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Mike
Vail		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: November 10, 1951 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
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
1975 23 PIT NL     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 2 2 2 6 5 5
1976 24 PIT NL     5 5 6 4 4 4 6 6 6 2 2 2 6 6 6
1977 25 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 7 2 2 2 6 6 6
1978 26 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 7 6 6
1979 27 PIT NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 2 2 6 6 6
1980 28 PIT NL $ 803,571   7 7 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1981 29 PIT NL $ 803,571   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 6 6 6
1982 30 PIT NL $ 2,423,571   8 8 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1983 31 SEM AL $ 1,700,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6
1984 32 SEM AL $ 1,700,000   7 7 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1985 33 CLN NL $ 2,500,500   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1986 34 NYG NL $ 2,500,500   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1987 35 NYG NL $ 2,500,500   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1988 36 PHN NL     6 6 6 5 5 5 7 6 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
1989 37 PHN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
1990 38 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 6 5 6 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,500,500   8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 6 6
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
1975 23 AAA   136 547 65 153 28 0 17 52 7 4 25 98 .280 .311 .424 .735 69.3  
1976 24 AAA   135 583 69 174 31 2 12 44 5 1 18 76 .298 .319 .420 .740 73.6  
1977 25 PIT NL 20 17 4 6 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 .353 .389 .529 .918 2.8 0.7
1978 26 PIT NL 43 91 9 31 4 1 1 12 0 1 3 7 .341 .362 .440 .801 11.3 2.2
1979 27 PIT NL 64 172 19 54 9 0 3 23 0 1 9 18 .314 .344 .419 .763 21.2 3.8
1980 28 PIT NL 73 204 20 55 5 2 5 27 0 1 5 28 .270 .284 .387 .672 21.1 3.2
1981 29 PIT NL 118 340 46 109 15 1 12 48 0 1 26 35 .321 .368 .476 .844 52.9 11.5
1982 30 PIT NL 142 482 49 132 30 0 9 66 0 3 29 76 .274 .313 .392 .705 54.5 8.2
1983 31 SEM AL 98 229 28 67 12 1 1 27 3 0 25 36 .293 .363 .367 .730 29.3 6.6
1984 32 SEM AL 128 432 50 133 24 3 11 70 1 3 22 55 .308 .340 .454 .794 59.6 11.8
1985 33 NYG NL 79 301 33 83 18 3 3 44 1 1 20 46 .276 .319 .385 .704 34.5 8.2
  CLN NL 29 66 8 19 2 0 1 10 0 0 4 12 .288 .329 .364 .692 7.5 1.5
  TOT   108 367 41 102 20 3 4 54 1 1 24 58 .278 .321 .381 .702 41.9 9.7
1986 34 CLN NL 47 135 13 35 3 1 3 20 0 0 12 20 .259 .318 .363 .681 14.6 1.8
  NYG NL 43 93 11 26 3 0 1 11 0 0 7 15 .280 .330 .344 .674 9.4 1.4
  TOT   90 228 24 61 6 1 4 31 0 0 19 35 .268 .323 .355 .678 24.0 3.2
1987 35 NYG NL 101 232 20 46 6 1 3 26 1 0 20 45 .198 .261 .272 .532 14.0 0.0
1988 36 PHN NL 61 125 19 38 12 1 3 17 0 0 9 28 .304 .348 .488 .836 18.5 4.3
    AAA   13 12 3 5 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 .417 .533 .667 1.200 3.8  
1989 37 PHN NL 126 386 39 97 24 1 12 37 0 0 25 78 .251 .295 .412 .707 43.1 6.3
1990 38 KCR AL 148 559 54 129 32 6 9 51 1 0 33 134 .231 .272 .358 .630 52.0 3.2
14 Years Sim 1320 3864 422 1060 200 22 77 491 7 11 250 634 .274 .317 .397 .714 446.0 74.5
3 Years AAA 284 1142 137 332 59 2 30 98 12 5 46 174 .291 .319 .425 .744 146.7  
162 Game Average 474 51 130 24 2 9 60 0 1 30 77 .274 .317 .397 .714 54.7  
Career Highs 148 559 54 133 32 6 12 70 3 3 33 134 .353 .389 .529 .918 59.6  
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   2277 244 610 120 13 41 271 6 6 152 395 .268 .312 .386 .698 267.8
vs LH   1587 178 450 80 9 36 220 1 5 98 239 .284 .324 .413 .737 204.0
Home 632 1848 204 516 86 8 37 229 4 5 104 303 .279 .317 .394 .711 222.6
Away 688 2016 218 544 114 14 40 262 3 6 146 331 .270 .317 .400 .717 249.2
RISP   973 0 286 58 5 19 391 0 0 101 183 .294 .352 .422 .775 144.7
Pinch Hitting   308 37 97 12 0 11 66 0 0 29 42 .315 .374 .461 .835 51.1
