1.79	54	0	47	0	0	20	65.1	49	16	13	5	19	3	55	0	0	5	257		1.041	6.8	0.7	2.6	7.6	2.89	MDL · TL
6 Yrs				15	29	.341	3.49	260	0	197	0	0	98	291.2	283	126	113	23	103	19	248	5	3	14	1253	117	1.323	8.7	0.7	3.2	7.7	2.41
162 Game Avg.				4	8	.341	3.49	68	0	52	0	0	26	76	74	33	30	6	27	5	65	1	1	4	328	117	1.323	8.7	0.7	3.2	7.7	2.41

SEA (5 yrs)				12	29	.293	3.30	243	0	197	0	0	98	267.1	253	109	98	20	93	18	232	5	3	13	1142	123	1.294	8.5	0.7	3.1	7.8	2.49
TEX (1 yr)				3	0	1.000	5.55	17	0	0	0	0	0	24.1	30	17	15	3	10	1	16	0	0	1	111	76	1.644	11.1	1.1	3.7	5.9	1.60

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	Awards
1988	25	SEA	AL	48.1	40	0	21	3.91	4.39	-0.07	-0.35	104.1	4.28	2	0.2	2.0	0.0	0.6	7	.505	.501	$62,500	RoY-7
1989	26	SEA	AL	77.0	67	0	27	3.16	4.35	0.03	-0.34	104.4	4.15	8	0.9	1.9	0.2	1.8	16	.513	.505	$145,000
1990	27	SEA	AL	56.0	49	0	18	2.89	4.42	0.30	-0.34	99.5	3.76	6	0.6	1.7	0.1	1.2	12	.513	.504	$260,000
1991	28	SEA	AL	34.1	34	0	14	3.67	4.54	-0.16	-0.34	100.5	4.38	3	0.3	1.1	-0.1	0.6	7	.508	.502	$490,000
1992	29	SEA	AL	51.2	53	0	29	5.05	4.44	-0.29	-0.35	99.8	4.37	-4	-0.4	1.9	-0.3	-0.2	2	.492	.497	$800,000
1993	30	TEX	AL	24.1	17	0	17	6.29	4.96	0.04	-0.38	98.0	4.44	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.472	.497	$
6 Seasons				291.2	260	0	126	3.89	4.46	-0.01	-0.35	101.6	4.19	10	1.1	1.7	-0.2	3.6	41	.504	.501	$1,757,500

SEA (5 yrs)				267.1	243	0	109	3.67	4.41	-0.02	-0.34	101.9	4.16	15	1.6	1.8	-0.1	4.0	43	.507	.502	$1,757,500
TEX (1 yr)				24.1	17	0	17	6.29	4.96	0.04	-0.38	98.0	4.44	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.1	-0.4	-2	.472	.497	$

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	SEA	AL	40	214	184	21	45	5	0	4	6	1	24	54	.245	.330	.337	.667	.318	62	3	1	2	3	4	2
1989	26	SEA	AL	67	329	304	27	81	13	2	2	7	2	19	69	.266	.313	.342	.655	.338	104	3	2	3	1	3	3
1990	27	SEA	AL	49	229	207	18	47	8	2	5	5	1	16	45	.227	.283	.357	.641	.264	74	2	1	3	2	5	1
1991	28	SEA	AL	34	138	126	14	25	2	1	2	3	0	10	31	.198	.255	.278	.533	.245	35	2	0	1	1	0	2
1992	29	SEA	AL	53	232	200	29	55	6	1	7	7	1	24	33	.275	.351	.420	.771	.294	84	3	1	4	3	6	2
1993	30	TEX	AL	17	111	99	17	30	7	1	3	5	1	10	16	.303	.367	.485	.852	.338	48	1	0	2	0	1	1
6 Yrs				260	1253	1120	126	283	41	7	23	33	6	103	248	.253	.316	.363	.679	.303	407	14	5	15	10	19	11
162 Game Avg.				68	328	293	33	74	11	2	6	9	2	27	65	.253	.316	.363	.679	.303	106	4	1	4	3	5	3
MLB Averages																.257	.323	.384	.708	.286

