Mike Hargrove

Positions: First Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-0, 195lb (183cm, 88kg)

Born: October 26, 1949 in Perryton, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 25th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from Northwestern Oklahoma State University (Alva, OK).

High School: Perryton HS (Perryton, TX)

School: Northwestern Oklahoma State University (Alva, OK)

Debut: April 7, 1974 (Age 24-163d, 13,465th in major league history)
vs. OAK 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 35-345d)
vs. MIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1974 season

Agents: George Kalafatis

Full Name: Dudley Michael Hargrove

Nicknames: The Human Rain Delay

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Rookie of the Year
1x All-Star

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

30.4

5564

1614

.290

783

RBI

686

OBP

.396

SLG

.391

OPS

.787

OPS+

121

Summary of 80 Home Runs

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

8 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 28 go ahead

2 Tms
TEX	47
CLE	33

Platoon
vs RHP	64
vs LHP	16

Home/Road
Away	42
Home	38

Outs
0	39
2	22
1	19

14 Opps
SEA	8
MIL	8
CHW	8
KCR	7
OAK	6
CAL	6
NYY	6
DET	6
MIN	5
TEX	5
CLE	5
BOS	4
BAL	3
TOR	3

62 Pitchers
Dennis Eckersley	3
Steve McCatty	3
Dennis Leonard	3
Rick Honeycutt	3
Jim Slaton	2
Dick Tidrow	2
Gaylord Perry	2
Don Kirkwood	2
Wilbur Wood	2
Tom Burgmeier	2
Dave Rozema	2
Steve Stone	2
Luis Tiant	2
Jack Kucek	2
Steve Comer	1
Paul Splittorff	1
Mike Caldwell	1
Ken Kravec	1
Mike Torrez	1
Charlie Hough	1
Jim Palmer	1
Bo McLaughlin	1
Francisco Barrios	1
Fred Beene	1
Don Sutton	1
Moose Haas	1
Pete Broberg	1
Tom Hall	1
Catfish Hunter	1
Jim Beattie	1
Lary Sorensen	1
Bill Singer	1
Vern Ruhle	1
Rick Waits	1
Jack Morris	1
Rick Wise	1
Ed Figueroa	1
Odell Jones	1
Joey McLaughlin	1
Ron Schueler	1
Dan Boitano	1
John Caneira	1
Jim Ray	1
Roger Erickson	1
Floyd Bannister	1
Doc Medich	1
Dick Drago	1
Brian Allard	1
Scott McGregor	1
Bob Stoddard	1
Jeff Jones	1
Balor Moore	1
Burt Hooton	1
Ed Núñez	1
Mark Fidrych	1
Cecil Upshaw	1
Dave Goltz	1
Matt Keough	1
Jim Colborn	1
Frank Tanana	1
Dick Lange	1
Al Fitzmorris	1

14 Parks
Arlington St (ARL)	28
ClevelandStd (CLE)	17
Kingdome (SEA)	6
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
Angel Stad (ANA)	4
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	4
County Stad (MIL)	4
Yankee Stad (NYC)	3
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
9	58
8	6
7	4
89	4

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	76
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	51
1--	15
-2-	4
1-3	4
-23	3
123	1
12-	1
--3	1

119 RBI
RISP	14
0 on	51
1 on	20
2 on	8
3 on	1
Any on	29

Inning
1	15
2	7
3	8
4	6
5	10
6	8
7	8
8	12
9	5
Extra	1

1-3	30
4-6	24
7-end	26

RelScore
+4..	5
+3	5
+2	7
+1	10
Tied	24
-1	5
-2	10
-3	4
-4..	10

Ahead	27
Tied	24
Behind	29

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
1B	60
LF	13
DH	7

OrderPos
1st	33
3rd	33
4th	6
5th	3
6th	3
7th	1
2nd	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	37
Low Lev	30

