the thing is, as i mentioned in my previous post, from 2009-2011, i did not document and personally calculate Michael's game stats during his first 214 games in the majors. i very recently researched back through those to complete this. and again, my writing and coverage of Michael's numbers expanded as time went by, so there are certain things that i've been keeping track of in his last few campaigns that i didn't take notes on in the early days even when i was documenting his stats. therefore, i was unable to get an accurate total count for various data and, unfortunately, the following had to eliminated from this blog:
--first at bat hits,
--runners left on base,
--which specific bases Michael stole and which specific bases
he was caught stealing,
--the specifics of his strikeouts,
--the specifics of reaching on errors, and
--number of complete games played per BOP.
i also could not incorporate the BOP + OF, BOP + PH, and BOP + DH numbers in here either. in addition, in the defense section further below, i had to exclude the specifics of how many games Michael left early due to being subbed out, lifted for a PR, having an injury, etc. besides that, i did not identify the number of times Michael was a defensive switch after a PH appearance or between left and center within one game, nor when he was a defensive substitution off the bench. lastly, i was not capable of differentiating how many games Michael missed because of an injury versus how many scheduled days off he received.
other than that, this is all pretty straightforward and if you're a newbie then you won't even notice anything's missing lol i do apologize for this being more of a general, basic numbers post; however, i still think i provided a plethora of good, detailed information that you will enjoy!
Michael made his Major League debut on September 1, 2009, batting 9th in the lineup and playing in left field. three games later, on September 4, he got his first start as a center fielder. Michael has never played another position on the diamond in his big league career. by June 24, 2011, he had bat in every single spot in the order, when he got his first career AB in the 5 hole as a pinch hitter. (although, he did come into the game on May 8 as a pinch runner in the 5th spot earlier that season.)
here are some of Michael's total BOP numbers in his 10 years as a Cleveland Indian:
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| screenshot cropped from sports.yahoo.com |
Michael played in 1,051 games in 10 years with the Cleveland Indians.
Michael bat leadoff in 213 games.
Michael bat 2nd in 134 games.
Michael bat 3rd in 361 games.
Michael bat 4th in 68 games.
Michael bat 5th in 153 games.
Michael bat 6th in 39 games.
Michael bat 7th in 53 games.
Michael bat 8th in 16 games.
Michael bat 9th in 14 games.
Michael was a PH in 23 games. (2 PH for DH)
Michael was the PH for DH in 2 games.
Michael was the DH in 41 games. (2 PH for DH)
Michael was a PR in 3 games.
Michael played the outfield in 1,003 games, for a total of 8,656.0 innings. (981 games started, 882 complete)
Michael played left field in 672 games, for a total of 5,694.2 innings. (650 games started, 575 complete)
Michael played center field in 356 games, for a total of 2,961.1 innings. (331 games started, 307 complete)
in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, Michael had a total of 4,483 plate appearances and 4,055 at bats in 1,051 games. here is how he fared:
1,195 hits
354 extra base hits
841 singles
248 doubles
19 triples
87 home runs (2 grand slams)
528 RBI
40 sac flies
543 runs
351 walks
31 intentional walks
24 hit by pitches
118 stolen bases
30 caught stealing
30 reached on errors
12 sac bunts
92 GIDP
479 strikeouts
1,742 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians: .295 (1,195-4,055) (1,051 games)
OBP: .351
SLG: .430
OPS: .781
now let's break down his numbers based on where he hit in the lineup.
when Michael bat leadoff in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 1,000 plate appearances and 919 at bats in 213 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
252 hits
61 extra base hits
191 singles
44 doubles
7 triples
10 home runs
87 RBI
6 sac flies
120 runs
65 walks
2 intentional walks
3 hit by pitches
26 stolen bases
13 caught stealing
4 reached on errors
7 sac bunts
16 GIDP
136 strikeouts
340 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians in the leadoff spot: .274 (252-919) (213 games)
OBP: .322
SLG: .370
OPS: .692
when Michael bat everywhere other than leadoff in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 3,483 plate appearances and 3,136 at bats in 838 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
943 hits
293 extra base hits
650 singles
204 doubles
12 triples
77 home runs (2 grand slams)
441 RBI
34 sac flies
423 runs
286 walks
29 intentional walks
21 hit by pitches
92 stolen bases
17 caught stealing
26 reached on errors
5 sac bunts
76 GIDP
343 strikeouts
1,402 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians everywhere other than leadoff: .301 (943-3,136) (838 games)
OBP: .360
SLG: .447
OPS: .807
now let's break down the numbers when he was not leading off.
