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Mike Thurman

Michael Richard Thurman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 22, 1973 in Corvallis, OR
High School: Philomath HS (Philomath, OR)
School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (31st pick) of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 17, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1997
Teams (by GP): Expos/Yankees 1997-2002

Final Game: September 14, 2002
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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
1997 23 MON NL 1 0 1.000 5.40 5 2 1 0 0 0 11.2 8 9 7 3 4 0 8 1 0 0 48 80 1.029 6.2 2.3 3.1 6.2 2.00
1998 24 MON NL 4 5 .444 4.70 14 13 1 0 0 0 67.0 60 38 35 7 26 2 32 3 0 3 287 90 1.284 8.1 0.9 3.5 4.3 1.23
1999 25 MON NL 7 11 .389 4.05 29 27 1 0 0 0 146.2 140 84 66 17 52 4 85 7 1 4 627 111 1.309 8.6 1.0 3.2 5.2 1.63
2000 26 MON NL 4 9 .308 6.42 17 17 0 0 0 0 88.1 112 69 63 9 46 4 52 3 0 2 415 75 1.789 11.4 0.9 4.7 5.3 1.13
2001 27 MON NL 9 11 .450 5.33 28 26 0 0 0 0 147.0 172 90 87 21 50 7 96 6 0 8 658 84 1.510 10.5 1.3 3.1 5.9 1.92
2002 28 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 5.18 12 2 6 0 0 0 33.0 45 21 19 2 12 1 23 1 0 0 152 86 1.727 12.3 0.5 3.3 6.3 1.92
6 Yrs 26 36 .419 5.05 105 87 9 0 0 0 493.2 537 311 277 59 190 18 296 21 1 17 2187 89 1.473 9.8 1.1 3.5 5.4 1.56
162 Game Avg. 9 13 .419 5.05 37 31 3 0 0 0 175 190 110 98 21 67 6 105 7 0 6 775 89 1.473 9.8 1.1 3.5 5.4 1.56
MON (5 yrs) 25 36 .410 5.04 93 85 3 0 0 0 460.2 492 290 258 57 178 17 273 20 1 17 2035 89 1.454 9.6 1.1 3.5 5.3 1.53
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.18 12 2 6 0 0 0 33.0 45 21 19 2 12 1 23 1 0 0 152 86 1.727 12.3 0.5 3.3 6.3 1.92
NL (5 yrs) 25 36 .410 5.04 93 85 3 0 0 0 460.2 492 290 258 57 178 17 273 20 1 17 2035 89 1.454 9.6 1.1 3.5 5.3 1.53
AL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.18 12 2 6 0 0 0 33.0 45 21 19 2 12 1 23 1 0 0 152 86 1.727 12.3 0.5 3.3 6.3 1.92

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
1997 23 MON NL 11.2 5 2 9 6.94 4.66 0.13 0.05 97.3 4.45 -3 -0.3 1.8 -0.0 -0.3 -2 .437 .498 $
1998 24 MON NL 67.0 14 13 38 5.10 4.53 0.22 0.16 96.2 4.30 -6 -0.6 .0 -0.0 -0.1 1 .458 .496 $170,500
1999 25 MON NL 146.2 29 27 84 5.15 5.14 -0.21 0.18 98.5 5.45 4 0.4 .1 -0.1 1.4 20 .513 .502 $212,500
2000 26 MON NL 88.1 17 17 69 7.03 5.14 -0.25 0.19 101.3 5.65 -14 -1.2 -0.1 -0.6 -4 .427 .492 $267,500
2001 27 MON NL 147.0 28 26 90 5.51 4.70 -0.32 0.17 101.3 5.26 -4 -0.4 .4 -0.1 0.6 11 .485 .497 $300,000
2002 28 NYY AL 33.0 12 2 21 5.73 5.07 -0.39 -0.19 101.6 5.36 -1 -0.1 .4 -0.0 0.1 3 .488 .499 $
6 Seasons 493.2 105 87 311 5.67 4.91 -0.19 0.15 99.7 5.24 -25 -2.3 .6 -0.3 1.1 28 .478 .498 $950,500
MON (5 yrs) 460.2 93 85 290 5.67 4.90 -0.18 0.17 99.6 5.23 -23 -2.2 .8 -0.3 1.0 25 .477 .497 $950,500
NYY (1 yr) 33.0 12 2 21 5.73 5.07 -0.39 -0.19 101.6 5.36 -1 -0.1 .4 -0.0 0.1 3 .488 .499 $

