George Mitterwald

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: June 7, 1945 in Berkeley, CA us

High School: Mount Eden HS (Hayward, CA)

School: Chabot College (Hayward, CA)

Debut: September 15, 1966 (Age 21-100d, 12,524th in major league history)
vs. DET 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1977 (Age 32-109d)
vs. PIT 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1969 season

Full Name: George Eugene Mitterwald

Nicknames: Baron von Mitterwald

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

6.1

2645

623

.236

251

RBI

301

OBP

.296

SLG

.362

OPS

.658

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 76 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 3 walk-off, 11 tying, 29 go ahead

2 Tms
MIN	50
CHC	26

Platoon
vs RHP	39
vs LHP	37

Home/Road
Home	45
Away	31

Outs
1	32
0	26
2	18

22 Opps
OAK	9
CAL	5
PIT	5
BOS	5
CLE	5
TEX/WSA	4
DET	4
KCR	4
PHI	4
CHW	4
MIL/SEP	4
CIN	3
NYY	3
BAL	3
LAD	3
MON	3
ATL	2
HOU	2
SFG	1
STL	1
SDP	1
NYM	1

64 Pitchers
Rudy May	3
Gary Peters	2
Joe Niekro	2
Tommy John	2
Catfish Hunter	2
Rollie Fingers	2
Sonny Siebert	2
Vida Blue	2
Jim Rooker	2
Jerry Reuss	2
Barry Moore	2
Steve Blass	1
George Brunet	1
Jim Bibby	1
Pedro Borbón	1
Joe Grzenda	1
Dave Freisleben	1
Bobby Bolin	1
Rich Hand	1
Phil Niekro	1
Danny Murphy	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Joe Coleman	1
Don Stanhouse	1
Jim Palmer	1
Tom Underwood	1
Dave Hamilton	1
John Curtis	1
Lew Krausse	1
Pete Broberg	1
Jon Matlack	1
Don Carrithers	1
Roger Nelson	1
Brent Strom	1
Bill Atkinson	1
Tom Burgmeier	1
Jim Roland	1
Denny McLain	1
Orlando Peña	1
Floyd Bannister	1
Skip Lockwood	1
Pete Falcone	1
Paul Splittorff	1
Jack Billingham	1
Burt Hooton	1
Buzz Capra	1
Tug McGraw	1
Stan Bahnsen	1
Don Sutton	1
Mike Cuellar	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Dick Tidrow	1
Mel Stottlemyre	1
Randy Lerch	1
Paul Doyle	1
Milt Wilcox	1
Fred Scherman	1
Bill Lee	1
Steve Carlton	1
Ted Abernathy	1
John Gelnar	1
Dale Murray	1
Fritz Peterson	1
Doug Rau	1

23 Parks
Metrop. Stad (MIN)	29
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	16
RingCentral Col (OAK)	5
Angel Stad (ANA)	3
VeteransStad (PHI)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
ClevelandStd (CLE)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Munic. Stad (KAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
3 Rivers Std (PIT)	1
Sick's Stad (SEA)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1
Arlington St (ARL)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
Parc Jarry (MON)	1

Where Hit
7	55
8	7
9	7
78	2
89	1

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	67
2·HR gms	3
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	13
12-	8
-2-	6
--3	2
1-3	2
123	1

120 RBI
RISP	19
0 on	44
1 on	21
2 on	10
3 on	1
Any on	32

Inning
1	4
2	9
3	4
4	11
5	9
6	10
7	9
8	8
9	9
Extra	3

1-3	17
4-6	30
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	1
+2	3
+1	8
Tied	24
-1	11
-2	7
-3	5
-4..	7

Ahead	22
Tied	24
Behind	30

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
C	72
1B	3
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	33
7th	22
6th	10
5th	7
9th	3
4th	1

