Mike Tauchman

Position: Outfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-1, 220lb (185cm, 99kg)

Team: Chicago Cubs (majors)

Born: December 3, 1990 in Palatine, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the 10th round of the 2013 MLB June Amateur Draft from Bradley University (Peoria, IL).

High School: William Fremd HS (Palatine, IL)

School: Bradley University (Peoria, IL)

Debut: June 27, 2017 (Age 26-206d, 21,432nd in major league history)
vs. SFG 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2018 season

2024 Contract Status: Signed thru 2024, 1 yr/$1.95M (24)

Service Time (01/2024): 3.143 • Arb Eligible: 2025 • Free Agent: 2027

Agents: Meister Sports Management

Full Name: Michael Robert Tauchman

Nicknames: Tauch

Pronunciation: \TAWK-man\

Twitter: @MTauchman

Instagram: @mike_tauchman

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SUMMARY

2024

Career

WAR

0.6

6.1

970

234

.283

.241

170

RBI

133

OBP

.397

.343

SLG

.491

.384

OPS

.887

.727

OPS+

147

Summary of 27 Home Runs

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

2 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 8 go ahead

3 Tms
NYY	13
CHC	10
SFG	4

Platoon
vs RHP	25
vs LHP	2

Home/Road
Away	15
Home	12

Outs
2	11
1	8
0	8

18 Opps
BAL	4
TOR	3
KCR	2
PIT	2
BOS	2
HOU	2
ARI	1
MIN	1
COL	1
STL	1
TEX	1
SDP	1
CIN	1
LAA	1
NYY	1
NYM	1
ATL	1
WSN	1

27 Pitchers
Asher Wojciechowski	1
Zack Godley	1
Junior Guerra	1
Darius Vines	1
Ben Lively	1
Michael Pineda	1
Germán Márquez	1
Dauri Moreta	1
Erasmo Ramírez	1
Jakob Junis	1
Drew Smith	1
Sean Reid-Foley	1
Branden Kline	1
Paul Fry	1
Seth Martinez	1
Derek Law	1
Heath Fillmyer	1
J.P. France	1
Andrew Suárez	1
Gerrit Cole	1
Zack Greinke	1
Josh Sborz	1
Trevor Williams	1
Rick Porcello	1
Dean Kremer	1
Joe Musgrove	1
Kyle Keller	1

12 Parks
Yankee Stad3 (NYC)	8
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	5
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
PNC Pk (PIT)	2
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	2
Citi Field (NYC)	1
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Petco Pk (SAN)	1
Truist Pk (ATL)	1
GlbLifeField (ARL)	1

Where Hit
9	15
7	5
78	4
89	3

General field locations
when available.

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

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	23
2·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	13
-2-	4
12-	3
1--	3
-23	2
123	1
1-3	1

49 RBI
RISP	11
0 on	13
1 on	7
2 on	6
3 on	1
Any on	14

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

1-3	9
4-6	10
7-end	8

RelScore
+4..	7
+2	5
+1	4
Tied	7
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	16
Tied	7
Behind	4

Before event,
for batter

Count
3-2	5
2-2	4
1-2	3
1-0	3
3-1	3
0-0	2
1-1	2
0-1	2
2-0	2
2-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
LF	14
CF	7
RF	4
DH	2

