Mike Walker
Michael Charles Walker
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 4, 1966 in Chicago, IL
High School: Hernando (Hernando, FL)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1986 amateur draft (January). Player signed May 13, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1988
Final Game: July 11, 1996
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Standard Pitching

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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
1988 21 CLE AL 0 1 .000 7.27 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 8 7 7 0 10 0 7 0 0 0 42 56 2.077 8.3 0.0 10.4 7.3 0.70
1990 23 CLE AL 2 6 .250 4.88 18 11 2 0 0 0 75.2 82 49 41 6 42 4 34 6 1 3 350 80 1.639 9.8 0.7 5.0 4.0 0.81
1991 24 CLE AL 0 1 .000 2.08 5 0 3 0 0 0 4.1 6 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 22 202 1.846 12.5 0.0 4.2 4.2 1.00
1995 28 CHC NL 1 3 .250 3.22 42 0 12 0 0 1 44.2 45 22 16 2 24 3 20 0 1 3 206 127 1.545 9.1 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.83
1996 29 DET AL 0 0 8.46 20 0 12 0 0 1 27.2 40 26 26 10 17 1 13 1 0 2 135 60 2.060 13.0 3.3 5.5 4.2 0.76
5 Seasons 3 11 .214 5.09 88 12 29 0 0 2 161.0 181 105 91 18 95 9 76 8 2 8 755 82 1.714 10.1 1.0 5.3 4.2 0.80
162 Game Avg. 2 7 .214 5.09 60 8 20 0 0 1 109 123 71 62 12 65 6 52 5 1 5 513 82 1.714 10.1 1.0 5.3 4.2 0.80
CLE (3 yrs) 2 8 .200 4.97 26 12 5 0 0 0 88.2 96 57 49 6 54 5 43 7 1 3 414 79 1.692 9.7 0.6 5.5 4.4 0.80
CHC (1 yr) 1 3 .250 3.22 42 0 12 0 0 1 44.2 45 22 16 2 24 3 20 0 1 3 206 127 1.545 9.1 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.83
DET (1 yr) 0 0 8.46 20 0 12 0 0 1 27.2 40 26 26 10 17 1 13 1 0 2 135 60 2.060 13.0 3.3 5.5 4.2 0.76
AL (4 yrs) 2 8 .200 5.80 46 12 17 0 0 1 116.1 136 83 75 16 71 6 56 8 1 5 549 73 1.779 10.5 1.2 5.5 4.3 0.79
NL (1 yr) 1 3 .250 3.22 42 0 12 0 0 1 44.2 45 22 16 2 24 3 20 0 1 3 206 127 1.545 9.1 0.4 4.8 4.0 0.83

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1988 21 CLE AL 3 42 31 7 8 2 0 0 3 1 10 7 .258 .439 .323 .762 .333 10 0 0 1 0 0
1990 23 CLE AL 18 350 296 49 82 15 2 6 9 1 42 34 .277 .376 .402 .778 .295 119 11 6 4 2 4
1991 24 CLE AL 5 22 19 1 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 .316 .409 .421 .830 .353 8 0 1 0 0 1
1995 28 CHC NL 42 206 174 22 45 10 1 2 4 2 24 20 .259 .342 .362 .704 .276 63 3 0 4 4 3
1996 29 DET AL 20 135 114 26 40 4 2 10 1 1 17 13 .351 .433 .684 1.117 .323 78 2 1 1 2 1
5 Seasons 88 755 634 105 181 33 5 18 17 5 95 76 .285 .381 .438 .820 .297 278 16 8 10 8 9
162 Game Avg. 60 513 431 71 123 22 3 12 12 3 65 52 .285 .381 .438 .820 .297 189 11 5 7 5 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1988 21 CLE AL 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 49 49 49 2 2 0 1 0.0 0.0 6.0 116 0 0 1 0 116
1990 23 CLE AL 18 11 1 6 4 0 0 2 9 .182 0 3 0 0 3 27% 39 65 16 19 8 1 2 3.1 2.9 5.4 85 3 4 3 0 108
2 Seasons 21 12 1 7 4 0 1 2 10 .167 0 3 0 0 4 33% 40 65 16 21 10 1 3 2.8 2.6 5.4 88 3 4 4 0 116
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1988 21 CLE AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 4 0.677 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 4.0 31
1990 23 CLE AL 18 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 7 0.856 1 2 3 0 1 6 4 3 4 0 4 1 7.0 26
1991 24 CLE AL 5 5 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 8 0.651 1 0 4 0 1 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 2.6 14
1995 28 CHC NL 42 42 12 1 3 3 1 2 33% 7 4 35 12 34% 7 1.129 18 4 18 13 9 20 19 23 16 16 18 9 3.2 16
1996 29 DET AL 20 20 12 0 0 2 1 1 50% 5 3 18 7 39% 8 0.803 4 4 11 8 1 11 10 10 10 4 11 4 4.2 26
5 Seasons 88 76 29 2 4 5 2 3 40% 12 7 64 22 34% 0.905 24 10 38 21 12 43 36 40 32 23 35 15 3.8 20

