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: 11-39 / in Starts: 4-5

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 33, Entered with runners on base: 17

1976 Pitching Game Log

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1976 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	173	5	Apr 14	SFG	@	HOU	L,3-5	GS-5	L(0-1)	99	5.0	7	5	3	0	2	0	0	5.40	1.83	23	9	5	1	0	7	39			1	0	0	23	1	1	0	0	0	1	.54	-0.296	.85	-0.28%	-2.98	1b start tie	5b 3 out d5
2	174	7	Apr 17	SFG	@	CIN	L,0-11	8-GF(8)		2	1.0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	4.50	2.13	6	3	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.55	8b --- 0 out d10	8b end d11
3	175	9	Apr 20	SFG	@	ATL	W,12-11	GS-3		2	2.1	6	7	4	3	3	0	0	7.56	2.63	17	3	2	0	0	6	23			0	0	0	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.02	-0.363	1.69	-0.36%	-4.13	1b start tie	3b 123 1 out d3
4	176	13	Apr 25	SFG		PIT	L,0-3	GS-5	L(0-2)	4	4.2	9	3	3	0	5	1	0	6.92	2.86	19	5	0	0	0	9	39			0	0	0	19	0	0	0	2	0	1	.89	-0.146	1.33	-0.13%	-1.15	1t start tie	5t 12- 2 out d3
5	177	15	Apr 27	SFG		STL	L,1-7	4-5		1	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	6.00	2.70	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.020	.23	0.02%	0.90	4t --- 0 out d5	5t 3 out d5
6	178	16	Apr 28	SFG		STL	L,2-4	15-GF(16)	L(0-3)	0	2.0	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	6.35	3.46	8	5	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.47	-0.292	3.06	-0.22%	-1.10	15t --- 0 out tie	16t end d 2
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
7	179	21	May 4	SFG	@	PIT	L,5-6	GS-6	L(0-4)	5	5.1	8	6	4	0	2	1	0	6.45	3.66	25	11	4	0	0	8	34			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.30	-0.519	1.25	-0.30%	-2.82	1b start a 2	6b 1-- 1 out d2
8	180	24	May 8	SFG	@	MON	L,5-7	4-5		3	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.92	3.58	7	5	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.44	0.066	.32	0.03%	0.93	4b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d1
9	181	31	May 15	SFG	@	STL	W,2-0	GS-7		6	7.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	4.60	3.34	23	11	7	1	2	2	74			0	1	0	22	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	0.423	.43	0.11%	3.13	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
10	182	36	May 20	SFG		CIN	W,6-5	GS-5		4	5.0	8	4	2	1	1	0	0	4.46	3.27	22	5	7	0	1	8	39			0	1	0	20	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.38	-0.264	.46	-0.05%	-1.74	1t start tie	5t 3 out d1
11	183	39	May 23(1)	SFG		ATL	L,2-9	4-4		2	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.95	3.27	2	0	0	0	0	2		3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.28	-0.124	.27	-0.02%	-2.35	4t 123 1 out d2	4t 12- 1 out d5
12	184	42	May 25	SFG		HOU	W,7-6	GS-5		1	5.0	8	3	2	2	1	0	0	4.79	3.29	24	9	4	0	0	8	40			0	1	0	21	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.121	.24	-0.02%	-0.74	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
13	185	47	May 30	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-4	GS-5		4	4.2	8	3	3	1	0	1	0	4.89	3.57	21	11	1	0	0	8	35			0	1	1	19	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.06	-0.221	.30	-0.04%	-1.51	1b start tie	5b -23 2 out tie
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	186	50	Jun 2	SFG	@	LAD	L,3-11	3-3		2	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.82	3.55	3	0	2	0	0	1		2	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.28	-0.010	.12	0.00%	-0.16	3b 12- 1 out d5	3b 3 out d6
15	187	54	Jun 6	SFG		PHI	L,3-9	8-GF		3	1.1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.69	3.45	7	3	0	0	0	2		2	2	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	.07	-0.022	.02	0.00%	-1.14	8t 12- 2 out d4	9t end d 6
16	188	55	Jun 8	SFG		MON	L,4-9	7-GF		1	3.0	2	2	0	0	3	0	0	4.41	3.28	12	6	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	.05	-0.017	.01	0.00%	-0.65	7t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 7
17	189	61	Jun 13(2)	SFG		NYM	L,1-4	7-GF		4	3.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	4.33	3.17	12	7	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	.21	-0.005	.02	0.00%	0.36	7t --- 0 out d3	9t end d 4
