Mike Stanton
Michael Thomas Stanton
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 25, 1952 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Santa Fe Catholic (Lakeland, FL)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1973 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 9, 1975
Final Game: August 8, 1985
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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
1975 22 HOU NL 0 2 .000 7.27 7 2 1 0 0 1 17.1 20 14 14 1 20 0 16 0 1 4 89 46 2.308 10.4 0.5 10.4 8.3 0.80
1980 27 CLE AL 1 3 .250 5.46 51 0 27 0 0 5 85.2 98 58 52 5 44 1 74 3 0 3 385 75 1.658 10.3 0.5 4.6 7.8 1.68
1981 28 CLE AL 3 3 .500 4.36 24 0 15 0 0 2 43.1 43 21 21 4 18 4 34 0 0 1 185 84 1.408 8.9 0.8 3.7 7.1 1.89
1982 29 SEA AL 2 4 .333 4.16 56 1 18 0 0 7 71.1 70 37 33 5 21 3 49 0 0 0 302 103 1.276 8.8 0.6 2.6 6.2 2.33
1983 30 SEA AL 2 3 .400 3.32 50 0 23 0 0 7 65.0 65 26 24 3 28 5 47 1 3 1 274 129 1.431 9.0 0.4 3.9 6.5 1.68
1984 31 SEA AL 4 4 .500 3.54 54 0 30 0 0 8 61.0 55 28 24 3 22 4 55 2 1 3 256 113 1.262 8.1 0.4 3.2 8.1 2.50
1985 32 TOT AL 1 3 .250 6.42 35 0 16 0 0 1 40.2 47 34 29 6 29 3 29 3 0 3 200 66 1.869 10.4 1.3 6.4 6.4 1.00
1985 32 SEA AL 1 2 .333 5.28 24 0 11 0 0 1 29.0 32 20 17 4 21 3 17 3 0 2 140 79 1.828 9.9 1.2 6.5 5.3 0.81
1985 32 CHW AL 0 1 .000 9.26 11 0 5 0 0 0 11.2 15 14 12 2 8 0 12 0 0 1 60 47 1.971 11.6 1.5 6.2 9.3 1.50
7 Seasons 13 22 .371 4.61 277 3 130 0 0 31 384.1 398 218 197 27 182 20 304 9 5 15 1691 89 1.509 9.3 0.6 4.3 7.1 1.67
162 Game Avg. 3 5 .371 4.61 67 1 32 0 0 8 93 97 53 48 7 44 5 74 2 1 4 411 89 1.509 9.3 0.6 4.3 7.1 1.67
SEA (4 yrs) 9 13 .409 3.90 184 1 82 0 0 23 226.1 222 111 98 15 92 15 168 6 4 6 972 108 1.387 8.8 0.6 3.7 6.7 1.83
CLE (2 yrs) 4 6 .400 5.09 75 0 42 0 0 7 129.0 141 79 73 9 62 5 108 3 0 4 570 78 1.574 9.8 0.6 4.3 7.5 1.74
HOU (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.27 7 2 1 0 0 1 17.1 20 14 14 1 20 0 16 0 1 4 89 46 2.308 10.4 0.5 10.4 8.3 0.80
CHW (1 yr) 0 1 .000 9.26 11 0 5 0 0 0 11.2 15 14 12 2 8 0 12 0 0 1 60 47 1.971 11.6 1.5 6.2 9.3 1.50
AL (6 yrs) 13 20 .394 4.49 270 1 129 0 0 30 367.0 378 204 183 26 162 20 288 9 4 11 1602 92 1.471 9.3 0.6 4.0 7.1 1.78
NL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 7.27 7 2 1 0 0 1 17.1 20 14 14 1 20 0 16 0 1 4 89 46 2.308 10.4 0.5 10.4 8.3 0.80

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
1975 22 HOU NL 7 89 69 14 20 4 0 1 6 0 20 16 .290 .449 .391 .841 .365 27 0 0 0 0 0
1980 27 CLE AL 51 384 329 58 98 10 2 5 7 5 44 74 .298 .383 .386 .769 .368 127 13 3 5 3 1
1981 28 CLE AL 24 185 164 21 43 7 1 4 4 5 18 34 .262 .333 .390 .724 .307 64 3 0 2 1 4
1982 29 SEA AL 56 302 269 37 70 11 1 5 4 0 21 49 .260 .312 .364 .676 .300 98 6 0 10 2 3
1983 30 SEA AL 50 274 238 26 65 16 1 3 10 3 28 47 .273 .349 .387 .736 .326 92 7 1 5 2 5
1984 31 SEA AL 54 256 228 28 55 15 1 3 4 3 22 55 .241 .312 .355 .668 .304 81 6 2 3 1 4
1985 32 CHW AL 11 60 51 14 15 1 0 2 0 0 8 12 .294 .383 .431 .815 .342 22 1 0 0 1 0
