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Mike Tyson

Michael Ray Tyson

Positions: Second Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 13, 1950 in Rocky Mount, NC
High School: Northern Nash HS (Rocky Mount, NC)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1972
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs 1972-1981

Final Game: October 2, 1981
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Standard Batting

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
1972 22 STL NL 13 38 37 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .189 .211 .216 .427 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 4/6
1973 23 STL NL 144 506 469 48 114 15 4 1 33 2 5 23 66 .243 .279 .299 .577 60 140 9 2 7 5 10 *64
1974 24 STL NL 151 455 422 35 94 14 5 1 37 4 2 22 70 .223 .264 .287 .551 55 121 15 3 4 4 9 *64
1975 25 STL NL 122 402 368 45 98 16 3 2 37 5 2 24 39 .266 .316 .342 .658 80 126 7 3 6 1 4 64/5
1976 26 STL NL 76 264 245 26 70 12 9 3 28 3 1 16 34 .286 .326 .445 .771 117 109 6 0 0 3 5 4
1977 27 STL NL 138 457 418 42 103 15 2 7 57 3 4 30 48 .246 .299 .342 .641 73 143 9 2 5 2 11 *4
1978 28 STL NL 125 405 377 26 88 16 0 3 26 2 0 24 41 .233 .277 .300 .577 62 113 14 0 1 3 7 *4
1979 29 STL NL 75 207 190 18 42 8 2 5 20 2 1 13 28 .221 .272 .363 .635 71 69 5 1 1 2 6 4
1980 30 CHC NL 123 363 341 34 81 19 3 3 23 1 2 15 61 .238 .273 .337 .610 65 115 5 2 4 1 3 *4
1981 31 CHC NL 50 103 92 6 17 2 0 2 8 1 0 7 15 .185 .248 .272 .519 45 25 0 1 2 1 1 4/6
10 Yrs 1017 3200 2959 281 714 118 28 27 269 23 18 175 411 .241 .285 .327 .612 69 969 70 14 30 22 56
162 Game Avg. 162 510 471 45 114 19 4 4 43 4 3 28 65 .241 .285 .327 .612 69 154 11 2 5 4 9
STL (8 yrs) 844 2734 2526 241 616 97 25 22 238 21 16 153 335 .244 .288 .328 .616 70 829 65 11 24 20 52
CHC (2 yrs) 173 466 433 40 98 21 3 5 31 2 2 22 76 .226 .267 .323 .591 61 140 5 3 6 2 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1972 22 STL NL 13 38 -4 -1 0 1 0 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.3 .471 .498 -0.3 0.1 -3 $ 4/6
1973 23 STL NL 144 506 -27 -1 0 -5 8 -25 -2.8 15 -10 -1.3 .481 .483 -0.8 0.4 -6 $ *64
1974 24 STL NL 151 455 -27 -2 -1 9 8 -13 -1.5 13 -0 -0.2 .490 .491 -1.2 1.9 -9 $ *64
1975 25 STL NL 122 402 -8 0 1 -4 6 -4 -0.4 12 8 0.8 .497 .497 1.1 0.4 11 $ 64/5
1976 26 STL NL 76 264 4 0 -0 7 2 13 1.5 8 21 2.3 .519 .509 1.4 1.0 14 $ 4
1977 27 STL NL 138 457 -22 -2 1 19 3 -1 -0.1 13 12 1.2 .499 .499 -0.8 2.4 -6 $60,000 *4
1978 28 STL NL 125 405 -19 0 -2 -10 3 -28 -3.1 12 -16 -1.9 .475 .481 -0.9 -0.7 -6 $ *4
1979 29 STL NL 75 207 -10 -0 -1 2 2 -8 -0.8 6 -2 -0.2 .489 .495 -0.4 0.4 -3 $ 4
1980 30 CHC NL 123 363 -16 -1 1 -4 3 -18 -2.0 11 -6 -0.9 .484 .488 -0.4 -0.2 -2 $ *4
1981 31 CHC NL 50 103 -7 1 1 -6 1 -10 -1.1 3 -7 -0.8 .477 .493 -0.2 -0.5 -1 $ 4/6
10 Seasons 1017 3200 -134 -5 -1 9 36 -96 -10.5 94 -2 -1.3 .489 .493 -2.5 5.3 -11 $60,000
STL (8 yrs) 844 2734 -112 -5 -3 19 33 -68 -7.5 79 11 0.4 .491 .494 -1.9 5.9 -8 $60,000
CHC (2 yrs) 173 466 -22 -0 1 -10 3 -28 -3.1 14 -13 -1.7 .482 .490 -0.6 -0.7 -4 $

