Mike York

Michael David York

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: September 6, 1964 in Oak Park, IL
High School: Justice HS (Justice, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 40th round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed December 1, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1990
Teams (by GP): Indians/Pirates 1990-1991

Final Game: August 16, 1991
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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
1983	18	NYY-min	A-	0	0		8.18	9	0	4	0	0	0	11.0	19	13	10	0	8	0	3	2	0	3			2.455	15.5	0.0	6.5	2.5	0.38	ONE · NYPL
1984	19	CHW-min	Rk	1	0	1.000	3.68	5	1	0	0	0	0	14.2	18	9	6	1	9	0	19	0	0	0			1.841	11.0	0.6	5.5	11.7	2.11	WHS · GULF
1985	20	DET-min	Rk	9	2	.818	2.37	21	0	18	0	0	2	38.0	24	12	10	1	34	2	31	2	1	6			1.526	5.7	0.2	8.1	7.3	0.91	BRS · APPY
1986	21	DET-min	A	3	5	.375	5.06	38	0	33	0	0	10	74.2	75	57	42	2	70	1	56	5	0	14			1.942	9.0	0.2	8.4	6.8	0.80	LAK,GST · FLOR,SALL
1987	22	PIT-min	A	17	6	.739	3.04	28	28	0	3	2	0	165.2	129	71	56	11	88	1	169	2	3	9			1.310	7.0	0.6	4.8	9.2	1.92	MAC · SALL
1988	23	PIT-min	A,AA	9	7	.563	3.19	26	26	0	4	1	0	166.1	157	74	59	8	97	2	138	2	6	8			1.527	8.5	0.4	5.2	7.5	1.42	SAL,HRB · CARL,EL
1989	24	PIT-min	AA,AAA	12	8	.600	3.22	26	26	0	3	2	0	162.0	153	66	58	9	65	2	134	3	0	9			1.346	8.5	0.5	3.6	7.4	2.06	HRB,BFL · EL,AA
1990	25	PIT-min	AAA	8	7	.533	4.20	27	26	0	3	1	0	158.2	165	87	74	6	78	2	130	5	5	7			1.532	9.4	0.3	4.4	7.4	1.67	BFL · AA
1990	25	PIT	NL	1	1	.500	2.84	4	1	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	5	4	0	5	0	4	1	1	0	56	131	1.421	9.2	0.0	3.6	2.8	0.80
1991	26	PIT-CLE-min	AAA	5	2	.714	4.02	12	12	0	1	0	0	69.1	76	36	31	2	39	0	35	1	0	3	311		1.659	9.9	0.3	5.1	4.5	0.90	BFL,CSP · AA,PCL
1991	26	CLE	AL	1	4	.200	6.75	14	4	3	0	0	0	34.2	45	29	26	2	19	3	19	2	0	2	163	63	1.846	11.7	0.5	4.9	4.9	1.00
1992	27	SDP-PIT-min	AAA	9	8	.529	4.33	25	23	0	0	0	0	120.2	127	68	58	7	75	0	74	9	4	3	558		1.674	9.5	0.5	5.6	5.5	0.99	LVG,BFL · PCL,AA
1993		Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1994		Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1995	30	TOR-min	AAA	1	4	.200	7.00	20	5	3	0	0	0	45.0	55	50	35	11	27	0	37	1	0	5	227		1.822	11.0	2.2	5.4	7.4	1.37	SYR · IL
1997	32	TEX-min	AAA,AA	0	1	.000	7.04	5	3	0	0	0	0	15.1	19	12	12	0	14	0	3	3	2	0	78		2.152	11.2	0.0	8.2	1.8	0.21	OKC,TUL · AA,TL
2 Yrs				2	5	.286	5.70	18	5	3	0	0	0	47.1	58	34	30	2	24	3	23	3	1	2	219	72	1.732	11.0	0.4	4.6	4.4	0.96
162 Game Avg.				6	15	.286	5.70	53	15	9	0	0	0	140	171	101	89	6	71	9	68	9	3	6	647	72	1.732	11.0	0.4	4.6	4.4	0.96

PIT (1 yr)				1	1	.500	2.84	4	1	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	5	4	0	5	0	4	1	1	0	56	131	1.421	9.2	0.0	3.6	2.8	0.80
CLE (1 yr)				1	4	.200	6.75	14	4	3	0	0	0	34.2	45	29	26	2	19	3	19	2	0	2	163	63	1.846	11.7	0.5	4.9	4.9	1.00

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
1990	25	PIT	NL	12.2	4	1	5	3.55	4.18	0.12	-0.06	105.0	4.20	1	0.1	.3	-0.0	0.1	2	.519	.500	$104,000
1991	26	CLE	AL	34.2	14	4	29	7.53	4.56	-0.08	-0.09	102.5	4.66	-11	-1.1	1.4	-0.2	-0.9	-7	.423	.493	$
2 Seasons				47.1	18	5	34	6.46	4.46	-0.03	-0.08	103.1	4.54	-10	-1.0	1.1	-0.2	-0.8	-5	.444	.497	$104,000