1985 32 SEA AL 24 140 115 20 32 6 1 4 2 0 21 17 .278 .403 .452 .855 .298 52 4 3 1 0 3
1985 32 TOT AL 35 200 166 34 47 7 1 6 2 0 29 29 .283 .397 .446 .843 .311 74 5 3 1 1 3
7 Seasons 277 1690 1463 218 398 70 7 27 37 16 182 304 .272 .354 .385 .739 .325 563 40 9 26 10 20
162 Game Avg. 67 410 355 53 97 17 2 7 9 4 44 74 .272 .354 .385 .739 .325 137 10 2 6 2 5
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
1975 22 HOU NL 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 32 32 7 4 0 1 1.0 0.0 4.0
1982 29 SEA AL 56 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 29 29 29 45 13 1 0 3.0 5.4 4.7
2 Seasons 63 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 31 32 29 52 17 1 1 1.7 1.9 4.2
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
1975 22 HOU NL 7 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 2 1 50% 6 0.762 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 4 3 1 3 0 5.6
1980 27 CLE AL 51 51 27 1 3 6 5 1 83% 10 4 48 16 33% 7 0.751 11 9 30 17 1 33 29 22 33 8 35 12 5.0
1981 28 CLE AL 24 24 15 3 3 4 2 2 50% 4 0 31 8 26% 9 1.364 8 5 11 6 4 14 17 7 13 8 15 3 5.4
1982 29 SEA AL 56 55 18 2 3 10 7 3 70% 19 8 69 20 29% 7 1.383 29 12 14 20 13 22 39 16 22 28 28 11 3.6
1983 30 SEA AL 50 50 23 2 3 9 7 2 78% 16 5 54 17 31% 7 1.203 24 10 15 18 10 22 33 17 23 12 26 8 3.9
1984 31 SEA AL 54 54 30 4 4 13 8 5 62% 20 6 56 20 36% 8 1.624 25 12 15 28 8 18 33 21 21 18 22 12 3.4
1985 32 TOT AL 35 35 16 1 3 3 1 2 33% 4 1 22 11 50% 0.603 7 7 21 10 2 23 15 20 14 10 17 9 3.5
1985 32 SEA AL 24 24 11 1 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 14 7 50% 6 0.728 6 6 12 4 2 18 10 14 10 6 12 7 3.6
1985 32 CHW AL 11 11 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 8 4 50% 8 0.310 1 1 9 6 0 5 5 6 4 4 5 2 3.2
7 Seasons 277 274 130 13 19 46 31 15 67% 74 24 282 93 33% 1.119 105 57 108 100 39 135 167 107 129 85 146 55 4.1

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%
1975 22 HOU NL 89 42% 1.1% 18.0% 22.5% 5.6% 25% 0.89 58% 18 0 0%
1980 27 CLE AL 385 39% 1.3% 19.3% 11.5% 4.4% 17% 1.95 66% 109 13 12%
1981 28 CLE AL 185 45% 2.2% 18.4% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 0.96 69% 37 3 8%
1982 29 SEA AL 302 39% 1.7% 16.2% 7.0% 5.6% 24% 1.38 72% 65 6 9%
1983 30 SEA AL 274 38% 1.1% 17.2% 10.2% 7.3% 31% 1.17 69% 67 7 10%
1984 31 SEA AL 256 46% 1.2% 21.5% 8.6% 7.4% 35% 1.10 67% 63 6 10%
1985 32 TOT AL 200 44% 3.0% 14.5% 14.5% 7.0% 30% 1.91 66% 52 5 10%
1985 32 SEA AL 140 44% 2.9% 12.1% 15.0% 7.9% 34% 2.14 67% 34 4 12%
1985 32 CHW AL 60 42% 3.3% 20.0% 13.3% 5.0% 20% 1.40 63% 18 1 6%
7 Seasons 1691 41% 1.6% 18.0% 10.8% 6.2% 26% 1.36 68% 411 40 10%
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
1975 22 HOU NL 89 20 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 12 4 2 33% 1 4 0 42 6 0 100% 4 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
1980 27 CLE AL 385 98 5 0 15 3 2 2 3 41 23 7 56% 2 3 2 167 7 5 58% 6 3 1 0 0 2 1 1 12 0
1981 28 CLE AL 185 43 4 0 10 2 2 3 1 21 11 3 52% 2 1 0 65 4 5 44% 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