Advanced Batting

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
1972 22 STL NL 38 31 2 1.8 91 .250 .189 .256 .211 .324 .216 .377 .427 .701 22 .176 -3.8 -0.4 .258 .027 .027
1973 23 STL NL 506 381 37 2.6 97 .278 .243 .263 .279 .331 .299 .390 .577 .722 60 .289 -26.0 -2.7 .439 .098 .055 1.3
1974 24 STL NL 455 353 29 2.2 95 .262 .223 .262 .264 .334 .287 .379 .551 .714 55 .233 -27.1 -2.8 .429 .121 .064 1.6
1975 25 STL NL 402 286 40 3.8 99 .293 .266 .270 .316 .342 .342 .390 .658 .732 80 .438 -10.9 -1.1 .559 .149 .076 2.9
1976 26 STL NL 264 185 34 5.0 93 .318 .286 .264 .326 .330 .445 .376 .771 .706 117 .586 4.0 0.4 .698 .233 .159 3.0
1977 27 STL NL 457 335 41 3.3 102 .263 .246 .268 .299 .336 .342 .409 .641 .744 73 .351 -16.9 -1.7 .530 .165 .096 4.2
1978 28 STL NL 405 307 29 2.5 94 .253 .233 .261 .277 .329 .300 .384 .577 .712 62 .285 -19.3 -2.0 .459 .135 .066 2.4
1979 29 STL NL 207 157 18 3.1 101 .233 .221 .271 .272 .337 .363 .403 .635 .740 71 .343 -8.5 -0.9 .545 .216 .142 2.9
1980 30 CHC NL 363 272 31 3.1 101 .281 .238 .275 .273 .338 .337 .399 .610 .737 65 .358 -17.3 -1.8 .491 .141 .100 1.5
1981 31 CHC NL 103 78 7 2.4 95 .197 .185 .267 .248 .333 .272 .383 .519 .716 45 .276 -7.0 -0.7 .453 .174 .087 1.3
10 Yrs 3200 2385 268 3.0 97 .270 .241 .266 .285 .334 .327 .391 .612 .725 69 .345 -132.8 -13.7 .498 .147 .086 24.8
162 Game Avg. 510 380 43 3.0 97 .270 .241 .266 .285 .334 .327 .391 .612 .725 69 .345 -132.8 -13.7 .498 .147 .086 4
STL (8 yrs) 2734 2035 230 3.0 97 .271 .244 .265 .288 .334 .328 .390 .616 .724 70 .346 -108.5 -11.2 .501 .147 .084 21.5
CHC (2 yrs) 466 350 38 2.9 99 .263 .226 .273 .267 .337 .323 .395 .591 .733 61 .340 -24.3 -2.5 .482 .148 .097 2.9

