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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: 13-25 / in Starts: 9-12

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: 5

1975 Pitching Game Log

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1975 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	135	2	Apr 11	SFG		ATL	L,2-4	GS-8	L(0-1)	99	7.1	10	4	4	0	0	2	0	4.91	6.13	31	16	5	0	1	10	42			0	1	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.07	-0.266	1.79	-0.27%	-0.68	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d2
2	136	7	Apr 15	SFG		SDP	L,1-2	GS-8	L(0-2)	3	7.0	6	2	1	1	6	0	1	3.14	3.98	30	14	8	2	0	0	64			2	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.62	-0.090	2.48	-0.08%	0.51	1t start tie	8t 123 0 out tie
3	137	12	Apr 21	SFG	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS-7		5	7.0	3	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.38	4.18	24	8	11	2	3	3	59			0	1	0	23	0	0	0	0	0	0	.98	-0.211	1.74	-0.23%	0.27	1b start tie	7b 3 out d1
4	138	17	Apr 25	SFG		LAD	L,5-6	GS-6	L(0-3)	3	5.2	9	5	3	4	0	0	0	3.67	4.29	30	11	6	0	1	9	31			0	0	0	26	3	1	0	1	0	1	1.39	-0.393	2.69	-0.46%	-2.56	1t start tie	6t 12- 2 out d1
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	139	22	May 2	SFG		HOU	W,5-4	GS-9		6	8.0	7	3	3	2	5	0	0	3.60	3.79	32	9	9	0	0	7	59			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.14	0.307	1.50	0.24%	1.84	1t start tie	9t 12- 0 out a3
6	140	27	May 8	SFG	@	ATL	L,2-3	GS-7	L(0-4)	5	7.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	3.64	3.61	27	13	6	0	0	6	51			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	2	1	0	.77	-0.033	1.28	-0.03%	0.30	1b start tie	7b 3 out d3
7	141	32	May 14	SFG	@	NYM	L,1-5	GS-6	L(0-5)	5	6.0	7	4	4	2	5	1	0	3.94	3.67	27	7	6	0	0	7	45			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.251	.52	-0.13%	-1.39	1b start tie	6b 3 out d3
8	142	36	May 19	SFG		PIT	W,6-4	CG	W(1-5)	4	9.0	8	4	4	2	3	1	1	3.95	3.78	36	17	5	1	1	8	56			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.10	0.241	1.10	0.14%	0.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
9	143	41	May 25	SFG		CHC	W,9-7	GS-4		5	3.2	9	6	6	1	1	0	0	4.60	3.72	21	6	9	5	0	4	19			0	0	0	17	1	1	0	0	1	0	1.22	-0.285	1.73	-0.24%	-2.51	1t start tie	4t 12- 2 out d3
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
10	144	46	Jun 1	SFG	@	MON	W,13-5	GS-6	W(2-5)	6	6.0	8	3	3	1	0	2	1	4.59	4.10	27	13	4	1	1	8	43			0	0	0	25	0	0	0	3	0	1	1.67	-0.062	2.21	-0.05%	-0.13	1b start a 3	6b 3 out tie
11	145	48	Jun 4	SFG	@	CHC	W,10-8	9-GF	S(1)	2	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.54	4.09	2	1	1	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.06	0.114	2.84	0.09%	0.66	9b -2- 1 out a2	9b end a 2
12	146	51	Jun 7	SFG	@	PIT	L,6-7	GS-5		2	5.0	7	5	4	1	0	0	0	4.73	4.02	24	8	8	3	0	7	34			0	0	0	23	3	0	1	0	0	1	.82	-0.295	.97	-0.21%	-2.75	1b start tie	5b 3 out d3
13	147	56	Jun 11	SFG		PHI	W,8-3	CG	W(3-5)	3	9.0	9	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.54	4.05	35	14	9	1	0	8	57			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.72	0.099	.91	0.08%	1.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a5
14	148	61	Jun 15(2)	SFG		MON	L,2-5	GS-5	L(3-6)	3	5.0	9	4	4	0	2	1	0	4.69	4.07	24	6	7	1	0	9	35			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.205	.58	-0.10%	-1.61	1t start tie	5t 3 out d4
15	149	66	Jun 21	SFG	@	ATL	W,4-3	GS-6	W(4-6)	5	5.1	7	3	3	2	3	2	0	4.71	4.27	24	7	5	1	0	7	43			0	0	0	22	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.08	-0.012	.77	-0.01%	-0.42	1b start tie	6b --- 1 out a1
16	150	72	Jun 25	SFG	@	SDP	L,2-6	GS-7	L(4-7)	3	7.0	10	6	4	2	1	0	0	4.74	4.19	31	15	9	6	0	4	36			0	1	0	26	1	0	1	0	1	1	.63	-0.261	.26	-0.07%	-2.98	1b start tie	7b 3 out d5
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
17	151	77	Jul 1	SFG		ATL	W,9-1	CG	W(5-7)	5	9.0	7	1	1	1	4	0	0	4.43	4.01	34	12	10	0	0	7	72			1	0	1	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	.29	0.154	.14	0.05%	3.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
18	152	83	Jul 7	SFG	@	STL	L,6-8	GS-5	L(5-8)	5	5.0	9	7	7	0	4	1	0	4.79	3.99	23	7	3	0	0	9	25			1	0	0	20	3	1	0	0	1	0	.60	-0.410	.10	-0.04%	-4.61	1b start tie	5b 3 out d4
19	153	87	Jul 12	SFG	@	CHC	L,4-6	GS-2	L(5-9)	4	1.0	4	5	5	2	0	0	0	5.15	4.03	9	1	6	4	0	0	23			0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.86	-0.326	.04	-0.01%	-3.50	1b start a 1	2b 12- 0 out d2
