Michael Wuertz
Michael James Wuertz
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: December 15, 1978 in Austin, MN
High School: Austin (Austin, MN)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 1997 amateur draft.
Signed August 18, 1997. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 2004
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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
2004 25 CHC NL 1 0 1.000 4.34 31 0 11 0 0 1 29.0 22 14 14 4 17 1 30 0 1 2 124 101 1.345 6.8 1.2 5.3 9.3 1.76
2005 26 CHC NL 6 2 .750 3.81 75 0 12 0 0 0 75.2 60 36 32 6 40 7 89 0 0 7 319 116 1.322 7.1 0.7 4.8 10.6 2.23
2006 27 CHC NL 3 1 .750 2.66 41 0 4 0 0 0 40.2 35 14 12 5 16 2 42 1 0 1 175 174 1.254 7.7 1.1 3.5 9.3 2.63
2007 28 CHC NL 2 3 .400 3.48 73 0 19 0 0 0 72.1 64 30 28 8 35 6 79 0 0 6 312 132 1.369 8.0 1.0 4.4 9.8 2.26
2008 29 CHC NL 1 1 .500 3.63 45 0 13 0 0 0 44.2 44 23 18 4 20 2 30 0 0 2 189 127 1.433 8.9 0.8 4.0 6.0 1.50
2009 30 OAK AL 6 1 .857 2.63 74 0 9 0 0 4 78.2 52 25 23 6 23 1 102 0 0 6 304 166 0.953 5.9 0.7 2.6 11.7 4.43
6 Seasons 19 8 .704 3.35 339 0 68 0 0 5 341.0 277 142 127 33 151 19 372 1 1 24 1423 134 1.255 7.3 0.9 4.0 9.8 2.46
162 Game Avg. 4 2 .704 3.35 68 0 14 0 0 1 68 56 28 25 7 30 4 75 0 0 5 285 134 1.255 7.3 0.9 4.0 9.8 2.46
CHC (5 yrs) 13 7 .650 3.57 265 0 59 0 0 1 262.1 225 117 104 27 128 18 270 1 1 18 1119 127 1.346 7.7 0.9 4.4 9.3 2.11
OAK (1 yr) 6 1 .857 2.63 74 0 9 0 0 4 78.2 52 25 23 6 23 1 102 0 0 6 304 166 0.953 5.9 0.7 2.6 11.7 4.43
NL (5 yrs) 13 7 .650 3.57 265 0 59 0 0 1 262.1 225 117 104 27 128 18 270 1 1 18 1119 127 1.346 7.7 0.9 4.4 9.3 2.11
AL (1 yr) 6 1 .857 2.63 74 0 9 0 0 4 78.2 52 25 23 6 23 1 102 0 0 6 304 166 0.953 5.9 0.7 2.6 11.7 4.43

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 28 CHC NL NLDS L ARI 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00
1 NLDS 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7 0.600 0.0 0.0 5.4 10.8 2.00

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
2004 25 CHC NL 31 124 101 14 22 8 0 4 3 1 17 30 .218 .325 .416 .741 .261 42 2 0 4 2 1
2005 26 CHC NL 75 319 274 36 60 8 1 6 7 4 40 89 .219 .316 .321 .638 .298 88 6 0 3 2 7
2006 27 CHC NL 41 175 155 14 35 4 2 5 4 0 16 42 .226 .302 .374 .677 .278 58 1 1 3 0 2
2007 28 CHC NL 73 312 273 30 64 17 1 8 7 1 35 79 .234 .320 .392 .712 .299 107 4 0 3 1 6
2008 29 CHC NL 45 189 165 23 44 8 1 4 4 3 20 30 .267 .340 .400 .740 .299 66 5 0 1 3 2
2009 30 OAK AL 74 304 276 25 52 14 2 6 9 3 23 102 .188 .248 .319 .567 .269 88 3 0 2 3 1
6 Seasons 339 1423 1244 142 277 59 7 33 34 12 151 372 .223 .305 .361 .666 .287 449 21 1 16 11 19
162 Game Avg. 68 285 250 28 56 12 1 7 7 2 30 75 .223 .305 .361 .666 .287 90 4 0 3 2 4
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

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
2004 25 CHC NL 31 31 11 1 0 1 1 0 100% 2 1 26 8 31% 8 0.618 6 5 19 6 3 22 12 19 7 10 7 8 2.8 17
2005 26 CHC NL 75 75 12 6 2 3 0 3 0% 22 18 50 14 28% 8 1.062 32 16 26 30 11 34 26 49 20 22 22 21 3.0 18
2006 27 CHC NL 41 41 4 3 1 1 0 1 0% 9 6 37 16 43% 7 0.961 13 11 15 12 5 24 18 23 11 14 13 13 3.0 17
2007 28 CHC NL 73 73 19 2 3 0 0 0 9 7 38 5 13% 7 0.859 18 16 36 21 11 41 22 51 14 23 18 18 3.0 16
2008 29 CHC NL 45 45 13 1 1 3 0 3 0% 9 3 40 12 30% 8 1.033 11 11 20 16 4 25 21 24 13 15 14 12 3.0 16
2009 30 OAK AL 74 74 9 6 1 6 4 2 67% 29 23 40 8 20% 7 1.257 32 20 21 40 13 21 26 48 17 12 20 16 3.2 17
6 Seasons 339 339 68 19 8 14 5 9 36% 80 58 231 63 27% 1.004 112 79 137 125 47 167 125 214 82 96 94 88 3.0 17

