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Michael Wuertz

Michael James Wuertz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 210 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
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Athletics 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent, 2 yrs/$5M (10-11) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 6.139, Free Agent: 2012 [*],
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:05AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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 2 124 102 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 1 175 176 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 6 312 133 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 2 189 128 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 6 304 169 0.953 5.9 0.7 2.6 11.7 4.43
2010 31 OAK AL 2 3 .400 4.31 48 0 14 0 0 6 39.2 35 21 19 6 21 5 40 0 0 6 171 96 1.412 7.9 1.4 4.8 9.1 1.90
2011 32 OAK AL 0 0 6.68 39 0 7 0 0 0 33.2 37 25 25 5 26 4 32 1 0 0 162 61 1.871 9.9 1.3 7.0 8.6 1.23
8 Seasons 21 11 .656 3.71 426 0 89 0 0 11 414.1 349 188 171 44 198 28 444 2 1 30 1756 120 1.320 7.6 1.0 4.3 9.6 2.24
162 Game Avg. 3 2 .656 3.71 68 0 14 0 0 2 66 56 30 27 7 32 4 71 0 0 5 280 120 1.320 7.6 1.0 4.3 9.6 2.24
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 128 1.346 7.7 0.9 4.4 9.3 2.11
OAK (3 yrs) 8 4 .667 3.97 161 0 30 0 0 10 152.0 124 71 67 17 70 10 174 1 0 12 637 108 1.276 7.3 1.0 4.1 10.3 2.49
NL (5 yrs) NL 13 7 .650 3.57 265 0 59 0 0 1 262.1 225 117 104 27 128 18 270 1 1 18 1119 128 1.346 7.7 0.9 4.4 9.3 2.11
AL (3 yrs) AL 8 4 .667 3.97 161 0 30 0 0 10 152.0 124 71 67 17 70 10 174 1 0 12 637 108 1.276 7.3 1.0 4.1 10.3 2.49

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2004 25 CHC NL 29.0 0 14 18 0 .6 4 0.1 $300,000
2005 26 CHC NL 75.2 0 36 46 0 1.0 10 0.4 $322,000
2006 27 CHC NL 40.2 0 14 26 0 1.0 12 0.8 $355,000
2007 28 CHC NL 72.1 0 30 45 2 .9 15 0.8 $415,000
2008 29 CHC NL 44.2 0 23 28 0 1.0 5 0.1 $860,000
2009 30 OAK AL 78.2 0 25 51 -3 1.3 26 2.3 $1,100,000
2010 31 OAK AL 39.2 0 21 21 1 1.2 0 0.0 $2,200,000
2011 32 OAK AL 33.2 0 25 20 -1 .9 -5 -0.5 $2,800,000
8 Seasons 414.1 0 188 255 -1 1.0 67 4.0 $8,352,000
CHC (5 yrs) 262.1 0 117 163 2 .9 46 2.2 $2,252,000
OAK (3 yrs) 152.0 0 71 92 -3 1.2 21 1.8 $6,100,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
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

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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
2004 25 CHC NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 26 CHC NL 75 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 27 CHC NL 41 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2007 28 CHC NL 73 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 29 CHC NL 45 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 30 OAK AL 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 31 OAK AL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2011 32 OAK AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 391 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (5 yrs) 265 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
OAK (3 yrs) 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 265 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 126 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 25 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $300,000 1
2005 26 CHC NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $322,000 1
2007 28 CHC NL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $415,000 1
2008 29 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $860,000 1
2010 31 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,200,000 1
2011 32 OAK AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $2,800,000 1
6 Seasons 6 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $6,897,000
CHC (4 yrs) 6 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $1,897,000
OAK (2 yrs) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $5,000,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2007 28 CHC NL NLDS ARI L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2004 CHC NL 25 P 31 29.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.24 0.13 .965 1.83 1.82
2005 CHC NL 26 P 75 75.2 9 2 7 0 2 1.000 -2 -5 1.07 0.12 .960 1.75 1.73
2006 CHC NL 27 P 41 40.2 6 2 3 1 0 .833 -2 -10 1.11 0.12 .958 1.73 1.71
2007 CHC NL 28 P 73 72.1 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 -2 -6 1.37 0.15 .965 1.68 1.67
2008 CHC NL 29 P 45 44.2 12 5 6 1 0 .917 0 0 2.22 0.24 .959 1.73 1.72
2009 OAK AL 30 P 74 78.2 11 4 7 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.26 0.15 .953 1.53 1.51
2010 OAK AL 31 P 48 39.2 9 4 5 0 0 1.000 0 0 2.04 0.19 .953 1.63 1.61
2011 OAK AL 32 P 39 0 0 33.2 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -2 -12 0.80 0.08 .950 1.60 1.59 10 1 9% 0
8 Seasons P 426 0 0 414.1 65 20 43 2 2 .969 -8 -3 1.37 0.15 .958 1.67 1.66 10 1 9% 0
8 Seasons TOT 426 0 0 414.1 65 20 43 2 2 .969 -8 -23 1.37 0.15 .958 1.67 1.66 10 1 9% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
2009 AL  26.33 (9th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
2009 AL  2.2 (9th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
2009 AL  2.6 (10th)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
2009 AL  74 (4th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
2005 NL  1.000 (1st)
2011 AL  1.000 (1st)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200425Chicago Cubs$300,0004/7/04 AP
200526Chicago Cubs$322,000
200627Chicago Cubs$355,000
200728Chicago Cubs$415,000
200829Chicago Cubs$860,000
200930Oakland Athletics$1,100,000
201031Oakland Athletics$2,200,000
201132Oakland Athletics$2,800,000
2012 Statusnot updated,
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,352,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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