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1988	25	SEA	AL	3.4	0.4	226	-0.9	7.9	-8.7	2.30	0.6	-0.9	-4.5	-0.4	2.30	2.0	27	5	8
1989	26	SEA	AL	10.3	1.1	342	0.7	12.1	-11.4	2.06	0.3	0.0	7.5	0.8	2.06	7.0	33	15	14
1990	27	SEA	AL	9.6	1.0	237	1.8	7.7	-5.8	1.87	1.2	-0.2	8.7	0.9	1.87	7.6	25	14	9
1991	28	SEA	AL	2.4	0.2	145	0.0	3.0	-3.0	1.19	0.5	-0.5	4.7	0.5	1.19	7.2	10	7	12
1992	29	SEA	AL	-3.9	-0.4	241	-2.7	6.4	-9.1	1.76	-0.6	-0.9	-12.1	-1.2	1.76	-2.3	26	4	19
1993	30	TEX	AL	-4.0	-0.4	115	-0.1	1.7	-1.8	.88	-0.6	0.5	-2.5	-0.2	0.88	-5.2	7	5	5
6 Yrs				17.8	1.9	1306	-1.1	38.7	-39.9	1.81	1.3	-2.0	1.8	0.2	1.81	16.2	128	50	67

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1988	25	SEA	AL	40	40	33	5	8	21	15	6	71%	23	1	34	14	41%	9	2.304	27	5	8	26	7	7	22	18	17	11	19	10	3.6	20
1989	26	SEA	AL	67	67	60	1	7	40	33	7	83%	40	0	41	17	41%	9	2.064	33	15	14	44	8	15	27	40	24	12	24	20	3.4	19
1990	27	SEA	AL	49	49	45	1	4	34	30	4	88%	34	0	11	3	27%	9	1.869	25	14	9	39	4	6	10	39	11	6	11	12	3.4	17
1991	28	SEA	AL	34	34	23	3	3	10	7	3	70%	12	2	14	5	36%	9	1.194	10	7	12	20	5	9	9	25	7	9	7	7	3.0	14
1992	29	SEA	AL	53	53	36	2	7	18	13	5	72%	21	3	40	17	43%	9	1.764	26	4	19	29	10	14	21	32	13	18	16	11	2.9	16
1993	30	TEX	AL	17	17	0	3	0	0	0	0		5	4	23	7	30%	5	.879	7	5	5	6	4	7	13	4	10	7	11	2	4.3	24
6 Yrs				260	260	197	15	29	123	98	25	80%	135	10	163	63	39%		1.813	128	50	67	164	38	58	102	158	82	63	88	62	3.4	18

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	SEA	AL	214	43%	1.9%	25.2%	11.2%	4.2%	20%	0.83	0.94	60%	17%	11.4%	51%	53	3	6%
1989	26	SEA	AL	329	54%	0.6%	21.0%	5.8%	5.2%	21%	0.90	1.05	71%	23%	1.9%	16%	80	3	4%
1990	27	SEA	AL	229	45%	2.2%	19.7%	7.0%	6.6%	32%	0.74	0.88	69%	20%	6.2%	14%	37	2	5%
1991	28	SEA	AL	138	54%	1.5%	22.5%	7.3%	3.6%	20%	0.86	1.25	68%	19%	4.3%	10%	24	2	8%
1992	29	SEA	AL	232	59%	3.0%	14.2%	10.3%	6.0%	26%	0.69	0.75	70%	22%	9.0%	20%	50	3	6%
1993	30	TEX	AL	111	65%	2.7%	14.4%	9.0%	9.9%	37%	0.64	1.04	72%	22%	7.0%	14%	23	1	4%
6 Yrs				1253	52%	1.8%	19.8%	8.2%	5.7%	25%	0.79	0.95	69%	21%	5.9%	21%	267	14	5%
MLB Averages					40%	2.1%	14.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.3%	21%			10%

