Mike Birkbeck

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: March 10, 1961 in Orrville, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Akron (Akron, OH) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Akron (Akron, OH).

High School: Orrville HS (Orrville, OH)

School: University of Akron (Akron, OH)

Debut: August 17, 1986 (Age 25-160d, 15,217th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 11, 1995 (Age 34-093d)
vs. SDP 7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Michael Lawrence Birkbeck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.86

270.1

149

WHIP

1.524

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Team Record in Appearances: 13-10 / in Starts: 13-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1988 Pitching Game Log

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1988 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	18	9	Apr 15	MIL		NYY	L,1-7	GS-2	L(0-1)	99	1.1	5	6	6	3	0	0	0	40.50	9.52	12	49	25	10	1	6	3	0	0	0	17			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.13	-0.406	1.14	-0.25%	-5.69	1t start tie	2t -2- 1 out d6
2	19	19	Apr 29	MIL		KCR	L,2-7	GS-5	L(0-2)	13	5.0	5	1	1	3	4	0	0	9.95	4.35	20	70	39	13	4	4	9	8	0	0	54			0	0	0	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	0.139	.76	0.06%	1.47	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	20	24	May 4	MIL		TEX	W,6-5	GS-6	W(1-2)	4	5.2	4	2	2	4	2	0	0	6.75	4.27	25	88	45	13	4	12	7	1	0	0	51			0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.62	0.121	.58	0.07%	0.53	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out a4
4	21	29	May 9	MIL	@	MIN	W,9-6	GS-5		4	4.1	8	4	4	1	1	0	0	7.16	3.93	21	65	39	9	2	8	11	5	1	0	31			1	0	0	20	2	1	0	1	0	0	1.02	-0.211	1.59	-0.20%	-2.19	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d3
5	22	34	May 14	MIL		CLE	L,4-6	GS-5	L(1-3)	4	5.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	0	6.75	3.43	23	79	47	10	7	8	10	3	0	0	42			1	0	0	22	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.01	-0.113	1.41	-0.09%	-0.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
6	23	41	May 22	MIL		TOR	W,7-1	GS-7	W(2-3)	7	6.2	3	1	1	4	2	0	0	5.46	3.55	26	96	50	18	5	14	6	3	1	0	62			1	0	0	22	1	0	0	1	0	1	.64	0.146	.42	0.06%	1.96	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out a5
7	24	46	May 27	MIL	@	CLE	L,3-6	GS-7	L(2-4)	4	6.2	6	5	5	1	4	1	0	5.71	3.63	27	80	51	17	4	12	9	6	0	1	45			0	1	0	23	0	1	0	0	2	1	.67	-0.153	.47	-0.06%	-0.94	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
8	25	51	Jun 1	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-7	GS-6	L(2-5)	4	5.0	8	7	5	3	2	0	0	6.13	3.65	28	109	63	15	5	12	11	6	0	0	26			2	0	0	25	2	0	0	0	0	2	.52	-0.317	.38	-0.14%	-4.18	1b start tie	6b -2- 0 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
9	26	82	Jul 5	MIL	@	KCR	W,3-1	GS-9	W(3-5)	33	8.1	5	1	1	0	4	0	0	5.25	3.33	30	94	66	15	11	12	14	4	2	0	73			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	.92	0.395	.23	0.06%	2.92	1b start tie	9b 1-- 1 out a2
10	27	87	Jul 10	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-2	GS-6		4	5.2	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	4.86	3.14	23	88	55	15	10	9	8	4	2	0	57			1	1	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.27	0.216	.49	0.05%	1.76	1b start a 1	6b 1-- 2 out tie
11	28	92	Jul 18	MIL		KCR	W,6-1	GS-9	W(4-5)	7	8.0	7	1	1	1	5	0	1	4.38	3.03	33	100	67	17	6	13	13	5	0	0	68			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.260	.48	0.12%	2.56	1t start tie	9t 1-- 0 out a5
12	29	97	Jul 23	MIL		TEX	L,4-7	GS-6		4	5.2	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.41	3.16	24	81	53	20	6	9	10	3	0	1	45			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.84	-0.003	.85	0.00%	-0.36	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out a1
13	30	102	Jul 28	MIL	@	NYY	W,6-1	GS-6	W(5-5)	4	5.2	7	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.19	3.15	23	74	44	11	1	10	9	4	0	0	51			0	0	0	21	2	0	1	3	0	0	1.27	0.064	.48	0.02%	1.15	1b start tie	6b 123 2 out a2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
14	31	107	Aug 2	MIL		NYY	W,11-5	GS-8	W(6-5)	4	8.0	7	2	2	2	1	1	0	4.00	3.32	32	104	64	17	4	18	10	3	1	1	59			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.41	0.041	.04	0.00%	1.95	1t start tie	8t 3 out a9
15	32	112	Aug 7	MIL	@	BAL	W,7-2	GS-7	W(7-5)	4	7.0	4	2	2	0	5	1	0	3.89	3.31	25	85	55	17	4	14	6	2	0	0	66			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	.64	0.061	.05	0.00%	1.32	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a5
16	33	117	Aug 12	MIL		BAL	W,8-3	GS-6	W(8-5)	4	5.1	8	3	3	0	4	0	0	3.95	3.20	24	77	54	13	9	12	8	2	0	0	44			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.74	-0.113	.13	-0.01%	-0.95	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a3
17	34	122	Aug 17	MIL	@	CLE	L,7-11	GS-5	L(8-6)	4	4.1	8	8	8	5	6	2	0	4.52	3.48	25	94	58	11	11	6	8	3	0	0	16			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.04	-0.358	.18	-0.04%	-4.08	1b start a 2	5b 123 1 out d3
18	35	127	Aug 22	MIL		CLE	W,7-3	GS-6	W(9-6)	4	6.0	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	4.51	3.40	26					13	11	9	0	0	44			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.14	-0.045	.07	0.00%	-0.04	1t start tie	6t 3 out tie
19	36	132	Aug 27	MIL		DET	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	7	4	4	3	2	2	0	4.64	3.65	24	92	50	18	7	9	8	5	0	2	36			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.202	.04	0.00%	-1.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	37	137	Sep 1	MIL	@	DET	W,6-2	GS-6	W(10-6)	4	5.1	4	2	2	1	3	1	0	4.58	3.70	22	72	44	13	2	12	5	2	1	1	54			0	1	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	2	.68	0.138	.15	0.02%	-0.07	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out a4
21	38	142	Sep 7	MIL		CHW	L,2-7	GS-3	L(10-7)	5	2.1	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.72	3.71	13	47	28	6	0	7	5	3	0	0	34			0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.287	1.18	-0.19%	-2.70	1t start tie	3t 1-3 1 out d2
22	39	146	Sep 12	MIL	@	CHW	L,1-2	GS-7		4	7.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.45	3.60	24	78	57	18	5	16	5	2	0	0	72			1	1	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.22	0.438	1.23	0.27%	3.42	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
23	40	150	Sep 17	MIL	@	SEA	L,0-11	GS-1	L(10-8)	4	0.2	6	6	4	0	0	1	0	4.72	3.70	8	21	12	1	0	3	4	1	0	1	20			0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	.83	-0.383	.71	-0.20%	-5.60	1b start tie	1b --- 2 out d6
							13-10		W-L:10-8	4.4	124.0	141	69	65	37	64	10	1	4.72	3.70	538	1743	61%	17%	6%	1.26		20%	2%	7	46		---%	8	4	0	494	20	3	1	12	2	10	.86	-0.572	.52	-0.47%	-9.81

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