Mike Strahler
Michael Wayne Strahler
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 14, 1947 in Chicago, IL
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1966. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1970
Final Game: September 25, 1973
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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
1970 23 LAD NL 1 1 .500 1.45 6 0 3 0 0 1 18.2 13 6 3 1 10 0 11 0 0 0 77 263 1.232 6.3 0.5 4.8 5.3 1.10
1971 24 LAD NL 0 0 2.84 6 0 3 0 0 0 12.2 10 4 4 1 8 0 7 0 0 1 55 114 1.421 7.1 0.7 5.7 5.0 0.88
1972 25 LAD NL 1 2 .333 3.26 19 2 5 1 0 0 47.0 42 25 17 5 22 1 25 1 0 2 207 103 1.362 8.0 1.0 4.2 4.8 1.14
1973 26 DET AL 4 5 .444 4.37 22 11 2 1 0 0 80.1 84 45 39 7 39 1 37 1 0 10 350 94 1.531 9.4 0.8 4.4 4.1 0.95
4 Seasons 6 8 .429 3.57 53 13 13 2 0 1 158.2 149 80 63 14 79 2 80 2 0 13 689 105 1.437 8.5 0.8 4.5 4.5 1.01
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .429 3.57 55 13 13 2 0 1 164 154 82 65 14 81 2 82 2 0 13 710 105 1.437 8.5 0.8 4.5 4.5 1.01
LAD (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 2.76 31 2 11 1 0 1 78.1 65 35 24 7 40 1 43 1 0 3 339 125 1.340 7.5 0.8 4.6 4.9 1.08
DET (1 yr) 4 5 .444 4.37 22 11 2 1 0 0 80.1 84 45 39 7 39 1 37 1 0 10 350 94 1.531 9.4 0.8 4.4 4.1 0.95
NL (3 yrs) 2 3 .400 2.76 31 2 11 1 0 1 78.1 65 35 24 7 40 1 43 1 0 3 339 125 1.340 7.5 0.8 4.6 4.9 1.08
AL (1 yr) 4 5 .444 4.37 22 11 2 1 0 0 80.1 84 45 39 7 39 1 37 1 0 10 350 94 1.531 9.4 0.8 4.4 4.1 0.95

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
1970 23 LAD NL 6 77 67 6 13 1 0 1 3 2 10 11 .194 .299 .254 .552 .218 17 2 0 0 0 0
1971 24 LAD NL 6 55 46 4 10 0 1 1 0 0 8 7 .217 .333 .326 .659 .237 15 2 0 1 0 0
1972 25 LAD NL 19 207 177 25 42 5 0 5 2 2 22 25 .237 .322 .350 .672 .248 62 4 1 5 2 1
1973 26 DET AL 22 350 308 45 84 13 2 7 4 6 39 37 .273 .355 .396 .751 .291 122 12 1 1 1 1
4 Seasons 53 689 598 80 149 19 3 14 9 10 79 80 .249 .337 .361 .698 .266 216 20 2 7 3 2
162 Game Avg. 55 710 616 82 154 20 3 14 9 10 81 82 .249 .337 .361 .698 .266 223 21 2 7 3 2
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
1972 25 LAD NL 19 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 1 0 1 50% 48 65 31 6 4 1 1 4.2 4.8 6.7
1973 26 DET AL 22 11 4 4 3 0 0 7 4 .636 2 2 1 0 5 45% 48 67 34 14 6 8 3 4.5 4.3 5.4
2 Seasons 41 13 5 5 3 0 0 8 5 .615 2 2 2 0 6 46% 48 67 31 20 10 9 4 4.4 4.4 5.6
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
1970 23 LAD NL 6 6 3 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 8 3 38% 1 1.085 1 3 2 1 1 4 4 2 4 2 4 0 9.3
1971 24 LAD NL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 0.261 0 1 3 0 0 6 1 5 5 0 5 0 6.3
1972 25 LAD NL 19 17 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 5 0.492 0 3 12 1 0 16 5 12 12 3 12 0 5.9
1973 26 DET AL 22 11 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 2 22% 4 0.797 1 0 9 1 1 9 6 5 8 2 8 3 5.8
4 Seasons 53 40 13 1 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 27 11 41% 0.695 2 7 26 3 2 35 16 24 29 7 29 3 6.5

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%
1970 23 LAD NL 77 26% 1.3% 14.3% 13.0% 2.6% 15% 1.10 71% 22 2 9%
1971 24 LAD NL 55 35% 1.8% 12.7% 14.6% 3.6% 20% 1.38 69% 15 2 13%
1972 25 LAD NL 207 33% 2.4% 12.1% 10.6% 4.8% 24% 1.17 72% 47 4 9%
1973 26 DET AL 350 39% 2.0% 10.6% 11.1% 6.3% 26% 1.42 76% 64 12 19%
4 Seasons 689 35% 2.0% 11.6% 11.5% 5.2% 24% 1.30 74% 148 20 14%
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
1970 23 LAD NL 77 13 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 11 2 2 18% 3 0 0 28 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 24 LAD NL 55 10 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 4 2 0 50% 1 1 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1972 25 LAD NL 207 42 5 0 3 3 2 3 2 10 6 1 60% 9 2 0 89 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1973 26 DET AL 350 84 7 1 2 5 2 2 5 9 5 1 56% 5 10 1 149 4 6 40% 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 13 0
4 Seasons 689 149 14 1 16 8 6 6 8 34 15 4 44% 18 13 1 291 9 10 47% 9 8 0 2 0 0 2 0 19 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+
1970 23 1 1 .500 1.45 6 0 3 0 0 1 18.2 13 6 3 1 10 0 11 0 0 0 77 263 1.232 6.3 0.5 4.8 5.3 1.10 263
1971 24 1 1 .500 2.01 12 0 6 0 0 1 31.1 23 10 7 2 18 0 18 0 0 1 132 178 1.309 6.6 0.6 5.2 5.2 1.00 178
1972 25 2 3 .400 2.76 31 2 11 1 0 1 78.1 65 35 24 7 40 1 43 1 0 3 339 125 1.340 7.5 0.8 4.6 4.9 1.08 125
1973 26 6 8 .429 3.57 53 13 13 2 0 1 158.2 149 80 63 14 79 2 80 2 0 13 689 105 1.437 8.5 0.8 4.5 4.5 1.01 105

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
1970 23 2 0 1.000 1.50 18.0 13 3 3 1 10 11 0 1.278 6.5 5.0 5.5 1.10 0.5 6
1971 24 1 0 1.000 3.00 12.0 11 4 4 1 9 7 0 1.667 8.3 6.8 5.3 0.78 0.8 6
1972 25 2 3 .400 4.02 47.0 49 23 21 6 26 25 1 1.596 9.4 5.0 4.8 0.96 1.1 19
1973 26 3 5 .375 4.80 75.0 85 44 40 7 39 35 1 1.653 10.2 4.7 4.2 0.90 0.8 22
4 Seasons 8 8 .500 4.03 152.0 158 74 68 15 84 78 2 1.592 9.4 4.6 0.93 0.9 53

* 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

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1973 AL--10--9th

                                         

Similarity Scores

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