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Mark
Michael		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 220
 
Born: August 25, 1982 in N/a
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 2014   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 21 STL NL   7 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 4
2005 22 STL NL   7 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
2006 23 STL NL   6 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 6 6
2007 24 STL NL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 6 7 6 5 6 6
2008 25 STL NL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6
2009 26 STL NL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6
2010 27 STL NL $ 300,000 6 8 9 9 6 7 7 5 6 5
2011 28 STL NL $ 3,085,714 6 8 8 8 7 7 7 4 5 5
2012 29 STL NL $ 3,085,714 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 5 6 5
2013 30 STL NL $ 3,085,714 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 5
2014 31 CHA AL $ 3,000,000 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 5
2015 32 CHA AL $ 3,000,000 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 5
2016 33 CHA AL $ 3,000,000 6 7 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 5
2017 34 STL NL $ 3,880,000 6 7 8 7 6 7 6 4 5 5
2018 35 STL NL   6 7 7 7 5 6 6 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 5 5 5 3 4 4 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,880,000 7 8 9 9 7 7 7 5 6 6
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 21 STL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2005 22 STL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2006 23 STL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2007 24 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2008 25 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2009 26 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2010 27 STL NL $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2011 28 STL NL $ 3,085,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2012 29 STL NL $ 3,085,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2013 30 STL NL $ 3,085,714   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2014 31 CHA AL $ 3,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2015 32 CHA AL $ 3,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2016 33 CHA AL $ 3,000,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2017 34 STL NL $ 3,880,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2018 35 STL NL     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,880,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 21 AA   11 10 .524 28 28 0 0 0 188.0 173 66 19 50 193 3.16 .243 .293 .372 .665  
2005 22 AAA   7 8 .467 22 20 0 0 0 124.7 130 57 16 51 120 4.12 .264 .333 .398 .732  
    AA   1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 23.0 17 10 3 3 24 3.91 .205 .233 .398 .630  
2006 23 AAA   13 9 .591 30 30 1 1 0 186.0 176 66 21 64 205 3.19 .245 .307 .380 .686  
2007 24 STL NL 2 1 .667 6 6 0 0 0 34.7 37 12 5 10 29 3.12 .274 .327 .422 .749 2.7
    AAA   7 14 .333 29 29 1 0 0 178.7 168 82 35 53 174 4.13 .251 .306 .463 .768  
2008 25 STL NL 15 7 .682 32 32 0 0 0 190.7 144 67 24 63 180 3.16 .205 .274 .368 .642 16.1
2009 26 STL NL 15 6 .714 35 35 2 2 0 233.3 194 78 17 66 234 3.01 .226 .286 .332 .618 21.1
2010 27 STL NL 14 10 .583 32 32 1 1 0 191.7 175 80 27 47 180 3.76 .240 .290 .394 .684 14.0
2011 28 STL NL 11 9 .550 32 32 0 0 0 193.7 194 91 30 45 185 4.23 .260 .306 .426 .731 9.4
2012 29 STL NL 11 9 .550 33 33 0 0 0 196.0 165 85 20 66 193 3.90 .226 .295 .353 .648 10.3
2013 30 STL NL 11 10 .524 31 31 0 0 0 175.3 176 85 22 64 175 4.36 .259 .322 .402 .724 8.1
2014 31 CHA AL 18 11 .621 35 35 1 1 0 215.0 199 81 21 71 203 3.39 .244 .305 .371 .676 19.6
2015 32 CHA AL 4 5 .444 19 19 0 0 0 111.3 96 46 16 43 84 3.72 .229 .305 .382 .687 7.9
