Mike Vail

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 180lb (185cm, 81kg)

Born: November 10, 1951 in San Francisco, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Archbishop Mitty HS (San Jose, CA) and the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase.

High School: Archbishop Mitty HS (San Jose, CA)

School: De Anza College (Cupertino, CA)

Debut: August 18, 1975 (Age 23-281d, 13,675th in major league history)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 30, 1984 (Age 32-263d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Michael Lewis Vail

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

1604

447

.279

146

RBI

219

OBP

.313

SLG

.400

OPS

.713

OPS+

Summary of 34 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 11 go ahead

4 Tms
CHC	17
NYM	11
CIN	4
MON	2

Platoon
vs RHP	18
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Away	19
Home	15

Outs
1	12
0	11
2	11

12 Opps
PHI	8
PIT	5
MON	5
NYM	3
ATL	2
STL	2
LAD	2
CHC	2
CIN	2
SFG	1
SDP	1
HOU	1

32 Pitchers
Steve Carlton	2
Jim Kaat	2
Randy Niemann	1
Randy Lerch	1
Fred Norman	1
Wayne Twitchell	1
Jeff Reardon	1
Tom Hausman	1
Skip Lockwood	1
Enrique Romo	1
Larry McWilliams	1
Doug Rau	1
Lerrin LaGrow	1
Dick Ruthven	1
Burt Hooton	1
Craig Skok	1
Pete Vuckovich	1
John Candelaria	1
Chris Welsh	1
Ray Burris	1
Dale Murray	1
Grant Jackson	1
Kent Tekulve	1
Kevin Saucier	1
Woodie Fryman	1
Elías Sosa	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Odell Jones	1
Doug Capilla	1
Ed Halicki	1
Bill Atkinson	1
Eric Rasmussen	1

9 Parks
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	11
Shea Stad (NYC)	7
VeteransStad (PHI)	5
Stade Olymp. (MON)	4
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	14
9	3
8	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	32
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	13
1--	12
12-	4
-2-	2
123	1
--3	1
-23	1

62 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	13
1 on	15
2 on	5
3 on	1
Any on	21

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

1-3	8
4-6	10
7-end	16

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	3
+2	1
+1	4
Tied	8
-1	3
-2	3
-4..	9

Ahead	11
Tied	8
Behind	15

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
RF	21
LF	10
PH	3

OrderPos
5th	9
3rd	6
4th	6
2nd	5
9th	3
6th	3
7th	1
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	18

