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Mike Sirotka

Michael Robert Sirotka

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 13, 1971 in Houston, TX
High School: Westfield HS (Houston, TX)
School: Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1995
Team: WhiteSox 1995-2000

Final Game: September 28, 2000
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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
1995 24 CHW AL 1 2 .333 4.19 6 6 0 0 0 0 34.1 39 16 16 2 17 0 19 0 0 2 152 108 1.631 10.2 0.5 4.5 5.0 1.12
1996 25 CHW AL 1 2 .333 7.18 15 4 2 0 0 0 26.1 34 27 21 3 12 0 11 0 0 1 122 67 1.747 11.6 1.0 4.1 3.8 0.92
1997 26 CHW AL 3 0 1.000 2.25 7 4 1 0 0 0 32.0 36 9 8 4 5 1 24 1 0 0 130 197 1.281 10.1 1.1 1.4 6.8 4.80
1998 27 CHW AL 14 15 .483 5.06 33 33 0 5 0 0 211.2 255 137 119 30 47 0 128 2 1 3 911 90 1.427 10.8 1.3 2.0 5.4 2.72
1999 28 CHW AL 11 13 .458 4.00 32 32 0 3 1 0 209.0 236 108 93 24 57 2 125 3 0 4 909 123 1.402 10.2 1.0 2.5 5.4 2.19
2000 29 CHW AL 15 10 .600 3.79 32 32 0 1 0 0 197.0 203 101 83 23 69 1 128 1 2 8 832 133 1.381 9.3 1.1 3.2 5.8 1.86
2001 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
2002 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
6 Yrs 45 42 .517 4.31 125 111 3 9 1 0 710.1 803 398 340 86 207 4 435 7 3 18 3056 111 1.422 10.2 1.1 2.6 5.5 2.10
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .517 4.31 36 32 1 3 0 0 205 231 115 98 25 60 1 125 2 1 5 881 111 1.422 10.2 1.1 2.6 5.5 2.10

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
1995 24 CHW AL 34.1 6 6 16 4.19 5.05 -0.14 0.19 98.1 5.28 4 0.4 -0.0 0.7 8 .570 .503 $
1996 25 CHW AL 26.1 15 4 27 9.23 5.28 -0.11 -0.06 94.8 5.05 -13 -1.1 .9 -0.0 -0.9 -9 .428 .493 $
1997 26 CHW AL 32.0 7 4 9 2.53 5.07 -0.16 0.08 95.8 5.08 9 0.9 .4 -0.1 1.1 13 .634 .506 $165,000
1998 27 CHW AL 211.2 33 33 137 5.83 4.99 0.03 0.18 98.2 5.04 -18 -1.7 -0.1 0.1 9 .449 .490 $195,000
1999 28 CHW AL 209.0 32 32 108 4.65 5.34 -0.13 0.21 100.5 5.70 25 2.5 -0.1 4.2 53 .577 .515 $500,000
2000 29 CHW AL 197.0 32 32 101 4.61 5.41 0.04 0.21 101.5 5.67 22 2.1 -0.1 3.7 50 .565 .513 $1,400,000
6 Seasons 710.1 125 111 398 5.04 5.23 -0.04 0.18 99.5 5.43 29 3.1 .8 -0.5 8.9 124 .525 .503 $2,260,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2000 29 CHW AL ALDS L SEA 0 1 .000 4.76 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 25 1.588 11.1 1.6 3.2 0.0 0.00
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 4.76 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 7 4 3 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 25 1.588 11.1 1.6 3.2 0.0 0.00

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
1995 24 CHW AL 6 152 131 16 39 6 1 2 0 2 17 19 .298 .371 .405 .775 .327 53 4 0 1 3 0 1
1996 25 CHW AL 15 122 108 27 34 9 3 3 2 1 12 11 .315 .377 .537 .914 .323 58 4 0 0 2 0 3
1997 26 CHW AL 7 130 124 9 36 6 0 4 1 4 5 24 .290 .323 .435 .759 .333 54 2 1 0 0 1 0
1998 27 CHW AL 33 911 850 137 255 48 3 30 14 10 47 128 .300 .336 .469 .805 .322 399 28 2 5 7 0 17
1999 28 CHW AL 32 909 835 108 236 39 1 24 13 7 57 125 .283 .327 .418 .745 .305 349 16 3 5 9 2 14
2000 29 CHW AL 32 832 755 101 203 30 2 23 8 4 69 128 .269 .330 .405 .735 .297 306 26 1 4 3 1 12
6 Yrs 125 3056 2803 398 803 138 10 86 38 28 207 435 .286 .334 .435 .769 .311 1219 80 7 15 24 4 47
162 Game Avg. 36 881 808 115 231 40 3 25 11 8 60 125 .286 .334 .435 .769 .311 351 23 2 4 7 1 14
MLB Averages .269 .340 .426 .766 .300

