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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: 18-17 / in Starts: 18-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

1982 Pitching Game Log

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1982 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	383	2	Apr 10	MIL	@	TOR	L,2-3	GS-7		99	7.0	10	2	2	0	3	0	0	2.57	1.86	30	12	5	1	1	10	52			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.25	0.229	1.95	0.22%	1.82	1b start tie	7b 3 out tie
2	384	6	Apr 15	MIL	@	CLE	L,1-8	GS-4	L(0-1)	4	3.1	8	6	6	2	1	0	0	6.97	2.52	20	6	4	0	0	7	19			0	0	0	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.88	-0.302	1.54	-0.32%	-4.19	1b start tie	4b 1-3 1 out d5
3	385	11	Apr 22	MIL		TOR	W,7-0	SHO	W(1-1)	6	9.0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.72	2.77	31	15	12	1	3	3	78			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	.69	0.303	.94	0.25%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
4	386	16	Apr 28	MIL		CHW	W,2-1	GS-7		5	6.1	6	1	1	4	1	0	0	3.16	3.15	27	12	4	0	0	6	54			1	1	1	22	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.26	0.137	1.69	0.11%	1.41	1t start tie	7t 12- 1 out tie
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	387	20	May 3	MIL		KCR	L,2-3	GS-9	L(1-2)	4	8.1	10	3	3	1	3	1	0	3.18	3.33	33	7	12	2	0	10	53			0	1	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	.89	-0.014	1.41	-0.01%	0.73	1t start tie	9t 1-- 1 out d1
6	388	25	May 8	MIL		MIN	W,12-1	CG	W(2-2)	4	9.0	5	1	1	1	5	0	0	2.72	3.04	33	10	12	1	0	5	77			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.42	0.245	.65	0.23%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a11
7	389	30	May 13	MIL	@	CHW	L,2-13	GS-6	L(2-3)	4	5.0	13	9	9	0	2	2	0	4.13	3.47	28	9	5	0	0	12	7			1	0	0	27	3	0	0	1	1	0	.70	-0.337	.98	-0.28%	-6.50	1b start tie	6b --- 0 out d8
8	390	34	May 18	MIL		CAL	L,1-4	GS-8	L(2-4)	4	7.1	10	4	3	3	2	1	0	4.07	3.69	32	11	7	1	0	9	43			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	4	0	1	.98	-0.064	1.36	-0.05%	-0.74	1t start tie	8t 1-- 1 out d3
9	391	39	May 23	MIL		SEA	L,5-6	GS-6		4	5.1	8	5	5	2	0	1	0	4.45	3.92	25	5	10	0	0	8	30			0	0	0	23	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.48	-0.122	1.49	-0.07%	-1.06	1t start tie	6t 12- 1 out a2
10	392	43	May 28	MIL	@	CAL	L,5-6	GS-7		4	6.1	8	5	5	1	0	1	0	4.70	4.05	26	9	8	1	0	8	36			0	0	0	25	2	0	0	1	0	0	1.22	-0.317	1.12	-0.18%	-1.69	1b start tie	7b 1-3 1 out a1
11	393	46	May 31	MIL	@	SEA	L,4-5	9-9	BS(1)	2	0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.70	4.05	1	0	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.08	-0.420	3.91	-0.19%	-0.91	9b -2- 2 out a1	9b 1-- 2 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	394	48	Jun 2	MIL	@	SEA	W,5-2	CG	W(3-4)	1	9.0	7	2	2	3	3	1	0	4.38	4.10	35	9	13	0	0	7	65			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.11	0.329	.86	0.15%	2.64	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
13	395	52	Jun 7	MIL		BAL	L,2-7	GS-5	L(3-5)	4	4.2	8	6	6	1	2	1	0	4.80	4.17	23	3	9	0	1	8	25			1	1	0	22	2	0	0	0	0	1	.82	-0.250	.84	-0.16%	-3.75	1t start tie	5t --- 2 out d6
14	396	57	Jun 12	MIL		DET	L,3-7	GS-6	L(3-6)	4	5.0	7	7	5	2	4	2	0	5.04	4.36	25	8	4	0	0	7	31			0	0	0	22	0	1	0	0	0	1	1.18	-0.541	1.25	-0.35%	-4.65	1t start tie	6t --- 0 out d4
15	397	62	Jun 17	MIL	@	DET	W,3-2	GS-10	W(4-6)	4	10.0	4	2	2	3	1	2	0	4.70	4.54	36	14	14	0	0	4	74			0	0	0	32	1	0	1	1	0	0	1.35	0.482	1.67	0.36%	3.00	1b start tie	10b 3 out tie
16	398	68	Jun 23	MIL		NYY	L,2-3	CG	L(4-7)	5	9.0	4	3	3	6	2	1	0	4.56	4.64	36	15	9	0	0	4	63			0	0	0	30	0	0	1	2	0	0	1.14	0.037	2.08	0.04%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
17	399	73	Jun 29	MIL	@	NYY	W,11-4	GS-7	W(5-7)	5	7.0	10	4	4	3	3	1	0	4.59	4.66	32	8	8	1	0	10	41			0	0	0	28	0	0	0	2	0	0	.83	-0.198	1.77	-0.25%	-0.57	1b start a 1	7b 3 out a6
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
18	400	78	Jul 4	MIL		BOS	L,1-4	GS-7	L(5-8)	4	6.2	11	4	4	0	2	0	0	4.64	4.52	31	10	8	0	0	11	38			0	0	0	29	2	0	0	1	0	0	.87	-0.164	3.39	-0.39%	-1.19	1t start tie	7t 1-3 2 out d3
