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: 21-34 / in Starts: 4-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 38, Entered with runners on base: 23

1973 Pitching Game Log

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1973 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	49	4	Apr 9	SDP	@	SFG	L,1-2	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	6.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.00	4.90	27	8	7	1	0	5	55			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.19	0.035	2.02	0.04%	0.88	1b start a 1	6b 3 out d1
2	50	9	Apr 14	SDP		HOU	L,5-8	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	4.1	7	6	4	1	5	1	0	5.23	4.50	22	6	3	1	0	7	33			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.24	-0.432	1.58	-0.33%	-3.52	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d3
3	51	20	Apr 27	SDP	@	CHC	L,2-10	2-4		12	3.0	3	2	1	1	2	0	0	4.73	3.99	13	6	1	1	0	3		2	2	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	1	0	1	.34	-0.093	.22	-0.04%	-1.17	2b 1-3 0 out d2	4b 3 out d6
4	52	22	Apr 29	SDP	@	CHC	L,4-10	5-6	L(0-3)	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.65	3.89	5	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.135	.54	-0.04%	-0.85	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 1-3 0 out tie
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	53	24	May 2	SDP		STL	L,4-5	3-5		2	2.1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.86	3.77	9	3	2	0	0	2		2	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	.34	0.048	.15	0.01%	1.39	3t -23 2 out d4	5t 3 out d4
6	54	28	May 6	SDP		PIT	W,8-0	SHO	W(1-3)	3	9.0	2	0	0	2	6	0	0	3.16	3.11	29	15	4	1	0	2	87			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	2	0	0	.33	0.154	.11	0.03%	3.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
7	55	32	May 12	SDP	@	ATL	L,2-14	GS-4	L(1-4)	5	3.0	9	8	8	3	0	0	0	5.34	3.37	19	6	1	0	0	9	6			0	0	0	16	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.16	-0.301	.29	-0.05%	-5.50	1b start tie	4b 12- 0 out d6
8	56	37	May 16	SDP		SFG	W,4-1	CG	W(2-4)	3	9.0	5	1	0	1	4	0	0	4.06	3.04	32	15	7	3	0	5	78			0	1	0	31	0	1	0	1	0	1	.85	0.307	.21	0.05%	2.78	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
9	57	41	May 20(2)	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(2-5)	3	8.0	5	3	3	1	6	1	0	3.94	3.05	30	10	10	3	2	3	65			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.80	-0.091	.21	-0.01%	0.50	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d1
10	58	45	May 26	SDP		PHI	L,0-4	GS-8	L(2-6)	5	8.0	3	4	3	6	5	0	0	3.86	3.13	31	7	10	1	0	3	61			0	1	0	23	1	0	1	0	1	0	1.04	-0.039	.16	0.00%	-0.64	1t start tie	8t 3 out d4
11	59	50	May 30(2)	SDP		MON	W,3-2	GS-8	W(3-6)	3	8.0	6	2	1	2	5	0	0	3.50	2.99	29	12	5	1	0	5	67			0	1	1	26	1	1	0	2	0	0	.86	0.034	.03	0.00%	1.36	1t start tie	8t 3 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
12	60	53	Jun 3	SDP		NYM	L,2-9	GS-4	L(3-7)	3	3.1	5	4	3	3	3	0	0	3.74	3.01	18	6	1	0	0	5	36			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	.95	-0.254	.07	-0.01%	-2.79	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d3
13	61	56	Jun 7	SDP	@	STL	W,4-3	GS-8		3	7.1	8	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.61	3.02	31	10	10	0	3	8	51			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.19	-0.153	.03	0.00%	-0.67	1b start tie	8b -23 1 out tie
14	62	60	Jun 12	SDP	@	MON	L,4-7	GS-6	L(3-8)	4	6.0	8	6	6	2	0	1	0	4.02	3.23	27	11	6	1	0	8	30			0	0	0	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	.96	-0.511	.02	-0.01%	-3.16	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
15	63	64	Jun 16	SDP	@	NYM	L,2-10	GS-4	L(3-9)	3	3.0	6	7	3	2	0	1	0	4.20	3.44	19	9	2	0	0	6	25			0	0	0	17	1	0	1	1	0	4	1.05	-0.378	.01	0.00%	-4.46	1b start tie	4b 123 0 out d2
16	64	69	Jun 22	SDP		ATL	L,3-7	8-GF		5	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.12	3.42	5	0	4	2	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.06	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.88	8t 1-- 1 out d5	9t end d 4
17	65	72	Jun 24	SDP		ATL	L,1-6	9-GF		1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.10	3.45	3	1	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	.05	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.71	9t -2- 2 out d4	9t end d 5
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
18	66	78	Jul 1	SDP	@	HOU	L,4-6	7-GF(8)		6	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.01	3.39	8	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.008	.00	0.00%	0.91	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 4
