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Mike
Cuellar		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: May 8, 1937 in Cuba, , SANTA CLARA
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 22 DET AL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6
1960 23 CIN NL $ 300,000 9 6 5 5 8 8 8 5 5 5
1961 24 CIN NL   9 6 5 6 7 7 7 6 6 6
1962 25 TOR AL $ 300,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1963 26 TOR AL $ 475,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1964 27 TOR AL $ 475,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 5 5
1965 28 TOR AL $ 475,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1966 29 TOR AL $ 475,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1967 30 TOR AL $ 520,000 9 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4
1968 31 TOR AL $ 520,000 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1969 32 TOR AL $ 310,000 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
1970 33 NYA AL $ 310,000 9 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 520,000 9 6 5 6 8 8 8 6 6 6
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1959 22 DET AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 23 CIN NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 24 CIN NL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 26 TOR AL $ 475,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 27 TOR AL $ 475,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 28 TOR AL $ 475,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 29 TOR AL $ 475,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 30 TOR AL $ 520,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 31 TOR AL $ 520,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 32 TOR AL $ 310,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 33 NYA AL $ 310,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 520,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1959 22 DET AL 4 3 .571 12 12 1 0 0 91.0 109 45 18 25 56 4.45 .299 .343 .518 .861 3.4
    AAA   8 8 .500 23 23 1 0 0 168.7 157 63 22 65 157 3.36 .245 .314 .392 .706  
1960 23 DET AL 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 7.7 6 1 1 1 4 1.17 .207 .233 .345 .578 1.1
    AAA   0 6 .000 9 9 0 0 0 59.3 67 28 12 18 50 4.25 .282 .332 .471 .803  
1961 24 AAA   12 4 .750 17 17 0 0 0 126.3 105 46 13 38 121 3.28 .225 .283 .379 .662  
1962 25 TOR AL 11 15 .423 34 34 15 0 0 270.0 264 133 26 84 148 4.43 .253 .311 .390 .701 12.2
1963 26 TOR AL 2 11 .154 21 15 5 0 0 114.3 131 64 16 45 72 5.04 .288 .349 .453 .801 1.1
1964 27 AAA   2 6 .250 33 0 0 0 1 59.0 62 30 9 19 52 4.58 .272 .328 .452 .780  
1965 28 TOR AL 14 18 .438 37 37 15 2 0 287.0 275 126 35 115 152 3.95 .257 .328 .399 .728 13.7
1966 29 TOR AL 13 11 .542 31 29 16 1 0 240.0 221 92 24 61 139 3.45 .248 .298 .371 .669 15.6
1967 30 TOR AL 2 4 .333 8 7 1 0 0 53.3 54 30 4 27 29 5.06 .267 .349 .396 .745 0.4
    AAA   10 8 .556 23 23 4 1 0 173.0 161 52 16 43 149 2.71 .241 .287 .359 .646  
1968 31 TOR AL 0 2 .000 24 1 0 0 0 34.7 47 28 2 17 17 7.27 .331 .394 .423 .816 0.0
1969 32 AAA   10 10 .500 30 30 5 3 0 208.0 189 78 21 78 183 3.38 .242 .311 .365 .676  
1970 33 NYA AL 9 5 .643 84 0 0 0 4 189.7 196 115 28 99 97 5.46 .267 .354 .431 .785 9.0
9 Years Sim 55 69 .444 258 135 53 3 4 1287.6 1303 634 154 474 714 4.43 .264 .328 .411 .739 56.5
6 Years AAA 42 42 .500 135 102 10 4 1 794.3 741 297 93 261 712 3.37 .245 .305 .386 .691  
Season Average 6 7 .462 28 15 5 0 0 143.1 144 70 17 52 79 4.43 .264 .328 .411 .739  
Career Highs 14 18 .643 84 37 16 2 4 287.0 275 133 35 115 152 7.27 .331 .394 .518 .861  
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   889 405 98 304 437   .274 .336 .421 .757
vs LH   414 229 56 170 277   .245 .314 .392 .706
Home 30 32 .484 136 68 24 1 2 666.3 654 322 78 252 384 4.35 .258 .326 .402 .727
Away 25 37 .403 122 67 29 2 2 621.3 649 312 76 222 330 4.52 .270 .332 .420 .752
Mar/Apr 6 10 .375 34 19 7 1 1 184.3 187 85 25 57 107 4.15 .263 .317 .423 .740
May 13 13 .500 48 35 14 0 1 304.3 297 132 34 94 185 3.90 .256 .312 .397 .709
June 6 10 .375 32 14 7 0 0 149.0 130 60 13 50 80 3.62 .236 .300 .349 .649
July 9 10 .474 36 17 9 1 0 170.3 180 80 22 65 86 4.23 .274 .339 .413 .752
August 13 14 .481 51 27 11 1 1 262.0 262 146 30 106 140 5.02 .264 .335 .415 .750
Sep/Oct 8 12 .400 57 23 5 0 1 217.7 247 131 30 102 116 5.42 .287 .362 .452 .814
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
1959 22 DET AL 12 34 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .088 .088 .118 .206 -1.5 0.0
