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Mike
Hargrove		  
Nickname: Rain Delay
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 210
 
Born: October 26, 1949 in Usa, TX, PERRYTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1978    1980    1982   
Gold Glove 1981   
All-Star Selections 1975    1979    1980    1981    1982   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1974 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 9 9
1975 25 SDP NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 3 4 3 6 7 7 7 9 8 9 9 9
1976 26 SDP NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 3 4 3 6 7 7 7 9 9 9 9 9
1977 27 SDP NL $ 300,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 6 7 7 7 9 9 8 9 9
1978 28 SDP NL $ 4,028,571   10 10 10 2 3 3 6 8 7 7 9 9 8 9 9
1979 29 SDP NL $ 4,028,571   10 10 10 3 4 3 6 8 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
1980 30 SDP NL $ 4,750,000   10 10 10 3 4 3 6 8 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
1981 31 SDP NL $ 10,750,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 7 8 8 7 9 9 9 9 9
1982 32 CLN NL $ 10,750,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 7 8 8 7 9 8 8 9 9
1983 33 CLN NL $ 10,750,000   10 10 10 2 3 3 6 8 7 7 9 8 8 9 9
1984 34 CLN NL $ 10,750,000   10 10 9 1 1 1 6 7 7 7 9 8 8 9 9
1985 35 CLN NL $ 4,400,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 6 7 7 6 8 8 8 8 8
1986 36 NYG NL $ 4,400,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 6 7 7 6 8 7 8 8 8
1987 37 PHN NL $ 4,400,000   9 9 8 1 1 1 3 5 4 5 7 6 7 7 7
1988 38 DET AL $ 1,250,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,750,000   10 10 10 3 4 3 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9
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
1974 24 SDP NL 145 533 78 167 25 2 8 69 0 3 66 45 .313 .391 .413 .804 83.4 18.7
1975 25 SDP NL 148 536 97 188 27 3 12 90 3 0 63 23 .351 .420 .479 .900 100.9 25.2
1976 26 SDP NL 108 355 68 126 17 2 5 51 3 2 48 17 .355 .434 .456 .890 66.6 17.4
    AAA   29 126 29 52 5 1 5 15 0 0 12 6 .413 .464 .587 1.051 29.3  
1977 27 SDP NL 142 487 68 175 22 2 9 60 0 2 54 24 .359 .427 .468 .895 87.5 22.6
1978 28 SDP NL 145 486 70 159 28 3 0 64 5 3 75 36 .327 .417 .397 .814 78.9 20.5
1979 29 SDP NL 139 468 75 164 19 5 8 87 3 7 56 20 .350 .419 .464 .883 81.6 22.8
1980 30 SDP NL 150 482 63 152 17 4 11 65 0 2 70 26 .315 .404 .436 .840 83.8 19.7
1981 31 SDP NL 154 547 75 182 18 2 6 61 2 3 73 34 .333 .409 .406 .815 85.3 22.5
1982 32 CLN NL 153 620 132 221 40 3 5 68 0 2 78 36 .356 .429 .455 .884 107.4 25.3
1983 33 CLN NL 151 623 88 190 33 6 7 75 0 4 62 55 .305 .367 .411 .778 89.5 18.2
1984 34 CLN NL 154 621 78 193 38 5 2 76 2 2 55 34 .311 .369 .398 .767 85.3 21.2
1985 35 CLN NL 137 531 87 172 36 3 4 59 1 5 75 36 .324 .408 .426 .834 90.5 23.6
1986 36 CLN NL 91 330 46 93 25 3 1 40 1 3 43 23 .282 .368 .385 .753 44.6 8.7
  NYG NL 50 169 20 50 13 1 2 25 1 1 15 19 .296 .357 .420 .777 23.1 5.6
  TOT   141 499 66 143 38 4 3 65 2 4 58 42 .287 .364 .397 .761 67.7 14.2
1987 37 PHN NL 155 605 89 173 29 2 1 45 1 4 56 74 .286 .350 .345 .695 72.4 13.8
1988 38 DET AL 28 55 11 19 0 0 0 6 1 0 3 7 .345 .367 .345 .712 7.8 1.4
    AAA   57 216 17 70 5 1 2 19 5 4 18 34 .324 .376 .384 .760 30.2  
15 Years Sim 2050 7448 1145 2424 387 46 81 941 23 43 892 509 .325 .399 .422 .821 1188.5 287.0
2 Years AAA 86 342 46 122 10 2 7 34 5 4 30 40 .357 .418 .459 .877 59.6  
162 Game Average 588 90 191 30 3 6 74 1 3 70 40 .325 .399 .422 .821 93.9  
Career Highs 155 623 132 221 40 6 12 90 5 7 78 74 .359 .434 .479 .900 107.4  
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   5801 934 1982 312 41 67 740 18 40 720 346 .342 .415 .444 .859 1013.4
vs LH   1647 211 442 75 5 14 201 5 3 172 163 .268 .340 .345 .685 196.1
Home 1000 3507 539 1117 155 22 34 425 10 23 422 230 .319 .392 .404 .797 544.9
