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Mike
Epstein		  
Nickname: Super Jew
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 240
 
Born: April 4, 1943 in Usa, NY, BRONX
 
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
1966 23 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 7 7 5 5 5 8 10 9 3 5 5
1967 24 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 10 10 3 5 4
1968 25 KCR AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 10 10 4 5 5
1969 26 KCR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 10 10 4 6 5
1970 27 KCR AL $ 3,328,571   7 7 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 10 10 4 6 5
1971 28 KCR AL $ 4,164,286   6 6 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 10 10 4 6 5
1972 29 KCR AL $ 5,700,000   6 6 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 8 10 10 4 6 5
1973 30 KCR AL $ 5,700,000   7 7 6 6 8 7 6 7 6 8 10 10 4 6 5
1974 31 KCR AL $ 5,700,000   6 6 5 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 3 5 4
1975 32 KCR AL $ 5,700,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 8 4 5 4
1976 33 STL NL $ 1,750,000   5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 8 8 4 5 4
1977 34 PHN NL $ 1,750,000   5 5 4 4 6 5 6 7 7 6 8 7 3 4 4
1978 35 PHN NL $ 1,750,000   2 2 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 6 8 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 2 2 4 5 4 6 8 7 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,700,000   7 7 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 8 10 10 4 6 5
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
1966 23 KCR AL 126 359 54 96 14 4 22 67 0 1 54 65 .267 .364 .513 .876 64.4 13.5
1967 24 KCR AL 112 303 52 80 13 2 15 44 5 0 68 70 .264 .405 .469 .874 59.6 13.0
1968 25 KCR AL 112 341 42 81 14 1 8 39 1 0 53 89 .238 .348 .355 .703 46.1 8.1
    AAA   21 62 11 15 2 0 6 13 1 0 16 13 .242 .397 .565 .962 14.7  
1969 26 KCR AL 131 392 73 109 18 2 22 70 2 0 66 92 .278 .388 .503 .890 75.4 18.0
1970 27 KCR AL 118 395 84 115 18 1 26 90 0 0 69 81 .291 .401 .539 .941 82.9 20.4
1971 28 KCR AL 110 308 60 86 11 1 17 60 1 0 53 59 .279 .395 .487 .882 61.7 14.7
    AAA   2 9 2 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 3 .222 .222 .667 .889 1.5  
1972 29 KCR AL 111 387 54 101 21 1 11 57 2 0 61 70 .261 .363 .406 .769 58.4 9.8
1973 30 KCR AL 151 494 72 103 19 1 18 55 2 1 81 105 .209 .328 .360 .688 65.2 6.3
1974 31 KCR AL 107 318 39 80 10 5 8 47 0 0 42 68 .252 .349 .390 .739 45.2 6.4
1975 32 KCR AL 120 432 61 102 25 4 13 59 1 1 55 94 .236 .330 .403 .733 58.4 8.1
1976 33 COL NL 55 162 29 48 11 1 9 30 0 1 25 32 .296 .394 .543 .937 32.0 7.9
  STL NL 56 201 24 45 18 0 0 11 0 1 24 51 .224 .313 .313 .626 19.1 2.3
  TOT   111 363 53 93 29 1 9 41 0 2 49 83 .256 .349 .416 .765 51.1 10.1
    AAA   21 21 2 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 4 3 .381 .480 .571 1.051 5.3  
1977 34 PHN NL 127 425 65 93 27 2 15 69 3 4 53 89 .219 .311 .398 .709 52.9 8.0
1978 35 PHN NL 131 410 32 81 16 1 3 38 2 3 42 94 .198 .279 .263 .543 31.6 0.5
13 Years Sim 1567 4927 741 1220 235 26 187 736 19 12 746 1059 .248 .353 .420 .772 753.0 136.9
3 Years AAA 44 92 15 25 4 0 8 20 1 0 20 19 .272 .412 .576 .988 21.4  
162 Game Average 509 76 126 24 2 19 76 1 1 77 109 .248 .353 .420 .772 77.8  
Career Highs 151 494 84 115 29 5 26 90 5 4 81 105 .291 .405 .539 .941 82.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4391 667 1118 213 23 175 681 19 11 681 931 .255 .361 .433 .794 700.0
vs LH   536 74 102 22 3 12 55 0 1 65 128 .190 .284 .310 .594 48.9
Home 770 2382 378 589 118 14 93 358 9 8 373 485 .247 .357 .426 .782 369.2
Away 797 2545 363 631 117 12 94 378 10 4 373 574 .248 .349 .414 .763 379.7
RISP   1294 0 313 52 4 49 518 0 0 242 269 .242 .363 .402 .765 204.3
Pinch Hitting   172 35 46 9 1 7 45 1 0 35 36 .267 .401 .453 .854 32.1
Close/Late   544 61 140 26 3 22 87 0 0 77 102 .257 .353 .438 .790 85.4
Mar/Apr 266 858 114 224 36 5 31 123 3 2 117 190 .261 .359 .423 .782 130.6
May 288 903 147 225 49 3 38 149 3 5 144 180 .249 .357 .436 .794 143.4
June 277 884 149 214 44 4 41 153 4 0 125 188 .242 .340 .440 .780 136.3
July 226 726 104 177 28 4 24 102 3 0 108 150 .244 .351 .393 .744 103.9