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1988 21 CLE AL 42 57% 0.0% 16.7% 23.8% 4.8% 25% 1.40 1.83 57% 20% 0.0% 50% 10 0 0%
1990 23 CLE AL 350 47% 1.7% 9.7% 12.0% 6.6% 28% 0.94 1.16 74% 21% 5.3% 16% 66 11 17%
1991 24 CLE AL 22 18% 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 33% 1.43 2.67 77% 18% 0.0% 0% 3 0 0%
1995 28 CHC NL 206 31% 1.0% 9.7% 11.7% 6.3% 29% 1.23 1.73 76% 24% 2.9% 3% 47 3 6%
1996 29 DET AL 135 50% 7.4% 9.6% 12.6% 11.9% 40% 0.58 0.89 69% 24% 18.5% 17% 27 2 7%
5 Seasons 755 43% 2.4% 10.1% 12.6% 7.4% 31% 0.96 1.29 73% 22% 7.3% 14% 153 16 10%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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
1988 21 CLE AL 42 178 4.24 95 54% 21% 16% 37% 26% 79% 0% 42% 80% 38% 5% 2 1 10% 4 1 0 43% 1 1 0 1 0
1990 23 CLE AL 295 1007 3.41 581 58% 23% 12% 25% 39% 76% 4% 44% 84% 53% 10% 29 15 16% 47 22 2 20% 6 10 55 0 3
1991 24 CLE AL 22 71 3.23 37 52% 30% 5% 19% 46% 70% 12% 37% 92% 55% 14% 3 2 9% 2 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0
1995 28 CHC NL 196 667 3.40 375 56% 22% 10% 26% 41% 78% 4% 44% 87% 52% 7% 13 3 11% 21 8 0 50% 2 7 10 0 0
1996 29 DET AL 115 438 3.81 245 56% 23% 16% 25% 36% 77% 2% 43% 79% 43% 8% 9 6 13% 15 6 1 25% 1 2 20 0 0
5 Seasons 670 2361 3.52 1333 56% 23% 12% 26% 38% 77% 4% 43% 84% 50% 8% 56 27 13% 89 38 3 33% 10 20 85 1 3
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1988 21 CLE AL 42 8 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 100% 0 0 0 19 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
1990 23 CLE AL 350 82 9 1 6 0 7 3 3 1 5 18 10 1 56% 8 3 2 143 9 1 90% 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1991 24 CLE AL 22 6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 28 CHC NL 206 45 7 0 2 0 8 1 1 2 0 13 9 1 69% 8 3 0 92 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1996 29 DET AL 135 40 3 0 10 0 7 5 5 8 2 10 5 0 50% 0 2 0 56 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
5 Seasons 755 181 22 1 18 0 26 9 9 11 7 44 27 2 61% 16 8 2 322 17 5 77% 17 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 29 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1988 21 0 1 .000 7.27 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 8 7 7 0 10 0 7 0 0 0 42 56 2.077 8.3 0.0 10.4 7.3 0.70 56
1989 22 0 1 .000 7.27 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 8 7 7 0 10 0 7 0 0 0 42 56 2.077 8.3 0.0 10.4 7.3 0.70 56
1990 23 2 7 .222 5.12 21 12 2 0 0 0 84.1 90 56 48 6 52 4 41 6 1 3 392 77 1.684 9.6 0.6 5.5 4.4 0.79 77
1991 24 2 8 .200 4.97 26 12 5 0 0 0 88.2 96 57 49 6 54 5 43 7 1 3 414 79 1.692 9.7 0.6 5.5 4.4 0.80 79
1992 25 2 8 .200 4.97 26 12 5 0 0 0 88.2 96 57 49 6 54 5 43 7 1 3 414 79 1.692 9.7 0.6 5.5 4.4 0.80 79
1993 26 2 8 .200 4.97 26 12 5 0 0 0 88.2 96 57 49 6 54 5 43 7 1 3 414 79 1.692 9.7 0.6 5.5 4.4 0.80 79
1994 27 2 8 .200 4.97 26 12 5 0 0 0 88.2 96 57 49 6 54 5 43 7 1 3 414 79 1.692 9.7 0.6 5.5 4.4 0.80 79
1995 28 3 11 .214 4.39 68 12 17 0 0 1 133.1 141 79 65 8 78 8 63 7 2 6 620 91 1.643 9.5 0.5 5.3 4.3 0.81 91
1996 29 3 11 .214 5.09 88 12 29 0 0 2 161.0 181 105 91 18 95 9 76 8 2 8 755 82 1.714 10.1 1.0 5.3 4.2 0.80 82

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1988 21 0 0 9.00 8.0 8 9 8 0 10 6 0 2.250 9.0 11.3 6.8 0.60 0.0 3
1990 23 2 5 .286 5.58 71.0 86 49 44 6 44 32 6 1.831 10.9 5.6 4.1 0.73 0.8 18
1991 24 0 0 2.25 4.0 6 1 1 0 2 2 1 2.000 13.5 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 5
1995 28 3 2 .600 3.18 51.0 51 20 18 2 27 23 0 1.529 9.0 4.8 4.1 0.85 0.4 42
1996 29 1 2 .333 7.33 27.0 37 24 22 9 16 13 1 1.963 12.3 5.3 4.3 0.81 3.0 20
5 Seasons 6 9 .400 5.20 161.0 188 103 93 17 99 76 8 1.783 10.5 4.2 0.77 1.0 88

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1988 AL  born 1966-10-04 (6th)

                                         

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