20	154	93	Jul 20(2)	SFG		PIT	L,1-7	GS-8	L(5-10)	7	7.0	9	5	5	3	1	1	0	5.22	4.11	33	11	9	0	0	9	37			0	0	0	30	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.20	-0.093	.07	0.00%	-1.03	1t start tie	8t 1-- 0 out d3
21	155	97	Jul 24	SFG		CHC	L,3-4	5-7		3	3.0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5.09	4.12	12	6	4	2	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	.37	0.067	.03	0.00%	1.43	5t --- 0 out d3	7t 3 out d3
22	156	102	Jul 28	SFG	@	CIN	L,4-8	6-6		3	0.2	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	5.28	4.16	7	2	1	0	1	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	.37	-0.069	.10	-0.01%	-2.95	6b --- 0 out d3	6b 12- 2 out d6
23	157	105	Jul 31	SFG	@	CIN	L,6-11	2-3		2	1.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.23	4.15	5	4	1	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.09	0.008	.02	0.00%	0.56	2b --- 2 out d6	3b 3 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
24	158	107	Aug 2	SFG		HOU	W,8-7	6-6		1	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.19	4.13	4	2	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	.40	0.023	.04	0.00%	0.48	6t --- 0 out d3	6t 3 out d3
25	159	109	Aug 3(2)	SFG		HOU	L,9-10	4-6	L(5-11)	0	2.0	4	5	2	0	3	0	0	5.25	4.06	12	3	2	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	11	2	1	0	0	0	2	1.57	-0.582	.15	-0.03%	-4.28	4t 1-- 0 out a1	6t -2- 0 out d2
26	160	110	Aug 4	SFG		CIN	L,5-7	9-GF	L(5-12)	0	1.0	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.28	4.05	5	0	2	1	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.72	-0.414	.16	-0.02%	-1.52	9t --- 0 out tie	9t end d 2
27	161	112	Aug 6	SFG		CIN	L,5-12	7-8		1	2.0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	5.19	4.10	10	4	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.96	7t --- 0 out d10	8t 3 out d9
28	162	117	Aug 12	SFG	@	MON	W,5-2	10-GF(11)	W(6-12)	5	2.0	1	0	0	2	3	0	0	5.12	4.08	9	1	2	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.20	0.171	.00	0.00%	0.96	10b --- 0 out tie	11b end a 3
29	163	121	Aug 15(2)	SFG	@	NYM	L,4-9	5-6		2	2.0	6	5	1	1	0	1	0	5.11	4.17	13	5	2	1	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	.70	-0.251	.00	0.00%	-4.13	5b --- 0 out d1	6b 3 out d6
30	164	123	Aug 17	SFG	@	NYM	L,0-3	7-7		1	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.07	4.15	3	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.13	0.010	.00	0.00%	0.44	7b --- 0 out d3	7b 3 out d3
31	165	128	Aug 24(1)	SFG		NYM	L,5-9	6-7		6	2.0	4	2	2	0	3	0	0	5.13	4.08	12	4	1	0	0	4		0	0	0	0	0	11	2	0	0	0	0	1	.12	-0.020	.00	0.00%	-1.05	6t --- 0 out d5	7t 3 out d7
32	166	132	Aug 28	SFG		PHI	L,5-8	6-7		3	1.1	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	5.27	4.09	10	5	0	0	0	4		1	1	0	0	0	9	2	0	1	0	0	1	.96	-0.209	.00	0.00%	-3.17	6t -2- 1 out d1	7t -2- 2 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
33	167	141	Sep 6	SFG	@	CIN	L,2-3	5-6		8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5.20	4.09	7	2	3	1	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	.70	0.074	.00	0.00%	0.94	5b --- 0 out d2	6b 3 out d1
34	168	145	Sep 10	SFG		HOU	L,3-6	6-7		3	2.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5.13	4.11	8	4	2	0	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	1	0	1	.96	-0.071	.00	0.00%	-0.06	6t 12- 0 out d1	7t 3 out d3
35	169	151	Sep 15	SFG		ATL	L,0-12	8-GF		4	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5.05	4.07	7	4	1	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.96	8t --- 0 out d12	9t end d12
36	170	152	Sep 16	SFG		ATL	W,7-6	6-8		0	3.0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.95	4.05	11	5	2	0	0	2		1	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	2	0	1	1.17	0.222	.00	0.00%	2.05	6t -2- 0 out d1	8t 3 out d1
37	171	154	Sep 19	SFG		SDP	W,3-1	CG	W(7-12)	2	9.0	5	1	1	3	5	1	0	4.73	4.04	35	14	9	2	0	4	75			0	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.410	.00	0.00%	3.30	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
38	172	158	Sep 25	SFG	@	SDP	L,6-8	GS-6	L(7-13)	5	5.1	9	5	4	4	1	1	0	4.79	4.14	29	16	5	1	0	3	29			2	0	0	25	0	1	2	1	0	1	1.76	-0.354	.00	0.00%	-2.30	1b start a 1	6b --3 1 out d1
							13-25		W-L:7-13,Sv:1	3.5	163.1	194	102	87	48	57	16	5	4.79	4.14	723	1.58		8%	2%	159	45	6	67%	7	3	1	656	37	8	7	19	4	14	.97	-3.263	.83	-1.38%	-23.13

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