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Mike Scioscia

Michael Lorri Scioscia

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: November 27, 1958 in Upper Darby, PA
High Schools: Springfield HS (Springfield, PA), Springfield HS (Morton, PA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1980 (Age 21)
Team: Dodgers 1980-1992
Agents: Richie Phillips [*]
Final Game: October 2, 1992 (Age 33)
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Fine Details  · Last updated Feb 12, 2013 10:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #634. Dave Foutz… #635. Aubrey Huff… #636. Terry Puhl… #637. MIKE SCIOSCIA… #638. Ruben Sierra… #639. Cesar Tovar… #640. Johnny Hopp… 

Standard Batting

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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
1980 21 LAD NL 54 152 134 8 34 5 1 1 8 1 0 12 9 .254 .313 .328 .641 81 44 2 0 5 1 2 2
1981 22 LAD NL 93 335 290 27 80 10 0 2 29 0 2 36 18 .276 .353 .331 .685 98 96 8 1 4 4 8 *2
1982 23 LAD NL 129 419 365 31 80 11 1 5 38 2 0 44 31 .219 .302 .296 .598 70 108 8 1 5 4 11 *2
1983 24 LAD NL 12 40 35 3 11 3 0 1 7 0 0 5 2 .314 .400 .486 .886 146 17 1 0 0 0 1 2
1984 25 LAD NL 114 399 341 29 93 18 0 5 38 2 1 52 26 .273 .367 .370 .736 110 126 10 1 1 4 10 *2
1985 26 LAD NL 141 526 429 47 127 26 3 7 53 3 3 77 21 .296 .407 .420 .826 136 180 10 5 11 3 9 *2 MVP-18
1986 27 LAD NL 122 449 374 36 94 18 1 5 26 3 3 62 23 .251 .359 .345 .704 102 129 11 3 6 4 4 *2
1987 28 LAD NL 142 523 461 44 122 26 1 6 38 7 4 55 23 .265 .343 .364 .707 90 168 13 1 4 2 9 *2
1988 29 LAD NL 130 452 408 29 105 18 0 3 35 0 3 38 31 .257 .318 .324 .642 87 132 14 0 3 3 12 *2
1989 30 LAD NL 133 471 408 40 102 16 0 10 44 0 2 52 29 .250 .338 .363 .701 102 148 4 3 7 1 14 *2 AS
1990 31 LAD NL 135 498 435 46 115 25 0 12 66 4 1 55 31 .264 .348 .405 .753 110 176 11 3 1 4 14 *2 AS
1991 32 LAD NL 119 404 345 39 91 16 2 8 40 4 3 47 32 .264 .353 .391 .745 112 135 5 3 5 4 3 *2
1992 33 LAD NL 117 389 348 19 77 6 3 3 24 3 2 32 31 .221 .286 .282 .568 63 98 9 1 5 3 4 2
13 Yrs 1441 5057 4373 398 1131 198 12 68 446 29 24 567 307 .259 .344 .356 .700 99 1557 106 22 57 37 101
162 Game Avg. 162 569 492 45 127 22 1 8 50 3 3 64 35 .259 .344 .356 .700 99 175 12 2 6 4 11

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 Awards
1980 21 LAD NL 54 152 -3 0 -0 0 2 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.4 .498 .499 0.4 0.3 4 2
1981 22 LAD NL 93 335 -2 -2 -0 3 5 3 0.5 10 14 1.5 .504 .502 1.1 1.0 11 *2
1982 23 LAD NL 129 419 -19 -0 0 -1 6 -13 -1.4 13 -0 -0.1 .488 .491 -0.1 0.7 0 $136,500 *2
1983 24 LAD NL 12 40 2 0 0 3 0 6 0.6 1 7 0.7 .552 .504 0.4 0.4 4 $150,000 2
1984 25 LAD NL 114 399 6 -0 -1 9 6 20 2.3 12 32 3.5 .519 .514 2.4 1.7 23 *2
1985 26 LAD NL 141 526 19 -1 1 5 7 31 3.6 16 48 5.1 .525 .521 4.5 1.5 42 $435,000 *2 MVP-18
1986 27 LAD NL 122 449 6 -3 -0 -3 6 5 0.6 14 19 2.0 .505 .504 2.3 0.4 22 $800,000 *2
1987 28 LAD NL 142 523 -6 -2 0 6 7 5 0.7 16 21 2.2 .504 .504 1.5 1.4 15 $875,000 *2
1988 29 LAD NL 130 452 -10 -4 -1 12 6 3 0.4 14 17 1.8 .503 .502 0.4 2.2 5 $1,000,000 *2
1989 30 LAD NL 133 471 0 -4 1 8 7 13 1.5 14 27 2.9 .511 .509 1.9 1.7 19 $1,100,000 *2 AS
1990 31 LAD NL 135 498 3 0 -0 0 7 9 1.2 14 23 2.5 .507 .506 2.3 0.9 23 $1,233,333 *2 AS
1991 32 LAD NL 119 404 6 -2 1 -2 6 8 1.0 11 20 2.1 .508 .506 2.2 0.5 22 $2,183,333 *2
1992 33 LAD NL 117 389 -15 -3 -0 -2 5 -15 -1.7 11 -4 -0.6 .485 .489 -0.4 0.5 -2 $2,183,333 2
13 Seasons 1441 5057 -13 -21 -0 38 71 75 9.1 152 227 24.0 .506 .504 18.9 13.1 189 $10,096,499

