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: 21-9 / in Starts: 21-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1979 Pitching Game Log

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1979 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	295	1	Apr 5	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.00	2.73	34	13	14	0	0	7	69			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	1	1	.88	0.272	1.23	0.23%	3.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
2	296	4	Apr 10	MIL		BOS	W,3-0	SHO	W(2-0)	4	9.0	5	0	0	2	8	0	0	0.50	2.18	34	15	4	0	0	5	83			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	0.514	1.63	0.50%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
3	297	8	Apr 15	MIL		BAL	W,4-2	CG	W(3-0)	4	9.0	7	2	2	4	7	1	1	1.00	2.88	36	12	5	0	1	7	68			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.11	0.512	2.06	0.57%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
4	298	12	Apr 20	MIL	@	BAL	L,3-6	CG(8)	L(3-1)	4	8.0	14	6	6	1	2	1	0	2.31	3.19	37	7	14	2	1	13	31			0	0	0	36	5	0	0	1	0	1	.88	-0.235	1.63	-0.26%	-1.93	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
5	299	20	Apr 29(1)	MIL	@	TOR	W,3-0	SHO	W(4-1)	8	9.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.84	3.00	32	15	9	1	0	6	77			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	3	0	2	1.37	0.545	2.42	0.58%	4.72	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
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
6	300	26	May 4	MIL		TOR	L,4-5	CG	L(4-2)	4	9.0	10	5	3	2	5	0	1	2.04	2.94	41	14	9	1	0	10	54			0	0	0	36	2	0	1	1	0	2	1.36	-0.226	2.43	-0.24%	-0.28	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
7	301	30	May 9	MIL		CLE	L,7-8	GS-4	L(4-3)	4	3.0	7	5	5	0	1	2	0	2.73	3.36	15	5	2	0	0	7	26			1	0	0	14	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	-0.370	2.03	-0.42%	-3.43	1t start tie	4t --- 0 out d2
8	302	35	May 15	MIL	@	CAL	L,1-2	CG	L(4-4)	5	8.0	5	2	2	2	3	1	0	2.67	3.48	31	11	10	3	0	5	65			0	0	0	28	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.22	-0.017	2.02	-0.02%	2.03	1b start tie	9b --- 0 out d1
9	303	40	May 20(1)	MIL	@	OAK	L,6-7	GS-5		4	4.1	7	6	6	2	1	0	0	3.29	3.49	22	7	5	0	0	7	24			0	0	0	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.257	1.13	-0.21%	-3.10	1b start tie	5b 123 1 out d3
10	304	45	May 25	MIL		OAK	W,3-2	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.14	3.39	34	12	11	4	0	8	64			0	2	0	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.18	0.473	1.55	0.37%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
11	305	50	May 30	MIL		NYY	L,2-5	GS-10		4	10.0	7	2	2	3	4	1	0	2.99	3.48	40	17	9	1	0	7	71			0	1	0	37	2	0	1	0	0	1	.87	0.303	1.49	0.31%	3.25	1t start tie	10t 3 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
12	306	55	Jun 4	MIL	@	CHW	W,6-0	SHO	W(6-4)	4	9.0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.71	3.41	33	16	9	1	0	8	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	2	0	0	.55	0.266	.75	0.22%	4.72	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a6
13	307	59	Jun 9	MIL		CHW	L,2-6	GS-9	L(6-5)	4	8.0	6	5	5	0	4	2	0	2.93	3.53	30	12	8	3	0	6	54			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.08	-0.110	1.47	-0.09%	-0.80	1t start tie	9t --- 0 out d3
14	308	64	Jun 15	MIL		KCR	L,11-14	GS-6		5	6.0	12	6	5	0	0	1	0	3.18	3.60	30	10	8	1	1	12	26			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	.49	0.072	.47	0.04%	-2.85	1t start tie	6t 3 out a5
15	309	69	Jun 21	MIL		MIN	W,3-2	CG	W(7-5)	5	9.0	5	2	1	2	4	0	0	3.02	3.52	35	14	10	3	0	5	73			1	0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.37	0.444	1.39	0.27%	2.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