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

Leverage
High Lev	2
Medium Lev	13
Low Lev	12

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2019	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2019-04-16	NYY		BOS	Erasmo Ramírez	ahead 4-0	b 6	1	-23	3,(2-0) BBX	3	9	7	0.026	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Urshela Scores; B. Gardner Scores
2	2	2	1	2019-04-19	NYY		KCR	Jakob Junis	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	7	7	0.103	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
3	3	3	1	2019-04-20	NYY		KCR	Heath Fillmyer	ahead 2-0	b 4	1	-23	6,(3-2) CBF*BBX	3	9	8	0.098	94%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); M. Ford Scores; A. Romine Scores
4	4	4	1	2019-05-05	NYY		MIN	Michael Pineda	ahead 2-1	b 4	2	1--	8,(3-2) FCBFBBFX	2	9	7	0.179	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); G. Urshela Scores
5	5	5	1	2019-07-14	NYY		TOR	Derek Law	ahead 3-2	b 7	1	---	4,(1-2) FFBX	1	9	7	0.107	87%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	2019-07-21	NYY		COL	Germán Márquez	behind 1-7	b 5	2	---	6,(2-2) CBCBFX	1	9	7	0.024	6%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
7	7	7	1	2019-07-31	NYY		ARI	Zack Greinke	tied 0-0	b 2	2	-2-	7,(3-2) CBBBFFX	2	8	7	0.180	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); G. Urshela Scores
8	8	8	1	2019-08-05	NYY	@	BAL	Branden Kline	ahead 5-1	t 6	2	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	8	7	0.042	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	9	2	2019-08-05	NYY	@	BAL	Paul Fry	ahead 7-6	t 8	2	1--	2,(1-0) *BX	2	8	7	0.204	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); B. Gardner Scores
10	10	10	1	2019-08-06	NYY	@	BAL	Asher Wojciechowski	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	5,(3-1) BBCBX	1	9	7	0.107	61%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line)
11	11	11	1	2019-08-08	NYY	@	TOR	Zack Godley	ahead 6-0	t 3	1	-2-	4,(1-2) .CF*B1.X	2	6	8	0.033	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Maybin Scores
12	12	12	1	2019-08-09	NYY	@	TOR	Sean Reid-Foley	behind 0-3	t 4	2	---	5,(1-2) CBFFX	1	6	7	0.077	23%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	13	1	2019-09-08	NYY	@	BOS	Rick Porcello	ahead 4-2	t 4	2	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	9	7	0.143	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); G. Torres Scores
2021	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	2021-05-02	SFG	@	SDP	Joe Musgrove	tied 1-1	t 3	0	12-	5,(2-2) FFB*BX	3	2	9	0.204	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); K. Gausman Scores; T. La Stella Scores
15	15	2	1	2021-05-15	SFG	@	PIT	Kyle Keller	ahead 4-2	t 6	1	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	8	7	0.130	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); C. Casali Scores
16	16	3	1	2021-06-08	SFG	@	TEX	Josh Sborz	behind 2-4	t 8	2	123	5,(3-1) FBBBX	4	9	7	0.644	84%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF Line); B. Belt Scores; B. Crawford Scores; S. Duggar Scores
17	17	4	1	2021-06-23	SFG	@	LAA	Junior Guerra	ahead 6-2	t 13	2	12-	5,(2-2) BBSSX	3	9	7	0.041	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); S. Duggar Scores; M. Dubón Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	2023-06-18	CHC		BAL	Dean Kremer	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	0.094	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
19	19	2	1	2023-06-20	CHC	@	PIT	Dauri Moreta	ahead 2-0	t 8	0	---	2,(1-0) ..BX	1	1	8	0.066	93%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
20	20	3	1	2023-07-08	CHC	@	NYY	Gerrit Cole	behind 1-6	t 8	1	-2-	5,(3-1) BFBB.X	2	1	DH	0.029	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Mastrobuoni Scores
21	21	4	1	2023-07-19	CHC		WSN	Trevor Williams	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	8	0.094	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	5	1	2023-07-27	CHC	@	STL	Andrew Suárez	ahead 6-1	t 6	0	---	5,(2-2) .FBSBX	1	1	8	0.021	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
23	23	6	1	2023-08-01	CHC		CIN	Ben Lively	ahead 7-2	b 3	2	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	1	9	0.055	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Candelario Scores; N. Madrigal Scores
24	24	7	1	2023-08-08	CHC	@	NYM	Drew Smith	tied 2-2	t 8	1	---	6,(3-2) BBCBFX	1	1	9	0.268	72%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
25	25	8	1	2023-09-27	CHC	@	ATL	Darius Vines	tied 1-1	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	DH	0.111	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
2024	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
26	26	1	1	2024-04-23	CHC		HOU	J.P. France	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	1-3	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	9	0.161	89%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); C. Morel Scores; D. Swanson Scores
27	27	2	2	2024-04-23	CHC		HOU	Seth Martinez	ahead 6-2	b 8	0	---	6,(3-2) BS.FBBX	1	7	8	0.008	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)