Mike Squires
Michael Lynn Squires (Spanky)
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 5, 1952 in Kalamazoo, MI
School: Western Michigan University
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 18th round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 1, 1975
Final Game: September 24, 1985
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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
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 131 388 343 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 78 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 86 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 35/819
1985 33 CHW AL 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 779 1778 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

Advanced Batting

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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 388 272 41 4.1 99 .300 .283 .269 .347 .331 .350 .399 .697 .730 93 .443 -3.4 -0.3 .586 .160 .067 3.2
1981 29 CHW AL 334 241 29 3.2 87 .277 .265 .254 .312 .318 .296 .369 .607 .687 78 .394 -7.6 -0.8 .511 .122 .031 .0
1982 30 CHW AL 213 154 21 3.7 98 .282 .267 .264 .316 .328 .359 .402 .675 .730 86 .398 -4.2 -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 .339 -6.6 -0.7 .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 .119 -9.3 -0.9 .314 .085 .012 .0
10 Seasons 1778 1278 165 3.5 97 .274 .260 .265 .321 .329 .318 .395 .639 .724 78 .384 -45.6 -4.5 .543 .159 .058 10.6
162 Game Avg. 370 266 34 3.5 97 .274 .260 .265 .321 .329 .318 .395 .639 .724 78 .384 -45.6 -4.5 .543 .159 .058 2

Postseason Batting

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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*

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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 388 0.5% 6.2% 8.5% 4.1% 17% 0.73 14.3 171.5 10.4 0.88 82%
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 Seasons 1778 0.3% 6.1% 8.0% 3.9% 17% 0.76 14.6 263.3 11.2 0.97 83%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 1 0 0 1 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 Seasons 24 1 37% 778 45 28 62% 40 25 4 2 1 2 8 4 22 49 49% 134 83 49 19 7 11 61 13 45
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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% 5 4 80% 0
1977 25 CHW AL 3 67% 0 2 0 0 0 3.60 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 1.59 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 23 1 4% 16 5 31% 89 20 22% 12 6 50% 14 6 43% 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% 17 8 47% 0
1980 28 CHW AL 389 76% 97 15 5 0 3 1.74 2 0 6 1 1 2 0 0 11 11 100% 71 6 8% 46 18 39% 213 32 15% 20 8 40% 24 12 50% 0
1981 29 CHW AL 334 83% 78 6 2 0 0 1.59 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 13 13 100% 54 5 9% 46 29 63% 197 26 13% 19 11 58% 35 18 51% 0
1982 30 CHW AL 213 80% 52 15 3 0 3 1.62 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 100% 39 4 10% 21 6 29% 147 20 14% 10 4 40% 13 7 54% 0
1983 31 CHW AL 180 86% 34 24 4 0 0 1.17 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 26 2 8% 11 4 36% 101 10 10% 8 3 38% 10 1 10% 0
1984 32 CHW AL 89 89% 15 21 3 0 1 1.69 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 18 1 6% 11 5 45% 57 6 11% 6 2 33% 7 2 29% 0
10 Seasons 1779 80% 411 92 19 0 7 1.55 6 0 29 5 1 4 2 0 42 38 90% 313 31 10% 189 81 43% 1064 144 14% 95 43 45% 125 58 46% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 28 322 962 856 112 232 30 6 4 78 30 18 79 60 .271 .333 .334 .667 84 286 19 3 18 6 6
1981 29 414 1296 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 1509 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 1689 1498 201 396 52 10 6 135 43 26 137 101 .264 .326 .324 .650 81 486 30 5 37 12 12
1984 32 777 1778 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 1778 1580 211 411 53 10 6 141 45 28 143 108 .260 .321 .318 .639 78 502 31 5 38 12 13

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1975 23 20 77 67 6 17 0 0 0 5 3 9 5 .254 .338 .254 .591 6 20
1977 25 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1978 26 46 175 154 28 46 10 2 0 21 4 18 21 .299 .366 .390 .755 22 46
1979 27 123 322 296 44 78 10 1 2 22 15 22 9 .264 .317 .324 .641 30 122
1980 28 131 380 345 39 99 11 3 2 34 8 34 24 .287 .353 .354 .706 43 131
1981 29 139 509 463 63 136 16 0 0 45 12 38 26 .294 .342 .328 .670 53 92
1982 30 116 209 195 34 52 9 3 1 22 3 14 13 .267 .316 .359 .675 22 116
1983 31 143 181 155 21 36 4 1 1 11 3 23 11 .232 .337 .290 .627 15 143
1984 32 104 88 82 9 15 1 0 0 6 2 6 7 .183 .239 .195 .434 4 104
9 Seasons 825 1944 1760 244 479 61 10 6 166 50 164 117 .272 .333 .328 .662 195 777
162 Game Avg. 162 382 346 48 94 12 2 1 33 10 32 23 .272 .333 .328 .662 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 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

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--17.294--3rd

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2159), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Burleigh Grimes (939) *
  7. Amos Rusie (939) *
  8. Ray Caldwell (937)
  9. Jose Tartabull (936)
  10. Harry Swacina (935)
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  3. Tony Muser (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  5. Jesse Tannehill (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Jesse Tannehill (945)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Jesse Tannehill (949)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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