Chris Michalak

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: January 4, 1971 in Joliet, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 15th round of the 1992 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN) and the Oakland Athletics in the 12th round of the 1993 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN).

High School: Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL)

School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)

Debut: August 22, 1998 (Age 27-230d, 17,324th in major league history)
vs. NYM 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: September 27, 2006 (Age 35-266d)
vs. FLA 3.0 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2001 season

National Team: us USA (Pro)

Full Name: Christian Matthew Michalak

Pronunciation: \mah-HALL-ick\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.2

ERA

4.70

191.1

WHIP

1.636

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1993	22	OAK-min	A-	7	3	.700	2.85	16	15	0	0	0	0	79.0	77	41	25	2	36	0	57	6	3	4	346			1.430	8.8	0.2	4.1	6.5	1.58	SOR NORW
1994	23	OAK-min	A+,A	10	6	.625	3.37	32	20	5	1	0	2	144.1	133	60	54	16	48	1	84	11	6	6	601			1.254	8.3	1.0	3.0	5.2	1.75	MOD,WMI CALL,MIDW
1995	24	OAK-min	A+,AA	4	3	.571	3.30	51	0	20	0	0	3	71.0	66	33	26	4	32	1	53	5	1	4	298			1.380	8.4	0.5	4.1	6.7	1.66	MOD,HVL CALL,SOUL
1996	25	OAK-min	A+,AA	6	2	.750	4.79	42	0	17	0	0	4	62.0	69	50	33	6	43	4	54	3	2	4	296			1.806	10.0	0.9	6.2	7.8	1.26	MOD,HVL CALL,SOUL
1998	27	ARI-TEX-min	AAA,AA	4	10	.286	4.35	39	9	9	0	0	0	93.0	101	51	45	13	31	3	65	6	5	4	399			1.419	9.8	1.3	3.0	6.3	2.10	TUC,TUL PCL,TL
1998	27	ARI	NL	0	0		11.81	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	9	7	7	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	29	38	5.95	2.438	15.2	1.7	6.8	8.4	1.25

1999	28	ARI-ANA-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	4.29	45	6	14	0	0	3	92.1	92	50	44	9	40	2	66	7	1	2	400			1.430	9.0	0.9	3.9	6.4	1.65	TUC,EDM PCL
2000	29	LAD-TBD-min	AAA	11	3	.786	4.33	29	21	1	1	0	0	139.1	172	76	67	19	56	0	90	4	3	5	613			1.636	11.1	1.2	3.6	5.8	1.61	ABQ,DHM PCL,IL
2001	30	TOT	AL	8	9	.471	4.41	35	18	4	0	0	1	136.2	157	74	67	19	55	5	67	13	6	1	610	104	5.37	1.551	10.3	1.3	3.6	4.4	1.22
2001	30	TOR	AL	6	7	.462	4.62	24	18	2	0	0	0	115.0	133	66	59	14	49	5	57	12	5	0	517	99	5.23	1.583	10.4	1.1	3.8	4.5	1.16
2001	30	TEX	AL	2	2	.500	3.32	11	0	2	0	0	1	21.2	24	8	8	5	6	0	10	1	1	1	93	142	6.10	1.385	10.0	2.1	2.5	4.2	1.67
2002	31	BOS-TEX-min	AAA	5	9	.357	5.70	18	16	0	0	0	0	94.2	125	68	60	15	31	0	53	9	4	2	435			1.648	11.9	1.4	2.9	5.0	1.71	PAW,OKC IL,PCL
2002	31	TEX	AL	0	2	.000	4.40	13	0	4	0	0	0	14.1	20	7	7	1	10	2	5	1	0	1	71	110	5.47	2.093	12.6	0.6	6.3	3.1	0.50

2003	32	COL-CIN-min	AAA	9	10	.474	4.54	33	21	3	0	0	1	146.2	173	91	74	25	49	3	90	7	5	2	646			1.514	10.6	1.5	3.0	5.5	1.84	CSP,LOU PCL,IL
2004	33	MIL-FLA-min	AAA	3	7	.300	5.66	54	1	18	0	0	1	82.2	109	61	52	12	33	2	49	11	4	3	396			1.718	11.9	1.3	3.6	5.3	1.48	INA,ABQ IL,PCL
2005	34	ARI-min	AAA	9	13	.409	4.47	26	25	0	3	0	0	165.0	174	88	82	27	42	0	74	6	1	0	692			1.309	9.5	1.5	2.3	4.0	1.76	TUC PCL
2006	35	CIN-min	AAA	9	5	.643	2.99	23	22	0	0	0	0	132.1	142	56	44	17	28	0	61	9	3	2	552			1.285	9.7	1.2	1.9	4.1	2.18	LOU IL
2006	35	CIN	NL	2	4	.333	4.89	8	6	0	0	0	0	35.0	42	21	19	6	16	2	10	3	1	1	162	97	6.43	1.657	10.8	1.5	4.1	2.6	0.63
2007	36	WSN-min	AAA	5	8	.385	3.33	20	16	1	0	0	0	100.0	99	44	37	10	26	0	46	6	2	1	412			1.250	8.9	0.9	2.3	4.1	1.77	CLB IL
2008	37	FLA-TEX-OAK-min	AAA,AA	1	4	.200	5.29	35	3	10	0	0	0	51.0	59	45	30	11	29	1	27	4	1	7	241			1.725	10.4	1.9	5.1	4.8	0.93	ABQ,FRI,MDL PCL,TL
2009	38	TOR-min	A+,AAA	1	0	1.000	29.70	5	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	10	11	11	1	3	0	4	1	0	1	24			3.900	27.0	2.7	8.1	10.8	1.33	DUN,LVG FLOR,PCL
4 Yrs				10	15	.400	4.70	61	24	10	0	0	1	191.1	228	109	100	27	85	9	87	17	7	3	872	99	5.59	1.636	10.7	1.3	4.0	4.1	1.02
162 Game Avg.				8	12	.400	4.70	49	19	8	0	0	1	153	182	87	80	22	68	7	70	14	6	2	698	99	5.59	1.636	10.7	1.3	4.0	4.1	1.02

TEX (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	3.75	24	0	6	0	0	1	36.0	44	15	15	6	16	2	15	2	1	2	164	127	5.85	1.667	11.0	1.5	4.0	3.8	0.94
ARI (1 yr)				0	0		11.81	5	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	9	7	7	1	4	0	5	0	0	0	29	38	5.95	2.438	15.2	1.7	6.8	8.4	1.25
CIN (1 yr)				2	4	.333	4.89	8	6	0	0	0	0	35.0	42	21	19	6	16	2	10	3	1	1	162	97	6.43	1.657	10.8	1.5	4.1	2.6	0.63
TOR (1 yr)				6	7	.462	4.62	24	18	2	0	0	0	115.0	133	66	59	14	49	5	57	12	5	0	517	99	5.23	1.583	10.4	1.1	3.8	4.5	1.16

AL (2 yrs)				8	11	.421	4.41	48	18	8	0	0	1	151.0	177	81	74	20	65	7	72	14	6	2	681	105	5.38	1.603	10.5	1.2	3.9	4.3	1.11
NL (2 yrs)				2	4	.333	5.80	13	6	2	0	0	0	40.1	51	28	26	7	20	2	15	3	1	1	191	81	6.37	1.760	11.4	1.6	4.5	3.3	0.75

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