2016 33 CHA AL 8 9 .471 25 25 0 0 0 117.7 148 85 22 47 117 6.50 .302 .366 .480 .846 1.7
2017 34 CHA AL 3 6 .333 16 4 0 0 0 44.3 58 40 7 25 35 8.12 .310 .386 .471 .857 0.0
  STL NL 2 2 .500 26 7 0 0 0 47.7 44 21 6 20 36 3.97 .240 .314 .377 .691 2.3
  TOT   5 8 .385 42 11 0 0 0 92.0 102 61 13 45 71 5.97 .276 .351 .424 .775 2.3
2018 35 STL NL 1 1 .500 40 0 0 0 0 52.0 63 37 14 23 50 6.40 .299 .363 .531 .894 0.2
12 Years Sim 115 86 .572 362 291 4 4 0 1803.3 1693 808 231 590 1701 4.03 .246 .308 .392 .700 113.3
3 Years AAA 27 31 .466 81 79 2 1 0 489.3 474 205 72 168 499 3.77 .252 .313 .414 .727  
2 Years AA 12 12 .500 31 31 1 0 0 211.0 190 76 22 53 217 3.24 .239 .287 .375 .661  
5 Years Minors 39 43 .476 112 110 3 1 0 700.3 664 281 94 221 716 3.61 .248 .305 .402 .708  
Season Average 9 7 .563 30 24 0 0 0 150.3 141 67 19 49 141 4.03 .246 .308 .392 .700  
Career Highs 18 11 .714 42 35 2 2 0 233.3 199 91 30 71 234 6.50 .302 .366 .531 .894  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   973 488 129 299 994   .247 .300 .395 .694
vs LH   720 320 102 291 707   .245 .313 .389 .702
Home 49 46 .516 179 144 3 3 0 921.3 812 372 108 286 888 3.63 .235 .293 .370 .663
Away 66 40 .623 183 147 1 1 0 882.0 881 436 123 304 813 4.45 .257 .318 .415 .733
Mar/Apr 21 7 .750 50 39 3 3 0 255.0 225 98 34 75 255 3.46 .233 .288 .392 .681
May 20 17 .541 68 51 0 0 0 310.3 273 136 37 112 303 3.94 .231 .297 .367 .664
June 23 20 .535 67 57 1 1 0 350.3 341 168 55 107 332 4.32 .253 .308 .418 .726
July 13 13 .500 51 43 0 0 0 278.0 249 120 31 84 264 3.89 .239 .295 .371 .667
August 18 14 .563 60 47 0 0 0 285.6 290 133 26 112 253 4.19 .262 .330 .386 .716
Sep/Oct 20 15 .571 66 54 0 0 0 324.0 315 153 48 100 294 4.25 .254 .310 .413 .723
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2007 24 STL NL 6 7 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.3 0.0
2008 25 STL NL 32 61 4 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 22 .164 .188 .197 .384 1.9 0.0
2009 26 STL NL 35 68 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 28 .118 .167 .147 .314 -0.2 0.0
2010 27 STL NL 32 55 2 10 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 21 .182 .196 .182 .378 1.2 0.0
2011 28 STL NL 32 65 5 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 24 .154 .179 .200 .379 0.8 0.0
2012 29 STL NL 33 60 3 4 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 26 .067 .097 .133 .230 -1.2 0.0
2013 30 STL NL 31 48 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 15 .125 .192 .167 .359 1.4 0.0
2017 34 STL NL 26 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .250 .375 0.1 0.0
2018 35 STL NL 40 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.8 0.2
9 Years Sim 267 376 22 53 8 0 2 15 0 0 15 139 .141 .173 .178 .352 5.0 0.2
162 Game Average 228 13 32 4 0 1 9 0 0 9 84 .141 .173 .178 .352 3.0  
Career Highs 40 68 5 10 2 0 1 4 0 0 4 28 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   285 17 37 5 0 0 11 0 0 9 104 .130 .156 .147 .303 -1.1
vs LH   91 5 16 3 0 2 4 0 0 6 35 .176 .227 .275 .502 5.4
Home 136 179 14 25 3 0 0 5 0 0 9 68 .140 .180 .156 .336 1.4
Away 131 197 8 28 5 0 2 10 0 0 6 71 .142 .167 .198 .365 2.8
RISP   90 0 8 0 0 0 12 0 0 7 31 .089 .153 .089 .242 -1.5
Close/Late   3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3
Mar/Apr 28 49 4 5 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 23 .102 .154 .163 .317 0.2
May 46 66 5 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 26 .121 .159 .152 .311 -0.1
June 44 70 4 13 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 26 .186 .197 .243 .440 2.5
July 41 63 1 10 3 0 0 5 0 0 1 15 .159 .169 .206 .376 0.9
August 33 60 4 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 25 .100 .129 .117 .246 -1.3
