Mike
Boddicker
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 177
 
Born: August 23, 1957 in Usa, IA, CEDAR RAPIDS
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1980 22 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1981 23 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1982 24 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 5 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 6
1983 25 CLN NL $ 300,000 8 6 6 6 3 4 3 6 6 6
1984 26 CLN NL   8 7 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7
1985 27 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 7 7
1986 28 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 8 8 8 3 4 3 7 7 7
1987 29 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 7 8 7 3 4 4 7 7 7
1988 30 CLN NL $ 762,857 7 7 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1989 31 CLE AL $ 1,040,000 7 6 7 7 4 4 4 7 7 7
1990 32 CLE AL $ 1,040,000 6 7 7 7 3 4 3 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 5 5 5 3 4 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,040,000 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1980 22 CLN NL 7 10 .412 21 21 3 0 0 147.0 147 75 11 39 71 4.59 .259 .309 .388 .697 4.1
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 7.7 7 1 0 2 8 1.17 .250 .300 .250 .550  
1981 23 CLN NL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 4.0 1 0 0 0 4 0.00 .077 .077 .077 .154 1.4
    AAA   13 11 .542 29 29 3 2 0 195.7 204 63 13 79 131 2.90 .267 .336 .368 .704  
1982 24 AAA   13 7 .650 31 31 4 2 0 232.0 192 86 17 93 153 3.34 .224 .300 .336 .636  
1983 25 CLN NL 2 0 1.000 3 2 0 0 0 19.3 17 8 1 12 12 3.72 .236 .345 .361 .706 1.4
    AAA   9 11 .450 25 25 0 0 0 164.7 149 60 15 74 162 3.28 .240 .321 .369 .691  
1984 26 AAA   14 8 .636 30 30 2 2 0 205.0 161 52 14 107 195 2.28 .216 .315 .308 .623  
1985 27 CLN NL 4 1 .800 17 0 0 0 0 35.3 18 5 1 16 31 1.27 .153 .259 .186 .446 5.0
1986 28 CLN NL 4 4 .500 12 10 4 1 0 74.3 51 25 3 29 61 3.03 .192 .273 .279 .552 5.6
    AAA   2 4 .333 16 8 0 0 1 63.0 55 20 6 29 75 2.86 .231 .315 .361 .676  
1987 29 CLN NL 5 3 .625 43 0 0 0 4 68.7 70 30 8 39 64 3.93 .265 .364 .428 .792 3.9
1988 30 CLN NL 11 8 .579 66 14 0 0 3 191.7 169 84 17 85 155 3.94 .235 .314 .372 .686 11.7
1989 31 CLE AL 9 4 .692 57 4 0 0 2 80.3 81 37 13 40 52 4.15 .260 .346 .426 .772 5.7
1990 32 CLE AL 3 4 .429 55 0 0 0 1 110.3 100 54 16 44 101 4.40 .236 .315 .406 .721 5.1
9 Years Sim 46 34 .575 278 51 7 1 11 731.0 654 318 70 304 551 3.92 .237 .315 .374 .689 43.9
6 Years AAA 51 41 .554 132 124 9 6 1 868.0 768 282 65 384 724 2.92 .236 .317 .345 .662  
Season Average 5 3 .625 30 5 0 0 1 81.2 72 35 7 33 61 3.92 .237 .315 .374 .689  
Career Highs 11 10 1.000 66 21 4 1 4 191.7 169 84 17 85 155 4.59 .265 .364 .428 .792  
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   281 137 37 132 291   .212 .283 .349 .633
vs LH   373 181 33 172 260   .261 .340 .396 .736
Home 25 17 .595 142 26 2 0 6 379.6 346 165 35 164 270 3.91 .240 .317 .371 .689
Away 21 17 .553 136 25 5 1 5 351.3 308 153 35 140 281 3.92 .235 .309 .376 .684
Mar/Apr 6 5 .545 36 8 1 0 2 92.3 86 45 10 32 66 4.39 .242 .305 .386 .691
May 7 3 .700 43 4 1 0 2 92.0 78 37 10 45 79 3.62 .229 .319 .379 .699
June 14 2 .875 40 5 1 0 0 96.0 78 25 6 31 60 2.34 .217 .279 .301 .580
July 4 8 .333 44 6 0 0 2 119.3 121 66 12 52 89 4.98 .262 .337 .422 .759
August 7 9 .438 57 16 2 0 1 163.0 157 81 18 66 116 4.47 .254 .326 .404 .729
Sep/Oct 8 7 .533 58 12 2 1 4 168.3 134 64 14 78 141 3.42 .216 .304 .339 .642
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1980 22 CLN NL P 21 21 147.0 11 23 2 3 .944 2.08    
1981 23 CLN NL P 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1983 25 CLN NL P 3 2 19.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1985 27 CLN NL P 17 0 35.3 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.78    
1986 28 CLN NL P 12 10 74.3 1 9 0 0 1.000 1.21    
1987 29 CLN NL P 43 0 68.7 1 3 1 0 .800 0.52    
1988 30 CLN NL P 66 14 191.7 5 32 2 2 .949 1.74    
1989 31 CLE AL P 57 4 80.3 2 17 1 2 .950 2.13    
1990 32 CLE AL P 55 0 110.3 6 18 1 1 .960 1.96    
Career Totals   278 51 731.0 27 108 7 8 .951 1.66    
Career Highs   66 21 191.7 11 32 2 3 1.000 2.13    
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
1989 31 CLE AL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
Career Post-Season Pitching 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .250 .400 .250 .650
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts per 9IP
1988-10-7.3
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Toronto in 1980
Traded from Toronto to Cleveland (N) on 2/4/1980 (Going to CLN: P Mike Boddicker, RF Claudell Washington. Going to TOR: P Balor Moore, P Billy Mccool, P Bill Landis, P Rich Hinton)
Earned first career win on 4/20/1980
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1980, going 4-0, 1.06
Injured on 4/8/1981 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/23/1983 with a Fractured Hand, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 3/14/1987 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 5 weeks
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $762,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,040,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cleveland (N) to Cleveland (A) on 2/8/1989 (Going to CLE: P Rich Bordi, P Mike Boddicker, P Dave Smith, 1B Clint Hurdle, 1B Jerry Turner. Going to CLN: P Wilson Alvarez)
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,040,000 through salary arbitration