Mike Wallace

Michael Sherman Wallace

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 3, 1951 in Gastonia, NC
High School: James Madison HS (Vienna, VA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 4th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 23, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1973
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Phillies/Yankees/Rangers 1973-1977

Final Game: May 1, 1977
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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
1969	18	PHI-min	Rk	6	6	.500	3.97	14	14					102.0	102	54	45	9	47								1.461	9.0	0.8	4.1			PUL · APPY
1970	19	PHI-min	A	8	8	.500	3.66	25	25					167.0	150	95	68	10	72								1.329	8.1	0.5	3.9			SPB · WCRS
1971	20	PHI-min	AA	10	12	.455	3.52	28	27		7	1	0	184.0	181	91	72	16	62	3	138	2	2	11			1.321	8.9	0.8	3.0	6.8	2.23	REA · EL
1972	21	PHI-min	AAA	16	7	.696	3.46	32	31		8	1	0	203.0	202	103	78	21	91	2	128	1	2	14			1.443	9.0	0.9	4.0	5.7	1.41	EUG · PCL
1973	22	PHI-min	AAA,AA	8	5	.615	4.42	18	17		2	1	0	120.0	131	72	59	15	46	0	68	1	0	9			1.475	9.8	1.1	3.4	5.1	1.48	EUG,REA · PCL,EL
1973	22	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	3.78	20	3	5	1	0	1	33.1	38	16	14	1	15	4	20	0	0	1	146	101	1.590	10.3	0.3	4.1	5.4	1.33
1974	23	NYY-min	AAA	1	1	.500	0.90	5	0		0	0	1	10.0	8	5	1	0	2	0	11	0	0	1			1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	9.9	5.50	SYR · IL
1974	23	TOT	MLB	7	0	1.000	2.82	31	1	10	0	0	0	60.2	54	24	19	3	37	3	35	0	1	5	266	129	1.500	8.0	0.4	5.5	5.2	0.95
1974	23	PHI	NL	1	0	1.000	5.40	8	0	2	0	0	0	8.1	12	6	5	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	39	73	1.680	13.0	0.0	2.2	1.1	0.50
1974	23	NYY	AL	6	0	1.000	2.41	23	1	8	0	0	0	52.1	42	18	14	3	35	3	34	0	0	5	227	149	1.471	7.2	0.5	6.0	5.8	0.97
1975	24	STL-min	AAA	5	6	.455	4.44	21	8		1	0	2	75.0	80	41	37	5	43	4	62	0	0	3			1.640	9.6	0.6	5.2	7.4	1.44	TUL · AA
1975	24	TOT	MLB	0	0		6.23	12	0	4	0	0	0	13.0	20	9	9	1	6	2	8	0	0	1	64	64	2.000	13.8	0.7	4.2	5.5	1.33
1975	24	NYY	AL	0	0		14.54	3	0	0	0	0	0	4.1	11	7	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	25	28	2.769	22.8	2.1	2.1	4.2	2.00
1975	24	STL	NL	0	0		2.08	9	0	4	0	0	0	8.2	9	2	2	0	5	2	6	0	0	1	39	190	1.615	9.3	0.0	5.2	6.2	1.20
1976	25	STL	NL	3	2	.600	4.07	49	0	13	0	0	2	66.1	66	34	30	3	39	2	40	0	1	6	295	88	1.583	9.0	0.4	5.3	5.4	1.03
1977	26	TEX-min	AAA	3	2	.600	5.44	16	3		0	0	2	43.0	63	28	26	2	22	1	31	0	0	6			1.977	13.2	0.4	4.6	6.5	1.41	TUC · PCL
1977	26	TEX	AL	0	0		7.56	5	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	10	7	7	1	10	0	2	0	0	1	43	57	2.400	10.8	1.1	10.8	2.2	0.20
1978	27	PHI-min	AAA	1	5	.167	5.47	36	3		0	0	4	79.0	94	52	48	10	41	2	39	0	0	5			1.709	10.7	1.1	4.7	4.4	0.95	OKC · AA
1979	28	BAL-min	AAA	0	6	.000	6.34	15	7		0	0	0	44.0	64	42	31	3	18	1	32	1	1	4			1.864	13.1	0.6	3.7	6.5	1.78	ROC · IL
5 Yrs				11	3	.786	3.91	117	4	32	1	0	3	181.2	188	90	79	9	107	11	105	0	2	14	814	95	1.624	9.3	0.4	5.3	5.2	0.98
162 Game Avg.				6	2	.786	3.91	66	2	18	1	0	2	102	106	51	44	5	60	6	59	0	1	8	457	95	1.624	9.3	0.4	5.3	5.2	0.98