Sep/Oct 42 68 4 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 24 .162 .219 .176 .396 1.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2007 24 STL NL P 6 6 34.7 3 6 1 0 .900 2.34    
2008 25 STL NL P 32 32 190.7 13 20 0 2 1.000 1.56    
2009 26 STL NL P 35 35 233.3 2 22 3 0 .889 0.93    
2010 27 STL NL P 32 32 191.7 12 21 1 1 .971 1.55    
2011 28 STL NL P 32 32 193.7 11 18 3 2 .906 1.35    
2012 29 STL NL P 33 33 196.0 13 24 2 3 .949 1.70    
2013 30 STL NL P 31 31 175.3 14 17 0 0 1.000 1.59    
2014 31 CHA AL P 35 35 215.0 17 18 1 2 .972 1.47    
2015 32 CHA AL P 19 19 111.3 10 9 0 0 1.000 1.54    
2016 33 CHA AL P 25 25 117.7 7 15 1 2 .957 1.68    
2017 34 CHA AL P 16 4 44.3 1 5 0 0 1.000 1.22    
  STL NL P 26 7 47.7 1 5 1 0 .857 1.13    
  TOT   P 42 11 92.0 2 10 1 0 .923 1.17    
2018 35 STL NL P 40 0 52.0 7 3 0 0 1.000 1.73    
Career Totals   362 291 1803.3 111 183 13 12 .958 1.47    
Career Highs   42 35 233.3 17 24 3 3 1.000 2.34    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2012 29 STL NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 9 1 1 1 14 0.60 .170 .185 .245 .430
Career Post-Season Pitching 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 9 1 1 1 14 0.60 .170 .185 .245 .430
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2012 29 STL NL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
2008-9-3.16
2009-9-3.01
2014-7-3.39
 Wins
2014-3-18
 Winning Pct
2009-8-.714
 Games Started
2009-5-35
2014-7-35
 Shutouts
2009-8-2
2010-7-1
2014-8-1
 Homeruns Allowed
2010-10-27
2011-4-30
CAR-45-231
Strikeouts
2009-8-234
 Hits per 9IP
2008-2-6.8
2009-9-7.5
2012-7-7.6
 WHiP
2008-6-1.09
 OAVG
2008-2-.205
2009-9-.226
2012-6-.226
 OOBP
2008-5-.274
 OSLG
2009-9-.332
OOPS
2008-9-.642
2009-10-.618
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 124)
   Gray Ink Test: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 339)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 87)
 
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  1. Ryan Drese (955)
  2. Douglas Mondy (951)
  3. James Ramirez (937)
  4. Matt Clement (937)
  5. Clint Nageotte (929)
  6. Tony Armas (929)
  7. Seth McClung (927)
  8. Trey Hodges (924)
  9. Bill Lazo (923)
  10. Tim Stauffer (921)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Amadis Rodriguez (992)
  2. Tomo Ohka (992)
  3. Jason Young (991)
  4. Joe Blanton (991)
  5. Felton Allen (989)
  6. Casey Fossum (987)
  7. Tony Armas (984)
  8. Jeffery Oliveros (983)
  9. Adam Eaton (983)
  10. Brandon Webb (981)
History
Earned first career win on 9/2/2007
Had first career hit on 9/7/2007, off Brett Myers (SFN)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/2009, going 5-0, 0.70
1/29/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration
Hit first career homerun on 6/29/2011, off Joe Kennedy (COL)
1/29/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration
1/29/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,085,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 5/17/2013 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Chicago (A) on 2/6/2014 to a 3-year deal worth $3,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/2/2014, winning 2 games with a 1.17 ERA
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game
Injured on 7/2/2015 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks
6/15/2016: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $3,880,000 per year, for 2 years
6/15/2016: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $4,220,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 9/29/2016 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Traded from Chicago (A) to St. Louis on 6/24/2017 (Going to STL: 2B Yasujuurou Hidehira, P Kikutarou Ienobu, P Mark Michael. Going to CHA: 2B Edward Bohanan, P Anthony Ashley)
Released by St. Louis on 8/17/2018
 
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