18	190	62	Jun 15	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-10	4-6		1	3.0	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	4.42	3.19	13	7	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	0	0	1	0	.02	-0.007	.00	0.00%	-0.63	4b --- 0 out d7	6b 3 out d9
19	191	68	Jun 21	SFG	@	SDP	L,3-6	7-GF(8)		5	2.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.27	3.18	8	4	4	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	-0.016	.01	0.00%	-0.19	7b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
20	192	69	Jun 22	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-4	8-GF(8)		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.20	3.13	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.010	.01	0.00%	0.41	8b --- 0 out d2	8b end d 2
21	193	72	Jun 24	SFG		SDP	W,8-5	7-9		1	2.0	5	3	2	1	0	0	0	4.35	3.17	13	7	5	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	2	0	3	.37	-0.052	.02	0.00%	-1.92	7t --- 0 out a6	9t 123 0 out a5
22	194	75	Jun 27	SFG	@	LAD	L,8-12	5-5	L(0-5)	2	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.62	3.16	4	1	0	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.55	-0.192	.18	-0.01%	-1.41	5b --- 0 out tie	5b 12- 1 out d1
23	195	76	Jun 28	SFG		HOU	L,2-8	8-GF		0	2.0	5	2	2	2	1	0	0	4.76	3.21	12	4	5	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	1	0	0	0	.10	-0.004	.01	0.00%	-1.10	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 6
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
24	196	79	Jul 2	SFG		ATL	L,2-7	8-GF		3	2.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	0	4.75	3.15	10	3	3	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	8t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 6
25	197	83	Jul 6	SFG	@	STL	L,7-13	3-4		3	2.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	4.74	3.26	9	5	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	.14	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.11	3b --- 0 out d5	4b 3 out d6
26	198	85	Jul 9	SFG	@	CHC	L,3-5	6-6		2	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.72	3.23	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.039	.02	0.00%	0.79	6b 123 1 out d2	6b 123 2 out d2
27	199	86	Jul 10	SFG	@	CHC	L,6-8	5-5		0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.65	3.22	3	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.26	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.48	5b --- 0 out d3	5b 3 out d3
28	200	88	Jul 15	SFG		PHI	L,3-5	4-7	L(0-6)	4	3.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	1	4.66	3.21	14	7	1	0	1	4		2	0	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.05	-0.141	.02	0.00%	0.21	4t 12- 1 out d3	7t 3 out d2
29	201	92	Jul 18(2)	SFG		STL	L,4-5	6-7		2	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.56	3.17	5	4	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.188	.02	0.00%	1.09	6t -2- 1 out tie	7t 3 out tie
30	202	93	Jul 19	SFG		STL	W,5-3	9-GF		0	1.0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	4.50	3.11	5	1	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.04	0.028	.01	0.00%	-1.18	9t 1-- 0 out a4	9t end a 2
31	203	97	Jul 24(1)	SFG	@	HOU	L,4-5	10-10	H(1)	4	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.46	3.10	2	2	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.12	0.154	.06	0.00%	0.45	10b 1-- 0 out a1	10b --3 2 out a1
32	204	98	Jul 24(2)	SFG	@	HOU	W,4-0	7-GF	S(1)	-1	3.0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.29	3.10	10	5	2	0	0	1		0	0	1	0	0	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	.66	0.093	.01	0.00%	1.21	7b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 4
33	205	100	Jul 26	SFG	@	CIN	L,3-9	4-4		1	0.1	5	3	3	0	1	0	1	4.61	3.11	7	0	0	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	-0.109	.00	0.00%	-4.06	4b --- 0 out d3	4b 123 1 out d6
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
34	206	108	Aug 3	SFG		CIN	L,0-9	GS-5	L(0-7)	7	4.0	9	5	5	0	1	0	0	4.93	3.06	21	9	2	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.172	.00	0.00%	-2.01	1t start tie	5t 123 0 out d2
