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Mike Epstein

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 230lb (190cm, 104kg)

Born: April 4, 1943 in Bronx, NY us

High School: Fairfax HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: September 16, 1966 (Age 23-165d, 12,541st in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 28, 1974 (Age 31-024d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Michael Peter Epstein

Nicknames: Superjew

Pronunciation: \EP-stein\

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1972 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.7

2854

695

130

.244

362

RBI

380

OBP

.358

SLG

.424

OPS

.782

OPS+

130

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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
1964	21	BAL-min	WRk	13	45	37	6	7	2	1	1	7	1	0	5	14	.189	.311	.378	.689		14		2	0	1			ORI · FLIL
1965	22	BAL-min	A,WRk	174	690	537	109	166	23	3	34	127	5	4	134	107	.309	.452	.553	1.005		297		12	0	7			STK,ORI · CALL,FLIL
1966	23	BAL-min	AAA,WRk	162	648	533	82	163	28	6	29	113	0	0	99	131	.306	.423	.544	.967		290		12	0	4			ROC,ORI · IL,FLIL
1966	23	BAL	AL	6	12	11	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.364	.614	75	4	0	0	0	0	0	/3H
1967	24	TOT	AL	105	345	297	32	67	7	4	9	29	1	4	41	79	.226	.330	.367	.697	110	109	4	6	0	1	5	3H
1967	24	BAL	AL	9	16	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.154	.313	.154	.466	42	2	1	0	0	0	0	/H3
1967	24	WSA	AL	96	329	284	32	65	7	4	9	29	1	4	38	74	.229	.331	.377	.708	113	107	3	6	0	1	5	3H
1968	25	WSA-min	AAA	11	46	35	9	14	2	0	5	13	0	0	9	4	.400	.543	.886	1.429		31		2	0	0			BFL · IL
1968	25	WSA	AL	123	448	385	40	90	8	2	13	33	1	1	48	91	.234	.338	.366	.704	118	141	13	13	1	1	5	*3H
1969	26	WSA	AL	131	500	403	73	112	18	1	30	85	2	5	85	99	.278	.414	.551	.965	176	222	8	10	0	2	10	*3H	MVP-25
1970	27	WSA	AL	140	518	430	55	110	15	3	20	56	2	3	73	117	.256	.371	.444	.815	129	191	7	9	0	6	6	*3H
1971	28	TOT	AL	128	503	414	49	98	14	1	19	60	1	3	74	102	.237	.367	.413	.780	124	171	3	12	2	1	6	*3/H
1971	28	WSA	AL	24	101	85	6	21	1	1	1	9	1	0	12	31	.247	.366	.318	.684	102	27	0	4	0	0	1	3
1971	28	OAK	AL	104	402	329	43	77	13	0	18	51	0	3	62	71	.234	.368	.438	.805	130	144	3	8	2	1	5	3/H
1972	29	OAK	AL	138	537	455	63	123	18	2	26	70	0	1	68	68	.270	.376	.490	.866	163	223	7	11	0	3	9	*3/H	MVP-16
1973	30	TOT	AL	118	457	397	39	83	11	2	9	38	0	0	48	73	.209	.304	.315	.619	82	125	11	8	0	4	2	*3/H
1973	30	TEX	AL	27	104	85	9	16	3	0	1	6	0	0	14	19	.188	.317	.259	.576	68	22	2	3	0	2	0	3/H
1973	30	CAL	AL	91	353	312	30	67	8	2	8	32	0	0	34	54	.215	.300	.330	.630	85	103	9	5	0	2	2	3/H
1974	31	CAL	AL	18	73	62	10	10	2	0	4	6	0	0	10	13	.161	.288	.387	.675	98	24	0	1	0	0	0	3
9 Yrs				907	3393	2854	362	695	93	16	130	380	7	17	448	645	.244	.358	.424	.782	130	1210	53	70	3	18	43
162 Game Avg.				162	606	510	65	124	17	3	23	68	1	3	80	115	.244	.358	.424	.782	130	216	9	13	1	3	8

TEX (6 yrs)				541	2000	1672	215	414	52	11	74	218	7	13	270	431	.248	.365	.425	.789	131	710	33	45	1	12	27
CAL (2 yrs)				109	426	374	40	77	10	2	12	38	0	0	44	67	.206	.298	.340	.638	87	127	9	6	0	2	2
BAL (2 yrs)				15	28	24	1	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	8	.167	.286	.250	.536	59	6	1	0	0	0	0
OAK (2 yrs)				242	939	784	106	200	31	2	44	121	0	4	130	139	.255	.372	.468	.841	148	367	10	19	2	4	14