when Michael bat 2nd in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 592 plate appearances and 536 at bats in 134 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
157 hits
45 extra base hits
112 singles
30 doubles
1 triple
14 home runs (1 grand slam)
65 RBI
5 sac flies
89 runs
45 walks
0 intentional walks
4 hit by pitches
13 stolen bases
2 caught stealing
5 reached on errors
1 sac bunt
18 GIDP
61 strikeouts
231 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd spot: .293 (157-536) (134 games)
OBP: .349
SLG: .431
OPS: .780
when Michael bat 3rd in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 1,570 plate appearances and 1,410 at bats in 361 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
444 hits
149 extra base hits
295 singles
104 doubles
5 triples
40 home runs
215 RBI
13 sac flies
197 runs
136 walks
15 intentional walks
11 hit by pitches
46 stolen bases
4 caught stealing
14 reached on errors
0 sac bunts
35 GIDP
152 strikeouts
678 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians in the 3rd spot: .315 (444-1,410) (361 games)
OBP: .376
SLG: .481
OPS: .857
when Michael bat 4th in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 285 plate appearances and 259 at bats in 68 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
72 hits
21 extra base hits
51 singles
16 doubles
2 triples
3 home runs (1 grand slam)
35 RBI
4 sac flies
27 runs
21 walks
2 intentional walks
1 hit by pitch
4 stolen bases
2 caught stealing
2 reached on errors
0 sac bunts
4 GIDP
25 strikeouts
101 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians in the 4th spot: .278 (72-259) (68 games)
OBP: .330
SLG: .390
OPS: .720
when Michael bat 5th in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 611 plate appearances and 550 at bats in 153 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
155 hits
47 extra base hits
108 singles
32 doubles
2 triples
13 home runs
79 RBI
9 sac flies
64 runs
47 walks
9 intentional walks
3 hit by pitches
13 stolen bases
4 caught stealing
2 reached on errors
2 sac bunts
6 GIDP
58 strikeouts
230 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians in the 5th spot: .282 (155-550) (153 games)
OBP: .337
SLG: .418
OPS: .755
when Michael bat 6th in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 136 plate appearances and 120 at bats in 39 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
35 hits
13 extra base hits
22 singles
8 doubles
1 triple
4 home runs
10 RBI
0 sac flies
15 runs
15 walks
1 intentional walk
1 hit by pitch
4 stolen bases
2 caught stealing
2 reached on errors
0 sac bunts
6 GIDP
11 strikeouts
57 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians in the 6th spot: .292 (35-120) (39 games)
OBP: .375
SLG: .475
OPS: .850
when Michael bat 7th in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 206 plate appearances and 186 at bats in 53 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
50 hits
11 extra base hits
39 singles
8 doubles
1 triple
2 home runs
28 RBI
3 sac flies
20 runs
15 walks
1 intentional walk
1 hit by pitch
9 stolen bases
2 caught stealing
1 reached on error
1 sac bunt
5 GIDP
23 strikeouts
66 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians in the 7th spot: .269 (50-186) (53 games)
OBP: .322
SLG: .355
OPS: .677
when Michael bat 8th in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 46 plate appearances and 44 at bats in 16 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
21 hits
5 extra base hits
16 singles
4 doubles
0 triples
1 home run
4 RBI
0 sac flies
5 runs
2 walks
1 intentional walk
0 hit by pitches
3 stolen bases
1 caught stealing
0 reached on errors
0 sac bunts
0 GIDP
4 strikeouts
28 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians in the 8th spot: .477 (21-44) (16 games)
OBP: .500
SLG: .636
OPS: 1.136
when Michael bat 9th in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 37 plate appearances and 31 at bats in 14 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
9 hits
2 extra base hits
7 singles
2 doubles
0 triples
0 home runs
5 RBI
0 sac flies
6 runs
5 walks
0 intentional walks
0 hit by pitches
0 stolen bases
0 caught stealing
0 reached on errors
1 sac bunt
2 GIDP
9 strikeouts
11 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians in the 9th spot: .290 (9-31) (14 games)
OBP: .389
SLG: .355
OPS: .744
defensively, Michael played both left and center in the outfield in his 10-year career with the Cleveland Indians. now i am going to break down Michael's numbers based on where he played in the outfield.
