Mike Birkbeck

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

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

Born: March 10, 1961 in Orrville, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Akron (Akron, OH) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Akron (Akron, OH).

High School: Orrville HS (Orrville, OH)

School: University of Akron (Akron, OH)

Last Game: June 11, 1995 (Age 34-093d)
vs. SDP 7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Michael Lawrence Birkbeck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.86

270.1

149

WHIP

1.524

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1983	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-Rk	MIL	5	5	.500	2.80	4.33	14	12	0	0	0	0	70.2	52	34	22	3	34	2	76	4	0	6		1.217	6.6	0.4	4.3	9.7	2.24
1983	22	0.2	Beloit	MIDW	A	MIL	2	4	.333	3.43	4.71	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.0	35	22	16	2	17	1	38	2	0	3		1.238	7.5	0.4	3.6	8.1	2.24
1983	22	2.1	Paintsville	APPY	Rk	MIL	3	1	.750	1.88	3.77	7	5	0	0	0	0	28.2	17	12	6	1	17	1	38	2	0	3		1.186	5.3	0.3	5.3	11.9	2.24
1984	23	1.1	Beloit	MIDW	A	MIL	14	3	.824	2.18	2.89	26	25	1	6	2	0	177.2	134	57	43	5	64	3	164	1	1	13		1.114	6.8	0.3	3.2	8.3	2.56
1985	24	0.7	El Paso	TL	AA	MIL	9	9	.500	3.43	3.89	24	24	0	4	0	0	155.0	154	67	59	9	64	4	103	1	1	11		1.406	8.9	0.5	3.7	6.0	1.61
1986	25	-0.9	Vancouver	PCL	AAA	MIL	12	6	.667	4.62	5.49	23	23	0	2	0	0	134.1	160	82	69	9	39	4	81	2	0	6		1.481	10.7	0.6	2.6	5.4	2.08
1986	25	-3.2	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	1	1	.500	4.50	4.91	7	4	2	0	0	0	22.0	24	12	11	0	12	0	13	0	0	1	97	1.636	9.8	0.0	4.9	5.3	1.08
1987	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-A	MIL	0	1	.000	6.00	15.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	13	15	6	0	4	0	8	0	1	0		1.889	13.0	0.0	4.0	8.0	2.00
1987	26	-0.5	Denver	AA	AAA	MIL	0	1	.000	9.64	21.21	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.2	9	11	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0		2.571	17.4	0.0	5.8	1.9	0.33
1987	26	4.1	Beloit	MIDW	A	MIL	0	0		2.08	8.31	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	4	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0		1.154	8.3	0.0	2.1	14.5	7.00
1987	26	-2.6	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	1	4	.200	6.20	6.60	10	10	0	1	0	0	45.0	63	33	31	8	19	0	25	0	0	2	210	1.822	12.6	1.6	3.8	5.0	1.32
1988	27	0.5	Denver	AA	AAA	MIL	4	1	.800	2.01	2.01	5	5	0	4	0	0	44.2	30	10	10	1	10	0	30	0	2	1		0.896	6.0	0.2	2.0	6.0	3.00
1988	27	-1.5	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	10	8	.556	4.72	5.01	23	23	0	0	0	0	124.0	141	69	65	10	37	1	64	1	11	0	538	1.435	10.2	0.7	2.7	4.6	1.73
1989	28	1.4	Denver	AA	AAA	MIL	2	2	.500	3.04	3.42	5	5	0	0	0	0	23.2	26	9	8	2	10	1	9	0	1	2		1.521	9.9	0.8	3.8	3.4	0.90
1989	28	-0.5	MIL	AL	Maj	MIL	0	4	.000	5.44	6.45	9	9	0	1	0	0	44.2	57	32	27	4	22	2	31	3	0	1	214	1.769	11.5	0.8	4.4	6.2	1.41