19	401	82	Jul 9	MIL		KCR	W,9-6	GS-9	W(6-8)	4	8.0	11	6	6	1	3	1	0	4.77	4.48	36	14	7	2	0	11	38			0	0	0	35	5	0	0	0	0	0	.57	0.032	1.33	0.04%	-2.86	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out a3
20	402	86	Jul 15(2)	MIL		CHW	W,5-4	GS-8	W(7-8)	5	8.0	6	4	4	3	0	1	0	4.76	4.54	32	6	17	0	0	6	51			0	0	0	29	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.21	0.073	3.38	0.12%	-0.24	1t start tie	8t 3 out tie
21	403	91	Jul 20	MIL	@	MIN	L,3-5	GS-7	L(7-9)	4	6.2	11	5	5	2	4	0	0	4.85	4.44	31	7	7	1	0	11	34			0	0	0	29	2	1	0	2	0	0	.98	-0.218	2.87	-0.38%	-1.63	1b start tie	7b 1-- 2 out d3
22	404	96	Jul 26	MIL	@	TEX	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(7-10)	5	8.0	9	3	2	2	2	0	0	4.71	4.36	31	9	9	3	0	9	54			1	2	1	28	1	0	0	2	0	1	.85	-0.053	2.59	-0.10%	0.76	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
23	405	101	Jul 31	MIL		CLE	W,4-2	GS-8	W(8-10)	4	8.0	5	2	2	2	1	2	0	4.59	4.47	30	14	8	2	0	5	63			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	1	1.04	0.258	3.15	0.47%	1.76	1t start tie	8t 3 out a2
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	406	106	Aug 4	MIL	@	TOR	W,8-0	SHO	W(9-10)	3	9.0	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.34	4.36	31	17	6	0	0	7	74			0	0	0	31	0	0	0	3	0	0	.69	0.366	2.22	0.71%	4.91	1b start tie	9b 3 out a8
25	407	110	Aug 9	MIL		TEX	W,9-1	CG	W(10-10)	4	9.0	6	1	1	2	3	1	0	4.17	4.35	34	18	5	0	0	6	72			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.60	0.181	1.98	0.36%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
26	408	116	Aug 14	MIL		TOR	L,2-4	CG	L(10-11)	4	9.0	6	4	3	3	5	0	0	4.11	4.27	37	16	8	1	0	5	63			2	1	0	32	1	1	0	0	1	2	1.33	-0.310	3.31	-0.46%	0.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
27	409	121	Aug 20	MIL	@	SEA	W,6-5	GS-9	W(11-11)	5	8.0	9	5	4	2	2	1	0	4.13	4.28	33	12	9	1	0	8	46			1	0	0	30	4	0	0	2	1	0	1.06	-0.084	3.19	-0.15%	-1.22	1b start a 2	9b 1-3 0 out a2
28	410	126	Aug 26	MIL		OAK	W,10-3	CG	W(12-11)	5	9.0	7	3	3	1	3	1	0	4.07	4.26	34	13	10	0	0	7	63			1	0	0	33	0	0	0	2	0	1	.63	0.023	1.69	0.04%	1.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a7
29	411	131	Aug 31	MIL		SEA	W,8-2	GS-7	W(13-11)	4	7.0	8	2	2	0	3	0	0	4.02	4.18	28	13	4	1	0	8	56			0	0	0	28	2	0	0	1	0	0	.73	0.133	2.25	0.24%	1.29	1t start tie	7t 3 out a3
Sep/Oct				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
30	412	137	Sep 5	MIL		CAL	W,8-5	GS-8	W(14-11)	4	8.0	9	5	5	1	1	3	0	4.08	4.31	33	12	10	1	0	9	44			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	1	.80	0.107	2.83	0.23%	-1.24	1t start tie	8t 3 out a3
31	413	142	Sep 10	MIL	@	NYY	W,5-3	CG	W(15-11)	4	9.0	9	3	2	1	4	0	0	4.00	4.22	37	11	12	2	0	9	62			0	0	0	36	2	0	0	0	0	1	1.44	0.221	5.01	0.46%	1.41	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
32	414	148	Sep 17	MIL		NYY	W,14-0	SHO	W(16-11)	6	9.0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	3.85	4.15	30	12	11	1	0	3	83			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	0	.24	0.097	1.16	0.28%	4.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a14
33	415	153	Sep 22	MIL		BOS	W,3-1	CG	W(17-11)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	3	1	0	3.74	4.14	31	15	8	1	0	4	77			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.16	0.514	5.28	1.41%	3.23	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
34	416	156	Sep 26	MIL		BAL	L,2-5	GS-9	L(17-12)	3	8.0	12	4	4	2	0	1	0	3.76	4.17	38	12	12	5	4	12	40			0	0	0	35	1	1	0	1	1	0	1.23	-0.078	9.75	-0.37%	-0.16	1t start tie	9t --3 0 out d1
35	417	161	Oct 1(2)	MIL	@	BAL	L,1-7	GS-7	L(17-13)	4	7.0	13	7	7	1	3	4	0	3.91	4.32	34	10	7	0	0	13	25			0	0	0	33	2	0	0	1	0	0	.30	-0.267	3.64	-1.95%	-3.50	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
							18-17		W-L:17-13,BSv:1	4.1	258.0	269	119	112	58	75	30	0	3.91	4.32	1064	1.27		4%	1%	263	51	1	100%	8	6	2	992	44	7	3	38	4	10	.94	0.028	2.45	0.04%	4.47

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