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Mike
Easler		  
Nickname: Hit Man
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 206
 
Born: November 29, 1950 in Usa, OH, CLEVELAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1981   
All-Star Selections 1976    1981   
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
1973 22 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 6 5 7 6 4 5 4 5 7 6
1974 23 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 6 6 6 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1975 24 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 7
1976 25 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 8 7 5 6 5 5 7 7
1977 26 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 8 7 4 5 5 5 7 6
1978 27 OAK AL $ 3,664,286   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 8 7 4 5 5 5 7 6
1979 28 NYG NL $ 3,664,286   9 9 8 6 7 7 6 8 7 4 5 5 5 7 6
1980 29 NYG NL $ 2,800,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 4 5 5 6 7 7
1981 30 NYG NL $ 2,800,000   8 8 7 5 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 4 5 7 6
1982 31 NYG NL $ 2,800,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 5 2 4 3 4 6 5
1983 32 OAK AL $ 2,800,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 2 4 3 4 6 5
1984 33 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   7 7 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 6 5
1985 34 OAK AL $ 4,000,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 2 3 3 4 6 5
1986 35 NYA AL $ 2,108,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 4 6 5 2 3 3 4 5 5
1987 36 MIN AL     7 7 6 4 5 5 4 5 5 2 3 3 3 5 4
1988 37 IND AL $ 808,000   4 4 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 3 1 2 2 2 3 3 2 3 3 3 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000   9 9 8 6 7 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 22 MIN AL 26 90 10 26 4 0 5 14 0 1 8 22 .289 .347 .500 .847 13.9 2.1
    AAA   135 526 83 181 30 0 33 111 2 6 72 64 .344 .423 .589 1.012 117.9  
1974 23 MIN AL 78 263 35 63 17 1 6 26 0 0 33 31 .240 .326 .380 .706 34.1 4.0
    AAA   79 317 56 118 22 4 19 68 4 8 43 32 .372 .447 .647 1.094 77.5  
1975 24 MIN AL 154 575 59 161 39 1 9 81 0 1 64 90 .280 .349 .398 .747 74.1 10.7
1976 25 MIN AL 156 567 81 155 31 4 19 77 1 3 65 97 .273 .349 .443 .791 84.3 15.9
1977 26 MIN AL 122 443 67 130 25 1 19 68 0 1 39 70 .293 .352 .483 .835 71.6 13.3
1978 27 OAK AL 155 552 66 152 22 4 10 70 1 1 41 93 .275 .323 .384 .707 66.6 12.7
1979 28 OAK AL 102 371 38 89 16 4 8 40 1 0 28 57 .240 .294 .369 .664 37.0 4.8
  NYG NL 48 163 17 46 12 0 5 31 0 0 6 12 .282 .310 .448 .758 20.2 4.3
  TOT   150 534 55 135 28 4 13 71 1 0 34 69 .253 .299 .393 .692 57.2 9.1
1980 29 NYG NL 142 479 71 142 24 6 8 68 1 3 51 76 .296 .361 .422 .783 68.3 15.9
1981 30 NYG NL 152 571 85 172 38 4 26 112 0 0 42 76 .301 .351 .518 .869 94.5 23.5
1982 31 NYG NL 87 275 32 75 19 2 9 43 0 1 15 31 .273 .311 .455 .765 35.5 6.1
1983 32 NYG NL 66 241 31 78 14 3 5 32 1 0 12 36 .324 .354 .469 .823 36.5 8.8
  OAK AL 70 243 33 70 12 1 8 41 2 0 16 33 .288 .332 .444 .777 35.2 8.0
  TOT   136 484 64 148 26 4 13 73 3 0 28 69 .306 .343 .457 .800 71.8 16.8
1984 33 OAK AL 133 452 60 151 30 1 12 61 0 0 27 50 .334 .372 .485 .856 75.7 17.4
1985 34 OAK AL 156 558 52 179 29 2 13 66 0 0 35 77 .321 .360 .450 .810 80.1 16.3
1986 35 NYA AL 7 22 2 10 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .455 .455 .591 1.045 4.6 1.3
    AAA   137 515 61 160 24 2 28 110 1 0 46 107 .311 .367 .528 .895 94.4  
1987 36 MIN AL 120 439 35 139 26 3 9 43 0 0 19 81 .317 .345 .451 .796 60.1 12.0
    AAA   25 88 10 28 5 0 5 13 0 0 5 17 .318 .355 .545 .900 15.7  
1988 37 IND AL 124 289 22 71 7 1 5 25 2 0 18 69 .246 .291 .329 .620 26.9 2.2
16 Years Sim 1898 6593 796 1909 368 38 176 902 9 11 519 1003 .290 .341 .437 .778 919.4 179.3
4 Years AAA 376 1446 210 487 81 6 85 302 7 14 166 220 .337 .403 .577 .980 305.6  
162 Game Average 562 67 162 31 3 15 76 0 0 44 85 .290 .341 .437 .778 78.5  
Career Highs 156 575 85 179 39 6 26 112 3 3 65 97 .455 .455 .591 1.045 94.5  
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   5029 651 1569 313 27 137 723 5 7 426 645 .312 .366 .467 .832 808.1
