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 (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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
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 Seasons				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: 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
1990	25	PIT	NL	12.2	1	5	7	0	.9	2	0.1	$104,000
1991	26	CLE	AL	34.2	4	29	22	0	1.1	-7	-0.9	$
2 Seasons				47.1	5	34	29	0	1.0	-5	-0.8	$104,000

PIT (1 yr)				12.2	1	5	7	0	.9	2	0.1	$104,000
CLE (1 yr)				34.2	4	29	22	0	1.1	-7	-0.9	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1983	18	NYY-min	A-	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	ONE · NYPL
1984	19	CHW-min	Rk	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	WHS · GULF
1985	20	DET-min	Rk	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	BRS · APPY
1986	21	DET-min	A	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0	GST,LAK · SALL,FLOR
1987	22	PIT-min	A	28	42	36	2	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	9	.111	.135	.167	.302		6		0	5	0	0	MAC · SALL
1988	23	PIT-min	AA,A	26	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.111	.222		1	0	0	1	0	0	HRB,SAL · EL,CARL
1989	24	PIT-min	AAA,AA	26	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.071	.071	.071	.143		1		0	1	0	0	BFL,HRB · AA,EL
1990	25	PIT-min	AAA	29	31	29	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.103	.100	.138	.238		4		0	1	1	0	BFL · AA
1990	25	PIT	NL	4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1991	26	PIT-CLE-min	AAA	14	12	10	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.364	.500	.864		5	0	0	1	1	0	BFL,CSP · AA,PCL
1991	26	CLE	AL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1992	27	SDP-PIT-min	AAA	25	27	22	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.091	.130	.091	.221		2		0	4	0	0	LVG,BFL · PCL,AA
1995	30	TOR-min	AAA	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	SYR · IL
1997	32	TEX-min	AA,AAA	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	TUL,OKC · TL,AA
2 Seasons				18	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	27	27	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	9	0	0	0	0	0

PIT (1 yr)				4	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	88	1	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				14	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
1990	25	PIT	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$104,000	/1
1 Season				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$104,000

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1990	PIT	NL	25	P	4	1	12.2	4	1	3	1.000	2.84	1.00	.958	1.78	1.80	0	0
1991	CLE	AL	26	P	14	4	34.2	5	2	3	1.000	1.30	0.36	.956	1.79	1.80	4	2	33%
	2 Seasons			P	18	5	47.1	9	3	6	1.000	1.71	0.50	.957	1.79	1.80	4	2	33%
	2 Seasons			TOT	18	5	47.1	9	3	6	1.000	1.71	0.50	.957	1.79	1.80	4	2	33%

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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.
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Transactions

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 40th round of the 1982 amateur draft. Player signed December 1, 1982.
July 22, 1983: Released by the New York Yankees.
July 18, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.
April 8, 1985: Released by the Chicago White Sox.
June 9, 1985: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
August 29, 1986: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
October 11, 1986: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
May 16, 1991: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians for Mitch Webster.
October 7, 1991: Released by the Cleveland Indians.
December 19, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

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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
1990	25	Pittsburgh Pirates	$104,000	USA Today

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$104,000

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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