Away 1050 3941 606 1307 232 24 47 516 13 20 470 279 .332 .404 .438 .843 664.6
RISP   1763 0 566 89 13 18 788 0 0 248 114 .321 .398 .417 .815 295.9
Pinch Hitting   215 35 69 3 0 2 33 0 0 27 15 .321 .400 .363 .763 32.2
Close/Late   859 115 290 27 6 9 113 0 0 113 67 .338 .415 .414 .829 146.4
Mar/Apr 322 1158 165 364 59 7 12 156 8 6 134 76 .314 .385 .408 .793 178.9
May 368 1296 222 452 79 12 18 176 5 7 154 90 .349 .420 .470 .889 236.8
June 357 1283 222 409 64 4 13 150 3 3 185 93 .319 .406 .405 .811 211.5
July 318 1173 174 387 57 9 11 133 2 9 142 69 .330 .402 .422 .824 191.5
August 340 1264 176 377 58 6 15 146 3 14 138 99 .298 .370 .389 .759 176.4
Sep/Oct 345 1274 186 435 70 8 12 180 2 4 139 82 .341 .407 .437 .844 214.3
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
1974 24 SDP NL LF 4 0 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90   0.0
    1B 2 0 4.0 3 0 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1975 25 SDP NL 1B 54 49 436.0 531 37 7 49 .988 11.72   0.5
    LF 13 6 65.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.52   0.1
1976 26 SDP NL 1B 27 6 92.7 132 10 4 10 .973 13.79   0.1
    LF 5 0 17.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.06   0.0
1977 27 SDP NL 1B 72 54 512.3 687 49 5 63 .993 12.93   1.0
    LF 11 1 31.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 2.84   0.1
1978 28 SDP NL 1B 122 103 954.7 1279 77 9 117 .993 12.78   1.5
    LF 5 1 16.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.81   0.1
1979 29 SDP NL 1B 124 100 948.3 1295 90 10 144 .993 13.14   1.2
    LF 10 0 24.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88   0.0
1980 30 SDP NL 1B 130 107 985.3 1344 97 10 137 .993 13.16   1.2
    LF 10 5 59.7 11 0 1 0 .917 1.66   0.1
1981 31 SDP NL 1B 154 139 1252.7 1661 135 19 157 .990 12.90   2.3
1982 32 CLN NL 1B 35 32 290.3 332 29 7 24 .981 11.19   0.3
    LF 4 4 31.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.03   0.1
1983 33 CLN NL LF 8 8 69.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.43   0.2
    1B 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
1984 34 CLN NL 1B 2 0 9.0 13 1 0 0 1.000 14.00   0.0
1985 35 CLN NL 1B 121 117 1036.3 1255 72 8 107 .994 11.52   2.5
1986 36 CLN NL 1B 54 50 456.0 529 40 7 44 .988 11.23   0.2
    LF 5 1 21.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
  NYG NL 1B 30 28 224.4 260 19 3 21 .989 11.19   0.5
    LF 3 1 10.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.0
  TOT   1B 84 78 680.4 789 59 10 65 .988 11.22   0.7
      LF 8 2 31.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.44   0.0
1987 37 PHN NL 1B 102 98 880.3 964 62 9 87 .991 10.49   0.8
    LF 50 50 418.3 92 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   1.2
    CF 1 0 5.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1988 38 DET AL LF 10 5 53.7 8 0 1 0 .889 1.34   0.1
    1B 7 7 53.0 54 6 0 5 1.000 10.19   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  1B 1037 890 8136.4 10341 724 98 966 .991 12.24   12.3
  LF 138 82 826.9 168 1 2 0 .988 1.84   1.8
  CF 2 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   1178 972 8970.6 10509 726 100 966 .991 11.27   14.2
Career Highs   154 148 1305.0 1661 135 19 157 1.000 14.00    
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
1974 24 SDP NL 7 31 2 9 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 .290 .313 .355 .667
1976 26 SDP NL 4 14 0 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 .286 .353 .357 .710
1978 28 SDP NL 14 44 1 12 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 4 .273 .319 .295 .615
1980 30 SDP NL 16 59 8 15 3 0 1 6 0 0 6 5 .254 .333 .356 .689
1981 31 SDP NL 5 16 4 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 2 .375 .524 .375 .899
1982 32 CLN NL 17 67 12 19 4 1 0 5 0 0 9 2 .284 .377 .373 .750
1983 33 CLN NL 12 47 8 12 4 0 1 7 1 0 4 6 .255 .315 .404 .719
