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Mike Caldwell
Ralph Michael Caldwell

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.
School North Carolina State University

Debut September 4, 1971
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER
Final Game September 25, 1984
Born January 22, 1949 in Tarboro, NC

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1971 22 SDP NL   1   0   6   0   0   0   2  0    6.7    4    0    0   0    3    5   0   2    26   3   0  0.00  3.30  inf 1.050
 1972 23 SDP NL   7  11  42  20   4   2  10  2  163.7  183   92   73  10   49  102   4   5   714  14   0  4.01  3.28   82 1.418
 1973 24 SDP NL   5  14  55  13   3   1  27 10  149.0  146   77   62   8   53   86   2  10   632  10   0  3.74  3.45   92 1.336
 1974 25 SFG NL  14   5  31  27   6   2   3  0  189.3  176   80   62  17   63   83   4   2   788   1   0  2.95  3.81  129 1.262
 1975 26 SFG NL   7  13  38  21   4   0   4  1  163.3  194  102   87  16   48   57   5   1   723   7   0  4.79  3.81   80 1.482
 1976 27 SFG NL   1   7  50   9   0   0  19  2  107.3  145   74   58   5   20   55   2   7   480   2   0  4.86  3.61   74 1.537
 1977 28 TOT      5   8  35  12   2   0  10  1  119.0  126   69   59   7   44   49   2   5   522   8   2  4.46  4.05   91 1.429
         CIN NL   0   0  14   0   0   0   5  1   24.7   25   11   11   1    8   11   0   1   105   1   0  4.01  3.95   98 1.338
         MIL AL   5   8  21  12   2   0   5  0   94.3  101   58   48   6   36   38   2   4   417   7   2  4.58  4.07   89 1.452
 1978 29 MIL AL  22   9  37  34  23   6   1  1  293.3  258   90   77  14   54  131   7   8  1176   3   1  2.36  3.78  160 1.064 MVP-12,CYA-2
 1979 30 MIL AL  16   6  30  30  16   4   0  0  235.0  252   96   86  18   39   89   4   5   967   2   0  3.29  4.19  127 1.238
 1980 31 MIL AL  13  11  34  33  11   2   1  1  225.3  248  112  101  29   56   74   2   3   940   2   2  4.03  3.88   96 1.349
 1981 32 MIL AL  11   9  24  23   3   0   0  0  144.3  151   70   63  18   38   41   1   3   609   4   1  3.93  3.44   88 1.309
 1982 33 MIL AL  17  13  35  34  12   3   0  0  258.0  269  119  112  30   58   75   0   9  1064   3   1  3.91  3.80   97 1.267
 1983 34 MIL AL  12  11  32  32  10   2   0  0  228.3  269  125  115  35   51   58   1   3   970   1   1  4.53  3.75   83 1.401
 1984 35 MIL AL   6  13  26  19   4   1   0  0  126.0  160   76   65  11   21   34   1   2   545   2   1  4.64  3.88   84 1.437
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .513 137 130 475 307  98  23  77 18 2408.7 2581 1182 1020 218  597  939  35  65 10156  62   9  3.81  3.77   99 1.319
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  11  41  26   8   2   6  1  209.3  224  102   88  18   51   81   3   5   883   5   0  3.81  3.77   99 1.319
 Career High     22  14  55  34  23   6  27 10  293.3  269  125  115  35   63  131   7  10  1176  14   2  2.36  4.19  160 1.064
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1971 22 SDP NL   6    1    0    1   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 2.000  760    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1972 23 SDP NL  42   50    1    7   0  0   0    3   0  0   0  20  .140  .137  .140  -18    7   4   1   0   0   3
 1973 24 SDP NL  56   35    2    5   0  0   0    0   0  0   1  12  .143  .167  .143  -10    5   3   0   0   0   2
 1974 25 SFG NL  31   63    4    9   0  0   0    2   0  0   2  15  .143  .169  .143  -13    9   7   0   0   0   1
 1975 26 SFG NL  38   44    2    7   3  0   0    3   0  0   0  11  .159  .159  .227    5   10   7   0   0   0   2
 1976 27 SFG NL  50   19    1    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .158  .158  .211    3    4   1   0   0   0   0
 1977 28 TOT     14    4    1    2   2  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .500  .600 1.000  318    4   0   0   0   0   0
         CIN NL  14    4    1    2   2  0   0    0   0  0   1   0  .500  .600 1.000  318    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     237  216   11   34   7  0   0    8   0  0   4  62  .157  .172  .190    2   41  22   1   0   0   8
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        148    8   23   5  0   0    5   0  0   3  42  .157  .172  .190    2   28  15   1   0   0   5
 Career High     56   63    4    9   3  0   0    3   0  0   2  20                          10   7   1   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1971 22 SDP NL    1    0    2          86|1.000  .252|1.000  .316|2.000  .368|3.000  .684| 760         0.9   0.1   0%