Close/Late   641 71 191 33 2 20 100 0 0 58 99 .298 .353 .449 .802 99.2
Mar/Apr 190 597 66 143 33 2 14 66 3 2 43 108 .240 .289 .372 .661 63.9
May 251 696 72 183 35 4 10 97 1 3 36 123 .263 .296 .368 .664 73.0
June 221 680 79 198 38 4 20 105 1 0 43 96 .291 .331 .447 .779 96.8
July 196 567 60 158 31 3 8 55 1 5 36 97 .279 .321 .386 .707 66.5
August 231 652 75 194 39 5 14 86 0 1 40 106 .298 .336 .437 .773 90.8
Sep/Oct 231 672 70 184 24 4 11 82 1 0 52 104 .274 .326 .371 .697 80.8
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 25 PIT NL RF 11 0 25.3 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 3 1 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
1978 26 PIT NL LF 10 8 73.0 17 1 0 0 1.000 2.22 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 12 5 58.0 11 0 1 0 .917 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 13 4 50.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.86 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 27 PIT NL LF 20 13 134.3 33 0 1 0 .971 2.21 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 12 6 62.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 10 6 61.0 19 0 0 0 1.000 2.80 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 4 4 36.0 45 1 1 6 .979 11.50 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1980 28 PIT NL CF 40 33 318.7 82 1 3 0 .965 2.34 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    RF 11 7 60.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.40 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 12 4 53.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1981 29 PIT NL LF 83 44 470.7 74 1 5 1 .938 1.43 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 30 29 252.7 53 0 0 0 1.000 1.89 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 1 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
1982 30 PIT NL LF 83 61 558.0 91 2 8 2 .921 1.50 0 0 .000 0 1.0
    CF 23 19 172.0 45 3 2 1 .960 2.51 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 8 8 75.3 107 2 1 6 .991 13.02 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 9 8 65.0 13 2 0 1 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
1983 31 SEM AL LF 48 43 394.0 93 4 4 0 .960 2.22 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    CF 35 0 72.7 22 1 0 1 1.000 2.85 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 4 4 36.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0  
1984 32 SEM AL RF 21 19 171.0 35 2 0 0 1.000 1.95 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    C 7 7 71.3 39 5 3 0 .936 5.55 7 3 .429 8 0.0
    LF 19 0 36.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.23 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 3 0 6.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0 0 .000 0  
1985 33 NYG NL CF 44 37 361.9 91 1 0 1 1.000 2.29 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    RF 32 27 288.5 56 1 2 0 .966 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CLN NL CF 16 13 78.4 20 0 0 0 1.000 2.30 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 12 10 62.5 12 0 1 0 .923 1.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 60 50 440.3 111 1 0 1 1.000 2.29   1.7
      RF 44 37 351.0 68 1 3 0 .958 1.77   0.0
1986 34 CLN NL RF 16 13 126.1 30 1 3 0 .912 2.21 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 14 4 63.4 11 1 1 0 .923 1.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 1 13.2 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.36 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NYG NL RF 15 11 84.6 20 0 2 0 .909 2.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 13 4 42.6 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 5 0 8.8 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 31 24 210.7 50 1 5 0 .911 2.18   0.7
      CF 27 8 106.0 19 2 1 0 .955 1.78   0.0
      LF 10 1 22.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.0
1987 35 NYG NL RF 36 4 94.7 16 0 1 0 .941 1.52 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 11 4 54.7 9 0 2 0 .818 1.48 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 7 2 30.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 2.10 0 0 .000 0  