PHI (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	4.10	28	3	7	1	0	1	41.2	50	22	19	1	17	4	21	0	1	1	185	94	1.608	10.8	0.2	3.7	4.5	1.24
STL (2 yrs)				3	2	.600	3.84	58	0	17	0	0	2	75.0	75	36	32	3	44	4	46	0	1	7	334	94	1.587	9.0	0.4	5.3	5.5	1.05
NYY (2 yrs)				6	0	1.000	3.34	26	1	8	0	0	0	56.2	53	25	21	4	36	3	36	0	0	5	252	108	1.571	8.4	0.6	5.7	5.7	1.00
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		7.56	5	0	0	0	0	0	8.1	10	7	7	1	10	0	2	0	0	1	43	57	2.400	10.8	1.1	10.8	2.2	0.20

NL (4 yrs)				5	3	.625	3.93	86	3	24	1	0	3	116.2	125	58	51	4	61	8	67	0	2	8	519	94	1.594	9.6	0.3	4.7	5.2	1.10
AL (3 yrs)				6	0	1.000	3.88	31	1	8	0	0	0	65.0	63	32	28	5	46	3	38	0	0	6	295	96	1.677	8.7	0.7	6.4	5.3	0.83

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
1973	22	PHI	NL	33.1	20	3	16	4.32	4.20	-0.07	-0.15	102.0	4.21	-0	-0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.2	3	.498	.500	$
1974	23	PHI	NL	8.1	8	0	6	6.48	4.05	0.14	-0.33	103.8	3.72	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.465	.498	$
1974	23	NYY	AL	52.1	23	1	18	3.10	4.06	0.12	-0.27	98.4	3.61	3	0.3	1.1	-0.1	0.7	8	.515	.502	$
1975	24	NYY	AL	4.1	3	0	7	14.54	4.04	0.38	-0.33	106.0	3.53	-5	-0.5	.4	0.1	-0.3	-5	.338	.497	$
1975	24	STL	NL	8.2	9	0	2	2.08	4.19	-0.21	-0.34	108.4	4.40	2	0.2	.8	-0.0	0.3	3	.527	.502	$
1976	25	STL	NL	66.1	49	0	34	4.61	4.14	-0.03	-0.34	100.3	3.85	-6	-0.7	1.1	-0.1	-0.3	0	.486	.496	$
1977	26	TEX	AL	8.1	5	0	7	7.56	4.96	0.43	-0.40	102.0	4.22	-3	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-2	.439	.498	$
5 Seasons				181.2	117	4	90	4.46	4.16	0.03	-0.29	100.8	3.88	-12	-1.2	1.0	-0.1	0.2	5	.490	.499	$

PHI (2 yrs)				41.2	28	3	22	4.75	4.17	-0.03	-0.19	102.4	4.11	-3	-0.3	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1	.488	.499	$
STL (2 yrs)				75.0	58	0	36	4.32	4.15	-0.05	-0.34	101.2	3.92	-4	-0.4	1.0	-0.1	0.0	3	.492	.499	$
NYY (2 yrs)				56.2	26	1	25	3.97	4.06	0.14	-0.28	99.0	3.60	-2	-0.1	1.0	0.0	0.4	3	.494	.500	$
TEX (1 yr)				8.1	5	0	7	7.56	4.96	0.43	-0.40	102.0	4.22	-3	-0.3	.4	0.1	-0.2	-2	.439	.498	$

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
1973	22	PHI	NL	20	146	125	16	38	11	1	1	1	1	15	20	.304	.373	.432	.805	.349	54	2	0	4	2	4	1
1974	23	NYY	AL	23	227	189	18	42	7	1	3	2	4	35	34	.222	.339	.317	.657	.252	60	5	0	0	3	3	5
1974	23	PHI	NL	8	39	37	6	12	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	.324	.359	.405	.764	.333	15	1	0	0	0	0	1
1974	23	TOT	MLB	31	266	226	24	54	8	2	3	3	4	37	35	.239	.342	.332	.674	.267	75	6	0	0	3	3	6
1975	24	NYY	AL	3	24	24	7	11	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	.458	.480	.667	1.147	.476	16	1	0	0	0	0	1
1975	24	STL	NL	9	39	32	2	9	2	0	0	0	0	5	6	.281	.378	.344	.722	.346	11	2	0	2	0	2	1
1975	24	TOT	MLB	12	63	56	9	20	4	0	1	1	0	6	8	.357	.419	.482	.901	.404	27	3	0	2	0	2	2
1976	25	STL	NL	49	295	250	34	66	6	0	3	4	6	39	40	.264	.358	.324	.682	.299	81	6	0	2	4	2	6
1977	26	TEX	AL	5	43	31	7	10	0	0	1	0	1	10	2	.323	.488	.419	.907	.321	13	1	0	2	0	0	1
5 Yrs				117	813	688	90	188	29	3	9	9	12	107	105	.273	.367	.363	.730	.307	250	18	0	10	9	11	16
162 Game Avg.				66	457	387	51	106	16	2	5	5	7	60	59	.273	.367	.363	.730	.307	140	10	0	6	5	6	9
MLB Averages																.258	.325	.377	.702	.283