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	SEA	AL	209	780	3.73	498	64%	26%	22%	25%	26%	74%	5%	47%	70%	63%	7%	14	3	24%	51	22	2	15%	7	7	5	0	0
1989	26	SEA	AL	327	1241	3.80	818	66%	23%	22%	26%	29%	77%	3%	51%	71%	64%	4%	12	5	27%	89	39	3	20%	10	4	2	0	1
1990	27	SEA	AL	229	817	3.57	553	68%	25%	20%	25%	30%	75%	8%	51%	74%	63%	7%	17	10	33%	76	54	8	24%	11	2	0	0	1
1991	28	SEA	AL	138	485	3.51	317	65%	23%	21%	25%	31%	77%	0%	50%	73%	61%	2%	3	3	27%	37	31	2	13%	13	0	0	0	0
1992	29	SEA	AL	231	816	3.53	513	63%	25%	17%	25%	34%	75%	8%	47%	78%	59%	6%	13	4	24%	56	36	5	21%	7	3	1	0	0
1993	30	TEX	AL	112	410	3.66	262	64%	27%	12%	29%	32%	73%	3%	47%	84%	52%	5%	6	2	25%	28	18	0	38%	1	3	-1	0	0
6 Yrs				1246	4549	3.65	2961	65%	24%	20%	26%	30%	75%	5%	49%	74%	61%	5%	65	27	27%	337	200	20	20%	49	19	7	0	2
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				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	SEA	AL	214	45	8	1	4	0	18	1	3	2	2	15	6	4	40%	2	4	0	83	6	1	86%	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
1989	26	SEA	AL	329	81	11	1	2	0	12	1	1	0	2	23	14	4	61%	3	6	0	154	7	2	78%	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
1990	27	SEA	AL	229	47	9	0	5	0	3	3	2	2	3	10	5	2	50%	1	1	1	79	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1991	28	SEA	AL	138	25	7	1	2	0	5	1	1	0	2	7	4	0	57%	2	2	1	53	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1992	29	SEA	AL	232	55	19	3	7	4	12	4	3	3	4	25	14	3	56%	2	0	0	90	7	1	88%	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1993	30	TEX	AL	111	30	2	1	3	0	7	2	1	2	1	8	2	3	25%	1	1	0	48	5	1	83%	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				1253	283	56	7	23	4	57	12	11	9	14	88	45	16	51%	11	14	2	507	33	6	85%	28	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	38	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	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+
1988	25	5	8	.385	3.54	40	33	15	48.1	45	21	19	4	24	4	54	1	1	4	214	119	1.428	8.4	0.7	4.5	10.1	2.25	119
1989	26	6	15	.286	3.09	107	93	48	125.1	126	48	43	6	43	7	123	3	2	10	543	133	1.348	9.0	0.4	3.1	8.8	2.86	133
1990	27	7	19	.269	2.83	156	138	78	181.1	173	66	57	11	59	12	168	4	2	11	772	144	1.279	8.6	0.5	2.9	8.3	2.85	144
1991	28	10	22	.313	2.96	190	161	85	215.2	198	80	71	13	69	12	199	4	3	13	910	138	1.238	8.3	0.5	2.9	8.3	2.88	138
1992	29	12	29	.293	3.30	243	197	98	267.1	253	109	98	20	93	18	232	5	3	13	1142	123	1.294	8.5	0.7	3.1	7.8	2.49	123
1993	30	15	29	.341	3.49	260	197	98	291.2	283	126	113	23	103	19	248	5	3	14	1253	117	1.323	8.7	0.7	3.2	7.7	2.41	117

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
1988	25	3	2	.600	3.83	47.0	46	22	20	4	25	53	1	1.511	8.8	4.8	10.1	2.12	0.8	40
1989	26	5	3	.625	3.00	75.0	83	28	25	2	19	67	2	1.360	10.0	2.3	8.0	3.53	0.2	67
1990	27	4	2	.667	2.50	54.0	49	17	15	5	17	43	1	1.222	8.2	2.8	7.2	2.53	0.8	49
1991	28	1	2	.333	3.97	34.0	26	17	15	2	10	31	0	1.059	6.9	2.6	8.2	3.10	0.5	34
1992	29	2	3	.400	5.22	50.0	57	32	29	7	25	32	1	1.640	10.3	4.5	5.8	1.28	1.3	53
1993	30	1	1	.500	5.63	24.0	30	17	15	3	10	16	0	1.667	11.3	3.8	6.0	1.60	1.1	17
6 Yrs		16	13	.552	3.77	284.0	291	133	119	23	106	242	5	1.398	9.2		7.7	2.28	0.7	260

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1989 AL 67 (7th)	Saves s c a p y 1989 AL 33 (3rd) 1990 AL 30 (8th) Career 98 (130th)	Games Finished s c a p y 1989 AL 60 (3rd) Career 197 (243rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1989 AL 67 (7th)

Saves s c a p y
1989 AL  33 (3rd)
1990 AL  30 (8th)
Career  98 (130th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1989 AL 60 (3rd)
Career 197 (243rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 7 (1687), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 9 (1016), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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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.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
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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