Michael
Restovich
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 248
 
Born: January 3, 1979 in Usa, MN, ROCHESTER
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2008    2009    2011   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 MIN AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2005 26 MIN AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2006 27 MIN AL $ 2,035,714 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2007 28 WSH NL $ 3,721,429 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2008 29 CHN NL $ 3,230,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2009 30 CHN NL $ 3,230,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2010 31 CHN NL $ 3,230,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2011 32 NYA AL $ 8,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2012 33 ARI NL $ 8,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2013 34 ARI NL $ 8,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
2014 35 NYN NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,750,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
2005 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 8 8 8
2006 27 MIN AL $ 2,035,714   7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 8 8 8
2007 28 WSH NL $ 3,721,429   7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8
2008 29 CHN NL $ 3,230,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
2009 30 CHN NL $ 3,230,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
2010 31 CHN NL $ 3,230,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
2011 32 NYA AL $ 8,750,000   7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8
2012 33 ARI NL $ 8,750,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
2013 34 ARI NL $ 8,750,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
2014 35 NYN NL     6 6 6 7 7 7 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 8,750,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8
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
2012 33 ARI NL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 0 1 1 9.00 .455 .500 .455 .955 0.1
1 Years Sim 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 0 1 1 9.00 .455 .500 .455 .955 0.1
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   2 1 0 0 1   .500 .500 .500 1.000
vs LH   3 1 0 1 0   .429 .500 .429 .929
Away 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 0 1 1 9.00 .455 .500 .455 .955
August 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 5 2 0 1 1 9.00 .455 .500 .455 .955
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
2004 25 MIN AL 154 543 81 171 35 5 9 91 16 6 31 68 .315 .350 .448 .798 78.3 13.9
2005 26 MIN AL 134 439 65 137 19 2 5 53 12 11 23 57 .312 .344 .399 .743 54.4 8.9
2006 27 MIN AL 157 565 94 181 32 4 25 99 21 13 43 57 .320 .365 .524 .889 95.3 19.1
2007 28 MIN AL 95 386 62 98 23 1 16 56 6 4 25 51 .254 .299 .443 .742 47.1 5.1
  WSH NL 54 162 25 41 5 1 6 29 2 1 12 26 .253 .305 .407 .712 18.5 2.2
  TOT   149 548 87 139 28 2 22 85 8 5 37 77 .254 .300 .432 .733 65.6 7.2
2008 29 CHN NL 155 580 86 166 31 4 24 111 16 10 50 71 .286 .341 .478 .818 87.9 14.1
2009 30 CHN NL 154 529 77 130 32 1 15 66 32 9 58 86 .246 .319 .395 .714 67.2 10.3
2010 31 CHN NL 153 561 88 163 36 2 16 77 30 17 75 70 .291 .373 .447 .820 90.1 14.3
2011 32 NYA AL 113 421 64 113 23 1 12 73 9 1 45 69 .268 .338 .413 .751 56.4 8.9
2012 33 ARI NL 113 278 27 61 12 0 8 34 6 1 22 43 .219 .276 .349 .625 25.8 1.2
2013 34 ARI NL 74 114 13 23 7 0 3 16 3 1 14 24 .202 .285 .342 .627 11.8 0.6
2014 35 AAA   114 223 41 75 12 4 8 42 3 5 29 33 .336 .413 .534 .946 44.4  
10 Years Sim 1356 4578 682 1284 255 21 139 705 153 74 398 622 .280 .336 .436 .773 632.8 98.5
1 Years AAA 114 223 41 75 12 4 8 42 3 5 29 33 .336 .409 .534 .943 44.4  
162 Game Average 546 81 153 30 2 16 84 18 8 47 74 .280 .336 .436 .773 75.6  
Career Highs 157 580 94 181 36 5 25 111 32 17 75 86 .320 .373 .524 .889 95.3  
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   3310 493 926 188 14 102 484 107 56 294 448 .280 .337 .437 .774 480.2
vs LH   1268 189 358 67 7 37 221 46 18 104 174 .282 .334 .434 .768 182.8
Home 670 2201 331 640 125 11 78 354 76 38 190 289 .291 .345 .464 .809 343.0
Away 686 2377 351 644 130 10 61 351 77 36 208 333 .271 .328 .411 .739 320.0
RISP   1241 0 355 74 7 35 532 0 0 145 184 .286 .354 .442 .795 194.7
Pinch Hitting   167 18 46 10 0 3 32 2 1 16 23 .275 .337 .389 .726 21.9
Close/Late   607 72 173 31 0 18 75 0 0 58 76 .285 .346 .425 .771 88.3
Mar/Apr 221 776 123 229 50 3 32 125 27 14 67 87 .295 .350 .491 .841 127.8
May 240 782 108 204 41 4 17 109 26 18 80 107 .261 .327 .389 .716 99.8
June 205 696 112 204 34 3 18 90 28 9 51 89 .293 .340 .428 .768 100.3
July 213 759 126 211 40 6 28 130 18 9 58 115 .278 .328 .457 .785 111.3
August 240 809 109 222 40 4 22 116 23 13 74 121 .274 .333 .415 .748 111.4
Sep/Oct 237 756 104 214 50 1 22 135 31 11 68 103 .283 .340 .439 .779 112.4
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2004 25 MIN AL RF 150 150 1297.7 209 4 1 0 .995 1.48 0 0 .000 0 3.7
    CF 2 0 4.3 2 0 1 0 .667 4.16 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
2005 26 MIN AL RF 62 51 506.7 86 5 1 2 .989 1.62 0 0 .000 0 1.8
    CF 31 15 180.0 24 0 4 0 .857 1.20 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 18 15 140.7 21 1 0 0 1.000 1.41 0 0 .000 0  
    C 11 10 98.0 93 2 1 0 .990 8.72 8 1 .125 11 0.2