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1974-04-28 (1)	TEX	@	NYY	Doc Medich	behind 1-7	t 6	0	---	1	6	DH	0.018	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1974-05-08	TEX		KCR	Al Fitzmorris	behind 0-2	b 7	0	1--	2	6	DH	0.322	58%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Spencer Scores
3	3	3	1	1974-06-06	TEX	@	CLE	Fred Beene	ahead 4-1	t 8	0	---	1	5	DH	0.031	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	4	1	1974-08-25	TEX	@	DET	Jim Ray	ahead 4-2	t 8	1	---	1	4	3	0.068	93%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1975-04-23	TEX	@	CAL	Bill Singer	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	DH	0.111	57%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	2	1	1975-05-15	TEX		MIL	Pete Broberg	behind 4-8	b 8	0	---	1	3	DH	0.040	8%		Home Run (Deep RF)
7	7	3	1	1975-05-17	TEX		DET	Vern Ruhle	behind 2-4	b 4	1	---	1	6	DH	0.120	39%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	4	1	1975-06-04	TEX	@	BAL	Jim Palmer	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	7	0.113	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	5	1	1975-06-06	TEX	@	CLE	Dennis Eckersley	behind 2-4	t 5	1	1--	2	4	7	0.229	47%		Home Run; J. Burroughs Scores
10	10	6	1	1975-06-07	TEX	@	CLE	Gaylord Perry	tied 2-2	t 8	0	---	1	4	7	0.255	76%		Home Run
11	11	7	1	1975-06-20	TEX	@	CAL	Dick Lange	ahead 6-4	t 5	0	---	1	4	7	0.085	86%		Home Run (Deep CF)
12	12	8	1	1975-06-26	TEX	@	CHW	Wilbur Wood	behind 1-3	t 7	0	---	1	5	7	0.124	30%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	9	1	1975-08-30	TEX		MIL	Jim Slaton	tied 0-0	b 1	1	-2-	2	3	7	0.160	73%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Moates Scores
14	14	10	1	1975-09-13	TEX		CHW	Cecil Upshaw	behind 6-7	b 6	2	---	1	3	7	0.200	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	11	1	1975-09-21	TEX	@	CHW	Wilbur Wood	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	---	1	3	3	0.033	96%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1976-04-18 (1)	TEX		MIL	Jim Slaton	behind 0-2	b 3	2	1-3	3	3	3	0.334	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Smalley Scores; J. Beníquez Scores
17	17	2	1	1976-05-02	TEX		BOS	Luis Tiant	behind 1-3	b 6	2	-2-	2	3	3	0.305	52%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Sundberg Scores
18	18	3	1	1976-05-21	TEX		CAL	Don Kirkwood	behind 1-2	b 3	2	1--	2	3	3	0.251	64%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Randle Scores
19	19	4	1	1976-06-13	TEX	@	NYY	Catfish Hunter	ahead 3-0	t 2	2	1-3	3	3	3	0.135	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Clines Scores; L. Randle Scores
20	20	5	1	1976-07-17	TEX		NYY	Dick Tidrow	behind 1-7	b 9	2	-23	3	3	3	0.003	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Randle Scores; D. Moates Scores
21	21	6	1	1976-08-11	TEX	@	DET	Mark Fidrych	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	4	3	0.134	63%		Home Run (CF-RF)
22	22	7	1	1976-09-23	TEX	@	CAL	Dick Drago	tied 5-5	t 9	1	---	1	3	3	0.399	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1977-04-24	TEX		MIN	Tom Burgmeier	behind 2-12	b 8	0	---	1	3	3	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
24	24	2	1	1977-05-07	TEX		KCR	Tom Hall	behind 3-5	b 9	2	1--	2	3	3	0.490	54%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Campaneris Scores
25	25	3	1	1977-07-29	TEX		DET	Dave Rozema	behind 3-12	b 8	0	---	1	1	3	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	4	1	1977-08-03	TEX	@	CHW	Don Kirkwood	ahead 8-6	t 12	1	1-3	3	1	3	0.044	99%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Wills Scores; J. Sundberg Scores
27	27	5	1	1977-08-11	TEX		KCR	Jim Colborn	tied 0-0	b 3	1	--3	2	1	3	0.141	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sundberg Scores
28	28	6	1	1977-08-12	TEX		CHW	Francisco Barrios	behind 4-6	b 7	0	---	1	1	3	0.144	36%		Home Run