Ratio Batting*

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
1972 22 STL NL 38 0.0% 23.7% 2.6% 2.6% 14% 9.00 4.1 1.10 74%
1973 23 STL NL 506 0.2% 13.0% 4.6% 4.0% 18% 2.87 7.1 469.0 14.2 1.05 80%
1974 24 STL NL 455 0.2% 15.4% 4.8% 4.4% 21% 3.18 6.0 422.0 11.4 1.06 78%
1975 25 STL NL 402 0.5% 9.7% 6.0% 5.2% 21% 1.63 9.4 184.0 9.9 0.98 82%
1976 26 STL NL 264 1.1% 12.9% 6.1% 9.1% 34% 2.13 7.2 81.7 8.8 1.15 80%
1977 27 STL NL 457 1.5% 10.5% 6.6% 5.3% 23% 1.60 8.7 59.7 7.3 1.13 80%
1978 28 STL NL 405 0.7% 10.1% 5.9% 4.7% 22% 1.71 9.2 125.7 14.5 0.92 83%
1979 29 STL NL 207 2.4% 13.5% 6.3% 7.3% 36% 2.15 6.8 38.0 9.5 0.77 77%
1980 30 CHC NL 363 0.8% 16.8% 4.1% 6.9% 31% 4.07 5.6 113.7 14.8 0.90 77%
1981 31 CHC NL 103 1.9% 14.6% 6.8% 3.9% 24% 2.14 6.1 46.0 11.5 1.07 74%
10 Yrs 3200 0.8% 12.8% 5.5% 5.4% 24% 2.35 7.2 109.6 11.0 1.01 79%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.1% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.53 6.8 46.9 8.7 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1972 22 STL NL -3.8 -0.4 39 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .94 -0.5 -0.1 -5.7 -0.6 0.87 -5.2 0
1973 23 STL NL -26.0 -2.7 518 -2.9 6.8 -9.7 1.07 -2.8 0.0 -36.0 -3.7 0.98 -31.3 3.22 0
1974 24 STL NL -27.1 -2.8 466 -2.7 5.3 -8.0 .95 -2.7 -0.2 -27.1 -2.8 0.99 -28.8 0
1975 25 STL NL -10.9 -1.1 416 -0.9 6.0 -6.9 .98 -0.7 -0.2 -6.5 -0.7 0.97 -8.5 0.28 2
1976 26 STL NL 4.0 0.4 271 -0.3 4.3 -4.6 .94 0.4 -0.7 4.4 0.5 0.95 4.4 0.29 1
1977 27 STL NL -16.9 -1.7 469 -0.8 7.1 -7.9 .99 -1.6 0.8 -11.8 -1.2 0.99 -19.2 0.29 2
1978 28 STL NL -19.3 -2.0 413 -1.0 6.3 -7.3 1.02 -1.9 0.9 -20.9 -2.2 0.95 -21.6 1.71 4
1979 29 STL NL -8.5 -0.9 211 -0.4 3.2 -3.7 .98 -1.0 0.5 -6.6 -0.7 0.95 -8.8 1.29 9
1980 30 CHC NL -17.3 -1.8 368 -2.2 4.3 -6.5 .92 -1.2 -1.1 -14.3 -1.4 0.90 -13.5 1.12 6
1981 31 CHC NL -7.0 -0.7 105 0.0 1.9 -1.9 1.20 -0.4 0.5 -2.4 -0.2 0.96 -4.4 2.23 13
10 Yrs -132.8 -13.7 3276 -11.7 45.5 -57.2 .99 -12.4 0.6 -126.9 -13.1 0.96 -136.9 1.50 37

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1972 22 STL NL 0 0 13% 10 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
1973 23 STL NL 6 0 34% 196 2 5 29% 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 60% 18 11 7 6 4 2 23 3 19
1974 24 STL NL 6 0 29% 140 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 5 40% 18 12 6 1 0 1 16 8 7
1975 25 STL NL 8 0 35% 175 5 2 71% 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 12 48% 21 16 5 3 1 2 22 7 15
1976 26 STL NL 5 0 28% 111 3 1 75% 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 5 46% 14 9 5 1 0 0 9 3 6
1977 27 STL NL 1 0 27% 183 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 45% 12 10 2 5 3 2 14 4 10
1978 28 STL NL 5 0 21% 139 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 8 48% 10 8 2 1 0 1 10 2 7
1979 29 STL NL 2 0 26% 66 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27% 12 10 2 1 1 0 2 0 2
1980 30 CHC NL 5 0 33% 127 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 55% 11 8 3 6 1 5 14 5 9
1981 31 CHC NL 1 0 17% 32 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
10 Yrs 39 0 29% 1179 23 18 56% 22 18 0 0 1 0 4 1 33 57 48% 118 84 34 25 11 13 113 32 77