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%
2004 25 CHC NL 124 36% 3.2% 24.2% 13.7% 9.7% 55% 0.43 0.65 56% 14% 8.7% 10% 21 2 10%
2005 26 CHC NL 319 36% 1.9% 27.9% 12.5% 4.7% 25% 0.72 0.79 57% 14% 6.1% 8% 65 6 9%
2006 27 CHC NL 175 31% 2.9% 24.0% 9.1% 6.3% 31% 1.20 1.29 62% 12% 11.1% 10% 31 1 3%
2007 28 CHC NL 312 30% 2.6% 25.3% 11.2% 8.3% 41% 0.82 1.04 60% 17% 9.0% 15% 52 4 8%
2008 29 CHC NL 189 36% 2.1% 15.9% 10.6% 6.9% 30% 0.81 1.44 71% 23% 5.8% 8% 40 5 13%
2009 30 OAK AL 304 42% 2.0% 33.6% 7.6% 7.2% 42% 0.87 0.91 56% 15% 7.7% 17% 51 3 6%
6 Seasons 1423 35% 2.3% 26.1% 10.6% 7.0% 36% 0.80 0.99 60% 16% 7.8% 12% 260 21 8%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

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
2004 25 CHC NL 124 518 4.18 311 60% 30% 19% 27% 25% 70% 2% 42% 73% 58% 6% 8 4 27% 33 12 0 27% 2 3 0 0 0
2005 26 CHC NL 319 1323 4.15 793 60% 27% 28% 20% 24% 73% 5% 43% 61% 54% 8% 24 9 27% 87 35 3 13% 15 9 0 0 0
2006 27 CHC NL 175 677 3.87 428 63% 23% 28% 22% 27% 77% 3% 49% 63% 58% 6% 10 6 26% 46 27 2 7% 13 2 0 0 0
2007 28 CHC NL 312 1152 3.69 726 63% 23% 27% 23% 27% 77% 5% 48% 65% 62% 6% 19 5 25% 78 44 3 18% 17 8 0 0 0
2008 29 CHC NL 189 723 3.83 451 62% 22% 22% 25% 31% 78% 3% 49% 72% 63% 5% 9 2 25% 48 27 4 10% 4 5 0 0 0
2009 30 OAK AL 304 1275 4.19 799 63% 30% 30% 19% 22% 70% 1% 44% 58% 55% 6% 19 11 25% 76 31 4 5% 12 7 0 0 0
6 Seasons 1423 5668 3.98 3508 62% 26% 27% 22% 26% 74% 3% 46% 64% 58% 6% 89 37 26% 368 176 16 12% 63 34 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

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
2004 25 CHC NL 124 22 1 0 4 0 8 1 3 3 1 10 7 1 70% 1 2 0 48 3 1 75% 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
2005 26 CHC NL 319 60 10 2 6 0 19 4 2 1 5 20 11 9 55% 1 7 1 113 7 4 64% 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
2006 27 CHC NL 175 35 6 0 5 0 11 4 1 3 2 13 3 4 23% 3 1 0 65 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2007 28 CHC NL 312 64 5 0 8 0 15 6 2 6 2 14 4 6 29% 1 6 2 119 7 1 88% 7 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0
2008 29 CHC NL 189 44 2 1 4 0 20 1 3 3 1 22 10 4 45% 4 2 0 66 4 3 57% 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 0
2009 30 OAK AL 304 52 12 0 6 0 3 3 3 2 4 15 10 4 67% 4 6 0 119 9 3 75% 9 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 9 0
6 Seasons 1423 277 36 3 33 0 76 19 14 18 15 94 45 28 48% 14 24 3 530 34 12 74% 32 8 2 3 0 1 2 1 49 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

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+
2004 25 1 0 1.000 4.34 31 0 11 0 0 1 29.0 22 14 14 4 17 1 30 0 1 2 124 101 1.345 6.8 1.2 5.3 9.3 1.76 101
2005 26 7 2 .778 3.96 106 0 23 0 0 1 104.2 82 50 46 10 57 8 119 0 1 9 443 111 1.328 7.1 0.9 4.9 10.2 2.09 111
2006 27 10 3 .769 3.59 147 0 27 0 0 1 145.1 117 64 58 15 73 10 161 1 1 10 618 124 1.307 7.2 0.9 4.5 10.0 2.21 124
2007 28 12 6 .667 3.56 220 0 46 0 0 1 217.2 181 94 86 23 108 16 240 1 1 16 930 127 1.328 7.5 1.0 4.5 9.9 2.22 127
2008 29 13 7 .650 3.57 265 0 59 0 0 1 262.1 225 117 104 27 128 18 270 1 1 18 1119 127 1.346 7.7 0.9 4.4 9.3 2.11 127
2009 30 19 8 .704 3.35 339 0 68 0 0 5 341.0 277 142 127 33 151 19 372 1 1 24 1423 134 1.255 7.3 0.9 4.0 9.8 2.46 134

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
2004 25 2 1 .667 4.03 29.0 21 14 13 4 16 30 0 1.276 6.5 5.0 9.3 1.88 1.2 31
2005 26 4 4 .500 3.77 74.0 59 34 31 6 39 87 0 1.324 7.2 4.7 10.6 2.23 0.7 75
2006 27 3 1 .750 2.41 41.0 34 12 11 5 16 42 1 1.220 7.5 3.5 9.2 2.63 1.1 41
2007 28 5 3 .625 3.25 72.0 62 29 26 8 34 79 0 1.333 7.8 4.3 9.9 2.32 1.0 73
2008 29 2 2 .500 3.56 43.0 42 19 17 4 19 29 0 1.419 8.8 4.0 6.1 1.53 0.8 45
2009 30 5 3 .625 2.88 75.0 54 27 24 6 24 97 0 1.040 6.5 2.9 11.6 4.04 0.7 74
6 Seasons 21 14 .600 3.29 334.0 272 135 122 33 148 364 1 1.257 7.3 9.8 2.46 0.9 339

* 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

Games Played s c a p y
2009 AL--74--4th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1877), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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