29	29	7	1	1977-08-13	TEX		CHW	Steve Stone	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.098	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	8	1	1977-08-14	TEX		CHW	Jack Kucek	behind 0-6	b 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.043	14%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
31	31	9	1	1977-08-16	TEX	@	MIL	Moose Haas	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.097	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	10	1	1977-08-20	TEX		NYY	Dick Tidrow	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.098	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
33	33	11	1	1977-08-22	TEX		MIL	Lary Sorensen	tied 2-2	b 2	2	1--	2	1	3	0.196	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Sundberg Scores
34	34	12	1	1977-08-26	TEX	@	NYY	Ed Figueroa	ahead 3-1	t 5	2	---	1	1	3	0.095	82%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	13	1	1977-08-27	TEX	@	NYY	Mike Torrez	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.098	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	14	1	1977-09-07	TEX	@	MIN	Ron Schueler	tied 2-2	t 5	1	---	1	1	3	0.147	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
37	37	15	1	1977-09-11	TEX	@	SEA	Rick Honeycutt	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1	1	3	0.114	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
38	38	16	1	1977-09-15	TEX		CAL	John Caneira	ahead 4-1	b 2	0	---	1	1	3	0.057	88%		Home Run (Deep RF)
39	39	17	1	1977-09-18 (2)	TEX		MIN	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 6-1	b 7	0	---	1	1	3	0.007	99%		Home Run (Deep RF)
40	40	18	1	1977-09-23	TEX	@	OAK	Matt Keough	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1-3	3	1	3	0.261	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Wills Scores; J. Beníquez Scores
1978	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1978-04-14	TEX	@	BOS	Dennis Eckersley	ahead 3-2	t 8	0	---	1	1	3	0.119	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	2	1	1978-04-25	TEX		KCR	Dennis Leonard	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.103	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
43	43	3	1	1978-04-26	TEX		CLE	Rick Wise	tied 0-0	b 3	1	1--	2	1	3	0.203	76%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Beníquez Scores
44	44	4	1	1978-04-27	TEX		CLE	Rick Waits	ahead 1-0	b 5	1	1--	2	1	3	0.168	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Campaneris Scores
45	45	5	1	1978-07-03	TEX	@	CHW	Ken Kravec	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.102	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
46	46	6	1	1978-07-27	TEX		BOS	Luis Tiant	ahead 2-1	b 5	1	---	1	1	3	0.114	81%		Home Run
47	47	7	1	1978-09-07	TEX	@	CAL	Frank Tanana	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	3	0.105	61%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
48	48	1	1	1979-06-18	CLE		BAL	Scott McGregor	behind 2-6	b 5	0	---	1	7	3	0.070	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
49	49	2	1	1979-07-08 (2)	CLE		MIN	Dave Goltz	behind 0-3	b 3	1	1--	2	1	3	0.169	41%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Kuiper Scores
50	50	3	1	1979-07-09	CLE		KCR	Dennis Leonard	ahead 5-2	b 7	1	-2-	2	1	3	0.038	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Kuiper Scores
51	51	4	1	1979-08-01	CLE		BOS	Dennis Eckersley	behind 0-5	b 5	0	---	1	1	DH	0.048	13%		Home Run (Deep RF)
52	52	5	1	1979-08-11	CLE	@	TEX	Brian Allard	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	1	1	7	0.063	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
53	53	6	1	1979-08-12	CLE	@	TEX	Steve Comer	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	-2-	2	1	7	0.166	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Kuiper Scores