1984 34 CLN NL 13 55 6 19 4 0 1 6 2 1 4 5 .345 .400 .473 .873
1985 35 CLN NL 12 40 3 12 1 0 0 3 1 0 11 2 .300 .451 .325 .776
1987 37 PHN NL 6 23 3 7 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .304 .333 .435 .768
Career Post-Season Batting 106 396 47 115 23 1 3 40 4 2 46 32 .290 .367 .376 .744
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
1974-8-.313
1975-1-.351
1977-1-.359
1978-3-.327
1979-1-.350
1980-4-.315
1981-2-.333
1982-1-.356
1983-9-.305
1984-4-.311
1985-4-.324
CAR-14-.325
 On-Base Pct
1974-4-.391
1975-1-.420
1977-1-.427
1978-2-.417
1979-4-.419
1980-2-.404
1981-2-.409
1982-1-.429
1983-10-.367
1985-4-.408
CAR-20-.399
 Slugging Pct
1975-8-.479
1977-9-.468
 OPS
1975-1-.900
1977-3-.895
1979-5-.883
1982-6-.884
1985-9-.834
 XR
1975-3-100.9
1982-4-107.4
 Games
1987-6-155
At-Bats
1982-3-620
1983-4-623
1984-3-621
1987-10-605
 Runs
1975-5-97
1982-1-132
 Hits
1975-2-188
1977-8-175
1981-3-182
1982-1-221
1983-1-190
1984-1-193
1985-10-172
CAR-40-2424
 Total Bases
1982-7-282
 Singles
1974-7-132
1975-2-146
1977-4-142
1978-10-128
1979-7-132
1981-1-156
1982-1-173
1983-4-144
1984-2-148
1985-10-129
1987-4-141
CAR-11-1910
 Doubles
1982-6-40
1984-8-38
1985-9-36
Walks
1982-7-78
1985-9-75
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 92    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 47    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 1st overall pick, by San Diego in 1974
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1974, off Alan Foster (KCR)
Injured on 4/7/1974 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for one week
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/1974, off Bert Blyleven (CLE)
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 8/28/1974
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 4/18/1975
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/4/1975, hitting .481 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 9/1/1975, hitting .388 with 4 HR, 21 RBI
Had 5 hits with 0 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 7/13/1977
2/2/1978: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1978
2/2/1979: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,028,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
2/2/1980: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,750,000 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/6/1980, hitting .647 with 0 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Won World Championship with San Diego in 1980
10/31/1980: Signed a contract extension with San Diego, $10,750,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/8/1981, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Won Gold Glove at First Base in 1981
Traded from San Diego to Cleveland (N) on 3/4/1982 (Going to SDP: SS Cal Ripken jr., CF Jim Eisenreich, C Mike Scioscia, P Greg Harris, P Jerry don Gleaton. Going to CLN: 1B Mike Hargrove, RF Mike Adams)
Had 29-game hitting streak snapped on 5/30/1982
Was selected to the 1982 Allstar game
Had 27-game hitting streak snapped on 10/3/1982
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1982
Drove in 6 runs against Kansas City on 8/21/1983
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (N) on 2/14/1985 to a 3-year deal worth $4,400,000 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 7/8/1985, off Mike Scott (TOR)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/15/1985, hitting .722 with 1 HR, 5 RBI
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)
Traded from New York (N) to Philadelphia on 3/4/1987 (Going to NYG: P Win Remmerswaal. Going to PHN: 1B Mike Hargrove)
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/3/1988 to a 1-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Injured on 7/16/1988 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 5 weeks
 
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