Mike Scioscia

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-2, 200lb (188cm, 90kg)

Born: November 27, 1958 in Upper Darby, PA us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (19th) of the 1976 MLB June Amateur Draft from Springfield HS (Springfield, PA).

High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, PA)

School: Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA)

Debut: April 20, 1980 (Age 21-145d, 14,290th in major league history)
vs. HOU 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 2, 1992 (Age 33-310d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Agents: Richie Phillips

Full Name: Michael Lorri Scioscia

Nicknames: Sosh

Pronunciation: \SO-shuh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

26.1

4373

1131

.259

398

RBI

446

OBP

.344

SLG

.356

OPS

.700

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 68 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 4 tying, 24 go ahead

1 Tm
LAD	68

Platoon
vs RHP	55
vs LHP	13

Home/Road
Away	46
Home	22

Outs
0	29
1	23
2	16

11 Opps
SFG	14
SDP	10
HOU	10
ATL	9
PHI	6
NYM	4
MON	4
CIN	4
PIT	3
CHC	3
STL	1

54 Pitchers
Don Robinson	4
Mike Krukow	3
Don Carman	3
John Smoltz	3
Ed Lynch	2
Mike Scott	2
Rick Mahler	2
Ed Whitson	2
Steve Bedrosian	2
Stan Belinda	1
Dave LaPoint	1
Al Holland	1
Joaquín Andújar	1
Pascual Pérez	1
Jim Clancy	1
Jim Corsi	1
John Montefusco	1
Len Barker	1
Bob Ojeda	1
Eric Show	1
Dave Schuler	1
Danny Darwin	1
Calvin Schiraldi	1
Dwight Gooden	1
Tom Griffin	1
Bryn Smith	1
Paul Gibson	1
Dwayne Henry	1
Mario Soto	1
Bill Laskey	1
Tim Birtsas	1
Paul Moskau	1
Charlie Lea	1
José Meléndez	1
Rick Wise	1
Todd Worrell	1
David Palmer	1
Steve Wilson	1
Tommy Greene	1
Dennis Martínez	1
Ken Howell	1
Randy Kramer	1
Don Sutton	1
Greg Harris	1
Bob Forsch	1
Andy Benes	1
Todd Frohwirth	1
Steve Rogers	1
Bud Black	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Atlee Hammaker	1
Lee Smith	1
Brad Lesley	1
Bill Gullickson	1

12 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	22
Qualcomm St (SAN)	8
3Com Park (SFO)	8
Astrodome (HOU)	7
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	5
VeteransStad (PHI)	4
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	3
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	3
Stade Olymp. (MON)	3
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Shea Stad (NYC)	2
Busch Stad (STL)	1

Where Hit
9	45
89	8
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	37
4	9
3	6
2	6
5	5
1	3
6	1
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	68

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	50
1--	9
12-	4
123	2
--3	1
-2-	1
1-3	1

95 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	50
1 on	11
2 on	5
3 on	2
Any on	18

Inning
1	4
2	14
3	4
4	14
5	7
6	4
7	8
8	7
9	6

1-3	22
4-6	25
7-end	21

RelScore
+4..	8
+3	3
+2	9
+1	11
Tied	21
-1	5
-2	5
-4..	6

Ahead	31
Tied	21
Behind	16

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	37
2-1	5
3-1	5
1-2	4
0-1	4
0-0	3
1-1	3
2-0	3
1-0	2
2-2	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	68