August 255 794 117 197 44 5 32 117 1 1 113 168 .248 .347 .437 .784 121.9
Sep/Oct 255 762 110 183 34 5 21 92 5 4 139 183 .240 .362 .381 .742 112.7
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
1966 23 KCR AL 1B 109 100 860.0 951 73 10 82 .990 10.72   1.7
1967 24 KCR AL 1B 99 82 723.7 831 63 4 83 .996 11.12   1.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 25 KCR AL 1B 97 90 789.3 927 71 6 70 .994 11.38   1.7
1969 26 KCR AL 1B 86 74 646.3 757 42 6 62 .993 11.13   0.3
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1970 27 KCR AL 1B 9 3 33.3 41 8 0 4 1.000 13.23   0.1
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1971 28 KCR AL 1B 104 83 744.0 864 53 6 66 .993 11.09   1.6
1972 29 KCR AL 1B 73 71 593.0 678 41 5 54 .993 10.91   0.9
1973 30 KCR AL 1B 7 2 26.0 29 7 0 6 1.000 12.46   0.1
1974 31 KCR AL 1B 6 3 30.0 35 1 0 4 1.000 10.80   0.1
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1975 32 KCR AL 1B 1 0 4.0 6 1 0 0 1.000 15.75   0.0
1976 33 COL NL 1B 20 19 151.3 192 9 2 15 .990 11.96   0.1
  STL NL 1B 21 20 183.3 233 10 3 18 .988 11.93   0.4
  TOT   1B 41 39 334.6 425 19 5 33 .989 11.94   0.5
1977 34 PHN NL 1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 35 PHN NL 1B 126 119 1012.3 1216 94 14 135 .989 11.65   1.7
  1B 759 666 5797.6 6761 473 56 599 .992 11.23   9.5
  RF 3 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SS 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   765 666 5808.6 6761 474 56 599 .992 11.21   9.6
Career Highs   126 119 1012.3 1216 94 14 135 1.000 15.75    
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
1966 23 KCR AL 8 20 2 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 4 .250 .423 .300 .723
1967 24 KCR AL 15 41 5 8 0 0 1 3 0 0 4 18 .195 .286 .268 .554
1968 25 KCR AL 11 31 4 7 2 0 1 6 0 0 4 8 .226 .306 .387 .693
1969 26 KCR AL 5 18 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .167 .211 .167 .377
1970 27 KCR AL 9 28 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 .214 .333 .250 .583
1971 28 KCR AL 9 29 8 9 0 0 3 6 0 0 7 6 .310 .459 .621 1.080
1975 32 KCR AL 7 25 3 6 1 0 1 6 0 0 4 7 .240 .345 .400 .745
Career Post-Season Batting 64 192 25 44 5 0 6 25 0 0 30 55 .229 .341 .349 .690
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.
On-Base Pct
1970-6-.377*
 Slugging Pct
1969-9-.458*
1970-6-.501*
 OPS
1969-7-.817*
1970-5-.878*
 Homeruns
1969-10-22
1970-9-26
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 14    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  1. Kent Hrbek (925)
  2. Ken Harrelson (919)
  3. Andre Thornton (914)
  4. Tony Solaita (909)
  5. Joe Gaines (909)
  6. Rick Reichardt (907)
  7. Leon Durham (907)
  8. Lee May (906)
  9. Fred Sington (903)
  10. Ed Morgan (900)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Kansas City in 1966
Had first career hit on 4/3/1966, off Sammy Ellis (LAD)
Hit first career homerun on 4/15/1966, off Bob Duliba (MIN)
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 9/21/1966
Injured on 8/3/1967 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,328,571 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against St. Louis on 6/1/1970
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland (A) on 6/13/1970
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1970, hitting .311 with 7 HR, 32 RBI
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,164,286 through salary arbitration
10/28/1971: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $5,700,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 8/22/1972 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
Drove in 6 runs against Boston (A) on 4/4/1973
6/1/1975: Signed a contract extension with Kansas City, $1,750,000 per year, for 3 years
Traded from Kansas City to Colorado on 3/3/1976 (Going to KCR: SS Doug Rader, RF Jimmy Wynn. Going to COL: P Rusty Gerhardt, C Jack Hiatt, 1B Mike Epstein)
Traded from Colorado to St. Louis on 7/31/1976 (Going to STL: 1B Mike Epstein. Going to COL: CF Charlie Manuel)
Injured on 3/9/1977 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
 
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