Mike Caldwell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: January 22, 1949 in Tarboro, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC).

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: September 4, 1971 (Age 22-225d, 13,170th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1984 (Age 35-247d)
vs. DET 3.1 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ralph Michael Caldwell

Nicknames: Mr. Warmth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.4

137

130

ERA

3.81

475

307

2408.2

939

WHIP

1.319

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Team Record in Appearances: 15-27 / in Starts: 10-10

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 34, Entered with runners on base: 10

1972 Pitching Game Log

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1972 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	7	1	Apr 15	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	8-GF	S(1)	99	2.0	2	1	1	2	2	0	0	4.50	3.40	10	3	1	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.00	0.112	5.23	0.12%	-0.85	8t 1-- 0 out a3	9t end a 1
2	8	5	Apr 19	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	9-GF	W(1-0)	3	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.00	3.40	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	0.027	.91	0.03%	0.40	9t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
3	9	10	Apr 25	SDP		NYM	L,1-2	8-GF		5	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.80	3.60	8	6	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.68	0.065	.86	0.05%	0.80	8t --- 0 out d1	9t end d 1
4	10	16	Apr 30(2)	SDP		PHI	L,1-3	5-7		4	2.2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.17	3.05	12	5	1	0	1	3		2	1	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	.96	0.035	.87	0.02%	0.89	5t 1-3 1 out d1	7t 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
5	11	18	May 3	SDP		MON	W,3-2	9-9	BS(1)	2	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	0	0	2.08	2.51	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.34	-0.248	2.79	-0.12%	-0.60	9t --- 0 out a1	9t 3 out tie
6	12	20	May 6	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-2	8-GF	S(2)	2	1.2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.74	1.92	6	2	1	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.036	.57	0.02%	0.87	8b 1-- 1 out a4	9b end a 4
7	13	21	May 7	SDP	@	NYM	L,6-8	8-9	BS(2)	0	1.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.31	1.97	7	4	3	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.07	-0.413	3.68	-0.30%	-1.31	8b -23 0 out a3	9b -2- 1 out tie
8	14	23	May 11	SDP	@	PHI	L,5-6	9-11		3	3.0	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	1.84	2.94	15	6	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	9	1	0	4	0	0	0	3.46	0.376	4.77	0.31%	1.32	9b --- 0 out tie	11b 3 out tie
9	15	27	May 15	SDP		LAD	L,1-2	8-9	L(1-1)	3	1.1	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	2.25	3.27	8	2	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	2.68	-0.379	4.50	-0.38%	-1.65	8t --- 0 out d1	9t 123 1 out d1
10	16	28	May 16	SDP		LAD	L,0-2	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.12	3.22	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.011	.32	0.01%	0.40	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
11	17	37	May 24	SDP		HOU	L,2-4	8-GF		7	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.89	3.03	6	3	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.21	0.030	.18	0.02%	0.80	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
12	18	39	May 27	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-9	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2.25	3.65	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.00	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.59	8b --- 0 out d6	8b end d 7
13	19	42	May 31	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-5	7-8		3	1.1	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.53	3.76	6	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.23	-0.011	.10	0.00%	-0.43	7b --- 0 out d3	8b -23 1 out d2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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	20	44	Jun 3	SDP		CHC	L,3-8	6-6		2	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.49	3.78	3	0	0	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.52	-0.038	.14	-0.01%	-0.90	6t 12- 1 out d3	6t 123 2 out d4
15	21	45	Jun 4	SDP		CHC	L,1-3	9-GF		0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.38	3.72	3	2	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.33	0.011	.07	0.00%	0.40	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
16	22	46	Jun 7(1)	SDP		PIT	L,5-12	7-8		2	1.1	5	4	3	0	2	1	0	3.38	4.02	10	3	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	0	1	.12	-0.028	.02	0.00%	-3.64	7t --- 0 out d4	8t 1-- 1 out d8
17	23	50	Jun 10	SDP		STL	L,2-5	GS-7	L(1-2)	2	6.1	8	5	0	3	4	1	0	2.67	4.15	30	10	5	0	1	8	48			0	1	0	27	1	0	1	0	0	1	.87	-0.384	.04	-0.01%	-3.02	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out d3
18	24	53	Jun 14	SDP	@	CHC	L,9-12	6-6		3	0.0	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	3.86	4.25	4	0	0	0	0	3		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.10	-0.381	.11	-0.01%	-3.20	6b 1-- 2 out tie	6b 12- 2 out d3
19	25	58	Jun 20	SDP	@	STL	L,4-5	8-10	L(1-3)	5	2.2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.55	4.04	10	5	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.02	0.239	.06	0.00%	0.89	8b --- 0 out tie	10b 12- 2 out tie
