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: 24-13 / in Starts: 23-11

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 37, Entered with runners on base: 3

1978 Pitching Game Log

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1978 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	258	4	Apr 11	MIL		NYY	W,9-6	6-GF	S(1)	99	3.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.40	2.59	14	7	3	0	0	4		2	0	0	0	0	14	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	0.100	1.37	0.11%	-0.17	6t 12- 2 out a2	9t end a 3
2	259	7	Apr 15	MIL	@	BAL	L,0-7	5-7		3	2.2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	3.00	0.59	10	3	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	.08	-0.009	.15	-0.01%	0.39	5b 123 1 out d5	7b 3 out d7
3	260	10	Apr 17	MIL	@	BOS	L,2-9	1-7		1	6.1	6	3	3	3	5	1	0	3.65	2.59	28	10	7	3	0	3		2	1	0	0	0	25	0	0	2	0	0	0	.24	-0.049	.44	-0.05%	-0.21	1b -23 2 out d3	7b 3 out d7
4	261	14	Apr 22	MIL	@	NYY	L,3-4	GS-8		4	8.0	6	2	2	6	4	0	1	3.10	3.22	38	15	6	0	0	6	60			2	0	0	28	0	0	0	0	2	0	1.65	0.198	2.54	0.18%	1.65	1b start a 1	8b 3 out tie
5	262	17	Apr 26	MIL		BOS	W,6-4	GS-7	W(1-0)	3	6.1	6	4	4	3	2	0	1	3.71	3.37	29	11	12	4	2	0	44			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.005	1.28	0.00%	-0.58	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out a3
6	263	20	Apr 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(1-1)	3	8.0	8	3	3	2	4	0	1	3.63	3.22	34	13	6	0	2	8	56			4	1	0	30	1	0	1	0	0	1	.70	-0.054	.78	-0.04%	0.84	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
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	264	23	May 5	MIL		KCR	W,9-0	SHO	W(2-1)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	0	2.89	2.91	30	14	8	2	3	4	83			0	0	0	30	2	0	0	1	0	0	.43	0.215	.37	0.11%	4.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a9
8	265	26	May 9	MIL		TEX	L,1-7	GS-8	L(2-2)	3	8.0	8	6	5	2	3	1	0	3.31	3.11	35	13	11	0	1	6	45			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	1	1	.88	-0.160	.77	-0.09%	-2.23	1t start tie	8t 3 out d5
9	266	30	May 14	MIL	@	CHW	W,5-4	CG	W(3-2)	4	9.0	8	4	4	2	1	1	0	3.41	3.31	35	18	6	0	0	8	54			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.29	0.200	.89	0.08%	0.28	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
10	267	35	May 19	MIL		CAL	L,1-7	GS-6	L(3-3)	4	5.1	10	4	4	0	2	0	1	3.68	3.24	26	6	10	2	0	7	34			0	1	0	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.24	-0.140	.82	-0.06%	-1.55	1t start tie	6t -23 1 out d3
11	268	39	May 24	MIL	@	OAK	W,7-1	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	1	1	1	5	1	0	3.36	3.24	34	12	10	0	0	6	75			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	0	0	0	.33	0.172	.26	0.08%	2.99	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a6
12	269	44	May 30	MIL		OAK	W,2-1	CG	W(5-3)	5	9.0	8	1	1	2	3	0	0	3.11	3.17	34	15	6	2	0	8	68			1	2	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.36	0.568	.86	0.22%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
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
13	270	49	Jun 4(1)	MIL		CLE	W,12-7	GS-4		4	4.0	7	4	4	1	1	0	0	3.38	3.15	16	6	1	0	0	7	32			0	1	1	15	2	0	0	1	0	0	.91	-0.219	.42	-0.06%	-2.12	1t start tie	4t 3 out d4
14	271	53	Jun 9	MIL		TOR	W,3-2	CG(10)	W(6-3)	4	10.0	7	2	2	4	4	0	0	3.21	3.14	39	18	7	1	0	6	70			0	1	0	35	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.72	0.447	1.07	0.17%	2.71	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
15	272	58	Jun 13	MIL	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	W(7-3)	3	9.0	8	2	2	2	0	0	0	3.11	3.15	35	19	6	2	0	8	61			0	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	0	.82	0.202	.71	0.10%	2.37	1b start tie	9b 3 out a5
16	273	63	Jun 18(1)	MIL	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(7-4)	4	8.0	8	3	2	0	2	1	0	3.05	3.19	32	10	12	2	0	8	58			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.77	-0.068	.86	-0.05%	0.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
17	274	68	Jun 23	MIL		SEA	L,0-3	CG	L(7-5)	4	9.0	10	3	2	1	3	0	0	2.98	3.12	39	14	11	2	0	10	59			2	0	0	38	1	0	0	0	0	1	.65	0.048	.56	0.03%	1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
18	275	73	Jun 28(1)	MIL		NYY	W,5-0	SHO	W(8-5)	4	9.0	6	0	0	1	5	0	1	2.77	3.05	34	16	5	0	0	6	79			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	2	0	1	.95	0.410	.94	0.24%	4.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
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
19	276	77	Jul 2	MIL	@	SEA	L,3-4	GS-10		3	10.0	10	3	3	2	5	1	0	2.77	3.08	42	21	4	1	0	10	63			0	0	0	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.59	0.237	2.15	0.19%	1.66	1b start a 1	10b 3 out tie