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1973	22	PHI	NL	0.1	0.0	150	-0.8	1.4	-2.2	.63	-0.2	-1.0	-4.3	-0.4	0.63	-2.2	2	4	11
1974	23	TOT	MLB	4.6	0.5	279	0.5	4.3	-3.8	.92	-0.0	0.6	-4.9	-0.5	0.92	-0.6	8	10	12
1974	23	PHI	NL	-1.4	-0.1	41	0.3	1.1	-0.8	1.36	-0.1	0.3	-4.5	-0.4	1.36	-1.7	3	1	4
1974	23	NYY	AL	6.0	0.6	238	0.2	3.2	-3.0	.84	0.1	0.1	-0.4	-0.0	0.84	1.1	5	9	8
1975	24	TOT	MLB	-2.8	-0.2	66	-0.3	0.3	-0.6	.40	-0.4	-0.4	-5.4	-0.5	0.40	-4.2	1	3	8
1975	24	NYY	AL	-4.7	-0.4	26	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.20	-0.4	-0.0	-6.0	-0.6	0.21	-4.3	0	0	3
1975	24	STL	NL	1.9	0.2	40	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.52	-0.0	-0.4	0.6	0.1	0.52	0.1	1	3	5
1976	25	STL	NL	-3.6	-0.4	313	-0.1	3.5	-3.5	.70	-0.4	0.3	-3.8	-0.4	0.70	-3.1	13	5	30
1977	26	TEX	AL	-2.6	-0.2	45	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.26	-0.3	-0.6	-1.9	-0.2	0.26	-3.5	0	1	2
5 Yrs				-4.4	-0.4	853	-0.9	9.6	-10.5	.71	-1.4	0.1	-20.2	-2.0	0.71	-13.6	24	23	63

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
1973	22	PHI	NL	20	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	.667	0	1	1	0	1	33%	46.0	72	25	10	2	1	1	5.9	5.8	4.6
1974	23	TOT	MLB	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%		73	73	22	6	0	0	3.0	3.4	7.7
1974	23	NYY	AL	23	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	73.0	73	73	15	3	0	0	3.0	3.4	7.7
2 Yrs				43	4	2	1	1	0	0	3	1	.750	0	1	1	0	2	50%	53	73	25	25	5	1	1	5.1	4.9	5.3
MLB Averages													.500						53%	51	106	-13					4.2	4.2	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1973	22	PHI	NL	20	17	5	0	0	2	1	1	50%	3	1	14	6	43%	5	.633	2	4	11	3	0	14	8	9	6	7	7	4	3.5
1974	23	TOT	MLB	31	30	10	6	0	1	0	1	0%	3	2	35	18	51%		.915	8	10	12	4	5	21	17	13	19	7	20	4	5.3
1974	23	PHI	NL	8	8	2	1	0	1	0	1	0%	2	1	4	3	75%	8	1.362	3	1	4	2	2	4	2	6	3	3	4	2	3.1
1974	23	NYY	AL	23	22	8	5	0	0	0	0		1	1	31	15	48%	5	.838	5	9	8	2	3	17	15	7	16	4	16	2	6.1
1975	24	TOT	MLB	12	12	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	10	7	70%		.402	1	3	8	2	1	9	6	6	4	5	5	4	3.3
1975	24	NYY	AL	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	5	83%	4	.203	0	0	3	1	0	2	3	0	2	1	2	0	4.3
1975	24	STL	NL	9	9	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	4	2	50%	8	.525	1	3	5	1	1	7	3	6	2	4	3	4	2.9
1976	25	STL	NL	49	49	13	3	2	4	2	2	50%	7	2	38	16	42%	6	.704	13	5	30	8	6	35	19	30	28	14	28	11	4.1
1977	26	TEX	AL	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	6	1	17%	6	.264	0	1	2	0	0	5	3	2	4	1	4	0	5.0
5 Yrs				117	113	32	9	2	7	3	4	43%	14	5	103	48	47%		.714	24	23	63	17	12	84	53	60	61	34	64	23	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1973	22	PHI	NL	146	40%	0.7%	13.7%	10.3%	8.9%	34%	1.31	73%	29	2	7%
1974	23	TOT	MLB	266	32%	1.1%	13.2%	13.9%	4.9%	24%	0.96	72%	61	6	10%
1974	23	PHI	NL	39	38%	0.0%	2.6%	5.1%	5.1%	17%	1.18	92%	11	1	9%
1974	23	NYY	AL	227	30%	1.3%	15.0%	15.4%	4.9%	26%	0.92	68%	50	5	10%
1975	24	TOT	MLB	64	13%	1.6%	12.7%	9.5%	7.9%	25%	1.73	75%	16	3	19%
1975	24	NYY	AL	25	8%	4.2%	8.3%	4.2%	12.5%	27%	1.50	88%	7	1	14%
1975	24	STL	NL	39	15%	0.0%	15.4%	12.8%	5.1%	22%	1.86	67%	9	2	22%
1976	25	STL	NL	295	36%	1.0%	13.6%	13.2%	3.1%	14%	0.96	72%	64	6	9%
1977	26	TEX	AL	43	40%	2.3%	4.7%	23.3%	2.3%	10%	2.67	65%	13	1	8%
5 Yrs				814	34%	1.1%	12.9%	13.2%	5.0%	22%	1.11	72%	183	18	10%
MLB Averages					45%	1.9%	13.2%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.09	75%			11%

