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Mike Stanton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: June 2, 1967 in Houston, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 13th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Alvin Community College (Alvin, TX).

High School: Midland HS (Midland, TX)

Schools: Alvin Community College (Alvin, TX), Southwestern University (Georgetown, TX)

Debut: August 24, 1989 (Age 22-083d, 15,691st in major league history)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 30, 2007 (Age 40-120d)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Agents: Levinsons

Full Name: William Michael Stanton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

14.3

ERA

3.92

1178

1114.0

895

WHIP

1.352

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1987	20	ATL-min	Rk	4	8	.333	3.24	15	13	1	3	2	0	83.1	64	37	30	7	42	0	82	3	0	2				1.272	6.9	0.8	4.5	8.9	1.95	PUL APPY
1988	21	ATL-min	A	12	5	.706	3.46	32	25	3	2	2	0	166.1	168	89	64	7	74	2	174	1	2	17				1.455	9.1	0.4	4.0	9.4	2.35	BUR,DHM MIDW,CARL
1989	22	ATL-min	AA,AAA	6	1	.857	1.14	60	0	47	0	0	27	71.1	38	10	9	1	44	5	78	1	0	4				1.150	4.8	0.1	5.6	9.8	1.77	GRV,RMD SOUL,IL
1989	22	ATL	NL	0	1	.000	1.50	20	0	10	0	0	7	24.0	17	4	4	0	8	1	27	0	0	1	94	245	1.51	1.042	6.4	0.0	3.0	10.1	3.38
1990	23	ATL-min	AA	0	1	.000	1.59	4	4	0	0	0	0	5.2	7	1	1	1	3	0	4	0	0	0				1.765	11.1	1.6	4.8	6.4	1.33	GRV SOUL
1990	23	ATL	NL	0	3	.000	18.00	7	0	4	0	0	2	7.0	16	16	14	1	4	2	7	1	0	1	42	24	4.81	2.857	20.6	1.3	5.1	9.0	1.75
1991	24	ATL	NL	5	5	.500	2.88	74	0	20	0	0	7	78.0	62	27	25	6	21	6	54	1	0	0	314	136	3.32	1.064	7.2	0.7	2.4	6.2	2.57	RoY-8
1992	25	ATL	NL	5	4	.556	4.10	65	0	23	0	0	8	63.2	59	32	29	6	20	2	44	2	0	3	264	90	3.66	1.241	8.3	0.8	2.8	6.2	2.20
1993	26	ATL	NL	4	6	.400	4.67	63	0	41	0	0	27	52.0	51	35	27	4	29	7	43	0	0	1	236	86	4.01	1.538	8.8	0.7	5.0	7.4	1.48
1994	27	ATL	NL	3	1	.750	3.55	49	0	15	0	0	3	45.2	41	18	18	2	26	3	35	3	0	1	197	120	4.07	1.467	8.1	0.4	5.1	6.9	1.35
1995	28	TOT	MLB	2	1	.667	4.24	48	0	22	0	0	1	40.1	48	23	19	6	14	2	23	1	1	2	178	109	5.01	1.537	10.7	1.3	3.1	5.1	1.64
1995	28	ATL	NL	1	1	.500	5.59	26	0	10	0	0	1	19.1	31	14	12	3	6	2	13	1	1	1	94	77	4.86	1.914	14.4	1.4	2.8	6.1	2.17
1995	28	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	3.00	22	0	12	0	0	0	21.0	17	9	7	3	8	0	10	0	0	1	84	164	5.15	1.190	7.3	1.3	3.4	4.3	1.25
1996	29	TOT	AL	4	4	.500	3.66	81	0	28	0	0	1	78.2	78	32	32	11	27	5	60	0	2	3	327	141	4.49	1.335	8.9	1.3	3.1	6.9	2.22
1996	29	BOS	AL	4	3	.571	3.83	59	0	19	0	0	1	56.1	58	24	24	9	23	4	46	0	2	3	239	132	4.84	1.438	9.3	1.4	3.7	7.3	2.00
1996	29	TEX	AL	0	1	.000	3.22	22	0	9	0	0	0	22.1	20	8	8	2	4	1	14	0	0	0	88	165	3.62	1.075	8.1	0.8	1.6	5.6	3.50
1997	30	NYY	AL	6	1	.857	2.57	64	0	15	0	0	3	66.2	50	19	19	3	34	2	70	3	2	3	283	176	3.26	1.260	6.8	0.4	4.6	9.5	2.06
1998	31	NYY	AL	4	1	.800	5.47	67	0	26	0	0	6	79.0	71	51	48	13	26	1	69	4	0	0	330	81	4.67	1.228	8.1	1.5	3.0	7.9	2.65
1999	32	NYY	AL	2	2	.500	4.33	73	1	10	0	0	0	62.1	71	30	30	5	18	4	59	1	0	2	271	109	3.20	1.428	10.3	0.7	2.6	8.5	3.28
2000	33	NYY	AL	2	3	.400	4.10	69	0	20	0	0	0	68.0	68	32	31	5	24	2	75	2	0	1	291	118	3.03	1.353	9.0	0.7	3.2	9.9	3.13
2001	34	NYY	AL	9	4	.692	2.58	76	0	16	0	0	0	80.1	80	25	23	4	29	9	78	4	1	3	342	175	2.99	1.357	9.0	0.4	3.2	8.7	2.69	AS
