Mike Squires

Michael Lynn Squires (Spanky)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 5, 1952 in Kalamazoo, MI
School: Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
Drafted
by the Chicago White Sox in the 18th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1975
Team: WhiteSox 1975-1985

Final Game: September 24, 1985
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Standard Batting

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
1975 23 CHW AL 20 74 65 5 15 0 0 0 4 3 0 8 5 .231 .311 .231 .542 54 15 2 0 0 1 2 3
1977 25 CHW AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /3
1978 26 CHW AL 46 171 150 25 42 9 2 0 19 4 4 16 21 .280 .343 .367 .710 100 55 1 0 2 3 0 3
1979 27 CHW AL 122 326 295 44 78 10 1 2 22 15 5 22 9 .264 .318 .325 .643 75 96 10 2 5 2 3 *3/7
1980 28 CHW AL 131 389 343 38 97 11 3 2 33 8 9 33 24 .283 .347 .350 .697 93 120 6 1 11 0 1 *3/2
1981 29 CHW AL 92 334 294 35 78 9 0 0 25 7 2 22 17 .265 .312 .296 .607 79 87 5 0 13 5 0 *3/7 GG
1982 30 CHW AL 116 213 195 33 52 9 3 1 21 3 3 14 13 .267 .316 .359 .675 85 70 4 0 4 0 3 *3
1983 31 CHW AL 143 180 153 21 34 4 1 1 11 3 3 22 11 .222 .326 .281 .607 67 43 2 2 2 1 3 *3/D5
1984 32 CHW AL 104 89 82 9 15 1 0 0 6 2 2 6 7 .183 .239 .195 .434 20 16 1 0 1 0 1 35/D819
1985 33 CHW AL 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 779 1779 1580 211 411 53 10 6 141 45 28 143 108 .260 .321 .318 .639 78 502 31 5 38 12 13
162 Game Avg. 162 370 329 44 85 11 2 1 29 9 6 30 22 .260 .321 .318 .639 78 104 6 1 8 2 3

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
1975 23 CHW AL 20 74 -5 1 -0 -2 -1 -7 -0.8 2 -5 -0.5 .460 .495 -0.4 -0.3 -3 $ 3
1977 25 CHW AL 3 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /3
1978 26 CHW AL 46 171 2 1 0 2 -2 2 0.3 6 8 0.8 .505 .501 0.6 -0.0 6 $ 3
1979 27 CHW AL 122 326 -10 4 -1 6 -5 -6 -0.6 11 4 0.4 .495 .496 -0.2 0.2 -2 $ *3/7
1980 28 CHW AL 131 389 -4 -1 0 7 -6 -3 -0.2 12 8 0.9 .497 .498 0.1 0.3 1 $ *3/2
1981 29 CHW AL 92 334 -6 2 1 -2 -5 -10 -1.0 10 1 -0.1 .488 .493 0.2 -0.7 3 $ *3/7 GG
1982 30 CHW AL 116 213 -1 0 -0 -1 -4 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .495 .496 0.3 -0.4 2 $ *3
1983 31 CHW AL 143 180 -7 -1 0 -1 -4 -13 -1.3 6 -8 -0.8 .490 .491 -0.6 -0.4 -6 $ *3/D5
1984 32 CHW AL 104 89 -9 0 1 -2 -2 -12 -1.2 3 -9 -1.0 .488 .492 -0.7 -0.4 -7 $ 35/D819
1985 33 CHW AL 2 0 0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
10 Seasons 779 1779 -43 6 2 7 -28 -56 -5.4 55 -1 -0.2 .492 .496 -0.8 -1.6 -8 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1975 23 CHW AL 74 53 5 2.5 94 .246 .231 .260 .311 .330 .231 .382 .542 .713 54 .275 -3.7 -0.4 .500 .169 .000 .0
1977 25 CHW AL 3 3 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .266 .000 .330 .000 .405 .000 .736 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1978 26 CHW AL 171 118 20 4.5 94 .318 .280 .262 .343 .328 .367 .386 .710 .714 100 .522 0.6 0.1 .628 .193 .087 .0
1979 27 CHW AL 326 239 30 3.4 102 .266 .264 .270 .318 .334 .325 .408 .643 .743 75 .349 -10.5 -1.0 .560 .169 .061 3.5
1980 28 CHW AL 389 272 41 4.1 98 .300 .283 .268 .347 .330 .350 .397 .697 .728 93 .443 -2.9 -0.3 .586 .160 .067 3.2
1981 29 CHW AL 334 241 29 3.2 86 .277 .265 .253 .312 .317 .296 .368 .607 .684 79 .394 -7.2 -0.8 .511 .122 .031 .0
1982 30 CHW AL 213 154 21 3.7 99 .282 .267 .264 .316 .328 .359 .403 .675 .731 85 .398 -4.3 -0.4 .560 .164 .092 1.5
1983 31 CHW AL 180 127 15 3.2 101 .232 .222 .270 .326 .333 .281 .408 .607 .740 67 .340 -6.6 -0.6 .540 .203 .059 1.5
1984 32 CHW AL 89 71 4 1.5 101 .200 .183 .269 .239 .333 .195 .406 .434 .739 20 .118 -9.3 -0.9 .314 .085 .012 .0
10 Yrs 1779 1278 165 3.5 97 .274 .260 .264 .321 .328 .318 .394 .639 .723 78 .385 -44.7 -4.5 .543 .159 .058 10.6
162 Game Avg. 370 266 34 3.5 97 .274 .260 .264 .321 .328 .318 .394 .639 .723 78 .385 -44.7 -4.5 .543 .159 .058 2