19	67	81	Jul 4	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-2	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	3.38	1	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.72	0.164	.01	0.00%	0.73	9b 123 2 out a2	9b end a 2
20	68	83	Jul 6	SDP		CHC	L,5-8	5-7		1	3.0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.86	3.39	11	4	4	1	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	0	1	0	0	.33	-0.008	.00	0.00%	0.62	5t 1-- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d4
21	69	84	Jul 7	SDP		CHC	W,4-3	9-GF	S(2)	0	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.84	3.39	2	0	2	1	0	0		2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.28	0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.61	9t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 1
22	70	87	Jul 11	SDP		PIT	L,2-10	6-8		3	3.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.72	3.32	10	5	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.13	0.024	.00	0.00%	1.26	6t --- 0 out d4	8t 3 out d4
23	71	89	Jul 13	SDP		STL	L,3-5	9-GF		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.70	3.29	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.32	9t --3 2 out d2	9t end d 2
24	72	91	Jul 15	SDP		STL	L,4-5	8-12		1	5.0	8	0	0	1	5	0	0	3.51	3.18	22	6	2	0	0	8		0	0	0	1	0	20	0	0	1	1	0	0	1.98	0.411	.00	0.00%	2.10	8t --- 0 out d2	12t 3 out tie
25	73	93	Jul 18	SDP	@	CHC	W,8-5	7-GF	S(3)	2	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	3.16	12	5	6	2	1	1		0	0	0	1	1	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.288	.00	0.00%	1.48	7b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 3
26	74	95	Jul 20(1)	SDP	@	PIT	L,4-5	9-GF(10)	L(3-10)	1	1.1	1	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.45	3.23	5	1	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.83	-0.245	.00	0.00%	-0.33	9b --- 0 out tie	10b end d 1
27	75	98	Jul 22(2)	SDP	@	PIT	L,7-13	7-7		1	0.1	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	3.79	3.28	5	1	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.27	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-3.19	7b --- 0 out d1	7b -2- 1 out d4
28	76	100	Jul 26(2)	SDP	@	SFG	L,5-6	7-GF(10)	L(3-11)	3	3.2	2	1	0	1	4	0	0	3.66	3.21	16	5	4	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0	1	0	0	2	2.20	-0.107	.00	0.00%	0.16	7b --- 0 out d2	10b end d 1
29	77	104	Jul 29(2)	SDP		CIN	L,2-4	GS-7	L(3-12)	2	7.0	6	4	4	0	2	0	2	3.75	3.19	29	13	6	0	1	6	51			1	0	0	27	2	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.212	.00	0.00%	-1.06	1t start tie	7t 3 out d4
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
30	78	107	Aug 3	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-5	9-GF	L(3-13)	4	0.1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	3.82	3.22	5	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.57	-0.363	.00	0.00%	-2.07	9b --- 0 out tie	9b end d 1
31	79	108	Aug 4(1)	SDP	@	ATL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(4)	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3.77	3.22	6	4	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.57	0.586	.00	0.00%	1.90	8b -23 1 out a1	9b end a 1
32	80	111	Aug 6	SDP		LAD	L,0-2	9-GF		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.73	3.20	3	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.42	9t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 2
33	81	114	Aug 9	SDP		PHI	W,10-9	7-8		2	1.1	2	4	4	3	2	0	0	4.00	3.23	9	2	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-1.41	7t --3 1 out a5	8t 123 2 out a3
34	82	115	Aug 10	SDP		MON	W,4-3	9-GF	S(5)	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.99	3.23	1	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.81	0.152	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t 1-3 2 out a1	9t end a 1
35	83	117	Aug 12(2)	SDP		MON	W,4-3	10-GF(10)	W(4-13)	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.95	3.23	3	3	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.67	0.120	.00	0.00%	0.42	10t --- 0 out tie	10t end tie
36	84	118	Aug 13	SDP		NYM	W,3-2	7-GF	W(5-13)	0	3.0	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	3.86	3.24	14	6	2	0	2	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.84	-0.121	.00	0.00%	0.26	7t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 1
37	85	121	Aug 17	SDP	@	STL	W,4-2	8-9	H(1)	3	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.89	3.23	6	4	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	0.052	.00	0.00%	0.28	8b --- 0 out a1	9b -2- 1 out a1