Leverage
High Lev	22
Medium Lev	29
Low Lev	25

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1969-04-11	MIN	@	CAL	George Brunet	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.120	60%		Home Run (LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	1969-04-12	MIN	@	CAL	Rudy May	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	4	2	0.117	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	1	1969-06-29 (2)	MIN	@	KCR	Tom Burgmeier	ahead 9-2	t 9	1	1--	2	7	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Cárdenas Scores
4	4	4	1	1969-07-20	MIN	@	SEP	John Gelnar	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	0.124	62%		Home Run (Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	1969-09-30	MIN		CHW	Tommy John	tied 1-1	b 6	0	---	1	5	2	0.174	75%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1970-05-02	MIN	@	BAL	Mike Cuellar	behind 0-1	t 2	2	1--	2	7	2	0.213	58%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Allison Scores
7	7	2	1	1970-05-08	MIN	@	CLE	Barry Moore	behind 4-6	t 8	0	1--	2	8	2	0.304	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Allison Scores
8	8	3	1	1970-05-24	MIN		CAL	Rudy May	behind 1-5	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.067	18%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	4	1	1970-06-16	MIN		WSA	Joe Grzenda	tied 2-2	b 4	2	1--	2	8	2	0.241	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Cárdenas Scores
10	10	5	1	1970-06-23	MIN	@	MIL	Bobby Bolin	tied 1-1	t 6	2	-2-	2	7	2	0.288	77%		Home Run; B. Allison Scores
11	11	6	1	1970-06-28 (2)	MIN	@	CHW	Barry Moore	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	12-	3	6	2	0.227	82%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Oliva Scores; B. Alyea Scores
12	12	7	1	1970-07-21	MIN		DET	Denny McLain	behind 0-5	b 5	1	-2-	2	8	2	0.079	15%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Renick Scores
13	13	8	1	1970-07-23	MIN		DET	Joe Niekro	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1	6	2	0.209	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
14	14	9	1	1970-07-27	MIN		BAL	Jim Palmer	ahead 4-1	b 6	0	---	1	6	2	0.038	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	10	1	1970-08-06	MIN		CAL	Paul Doyle	tied 1-1	b 14	0	---	1	8	2	0.367	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
16	16	11	1	1970-08-16	MIN	@	BOS	Gary Peters	tied 3-3	t 4	1	1--	2	8	2	0.212	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Allison Scores
17	17	12	1	1970-08-20	MIN		NYY	Mel Stottlemyre	behind 2-4	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.134	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
18	18	13	1	1970-08-27	MIN		BOS	Sonny Siebert	tied 2-2	b 4	2	--3	2	8	2	0.222	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Holt Scores
19	19	14	1	1970-09-11	MIN		CHW	Danny Murphy	ahead 5-0	b 8	1	---	1	7	2	0.003	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
20	20	15	1	1970-09-23	MIN	@	OAK	Catfish Hunter	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	12-	3	7	2	0.187	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Oliva Scores; J. Holt Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
21	21	1	1	1971-05-17	MIN	@	CAL	Rudy May	behind 0-2	t 5	1	1--	2	7	2	0.252	47%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Carew Scores
22	22	2	1	1971-05-21	MIN	@	OAK	Rollie Fingers	ahead 4-0	t 6	1	---	1	8	2	0.031	96%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	3	2	1971-05-21	MIN	@	OAK	Jim Roland	ahead 5-1	t 8	2	1--	2	8	2	0.023	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Holt Scores
24	24	4	1	1971-05-25	MIN	@	MIL	Lew Krausse	tied 3-3	t 6	0	1-3	3	8	2	0.188	89%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Holt Scores; L. Cárdenas Scores
