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.

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1973 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	TEX		CHW	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
2	2	Apr 10	TEX	@	KCR	L,1-12	CG	44	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
3	3	Apr 11	TEX	@	KCR	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
4	4	Apr 12	TEX	@	KCR	W,4-0	CG	32	9.0	14	0	0	14	1	1B
5	5	Apr 13	TEX		CAL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
6	6	Apr 17	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-10	CG	44	8.0	5	0	0	5	2	1B
7	7	Apr 18	TEX	@	CHW	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
8	8	Apr 20	TEX	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	38	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
9	9	Apr 21	TEX	@	MIN	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
10	14 (4)	Apr 27	TEX		MIL	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	1B
11	15	Apr 28	TEX		MIL	L,3-4	CG	35	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
12	16	Apr 29	TEX		MIL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	1	12	1	1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	17	May 1	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	9	0	1	10	0	1B
14	18	May 2	TEX	@	BOS	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
15	19	May 4	TEX	@	DET	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	3	1B
16	20	May 5	TEX	@	DET	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
17	21	May 6	TEX	@	DET	W,7-2	CG	36	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
18	22	May 8	TEX	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	1B
19	23	May 9	TEX	@	MIL	L,1-5	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
20	24	May 10	TEX		OAK	L,2-17	CG	58	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
21	25	May 11	TEX		OAK	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
22	26	May 12	TEX		OAK	L,2-4	CG	40	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
23	32 (5)	May 17	TEX		KCR	L,1-6	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
24	34 (1)	May 19	TEX	@	CAL	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
25	35	May 20	TEX	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
				Player went from Texas Rangers to California Angels
26	36	May 22	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	1B
27	37	May 23	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-5	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	1B
28	38	May 24	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	32	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
29	39	May 25	CAL	@	MIL	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
30	40	May 26	CAL	@	MIL	L,0-9	CG	46	8.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
31	41	May 28	CAL	@	MIL	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
32	42	May 29	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
33	43	May 30	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	1B
34	44	May 31	CAL	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	3	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	45	Jun 1	CAL	@	NYY	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
36	46	Jun 2	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
37	47	Jun 3	CAL	@	NYY	L,2-3	CG	38	8.0	13	0	0	13	0	1B
38	48	Jun 5	CAL		DET	L,2-5	CG	35	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	1B
39	49	Jun 6	CAL		DET	W,7-4	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
40	50	Jun 7	CAL		DET	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
41	51	Jun 8	CAL		MIL	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	9	1	1	11	2	1B
42	52	Jun 9	CAL		MIL	L,0-1	CG	29	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
43	53	Jun 10	CAL		MIL	L,6-8	CG	44	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
44	54	Jun 12	CAL		BOS	L,5-6	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
45	55	Jun 13	CAL		BOS	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	12	1	0	13	3	1B
46	56	Jun 14	CAL		BOS	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
47	57	Jun 15	CAL		NYY	L,3-4	CG	42	10.0	7	1	0	8	2	1B
48	58	Jun 16	CAL		NYY	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
49	61 (2)	Jun 18	CAL	@	CHW	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
50	63 (1)	Jun 20	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
51	64	Jun 21	CAL	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	35	8.2	10	0	0	10	1	1B
52	65	Jun 22	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
53	67 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-5	CG	37	8.0	13	0	1	14	1	1B
54	68	Jun 24 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	35	9.0	13	1	0	14	1	1B
55	69	Jun 25	CAL		KCR	W,5-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