 1972 23 SDP NL   55   51    1   0.5    85| .140  .247| .137  .314| .140  .365| .277  .679| -18  .023  -7.5  -0.8   0%
 1973 24 SDP NL   39   35    1   0.8    89| .143  .252| .167  .319| .143  .374| .310  .694| -10  .041  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1974 25 SFG NL   72   62    2   0.9    99| .143  .268| .169  .341| .143  .387| .312  .728| -13  .052 -10.1  -1.1   0%
 1975 26 SFG NL   51   46    1   0.6    99| .159  .270| .159  .341| .227  .390| .386  .732|   5  .025  -5.9  -0.6   0%
 1976 27 SFG NL   20   17    1   1.6    94| .158  .266| .158  .333| .211  .379| .369  .712|   3  .149  -2.5  -0.3   0%
 1977 28 TOT       5    2    3  40.5   105| .500  .272| .600  .340|1.000  .414|1.600  .754| 318  .981   1.4   0.1   0%
         CIN NL    5    2    3  40.5   105| .500  .272| .600  .340|1.000  .414|1.600  .754| 318  .981   1.4   0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons      243  213   11   1.4    94| .157  .261| .172  .330| .190  .380| .362  .711|   2  .115 -28.7  -3.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1971 22 SDP NL   P    6      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  0.78  4.03  1.88    0    6.7
 1972 23 SDP NL   P   42      9   47    2    3  .966  .951  1.33  0.73  3.08  1.78   20  163.7
 1973 24 SDP NL   P   55     12   29    2    1  .953  .949  0.75  0.73  2.48  1.88   13  149.0
 1974 25 SFG NL   P   31     11   48    0    7 1.000  .944  1.90  0.71  2.81  1.88   27  189.3
 1975 26 SFG NL   P   38     10   33    1    2  .977  .945  1.13  0.72  2.37  1.86   21  163.3
 1976 27 SFG NL   P   50      8   22    1    2  .968  .949  0.60  0.72  2.52  1.88    9  107.3
 1977 28 TOT      P   35      7   31    0    3 1.000  .948  1.09  0.77  2.87  1.93   12  119.0
         CIN NL   P   14      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.29  0.67  1.46  1.86    0   24.7
         MIL AL   P   21      7   27    0    3 1.000  .947  1.62  0.84  3.24  1.95   12   94.3
 1978 29 MIL AL   P   37     14   50    0    2 1.000  .954  1.73  0.85  1.96  1.90   34  293.3
 1979 30 MIL AL   P   30      7   64    2    3  .973  .949  2.37  0.81  2.72  1.92   31  235.0
 1980 31 MIL AL   P   34      8   37    1    5  .978  .957  1.32  0.77  1.80  1.85   33  225.3
 1981 32 MIL AL   P   24      5   26    0    0 1.000  .963  1.29  0.81  1.93  1.98   23  144.3
 1982 33 MIL AL   P   35     13   48    1    5  .984  .958  1.74  0.73  2.13  1.80   34  258.0
 1983 34 MIL AL   P   32      4   38    2    4  .955  .959  1.31  0.73  1.66  1.80   32  228.3
 1984 35 MIL AL   P   26      7   24    3    2  .912  .957  1.19  0.70  2.21  1.79   19  126.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1971 22 SDP NL   P    6      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  0.78  4.03  1.88    0    6.7
 1972 23 SDP NL   P   42      9   47    2    3  .966  .951  1.33  0.73  3.08  1.78   20  163.7
 1973 24 SDP NL   P   55     12   29    2    1  .953  .949  0.75  0.73  2.48  1.88   13  149.0
 1974 25 SFG NL   P   31     11   48    0    7 1.000  .944  1.90  0.71  2.81  1.88   27  189.3
 1975 26 SFG NL   P   38     10   33    1    2  .977  .945  1.13  0.72  2.37  1.86   21  163.3
 1976 27 SFG NL   P   50      8   22    1    2  .968  .949  0.60  0.72  2.52  1.88    9  107.3
 1977 28 TOT      P   35      7   31    0    3 1.000  .948  1.09  0.77  2.87  1.93   12  119.0
         CIN NL   P   14      0    4    0    0 1.000  .952  0.29  0.67  1.46  1.86    0   24.7
         MIL AL   P   21      7   27    0    3 1.000  .947  1.62  0.84  3.24  1.95   12   94.3
 1978 29 MIL AL   P   37     14   50    0    2 1.000  .954  1.73  0.85  1.96  1.90   34  293.3
 1979 30 MIL AL   P   30      7   64    2    3  .973  .949  2.37  0.81  2.72  1.92   31  235.0
 1980 31 MIL AL   P   34      8   37    1    5  .978  .957  1.32  0.77  1.80  1.85   33  225.3
 1981 32 MIL AL   P   24      5   26    0    0 1.000  .963  1.29  0.81  1.93  1.98   23  144.3
 1982 33 MIL AL   P   35     13   48    1    5  .984  .958  1.74  0.73  2.13  1.80   34  258.0
 1983 34 MIL AL   P   32      4   38    2    4  .955  .959  1.31  0.73  1.66  1.80   32  228.3
 1984 35 MIL AL   P   26      7   24    3    2  .912  .957  1.19  0.70  2.21  1.79   19  126.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 475    116  499   15   39  .976  .952  1.29  0.75  2.30  1.86  308 2408.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       475    116  499   15   39  .976  .952  1.29  0.75  2.30  1.86  308   2409

