Mike Caldwell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: January 22, 1949 in Tarboro, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC).

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: September 4, 1971 (Age 22-225d, 13,170th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1984 (Age 35-247d)
vs. DET 3.1 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ralph Michael Caldwell

Nicknames: Mr. Warmth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.4

137

130

ERA

3.81

475

307

2408.2

939

WHIP

1.319

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Team Record in Appearances: 14-10 / in Starts: 14-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1981 Pitching Game Log

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1981 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	359	1	Apr 11	MIL	@	CLE	W,5-3	GS-6	W(1-0)	99	5.0	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	5.40	2.80	21	12	3	0	0	4	43			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.15	-0.073	.81	-0.03%	-0.36	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out a2
2	360	5	Apr 16	MIL		CLE	L,0-1	GS-9	L(1-1)	4	8.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.77	2.29	30	8	11	3	3	6	69			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	.89	0.225	.61	0.09%	2.09	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out d1
3	361	9	Apr 22	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-1	CG	W(2-1)	5	9.0	8	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.05	2.19	36	18	5	1	0	8	70			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	0.148	.52	0.06%	3.34	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
4	362	14	Apr 28	MIL		TOR	L,2-6	GS-6	L(2-2)	5	5.2	8	6	6	1	2	2	0	3.58	3.18	26	12	3	1	0	8	30			1	0	0	25	2	1	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.462	.72	-0.23%	-3.70	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d4
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
5	363	19	May 3	MIL	@	CAL	W,4-3	GS-9	W(3-2)	4	8.2	5	3	3	1	3	2	0	3.47	3.67	33	16	9	2	1	4	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	0.358	.78	0.16%	0.95	1b start a 2	9b --- 2 out a1
6	364	24	May 8	MIL	@	OAK	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(3-3)	4	8.0	7	2	2	1	5	1	0	3.25	3.62	33	11	11	1	2	5	64			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	1	2	.63	0.008	.47	0.00%	1.41	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
7	365	28	May 13	MIL		CAL	L,3-6	GS-5	L(3-4)	4	4.2	10	6	5	0	3	1	0	3.86	3.66	24	8	5	0	0	8	25			0	1	0	23	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.20	-0.439	.78	-0.17%	-3.14	1t start tie	5t -2- 2 out d2
8	366	33	May 19	MIL		MIN	W,4-3	GS-9	W(4-4)	5	8.2	12	3	3	1	0	1	0	3.75	3.78	38	14	12	4	0	11	47			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	1	0	0	.99	0.282	.56	0.10%	0.80	1t start tie	9t --- 2 out a1
9	367	38	May 24(1)	MIL		BOS	W,2-1	GS-8		4	8.0	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.43	3.70	28	9	11	0	1	5	67			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.28	0.309	.78	0.11%	2.46	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
10	368	43	May 28	MIL		DET	W,7-1	GS-8	W(5-4)	3	7.2	8	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.19	3.61	31	15	5	0	1	7	59			0	0	0	28	1	1	0	2	0	0	1.02	0.202	.72	0.09%	2.25	1t start tie	8t 1-- 2 out a3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	369	48	Jun 2	MIL	@	DET	W,5-2	GS-7	W(6-4)	4	7.0	5	2	1	5	3	0	0	3.02	3.63	30	12	5	0	0	5	59			0	0	0	24	0	1	0	3	0	1	1.39	0.265	1.21	0.14%	1.27	1b start a 4	7b 3 out a2
12	370	53	Jun 8	MIL	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(6-5)	5	8.0	5	1	1	2	2	0	0	2.85	3.56	31	15	8	1	0	4	68			0	0	0	28	1	0	2	1	0	0	1.14	0.212	.96	0.11%	2.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	371	58	Aug 11(1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,6-5	GS-8	W(7-5)	63	7.0	7	5	5	2	0	1	0	3.12	3.69	30	10	11	0	0	7	41			1	0	0	27	2	1	0	0	1	0	.90	-0.139	1.13	-0.10%	-1.32	1b start a 1	8b -23 0 out a3
14	372	64	Aug 16(1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,6-2	GS-7	W(8-5)	4	6.2	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	3.00	3.63	26	14	6	1	0	4	60			1	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	1	.61	0.211	.96	0.20%	1.06	1b start tie	7b -2- 2 out a4
15	373	69	Aug 21	MIL		MIN	L,6-7	GS-6	L(8-6)	4	5.1	8	7	4	1	2	1	0	3.19	3.69	25	12	2	0	0	8	31			1	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	2	.87	-0.347	1.23	-0.29%	-3.74	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d4
16	374	74	Aug 27	MIL		TEX	L,1-5	GS-6	L(8-7)	5	5.1	9	5	5	3	1	1	0	3.43	3.82	27	9	7	1	1	7	28			0	0	0	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	.95	-0.298	1.37	-0.26%	-2.87	1t start tie	6t 1-- 1 out d4
17	375	78	Aug 31	MIL	@	KCR	W,5-1	GS-6	W(9-7)	3	6.0	6	1	1	3	0	1	0	3.34	3.94	26	7	10	0	0	6	53			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.28	0.210	1.90	0.19%	1.67	1b start a 3	6b 3 out a2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
18	376	82	Sep 4	MIL	@	MIN	W,16-5	GS-7	W(10-7)	3	7.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	3.29	3.82	26	9	7	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	2	0	0	.24	0.111	.32	0.09%	1.38	1b start tie	7b 3 out a14
19	377	87	Sep 9(2)	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	GS-7	W(11-7)	4	6.1	5	3	3	3	0	0	0	3.34	3.83	24	13	3	1	0	5	48			0	0	0	21	2	1	0	2	0	0	.80	0.061	1.27	0.06%	0.27	1b start a 4	7b 12- 1 out a3
20	378	92	Sep 14	MIL		NYY	L,2-10	GS-4	L(11-8)	4	3.1	5	5	5	1	0	2	1	3.59	4.03	17	5	5	1	1	5	29			0	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.79	-0.338	1.45	-0.37%	-3.74	1t start tie	4t 1-- 1 out d4
21	379	97	Sep 20	MIL	@	BAL	L,2-8	GS-1	L(11-9)	5	0.1	3	4	3	2	0	2	0	3.78	4.27	6	1	0	0	0	3	29			0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.81	-0.293	3.01	-0.66%	-3.41	1b start tie	1b 12- 1 out d3
22	380	101	Sep 25	MIL	@	DET	W,8-6	GS-5		4	5.0	6	4	4	3	3	3	0	3.90	4.51	24	9	3	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.114	4.71	-0.29%	-1.66	1b start a 4	5b 3 out a1
23	381	106	Sep 30	MIL		BOS	W,10-5	GS-3		4	2.2	6	3	3	1	1	0	0	4.02	4.48	14	2	4	0	0	6	34			0	0	0	12	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.33	-0.261	9.12	-1.08%	-2.10	1t start tie	3t 12- 2 out d1
24	382	109	Oct 4	MIL		DET	L,2-3	7-7		3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	4.46	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.12	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.43	7t --- 0 out tie	7t 3 out tie
							14-10		W-L:11-9	4.1	144.1	151	71	64	38	41	18	1	3.99	4.46	609	1.65		5%	3%	139	48	0	---%	4	1	0	556	25	7	4	17	4	8	.96	-0.080	1.25	-2.10%	-3.81

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