News: s-r blog:Player Birthdays

 

Mike Strahler

Michael Wayne Strahler

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Tigers 1970-1973

Final Game: September 25, 1973
    About biographical information

37
34
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Standard Pitching

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 77 269 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 55 118 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 2 207 104 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 93 1.531 9.4 0.8 4.4 4.1 0.95
4 Yrs 6 8 .429 3.57 53 13 13 2 0 1 158.2 149 80 63 14 79 2 80 2 0 13 689 106 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 13 710 106 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 3 339 127 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 93 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 3 339 127 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 93 1.531 9.4 0.8 4.4 4.1 0.95

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1970 23 LAD NL 18.2 6 0 6 2.89 4.67 0.25 -0.20 94.5 4.00 2 0.2 1.3 0.0 0.4 4 .536 .501 $
1971 24 LAD NL 12.2 6 0 4 2.84 3.77 -0.00 -0.16 92.0 3.32 1 0.1 .1 -0.1 0.1 2 .511 .500 $
1972 25 LAD NL 47.0 19 2 25 4.79 3.86 0.06 -0.10 100.6 3.72 -6 -0.7 .3 0.1 -0.2 -2 .464 .496 $14,500
1973 26 DET AL 80.1 22 11 45 5.04 4.44 -0.12 0.00 105.3 4.81 -3 -0.3 .3 -0.1 0.4 6 .487 .498 $
4 Seasons 158.2 53 13 80 4.54 4.24 -0.02 -0.07 101.6 4.27 -6 -0.7 .4 -0.0 0.7 11 .487 .499 $14,500
LAD (3 yrs) 78.1 31 2 35 4.02 4.04 0.10 -0.14 97.8 3.72 -4 -0.4 .5 0.0 0.3 4 .487 .499 $14,500
DET (1 yr) 80.1 22 11 45 5.04 4.44 -0.12 0.00 105.3 4.81 -3 -0.3 .3 -0.1 0.4 6 .487 .498 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
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 3
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 1
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 9
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 5
4 Yrs 53 689 598 80 149 19 3 14 9 10 79 80 .249 .337 .361 .698 .266 216 20 2 7 3 2 18
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 19
MLB Averages .251 .320 .371 .691 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 23 LAD NL 4.1 0.4 82 0.0 1.4 -1.4 1.05 0.4 -0.3 3.4 0.4 1.05 3.7 1 3 2
1971 24 LAD NL 1.0 0.1 56 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .20 -0.0 -0.1 2.3 0.3 0.20 -0.1 0 0 3
1972 25 LAD NL -2.0 -0.2 216 -0.4 1.5 -1.9 .45 -0.0 -0.9 -5.1 -0.5 0.45 -5.7 0 3 12
1973 26 DET AL -2.6 -0.3 370 -0.8 4.8 -5.6 .78 -0.8 -0.2 -5.1 -0.5 0.78 -9.5 1 0 8
4 Yrs 0.5 0.1 724 -1.2 7.8 -9.0 .67 -0.5 -1.3 -4.5 -0.4 0.67 -11.7 2 6 25

Starting Pitching*

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% 48.0 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% 47.8 67 34 14 6 8 3 4.5 4.3 5.4
2 Yrs 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 .500 56% 53 109 -3 4.0 4.0 6.6

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.054 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 .201 0 0 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 .450 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 .782 1 0 8 1 1 9 6 5 8 2 8 3 5.8
4 Yrs 53 40 13 1 3 2 1 1 50% 2 0 27 11 41% .666 2 6 25 3 2 35 16 24 29 7 29 3 6.5

Ratio Pitching*

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 74% 1.3% 14.3% 13.0% 2.6% 15% 1.10 71% 22 2 9%
1971 24 LAD NL 55 65% 1.8% 12.7% 14.6% 3.6% 20% 1.38 69% 15 2 13%
1972 25 LAD NL 207 67% 2.4% 12.1% 10.6% 4.8% 24% 1.17 72% 47 4 9%
1973 26 DET AL 350 61% 2.0% 10.6% 11.1% 6.3% 26% 1.42 76% 64 12 19%
4 Yrs 689 65% 2.0% 11.6% 11.5% 5.2% 24% 1.30 74% 148 20 14%
MLB Averages 46% 2.1% 14.5% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.11 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 0 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 Yrs 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 0 0 19 0
MLB Averages 49% 63%

Cumulative Pitching

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 77 269 1.232 6.3 0.5 4.8 5.3 1.10 269
1971 24 1 1 .500 2.01 12 0 6 0 0 1 31.1 23 10 7 2 18 0 18 0 0 1 132 183 1.309 6.6 0.6 5.2 5.2 1.00 183
1972 25 2 3 .400 2.76 31 2 11 1 0 1 78.1 65 35 24 7 40 1 43 1 0 3 339 127 1.340 7.5 0.8 4.6 4.9 1.08 127
1973 26 6 8 .429 3.57 53 13 13 2 0 1 158.2 149 80 63 14 79 2 80 2 0 13 689 106 1.437 8.5 0.8 4.5 4.5 1.01 106

Neutralized Pitching

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 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 0 1 .000 3.75 12.0 11 6 5 1 9 6 0 1.667 8.3 6.8 4.5 0.67 0.8 6
1972 25 3 2 .600 3.75 48.0 47 22 20 6 25 25 1 1.500 8.8 4.7 4.7 1.00 1.1 19
1973 26 3 5 .375 4.99 74.0 86 46 41 7 40 34 1 1.703 10.5 4.9 4.1 0.85 0.9 22
4 Yrs 8 8 .500 4.09 152.0 157 77 69 15 84 76 2 1.586 9.3 4.5 0.90 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 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

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

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Rick Williams (990)
  2. Walt Huntzinger (990)
  3. Oscar Horstmann (987)
  4. Rick Baldwin (985)
  5. Bill Upham (984)
  6. Bill Wakefield (984)
  7. Nellie King (984)
  8. Bud Anderson (983)
  9. Bill Crouch (982)
  10. Cy Pieh (982)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Gary Waslewski (994)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Mike Strahler    

Viewed 4,728 times through June 1, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Michael mark michael Mike Wayne Strahler

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.