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
1981 22 LAD NL NLDS HOU W 4 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 0 0 0 0 1
1981 22 LAD NL NLCS MON W 5 17 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 .133 .235 .333 .569 5 1 0 0 0 0
1981 22 LAD NL WS NYY W 3 6 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 1 0 1 0 0
1985 26 LAD NL NLCS STL L 6 20 16 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 4 0 0 0 0 1
1988 29 LAD NL NLCS NYM W 7 23 22 3 8 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .364 .391 .545 .937 12 1 0 0 0 1
1988 29 LAD NL WS OAK W 4 14 14 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 .214 .214 .214 .429 3 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (6 Series) 29 94 84 7 20 1 0 2 6 0 1 9 7 .238 .312 .321 .633 27 3 0 1 0 3
1 NLDS 4 14 13 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 2 0 0 0 0 1
3 NLCS 18 60 53 6 14 1 0 2 4 0 0 7 3 .264 .350 .396 .746 21 2 0 0 0 2
2 WS 7 20 18 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 .222 .263 .222 .485 4 1 0 1 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1980 LAD NL 21 C 54 44 23 376.1 254 226 26 2 5 .992 0 0 6.03 4.67 .983 6.09 6.10 2 9 48 20 29% 31% 0
1981 LAD NL 22 C 91 87 70 764.2 548 493 48 7 4 .987 3 5 6.37 5.95 .983 5.93 5.95 11 14 65 36 36% 33% 4
1982 LAD NL 23 C 123 106 82 948.0 698 631 57 10 10 .986 -1 -1 6.53 5.59 .985 6.29 6.30 14 23 86 40 32% 32% 1
1983 LAD NL 24 C 11 10 7 82.0 59 55 4 0 0 1.000 3 44 6.48 5.36 .984 6.57 6.54 0 0 3 5 63% 33% 1
1984 LAD NL 25 C 112 101 85 907.0 777 701 64 12 8 .985 9 12 7.59 6.83 .986 6.53 6.51 4 21 78 51 40% 31% 2
1985 LAD NL 26 C 139 131 110 1151.0 897 818 66 13 8 .986 5 5 6.91 6.36 .987 6.42 6.42 5 32 78 43 36% 30% 3 MVP-18
1986 LAD NL 27 C 119 108 95 961.0 835 756 64 15 4 .982 -3 -4 7.68 6.89 .985 6.93 6.94 7 36 81 40 33% 32% 1
1987 LAD NL 28 C 138 128 112 1145.2 1016 925 80 11 11 .989 6 6 7.89 7.28 .987 6.94 6.90 6 42 94 52 36% 29% 0
1988 LAD NL 29 C 123 115 85 992.2 818 748 63 7 10 .991 12 15 7.35 6.59 .987 6.56 6.57 5 33 78 55 41% 29% 2
1989 LAD NL 30 C 130 121 95 1064.0 915 822 82 11 12 .988 8 9 7.65 6.95 .986 6.67 6.68 6 38 73 47 39% 32% 2 AS
1990 LAD NL 31 C 132 124 101 1069.0 910 842 58 10 9 .989 0 0 7.58 6.82 .987 6.65 6.61 5 46 99 38 28% 29% 5 AS
1991 LAD NL 32 C 115 104 82 907.1 735 677 51 7 8 .990 -2 -3 7.22 6.33 .988 6.78 6.75 3 31 82 30 27% 33% 0
1992 LAD NL 33 C 108 99 84 864.2 724 641 74 9 8 .988 -2 -3 7.44 6.62 .991 6.67 6.67 14 30 87 43 33% 32% 1
13 Seasons C 1395 1278 1031 11233.1 9186 8335 737 114 97 .988 38 4 7.27 6.50 .987 6.58 6.57 82 355 952 500 34% 31% 22
13 Seasons TOT 1395 1278 1031 11233.1 9186 8335 737 114 97 .988 38 4 7.27 6.50 .987 6.58 6.57 82 355 952 500 34% 31% 22
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1945 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1989 *
1990 (C)

Awards (yr lg award)
2002 AL Mgr of the year
2009 AL Mgr of the year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1985 NL (18, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

WAR Position Players† s c a p y
1985 NL  5.1 (9th)

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1985 NL  4.5 (10th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1981 NL  1.0 (10th)
1984 NL  1.7 (6th)
1985 NL  1.5 (9th)
1987 NL  1.4 (7th)
1988 NL  2.2 (4th)
1989 NL  1.7 (10th)
Career  13.1 (132nd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1985 NL  .407 (2nd)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1985 NL  136 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1985 NL  .683 (9th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1985 NL  11 (7th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1981 NL  8 (8th)
Career  101 (121st)

AB per SO s c a p y
1981 NL  16.1 (7th)
1985 NL  20.4 (2nd)
1987 NL  20.0 (1st)
1990 NL  14.0 (5th)**