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
1997 23 MON NL 5 48 43 9 8 3 0 3 1 0 4 8 .186 .271 .465 .736 .156 20 0 1 0 0 0 1
1998 24 MON NL 14 287 252 38 60 7 2 7 7 6 26 32 .238 .312 .365 .677 .244 92 3 3 2 4 2 7
1999 25 MON NL 29 627 557 84 140 26 4 17 25 7 52 85 .251 .321 .404 .725 .269 225 10 7 8 3 4 11
2000 26 MON NL 17 415 355 69 112 22 3 9 21 3 46 52 .315 .393 .470 .863 .343 167 10 3 5 6 4 7
2001 27 MON NL 28 658 585 90 172 37 3 21 17 0 50 96 .294 .351 .475 .826 .317 278 12 6 8 9 7 5
2002 28 NYY AL 12 152 137 21 45 10 1 2 3 1 12 23 .328 .387 .460 .847 .384 63 5 1 2 0 1 1
6 Yrs 105 2187 1929 311 537 105 13 59 74 17 190 296 .278 .346 .438 .784 .299 845 40 21 25 22 18 32
162 Game Avg. 37 775 683 110 190 37 5 21 26 6 67 105 .278 .346 .438 .784 .299 299 14 7 9 8 6 11
MLB Averages .267 .338 .426 .763 .299

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1997 23 MON NL -2.0 -0.2 49 -0.5 0.6 -1.2 .92 -0.2 -0.4 -3.0 -0.3 0.92 -2.6 1 1 1
1998 24 MON NL -3.6 -0.4 304 -0.5 4.5 -5.0 .96 -0.2 -0.3 -4.6 -0.5 0.96 -2.1 0 0 1
1999 25 MON NL 1.7 0.2 664 0.1 12.4 -12.3 1.09 0.5 -0.4 4.3 0.4 1.09 6.4 0 0 2
2000 26 MON NL -14.9 -1.4 442 -2.0 6.2 -8.2 .95 -1.8 -0.4 -20.5 -1.8 0.95 -19.0 0 0 0
2001 27 MON NL -11.7 -1.1 682 -0.6 11.7 -12.3 1.02 -1.7 1.0 -9.9 -0.9 1.02 -17.1 0 0 2
2002 28 NYY AL -2.8 -0.3 156 -0.5 1.2 -1.7 .55 -0.4 -0.5 -5.3 -0.5 0.55 -2.3 1 1 8
6 Yrs -33.3 -3.1 2297 -4.1 36.7 -40.7 .98 -3.8 -0.3 -39.0 -3.6 0.98 -36.8 2 2 14

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
1997 23 MON NL 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 49.5 57 42 2 2 1 1 7.9 3.9 4.5 64 2 0 0 0 72
1998 24 MON NL 14 13 4 5 4 2 0 7 6 .538 0 2 0 0 4 31% 47.7 60 31 15 6 1 5 5.5 5.1 5.1 77 6 6 1 0 104
1999 25 MON NL 29 27 7 11 9 2 4 9 18 .333 4 2 0 0 12 44% 48.8 69 21 17 13 0 16 3.8 3.7 5.4 88 5 16 6 0 116
2000 26 MON NL 17 17 4 9 4 1 1 5 12 .294 2 2 0 0 6 35% 40.2 61 7 16 4 1 9 4.0 4.9 5.2 87 6 5 6 0 115
2001 27 MON NL 28 26 9 11 6 3 2 12 14 .462 0 2 0 0 10 38% 45.3 70 12 15 9 1 10 4.9 4.7 5.6 90 6 12 8 0 113
2002 28 NYY AL 12 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 45.0 55 35 5 3 0 2 12.2 11.5 5.7 101 0 1 1 0 116
6 Yrs 105 87 26 36 25 9 7 37 50 .425 6 9 0 0 33 38% 46 70 7 70 37 4 43 4.7 4.6 5.3 86 25 40 22 0 116
MLB Averages .500 48% 48 105 -21 4.9 4.9 6.0 96

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
1997 23 MON NL 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 .918 1 1 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 0 2.7 15
1998 24 MON NL 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .960 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0 6
1999 25 MON NL 29 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.086 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 19
2001 27 MON NL 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 1.023 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 2.0 16
2002 28 NYY AL 12 10 6 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 7 6 86% 6 .547 1 1 8 2 1 7 3 7 7 1 8 0 6.5 37
5 Yrs 88 18 9 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 12 9 75% .991 2 2 14 2 2 14 6 12 8 3 10 0 4.8 27