Postseason Batting

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
1983 31 CHW AL ALCS BAL L 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1975 23 CHW AL 74 0.0% 6.8% 10.8% 0.0% 0% 0.63 13.0 16.3 1.09 82%
1977 25 CHW AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 0.00 67%
1978 26 CHW AL 171 0.0% 12.3% 9.4% 6.4% 26% 1.31 7.1 7.9 1.14 77%
1979 27 CHW AL 326 0.6% 2.8% 6.8% 4.0% 17% 0.41 32.8 147.5 13.4 1.01 88%
1980 28 CHW AL 389 0.5% 6.2% 8.5% 4.1% 17% 0.73 14.3 171.5 10.4 0.88 81%
1981 29 CHW AL 334 0.0% 5.1% 6.6% 2.7% 12% 0.77 17.3 11.8 1.18 84%
1982 30 CHW AL 213 0.5% 6.1% 6.6% 6.1% 25% 0.93 15.0 195.0 9.3 0.77 85%
1983 31 CHW AL 180 0.6% 6.1% 12.2% 3.3% 18% 0.50 13.9 153.0 13.9 0.79 79%
1984 32 CHW AL 89 0.0% 7.9% 6.7% 1.1% 7% 1.17 11.7 13.7 1.10 84%
10 Yrs 1779 0.3% 6.1% 8.0% 3.9% 17% 0.76 14.6 263.3 11.2 0.97 83%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.1% 8.5% 6.5% 28% 1.55 6.8 45.1 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 23 CHW AL -3.7 -0.4 79 -0.6 1.0 -1.6 1.22 -0.5 -0.0 -3.5 -0.4 0.98 -4.4 0
1977 25 CHW AL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 2.38 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.88 -0.8 3.56 2
1978 26 CHW AL 0.6 0.1 180 0.5 2.9 -2.4 .85 0.1 0.5 5.3 0.5 0.88 1.8 1.51 1
1979 27 CHW AL -10.5 -1.0 354 -0.0 5.7 -5.8 1.00 -0.6 0.6 -6.3 -0.6 0.99 -9.2 1.32 8
1980 28 CHW AL -3.4 -0.3 411 -0.4 7.0 -7.5 1.06 -0.5 0.1 -3.7 -0.4 0.95 -6.1 1.72 15
1981 29 CHW AL -7.6 -0.8 348 -1.0 4.1 -5.1 .91 -0.9 -0.2 -8.0 -0.9 0.95 -9.3 1.45 6
1982 30 CHW AL -4.3 -0.4 221 -0.5 3.5 -4.1 1.00 -0.1 -0.5 -2.0 -0.2 0.99 -2.4 1.59 15
1983 31 CHW AL -6.6 -0.6 189 -0.2 2.4 -2.5 .79 -0.4 0.2 -5.3 -0.5 0.92 -7.0 1.13 24
1984 32 CHW AL -9.3 -0.9 93 -1.0 1.3 -2.3 1.22 -0.8 -0.1 -9.3 -0.9 0.97 -9.9 1.66 21
1985 33 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10 Yrs -45.6 -4.6 1878 -3.4 27.9 -31.4 .98 -3.7 0.2 -33.5 -3.3 0.96 -47.2 1.52 92

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 23 CHW AL 0 0 22% 23 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 67% 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0
1977 25 CHW AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 CHW AL 4 0 43% 75 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 77% 15 4 11 1 0 1 10 2 8
1979 27 CHW AL 4 0 42% 149 15 5 75% 14 5 1 0 0 0 2 2 6 18 54% 29 18 11 2 0 2 10 1 9
1980 28 CHW AL 1 1 28% 166 8 9 47% 6 7 2 2 0 0 1 1 6 10 46% 30 18 11 4 2 1 14 3 10
1981 29 CHW AL 5 0 35% 151 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 43% 20 16 3 3 1 2 12 1 10
1982 30 CHW AL 7 0 49% 73 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 1 44% 16 10 6 3 1 2 6 3 3
1983 31 CHW AL 2 0 35% 97 3 3 50% 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 40% 17 12 5 3 2 1 5 1 4
1984 32 CHW AL 1 0 43% 41 2 2 50% 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 30% 5 4 1 2 1 1 3 2 1
10 Yrs 24 1 37% 778 45 28 62% 40 25 4 2 1 1 8 4 23 49 49% 134 83 49 19 7 11 61 13 45

