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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1972 STL NL 22 2B 11 10 73.0 52 20 31 1 3 .981 1.9 31.2 1.9 2.5 -0.6 0 6.29 4.64 .979 5.36 4.88
1972 STL NL 22 SS 2 2 18.0 13 6 5 2 1 .846 -1.3 -86.7 -1.3 0.0 -1.3 0 5.50 5.50 .969 5.05 4.50
1973 STL NL 23 SS 128 123 1076.0 587 202 352 33 68 .944 -4.2 -4.7 -4.2 -2.7 -1.5 0 4.63 4.33 .962 4.93 4.31
1973 STL NL 23 2B 16 14 124.1 86 37 49 0 12 1.000 -0.4 -3.9 0.6 0.1 0.6 -1 6.23 5.38 .979 5.52 4.91
1974 STL NL 24 SS 143 134 1104.1 671 231 410 30 108 .955 7.8 8.5 1.8 1.6 0.1 6 5.22 4.48 .961 4.97 4.26
1974 STL NL 24 2B 12 8 70.0 41 16 24 1 7 .976 1.0 17.1 1.0 1.2 -0.3 0 5.14 3.33 .973 5.46 4.64
1975 STL NL 25 SS 95 84 749.0 412 154 246 12 44 .971 -6.0 -9.6 -7.0 0.6 -7.7 1 4.81 4.21 .963 4.99 4.21
1975 STL NL 25 2B 24 16 148.0 89 29 57 3 8 .966 2.5 20.3 3.5 2.3 1.1 -1 5.23 3.58 .975 5.54 4.92
1975 STL NL 25 3B 5 2 23.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.28 1.20 .950 2.97 2.58
1976 STL NL 26 2B 74 72 611.2 407 158 237 12 54 .971 6.9 13.5 5.9 2.6 3.3 1 5.81 5.34 .975 5.48 4.93
1977 STL NL 27 2B 135 128 1097.0 705 267 423 15 99 .979 18.8 20.6 15.8 6.5 9.4 3 5.66 5.11 .977 5.24 4.47
1978 STL NL 28 2B 124 115 986.2 565 246 306 13 78 .977 -9.7 -11.8 -11.7 -7.0 -4.7 2 5.04 4.45 .977 5.30 4.34
1979 STL NL 29 2B 71 57 493.2 317 125 184 8 42 .975 1.6 3.9 1.6 1.0 0.6 0 5.63 4.35 .979 5.42 4.55
1980 CHC NL 30 2B 117 104 862.1 569 222 329 18 69 .968 -4.2 -5.8 -5.2 -6.4 1.2 1 5.75 4.71 .980 5.49 4.71
1981 CHC NL 31 2B 36 23 211.1 134 50 76 8 14 .940 -5.5 -31.2 -5.5 -3.9 -1.5 0 5.37 3.50 .983 5.52 4.72
1981 CHC NL 31 SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 5.40 4.40
10 Seasons 2B 620 547 4678.0 2965 1170 1716 79 386 .973 12.9 3.3 7.9 -1.1 9.1 5 5.55 4.65 .978 5.38 4.61
5 Seasons SS 369 343 2948.1 1683 593 1013 77 221 .954 -3.7 -1.5 -10.7 -0.5 -10.4 7 4.90 4.35 .962 4.96 4.27
1 Season 3B 5 2 23.2 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 2.28 1.20 .950 2.97 2.58
10 Seasons TOT 994 892 7650.0 4654 1764 2734 156 607 .966 9.2 1.4 -2.8 -1.6 -1.3 12 5.29 4.53 .939 5.21 4.47

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 STL NL 22 13 12 13 13 0 0 0 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 STL NL 23 144 137 144 144 0 0 0 16 0 128 0 0 0 0 1 2
1974 STL NL 24 151 142 151 151 0 0 0 12 0 143 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 STL NL 25 122 102 122 117 0 0 0 23 5 96 0 0 0 0 0 2 4
1976 STL NL 26 76 72 76 74 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1977 STL NL 27 138 128 138 135 0 0 0 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1978 STL NL 28 125 115 125 124 0 0 0 124 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
1979 STL NL 29 75 57 75 71 0 0 0 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 5
1980 CHC NL 30 123 104 123 117 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1
1981 CHC NL 31 50 23 50 37 0 0 0 36 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 2
10 Seasons 1017 892 1017 983 0 0 0 619 5 370 0 0 0 0 0 44 19
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1972 STL NL 22 311 43% 77% 25% 43 91% 0 19 10 4 5 31 26 5 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 23 551 57% 80% 27% 53 100% 0 36 12 18 6 49 44 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 2 2 1 11 3 8 2 0 2
1974 STL NL 24 297 56% 77% 26% 24 96% 0 16 3 11 2 25 22 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 4 0 0 1 5 1 4 0 0 0
1975 STL NL 25 640 50% 79% 31% 72 93% 0 27 11 12 4 59 52 5 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 7 2 1 2 1 6 3 3 1 0 1
1976 STL NL 26 2729 62% 80% 27% 270 94% 0 159 53 78 29 241 193 43 0 1 12 2 9 1 7 53 28 6 14 2 53 17 34 0 0 0
1977 STL NL 27 4789 63% 79% 28% 483 93% 1 268 88 122 60 424 342 69 0 9 15 2 12 1 9 99 30 15 37 3 89 40 48 9 1 8
1978 STL NL 28 4394 57% 77% 27% 369 95% 1 244 83 104 57 309 258 37 1 3 13 1 12 0 11 79 28 6 22 5 67 28 34 11 6 5
1979 STL NL 29 2189 55% 80% 27% 227 93% 1 124 54 51 19 185 154 23 0 2 8 0 7 1 4 43 13 5 12 0 37 13 19 5 5 0
1980 CHC NL 30 3904 57% 78% 28% 382 91% 1 212 62 88 62 324 274 40 0 7 19 0 19 0 15 65 25 5 22 4 58 26 30 4 0 3
1981 CHC NL 31 985 52% 78% 32% 96 83% 0 48 13 22 13 76 62 14 0 0 8 0 7 1 7 15 8 1 6 0 15 6 9 0 0 0
10 Seasons 20789 58% 79% 28% 2019 93% 4 1153 389 510 257 1723 1427 243 2 22 80 6 70 4 57 384 144 43 118 17 344 138 191 32 12 19
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1972 STL NL 22 92 54% 79% 21% 11 64% 0 6 2 4 0 5 3 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1973 STL NL 23 4661 53% 79% 26% 494 87% 4 200 99 84 17 358 282 64 2 6 33 0 33 0 29 68 21 7 25 5 0 60 28 30 7 2 4
1974 STL NL 24 4896 55% 78% 26% 533 89% 0 232 108 110 14 408 305 92 1 1 30 2 26 2 24 107 46 10 27 7 10 105 56 44 1 1 0
1975 STL NL 25 3441 56% 78% 23% 326 91% 0 153 73 64 16 254 190 56 1 2 12 0 11 1 8 45 12 4 19 2 4 44 16 26 1 0 1
1981 CHC NL 31 3 67% 33% 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 13093 55% 78% 25% 1364 88% 4 591 282 262 47 1025 780 214 4 9 77 2 72 3 63 221 80 21 71 14 14 210 101 100 9 3 5
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1975 STL NL 25 108 57% 73% 26% 7 86% 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 108 57% 73% 26% 7 86% 0 1 1 0 0 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 59% 79% 27% 89% 68%

* 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.

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