16	310	74	Jun 27	MIL	@	MIN	W,9-8	GS-7	W(8-5)	5	6.0	10	6	6	2	2	0	0	3.30	3.50	30	7	9	0	0	10	28			1	0	0	26	2	0	0	0	1	0	.68	0.026	.53	0.01%	-3.36	1b start tie	7b -2- 0 out a3
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	311	79	Jul 3	MIL	@	NYY	W,7-2	CG	W(9-5)	5	9.0	10	2	2	1	3	0	0	3.22	3.42	36	12	10	1	0	10	61			0	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.63	0.122	.58	0.07%	2.63	1b start a 2	9b 3 out a5
18	312	85	Jul 8(1)	MIL		DET	W,5-4	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	10	4	4	0	9	2	0	3.27	3.44	35	8	9	2	0	9	60			1	0	0	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.41	0.310	1.17	0.15%	0.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
19	313	90	Jul 13	MIL		CLE	W,4-3	GS-11		4	11.0	12	2	2	0	4	1	0	3.15	3.42	42	18	9	1	0	11	69			1	1	0	42	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.58	0.773	1.53	0.45%	3.77	1t start tie	11t 3 out tie
20	314	96	Jul 22(1)	MIL	@	CLE	W,14-5	GS-5	W(11-5)	8	5.0	8	5	5	1	5	1	0	3.33	3.43	24	5	6	0	0	7	35			1	0	0	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	.59	-0.076	.86	-0.07%	-2.38	1b start a 2	5b 3 out a6
21	315	102	Jul 27	MIL		NYY	W,6-5	GS-8		4	7.0	10	5	5	0	1	2	0	3.46	3.55	29	13	6	0	0	9	38			0	0	0	28	0	2	0	2	1	0	1.02	-0.393	1.04	-0.24%	-1.33	1t start tie	8t --- 0 out tie
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
22	316	119	Aug 14	MIL		KCR	W,5-2	GS-8	W(12-5)	17	7.2	10	2	2	1	1	1	0	3.41	3.59	30	11	7	2	0	10	51			0	2	1	28	0	0	0	2	1	0	.98	0.273	.19	0.03%	1.75	1t start tie	8t 12- 2 out a3
23	317	124	Aug 19	MIL		TEX	W,4-3	CG	W(13-5)	4	9.0	10	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.39	3.61	37	17	4	3	0	10	57			0	1	0	33	1	0	0	1	1	0	.86	0.084	.21	0.01%	1.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
24	318	130	Aug 25	MIL	@	TEX	W,5-2	CG	W(14-5)	5	9.0	9	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.33	3.58	35	18	6	0	0	9	61			1	0	0	34	2	0	0	2	0	0	.95	0.343	.68	0.15%	2.63	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a3
25	319	135	Aug 30	MIL	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS-10		4	10.0	12	3	3	1	2	0	1	3.30	3.54	39	13	10	1	0	12	57			0	1	1	37	2	0	0	3	0	0	1.69	0.208	.51	0.04%	2.25	1b start a 1	10b 3 out tie
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
26	320	140	Sep 5	MIL	@	OAK	L,1-6	GS-6	L(14-6)	5	5.2	11	6	1	2	1	1	0	3.25	3.60	31	13	4	0	0	11	32			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	2	1.42	-0.217	.22	-0.02%	-2.54	1b start a 1	6b 1-3 2 out d4
27	321	145	Sep 12	MIL		OAK	W,7-0	SHO	W(15-6)	6	9.0	2	0	0	2	4	0	1	3.12	3.57	31	12	10	1	0	2	85			1	0	0	28	0	0	0	1	0	0	.58	0.287	.00	0.00%	4.72	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
28	322	150	Sep 17	MIL	@	SEA	W,7-6	GS-5		4	4.1	9	6	5	0	3	0	0	3.26	3.53	22	5	5	3	0	9	26			1	0	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.25	-0.426	.00	0.00%	-4.04	1b start tie	5b -2- 1 out d4
29	323	155	Sep 23	MIL		MIN	W,8-7	GS-6		5	5.0	10	5	5	3	4	0	0	3.38	3.52	28	4	7	0	0	10	28			0	0	0	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.03	-0.107	.00	0.00%	-1.77	1t start tie	6t 1-- 0 out a3
30	324	159	Sep 28	MIL	@	MIN	W,10-1	CG	W(16-6)	4	9.0	5	1	1	4	2	0	0	3.29	3.52	34	16	7	0	0	5	71			0	1	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	.69	0.251	.00	0.00%	3.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a9
							21-9		W-L:16-6	4.6	235.0	252	96	86	39	89	18	4	3.29	3.52	967	1.49		6%	1%	247	54		---%	9	9	2	907	35	4	2	26	5	12	1.04	3.644	1.06	2.42%	27.55

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