OrderPos
6th	29
7th	23
5th	9
8th	6
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	15
Medium Lev	20
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1980-07-06	LAD		SFG	John Montefusco	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	---		1	8	2	0.083	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1981-04-18	LAD	@	SDP	Rick Wise	tied 0-0	t 7	0	---		1	7	2	0.222	72%		Home Run
3	3	2	1	1981-09-24	LAD	@	SFG	Tom Griffin	ahead 2-1	t 3	2	12-		3	7	2	0.247	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Garvey Scores; R. Monday Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1982-04-19	LAD		HOU	Don Sutton	tied 1-1	b 2	1	--3		2	7	2	0.144	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); P. Guerrero Scores
5	5	2	1	1982-05-31	LAD	@	PIT	Paul Moskau	tied 1-1	t 2	1	---		1	7	2	0.112	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	3	1	1982-07-20	LAD		MON	Charlie Lea	ahead 2-0	b 2	2	---		1	8	2	0.083	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	4	1	1982-08-03	LAD	@	CIN	Brad Lesley	ahead 3-0	t 8	2	---		1	8	2	0.037	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	5	1	1982-10-02	LAD	@	SFG	Al Holland	ahead 7-0	t 5	2	12-		3	7	2	0.014	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Baker Scores; R. Cey Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1983-05-14	LAD	@	SDP	Eric Show	tied 0-0	t 2	0	1--		2	7	2	0.177	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Roenicke Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1984-05-28	LAD	@	MON	Steve Rogers	tied 1-1	t 3	1	12-		3	5	2	0.262	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); K. Landreaux Scores; P. Guerrero Scores
11	11	2	1	1984-08-01	LAD	@	SDP	Ed Whitson	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---		1	5	2	0.112	61%		Home Run
12	12	3	1	1984-08-12	LAD	@	SFG	Mike Krukow	behind 0-2	t 4	2	12-		3	5	2	0.355	60%		Home Run; D. Anderson Scores; K. Landreaux Scores
13	13	4	1	1984-08-27	LAD	@	NYM	Dwight Gooden	behind 0-4	t 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	6	2	0.043	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	5	1	1984-09-17	LAD	@	ATL	Pascual Pérez	ahead 3-0	t 4	0	---		1	6	2	0.062	88%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1985-05-06	LAD	@	CHC	Lee Smith	behind 1-3	t 9	0	1--	2,(0-1) FX	2	6	2	0.352	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Marshall Scores
16	16	2	1	1985-05-24	LAD	@	NYM	Ed Lynch	ahead 3-1	t 6	1	---		1	7	2	0.088	87%		Home Run
17	17	3	1	1985-06-07	LAD	@	ATL	Steve Bedrosian	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---		1	7	2	0.116	76%		Home Run
18	18	4	1	1985-07-31	LAD		SFG	Bill Laskey	behind 3-7	b 4	0	---		1	7	2	0.068	19%		Home Run
19	19	5	1	1985-08-03	LAD	@	CIN	Mario Soto	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	7	2	0.119	62%		Home Run
20	20	6	1	1985-09-09	LAD	@	ATL	Len Barker	tied 0-0	t 4	0	---		1	6	2	0.130	63%		Home Run
21	21	7	1	1985-09-10 (2)	LAD	@	ATL	Dave Schuler	ahead 9-4	t 9	0	---		1	6	2	0.003	100%		Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1986-04-20	LAD	@	ATL	Rick Mahler	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	---		1	6	2	0.070	82%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
23	23	2	1	1986-04-22	LAD	@	SFG	Mike Krukow	behind 0-8	t 3	2	1--		2	2	2	0.022	3%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Sax Scores
24	24	3	1	1986-08-25	LAD		PHI	Don Carman	tied 1-1	b 2	0	---		1	6	2	0.118	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	4	1	1986-09-08	LAD		ATL	Rick Mahler	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---		1	5	2	0.160	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	5	1	1986-09-29	LAD	@	SDP	Dave LaPoint	ahead 6-0	t 7	1	---		1	6	2	0.007	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1987-04-11	LAD		SFG	Mike Krukow	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	---		1	6	2	0.097	74%		Home Run (Deep RF)
28	28	2	1	1987-04-17	LAD	@	SDP	Ed Whitson	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	---		1	5	2	0.085	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
29	29	3	1	1987-05-02	LAD	@	STL	Todd Worrell	tied 5-5	t 8	1	---		1	5	2	0.268	72%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	4	1	1987-07-25	LAD		CHC	Ed Lynch	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---		1	7	2	0.007	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	5	1	1987-08-19	LAD	@	MON	Bryn Smith	behind 1-7	t 4	0	---		1	5	2	0.030	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	6	1	1987-09-23	LAD	@	SFG	Don Robinson	behind 7-9	t 9	0	---		1	6	2	0.087	16%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1988-05-25	LAD	@	PHI	David Palmer	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	6	2	0.255	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Marshall Scores
34	34	2	1	1988-06-27	LAD	@	HOU	Joaquín Andújar	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	6	2	0.152	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
35	35	3	1	1988-09-13	LAD		ATL	John Smoltz	tied 0-0	b 5	1	1--	5,(3-1) BBCBX	2	8	2	0.256	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to RF Line); J. Hamilton Scores
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
36	36	1	1	1989-05-14	LAD	@	PHI	Todd Frohwirth	ahead 8-0	t 7	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	2	0.002	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
37	37	2	1	1989-05-26	LAD		NYM	Bob Ojeda	behind 0-8	b 8	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.002	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
