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, 10,786th in MLB 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

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.4

W

137

L

130

ERA

3.81

G

475

GS

307

SV

IP

2408.2

SO

939

WHIP

1.319

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1971	22	SDP-min	A,A-	6	1	.857	3.14	19	0		0	0	5	43.0	40	16	15	2	17	0	57	0	0	0				1.326	8.4	0.4	3.6	11.9	3.35	LOD,TRI CALL,NORW
1971	22	SDP	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	6	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	4	0	0	0	3	3	5	0	0	2	26		2.30	1.050	5.4	0.0	4.1	6.8	1.67
1972	23	SDP	NL	7	11	.389	4.01	42	20	10	4	2	2	163.2	183	92	73	10	49	14	102	4	0	5	714	82	2.92	1.418	10.1	0.5	2.7	5.6	2.08
1973	24	SDP	NL	5	14	.263	3.74	55	13	27	3	1	10	149.0	146	77	62	8	53	10	86	2	0	10	632	92	3.22	1.336	8.8	0.5	3.2	5.2	1.62
1974	25	SFG	NL	14	5	.737	2.95	31	27	3	6	2	0	189.1	176	80	62	17	63	1	83	4	0	2	788	130	3.93	1.262	8.4	0.8	3.0	3.9	1.32
1975	26	SFG	NL	7	13	.350	4.79	38	21	4	4	0	1	163.1	194	102	87	16	48	7	57	5	0	1	723	80	4.14	1.482	10.7	0.9	2.6	3.1	1.19
1976	27	SFG	NL	1	7	.125	4.86	50	9	19	0	0	2	107.1	145	74	58	5	20	2	55	2	0	7	480	75	2.83	1.537	12.2	0.4	1.7	4.6	2.75
1977	28	TOT	MLB	5	8	.385	4.46	35	12	10	2	0	1	119.0	126	69	59	7	44	8	49	2	2	5	522	91	3.84	1.429	9.5	0.5	3.3	3.7	1.11
1977	28	CIN	NL	0	0		4.01	14	0	5	0	0	1	24.2	25	11	11	1	8	1	11	0	0	1	105	99	3.35	1.338	9.1	0.4	2.9	4.0	1.38
1977	28	MIL	AL	5	8	.385	4.58	21	12	5	2	0	0	94.1	101	58	48	6	36	7	38	2	2	4	417	89	3.97	1.452	9.6	0.6	3.4	3.6	1.06
1978	29	MIL	AL	22	9	.710	2.36	37	34	1	23	6	1	293.1	258	90	77	14	54	3	131	7	1	8	1176	160	2.94	1.064	7.9	0.4	1.7	4.0	2.43	CYA-2,MVP-12
1979	30	MIL	AL	16	6	.727	3.29	30	30	0	16	4	0	235.0	252	96	86	18	39	2	89	4	0	5	967	127	3.52	1.238	9.7	0.7	1.5	3.4	2.28
1980	31	MIL	AL	13	11	.542	4.03	34	33	1	11	2	1	225.1	248	112	101	29	56	2	74	2	2	3	940	96	4.54	1.349	9.9	1.2	2.2	3.0	1.32
1981	32	MIL	AL	11	9	.550	3.93	24	23	0	3	0	0	144.1	151	70	63	18	38	4	41	1	1	3	609	88	4.46	1.309	9.4	1.1	2.4	2.6	1.08
1982	33	MIL	AL	17	13	.567	3.91	35	34	0	12	3	0	258.0	269	119	112	30	58	3	75	0	1	9	1064	97	4.32	1.267	9.4	1.0	2.0	2.6	1.29
1983	34	MIL	AL	12	11	.522	4.53	32	32	0	10	2	0	228.1	269	125	115	35	51	1	58	1	1	3	970	83	4.92	1.401	10.6	1.4	2.0	2.3	1.14
1984	35	MIL	AL	6	13	.316	4.64	26	19	0	4	1	0	126.0	160	76	65	11	21	2	34	1	1	2	545	84	3.89	1.437	11.4	0.8	1.5	2.4	1.62
14 Yrs				137	130	.513	3.81	475	307	77	98	23	18	2408.2	2581	1182	1020	218	597	62	939	35	9	65	10156	99	3.84	1.319	9.6	0.8	2.2	3.5	1.57
162 Game Avg.				12	11	.513	3.81	41	27	7	9	2	2	209	224	103	89	19	52	5	82	3	1	6	883	99	3.84	1.319	9.6	0.8	2.2	3.5	1.57

MIL (8 yrs)				102	80	.560	3.74	239	217	7	81	18	2	1604.2	1708	746	667	161	353	24	540	18	9	37	6688	103	4.03	1.284	9.6	0.9	2.0	3.0	1.53
SFG (3 yrs)				22	25	.468	4.05	119	57	26	10	2	3	460.0	515	256	207	38	131	10	195	11	0	10	1991	93	3.75	1.404	10.1	0.7	2.6	3.8	1.49
SDP (3 yrs)				13	25	.342	3.80	103	33	39	7	3	12	319.1	333	169	135	18	105	27	193	6	0	17	1372	89	3.04	1.372	9.4	0.5	3.0	5.4	1.84
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		4.01	14	0	5	0	0	1	24.2	25	11	11	1	8	1	11	0	0	1	105	99	3.35	1.338	9.1	0.4	2.9	4.0	1.38

AL (8 yrs)				102	80	.560	3.74	239	217	7	81	18	2	1604.2	1708	746	667	161	353	24	540	18	9	37	6688	103	4.03	1.284	9.6	0.9	2.0	3.0	1.53
NL (7 yrs)				35	50	.412	3.95	236	90	70	17	5	16	804.0	873	436	353	57	244	38	399	17	0	28	3468	92	3.46	1.389	9.8	0.6	2.7	4.5	1.64