20	277	81	Jul 7	MIL		NYY	W,6-0	SHO	W(9-5)	4	9.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2.61	3.02	31	18	4	0	0	4	82			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.59	0.262	.42	0.11%	4.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
21	278	84	Jul 13	MIL		KCR	W,13-2	CG	W(10-5)	5	9.0	4	2	2	1	4	1	0	2.57	3.04	33	16	8	0	0	4	74			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	1	.15	0.094	.13	0.05%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
22	279	88	Jul 17	MIL		CHW	W,6-1	CG	W(11-5)	3	9.0	7	1	1	0	6	0	0	2.49	2.95	34	18	3	1	0	7	75			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.95	0.284	.96	0.17%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
23	280	93	Jul 22	MIL	@	TEX	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(12-5)	4	10.0	6	1	1	2	1	0	0	2.40	2.95	36	19	8	2	0	6	75			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.32	0.542	1.59	0.39%	3.71	1b start tie	10b 3 out a1
24	281	98	Jul 27	MIL		CAL	W,6-3	CG	W(13-5)	4	9.0	11	3	2	2	3	0	0	2.38	2.93	38	15	7	0	0	11	56			0	0	0	36	0	0	0	2	0	1	.77	0.203	1.18	0.19%	1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
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
25	282	103	Aug 2	MIL	@	BAL	W,5-3	GS-9	W(14-5)	5	8.0	8	3	2	0	2	2	0	2.38	3.03	32	15	8	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.35	0.118	2.68	0.14%	0.18	1b start a 2	9b 1-- 0 out a2
26	283	108	Aug 8	MIL	@	NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	L(14-6)	5	7.0	7	3	1	0	4	0	0	2.34	2.98	29	8	10	0	2	7	59			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	1	.85	-0.014	.94	-0.01%	-1.27	1b start tie	8b -23 0 out d3
27	284	113	Aug 12(2)	MIL	@	BOS	L,4-11	GS-5	L(14-7)	3	4.1	11	8	4	0	3	0	1	2.46	2.95	26	9	9	4	1	4	20			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	1	.58	-0.308	.53	-0.17%	-4.57	1b start tie	5b 1-3 1 out d6
28	285	117	Aug 16(1)	MIL		TOR	W,8-1	CG	W(15-7)	3	9.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	0	2.40	2.89	31	16	5	2	1	5	76			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	2	0	0	.48	0.273	.24	0.08%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
29	286	122	Aug 20	MIL		DET	W,2-1	CG	W(16-7)	3	9.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	0	2.35	2.86	34	16	8	0	3	5	74			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.48	0.434	.63	0.11%	3.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
30	287	127	Aug 25	MIL	@	DET	L,3-6	GS-7	L(16-8)	4	6.2	9	6	5	2	6	1	0	2.47	2.88	33	12	4	2	0	9	38			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	2	.55	-0.269	.48	-0.14%	-3.03	1b start tie	7b 12- 2 out d5
31	288	132	Aug 31(1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,1-0	SHO	W(17-8)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	1	0	0	2.38	2.87	33	13	12	1	2	6	75			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.65	0.809	.61	0.18%	4.20	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
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
32	289	137	Sep 4(1)	MIL		SEA	L,3-4	CG	L(17-9)	3	9.0	8	4	4	2	4	0	0	2.44	2.86	36	12	10	0	1	8	57			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	2	0	1.30	-0.136	.55	-0.04%	0.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
33	290	142	Sep 9	MIL	@	MIN	W,3-0	SHO	W(18-9)	4	9.0	4	0	0	3	4	0	0	2.35	2.85	32	18	3	0	1	4	80			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.07	0.467	.65	0.17%	4.32	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
34	291	147	Sep 14	MIL		BAL	W,4-3	CG	W(19-9)	4	9.0	6	3	2	5	2	1	0	2.34	2.93	37	20	4	0	0	6	62			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	2	1	1	1.37	0.326	1.29	0.18%	1.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
35	292	152	Sep 19	MIL	@	NYY	W,2-0	SHO	W(20-9)	4	9.0	4	0	0	0	10	0	0	2.27	2.85	31	11	6	0	0	4	89			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.587	.05	0.02%	4.11	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
36	293	157	Sep 24	MIL		OAK	W,5-2	CG	W(21-9)	4	9.0	9	2	2	1	5	1	1	2.26	2.87	36	14	6	0	2	9	65			1	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.92	0.338	.03	0.01%	2.24	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
37	294	161	Sep 30	MIL	@	OAK	W,8-5	GS-7	W(22-9)	5	6.1	10	5	5	1	4	2	0	2.36	2.94	30	8	7	2	1	10	36			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.025	.00	0.00%	-2.13	1b start a 4	7b --- 1 out a3
							24-13		W-L:22-9,Sv:1	3.8	293.1	258	90	77	54	131	14	7	2.36	2.94	1176	1.97		5%	3%	232	62	7	43%	11	7	1	1102	36	0	3	25	6	13	.97	6.128	.85	2.60%	46.35

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