Total Zone Runs† s c a p y
1988 NL  12 (5th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1981 NL  91 (4th)
1985 NL  139 (4th)
1987 NL  138 (2nd)
1988 NL  123 (3rd)
1989 NL  130 (2nd)
1990 NL  132 (3rd)
1991 NL  115 (5th)
1992 NL  108 (5th)
Career  1,395 (39th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1981 NL  493 (2nd)
1985 NL  818 (3rd)
1986 NL  756 (4th)
1987 NL  925 (1st)
1988 NL  748 (3rd)
1989 NL  822 (1st)
1990 NL  842 (1st)
1991 NL  677 (4th)
1992 NL  641 (5th)
Career  8,335 (23rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1981 NL  48 (5th)
1984 NL  64 (5th)
1985 NL  66 (5th)
1987 NL  80 (2nd)
1988 NL  63 (4th)
1989 NL  82 (1st)
1990 NL  58 (4th)
1991 NL  51 (5th)
1992 NL  74 (1st)
Career  737 (89th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1981 NL  7 (5th)
1984 NL  12 (4th)
1985 NL  13 (1st)
1986 NL  15 (2nd)
1987 NL  11 (4th)
1989 NL  11 (3rd)
1990 NL  10 (4th)
1992 NL  9 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as C s c a p y
1982 NL  10 (3rd)
1984 NL  8 (3rd)
1987 NL  11 (4th)
1988 NL  10 (3rd)
1989 NL  12 (2nd)
1990 NL  9 (3rd)
1991 NL  8 (3rd)
1992 NL  8 (3rd)
Career  97 (63rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1981 NL  11 (1st)
1982 NL  14 (2nd)
1989 NL  6 (5th)
1992 NL  14 (1st)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1990 NL  99 (3rd)
1992 NL  87 (5th)
Career  952 (42nd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1981 NL  36 (5th)
1984 NL  51 (4th)
1985 NL  43 (5th)
1987 NL  52 (4th)
1988 NL  55 (1st)
1989 NL  47 (1st)
1990 NL  38 (5th)
Career  500 (64th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1984 NL  39.5 (3rd)
1985 NL  35.5 (5th)
1988 NL  41.4 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1981 NL  3 (5th)
1984 NL  9 (2nd)
1987 NL  6 (4th)
1988 NL  12 (2nd)
1989 NL  8 (1st)
Career  38 (29th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1981 NL  6.37 (3rd)
1984 NL  7.59 (2nd)
1985 NL  6.91 (4th)
1986 NL  7.68 (3rd)
1987 NL  7.90 (2nd)
1988 NL  7.35 (2nd)
1989 NL  7.65 (2nd)
1990 NL  7.58 (2nd)
1991 NL  7.22 (4th)
1992 NL  7.44 (2nd)
Career  7.27 (41st)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1981 NL  5.95 (2nd)
1984 NL  6.83 (2nd)
1985 NL  6.36 (4th)
1986 NL  6.89 (3rd)
1987 NL  7.28 (2nd)
1988 NL  6.59 (2nd)
1989 NL  6.95 (2nd)
1990 NL  6.82 (1st)
1991 NL  6.33 (2nd)
1992 NL  6.62 (2nd)
Career  6.50 (51st)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1981 NL  .987 (5th)
1988 NL  .991 (3rd)
1989 NL  .988 (5th)

                           
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 35 (536), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 27 (402), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Catcher (48th), 24.0 career WAR/20.3 7yr-peak WAR/22.1 JAWS
Average HOF C (out of 14) = 49.3 career WAR/32.0 7yr-peak WAR/40.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Gus Mancuso (957)
  2. Butch Wynegar (949)
  3. Johnny Edwards (945)
  4. Alan Ashby (939)
  5. Rick Cerone (937)
  6. Joe Girardi (931)
  7. Dan Wilson (930)
  8. Jerry Grote (927)
  9. Frank Snyder (926)
  10. Del Rice (921)
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  1. Joe Garagiola (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jerry May (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dave Rader (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dave Rader (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Dave Rader (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Milt May (951)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Cy Perkins (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Cy Perkins (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Jim Sundberg (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Jim Sundberg (941)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Jim Sundberg (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.
  • November 4, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
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Salaries

 Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes/Other Sources
198223Los Angeles Dodgers$136,5001984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman database
198324Los Angeles Dodgers$150,0001984 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databasePlayer loss; $215,000 request
198526Los Angeles Dodgers$435,0001986 TSN Guide 25; T. Timmerman databaseArbitration win; $350,000 offer
198627Los Angeles Dodgers$800,0001986 USA Today survey
198728Los Angeles Dodgers$875,0001987 USA Today survey
198829Los Angeles Dodgers$1,000,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198930Los Angeles Dodgers$1,100,0001989 USA Today survey
199031Los Angeles Dodgers$1,233,333USA Today
199132Los Angeles Dodgers$2,183,333USA Today survey
199233Los Angeles Dodgers$2,183,3334/2/92 USA Today
199334San Diego Padres$300,000USA Today
Career to date (may be incomplete)$10,396,499
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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