35	207	111	Aug 6	SFG	@	ATL	L,0-7	6-7		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.81	3.03	7	1	3	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	.01	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.94	6b --- 0 out d7	7b 3 out d7
36	208	116	Aug 10	SFG	@	MON	L,2-3	7-GF(8)		3	1.1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.74	2.98	5	1	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.74	0.062	.00	0.00%	0.81	7b --3 2 out d1	8b end d 1
37	209	117	Aug 11	SFG	@	MON	L,3-9	6-6		0	0.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.95	2.98	2	0	0	0	0	2		1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.18	-0.031	.00	0.00%	-2.26	6b -2- 1 out d4	6b --3 1 out d6
38	210	119	Aug 14	SFG	@	PHI	L,2-13	4-4		2	0.1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.93	2.95	2	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.09	4b --- 2 out d5	4b 3 out d5
39	211	122	Aug 18	SFG		PIT	L,1-12	5-GF(7)		3	3.0	9	5	5	1	3	0	0	5.26	2.91	18	5	1	0	0	8		2	2	0	0	0	16	3	0	0	1	1	0	.10	-0.032	.00	0.00%	-4.31	5t 1-3 0 out d4	7t end d11
40	212	127	Aug 24	SFG		NYM	L,0-4	9-GF		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.20	2.86	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.04	0.003	.00	0.00%	0.45	9t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 4
41	213	129	Aug 27	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-5	7-GF(8)		2	2.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.09	2.86	8	6	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	.10	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.89	7b --- 0 out d4	8b end d 3
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
42	214	134	Sep 2	SFG	@	NYM	W,10-7	3-8	W(1-7)	5	5.0	4	4	4	2	5	0	0	5.20	2.81	21	7	3	1	1	4		3	0	0	0	0	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	.65	0.147	.00	0.00%	0.38	3b 123 2 out a1	8b 12- 2 out a4
43	215	138	Sep 5(2)	SFG		SDP	L,1-6	8-GF		2	2.0	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	5.19	2.83	10	5	1	0	0	3		0	0	1	0	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	0	.10	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	8t --- 0 out d4	9t end d 5
44	216	139	Sep 6	SFG		ATL	W,4-3	8-GF	S(2)	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.08	2.83	6	3	3	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.59	0.354	.00	0.00%	1.27	8t 1-- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
45	217	143	Sep 10	SFG		CIN	L,1-4	9-GF		3	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.05	2.81	2	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.007	.00	0.00%	0.48	9t 1-- 1 out d3	9t end d 3
46	218	146	Sep 12(2)	SFG		CIN	L,8-9	4-4		1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.04	2.81	2	2	0	0	0	0		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.53	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.57	4t -23 2 out d5	4t 3 out d5
47	219	147	Sep 13	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-2	8-9		0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.99	2.80	4	1	1	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.89	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.05	8b --- 0 out tie	9b 1-- 0 out tie
48	220	148	Sep 14	SFG	@	SDP	W,7-6	6-6		0	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.99	2.83	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.93	-0.139	.00	0.00%	-1.00	6b 123 2 out a2	6b 123 2 out a1
49	221	152	Sep 19	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-5	8-GF(8)		4	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.94	2.83	5	1	2	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.12	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.45	8b --- 0 out d3	8b end d 3
50	222	162	Oct 2	SFG	@	HOU	L,1-10	6-7		12	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.86	2.83	6	4	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.01	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.84	6b 1-- 1 out d8	7b 3 out d8
							11-39		W-L:1-7,Sv:2,Hld:1	2.3	107.1	145	74	58	20	55	5	2	4.86	2.83	480	2.43		6%	2%	125	39	30	37%	5	4	1	447	24	5	2	12	3	13	.73	-1.636	.35	-1.28%	-24.16

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