    2B 1 0 8.0 6 2 0 3 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2006 27 MIN AL RF 139 139 1229.0 207 8 1 1 .995 1.57 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    CF 8 0 14.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.23 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 0 7.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.35 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
2007 28 MIN AL RF 59 59 585.3 104 4 1 1 .991 1.66 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    LF 25 20 200.4 48 2 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 3 1 13.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  WSH NL RF 34 33 246.6 44 2 1 1 .979 1.68 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 14 11 84.4 20 1 0 0 1.000 2.24 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 1 5.6 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 93 92 831.9 148 6 2 2 .987 1.67   1.8
      LF 39 31 284.8 68 3 0 0 1.000 2.24   0.0
      CF 4 2 18.9 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.90   0.0
2008 29 CHN NL LF 134 132 1198.7 191 6 1 2 .995 1.48 0 0 .000 0 3.8
    RF 17 16 144.0 19 1 0 1 1.000 1.25 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
2009 30 CHN NL LF 144 141 1254.7 177 5 1 1 .995 1.31 0 0 .000 0 4.4
    CF 6 0 10.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 8.0 5 0 1 0 .833 5.63 3 0 .000 2 0.0
2010 31 CHN NL LF 146 144 1322.0 235 1 3 0 .987 1.61 0 0 .000 0 4.0
    CF 6 0 10.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.48 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
2011 32 NYA AL RF 74 70 638.7 130 3 0 1 1.000 1.87 0 0 .000 0 3.2
    LF 37 33 299.0 66 2 0 2 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
2012 33 ARI NL RF 44 33 321.3 48 3 0 1 1.000 1.43 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 19 14 124.7 18 0 1 0 .947 1.30 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 21 10 110.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0  
    P 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
2013 34 ARI NL LF 17 7 90.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.59 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    CF 10 5 49.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 7 5 45.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 589 556 5023.2 855 31 5 9 .994 1.59 0 0 .000 0 14.1
  LF 561 513 4707.1 793 18 5 5 .994 1.55 0 0 .000 0 12.7
  CF 89 36 417.9 77 0 6 0 .928 1.66 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 12 10 106.0 98 2 2 0 .980 8.49 11 1 .091 13 0.2
  2B 2 0 15.7 6 4 0 3 1.000 5.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  P 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1254 1115 10271.9 1830 55 18 17 .991 1.65 11 1 .091 13 27.2
Career Highs   155 150 1346.7 242 10 6 5 1.000 2.31 8 1 .125 11  
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
2004 25 MIN AL 4 15 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .200 .250 .200 .450
2008 29 CHN NL 14 49 7 14 3 2 3 11 2 0 6 6 .286 .364 .612 .976
2009 30 CHN NL 15 62 9 13 5 0 2 12 4 0 6 6 .210 .279 .387 .667
2010 31 CHN NL 6 23 1 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 .261 .292 .348 .639
2011 32 NYA AL 16 65 7 16 4 0 2 11 0 0 3 10 .246 .271 .400 .671
2013 34 ARI NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 56 215 24 52 14 2 7 36 6 1 17 27 .242 .295 .423 .718
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
2006-9-.524
Games
2006-2-157
RBIs
2008-7-111
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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  1. Randy Bergeron (951)
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  3. Jay Garthwaite (944)
  4. Reinaldo Cubillan (941)
  5. Bobby Abreu (936)
  6. Josh Hamilton (935)
  7. Jayson Werth (933)
  8. Hipolito Cubillo (929)
  9. Jason Pridie (926)
  10. Byron Gettis (925)
History
Had first career hit on 4/5/2004, off Elmer Dessens (DET)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/2004, off Paul Abbott (TB)
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 5/18/2004
Won Player of the Week award on 4/24/2006, hitting .625 with 3 HR, 12 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2006, hitting .409 with 8 HR, 30 RBI
Traded from Minnesota to Washington on 7/25/2007 (Going to MIN: 3B Daniel Ferretti, P Micheal Boulton. Going to WSH: RF Michael Restovich)
7/25/2007: Signed a contract extension with Washington, $3,230,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Washington to Chicago (N) on 2/13/2008 (Going to CHN: LF Michael Restovich, CF Rocco Baldelli, 3B Brendan Harris, P Tony Armas. Going to WSH: P Jeremy Bonderman, CF Scott Podsednik)
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2008
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against St. Louis on 4/7/2009
Won Player of the Week award on 7/25/2009, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2009
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 1/30/2011 to a 3-year deal worth $8,750,000 per year
Injured on 5/11/2011 with a Pulled Back Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Won World Championship with New York (A) in 2011
Traded from New York (A) to Arizona on 2/7/2012 (Going to ARI: RF Michael Restovich. Going to NYA: 1B Michael Sorrell)
Earned first career win on 8/6/2012
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/27/2014 to a minor league contract