Mike Epstein

Position: First Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 230lb (190cm, 104kg)

Born: April 4, 1943 in Bronx, NY us

High School: Fairfax HS (Los Angeles, CA)

School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)

Debut: September 16, 1966 (Age 23-165d, 12,527th in major league history)
vs. CHW 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: April 28, 1974 (Age 31-024d)
vs. CLE 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

National Team: us USA (Oly,College)

Full Name: Michael Peter Epstein

Nicknames: Superjew

Pronunciation: \EP-stein\

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1972 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

12.7

2854

695

130

.244

362

RBI

380

OBP

.358

SLG

.424

OPS

.782

OPS+

130

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	OAK		MIN	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
2	2	Apr 16	OAK		MIN	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
3	3	Apr 18	OAK		KCR	W,3-2	GS	32	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
4	4	Apr 19 (1)	OAK		KCR	W,4-0	CG	31	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
5	5	Apr 19 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,3-1	GS	33	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
6	6	Apr 23	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
7	7	Apr 25	OAK	@	NYY	W,4-3	GS	45	11.0	14	0	1	15	0	1B
8	8	Apr 26	OAK	@	NYY	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
9	9	Apr 28	OAK	@	MIL	W,5-1	GS	25	7.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
10	10	Apr 29	OAK	@	MIL	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
11	11	Apr 30	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-3	GS	31	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 5	OAK		NYY	W,3-1	GS	24	7.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
13	13	May 6	OAK		NYY	W,4-1	GS	21	6.0	2	1	0	3	0	1B
14	14	May 7	OAK		NYY	W,7-5	GS	34	7.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
15	15	May 9 (1)	OAK		MIL	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
16	16	May 9 (2)	OAK		MIL	W,3-0	CG	39	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
17	18 (1)	May 12	OAK		BOS	L,6-7	GS	30	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
18	19	May 13	OAK		BOS	L,6-9	CG	41	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
19	20	May 14	OAK		BOS	W,6-5	GS	26	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
20	21	May 15	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
21	22	May 16	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
22	23	May 17	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
23	24	May 18	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-4	GS	31	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	1B
24	26 (1)	May 20	OAK	@	KCR	W,8-5	GS	29	6.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
25	27	May 21	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-2	GS	29	7.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
26	28	May 22	OAK		CAL	W,6-3	GS	28	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
27	29	May 23	OAK		CAL	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	12	0	1	13	2	1B
28	30	May 24	OAK		CAL	L,5-6	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
29	31	May 26	OAK		CHW	W,4-2	GS	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	2	1B
30	32	May 27	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
31	33	May 28	OAK		CHW	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
32	34	May 29 (1)	OAK	@	TEX	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
33	35	May 29 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
34	36	May 30	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	3	0	10	2	1B
35	37	May 31	OAK	@	TEX	W,5-1	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	38	Jun 2	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
37	39	Jun 3	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
38	40	Jun 4 (1)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS	25	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
39	41	Jun 4 (2)	OAK	@	BAL	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	10	1	0	11	2	1B
40	42	Jun 5	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-2	GS	10	3.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
41	43	Jun 6	OAK	@	CLE	W,7-2	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
42	44	Jun 7	OAK	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
43	45	Jun 9	OAK	@	DET	W,10-5	GS	36	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
44	46	Jun 10	OAK	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
45	47	Jun 11	OAK	@	DET	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	11	1	0	12	2	1B
46	48	Jun 12	OAK		BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
47	49	Jun 13	OAK		BAL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
48	50	Jun 14	OAK		BAL	L,1-2	GS	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
49	51	Jun 16	OAK		CLE	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
50	52	Jun 17	OAK		CLE	W,3-2	GS	25	6.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
51	53	Jun 18	OAK		CLE	W,9-0	GS	22	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
52	54	Jun 19	OAK		DET	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
53	55	Jun 20	OAK		DET	W,3-2	GS	29	7.0	2	3	0	5	0	1B
54	56	Jun 21	OAK		DET	L,2-5	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
55	57	Jun 23	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
56	58	Jun 24	OAK		CAL	L,1-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
57	59	Jun 25 (1)	OAK		CAL	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
58	60	Jun 25 (2)	OAK		CAL	W,6-0	GS	27	7.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
59	61	Jun 26	OAK	@	TEX	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	11	0	0	11	2	1B
60	62	Jun 27	OAK	@	TEX	W,9-3	GS	15	3.0	1	2	0	3	0	1B
61	63	Jun 28	OAK	@	CHW	L,4-6	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
62	64	Jun 29 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
63	65	Jun 29 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
64	66	Jun 30	OAK	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	51	10.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
