Mike
Scioscia
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: November 27, 1958 in Usa, PA, UPPER DARBY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1983   
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
1980 21 CLN NL     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 9 10 10
1981 22 CLN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 8 7 10 10 10
1982 23 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 7 9 10 10
1983 24 SDP NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 6 7 8 7 8 9 8
1984 25 SDP NL $ 1,528,571   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 6 7 8 7 7 8 8
1985 26 SDP NL     6 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 8
1986 27 IND AL $ 1,867,777   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 7 6 7 7
1987 28 IND AL $ 1,867,777   6 6 5 3 3 3 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 7 7
1988 29 MON NL $ 1,867,777   6 6 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 8 7 6 7 7
1989 30 MON NL $ 1,867,777   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 7 6 7 8 7 6 6 6
1990 31 BAL AL $ 1,500,500   5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,867,777   6 6 5 3 3 3 7 7 7 7 8 8 10 10 10
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
1980 21 AAA   57 230 32 63 19 0 6 28 0 0 39 9 .274 .379 .435 .814 38.5  
    AA   80 307 50 93 12 0 9 43 1 0 57 12 .303 .412 .430 .842 56.6  
1981 22 CLN NL 115 374 49 94 15 2 7 41 0 2 42 16 .251 .327 .358 .685 43.8 7.3
1982 23 SDP NL 145 487 47 123 30 1 4 61 2 0 50 13 .253 .319 .343 .662 49.6 7.5
1983 24 SDP NL 139 446 43 121 26 0 7 67 0 0 43 12 .271 .335 .377 .711 53.8 11.9
1984 25 SDP NL 114 423 40 98 24 1 5 55 1 0 52 36 .232 .315 .329 .644 38.6 4.8
    AAA   25 91 9 32 3 0 1 11 0 0 15 8 .352 .443 .418 .861 17.0  
1985 26 SDP NL 19 71 12 18 9 0 0 9 0 0 6 12 .254 .312 .380 .692 7.5 1.7
    AAA   110 387 51 125 34 1 11 57 3 0 59 38 .323 .413 .501 .914 76.3  
1986 27 IND AL 107 343 44 96 21 1 6 53 0 1 36 49 .280 .349 .399 .748 45.8 8.5
1987 28 IND AL 126 429 53 112 25 2 7 70 0 0 50 59 .261 .335 .378 .713 53.0 7.8
1988 29 MON NL 126 402 52 110 31 2 9 58 0 0 47 78 .274 .348 .428 .776 58.1 12.4
1989 30 MON NL 136 428 59 103 29 1 4 64 0 0 55 73 .241 .327 .341 .668 50.3 9.2
1990 31 BAL AL 53 126 14 35 6 0 1 14 0 2 16 21 .278 .364 .349 .713 15.4 2.7
10 Years Sim 1080 3529 413 910 216 10 50 492 3 5 397 369 .258 .332 .367 .699 415.9 73.7
3 Years AAA 192 708 92 220 56 1 18 96 3 0 113 55 .311 .404 .469 .873 131.9  
1 Years AA 80 307 50 93 12 0 9 43 1 0 57 12 .303 .407 .430 .836 56.6  
4 Years Minors 272 1015 142 313 68 1 27 139 4 0 170 67 .308 .405 .457 .862 188.5  
162 Game Average 529 61 136 32 1 7 73 0 0 59 55 .258 .332 .367 .699 62.4  
Career Highs 145 487 59 123 31 2 9 70 2 2 55 78 .280 .364 .428 .776 58.1  
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   2784 327 744 177 7 42 401 2 5 326 273 .267 .343 .381 .724 368.0
vs LH   745 86 166 39 3 8 91 1 0 71 96 .223 .289 .315 .604 69.5
Home 540 1742 196 448 107 3 24 235 3 2 193 182 .257 .331 .363 .694 213.0
Away 540 1787 217 462 109 7 26 257 0 3 204 187 .259 .333 .371 .704 224.4
RISP   977 0 271 64 4 21 423 0 0 117 117 .277 .347 .416 .762 143.5
Pinch Hitting   106 12 33 6 0 0 21 0 0 8 8 .311 .360 .368 .728 13.5
Close/Late   480 42 126 28 0 7 63 0 0 55 41 .263 .340 .365 .704 60.5
Mar/Apr 138 440 44 120 22 4 8 52 0 1 51 44 .273 .346 .395 .742 60.8
May 185 623 74 159 34 2 11 96 0 3 67 67 .255 .328 .369 .697 75.7
June 212 699 88 178 43 1 6 101 1 0 79 68 .255 .329 .345 .673 81.7
July 181 600 63 129 36 1 7 71 1 1 66 65 .215 .292 .313 .606 56.6
August 184 606 64 155 46 1 8 85 1 0 62 62 .256 .325 .375 .700 73.6
Sep/Oct 180 561 80 169 35 1 10 87 0 0 72 63 .301 .378 .421 .798 89.0