1982 29 SEA AL 302 70 5 0 13 2 3 2 3 27 13 6 48% 5 0 1 121 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1983 30 SEA AL 274 65 3 0 8 3 0 1 2 26 13 5 50% 2 1 0 134 10 3 77% 8 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 6 0
1984 31 SEA AL 256 55 3 0 11 2 1 2 1 24 13 4 54% 3 3 0 119 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
1985 32 TOT AL 200 47 6 0 13 3 3 2 4 19 10 1 53% 4 3 1 85 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1985 32 SEA AL 140 32 4 0 10 2 2 2 2 15 7 0 47% 2 2 0 56 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1985 32 CHW AL 60 15 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 4 3 1 75% 2 1 1 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons 1691 398 27 0 73 16 11 12 15 170 87 28 51% 19 15 4 733 37 16 70% 32 13 5 0 0 3 5 2 42 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+
1975 22 0 2 .000 7.27 7 2 1 0 0 1 17.1 20 14 14 1 20 0 16 0 1 4 89 46 2.308 10.4 0.5 10.4 8.3 0.80 46
1976 23 0 2 .000 7.27 7 2 1 0 0 1 17.1 20 14 14 1 20 0 16 0 1 4 89 46 2.308 10.4 0.5 10.4 8.3 0.80 46
1977 24 0 2 .000 7.27 7 2 1 0 0 1 17.1 20 14 14 1 20 0 16 0 1 4 89 46 2.308 10.4 0.5 10.4 8.3 0.80 46
1978 25 0 2 .000 7.27 7 2 1 0 0 1 17.1 20 14 14 1 20 0 16 0 1 4 89 46 2.308 10.4 0.5 10.4 8.3 0.80 46
1979 26 0 2 .000 7.27 7 2 1 0 0 1 17.1 20 14 14 1 20 0 16 0 1 4 89 46 2.308 10.4 0.5 10.4 8.3 0.80 46
1980 27 1 5 .167 5.77 58 2 28 0 0 6 103.0 118 72 66 6 64 1 90 3 1 7 474 69 1.767 10.3 0.5 5.6 7.9 1.41 69
1981 28 4 8 .333 5.35 82 2 43 0 0 8 146.1 161 93 87 10 82 5 124 3 1 8 659 73 1.661 9.9 0.6 5.0 7.6 1.51 73
1982 29 6 12 .333 4.96 138 3 61 0 0 15 217.2 231 130 120 15 103 8 173 3 1 8 961 81 1.534 9.6 0.6 4.3 7.2 1.68 81
1983 30 8 15 .348 4.58 188 3 84 0 0 22 282.2 296 156 144 18 131 13 220 4 4 9 1235 89 1.511 9.4 0.6 4.2 7.0 1.68 89
1984 31 12 19 .387 4.40 242 3 114 0 0 30 343.2 351 184 168 21 153 17 275 6 5 12 1491 92 1.467 9.2 0.5 4.0 7.2 1.80 92
1985 32 13 22 .371 4.61 277 3 130 0 0 31 384.1 398 218 197 27 182 20 304 9 5 15 1691 89 1.509 9.3 0.6 4.3 7.1 1.67 89

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1975 22 0 1 .000 10.20 15.0 22 19 17 1 22 14 0 2.933 13.2 13.2 8.4 0.64 0.6 7
1980 27 2 6 .250 6.08 80.0 98 60 54 5 44 69 3 1.775 11.0 5.0 7.8 1.57 0.6 51
1981 28 2 4 .333 5.55 60.0 70 41 37 7 29 47 0 1.650 10.5 4.4 7.1 1.62 1.1 24
1982 29 3 4 .429 4.24 70.0 71 37 33 5 21 48 0 1.314 9.1 2.7 6.2 2.29 0.6 56
1983 30 3 3 .500 3.54 61.0 63 27 24 3 27 44 1 1.475 9.3 4.0 6.5 1.63 0.4 50
1984 31 3 3 .500 4.03 58.0 57 29 26 3 23 52 2 1.379 8.8 3.6 8.1 2.26 0.5 54
1985 32 1 3 .250 6.75 40.0 48 33 30 6 30 29 3 1.950 10.8 6.8 6.5 0.97 1.4 35
7 Seasons 14 24 .368 5.18 384.0 429 246 221 30 196 303 9 1.628 10.1 7.1 1.55 0.7 277

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1982 AL--56--10th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2282), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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