vs LH   1564 145 340 55 11 39 179 4 4 93 358 .217 .260 .341 .601 138.3
Home 942 3231 399 926 180 19 85 450 5 4 259 502 .287 .339 .433 .772 459.2
Away 956 3362 397 983 188 19 91 452 4 7 260 501 .292 .343 .441 .784 487.2
RISP   1666 0 474 91 16 36 657 0 0 169 282 .285 .346 .423 .769 242.5
Pinch Hitting   196 25 62 11 4 7 42 0 0 19 23 .316 .377 .520 .897 35.8
Close/Late   789 74 234 53 4 18 106 0 0 71 120 .297 .356 .442 .798 118.6
Mar/Apr 253 877 112 266 45 4 29 135 2 3 77 131 .303 .358 .463 .821 139.2
May 300 1012 118 298 52 5 26 149 0 1 84 166 .294 .349 .433 .781 147.3
June 292 1018 121 299 49 6 25 137 2 1 66 154 .294 .335 .427 .763 140.5
July 324 1152 150 327 64 10 29 131 1 1 106 180 .284 .345 .432 .778 166.9
August 361 1274 156 371 78 11 31 185 1 2 104 183 .291 .344 .443 .787 186.0
Sep/Oct 368 1260 139 348 80 2 36 165 3 3 82 189 .276 .320 .429 .749 166.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 22 MIN AL RF 13 13 114.0 29 2 0 1 1.000 2.45   0.6
    LF 10 10 81.0 23 0 0 0 1.000 2.56    
    CF 3 3 29.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.48    
1974 23 MIN AL LF 48 46 407.7 74 4 2 1 .975 1.72   1.2
    1B 25 25 214.0 264 18 2 34 .993 11.86   0.1
    RF 4 0 5.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 24 MIN AL LF 142 137 1208.3 258 5 11 2 .960 1.96   2.1
    1B 9 9 78.7 88 5 3 7 .969 10.64   0.1
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1976 25 MIN AL RF 147 147 1269.0 304 1 1 0 .997 2.16   3.4
    LF 6 0 10.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70    
    CF 2 0 8.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38    
1977 26 MIN AL RF 113 111 946.3 196 0 0 0 1.000 1.86   1.9
    CF 5 1 21.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.14    
    LF 2 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1978 27 OAK AL CF 100 98 832.7 244 6 5 4 .980 2.70   2.7
    LF 53 49 414.0 73 0 4 0 .948 1.59    
    RF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1979 28 OAK AL CF 65 65 577.8 151 0 3 0 .981 2.35   1.2
    LF 18 14 135.5 27 1 1 0 .966 1.86   0.0
    RF 7 4 39.2 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.30   0.0
  NYG NL CF 31 30 246.4 64 0 1 0 .985 2.34   0.8
    LF 9 6 57.8 12 0 1 0 .923 1.87   0.0
    RF 3 2 16.7 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.16   0.0
  TOT   CF 96 95 824.2 215 0 4 0 .982 2.35   2.1
      LF 27 20 193.3 39 1 2 0 .952 1.86   0.0
      RF 10 6 55.9 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1980 29 NYG NL LF 112 112 987.7 202 1 6 0 .971 1.85   1.6
    RF 15 1 35.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.03    
    CF 8 0 13.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.38    
1981 30 NYG NL LF 130 130 1166.3 277 1 8 1 .972 2.15   3.2
    CF 15 3 47.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.72    
    RF 3 1 15.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20    
1982 31 NYG NL LF 66 63 567.7 123 1 4 0 .969 1.97   1.5
    RF 4 0 11.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.27    
    CF 1 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50    
1983 32 NYG NL LF 29 29 258.9 50 1 2 0 .962 1.77   0.4
    CF 5 0 6.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    RF 1 0 2.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  OAK AL LF 31 31 267.1 52 1 2 0 .964 1.79   0.9
    CF 5 0 7.1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.27   0.0
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 60 60 526.0 102 2 4 0 .963 1.78   1.3
      CF 10 0 14.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 .64   0.0
      RF 3 0 5.9 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.53   0.0
1984 33 OAK AL RF 119 110 925.3 175 4 0 1 1.000 1.74   2.8
    CF 4 0 14.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.29    
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00    
1985 34 OAK AL CF 37 35 289.0 53 2 0 2 1.000 1.71   0.7
    LF 1 1 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1986 35 NYA AL LF 4 4 35.0 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
1987 36 MIN AL LF 41 38 324.7 75 0 2 0 .974 2.08   1.2
    RF 10 9 77.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.22    
    CF 8 8 69.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.20    