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  MIL NYY     L   2   1   4.32  0  1  0  0   8.1   9   4   0   4 
 1982   ALCS  MIL CAL     W   1   1  15.00  0  1  0  0   3     7   5   1   2 
        WS    MIL STL     L   3   2   2.04  2  0  0  1  17.2  19   4   3   6 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Ser      1-2   6   4   4.03  2  2  0  1  29    35  13   4  12 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1981   ALDS  MIL NYY     L   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1982   ALCS  MIL CAL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    MIL STL     L   3   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   1-2   6   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1978-AL-12-0.10
Car-893-0.10 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1978-AL-2-0.54
Car-88-0.54 shares

ERA
1974 NL-2.95-10
1978 AL-2.36-3
1979 AL-3.29-6

Wins
1978 AL-22-2
1979 AL-16-8
1981 AL-11-10
1982 AL-17-5

Won-Loss %
1974 NL-.737-3
1978 AL-.710-5
1979 AL-.727-2

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1978 AL-1.064-2
1979 AL-1.238-9

Hits Allowed/9IP
1978 AL-7.92-6

Bases on Balls/9IP
1978 AL-1.66-3
1979 AL-1.49-2
1982 AL-2.02-7
1983 AL-2.01-6

Innings
1978 AL-293.3-3
1982 AL-258.0-4

Games Started
1981 AL-23-9

Comp. Games
1978 AL-23-1
1979 AL-16-5
1982 AL-12-5

Shutouts
1978 AL-6-2
1979 AL-4-4
1980 AL-2-10
1982 AL-3-4
1983 AL-2-9

Home Runs Allow.
1980 AL-29-2
1981 AL-18-1
1982 AL-30-9
1983 AL-35-2

Hits Allowed
1978 AL-258-7
1979 AL-252-6
1982 AL-269-2
1983 AL-269-3

SO to Walk
1978 AL-2.43-4
1979 AL-2.28-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1982 AL-112-6
1983 AL-115-4

Wild Pitches
1973 NL-10-5
1982 AL-9-5

Batters Faced
1978 AL-1176-3
1982 AL-1064-5

Adjusted ERA+
1974 NL-129-8
1978 AL-160-3
1979 AL-127-7

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (727) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 65 (378) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 11.0 (708) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 27.5 (464) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
June 8, 1971: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1971 amateur draft.
October 25, 1973: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Willie McCovey and Bernie Williams.
October 20, 1976: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with John D'Acquisto and Dave Rader to the St. Louis Cardinals for Willie Crawford, Vic Harris, and John Curtis.
March 29, 1977: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Cincinnati Reds for Pat Darcy.
June 15, 1977: Traded by the Cincinnati Reds to the Milwaukee Brewers for Dick O'Keefe (minors) and Garry Pyka (minors).
January 11, 1985: Released by the Milwaukee Brewers.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Mike Caldwell's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1978-AL-12-0.10 Car-893-0.10 shares	CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1978-AL-2-0.54 Car-88-0.54 shares	ERA 1974 NL-2.95-10 1978 AL-2.36-3 1979 AL-3.29-6	Wins 1978 AL-22-2 1979 AL-16-8 1981 AL-11-10 1982 AL-17-5	Won-Loss % 1974 NL-.737-3 1978 AL-.710-5 1979 AL-.727-2	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1978 AL-1.064-2 1979 AL-1.238-9
Hits Allowed/9IP 1978 AL-7.92-6	Bases on Balls/9IP 1978 AL-1.66-3 1979 AL-1.49-2 1982 AL-2.02-7 1983 AL-2.01-6	Innings 1978 AL-293.3-3 1982 AL-258.0-4	Games Started 1981 AL-23-9	Comp. Games 1978 AL-23-1 1979 AL-16-5 1982 AL-12-5	Shutouts 1978 AL-6-2 1979 AL-4-4 1980 AL-2-10 1982 AL-3-4 1983 AL-2-9
Home Runs Allow. 1980 AL-29-2 1981 AL-18-1 1982 AL-30-9 1983 AL-35-2	Hits Allowed 1978 AL-258-7 1979 AL-252-6 1982 AL-269-2 1983 AL-269-3	SO to Walk 1978 AL-2.43-4 1979 AL-2.28-5	Earned Runs Allow. 1982 AL-112-6 1983 AL-115-4	Wild Pitches 1973 NL-10-5 1982 AL-9-5	Batters Faced 1978 AL-1176-3 1982 AL-1064-5
Adjusted ERA+ 1974 NL-129-8 1978 AL-160-3 1979 AL-127-7