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1995 24 CHW AL 2.0 0.2 155 -0.3 2.1 -2.4 .88 0.0 -0.3 2.2 0.2 0.88 0.6 0 0 0
1996 25 CHW AL -9.4 -0.8 125 0.0 1.6 -1.6 .68 -0.4 0.4 -13.7 -1.2 0.68 -9.5 4 1 5
1997 26 CHW AL 8.0 0.8 137 0.6 2.4 -1.8 .82 0.5 0.3 7.9 0.8 0.82 5.9 0 1 2
1998 27 CHW AL -15.4 -1.4 937 -0.5 16.7 -17.1 .99 -1.3 0.8 -21.0 -1.9 0.99 -15.0 0 0 0
1999 28 CHW AL 18.2 1.7 935 1.1 16.6 -15.6 1.00 1.4 -0.3 15.4 1.4 1.00 19.2 0 0 0
2000 29 CHW AL 21.6 2.0 855 1.7 15.3 -13.6 .96 1.8 -0.1 19.4 1.8 0.96 22.0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 25.1 2.5 3144 2.7 54.6 -52.0 .96 2.0 0.8 10.2 1.1 0.96 23.2 4 2 7

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
1995 24 CHW AL 6 6 1 2 3 0 1 4 2 .667 0 0 0 0 2 33% 46.8 82 34 9 2 0 3 4.0 3.3 5.7 96 1 1 2 0 116
1996 25 CHW AL 15 4 1 2 1 1 0 1 3 .250 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42.0 48 36 5 1 2 1 6.2 3.8 3.7 66 2 1 0 0 87
1997 26 CHW AL 7 4 3 0 1 2 0 4 0 1.000 1 1 0 0 2 50% 54.5 66 35 2 0 1 3 6.1 5.6 6.4 95 0 2 2 0 103
1998 27 CHW AL 33 33 14 15 4 3 2 17 16 .515 3 2 5 0 16 48% 45.5 80 9 22 5 0 13 5.7 5.9 6.4 101 5 9 14 5 125
1999 28 CHW AL 32 32 11 13 8 0 4 14 18 .438 4 1 3 1 19 59% 49.2 79 15 17 4 1 17 4.5 5.0 6.5 105 1 9 19 3 132
2000 29 CHW AL 32 32 15 10 7 3 4 18 14 .563 3 4 1 0 21 66% 50.5 73 14 19 7 0 16 5.9 6.0 6.2 99 3 8 19 2 125
6 Yrs 125 111 45 42 24 9 11 58 53 .523 11 9 9 1 60 54% 48 82 9 74 19 4 53 5.3 5.4 6.2 100 12 30 56 10 132
MLB Averages .500 47% 48 105 -21 5.0 4.9 6.0 96

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1996 25 CHW AL 15 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 7 .678 4 1 5 0 3 8 5 6 2 5 3 0 3.2 16
1997 26 CHW AL 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 .821 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 6.3 30
2 Yrs 22 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 3 43% .752 4 2 7 2 3 9 5 9 3 5 4 0 3.9 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%
1995 24 CHW AL 152 14% 1.3% 12.5% 11.2% 5.9% 23% 0.70 0.80 74% 27% 3.7% 18% 42 4 10%
1996 25 CHW AL 122 24% 2.5% 9.0% 9.8% 12.3% 44% 0.77 1.31 79% 25% 6.5% 18% 28 4 14%
1997 26 CHW AL 130 22% 3.1% 18.5% 3.9% 7.7% 28% 0.56 0.72 74% 25% 7.1% 13% 21 2 10%
1998 27 CHW AL 911 22% 3.3% 14.1% 5.2% 8.9% 32% 0.76 1.11 77% 23% 8.5% 14% 169 28 17%
1999 28 CHW AL 909 22% 2.6% 13.8% 6.3% 7.0% 27% 0.85 1.04 76% 21% 7.1% 12% 174 16 9%
2000 29 CHW AL 832 24% 2.8% 15.4% 8.3% 6.6% 27% 0.84 1.29 73% 25% 8.2% 15% 163 26 16%
6 Yrs 3056 22% 2.8% 14.2% 6.8% 7.7% 29% 0.79 1.10 75% 23% 7.6% 14% 597 80 13%
MLB Averages 45% 2.8% 16.6% 9.2% 7.9% 33% 0.80 1.09 70% 22% 8.3% 15% 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
1995 24 CHW AL 123 450 3.66 272 60% 26% 10% 28% 35% 74% 0% 44% 87% 50% 5% 6 3 16% 20 11 1 27% 2 3 29 0 0
1996 25 CHW AL 84 312 3.71 174 56% 27% 8% 25% 39% 72% 0% 40% 88% 55% 7% 6 4 8% 7 2 0 43% 0 2 38 0 1
1997 26 CHW AL 132 472 3.58 307 65% 24% 13% 30% 33% 76% 2% 50% 82% 56% 6% 8 5 17% 23 9 3 21% 3 2 -2 0 0
1998 27 CHW AL 911 3328 3.65 2101 63% 29% 10% 26% 35% 71% 0% 45% 86% 58% 3% 29 21 17% 154 75 7 45% 22 8 0 0 0
1999 28 CHW AL 911 3363 3.69 2076 62% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 0% 45% 83% 56% 4% 36 23 17% 155 68 8 42% 11 11 -2 0 2
2000 29 CHW AL 833 3165 3.80 1914 60% 27% 12% 28% 33% 73% 0% 44% 84% 57% 4% 34 23 17% 139 56 8 31% 15 10 -1 0 0
6 Yrs 2994 11090 3.70 6844 62% 27% 11% 27% 34% 73% 0% 45% 85% 57% 4% 119 79 17% 498 221 27 38% 53 36 62 0 3
MLB Averages 3.72 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 56% 6% 19% 28%