56	70	Jun 26	CAL		KCR	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
57	71	Jun 27	CAL		CHW	W,3-1	CG	30	9.0	10	0	0	10	1	1B
58	72	Jun 28	CAL		CHW	L,0-2	CG	33	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
59	73	Jun 29	CAL		MIN	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	1B
60	74	Jun 30	CAL		MIN	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	2	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
61	76 (1)	Jul 2	CAL	@	OAK	W,4-2	CG	38	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	1B
62	77	Jul 3	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
63	79 (1)	Jul 6	CAL	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	50	10.1	9	0	0	9	1	1B
64	80	Jul 7	CAL	@	CLE	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	2	1B
65	81	Jul 8 (1)	CAL	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	41	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
66	82	Jul 8 (2)	CAL	@	CLE	W,5-3	CG	40	10.0	11	1	0	12	0	1B
67	84 (1)	Jul 10	CAL	@	BAL	W,10-8	CG	49	10.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
68	85	Jul 11	CAL	@	BAL	L,1-7	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
69	86	Jul 12	CAL	@	DET	L,6-7	CG	43	8.2	9	0	0	9	1	1B
70	88 (1)	Jul 14	CAL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	38	8.2	10	0	0	10	0	1B
71	89	Jul 15	CAL	@	DET	W,6-0	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	1B
72	90	Jul 16	CAL		CLE	L,8-9	CG	41	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
73	91	Jul 17	CAL		CLE	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	15	1	0	16	3	1B
74	92	Jul 18	CAL		CLE	L,8-10	CG	51	11.0	13	4	0	17	0	1B
75	93	Jul 19	CAL		BAL	L,1-3	CG	44	11.0	6	2	0	8	0	1B
76	97 (3)	Jul 26 (1)	CAL	@	TEX	L,1-7	CG	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	2	1B
77	98	Jul 26 (2)	CAL	@	TEX	L,0-8	CG	43	8.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
78	102 (3)	Jul 29 (2)	CAL	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	51	10.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
79	104 (1)	Aug 1	CAL		TEX	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
80	105	Aug 2	CAL		TEX	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
81	109 (3)	Aug 7	CAL	@	MIL	W,6-5	CG	45	10.0	6	0	0	6	0	1B
82	110	Aug 8	CAL	@	MIL	L,2-8	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
83	111	Aug 9	CAL	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	8	0	0	8	1	1B
84	112	Aug 10	CAL	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	1B
85	113	Aug 11	CAL	@	BOS	L,1-2	GS	31	7.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
86	114	Aug 12	CAL	@	BOS	L,8-14	CG	48	8.0	7	3	0	10	0	1B
87	115	Aug 13	CAL	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	8.0	11	0	0	11	1	1B
88	116	Aug 14	CAL	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	12	0	0	12	0	1B
89	117	Aug 15	CAL	@	NYY	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	2	1B
90	118	Aug 17	CAL		DET	W,10-2	CG	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	1	1B
91	119	Aug 18	CAL		DET	W,4-1	CG	35	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	1B
92	120	Aug 19	CAL		DET	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	17	0	0	17	0	1B
93	121	Aug 21	CAL		MIL	L,2-6	CG	38	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B
94	122	Aug 22	CAL		MIL	W,5-4	CG	40	10.0	12	2	0	14	0	1B
95	123	Aug 23	CAL		MIL	W,6-3	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
96	124	Aug 24	CAL		BOS	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	3	1B
97	125	Aug 25	CAL		BOS	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	1B
98	126	Aug 26	CAL		BOS	W,1-0	CG	36	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	1B
99	127	Aug 28	CAL		NYY	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	11	3	0	14	2	1B
100	128	Aug 29	CAL		NYY	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	1B
101	129	Aug 31	CAL	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	42	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
102	131 (1)	Sep 2	CAL	@	CHW	L,3-13	CG	45	8.0	8	2	0	10	1	1B
103	132	Sep 3	CAL		OAK	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	1B
104	133	Sep 4	CAL		OAK	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	1	1B
105	135 (1)	Sep 6	CAL		OAK	L,4-6	CG	42	9.0	10	0	2	12	0	1B
106	136	Sep 8 (1)	CAL	@	KCR	W,9-6	GS	35	7.0	5	2	0	7	0	1B
107	139 (2)	Sep 9 (2)	CAL	@	KCR	L,3-6	GS	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
108	144 (4)	Sep 14	CAL		KCR	W,3-2	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	1B
109	148 (3)	Sep 18	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-5	CG	37	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	1B
110	152 (3)	Sep 20 (2)	CAL	@	TEX	L,3-8	CG	38	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
							111gm		946.2	910	62	7	979	80