Mike Tyson
Michael Ray Tyson
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 13, 1950 in Rocky Mount, NC
High School: Northern Nash (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
Final Game: October 2, 1981
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Standard Batting

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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 63 113 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 Seasons 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

Advanced Batting

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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 .255 .211 .323 .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 .332 .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 .713 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 .408 .641 .744 73 .351 -16.8 -1.7 .530 .165 .096 4.2
1978 28 STL NL 405 307 29 2.5 94 .253 .233 .261 .277 .328 .300 .384 .577 .712 63 .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 -17.4 -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 Seasons 3200 2385 268 3.0 97 .270 .241 .266 .285 .334 .327 .391 .612 .725 69 .345 -132.7 -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 -132.7 -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 -108.4 -11.2 .501 .147 .084 21.5
CHC (2 yrs) 466 350 38 2.9 99 .263 .226 .273 .267 .337 .323 .395 .591 .732 61 .340 -24.3 -2.5 .482 .148 .097 2.9

Ratio Batting*

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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 Seasons 3200 0.8% 12.8% 5.5% 5.4% 24% 2.35 7.2 109.6 11.0 1.01 79%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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 Seasons 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
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 3.14 1 0 14 0 1 1 0 0 7 7 100% 85 9 11% 56 21 38% 330 35 11% 35 16 46% 43 15 35% 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% 27 9 33% 0
1975 25 STL NL 402 46% 98 2 0 0 0 0.32 2 0 11 1 1 1 1 0 6 6 100% 73 7 10% 36 13 36% 258 39 15% 22 11 50% 20 10 50% 0
1976 26 STL NL 264 45% 70 1 0 0 0 0.40 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 0 0% 46 6 13% 22 6 27% 161 25 16% 17 8 47% 15 3 20% 0
1977 27 STL NL 457 39% 103 2 0 0 0 0.35 7 1 16 4 3 4 3 0 6 5 83% 90 9 10% 43 15 35% 300 52 17% 33 19 58% 22 8 36% 0
1978 28 STL NL 405 54% 88 4 1 0 0 1.78 3 0 5 0 3 1 2 0 2 1 50% 83 14 17% 30 5 17% 243 24 10% 21 9 43% 17 4 24% 0
1979 29 STL NL 207 63% 42 9 2 0 0 1.36 5 0 2 1 4 1 4 0 1 1 100% 38 5 13% 17 5 29% 122 16 13% 11 5 45% 17 8 47% 0
1980 30 CHC NL 363 25% 81 6 2 0 0 1.16 3 0 4 2 1 2 1 0 4 4 100% 53 5 9% 32 8 25% 188 21 11% 14 5 36% 19 7 37% 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% 2 1 50% 0
10 Seasons 3200 41% 714 37 9 1 3 1.54 27 1 69 11 16 13 14 1 36 30 83% 586 70 12% 310 95 31% 1981 259 13% 199 96 48% 184 65 35% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 23 144 501 471 51 116 15 4 1 35 2 23 66 .246 .281 .301 .583 40 144
1974 24 151 450 421 37 93 14 5 1 39 4 22 70 .221 .262 .285 .547 31 151
1975 25 122 400 371 46 101 16 3 2 38 5 25 39 .272 .323 .348 .670 41 122
1976 26 76 266 247 29 72 12 9 3 31 3 16 34 .291 .331 .449 .780 38 76
1977 27 138 451 417 43 102 15 2 7 58 3 30 48 .245 .297 .341 .638 42 138
1978 28 125 407 379 29 90 16 0 3 29 2 25 41 .237 .283 .303 .586 33 125
1979 29 75 205 189 18 41 8 2 5 20 2 13 28 .217 .268 .360 .628 18 75
1980 30 123 359 341 35 81 19 3 3 23 1 15 61 .238 .273 .337 .610 31 123
1981 31 76 160 144 10 30 4 0 4 14 2 12 23 .208 .275 .319 .594 12 50
10 Seasons 1044 3239 3019 299 734 120 28 29 287 24 182 419 .243 .287 .330 .618 288 1017
162 Game Avg. 162 503 468 46 114 19 4 5 45 4 28 65 .243 .287 .330 .618 45 1017

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Triples s c a p y
1976 NL  9 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 13 (1301), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  1. Marty Perez (960)
  2. Pete Coscarart (960)
  3. Alex Cora (955)
  4. Mike Gallego (955)
  5. Tom Foley (954)
  6. Manuel Lee (954)
  7. Gary Sutherland (948)
  8. Billy Ripken (948)
  9. Sibby Sisti (946)
  10. Ray Mack (945)
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  2. Bob Meacham (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. George Scharein (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Billy Jurges (970)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Glenn Hoffman (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Marty Perez (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Alex Cora (964)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Manuel Lee (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Marty Perez (960)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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