Mike Mordecai

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 175lb (180cm, 79kg)

Born: December 13, 1967 in Birmingham, AL us

Draft: Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 33rd round of the 1986 MLB June Amateur Draft from Hewitt-Trussville HS (Trussville, AL) and the Atlanta Braves in the 6th round of the 1989 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL).

High School: Hewitt-Trussville HS (Trussville, AL)

School: University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)

Debut: May 8, 1994 (Age 26-146d, 16,496th in major league history)
vs. MON 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 21, 2005 (Age 37-282d)
vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1996 season

Full Name: Michael Howard Mordecai

Pronunciation: \more-dah-KYE\

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.8

1362

333

.245

157

RBI

132

OBP

.303

SLG

.363

OPS

.665

OPS+

Summary of 24 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 4 go ahead

3 Tms
MON	15
ATL	6
FLA	3

Platoon
vs RHP	14
vs LHP	10

Home/Road
Away	13
Home	11

Outs
0	9
2	9
1	6

12 Opps
PHI	6
SFG	4
COL	2
LAD	2
CHC	2
MIL	2
ATL	1
STL	1
CIN	1
MON	1
NYY	1
TOR	1

23 Pitchers
Chris Brock	2
Hideo Nomo	1
Randy Wolf	1
Denny Neagle	1
Pedro Astacio	1
Doug Jones	1
Victor Álvarez	1
Bruce Chen	1
Mark Leiter	1
Trey Hodges	1
Chad Ogea	1
Jason Grimsley	1
Brett Myers	1
Frank Castillo	1
Shawn Estes	1
Paul Wagner	1
Carlos Pérez	1
Bud Smith	1
Terry Adams	1
John Smiley	1
Randy Myers	1
Chris Hook	1
Alvin Morman	1

11 Parks
Stade Olymp. (MON)	9
VeteransStad (PHI)	3
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	2
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
SunLife Stad (MIA)	1
CitizensBank (PHI)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
County Stad (MIL)	1
3Com Park (SFO)	1

Where Hit
7	16
78	7
8	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	6
5	6
1	4
3	3
6	2
4	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	24

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	15
1--	5
12-	3
-2-	1

36 RBI
RISP	4
0 on	15
1 on	6
2 on	3
Any on	9

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

1-3	6
4-6	10
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	1
+3	1
+2	5
+1	5
Tied	4
-1	1
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	12
Tied	4
Behind	8

Before event,
for batter

Count
0-0	4
2-2	4
1-0	3
3-1	3
0-1	3
1-2	2
1-1	2
3-2	1
2-1	1
2-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
3B	13
SS	5
2B	4
1B	1
PH	1

OrderPos
8th	6
2nd	5
7th	3
6th	3
1st	2
4th	2
9th	2
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	11
Low Lev	11

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1994-05-10	ATL		PHI	Doug Jones	behind 4-8	b 9	0	12-	5,(1-2) BCFFX	3	8	6	0.118	21%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Lemke Scores; C. O'Brien Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1995-07-07	ATL		SFG	Chris Hook	ahead 5-4	b 8	1	12-	5,(3-1) BBFBX	3	8	4	0.102	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); D. Justice Scores; R. Klesko Scores
3	3	2	1	1995-08-28	ATL	@	CHC	Randy Myers	behind 4-7	t 9	2	---	7,(2-2) .BFFBFFX	1	9	PH	0.008	1%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
4	4	3	1	1995-09-17	ATL	@	CIN	John Smiley	ahead 2-0	t 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	7	5	0.084	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1996-08-30 (2)	ATL	@	CHC	Terry Adams	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---	3,(1-1) .BFX	1	2	5	0.123	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
6	6	2	1	1996-09-28	ATL	@	MON	Mark Leiter	ahead 3-0	t 5	2	---	5,(1-2) >S.FFBX	1	2	4	0.068	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Mordecai Scores
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1998-07-24 (2)	MON	@	MIL	Paul Wagner	ahead 6-0	t 4	1	---	6,(3-2) BBFCBX	1	8	6	0.021	97%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
8	8	2	1	1998-08-06	MON		LAD	Carlos Pérez	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	-2-	1,(0-0) X	2	6	5	0.125	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); B. Henley Scores
9	9	3	1	1998-09-02	MON	@	SFG	Alvin Morman	behind 2-12	t 9	0	---	4,(2-2) SBBX	1	9	6	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
10	10	1	1	1999-05-19	MON		PHI	Chad Ogea	ahead 2-1	b 2	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	7	5	0.132	82%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Widger Scores
11	11	2	1	1999-05-21	MON		MIL	Hideo Nomo	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	5	0.107	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
12	12	3	1	1999-05-29	MON		SFG	Shawn Estes	ahead 4-2	b 4	0	---	6,(2-2) FFBFBX	1	1	4	0.074	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
13	13	4	1	1999-05-30	MON		SFG	Chris Brock	ahead 4-2	b 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	1	5	0.102	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Batista Scores
14	14	5	1	1999-10-03	MON	@	PHI	Randy Wolf	ahead 1-0	t 2	2	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	8	6	0.167	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Coquillette Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	2000-04-14	MON	@	PHI	Chris Brock	ahead 1-0	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	6	0.116	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
16	16	2	1	2000-05-03	MON	@	COL	Pedro Astacio	behind 4-16	t 7	2	12-	5,(3-1) SBBBX	3	5	3	0.001	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); P. Bergeron Scores; J. Vidro Scores
17	17	3	1	2000-06-06	MON		NYY	Jason Grimsley	behind 0-1	b 3	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	2	5	0.110	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	4	1	2000-07-09	MON		TOR	Frank Castillo	tied 0-0	b 2	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	6	5	0.103	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2001	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	2001-05-11	MON	@	COL	Denny Neagle	behind 0-6	t 4	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	2	5	0.031	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
20	20	2	1	2001-05-27 (1)	MON	@	PHI	Bruce Chen	ahead 2-0	t 5	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	2	4	0.091	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
21	21	3	1	2001-08-08	MON		STL	Bud Smith	behind 0-2	b 3	0	1--	3,(1-1) BCX	2	8	5	0.181	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Barrett Scores
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	2003-07-23	FLA	@	ATL	Trey Hodges	tied 4-4	t 12	2	---	5,(3-1) BBSBX	1	4	5	0.409	80%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
23	23	2	1	2003-08-13	FLA		LAD	Victor Álvarez	tied 1-1	b 11	2	---	5,(2-2) CSBBX	1	4	5	0.464	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	2004-10-03	FLA	@	PHI	Brett Myers	behind 0-5	t 5	0	1--	2,(0-1) CX	2	6	5	0.081	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Redmond Scores