38	38	3	1	1989-06-04	LAD	@	HOU	Bob Forsch	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	123		4	6	2	0.198	90%		Home Run; D. Anderson Scores; K. Gibson Scores; M. Davis Scores
39	39	4	1	1989-07-23 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	Randy Kramer	ahead 1-0	t 4	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	2	0.115	76%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
40	40	5	1	1989-08-08	LAD		ATL	John Smoltz	behind 0-1	b 2	1	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	8	2	0.285	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); F. Stubbs Scores; B. Bean Scores; M. Huff Scores
41	41	6	1	1989-08-27	LAD		PHI	Don Carman	ahead 1-0	b 2	1	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	8	2	0.163	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Hamilton Scores
42	42	7	1	1989-09-04	LAD	@	HOU	Mike Scott	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	1-3	7,(2-2) FBSFFBX	3	6	2	0.228	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); L. Harris Scores; M. Marshall Scores
43	43	8	1	1989-09-06	LAD	@	CIN	Tim Birtsas	ahead 4-3	t 5	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	2	0.124	75%		Home Run
44	44	9	1	1989-09-21	LAD	@	SFG	Steve Bedrosian	behind 2-4	t 9	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	6	2	0.049	8%		Home Run
45	45	10	1	1989-09-25	LAD		SFG	Don Robinson	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	5,(3-1) BCBBX	1	6	2	0.121	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
46	46	1	1	1990-04-13	LAD	@	HOU	Danny Darwin	ahead 5-0	t 8	1	---	4,(1-2) CBFX	1	7	2	0.008	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
47	47	2	1	1990-04-14	LAD	@	HOU	Mike Scott	tied 0-0	t 4	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	6	2	0.142	60%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
48	48	3	1	1990-04-17	LAD	@	SFG	Atlee Hammaker	tied 5-5	t 8	0	---	4,(2-1) FBBX	1	7	2	0.262	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
49	49	4	1	1990-05-05	LAD	@	PHI	Ken Howell	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBCX	1	6	2	0.083	79%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
50	50	5	1	1990-05-10	LAD	@	MON	Dennis Martínez	tied 0-0	t 2	1	1--		2	6	2	0.194	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); H. Brooks Scores
51	51	6	1	1990-05-24	LAD	@	CHC	Steve Wilson	ahead 8-0	t 4	0	---		1	5	2	0.007	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	7	1	1990-06-16	LAD		SDP	Calvin Schiraldi	ahead 4-2	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) .BBCX	1	6	2	0.052	95%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	8	1	1990-06-20	LAD		HOU	Jim Clancy	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---		1	6	2	0.107	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
54	54	9	1	1990-07-28	LAD		ATL	John Smoltz	behind 3-4	b 6	1	---		1	6	2	0.201	54%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
55	55	10	1	1990-08-01	LAD		SFG	Don Robinson	behind 0-1	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	6	2	0.169	53%		Home Run
56	56	11	1	1990-08-29	LAD	@	PHI	Tommy Greene	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	-2-		2	6	2	0.125	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); H. Brooks Scores
57	57	12	1	1990-09-03	LAD		HOU	Bill Gullickson	behind 0-2	b 2	2	---		1	6	2	0.107	39%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1991-04-20	LAD	@	SDP	Bruce Hurst	behind 0-1	t 5	0	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	7	2	0.147	50%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); M. Scioscia Scores
59	59	2	1	1991-05-21	LAD	@	HOU	Jim Corsi	tied 2-2	t 7	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	7	2	0.216	72%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); M. Scioscia Scores
60	60	3	1	1991-05-30	LAD		CIN	Don Carman	behind 1-7	b 9	0	---	4,(1-2) BFCX	1	7	2	0.004	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Scioscia Scores
61	61	4	1	1991-08-10	LAD	@	SFG	Don Robinson	tied 1-1	t 4	1	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	7	2	0.142	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Scioscia Scores
62	62	5	1	1991-09-06 (1)	LAD	@	PIT	Stan Belinda	tied 3-3	t 9	1	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	7	2	0.390	83%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Scioscia Scores
63	63	6	1	1991-09-11	LAD	@	HOU	Dwayne Henry	ahead 8-1	t 7	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	6	2	0.003	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Scioscia Scores
64	64	7	1	1991-09-27	LAD		SFG	Bud Black	ahead 2-1	b 4	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	7	2	0.106	80%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); M. Scioscia Scores
65	65	8	1	1991-10-01	LAD		SDP	Andy Benes	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	---	4,(1-2) CFBX	1	6	2	0.075	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); M. Scioscia Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
66	66	1	1	1992-04-09	LAD	@	SDP	José Meléndez	ahead 4-2	t 8	1	---	6,(2-2) BBCFFX	1	7	2	0.065	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Scioscia Scores
67	67	2	1	1992-05-17	LAD		NYM	Paul Gibson	ahead 4-2	b 6	2	1--	3,(1-1) ..BFX	2	7	2	0.104	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); D. Hansen Scores; M. Scioscia Scores
68	68	3	1	1992-09-14	LAD	@	SDP	Greg Harris	behind 2-3	t 7	1	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	2	0.395	69%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); B. Ashley Scores; M. Scioscia Scores