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-09-01	NYM		PIT	John Candelaria	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	7	0.114	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	1975-09-05	NYM		STL	Eric Rasmussen	tied 0-0	b 3	2	1--	2	3	7	0.234	76%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Unser Scores
3	3	3	1	1975-09-08 (1)	NYM	@	MON	Woodie Fryman	behind 2-4	t 6	1	---	1	3	7	0.116	30%		Home Run
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1977-05-02	NYM	@	LAD	Doug Rau	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	9	0.108	61%		Home Run (Deep CF)
5	5	2	1	1977-05-29	NYM	@	PHI	Jim Kaat	tied 0-0	t 1	0	-23	3	3	9	0.129	76%		Home Run; L. Randle Scores; B. Boisclair Scores
6	6	3	1	1977-07-03	NYM	@	MON	Wayne Twitchell	ahead 1-0	t 4	1	---	1	3	9	0.116	73%		Home Run
7	7	4	1	1977-07-06	NYM	@	PHI	Jim Kaat	tied 1-1	t 4	1	1--	2	5	9	0.209	71%		Home Run; S. Henderson Scores
8	8	5	1	1977-07-13	NYM		CHC	Ray Burris	behind 0-2	b 5	1	---	1	6	9	0.129	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	6	1	1977-07-15 (2)	NYM		PIT	Odell Jones	ahead 3-0	b 5	1	---	1	4	9	0.048	94%		Home Run
10	10	7	1	1977-08-20	NYM		CIN	Fred Norman	behind 0-7	b 7	0	---	1	5	9	0.008	2%		Home Run (Deep LF)
11	11	8	1	1977-08-24	NYM	@	CIN	Doug Capilla	behind 1-11	t 9	0	1--	2	4	9	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Henderson Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1978-07-02	CHC		PHI	Dick Ruthven	behind 0-6	b 7	1	12-	3	8	PH	0.064	10%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Trillo Scores; I. de Jesús Scores
13	13	2	1	1978-07-06	CHC	@	NYM	Skip Lockwood	behind 5-7	t 7	0	---	1	9	7	0.125	28%		Home Run (Deep RF)
14	14	3	1	1978-09-09	CHC	@	MON	Bill Atkinson	ahead 5-2	t 7	1	---	1	4	9	0.045	95%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	4	1	1978-09-25	CHC	@	PIT	Kent Tekulve	behind 1-7	t 8	2	12-	3	5	9	0.025	3%		Home Run (Line Drive to LF-CF); B. Buckner Scores; D. Kingman Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1979-05-06	CHC		ATL	Larry McWilliams	behind 4-5	b 2	2	1--	2	2	9	0.208	62%		Home Run; I. de Jesús Scores
17	17	2	2	1979-05-06	CHC		ATL	Craig Skok	ahead 10-9	b 5	2	1--	2	2	9	0.185	87%		Home Run; I. de Jesús Scores
18	18	3	1	1979-06-30	CHC		NYM	Dale Murray	behind 4-9	b 11	1	123	4	4	PH	0.071	12%		Home Run; I. de Jesús Scores; S. Thompson Scores; B. Buckner Scores
19	19	4	1	1979-07-07 (2)	CHC		HOU	Randy Niemann	ahead 4-0	b 3	0	-2-	2	6	9	0.042	96%		Home Run; J. Martin Scores
20	20	5	1	1979-08-09	CHC		PIT	Grant Jackson	ahead 8-0	b 8	1	--3	2	2	9	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); I. de Jesús Scores
21	21	6	1	1979-09-04	CHC		STL	Pete Vuckovich	behind 2-6	b 9	2	1--	2	9	PH	0.010	2%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Macko Scores
22	22	7	1	1979-09-09	CHC		PHI	Kevin Saucier	ahead 1-0	b 3	1	1--	2	3	9	0.157	83%		Home Run; L. Biittner Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1980-05-10	CHC		SFG	Ed Halicki	ahead 10-4	b 6	0	12-	3	5	7	0.007	100%		Home Run; B. Buckner Scores; J. Martin Scores
24	24	2	1	1980-05-30	CHC		PHI	Lerrin LaGrow	ahead 7-6	b 5	0	1--	2	4	7	0.146	89%		Home Run; L. Biittner Scores
25	25	3	1	1980-06-02	CHC	@	MON	Elías Sosa	tied 6-6	t 9	1	---	1	5	9	0.391	84%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	4	1	1980-06-07	CHC	@	PHI	Randy Lerch	behind 1-5	t 7	0	---	1	5	9	0.044	10%		Home Run
27	27	5	1	1980-07-25	CHC	@	LAD	Burt Hooton	ahead 4-2	t 6	0	---	1	6	9	0.082	88%		Home Run (Deep CF)
28	28	6	1	1980-09-12	CHC	@	NYM	Tom Hausman	ahead 8-5	t 14	2	-2-	2	9	9	0.023	99%		Home Run; M. O'Berry Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1982-05-15	CIN	@	PIT	Enrique Romo	behind 7-12	t 9	2	1--	2	2	7	0.002	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Treviño Scores
30	30	2	1	1982-05-30	CIN	@	MON	Jeff Reardon	behind 2-3	t 7	2	12-	3	5	7	0.521	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Oester Scores; D. Concepción Scores
31	31	3	1	1982-06-07	CIN	@	SDP	Chris Welsh	behind 2-6	t 8	1	1--	2	5	7	0.055	9%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Driessen Scores/unER
32	32	4	1	1982-07-10 (2)	CIN	@	CHC	Dick Tidrow	behind 3-4	t 8	2	1--	2	4	7	0.541	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Concepción Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1983-05-27	MON	@	PHI	Steve Carlton	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	9	0.164	70%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Raines Scores
34	34	2	1	1983-06-29 (1)	MON	@	PHI	Steve Carlton	tied 1-1	t 5	2	---	1	7	9	0.162	61%		Home Run (Deep LF)