2002	35	NYY	AL	7	1	.875	3.00	79	0	25	0	0	6	78.0	73	29	26	4	28	3	44	0	0	4	324	148	3.58	1.295	8.4	0.5	3.2	5.1	1.57
2003	36	NYM-min	A-,AA	0	1	.000	3.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15			2.333	21.0	0.0	0.0	6.0		BKN,BNG NYPL,EL
2003	36	NYM	NL	2	7	.222	4.57	50	0	24	0	0	5	45.1	37	25	23	6	19	4	34	2	1	2	194	93	4.64	1.235	7.3	1.2	3.8	6.8	1.79
2004	37	NYM	NL	2	6	.250	3.16	83	0	19	0	0	0	77.0	70	32	27	6	33	6	58	2	0	1	337	136	3.92	1.338	8.2	0.7	3.9	6.8	1.76
2005	38	TOT	MLB	3	3	.500	4.64	59	0	12	0	0	0	42.2	49	24	22	3	15	4	27	0	1	1	185	91	3.72	1.500	10.3	0.6	3.2	5.7	1.80
2005	38	TOT	AL	1	2	.333	6.60	29	0	6	0	0	0	15.0	18	11	11	1	6	0	13	0	0	1	67	68	3.35	1.600	10.8	0.6	3.6	7.8	2.17
2005	38	NYY	AL	1	2	.333	7.07	28	0	6	0	0	0	14.0	17	11	11	1	6	0	12	0	0	1	64	61	3.52	1.643	10.9	0.6	3.9	7.7	2.00
2005	38	WSN	NL	2	1	.667	3.58	30	0	6	0	0	0	27.2	31	13	11	2	9	4	14	0	1	0	118	115	3.92	1.446	10.1	0.7	2.9	4.6	1.56
2005	38	BOS	AL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3		1.02	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
2006	39	TOT	NL	7	7	.500	3.99	82	0	22	0	0	8	67.2	70	30	30	2	27	11	48	2	1	5	290	110	3.40	1.433	9.3	0.3	3.6	6.4	1.78
2006	39	WSN	NL	3	5	.375	4.47	56	0	7	0	0	0	44.1	47	22	22	1	21	11	30	1	1	2	196	96	3.58	1.534	9.5	0.2	4.3	6.1	1.43
2006	39	SFG	NL	4	2	.667	3.09	26	0	15	0	0	8	23.1	23	8	8	1	6	0	18	1	0	3	94	148	3.06	1.243	8.9	0.4	2.3	6.9	3.00
2007	40	CIN-min	A	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4			1.000	9.0	9.0	0.0	18.0		DAY MIDW
2007	40	CIN	NL	1	3	.250	5.93	69	0	11	0	0	0	57.2	75	39	38	6	18	2	40	5	0	1	263	78	4.40	1.613	11.7	0.9	2.8	6.2	2.22
19 Yrs				68	63	.519	3.92	1178	1	363	0	0	84	1114.0	1086	523	485	93	420	76	895	33	9	35	4762	112	3.75	1.352	8.8	0.8	3.4	7.2	2.13
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.519	3.92	68	0	21	0	0	5	64	63	30	28	5	24	4	52	2	1	2	275	112	3.75	1.352	8.8	0.8	3.4	7.2	2.13
				W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
ATL (7 yrs)				18	21	.462	4.01	304	0	123	0	0	55	289.2	277	146	129	22	114	23	223	8	1	8	1241	99	3.63	1.350	8.6	0.7	3.5	6.9	1.96
NYY (7 yrs)				31	14	.689	3.77	456	1	118	0	0	15	448.1	430	197	188	35	165	21	407	14	3	14	1905	121	3.48	1.327	8.6	0.7	3.3	8.2	2.47
BOS (3 yrs)				5	3	.625	3.56	82	0	31	0	0	1	78.1	76	33	31	12	31	4	57	0	2	4	326	142	4.87	1.366	8.7	1.4	3.6	6.5	1.84
NYM (2 yrs)				4	13	.235	3.68	133	0	43	0	0	5	122.1	107	57	50	12	52	10	92	4	1	3	531	116	4.19	1.300	7.9	0.9	3.8	6.8	1.77
WSN (2 yrs)				5	6	.455	4.13	86	0	13	0	0	0	72.0	78	35	33	3	30	15	44	1	2	2	314	103	3.71	1.500	9.8	0.4	3.8	5.5	1.47
SFG (1 yr)				4	2	.667	3.09	26	0	15	0	0	8	23.1	23	8	8	1	6	0	18	1	0	3	94	148	3.06	1.243	8.9	0.4	2.3	6.9	3.00
TEX (1 yr)				0	1	.000	3.22	22	0	9	0	0	0	22.1	20	8	8	2	4	1	14	0	0	0	88	165	3.62	1.075	8.1	0.8	1.6	5.6	3.50
CIN (1 yr)				1	3	.250	5.93	69	0	11	0	0	0	57.2	75	39	38	6	18	2	40	5	0	1	263	78	4.40	1.613	11.7	0.9	2.8	6.2	2.22

NL (12 yrs)				32	45	.416	4.11	618	0	205	0	0	68	565.0	560	285	258	44	220	50	417	19	4	17	2443	101	3.81	1.381	8.9	0.7	3.5	6.6	1.90
AL (9 yrs)				36	18	.667	3.72	560	1	158	0	0	16	549.0	526	238	227	49	200	26	478	14	5	18	2319	125	3.68	1.322	8.6	0.8	3.3	7.8	2.39

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