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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 (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
Team: WhiteSox 1995-2000

Final Game: September 28, 2000
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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	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
1993	22	CHW-min	A,Rk	0	1	.000	4.11	10	1	4	0	0	15.1	16	9	7	3	8	0	20	0	1	0	71		1.565	9.4	1.8	4.7	11.7	2.50	SBN,WHS · MIDW,GULF
1994	23	CHW-min	A	12	9	.571	3.07	27	27	0	8	2	196.2	183	99	67	11	58	1	173	3	2	7	824		1.225	8.4	0.5	2.7	7.9	2.98	SBN · MIDW
1995	24	CHW-min	AA,AAA	8	11	.421	3.07	24	24	0	1	0	155.1	146	63	53	15	35	1	113	3	1	5	629		1.165	8.5	0.9	2.0	6.5	3.23	BIR,NVL · SOUL,AA
1995	24	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	4.19	6	6	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-min	AAA	7	5	.583	3.60	15	15	0	1	1	90.0	90	44	36	10	24	0	58	1	1	0	381		1.267	9.0	1.0	2.4	5.8	2.42	NVL · AA
1996	25	CHW	AL	1	2	.333	7.18	15	4	2	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-min	AAA	7	5	.583	3.28	19	19	0	1	0	112.1	115	49	41	13	22	0	92	1	1	2	469		1.220	9.2	1.0	1.8	7.4	4.18	NVL · AA
1997	26	CHW	AL	3	0	1.000	2.25	7	4	1	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	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	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	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
6 Seasons				45	42	.517	4.31	125	111	3	9	1	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	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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1995	24	CHW	AL	34.1	6	16	23	-1	.9	7	0.6	$
1996	25	CHW	AL	26.1	4	27	18	0	.7	-9	-0.8	$
1997	26	CHW	AL	32.0	4	9	22	-1	.8	13	1.1	$165,000
1998	27	CHW	AL	211.2	33	137	138	1	1.0	1	0.1	$195,000
1999	28	CHW	AL	209.0	32	108	151	-3	1.0	43	4.0	$500,000
2000	29	CHW	AL	197.0	32	101	142	1	1.0	41	3.7	$1,400,000
6 Seasons				710.1	111	398	494	-3	1.0	96	8.7	$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

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	Pos
1993	22	CHW-min	A,Rk	10	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	SBN,WHS · MIDW,GULF
1994	23	CHW-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	SBN · MIDW
1995	24	CHW-min	AA,AAA	24	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	BIR,NVL · SOUL,AA
1995	24	CHW	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	/1
1996	25	CHW-min	AAA	15	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	NVL · AA
1996	25	CHW	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	1
1997	26	CHW-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	NVL · AA
1997	26	CHW	AL	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	/1
1998	27	CHW	AL	33	5	4	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	1
1999	28	CHW	AL	32	8	8	1	2	0	3	.250	.250	.250	.500	28	2	1	1
2000	29	CHW	AL	32	5	4	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-43	0	0	1
6 Seasons				125	19	17	1	2	2	6	.118	.211	.118	.328	-12	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	25	22	1	3	3	8	.118	.211	.118	.328	-12	3	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rpos	Salary	Pos
1997	26	CHW	AL	1	0	0	$165,000	/1
1998	27	CHW	AL	5	-1	1	$195,000	1
1999	28	CHW	AL	8	-1	1	$500,000	1
2000	29	CHW	AL	5	-1	1	$1,400,000	1
4 Seasons				19	-3	3	$2,260,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%	PO
1995	CHW	AL	24	P	6	6	0	34.1	6	1	5	0	0	1.000	1.57	1.00	.960	1.78	1.77	0	2	100%	2
1996	CHW	AL	25	P	15	4	0	26.1	4	0	3	1	0	.750	1.03	0.20	.960	1.78	1.76	2	1	33%	0
1997	CHW	AL	26	P	7	4	0	32.0	5	1	3	1	0	.800	1.12	0.57	.956	1.72	1.69	1	4	80%	2
1998	CHW	AL	27	P	33	33	5	211.2	44	9	34	1	1	.977	1.83	1.30	.958	1.78	1.76	14	10	42%	2
1999	CHW	AL	28	P	32	32	3	209.0	33	5	24	4	0	.879	1.25	0.91	.952	1.69	1.66	13	7	35%	2
2000	CHW	AL	29	P	32	32	1	197.0	24	5	18	1	2	.958	1.05	0.72	.956	1.62	1.60	8	4	33%	1
	6 Seasons			P	125	111	9	710.1	116	21	87	8	3	.931	1.37	0.86	.956	1.71	1.69	38	28	42%	9
	6 Seasons			TOT	125	111	9	710.1	116	21	87	8	3	.931	1.37	0.86	.956	1.71	1.69	38	28	42%	9

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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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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 4.0 (9th)	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)	Errors Committed as P s c a p y 1999 AL 4 (2nd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 20 (1068), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

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Most Similar by Ages

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Glen Perkins (987) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Tony Freitas (974) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Chris Capuano (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 15th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 16, 1993.
January 14, 2001: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Mike Williams (minors), Kevin Beirne and Brian Simmons to the Toronto Blue Jays for Matt DeWitt and David Wells.

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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
1997	26	Chicago White Sox	$165,000	1997 postseason AP survey
1998	27	Chicago White Sox	$195,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
1999	28	Chicago White Sox	$500,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2000	29	Chicago White Sox	$1,400,000*
2001	30	Toronto Blue Jays	$3,000,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2002	31	Toronto Blue Jays	$3,800,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$9,060,000

Disputed Salaries
*2000 - $1,700,000 - 2001 Joint Exhibit 1 -

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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