38	86	122	Aug 18	SDP	@	STL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(6)	0	2.0	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.83	3.26	8	3	1	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	5.06	0.562	.00	0.00%	1.90	8b 12- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
39	87	124	Aug 21	SDP	@	PHI	L,8-9	9-GF	BL(5-14)	2	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.95	3.26	5	0	1	0	1	2		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.43	-0.801	.00	0.00%	-2.50	9b 1-3 0 out a3	9b end d 1
40	88	127	Aug 24	SDP	@	MON	W,5-3	8-GF	S(7)	2	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.90	3.25	6	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.76	0.161	.00	0.00%	0.72	8b --- 1 out a1	9b end a 2
41	89	130	Aug 27	SDP	@	NYM	L,5-6	7-GF(8)		2	1.2	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	3.85	3.23	7	2	0	0	0	2		2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	.72	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.31	7b 12- 1 out d2	8b end d 1
42	90	131	Aug 28	SDP	@	NYM	L,6-8	6-6		0	0.2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3.83	3.22	5	2	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	.53	-0.098	.00	0.00%	-2.14	6b 12- 1 out d2	6b 3 out d5
Sept				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
43	91	136	Sep 3	SDP		ATL	L,3-7	7-GF		5	3.0	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	3.81	3.31	14	6	3	2	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	.08	-0.002	.00	0.00%	0.26	7t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
44	92	139	Sep 6	SDP	@	LAD	W,3-2	9-9	H(2)	2	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.80	3.30	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.84	0.113	.00	0.00%	0.30	9b -2- 1 out a1	9b --3 2 out a1
45	93	140	Sep 7	SDP	@	LAD	W,4-3	6-GF	S(8)	0	4.0	3	0	0	0	4	0	0	3.69	3.22	14	6	1	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.51	0.498	.00	0.00%	1.77	6b --- 0 out a1	9b end a 1
46	94	141	Sep 8	SDP	@	LAD	W,9-6	10-10	BS(2)	0	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	3.75	3.32	3	0	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.71	-0.589	.00	0.00%	-1.37	10b --- 2 out a1	10b 1-3 2 out tie
47	95	145	Sep 13	SDP		SFG	L,6-8	8-8		4	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	3.32	1	1	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.68	0.044	.00	0.00%	0.45	8t 1-3 2 out d1	8t 3 out d1
48	96	146	Sep 14	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	9-GF	S(9)	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.72	3.30	3	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.43	0.258	.00	0.00%	0.78	9t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
49	97	148	Sep 16	SDP		SFG	L,4-9	8-GF		1	1.2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.67	3.27	8	4	2	2	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	.03	-0.010	.00	0.00%	-0.26	8t -23 1 out d4	9t end d 6
50	98	151	Sep 19(1)	SDP	@	HOU	L,5-8	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.62	3.22	6	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.09	0.004	.00	0.00%	0.83	7b --3 0 out d3	8b end d 4
51	99	153	Sep 21(1)	SDP	@	SFG	W,3-1	8-GF	S(10)	1	2.0	1	1	1	2	2	0	0	3.63	3.23	8	2	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.46	0.135	.00	0.00%	0.34	8b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
52	100	155	Sep 22	SDP	@	SFG	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		0	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	3.65	3.23	10	5	1	1	0	2		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.39	-0.004	.00	0.00%	-0.04	7b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 3
53	101	156	Sep 23	SDP	@	SFG	W,11-9	8-8		0	0.1	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	3.82	3.24	4	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.62	-0.286	.00	0.00%	-2.81	8b 1-- 0 out a4	8b -2- 1 out a1
54	102	158	Sep 25	SDP	@	CIN	L,2-3	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.80	3.24	4	3	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.38	0.026	.00	0.00%	0.44	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
55	103	160	Sep 28	SDP		LAD	L,2-5	7-8		2	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.74	3.22	7	2	3	0	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.60	0.123	.00	0.00%	2.17	7t 1-3 0 out d2	8t 3 out d2
							21-34		W-L:5-14,Sv:10,BSv:2,Hld:2	2.0	149.0	146	77	62	53	86	8	2	3.74	3.22	632	1.91		7%	3%	136	50	37	41%	2	5	2	561	25	4	10	18	2	14	1.18	-1.081	.20	-0.37%	-8.16

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