1988 36 PHN NL LF 24 19 167.7 26 1 2 1 .931 1.45 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 6 3 29.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.86 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 6 3 26.0 7 1 0 1 1.000 2.77 0 0 .000 0  
    SS 11 0 20.7 2 2 0 0 1.000 1.74 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 37 PHN NL RF 85 81 713.3 154 2 5 1 .969 1.97 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    CF 17 6 75.0 14 0 1 0 .933 1.68 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 8 6 58.0 10 1 0 1 1.000 1.71 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 3 3 26.0 24 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 38 KCR AL RF 103 101 906.3 179 5 17 3 .915 1.83 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    CF 4 3 30.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 6 0 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 387 299 2781.7 581 13 31 5 .950 1.92 0 0 .000 0 4.6
  LF 337 204 2042.0 379 10 22 5 .946 1.71 0 0 .000 0 5.1
  CF 275 164 1651.9 398 10 8 4 .981 2.22 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  1B 15 15 137.3 176 5 2 13 .989 11.86 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  C 7 7 71.3 39 5 3 0 .936 5.55 7 3 .429 8 0.0
  SS 13 0 22.7 2 3 0 0 1.000 1.99 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 3 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1037 689 6713.9 1575 48 66 27 .961 2.18 7 3 .429 8 12.7
Career Highs   123 104 945.3 256 9 17 10 1.000 3.38 7 3 .429 8  
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
1980 28 PIT NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1985 33 CLN NL 8 25 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .200 .231 .240 .471
Career Post-Season Batting 9 26 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 .192 .222 .231 .453
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.
Triples
1990-10-6
 Strikeouts
1990-6-134
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Pittsburgh in 1975
Injured on 4/3/1975 with a Sprained Ankle, out for 3 days
Injured on 5/10/1975 with a Strained Hip Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 8/6/1976 with a Bruised Finger, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 4/7/1977, off John Morris (KCR)
Hit first career homerun on 8/27/1978, off Mike Mcqueen (CLE)
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $803,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1981: Gets a new one-year contract worth $803,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1982: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,423,571 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Seattle on 2/7/1983 to a 2-year deal worth $1,700,000 per year
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 6/26/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1984, hitting .476 with 2 HR, 9 RBI
Signed as a free agent by New York (N) on 2/19/1985 to a 3-year deal worth $2,500,500 per year
Traded from New York (N) to Cleveland (N) on 7/1/1985 (Going to NYG: P Jeff Barkley. Going to CLN: CF Bill Sample, LF Mike Vail)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to New York (N) on 7/31/1986 (Going to CLN: 1B Clint Hurdle. Going to NYG: 1B Mike Hargrove, P Mike Mcqueen, LF Mike Vail)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/3/1988 to a minor league deal
Traded from Detroit to Philadelphia on 5/1/1988 (Going to PHN: RF Dick Davis, 2B Roy Howell, C Tony Pena, 1B Willie Aikens, LF Mike Vail. Going to DET: C Marc Hill)
Released by Philadelphia on 10/3/1988
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 2/9/1989 to a 4-year deal worth $300,000 per year
Traded from Philadelphia to Kansas City on 3/4/1990 (Going to PHN: SS Bob Meacham. Going to KCR: RF Jim Vatcher, P John Butcher, P Bob Knepper, 1B Cecil Cooper, RF Mike Vail)
Injured on 7/23/1990 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
 
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