    AAA   2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
1962 25 TOR AL 34 81 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 35 .062 .084 .074 .158 -3.2 0.0
1963 26 TOR AL 21 33 3 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .182 .200 .212 .412 1.5 0.0
1965 28 TOR AL 37 92 2 6 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 41 .065 .064 .076 .140 -4.2 0.0
1966 29 TOR AL 31 83 4 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 1 22 .120 .129 .145 .274 -0.5 0.0
1967 30 TOR AL 8 18 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 9 .111 .105 .111 .216 0.1 0.0
1968 31 TOR AL 26 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
7 Years Sim 169 344 16 32 6 0 0 16 2 0 4 128 .093 .102 .110 .212 -8.0 0.0
1 Years AAA 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1  
162 Game Average 329 15 30 5 0 0 15 1 0 3 122 .093 .102 .110 .212 -7.6  
Career Highs 37 92 5 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 2 41 .182 .200 .212 .412 1.5  
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   230 12 24 3 0 0 11 1 0 4 73 .104 .118 .117 .235 -5.6
vs LH   114 4 8 3 0 0 5 1 0 0 55 .070 .070 .096 .166 -5.3
Home 86 164 8 13 5 0 0 6 0 0 3 61 .079 .095 .110 .204 -5.9
Away 83 180 8 19 1 0 0 10 2 0 1 67 .106 .109 .111 .220 -5.0
RISP   76 0 7 1 0 0 16 0 0 2 30 .092 .108 .105 .214 -2.2
Close/Late   36 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 13 .083 .108 .083 .191 -1.3
Mar/Apr 19 44 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .114 .130 .114 .244 -0.9
May 35 94 6 10 3 0 0 2 1 0 1 27 .106 .116 .138 .254 -1.9
June 14 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .000 .000 .000 .000 -3.6
July 17 43 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 .116 .114 .140 .253 -0.9
August 27 72 2 5 1 0 0 7 1 0 0 27 .069 .068 .083 .151 -3.5
Sep/Oct 35 54 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 23 .130 .158 .148 .306 -0.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1959 22 DET AL P 12 12 91.0 2 18 0 1 1.000 1.98    
1960 23 DET AL P 7 0 7.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 5.87    
1962 25 TOR AL P 34 34 270.0 9 46 2 2 .965 1.83    
1963 26 TOR AL P 21 15 114.3 5 8 0 1 1.000 1.02    
1965 28 TOR AL P 37 37 287.0 10 45 2 4 .965 1.72    
1966 29 TOR AL P 31 29 240.0 10 23 1 2 .971 1.24    
1967 30 TOR AL P 8 7 53.3 1 10 2 2 .846 1.86    
1968 31 TOR AL P 24 1 34.7 1 6 1 1 .875 1.82    
1970 33 NYA AL P 84 0 189.7 6 28 1 4 .971 1.61    
Career Totals   258 135 1287.6 47 186 9 17 .963 1.63    
Career Highs   84 37 287.0 10 46 2 4 1.000 5.87    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1965-7-18
 Games Pitched
1970-1-84
 Complete Games
1962-5-15
1965-8-15
1966-4-16
 Shutouts
1965-8-2
 Homeruns Allowed
1965-3-35
1970-5-28
 Walks Allowed
1965-5-115
1970-9-99
Walks per 9IP
1966-7-2.3
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  2. Rod Scurry (956)
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  4. Storm Davis (950)
  5. Fernando Valenzuela (949)
  6. Joe Hesketh (949)
  7. Terry Forster (949)
  8. Aurelio Lopez (944)
  9. Bill Henry (944)
  10. Grant Jackson (943)
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  1. Al Yeargin (992)
  2. Kent Greenfield (989)
  3. Masanori Murakami (982)
  4. Bill Walker (979)
  5. Jack Fisher (979)
  6. Dick Ellsworth (979)
  7. Hal Reniff (975)
  8. Ken Johnson (975)
  9. John Hiller (970)
  10. Rube Melton (968)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Detroit in 1959
Had first career hit (double) on 5/13/1959, off Ken Johnson (PIT)
Earned first career win on 5/13/1959
Traded from Detroit to Cincinnati on 7/1/1960 (Going to CIN: P Mike Cuellar, 1B Johnny Callison, P Dick Ellsworth. Going to DET: RF Wally Moon, P Danny Mcdevitt)
Injured on 6/2/1962 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 7 weeks
11/1/1962: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $475,000 per year, for 3 years
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $475,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $520,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/28/1966, winning 2 games with a 2.00 ERA
6/1/1968: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $310,000 per year, for 2 years
Injured on 4/18/1969 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Traded from Toronto to New York (A) on 2/3/1970 (Going to TOR: P Joe Schaffernoth. Going to NYA: P Mike Cuellar, P Jim Dickson)
 
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