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Mike Caldwell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: January 22, 1949 in Tarboro, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC).

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: September 4, 1971 (Age 22-225d, 13,170th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1984 (Age 35-247d)
vs. DET 3.1 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ralph Michael Caldwell

Nicknames: Mr. Warmth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.4

137

130

ERA

3.81

475

307

2408.2

939

WHIP

1.319

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Team Record in Appearances: 9-17 / in Starts: 6-13

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 25, Entered with runners on base: 6

1984 Pitching Game Log

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1984 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	450	2	Apr 4	MIL	@	OAK	L,3-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.0	9	4	4	0	2	0	0	5.14	2.20	29	10	8	0	0	9	45			0	0	0	29	4	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.277	1.22	-0.19%	-1.43	1b start tie	8b -2- 0 out d1
2	451	6	Apr 10	MIL	@	CAL	W,10-1	CG	W(1-1)	5	9.0	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.81	2.64	33	11	12	0	0	6	71			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.44	0.171	.37	0.09%	3.41	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
3	452	10	Apr 15	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-2	GS-8	W(2-1)	4	7.1	10	2	2	0	1	0	0	2.70	2.60	31	11	9	0	0	10	51			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	0	1	1.14	0.042	.98	0.02%	1.28	1b start a 1	8b -2- 1 out a1
4	453	14	Apr 21	MIL		SEA	W,6-2	CG	W(3-1)	5	9.0	7	2	2	2	3	0	0	2.51	2.64	35	16	7	1	0	7	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.71	0.234	.56	0.11%	2.27	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
5	454	18	Apr 27	MIL	@	NYY	W,12-0	SHO	W(4-1)	5	9.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.96	2.57	32	16	9	0	0	5	79			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	.29	0.134	.24	0.07%	4.27	1b start tie	9b 3 out a12
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	455	25	May 6	MIL		NYY	L,4-8	GS-5		8	5.0	12	4	3	1	1	0	0	2.33	2.62	27	8	5	0	0	12	29			1	0	0	26	1	0	0	2	0	2	1.12	-0.160	.98	-0.08%	-1.63	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
7	456	28	May 9	MIL	@	CHW	L,4-5	7-7	L(4-2)	2	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.51	2.62	2	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	-0.098	1.09	-0.04%	-0.44	7b --- 0 out tie	7b --3 1 out tie
8	457	30	May 12	MIL		MIN	L,2-4	GS-7	L(4-3)	2	6.1	12	4	4	0	0	0	0	2.89	2.64	30	11	7	0	0	12	33			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	1	1	.79	-0.259	.45	-0.09%	-1.56	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d2
9	458	35	May 18	MIL		CLE	L,4-8	GS-2		5	1.0	4	3	3	2	0	1	0	3.33	2.99	8	1	1	0	0	4	31			0	0	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.322	.52	-0.10%	-4.00	1t start tie	2t -23 0 out d3
10	459	40	May 24	MIL	@	TEX	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-4)	5	6.0	10	4	4	1	2	1	0	3.60	3.17	26	8	5	1	0	10	37			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	2	1	0	.95	-0.160	.23	-0.02%	-0.95	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
11	460	45	May 30(1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-9	GS-4	L(4-5)	5	3.2	7	6	1	1	3	0	0	3.53	3.10	21	7	3	0	0	7	35			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	2	.99	-0.253	.25	-0.04%	-3.48	1b start tie	4b 1-3 2 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
12	461	80	Jul 3	MIL		SEA	W,11-6	4-5		33	1.2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.44	3.14	6	2	1	0	0	2		3	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.72	0.114	.02	0.00%	1.02	4t 123 1 out a4	5t 3 out a3
13	462	84	Jul 6(2)	MIL		OAK	L,0-11	GS-6	L(4-6)	2	5.1	5	7	4	2	1	0	0	3.69	3.16	24	4	12	0	0	5	35			0	0	0	21	3	0	1	1	1	2	.63	-0.249	.01	0.00%	-2.70	1t start tie	6t 123 1 out d4
14	463	95	Jul 20	MIL	@	OAK	W,9-7	3-4		13	0.2	4	3	3	0	0	1	1	4.04	3.38	7	2	0	0	0	4		2	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.361	.00	0.00%	-3.49	3b -23 2 out a1	4b 123 1 out d2
15	464	97	Jul 22	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	6-7	L(4-7)	1	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.05	3.52	7	4	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.29	-0.054	.00	0.00%	0.28	6b 1-- 0 out tie	7b 3 out d1
16	465	100	Jul 25	MIL		NYY	L,0-3	GS-6	L(4-8)	2	6.0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	3.86	3.36	23	9	4	0	0	6	60			0	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.20	0.158	.00	0.00%	1.85	1t start tie	6t 3 out d1
17	466	105	Jul 30	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-6	L(4-9)	4	5.2	8	4	3	2	1	0	0	3.92	3.37	26	10	6	0	0	7	38			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	2	1	.89	-0.179	.00	0.00%	-1.64	1b start tie	6b 1-3 2 out d3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	467	111	Aug 5	MIL		CHW	L,0-7	GS-2	L(4-10)	5	1.0	7	5	5	1	0	0	0	4.40	3.40	10	1	1	0	0	7	18			0	0	0	9	2	1	1	1	0	0	1.17	-0.326	.00	0.00%	-3.90	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d4
19	468	116	Aug 10	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-2	GS-8	W(5-10)	4	8.0	6	2	2	1	2	1	0	4.21	3.47	30	14	7	0	0	6	63			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.23	0.313	.00	0.00%	2.15	1b start tie	8b 3 out a1
20	469	121	Aug 15	MIL	@	MIN	W,8-4	GS-6	W(6-10)	4	6.0	8	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.23	3.47	27	11	5	0	0	8	43			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.42	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.09	1b start a 1	6b 3 out a1
21	470	125	Aug 22(1)	MIL		MIN	L,2-5	CG	L(6-11)	6	9.0	8	5	5	1	2	1	0	4.29	3.52	36	10	15	0	0	8	52			0	0	0	33	3	1	0	1	2	0	.67	-0.166	.00	0.00%	-0.73	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
22	471	131	Aug 27	MIL		CLE	L,1-7	GS-7	L(6-12)	4	6.0	7	5	5	1	0	3	0	4.46	3.85	26	11	7	0	0	7	37			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.248	.00	0.00%	-2.16	1t start tie	7t --- 0 out d4
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
23	472	136	Sep 1	MIL	@	TEX	L,4-8	GS-5	L(6-13)	4	4.1	7	6	6	0	2	1	0	4.75	3.88	21	6	6	0	0	7	27			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.347	.00	0.00%	-3.40	1b start a 2	5b --3 1 out d3
24	473	140	Sep 7	MIL	@	BAL	W,10-8	5-7		5	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.67	3.86	8	2	3	0	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.32	5b 1-3 0 out d1	7b 12- 0 out d2
25	474	150	Sep 18	MIL	@	DET	L,0-3	6-7		10	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4.70	3.94	5	3	1	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.48	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.25	6b 123 2 out d2	7b 3 out d3
26	475	157	Sep 25	MIL		DET	L,1-9	3-6		6	3.1	4	2	1	1	3	0	0	4.64	3.89	15	5	2	0	0	4		1	0	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	.16	-0.008	.00	0.00%	-0.36	3t 1-- 2 out d5	6t 3 out d7
							9-17		W-L:6-13	4.2	126.0	160	76	65	21	34	11	1	4.64	3.89	545	1.42		1%	0%	158	45	12	33%	3	0	0	509	33	3	2	22	8	12	.88	-2.237	.30	-0.28%	-14.70

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