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1975 23 CHW AL 74 95% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 2 13% 6 3 50% 49 5 10% 5 4 80% 1 1 100% 0
1977 25 CHW AL 3 67% 0 2 0 0 0 3.56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 CHW AL 171 67% 42 1 1 0 0 1.51 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 23 1 4% 16 5 31% 89 20 22% 12 6 50% 10 4 40% 0
1979 27 CHW AL 326 82% 78 8 1 0 0 1.32 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 7 5 71% 65 10 15% 31 11 35% 210 25 12% 15 5 33% 13 10 77% 0
1980 28 CHW AL 389 76% 97 15 5 0 3 1.72 2 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 11 11 100% 71 6 8% 46 18 39% 213 32 15% 20 8 40% 19 13 68% 0
1981 29 CHW AL 334 83% 78 6 2 0 0 1.45 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 100% 54 5 9% 46 29 63% 197 26 13% 19 11 58% 29 15 52% 0
1982 30 CHW AL 213 80% 52 15 3 0 3 1.59 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 100% 39 4 10% 21 6 29% 147 20 14% 10 4 40% 8 5 63% 0
1983 31 CHW AL 180 86% 34 24 4 0 0 1.13 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 26 2 8% 11 4 36% 101 10 10% 8 3 38% 8 3 38% 0
1984 32 CHW AL 89 89% 15 21 3 0 1 1.66 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 18 1 6% 11 5 45% 57 6 11% 6 2 33% 7 4 57% 0
10 Yrs 1779 80% 411 92 19 0 7 1.52 6 0 29 5 1 4 2 0 42 38 90% 313 31 10% 189 81 43% 1064 144 14% 95 43 45% 95 55 58% 0
MLB Averages 57% 81% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1975 23 20 74 65 5 15 0 0 0 4 3 0 8 5 .231 .311 .231 .542 54 15 2 0 0 1 2
1976 24 20 74 65 5 15 0 0 0 4 3 0 8 5 .231 .311 .231 .542 54 15 2 0 0 1 2
1977 25 23 77 68 5 15 0 0 0 4 3 0 8 6 .221 .299 .221 .519 48 15 2 0 0 1 2
1978 26 69 248 218 30 57 9 2 0 23 7 4 24 27 .261 .329 .321 .650 84 70 3 0 2 4 2
1979 27 191 574 513 74 135 19 3 2 45 22 9 46 36 .263 .323 .324 .646 78 166 13 2 7 6 5
1980 28 322 963 856 112 232 30 6 4 78 30 18 79 60 .271 .333 .334 .667 84 286 19 3 18 6 6
1981 29 414 1297 1150 147 310 39 6 4 103 37 20 101 77 .270 .327 .324 .652 83 373 24 3 31 11 6
1982 30 530 1510 1345 180 362 48 9 5 124 40 23 115 90 .269 .326 .329 .655 83 443 28 3 35 11 9
1983 31 673 1690 1498 201 396 52 10 6 135 43 26 137 101 .264 .326 .324 .650 82 486 30 5 37 12 12
1984 32 777 1779 1580 210 411 53 10 6 141 45 28 143 108 .260 .321 .318 .639 78 502 31 5 38 12 13
1985 33 779 1779 1580 211 411 53 10 6 141 45 28 143 108 .260 .321 .318 .639 78 502 31 5 38 12 13

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 23 20 76 66 5 16 0 0 0 4 3 9 5 .242 .329 .242 .571 5 20
1977 25 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1978 26 46 174 152 27 44 9 2 0 21 4 17 21 .289 .355 .375 .730 21 46
1979 27 123 330 298 45 80 10 1 2 23 15 23 9 .268 .323 .329 .652 31 122
1980 28 131 393 347 40 101 11 3 2 35 8 34 24 .291 .356 .357 .713 44 131
1981 29 139 524 459 64 132 15 0 0 45 12 37 26 .288 .335 .320 .656 50 92
1982 30 116 214 196 34 53 9 3 1 22 3 14 13 .270 .319 .362 .681 23 116
1983 31 143 180 153 21 34 4 1 1 11 3 22 11 .222 .326 .281 .607 14 143
1984 32 104 89 82 9 15 1 0 0 6 2 6 7 .183 .239 .195 .434 4 104
9 Yrs 825 1983 1756 245 475 59 10 6 167 50 162 117 .271 .331 .326 .657 192 777
162 Game Avg. 162 389 345 48 93 12 2 1 33 10 32 23 .271 .331 .326 .657 38 777

* 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

Gold Gloves
1981 AL (1B)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1981 AL  13 (3rd)

AB per SO s c a p y
1981 AL  17.3 (3rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2224), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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