PIT (1 yr)				12.2	4	1	5	3.55	4.18	0.12	-0.06	105.0	4.20	1	0.1	.3	-0.0	0.1	2	.519	.500	$104,000
CLE (1 yr)				34.2	14	4	29	7.53	4.56	-0.08	-0.09	102.5	4.66	-11	-1.1	1.4	-0.2	-0.9	-7	.423	.493	$

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
1990	25	PIT	NL	4	56	47	5	13	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	.277	.352	.277	.628	.295	13	1	1	2	1	0	0
1991	26	CLE	AL	14	163	135	29	45	7	4	2	4	2	19	19	.333	.413	.489	.901	.364	66	4	2	3	4	3	2
2 Yrs				18	219	182	34	58	7	4	2	4	2	24	23	.319	.397	.434	.831	.346	79	5	3	5	5	3	2
162 Game Avg.				53	647	538	101	171	21	12	6	12	6	71	68	.319	.397	.434	.831	.346	234	15	9	15	15	9	6
MLB Averages																.257	.324	.385	.709	.286

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1990	25	PIT	NL	1.1	0.1	57	0.0	0.8	-0.7	.89	0.0	-0.0	1.1	0.1	0.89	0.7	0	3
1991	26	CLE	AL	-9.8	-0.9	169	-1.1	2.8	-3.9	1.14	-1.1	0.1	-11.2	-1.1	1.14	-11.3	6	4
2 Yrs				-8.7	-0.8	226	-1.1	3.6	-4.7	1.08	-1.0	0.0	-10.1	-0.9	1.08	-10.7	6	7

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	Pit/GS	<80	80-99	100-119	≥120	Max
1990	25	PIT	NL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	63.0	63	63	0	0	0	1	7.0	7.7	7.0	88	0	1	0	0	88
1991	26	CLE	AL	14	4	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	.250	0	1	0	0	0	0%	31.5	37	28	8	5	0	3	6.9	4.5	4.3	82	2	2	0	0	98
2 Yrs				18	5	1	2	2	0	0	2	3	.400	0	1	0	0	1	20%	38	63	28	8	5	0	4	7.0	5.4	4.8	83	2	3	0	0	98
MLB Averages													.500						52%	51	101	-4					4.3	4.3	6.1	94

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevLo	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1990	25	PIT	NL	4	3	0	0	1	0	0		3	.892	0	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3	0	5.7	33
1991	26	CLE	AL	14	10	3	1	2	11	4	36%	7	1.141	6	4	4	6	5	5	5	3	5	1	5.3	30
2 Yrs				18	13	3	1	3	11	4	36%		1.077	6	7	4	9	5	8	8	3	8	1	5.4	30

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1990	25	PIT	NL	56	50%	0.0%	7.1%	8.9%	0.0%	0%	0.75	1.43	79%	28%	0.0%	21%	19	1	5%
1991	26	CLE	AL	163	45%	1.2%	11.7%	11.7%	8.0%	29%	0.90	1.18	72%	17%	3.7%	13%	45	4	9%
2 Yrs				219	47%	0.9%	10.5%	11.0%	5.9%	22%	0.86	1.25	74%	20%	2.7%	15%	64	5	8%
MLB Averages					39%	2.1%	15.0%	8.7%	6.7%	29%	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.2%	18%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
1990	25	PIT	NL	56	187	3.34	105	56%	20%	9%	28%	44%	80%	0%	45%	89%	41%	7%	4	1	5%	3	2	0	25%	2	3	0	0	0
1991	26	CLE	AL	163	622	3.82	340	55%	29%	9%	26%	36%	71%	4%	39%	87%	47%	9%	15	6	12%	20	10	2	47%	5	6	0	0	0
2 Yrs				219	809	3.69	445	55%	27%	9%	26%	38%	73%	3%	40%	87%	45%	9%	19	7	11%	23	12	2	43%	7	9	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	56%	6%			18%				27%

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
1990	25	PIT	NL	56	13	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	4	1	80%	0	0	0	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1991	26	CLE	AL	163	45	12	0	2	0	6	2	0	1	1	20	12	1	60%	2	2	0	76	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0
2 Yrs				219	58	12	0	2	0	9	2	0	1	1	25	16	2	64%	2	2	0	103	4	2	67%	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		54%							68%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1990	25	1	1	.500	2.84	4	1	0	0	0	0	12.2	13	5	4	0	5	0	4	1	1	0	56	131	1.421	9.2	0.0	3.6	2.8	0.80	131
1991	26	2	5	.286	5.70	18	5	3	0	0	0	47.1	58	34	30	2	24	3	23	3	1	2	219	72	1.732	11.0	0.4	4.6	4.4	0.96	72

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1990	25	1	0	1.000	3.00	12.0	14	4	4	0	5	4	1	1.583	10.5	3.8	3.0	0.80	0.0	4
1991	26	1	2	.333	7.59	32.0	46	30	27	2	19	18	2	2.031	12.9	5.3	5.1	0.95	0.6	14
2 Yrs		2	2	.500	6.34	44.0	60	34	31	2	24	22	3	1.909	12.3		4.5	0.92	0.4	18

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