65	67	Jul 1	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	34	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
66	68	Jul 2	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
67	69	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	W,5-0	GS	23	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
68	70	Jul 4	OAK		NYY	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	2	1B
69	71	Jul 5	OAK		NYY	L,1-4	CG	39	9.0	4	2	1	7	2	1B
70	72	Jul 6	OAK		NYY	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
71	73	Jul 7	OAK		MIL	L,4-9	CG	38	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
72	74	Jul 8	OAK		MIL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
73	75	Jul 9	OAK		MIL	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
74	76	Jul 10	OAK		BOS	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
75	77	Jul 11	OAK		BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
76	78	Jul 12	OAK		BOS	L,6-7	CG	42	9.0	9	1	1	11	0	1B
77	79	Jul 14 (1)	OAK	@	NYY	W,9-3	GS	30	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
78	81 (1)	Jul 15	OAK	@	NYY	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
79	82	Jul 16	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
80	83	Jul 18 (1)	OAK	@	MIL	W,4-0	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
81	84	Jul 18 (2)	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
82	85	Jul 19	OAK	@	MIL	W,9-6	CG	39	9.0	13	2	0	15	1	1B
83	86	Jul 20 (1)	OAK	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
84	87	Jul 20 (2)	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-4	GS	34	8.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
85	88	Jul 21	OAK	@	BOS	L,4-5	GS	29	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
86	99 (10)	Aug 2	OAK		KCR	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
87	100	Aug 4	OAK	@	MIN	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
88	101	Aug 5	OAK	@	MIN	L,0-4	GS	33	7.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
89	102	Aug 6 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-3	GS	29	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
90	103	Aug 6 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
91	104	Aug 7	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	37	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
92	105	Aug 8	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-4	GS	34	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
93	106	Aug 9	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
94	107	Aug 10 susp	OAK		CHW	W,5-3	CG	72	19.0	12	1	1	14	4	1B
95	108	Aug 11	OAK		CHW	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	4	3	0	7	2	1B
96	110 (1)	Aug 13	OAK		CHW	W,3-0	GS	23	7.0	8	0	0	8	2	1B
97	111	Aug 14	OAK	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS	28	7.0	7	0	0	7	3	1B
98	112	Aug 16	OAK	@	BAL	W,4-3	GS	30	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
99	113	Aug 18	OAK	@	CLE	W,8-0	CG	32	9.0	13	2	0	15	0	1B
100	114	Aug 19	OAK	@	CLE	L,4-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
101	115	Aug 20	OAK	@	CLE	L,1-3	CG	30	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
102	116	Aug 21	OAK	@	DET	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
103	117	Aug 22	OAK	@	DET	W,6-3	GS	25	7.0	7	3	0	10	1	1B
104	118	Aug 23	OAK	@	DET	L,5-7	CG	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
105	119	Aug 25	OAK		BAL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
106	120	Aug 26	OAK		BAL	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
107	122 (1)	Aug 28	OAK		CLE	W,5-4	CG	36	9.0	13	1	0	14	0	1B
108	123	Aug 29	OAK		CLE	W,1-0	GS	28	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
109	124	Aug 30	OAK		CLE	W,2-0	GS	27	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
110	125	Sep 1	OAK		DET	W,4-1	GS	30	7.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
111	126	Sep 2	OAK		DET	L,1-3	GS	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
112	127	Sep 3	OAK		DET	W,3-1	GS	22	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
113	128	Sep 4 (1)	OAK		CAL	W,10-5	GS	15	4.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
114	129	Sep 4 (2)	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
115	130	Sep 6	OAK	@	CHW	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	14	0	1	15	2	1B
116	131	Sep 7	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
117	132	Sep 8	OAK	@	TEX	W,6-3	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
118	133	Sep 9	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
119	134	Sep 10	OAK	@	TEX	W,7-2	GS	26	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
120	135	Sep 11 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
121	136	Sep 11 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	7	0	1	8	1	1B
122	137	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-4	GS	26	6.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
123	138	Sep 13	OAK	@	MIN	W,8-0	GS	25	7.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
124	139	Sep 15	OAK		TEX	W,12-3	GS	17	5.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
125	140	Sep 16	OAK		TEX	W,4-0	GS	28	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
126	141	Sep 17	OAK		TEX	W,4-1	GS	19	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
127	142	Sep 19	OAK		CHW	L,7-8	GS	32	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
128	143	Sep 20	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
129	144	Sep 22	OAK		KCR	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	1B
130	145	Sep 23	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
131	146	Sep 24 (1)	OAK		KCR	L,2-4	CG	34	9.0	12	0	0	12	2	1B
132	147	Sep 24 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
133	148	Sep 27 (1)	OAK		MIN	W,1-0	CG	42	11.0	15	1	0	16	2	1B
134	149	Sep 27 (2)	OAK		MIN	W,2-1	GS	21	6.0	2	2	0	4	1	1B
135	150	Sep 28	OAK		MIN	W,8-7	CG	44	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
136	153 (2)	Oct 1	OAK	@	KCR	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
137	154	Oct 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	GS	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	1B
							137gm		1101.2	1111	73	12	1196	101