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%
1997 23 MON NL 48 65% 6.3% 16.7% 8.3% 12.5% 75% 0.75 0.93 67% 23% 17.6% 15% 7 0 0%
1998 24 MON NL 287 61% 2.4% 11.2% 9.1% 5.6% 27% 1.01 1.28 76% 17% 6.8% 7% 50 3 6%
1999 25 MON NL 627 53% 2.7% 13.6% 8.3% 7.5% 34% 0.79 1.13 73% 20% 7.6% 15% 105 10 10%
2000 26 MON NL 415 61% 2.2% 12.5% 11.1% 8.2% 30% 0.75 0.97 72% 25% 6.0% 12% 78 10 13%
2001 27 MON NL 658 55% 3.2% 14.6% 7.6% 9.3% 36% 0.75 1.10 72% 25% 8.9% 12% 120 12 10%
2002 28 NYY AL 152 55% 1.3% 15.1% 7.9% 8.6% 29% 0.80 1.68 74% 29% 3.8% 12% 39 5 13%
6 Yrs 2187 56% 2.7% 13.5% 8.7% 8.1% 33% 0.80 1.13 73% 23% 7.5% 12% 399 40 10%
MLB Averages 46% 2.8% 16.8% 9.0% 8.0% 34% 0.77 1.08 70% 23% 8.3% 14% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1997 23 MON NL 48 173 3.60 99 57% 26% 13% 25% 35% 74% 0% 42% 82% 40% 6% 3 2 6% 3 0 0 38% 0 1 0 0 0
1998 24 MON NL 290 1011 3.49 612 61% 24% 11% 28% 37% 76% 2% 46% 86% 58% 5% 15 8 18% 52 24 3 25% 3 5 -3 0 0
1999 25 MON NL 630 2401 3.81 1474 61% 25% 12% 30% 33% 75% 1% 46% 84% 58% 6% 40 20 19% 120 57 9 29% 16 16 -3 0 0
2000 26 MON NL 415 1476 3.56 880 60% 26% 14% 25% 36% 74% 2% 44% 82% 57% 8% 32 14 17% 69 36 8 31% 10 14 0 0 0
2001 27 MON NL 658 2368 3.60 1450 61% 28% 12% 25% 35% 72% 2% 44% 83% 62% 4% 29 11 16% 106 28 2 24% 11 11 0 0 0
2002 28 NYY AL 152 569 3.74 367 64% 25% 13% 30% 32% 75% 2% 48% 82% 60% 4% 6 4 16% 25 8 0 35% 5 1 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2193 7998 3.65 4882 61% 26% 12% 27% 34% 74% 2% 45% 83% 59% 6% 125 59 17% 375 153 22 28% 45 48 -6 0 0
MLB Averages 3.72 62% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 57% 5% 20% 28%

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
1997 23 MON NL 48 8 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 16 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 24 MON NL 287 60 19 0 7 0 1 5 2 5 2 9 7 1 78% 7 3 1 102 7 6 54% 6 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 8 0
1999 25 MON NL 627 140 10 1 17 1 12 11 6 12 5 33 16 5 48% 11 4 1 211 25 7 78% 19 7 6 0 0 0 1 0 13 0
2000 26 MON NL 415 112 16 2 9 2 19 6 3 4 5 29 17 3 59% 7 2 2 151 21 3 88% 18 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 11 0
2001 27 MON NL 658 172 12 3 21 1 11 10 11 8 13 51 22 9 43% 5 8 0 243 17 0 100% 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
2002 28 NYY AL 152 45 4 2 2 1 5 1 1 0 2 11 6 1 55% 1 0 0 65 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 2187 537 61 8 59 5 48 34 25 31 28 134 69 19 51% 32 17 4 788 74 17 81% 62 15 12 2 0 0 2 0 56 0
MLB Averages 54% 69%

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+
1997 23 1 0 1.000 5.40 5 2 1 0 0 0 11.2 8 9 7 3 4 0 8 1 0 0 48 80 1.029 6.2 2.3 3.1 6.2 2.00 80
1998 24 5 5 .500 4.81 19 15 2 0 0 0 78.2 68 47 42 10 30 2 40 4 0 3 335 88 1.246 7.8 1.1 3.4 4.6 1.33 88
1999 25 12 16 .429 4.31 48 42 3 0 0 0 225.1 208 131 108 27 82 6 125 11 1 7 962 102 1.287 8.3 1.1 3.3 5.0 1.52 102
2000 26 16 25 .390 4.91 65 59 3 0 0 0 313.2 320 200 171 36 128 10 177 14 1 9 1377 92 1.428 9.2 1.0 3.7 5.1 1.38 92
2001 27 25 36 .410 5.04 93 85 3 0 0 0 460.2 492 290 258 57 178 17 273 20 1 17 2035 89 1.454 9.6 1.1 3.5 5.3 1.53 89
2002 28 26 36 .419 5.05 105 87 9 0 0 0 493.2 537 311 277 59 190 18 296 21 1 17 2187 89 1.473 9.8 1.1 3.5 5.4 1.56 89

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
1997 23 0 1 .000 5.25 12.0 8 8 7 3 4 8 1 1.000 6.0 3.0 6.0 2.00 2.3 5
1998 24 3 4 .429 4.50 66.0 59 37 33 7 26 32 3 1.288 8.0 3.5 4.4 1.23 1.0 14
1999 25 9 7 .563 3.70 146.0 133 67 60 16 49 85 7 1.247 8.2 3.0 5.2 1.73 1.0 29
2000 26 3 6 .333 5.36 89.0 103 59 53 8 42 52 3 1.629 10.4 4.2 5.3 1.24 0.8 17
2001 27 6 10 .375 4.93 146.0 165 89 80 20 48 96 6 1.459 10.2 3.0 5.9 2.00 1.2 28
2002 28 1 2 .333 5.34 32.0 44 21 19 2 12 22 1 1.750 12.4 3.4 6.2 1.83 0.6 12
6 Yrs 22 30 .423 4.62 491.0 512 281 252 56 181 295 21 1.411 9.4 5.4 1.63 1.0 105

* 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.

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2001 NL  8 (9th)

                                         

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