54	54	7	1	1979-08-13	CLE	@	SEA	Floyd Bannister	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	2	1	7	0.173	75%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Veryzer Scores
55	55	8	1	1979-08-17	CLE	@	OAK	Steve McCatty	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2	1	7	0.217	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Veryzer Scores
56	56	9	2	1979-08-17	CLE	@	OAK	Steve McCatty	behind 2-3	t 7	2	---	1	1	7	0.205	43%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	10	1	1979-09-03	CLE		DET	Jack Morris	tied 3-3	b 5	0	---	1	1	7	0.140	71%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1980-04-19	CLE		TOR	Balor Moore	ahead 5-1	b 8	2	12-	3	3	3	0.011	100%		Home Run (Deep CF); R. Manning Scores; T. Harrah Scores
59	59	2	1	1980-04-21	CLE	@	MIL	Dan Boitano	tied 3-3	t 8	2	---	1	3	3	0.294	71%		Home Run (RF Line)
60	60	3	1	1980-05-04 (1)	CLE	@	TOR	Joey McLaughlin	behind 5-8	t 9	0	1--	2	3	3	0.094	17%		Home Run (CF-RF); D. Kuiper Scores
61	61	4	1	1980-05-11	CLE	@	SEA	Jim Beattie	behind 0-4	t 4	0	---	1	3	3	0.063	18%		Home Run (Deep RF)
62	62	5	1	1980-05-27	CLE	@	BAL	Steve Stone	behind 2-5	t 6	0	-23	3	3	3	0.210	50%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Diloné Scores/unER; R. Manning Scores
63	63	6	1	1980-06-04	CLE		OAK	Steve McCatty	ahead 2-1	b 6	0	---	1	3	3	0.105	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
64	64	7	1	1980-06-11 (2)	CLE		KCR	Paul Splittorff	tied 3-3	b 3	2	---	1	3	3	0.122	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
65	65	8	1	1980-06-20	CLE	@	MIN	Roger Erickson	ahead 2-1	t 6	1	---	1	3	3	0.126	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	9	1	1980-07-29	CLE		SEA	Rick Honeycutt	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	3	3	0.075	84%		Home Run (Deep RF)
67	67	10	2	1980-07-29	CLE		SEA	Rick Honeycutt	ahead 3-2	b 7	0	---	1	3	3	0.098	89%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	11	1	1980-08-07	CLE		TOR	Jack Kucek	tied 0-0	b 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.103	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
69	69	1	1	1981-08-15	CLE		KCR	Dennis Leonard	behind 0-1	b 1	1	1--	2	3	3	0.195	63%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Orta Scores
70	70	2	1	1981-09-02 (2)	CLE		OAK	Bo McLaughlin	ahead 8-2	b 8	1	1--	2	3	3	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Orta Scores
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
71	71	1	1	1982-05-09	CLE	@	OAK	Jeff Jones	ahead 6-2	t 9	0	1--	2	3	3	0.009	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Harrah Scores
72	72	2	1	1982-05-11	CLE	@	SEA	Gaylord Perry	ahead 2-0	t 4	0	---	1	3	3	0.085	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	3	1	1982-07-31	CLE	@	MIL	Mike Caldwell	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	---	1	3	3	0.097	68%		Home Run (Deep RF)
74	74	4	1	1982-09-02 (2)	CLE	@	MIL	Don Sutton	behind 0-1	t 6	2	---	1	2	3	0.175	44%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
75	75	1	1	1983-05-18	CLE	@	TEX	Charlie Hough	behind 0-2	t 8	2	---	1	1	3	0.084	16%		Home Run (Deep RF)
76	76	2	1	1983-05-23	CLE	@	SEA	Bob Stoddard	behind 0-3	t 7	0	---	1	3	3	0.079	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
77	77	3	1	1983-06-10	CLE	@	DET	Dave Rozema	tied 0-0	t 1	2	---	1	3	3	0.104	57%		Home Run
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
78	78	1	1	1984-06-23	CLE	@	SEA	Ed Núñez	ahead 7-4	t 4	0	123	4	3	3	0.067	97%		Home Run; T. Bernazard Scores; B. Butler Scores; J. Franco Scores
79	79	2	1	1984-06-29	CLE		TEX	Odell Jones	behind 8-10	b 8	1	-23	3	3	3	0.514	85%		Home Run; B. Butler Scores; J. Franco Scores
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
80	80	1	1	1985-07-24	CLE	@	TEX	Burt Hooton	ahead 2-0	t 1	1	1--	2	5	3	0.130	82%		Home Run; A. Thornton Scores