    1B 4 0 7.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 11.57   0.0
1988 37 IND AL 1B 24 17 174.3 231 15 2 19 .992 12.70   0.2
    CF 42 10 154.7 38 0 1 0 .974 2.21   1.2
    RF 32 11 145.7 36 0 1 0 .973 2.22    
    LF 17 13 108.0 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.17    
  LF 721 683 6041.9 1279 17 44 4 .967 1.93   12.1
  RF 478 409 3617.8 785 7 2 2 .997 1.97   8.7
  CF 332 253 2326.2 598 8 11 6 .982 2.34   6.6
  1B 62 51 474.0 592 38 7 60 .989 11.96   0.5
Career Totals   1593 1396 12459.9 3254 70 64 72 .981 2.40   27.8
Career Highs   155 147 1294.0 346 22 14 35 1.000 5.34    
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
1979 28 NYG NL 7 28 5 8 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 .286 .310 .357 .667
1980 29 NYG NL 10 40 6 14 3 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 .350 .381 .575 .956
1981 30 NYG NL 9 30 5 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 .267 .361 .300 .661
1982 31 NYG NL 7 24 1 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .208 .259 .208 .468
1984 33 OAK AL 17 66 9 18 4 0 3 9 0 0 3 7 .273 .304 .470 .774
1985 34 OAK AL 7 28 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .250 .250 .250 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 57 216 27 60 10 0 5 24 0 1 13 24 .278 .316 .394 .710
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.
Batting Average
1981-10-.301
1984-7-.327*
1985-4-.321
 Slugging Pct
1977-9-.469*
1981-3-.518
1984-7-.474*
 OPS
1981-4-.869
1984-9-.838*
 XR
1981-8-94.5
 Games
1976-6-156
1978-6-155
1985-4-156
 Hits
1981-9-172
1985-10-179
Total Bases
1981-3-296
 Singles
1985-4-135
 Doubles
1975-4-39
1981-4-38
 Triples
1980-9-6
 Homeruns
1981-8-26
 RBIs
1981-2-112
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 43    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 9th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 9/1/1973, off Jon Matlack (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 9/4/1973, off John Gelnar (TOR)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/8/1973, hitting .429 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1976, hitting .565 with 3 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1976, hitting .396 with 5 HR, 21 RBI
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Injured on 5/22/1977 with a Inflamed Anterior Cruciate Ligament, out for 5 weeks
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Minnesota to Oakland on 2/2/1978 (Going to MIN: P John Hiller, 2B Terry Harmon, DH Larry Biittner. Going to OAK: RF Mike Easler)
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,664,286 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Philadelphia on 6/29/1979
Traded from Oakland to New York (N) on 7/31/1979 (Going to NYG: CF Mike Easler. Going to OAK: CF Jim Lentine, 2B Tucker Ashford, RF Terry Crowley)
Drove in 6 runs against Milwaukee on 8/2/1979
9/1/1979: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $2,800,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 8/26/1980, hitting .565 with 0 HR, 3 RBI
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 5/20/1981
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/1981, hitting .417 with 3 HR, 23 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Injured on 9/30/1981 with a Stiff Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won World Championship with New York (N) in 1981
Injured on 4/3/1982 with a Broken Ankle, out for 7 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Detroit on 9/25/1982
Traded from New York (N) to Oakland on 7/1/1983 (Going to OAK: CF Mike Easler, SS Phil Garner. Going to NYG: SS Rafael Belliard, P Mark Ballinger)
10/3/1983: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $4,000,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by New York (A) on 4/3/1986 to a 1-year deal worth $2,108,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Minnesota on 4/3/1987 to a 1-year deal worth $1,004,000 per year
Released by Minnesota on 10/3/1987
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 4/3/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $808,000 per year
 
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