Situational Hitting*

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
1972 22 STL NL 38 42% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 4 0 0% 14 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1973 23 STL NL 506 35% 114 0 0 0 0 3.22 1 0 14 0 1 1 0 0 7 7 100% 85 9 11% 56 21 38% 330 35 11% 35 16 46% 25 10 40% 0
1974 24 STL NL 455 36% 94 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 6 4 67% 92 15 16% 60 17 28% 304 40 13% 41 21 51% 15 9 60% 0
1975 25 STL NL 402 46% 98 2 0 0 0 0.28 2 0 11 1 1 1 1 0 6 6 100% 73 7 10% 36 13 36% 258 39 15% 22 11 50% 14 7 50% 0
1976 26 STL NL 264 45% 70 1 0 0 0 0.29 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0% 46 6 13% 22 6 27% 161 25 16% 17 8 47% 9 2 22% 0
1977 27 STL NL 457 39% 103 2 0 0 0 0.29 7 1 16 4 3 4 3 0 6 5 83% 90 9 10% 43 15 35% 300 52 17% 33 19 58% 17 7 41% 0
1978 28 STL NL 405 54% 88 4 1 0 0 1.71 3 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 50% 83 14 17% 30 5 17% 243 24 10% 21 9 43% 7 1 14% 0
1979 29 STL NL 207 63% 42 9 2 0 0 1.29 5 0 2 1 4 1 4 0 1 1 100% 38 5 13% 17 5 29% 122 16 13% 11 5 45% 7 5 71% 0
1980 30 CHC NL 363 25% 81 6 2 0 0 1.12 3 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 4 4 100% 53 5 9% 32 8 25% 188 21 11% 14 5 36% 10 3 30% 0
1981 31 CHC NL 103 31% 17 13 4 1 3 2.23 2 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 67% 21 0 0% 10 5 50% 61 7 11% 4 2 50% 3 3 100% 0
10 Yrs 3200 41% 714 37 9 1 3 1.50 27 1 69 11 16 13 14 1 36 30 83% 586 70 12% 310 95 31% 1981 259 13% 199 96 48% 109 47 43% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

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
1972 22 13 38 37 1 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 9 .189 .211 .216 .427 22 8 0 0 0 0 0
1973 23 157 544 506 49 121 16 4 1 33 2 6 24 75 .239 .274 .292 .566 58 148 9 2 7 5 10
1974 24 308 999 928 84 215 30 9 2 70 6 8 46 145 .232 .269 .290 .559 56 269 24 5 11 9 19
1975 25 430 1401 1296 129 313 46 12 4 107 11 10 70 184 .242 .283 .305 .587 63 395 31 8 17 10 23
1976 26 506 1665 1541 155 383 58 21 7 135 14 11 86 218 .249 .289 .327 .617 72 504 37 8 17 13 28
1977 27 644 2122 1959 197 486 73 23 14 192 17 15 116 266 .248 .291 .330 .622 72 647 46 10 22 15 39
1978 28 769 2527 2336 223 574 89 23 17 218 19 15 140 307 .246 .289 .325 .614 70 760 60 10 23 18 46
1979 29 844 2734 2526 241 616 97 25 22 238 21 16 153 335 .244 .288 .328 .616 70 829 65 11 24 20 52
1980 30 967 3097 2867 275 697 116 28 25 261 22 18 168 396 .243 .286 .329 .615 70 944 70 13 28 21 55
1981 31 1017 3200 2959 281 714 118 28 27 269 23 18 175 411 .241 .285 .327 .612 69 969 70 14 30 22 56

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
1972 22 14 40 39 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 .205 .225 .231 .456 2 13
1973 23 144 512 474 52 119 16 4 1 36 2 24 66 .251 .287 .308 .595 42 144
1974 24 151 460 426 38 98 15 5 1 40 4 23 70 .230 .272 .296 .568 34 151
1975 25 122 403 369 46 99 16 3 2 38 5 24 39 .268 .317 .344 .662 40 122
1976 26 76 269 249 28 74 13 10 3 30 3 17 34 .297 .338 .466 .804 39 76
1977 27 138 458 419 43 104 15 2 7 58 3 30 48 .248 .300 .344 .644 43 138
1978 28 125 411 382 29 93 17 0 3 29 2 25 41 .243 .288 .312 .599 35 125
1979 29 75 207 190 18 42 8 2 5 20 2 13 28 .221 .272 .363 .635 19 75
1980 30 123 364 342 35 82 19 3 3 24 1 15 61 .240 .275 .339 .614 32 123
1981 31 76 161 142 10 28 3 0 3 14 2 12 23 .197 .266 .282 .548 11 50
10 Yrs 1044 3285 3032 300 747 123 29 28 289 24 184 419 .246 .291 .334 .624 297 1017
162 Game Avg. 162 510 470 47 116 19 5 4 45 4 29 65 .246 .291 .334 .624 46 1017

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1974 NL  1.9 (7th)
1977 NL  2.4 (5th)

Triples s c a p y
1976 NL  9 (5th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1255), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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