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Mike Birkbeck

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: March 10, 1961 in Orrville, OH us

Draft: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 1982 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Akron (Akron, OH) and the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th round of the 1983 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Akron (Akron, OH).

High School: Orrville HS (Orrville, OH)

School: University of Akron (Akron, OH)

Debut: August 17, 1986 (Age 25-160d, 15,217th in major league history)
vs. CHW 2.2 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: June 11, 1995 (Age 34-093d)
vs. SDP 7.0 IP, 3 H, 3 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Full Name: Michael Lawrence Birkbeck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.86

270.1

149

WHIP

1.524

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Team Record in Appearances: 3-6 / in Starts: 3-6

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1989 Pitching Game Log

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1989 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	41	8	Apr 14	MIL		CLE	W,8-4	GS-6		99	6.0	5	3	2	4	5	0	1	3.00	3.60	27	93	53	12	12	9	8	3	1	0	53			1	0	0	19	0	0	1	1	2	1	1.39	-0.089	1.82	-0.07%	-0.13	1t start tie	6t 3 out d2
2	42	13	Apr 19	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-5	GS-6	L(0-1)	4	5.1	7	5	5	3	4	3	0	5.56	6.73	25	86	50	16	5	11	7	1	0	0	35			1	0	0	21	1	0	0	1	1	1	.94	-0.205	1.37	-0.18%	-2.56	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out d4
3	43	17	Apr 24	MIL		MIN	W,5-4	GS-5		4	4.0	3	2	1	4	3	0	0	4.70	6.09	21	86	42	11	6	7	7	5	0	0	49			1	0	0	17	2	0	1	0	0	2	1.32	-0.117	1.55	-0.08%	-0.71	1t start tie	5t -2- 0 out d1
4	44	22	Apr 30	MIL	@	KCR	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(0-2)	5	8.0	9	2	2	2	3	0	0	3.86	4.95	32	105	64	19	7	14	13	6	1	0	57			1	1	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	.70	0.039	1.00	0.03%	1.86	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	Pit	Str	StL	StS	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	45	27	May 5	MIL		KCR	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.1	6	4	2	1	7	1	0	3.77	4.61	25	101	61	17	10	6	11	2	0	0	50			0	0	0	24	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.11	-0.212	1.44	-0.16%	-1.30	1t start tie	6t 1-3 1 out d1
6	46	32	May 12	MIL	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS-7		6	6.1	8	3	2	2	3	0	1	3.60	4.36	29	96	57	15	6	14	9	5	0	0	48			0	0	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.58	0.087	2.02	0.07%	0.03	1b start a 3	7b --- 1 out a1
7	47	37	May 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,9-6	GS-5		4	4.2	7	4	4	3	5	0	1	4.08	4.23	25	105	61	16	8	9	7	5	0	0	36			2	0	0	21	1	0	0	0	0	0	.99	-0.233	1.18	-0.17%	-2.29	1b start a 1	5b 123 2 out a3
8	48	43	May 24	MIL		OAK	L,2-6	GS-3	L(0-3)	6	2.2	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	4.89	4.27	16	58	31	6	1	6	8	7	0	0	24			0	0	0	14	0	1	0	1	0	1	1.32	-0.262	1.47	-0.18%	-2.92	1t start tie	3t --3 2 out d4
9	49	48	May 29	MIL		CAL	L,3-12	GS-3	L(0-4)	4	2.1	6	4	4	1	1	0	0	5.44	4.22	14	66	37	9	2	7	5	2	0	0	29			0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.169	1.74	-0.13%	-1.45	1t start tie	3t 12- 1 out tie
							3-6		W-L:0-4	4.6	44.2	57	32	27	22	31	4	3	5.44	4.22	214	796	57%	15%	7%	1.11		23%	1%	0	42		---%	6	1	0	184	9	2	2	4	3	7	1.16	-1.161	1.49	-0.86%	-9.48

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