1990	29	2.4	Denver	AA	AAA	MIL	3	8	.273	5.33	6.82	21	20	0	0	0	0	96.1	102	73	57	6	36	0	69	2	2	7		1.433	9.5	0.6	3.4	6.4	1.92
1991	30		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	CLE	2	3	.400	3.30	3.50	24	3	16	0	0	5	46.1	43	18	17	1	21	3	43	0	2	2	196	1.381	8.4	0.2	4.1	8.4	2.05
1991	30	4.2	Colorado Springs	PCL	AAA	CLE	0	0		0.00	1.29	3	1	2	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	26	1.000	5.1	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
1991	30	6.0	Canton-Akron	EL	AA	CLE	2	3	.400	3.89	3.89	21	2	14	0	0	5	39.1	39	17	17	1	18	3	40	0	2	2	170	1.449	8.9	0.2	4.1	9.2	2.22
1992	31	4.9	Tidewater	IL	AAA	NYM	4	10	.286	4.08	4.69	21	19	0	3	0	0	117.0	108	61	53	9	31	0	101	2	3	9	481	1.188	8.3	0.7	2.4	7.8	3.26
1992	31	2.7	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	12	7	7	3	1	1	2	0	0	1	33	1.857	15.4	3.9	1.3	2.6	2.00
1993	32	6.1	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	13	8	.619	3.11	3.78	27	26	0	1	0	0	159.1	143	67	55	10	41	0	136	9	1	11	654	1.155	8.1	0.6	2.3	7.7	3.32
1994	33	7.2	Richmond	IL	AAA	ATL	13	6	.684	2.73	3.17	28	28	0	1	0	0	164.2	145	58	50	8	46	0	143	2	2	5	658	1.160	7.9	0.4	2.5	7.8	3.11
1995	34	7.5	Norfolk	IL	AAA	NYM	5	3	.625	2.36	3.38	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.1	52	20	14	2	13	0	39	1	0	1	215	1.219	8.8	0.3	2.2	6.6	3.00
1995	34	6.9	Yokohama	JPCL	Fgn		2	0	1.000	2.82	2.82	8	6	0	1	1	0	38.1	37	12	12	2	8	0	24	1	0	0	153	1.174	8.7	0.5	1.9	5.6	3.00
1995	34	6.1	NYM	NL	Maj	NYM	0	1	.000	1.63	1.63	4	4	0	0	0	0	27.2	22	5	5	2	2	0	14	0	1	3	104	0.867	7.2	0.7	0.7	4.6	7.00
1996	35	7.5	Yokohama	JPCL	Fgn		0	2	.000	11.81	11.81	4	4	0	0	0	0	10.2	19	14	14	1	5	0	3	0	0	1	54	2.250	16.0	0.8	4.2	2.5	0.60
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (6 seasons)					Majors		12	19	.387	4.86	5.26	54	51	2	2	0	0	270.1	319	158	146	27	93	4	149	4	12	8	1196	1.524	10.6	0.9	3.1	5.0	1.60
Minors (13 seasons)					Minors		86	65	.570	3.33	4.10	229	201	17	21	2	5	1252.0	1162	571	463	65	413	17	1002	24	16	74	2204	1.258	8.4	0.5	3.0	7.2	2.43
Foreign (2 seasons)					Foreign		2	2	.500	4.78	4.78	12	10	0	1	1	0	49.0	56	26	26	3	13	0	27	1	0	1	207	1.408	10.3	0.6	2.4	5.0	2.08
All Levels (14 Seasons)							100	86	.538	3.64	4.32	295	262	19	24	3	5	1571.1	1537	755	635	95	519	21	1178	29	28	83	3607	1.308	8.8	0.5	3.0	6.7	2.27

AAA (10 seasons)					Minors		56	45	.554	3.59	4.38	143	137	2	11	0	0	805.0	779	392	321	47	232	5	612	18	12	42	2034	1.256	8.7	0.5	2.6	6.8	2.64
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		11	12	.478	3.52	3.89	45	26	14	4	0	5	194.1	193	84	76	10	82	7	143	1	3	13	170	1.415	8.9	0.5	3.8	6.6	1.74
A (3 seasons)					Minors		16	7	.696	2.41	3.33	34	33	1	6	2	0	224.0	173	83	60	7	82	4	209	3	1	16		1.138	7.0	0.3	3.3	8.4	2.55
Rk (1 season)					Minors		3	1	.750	1.88	3.77	7	5	0	0	0	0	28.2	17	12	6	1	17	1	38	2	0	3		1.186	5.3	0.3	5.3	11.9	2.24