Mike Sirotka
Michael Robert Sirotka
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 13, 1971 in Houston, TX
High School: Westfield (Houston, TX)
School: Louisiana State University
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
Final Game: September 28, 2000
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Standard Pitching

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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 2 152 107 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 66 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 0 130 195 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 8 832 132 1.381 9.3 1.1 3.2 5.8 1.86
6 Seasons 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

Postseason Pitching

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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*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
6 Seasons 125 3056 2803 398 803 138 10 86 38 28 207 435 .286 .334 .435 .769 .311 1219 80 7 15 24 4
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 47 82 34 9 2 0 3 4.0 3.3 5.7 90 2 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 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 0 1 0 0 2 50% 55 66 35 2 0 1 3 6.1 5.6 6.4 94 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% 46 80 9 22 5 0 13 5.7 5.9 6.4 102 4 8 13 5 125
1999 28 CHW AL 32 32 11 13 8 0 4 14 18 .438 4 1 3 1 19 59% 49 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 2 4 1 0 21 66% 51 73 14 19 7 0 16 5.9 6.0 6.2 99 3 8 19 2 125
6 Seasons 125 111 45 42 24 9 11 58 53 .523 9 9 9 1 60 54% 49 82 9 74 19 4 53 5.3 5.4 6.2 100 12 29 55 10 132
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.675 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 0.823 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 6.3 30
2 Seasons 22 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 3 43% 0.751 4 2 7 2 3 9 5 9 3 5 4 0 3.9 21

Ratio Pitching*

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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 86% 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 76% 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 78% 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 78% 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 78% 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 76% 2.8% 15.4% 8.3% 6.6% 27% 0.84 1.29 73% 25% 8.2% 15% 163 26 16%
6 Seasons 3056 78% 2.8% 14.2% 6.8% 7.7% 29% 0.79 1.10 75% 23% 7.6% 14% 597 80 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 130 467 3.59 304 65% 24% 13% 30% 33% 76% 2% 50% 83% 57% 6% 8 5 18% 23 9 3 21% 3 2 0 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 909 3361 3.70 2075 62% 27% 12% 26% 35% 73% 0% 45% 83% 56% 4% 36 23 17% 155 68 8 42% 11 11 0 0 2
2000 29 CHW AL 832 3162 3.80 1912 60% 27% 12% 28% 33% 73% 0% 44% 84% 57% 4% 34 23 17% 139 56 8 31% 15 10 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2989 11080 3.71 6838 62% 27% 11% 27% 34% 73% 0% 45% 85% 57% 4% 119 79 17% 498 221 27 38% 53 36 67 0 3
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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 Seasons 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 10 9 67 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 2 152 107 1.631 10.2 0.5 4.5 5.0 1.12 107
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 84 1.681 10.8 0.7 4.3 4.5 1.03 84
1997 26 5 4 .556 4.37 28 14 3 0 0 0 92.2 109 52 45 9 34 1 54 1 0 3 404 104 1.543 10.6 0.9 3.3 5.2 1.59 104
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 104 1.438 10.5 1.1 2.4 5.4 2.22 104
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

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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 43 20 18 2 19 20 0 1.722 10.8 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 5.03 204.0 250 127 114 29 46 123 2 1.451 11.0 2.0 5.4 2.67 1.3 33
1999 28 13 10 .565 3.63 208.0 226 93 84 23 55 124 3 1.351 9.8 2.4 5.4 2.25 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 Seasons 37 38 .493 4.11 695.0 778 352 317 83 202 425 7 1.410 10.1 5.5 2.10 1.1 125

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1999 AL--4.005--8th
2000 AL--3.792--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--132--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 8 (1321), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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