20	26	61	Jun 24	SDP		SFG	L,4-7	8-9		3	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.44	4.10	5	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.53	0.162	.08	0.00%	0.76	8t 12- 1 out tie	9t 1-- 1 out tie
21	27	62	Jun 25	SDP		SFG	L,5-6	9-GF(14)	L(1-4)	0	6.0	2	1	0	0	6	0	0	2.93	3.55	20	7	6	1	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	1	1	1.64	0.106	.03	0.00%	1.34	9t 12- 0 out d1	14t end d 1
22	28	67	Jun 29	SDP		ATL	W,8-6	GS-8	W(2-4)	3	7.1	10	6	5	0	5	2	0	3.42	3.71	32	10	8	5	0	9	41			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	1	.60	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-1.62	1t start tie	8t 12- 1 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
23	29	72	Jul 4(2)	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS-8	W(3-4)	4	8.0	7	2	2	1	6	0	0	3.25	3.36	31	10	7	2	0	7	65			0	0	0	26	2	0	0	1	1	0	1.02	0.115	.00	0.00%	1.35	1b start tie	8b 3 out tie
24	30	76	Jul 8	SDP	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS-8		3	7.0	6	4	4	3	8	0	0	3.47	3.14	30	6	7	1	0	6	54			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.192	.01	0.00%	0.12	1b start a 1	8b 12- 0 out a3
25	31	80	Jul 12	SDP	@	MON	W,6-5	GS-5		3	4.2	7	5	2	1	1	0	1	3.49	3.15	23	10	4	0	0	6	36			1	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.07	-0.316	.00	0.00%	-3.11	1b start tie	5b -2- 2 out a1
26	32	86	Jul 21	SDP		MON	W,5-4	GS-7		8	6.2	6	2	1	1	3	0	0	3.30	3.04	28	12	6	2	0	6	58			1	0	0	27	0	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.038	.00	0.00%	0.08	1t start tie	7t 123 2 out d1
27	33	92	Jul 29	SDP	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-4		7	3.0	3	2	2	4	1	0	0	3.40	3.14	15	5	2	0	1	3	42			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.163	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1b start a 2	4b 1-3 0 out a1
28	34	93	Jul 30(1)	SDP	@	HOU	W,10-7	8-GF(14)	BW(4-4)	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	3.23	3.01	24	9	7	0	0	5		2	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.42	0.563	.00	0.00%	2.92	8b 12- 0 out a1	14b end a 3
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
29	35	100	Aug 4	SDP	@	LAD	W,2-0	SHO	W(5-4)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	7	0	0	2.91	2.83	30	11	7	1	1	4	85			1	2	1	29	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.583	.00	0.00%	3.81	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
30	36	106	Aug 11	SDP		LAD	L,1-2	CG(10)	L(5-5)	6	10.0	11	2	2	4	3	0	0	2.81	2.85	42	20	4	2	0	11	61			0	0	0	37	0	0	2	3	0	0	1.87	0.128	.00	0.00%	1.98	1t start tie	10t 3 out d1
31	37	109	Aug 15	SDP		STL	W,7-1	CG	W(6-5)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.66	2.77	34	16	7	2	0	6	74			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	1	.51	0.308	.00	0.00%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
32	38	113	Aug 20(1)	SDP		PIT	L,3-9	GS-3		4	3.0	8	3	3	0	4	0	1	2.83	2.71	17	3	1	0	0	8	35			0	1	1	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.218	.00	0.00%	-1.81	1t start tie	3t 3 out d3
33	39	118	Aug 25(1)	SDP	@	STL	L,4-7	GS-3	L(6-6)	4	2.0	7	6	4	2	2	0	0	3.09	2.72	15	1	3	0	1	7	22			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.297	.00	0.00%	-3.95	1b start tie	3b 123 0 out d3
34	40	122	Aug 28	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS-6	L(6-7)	2	5.2	6	5	5	0	2	2	0	3.31	2.89	25	9	8	0	0	6	39			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	2	.78	-0.289	.00	0.00%	-2.79	1b start tie	6b --3 2 out d4
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	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
35	41	126	Sep 2	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-8	GS-8	L(6-8)	4	7.2	13	8	6	2	4	0	1	3.53	2.87	37	15	6	1	0	9	27			0	0	0	34	2	0	1	2	0	1	.54	-0.212	.00	0.00%	-4.51	1b start tie	8b -2- 2 out d8
36	42	131	Sep 7(1)	SDP		CIN	W,2-0	SHO	W(7-8)	4	9.0	7	0	0	1	8	0	0	3.30	2.74	33	10	7	1	0	7	80			0	0	1	32	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.41	0.589	.00	0.00%	3.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
37	43	134	Sep 10(2)	SDP		ATL	L,1-4	6-6		2	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.29	2.73	2	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.80	6t 12- 1 out d4	6t 3 out d4
38	44	135	Sep 13	SDP	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS-6		2	6.0	7	5	3	3	4	0	0	3.34	2.72	28	9	5	2	0	7	43			1	1	1	24	0	0	1	0	0	1	1.27	-0.439	.00	0.00%	-2.46	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
39	45	139	Sep 17	SDP	@	CIN	W,10-7	GS-8		3	7.1	13	7	6	1	2	1	1	3.53	2.80	37	13	8	0	1	12	27			0	1	0	34	1	1	0	1	1	2	1.34	-0.846	.00	0.00%	-4.19	1b start tie	8b 1-- 1 out tie
40	46	143	Sep 22	SDP	@	ATL	L,0-2	GS-7	L(7-9)	4	6.2	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	3.49	2.76	26	10	8	1	0	6	56			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.90	0.047	.00	0.00%	0.72	1b start tie	7b -23 2 out d2
41	47	147	Sep 26	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS-2	L(7-10)	3	1.0	4	5	5	1	2	2	0	3.75	2.92	8	1	0	0	0	4	26			1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.511	.00	0.00%	-4.58	1b start a 1	2b --- 0 out d2
42	48	152	Oct 3	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-7	GS-4	L(7-11)	6	3.0	7	5	5	2	2	0	0	3.96	2.92	18	5	2	0	0	7	25			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.43	-0.322	.00	0.00%	-2.64	1b start a 1	4b 12- 0 out a1
							15-27		W-L:7-11,Sv:2,BSv:3	3.2	163.2	183	92	72	49	102	10	4	3.96	2.92	714	1.96		6%	2%	171	47	17	41%	6	6	4	648	21	3	14	12	4	14	1.26	-1.839	.31	-0.26%	-22.17

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