25	25	5	1	1971-06-13	MIN	@	DET	Fred Scherman	behind 3-6	t 7	0	---	1	9	2	0.075	17%		Home Run (Deep LF)
26	26	6	1	1971-06-17	MIN		CHW	Tommy John	behind 2-3	b 6	2	---	1	7	2	0.208	52%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	7	1	1971-07-11 (1)	MIN		KCR	Ted Abernathy	behind 4-5	b 9	1	---	1	8	2	0.473	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)
28	28	8	1	1971-07-22	MIN	@	NYY	Fritz Peterson	behind 3-13	t 9	0	---	1	7	2	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
29	29	9	1	1971-07-24	MIN		BOS	Gary Peters	tied 0-0	b 4	1	---	1	7	2	0.145	68%		Home Run (Deep LF)
30	30	10	1	1971-07-26	MIN		BOS	Sonny Siebert	behind 0-1	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.254	55%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	11	1	1971-07-30	MIN		NYY	Stan Bahnsen	ahead 6-1	b 5	2	12-	3	8	2	0.027	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Reese Scores; L. Cárdenas Scores
32	32	12	1	1971-09-03 (2)	MIN		OAK	Vida Blue	tied 1-1	b 9	2	---	1	7	2	0.468	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
33	33	13	1	1971-09-12	MIN	@	OAK	Vida Blue	ahead 2-1	t 8	2	12-	3	8	2	0.203	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Oliva Scores/unER; E. Soderholm Scores/unER; G. Mitterwald Scores/unER
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1972-09-15	MIN		KCR	Roger Nelson	ahead 2-1	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.115	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1973	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1973-05-02	MIN		CLE	Brent Strom	ahead 2-0	b 4	0	1--	2	8	2	0.103	92%		Home Run; D. Thompson Scores
36	36	2	1	1973-05-14 (2)	MIN	@	TEX	Rich Hand	behind 0-2	t 5	0	1--	2	8	2	0.220	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Thompson Scores
37	37	3	1	1973-05-25	MIN		KCR	Paul Splittorff	behind 0-3	b 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.080	18%		Home Run
38	38	4	1	1973-05-28	MIN		BAL	Orlando Peña	ahead 8-3	b 7	1	1--	2	8	2	0.010	100%		Home Run (CF-RF); J. Terrell Scores
39	39	5	1	1973-06-01	MIN		DET	Joe Coleman	behind 1-5	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.066	19%		Home Run (Deep LF)
40	40	6	1	1973-06-06 (1)	MIN	@	CLE	Dick Tidrow	tied 2-2	t 2	1	---	1	8	2	0.110	59%		Home Run (Deep CF)
41	41	7	1	1973-06-18	MIN		TEX	Pete Broberg	tied 2-2	b 4	1	---	1	8	2	0.134	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
42	42	8	1	1973-06-19	MIN		TEX	Jim Bibby	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	---	1	7	2	0.106	85%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	9	1	1973-07-12 (1)	MIN		CLE	Milt Wilcox	tied 0-0	b 2	0	12-	3	8	2	0.181	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Hisle Scores; J. Lis Scores
44	44	10	1	1973-07-15	MIN		CLE	Gaylord Perry	behind 3-5	b 8	1	---	1	5	2	0.121	24%		Home Run (Deep LF)
45	45	11	1	1973-07-22	MIN	@	BOS	Bill Lee	ahead 1-0	t 1	1	12-	3	5	2	0.189	82%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Darwin Scores; T. Oliva Scores
46	46	12	1	1973-07-26 (2)	MIN		OAK	Ken Holtzman	behind 1-4	b 6	0	12-	3	5	2	0.294	57%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Darwin Scores; T. Oliva Scores
47	47	13	2	1973-07-26 (2)	MIN		OAK	Rollie Fingers	tied 5-5	b 10	0	-2-	2	5	2	0.190	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); D. Monzon Scores
48	48	14	1	1973-07-27	MIN		OAK	Dave Hamilton	tied 0-0	b 1	2	12-	3	5	2	0.247	79%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Carew Scores; B. Darwin Scores
49	49	15	1	1973-08-24	MIN		MIL	Skip Lockwood	tied 0-0	b 2	1	---	1	6	2	0.111	64%		Home Run (Deep LF)
50	50	16	1	1973-09-26	MIN	@	OAK	Catfish Hunter	ahead 2-1	t 9	2	---	1	6	2	0.099	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1974	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