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
1973	22	PHI	NL	146	38			1	0	2	1	0	1	0	12	5	2	42%	1	1	1	62	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
1974	23	TOT	MLB	266	54			3	1	13	2	1	2	1	15	11	2	73%	6	5	0	103	3	4	43%	2	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	14	0
1974	23	PHI	NL	39	12			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	1	0	0	14	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1974	23	NYY	AL	227	42			3	1	12	2	1	2	1	13	9	2	69%	5	5	0	89	2	4	33%	1	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	13	0
1975	24	TOT	MLB	63	20			1	0	2	1	0	0	1	4	2	1	50%	2	1	0	34	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
1975	24	NYY	AL	24	11			1	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	2	1	67%	1	0	0	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	24	STL	NL	39	9			0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0%	1	1	0	18	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1976	25	STL	NL	295	66			3	1	15	1	2	1	2	24	17	5	71%	6	6	0	115	4	6	40%	3	6	0	0	1	0	3	3	17	0
1977	26	TEX	AL	43	10			1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	25	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				813	188			9	2	34	5	4	4	5	56	36	10	64%	16	14	1	339	9	12	43%	7	11	0	1	2	0	4	3	38	1
MLB Averages																		51%							64%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1973	22	1	1	.500	3.78	20	3	5	1	1	33.1	38	16	14	1	15	4	20	0	1	146	101	1.590	10.3	0.3	4.1	5.4	1.33	101
1974	23	8	1	.889	3.16	51	4	15	1	1	94.0	92	40	33	4	52	7	55	1	6	412	117	1.532	8.8	0.4	5.0	5.3	1.06	117
1975	24	8	1	.889	3.53	63	4	19	1	1	107.0	112	49	42	5	58	9	63	1	7	476	106	1.589	9.4	0.4	4.9	5.3	1.09	106
1976	25	11	3	.786	3.74	112	4	32	1	3	173.1	178	83	72	8	97	11	103	2	13	771	98	1.587	9.2	0.4	5.0	5.3	1.06	98
1977	26	11	3	.786	3.91	117	4	32	1	3	181.2	188	90	79	9	107	11	105	2	14	814	95	1.624	9.3	0.4	5.3	5.2	0.98	95

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1973	22	1	2	.333	4.35	31.0	39	17	15	1	15	18	1.742	11.3	4.4	5.2	1.20	0.3	20
1974	23	3	3	.500	3.54	56.0	58	24	22	3	40	32	1.750	9.3	6.4	5.1	0.80	0.5	31
1975	24	0	1	.000	7.50	12.0	21	11	10	1	6	8	2.250	15.8	4.5	6.0	1.33	0.8	12
1976	25	2	4	.333	4.87	61.0	70	37	33	3	41	37	1.820	10.3	6.0	5.5	0.90	0.4	49
1977	26	0	0		7.88	8.0	10	8	7	1	10	2	2.500	11.3	11.3	2.3	0.20	1.1	5
5 Yrs		6	10	.375	4.66	168.0	198	97	87	9	112	97	1.845	10.6		5.2	0.87	0.5	117

* 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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