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
1981 22 CLN NL C 111 109 971.7 528 51 1 2 .998 5.36 96 35 .365 3 7.5
1982 23 SDP NL C 136 126 1155.7 580 68 10 1 .985 5.05 130 48 .369 2 6.6
    3B 4 0 19.3 3 7 1 1 .909 4.66 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1983 24 SDP NL C 110 100 911.3 358 52 8 0 .981 4.05 87 41 .471 2 5.7
    3B 12 3 38.0 2 10 2 0 .857 2.84 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1984 25 SDP NL C 111 109 1006.3 498 68 7 1 .988 5.06 118 49 .415 1 7.8
    3B 1 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1985 26 SDP NL C 16 16 141.0 70 5 0 0 1.000 4.79 15 5 .333 2 0.5
    3B 2 0 4.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 6.75 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1986 27 IND AL C 97 82 749.3 285 56 10 1 .972 4.10 85 36 .424 0 4.7
    3B 4 4 31.0 2 6 0 1 1.000 2.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1987 28 IND AL C 105 100 886.3 424 52 4 2 .992 4.83 100 37 .370 3 5.4
    3B 4 4 34.0 3 14 0 3 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 1 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 29 MON NL C 126 126 1099.0 742 56 5 0 .994 6.54 94 31 .330 5 6.0
1989 30 MON NL C 132 128 1156.0 756 49 7 2 .991 6.27 85 32 .376 3 4.9
    3B 3 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1990 31 BAL AL C 25 22 184.0 155 12 2 0 .988 8.17 15 6 .400 0 0.8
    3B 9 7 59.3 1 12 1 2 .929 1.97 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 2 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
  C 969 918 8260.6 4396 469 54 9 .989 5.30 825 320 .388 21 49.9
  3B 39 18 197.7 14 52 4 7 .943 3.01 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  RF 2 0 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 2.3 2 0 0 0 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1012 936 8466.6 4415 521 58 16 .988 5.25 825 320 .388 21 50.7
Career Highs   140 128 1175.0 756 75 11 5 1.000 6.65 130 49 .471 5  
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
1988 29 MON NL 8 29 3 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .172 .200 .276 .476
Career Post-Season Batting 8 29 3 5 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .172 .200 .276 .476
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 29th overall pick, by Cleveland (N) in 1980
4/3/1981: Signed a minor league contract extension with Cleveland (N)
Had first career hit (double) on 4/11/1981, off David Palmer (NYG)
Hit first career homerun on 4/27/1981, off Phil Hennigan (KCR)
Traded from Cleveland (N) to San Diego 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)
Hit for the cycle against Colorado on 8/23/1982
Drove in 6 runs against Colorado on 8/23/1982
Was selected to the 1983 Allstar game
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,528,571 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 6/11/1984
Won Player of the Week award on 6/17/1984, hitting .500 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,621,429 through salary arbitration
Released by San Diego on 10/28/1985
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 2/23/1986 to a 4-year deal worth $1,867,777 per year
Injured on 3/23/1986 with a Blurred Vision Eye, out for 3 weeks
Hit for the cycle against Philadelphia on 5/17/1987
Drove in 6 runs against Philadelphia on 5/17/1987
Traded from Indianapolis to Montreal on 4/3/1988 (Going to IND: P Bob Lacey. Going to MON: P Joey Mclaughlin, SS Ken Oberkfell, C Mike Scioscia)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/23/1988, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Injured on 9/25/1988 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/15/1990 to a 3-year deal worth $1,500,500 per year