51	51	1	1	1974-04-17	CHC		PIT	Jerry Reuss	behind 1-3	b 1	2	123	4	7	2	0.346	71%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Monday Scores; B. Williams Scores; B. Madlock Scores
52	52	2	2	1974-04-17	CHC		PIT	Jerry Reuss	ahead 8-4	b 3	0	-2-	2	7	2	0.040	96%		Home Run (Deep CF); B. Madlock Scores
53	53	3	3	1974-04-17	CHC		PIT	Steve Blass	ahead 16-4	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
54	54	4	1	1974-06-07	CHC	@	LAD	Don Sutton	tied 4-4	t 7	1	---	1	8	2	0.226	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	5	1	1974-07-20	CHC	@	CIN	Pedro Borbón	ahead 9-4	t 9	2	-2-	2	9	2	0.004	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Madlock Scores
56	56	6	1	1974-08-30 (1)	CHC	@	SDP	Dave Freisleben	behind 0-1	t 8	1	---	1	7	2	0.274	46%		Home Run (Deep RF)
57	57	7	1	1974-09-24 (2)	CHC		MON	Don Carrithers	behind 1-7	b 6	1	---	1	7	2	0.018	4%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1975-04-23	CHC		PHI	Tom Underwood	tied 1-1	b 4	1	---	1	6	3	0.138	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	2	1	1975-05-23	CHC	@	SFG	Pete Falcone	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	1	6	2	0.254	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
60	60	3	1	1975-06-28	CHC	@	PIT	Jim Rooker	tied 0-0	t 2	1	---	1	6	3	0.116	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
61	61	4	1	1975-09-05 (2)	CHC	@	PHI	Tug McGraw	behind 2-6	t 9	1	---	1	9	PH	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	5	1	1975-09-14	CHC		PHI	Steve Carlton	behind 0-7	b 5	0	1--	2	7	2	0.035	7%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Trillo Scores
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
63	63	1	1	1976-05-30	CHC		PIT	Jim Rooker	behind 1-4	b 9	1	---	1	5	3	0.026	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
64	64	2	1	1976-07-30	CHC		STL	John Curtis	ahead 6-5	b 8	1	---	1	7	2	0.078	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
65	65	3	1	1976-08-05	CHC	@	MON	Don Stanhouse	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	2	0.120	62%		Home Run (Deep RF)
66	66	4	1	1976-08-13 (2)	CHC		LAD	Burt Hooton	behind 0-1	b 2	1	1--	2	6	2	0.202	64%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); P. LaCock Scores
67	67	5	1	1976-08-29	CHC		ATL	Phil Niekro	behind 1-2	b 5	0	-2-	2	7	2	0.214	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); M. Trillo Scores
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
68	68	1	1	1977-04-13	CHC	@	PHI	Randy Lerch	tied 0-0	t 7	0	---	1	7	2	0.192	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
69	69	2	1	1977-05-05	CHC		HOU	Joe Niekro	ahead 7-0	b 5	2	---	1	8	2	0.007	99%		Home Run (Deep CF)
70	70	3	1	1977-05-06	CHC		ATL	Buzz Capra	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	--3	2	8	2	0.084	90%		Home Run (Deep LF); S. Ontiveros Scores
71	71	4	1	1977-05-10	CHC	@	HOU	Floyd Bannister	ahead 2-1	t 4	2	1-3	3	8	2	0.245	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Morales Scores; S. Ontiveros Scores
72	72	5	1	1977-07-04 (2)	CHC		MON	Bill Atkinson	behind 4-7	b 9	0	---	1	8	2	0.054	10%		Home Run (Deep LF)
73	73	6	1	1977-07-12	CHC	@	NYM	Jon Matlack	behind 0-1	t 7	2	1--	2	8	2	0.421	67%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF); S. Ontiveros Scores
74	74	7	1	1977-07-28	CHC		CIN	Dale Murray	behind 4-6	b 2	0	---	1	8	2	0.099	45%		Home Run (Deep CF)
75	75	8	2	1977-07-28	CHC		CIN	Jack Billingham	behind 14-15	b 12	1	---	1	8	2	0.465	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
76	76	9	1	1977-08-20	CHC		LAD	Doug Rau	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	8	2	0.146	57%		Home Run (Deep LF)

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