Mike Stanton

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-2, 205lb (188cm, 92kg)

Born: September 25, 1952 in St. Louis, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 9th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from Santa Fe Catholic HS (Lakeland, FL), the Kansas City Royals in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), the Texas Rangers in the 2nd round of the 1972 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL) and the Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th) of the 1973 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL).

High School: Santa Fe Catholic HS (Lakeland, FL)

Schools: Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: July 9, 1975 (Age 22-287d, 13,658th in major league history)
vs. MON 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 8, 1985 (Age 32-317d)
vs. BOS 2.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: Michael Thomas Stanton

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.2

ERA

4.61

277

384.1

304

WHIP

1.509

Summary of 27 Home Runs Allowed

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 5 go ahead

4 Tms
SEA	15
CLE	9
CHW	2
HOU	1

Platoon
vs RHB	16
vs LHB	11

Home/Road
Away	15
Home	12

Outs
0	11
2	11
1	5

13 Opps
DET	5
NYY	4
CHW	3
KCR	2
BOS	2
SEA	2
BAL	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
OAK	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
TOR	1

27 Batters
Harold Baines	1
Don Baylor	1
Tony Pérez	1
Darrell Evans	1
Bob Kearney	1
Joe Simpson	1
Jerry Turner	1
Rickey Henderson	1
Tony Armas	1
Ernie Whitt	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Dan Ford	1
Dave Winfield	1
Kirk Gibson	1
Kevin Bell	1
Billy Sample	1
Stan Papi	1
Fred Lynn	1
Mike Easler	1
Tom Paciorek	1
Hal McRae	1
Rick Cerone	1
Willie Wilson	1
Cecil Cooper	1
Bill Fahey	1
Paul Molitor	1
Ron Kittle	1

12 Parks
Kingdome (SEA)	7
ClevelandStd (CLE)	5
Tiger Stad (DET)	3
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	3
County Stad (MIL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Yankee Stad (NYC)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Memor. Stad (BAL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	13
9	5
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	25
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	13
12-	4
1--	4
-2-	3
1-3	2
--3	1

47 Runs
RISP	10
0 on	13
1 on	8
2 on	6
Any on	14

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

1-3	3
4-6	6
7-end	18

RelScore
+4..	4
+2	4
+1	4
Tied	3
-1	2
-2	6
-4..	4

Ahead	12
Tied	3
Behind	12

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	4
RF	4
LF	4
3B	4
1B	3
C	3
DH	3
PH	2

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

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	10
Low Lev	10

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-09-17	Tony Pérez	CIN		HOU	tied 0-0	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	3	18%	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Morgan Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1980-06-01	Tom Paciorek	SEA	@	CLE	ahead 5-3	t 7	2	-2-	2	3	7	13%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Cox Scores
3	3	2	1	1980-06-08	Harold Baines	CHW		CLE	behind 1-7	b 7	0	---	1	7	9	2%	4%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	3	1	1980-06-19	Willie Wilson	KCR		CLE	behind 3-5	b 7	0	---	1	1	7	14%	36%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF
5	5	4	1	1980-08-18 (2)	Kevin Bell	CHW		CLE	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	1-3	3	8	5	16%	91%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Molinaro Scores; G. Borgmann Scores
6	6	5	1	1980-10-01	Rick Cerone	NYY	@	CLE	ahead 12-2	t 5	2	12-	3	6	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); O. Gamble Scores; B. Watson Scores
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1981-08-14	Hal McRae	KCR	@	CLE	ahead 3-1	t 8	0	---	1	3	DH	6%	94%		Home Run (LF-CF)
8	8	2	1	1981-08-30	Joe Simpson	SEA	@	CLE	ahead 5-3	t 5	1	1--	2	7	8	13%	91%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Burroughs Scores
9	9	3	1	1981-09-12	Bill Fahey	DET		CLE	behind 4-8	b 8	0	-2-	2	7	2	8%	15%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Summers Scores
10	10	4	1	1981-09-19	Stan Papi	DET	@	CLE	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	---	1	8	5	12%	83%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1982-06-23	Ernie Whitt	TOR	@	SEA	tied 2-2	t 9	2	---	1	7	PH	41%	80%		Home Run (Deep LF)
12	12	2	1	1982-08-17 (1)	Jerry Turner	DET		SEA	behind 3-5	b 9	1	---	1	6	PH	7%	11%		Home Run (Deep LF)
13	13	3	1	1982-09-01	Cecil Cooper	MIL		SEA	behind 1-2	b 1	0	1--	2	3	3	17%	65%		Home Run (Deep RF); R. Yount Scores
14	14	4	2	1982-09-01	Paul Molitor	MIL		SEA	ahead 3-2	b 2	2	--3	2	1	5	16%	81%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Howell Scores
15	15	5	1	1982-09-19	Billy Sample	TEX	@	SEA	behind 1-9	t 6	1	---	1	2	7	1%	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1983-05-13	Bob Kearney	OAK		SEA	ahead 6-2	b 6	2	12-	3	8	2	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Burroughs Scores; K. Moore Scores
17	17	2	1	1983-06-22	Ron Kittle	CHW		SEA	ahead 5-3	b 8	0	---	1	6	7	3%	97%		Home Run
18	18	3	1	1983-07-20	Dan Ford	BAL	@	SEA	ahead 3-2	t 9	0	---	1	1	9	9%	92%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
19	19	1	1	1984-04-26	Tony Armas	BOS		SEA	behind 4-6	b 10	1	---	1	4	8	7%	12%		Home Run
20	20	2	1	1984-05-22	Don Baylor	NYY	@	SEA	behind 0-5	t 9	0	12-	3	4	DH	4%	7%		Home Run; T. Harrah Scores; D. Winfield Scores
21	21	3	1	1984-07-12	Mike Easler	BOS	@	SEA	behind 1-3	t 9	2	---	1	5	DH	2%	4%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
22	22	1	1	1985-04-22	Gary Gaetti	MIN		SEA	ahead 6-1	b 7	2	1--	2	6	5	1%	100%		Home Run; R. Smalley Scores
23	23	2	1	1985-05-21	Rickey Henderson	NYY	@	SEA	ahead 5-1	t 6	2	1-3	3	1	8	6%	98%		Home Run; W. Randolph Scores; B. Meacham Scores
24	24	3	1	1985-05-24	Darrell Evans	DET	@	SEA	tied 3-3	t 11	0	---	1	5	3	34%	84%		Home Run
25	25	4	1	1985-06-04	Kirk Gibson	DET		SEA	behind 5-6	b 7	0	---	1	3	9	23%	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	5	1	1985-07-11	Fred Lynn	BAL		CHW	behind 4-6	b 9	2	12-	3	5	8	91%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF); C. Ripken Scores; E. Murray Scores
27	27	6	1	1985-08-02	Dave Winfield	NYY		CHW	behind 3-5	b 10	2	1--	2	3	9	49%	54%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Mattingly Scores