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
1995 24 CHW AL 152 39 5 1 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 6 4 1 67% 1 2 0 68 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
1996 25 CHW AL 122 34 3 0 3 0 2 3 0 2 1 9 7 1 78% 3 1 0 53 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1997 26 CHW AL 130 36 4 0 4 0 0 4 0 3 1 5 1 4 20% 0 0 0 47 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0
1998 27 CHW AL 911 255 66 3 30 0 9 23 7 14 16 39 26 1 67% 17 3 3 335 14 10 58% 11 8 2 2 1 0 2 2 16 0
1999 28 CHW AL 909 236 22 3 24 0 20 17 7 10 14 45 29 5 64% 14 4 4 341 13 7 65% 9 5 4 2 0 0 2 2 22 0
2000 29 CHW AL 832 203 12 2 23 0 11 16 7 8 15 26 12 3 46% 12 8 3 308 8 4 67% 8 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 20 0
6 Yrs 3056 803 112 9 86 0 46 65 21 38 48 130 79 15 61% 47 18 10 1152 38 28 58% 31 23 6 5 1 0 9 9 67 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1995 24 1 2 .333 4.19 6 6 0 0 0 0 34.1 39 16 16 2 17 0 19 0 0 2 152 108 1.631 10.2 0.5 4.5 5.0 1.12 108
1996 25 2 4 .333 5.49 21 10 2 0 0 0 60.2 73 43 37 5 29 0 30 0 0 3 274 85 1.681 10.8 0.7 4.3 4.5 1.03 85
1997 26 5 4 .556 4.37 28 14 3 0 0 0 92.2 109 52 45 9 34 1 54 1 0 3 404 105 1.543 10.6 0.9 3.3 5.2 1.59 105
1998 27 19 19 .500 4.85 61 47 3 5 0 0 304.1 364 189 164 39 81 1 182 3 1 6 1315 94 1.462 10.8 1.2 2.4 5.4 2.25 94
1999 28 30 32 .484 4.51 93 79 3 8 1 0 513.1 600 297 257 63 138 3 307 6 1 10 2224 105 1.438 10.5 1.1 2.4 5.4 2.22 105
2000 29 45 42 .517 4.31 125 111 3 9 1 0 710.1 803 398 340 86 207 4 435 7 3 18 3056 111 1.422 10.2 1.1 2.6 5.5 2.10 111

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1995 24 2 2 .500 4.50 36.0 44 20 18 2 19 20 0 1.750 11.0 4.8 5.0 1.05 0.5 6
1996 25 0 2 .000 6.92 26.0 33 22 20 3 12 11 0 1.731 11.4 4.2 3.8 0.92 1.0 15
1997 26 2 1 .667 2.48 29.0 36 9 8 4 5 22 1 1.414 11.2 1.6 6.8 4.40 1.2 7
1998 27 8 14 .364 5.07 204.0 250 128 115 29 46 124 2 1.451 11.0 2.0 5.5 2.70 1.3 33
1999 28 13 10 .565 3.62 209.0 224 93 84 23 54 125 3 1.330 9.6 2.3 5.4 2.31 1.0 32
2000 29 12 9 .571 3.42 192.0 190 81 73 22 65 125 1 1.328 8.9 3.0 5.9 1.92 1.0 32
6 Yrs 37 38 .493 4.11 696.0 777 353 318 83 201 427 7 1.405 10.0 5.5 2.12 1.1 125

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1999 AL  4.2 (8th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1999 AL  4.00 (8th)
2000 AL  3.79 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
2000 AL  15 (9th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 AL  1.998 (6th)
1999 AL  2.455 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1998 AL  33 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1998 AL  5 (7th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1999 AL  1 (6th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1998 AL  30 (5th)

Hits s c a p y
1998 AL  255 (2nd)
1999 AL  236 (7th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1998 AL  2.723 (10th)
1999 AL  2.193 (10th)

Losses s c a p y
1998 AL  15 (4th)
1999 AL  13 (9th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1998 AL  119 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1999 AL  123 (9th)
2000 AL  133 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
2000 AL  22 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
2000 AL  2.1 (9th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 20 (1074), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1697), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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