Michael appeared in 1,003 games in the outfield, starting 981 games and completing 882 games.
Michael appeared in 672 games in left field, starting 650 games and completing 575 games.
Michael appeared in 356 games in center field, starting 331 games and completing 307 games.
when Michael played the outfield in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 4,293 plate appearances and 3,886 at bats in 1,003 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
1,133 hits
331 extra base hits
802 singles
233 doubles
17 triples
81 home runs (2 grand slams)
503 RBI
39 sac flies
510 runs
332 walks
30 intentional walks
23 hit by pitches
114 stolen bases
28 caught stealing
29 reached on errors
12 sac bunts
89 GIDP
459 strikeouts
1,643 total bases
1,906 putouts
56 assists
12 errors
12 double plays
8,656.0 innings, 1,003 games
(882 complete games)
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians while playing the outfield: .292 (1,133-3,886) (1,003 games)
OBP: .348
SLG: .423
OPS: .770
now let's break down the numbers based on where he played in the outfield.
when Michael played left field in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 2,816 plate appearances and 2,540 at bats in 672 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
754 hits
224 extra base hits
530 singles
154 doubles
7 triples
63 home runs (2 grand slams)
357 RBI
26 sac flies
345 runs
218 walks
17 intentional walks
23 hit by pitches
79 stolen bases
12 caught stealing
18 reached on errors
81 sac bunt
63 GIDP
304 strikeouts
1,111 total bases
1,104 putouts
48 assists
6 errors
9 double plays
5,694.2 innings, 672 games
(575 complete games)
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians while playing left field: .297 (754-2,540) (672 games)
OBP: .354
SLG: .437
OPS: .792
when Michael played center field in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 1,477 plate appearances and 1,346 at bats in 356 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
379 hits
107 extra base hits
272 singles
79 doubles
10 triples
18 home runs
146 RBI
13 sac flies
165 runs
114 walks
13 intentional walks
0 hit by pitches
35 stolen bases
16 caught stealing
11 reached on errors
4 sac bunts
26 GIDP
155 strikeouts
532 total bases
802 putouts
8 assists
6 errors
3 double plays
2,961.1 innings, 356 games
(307 complete games)
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians while playing center field: .282 (379-1,346) (356 games)
OBP: .335
SLG: .395
OPS: .730
overall career #s with the Cleveland Indians while playing the outfield: 1906 putouts, 56 assists, 12 errors, 12 double plays, .994 fielding percentage (8656.0 innings, 1003 games)
overall career #s with the Cleveland Indians while playing left field: 1104 putouts, 48 assists, 6
errors, 9 double plays, .995 fielding percentage (5694.2 innings, 672 games)
overall career #s with the Cleveland Indians while playing center field: 802 putouts, 8 assists, 6
errors, 3 double plays, .993 fielding percentage (2961.1 innings, 356 games)
Michael also made several pinch hit appearances, played as the designated hitter in numerous games, and was used as a pinch runner a couple times in his 10-year career with the Cleveland Indians. now i am going to break down the numbers based on his role as a PH, DH, PH for DH, and PR.
Michael appeared in 23 games as a PH. he came in to PH for the DH in 2 games as well.
Michael appeared in 41 games as the DH.
Michael appeared in 3 games as a PR. he pinch ran for the DH in 2 games as well.
now let's break down his PH numbers.
when Michael came in to PH in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 23 plate appearances and 21 at bats in 23 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
9 hits
2 extra base hits
7 singles
2 doubles
0 triples
0 home runs
3 RBI
0 sac flies
3 runs
2 walks
0 intentional walks
0 hit by pitches
2 stolen bases
0 caught stealing
0 reached on errors
0 sac bunts
0 GIDP
4 strikeouts
11 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians as a PH: .429 (9-21) (23 games)
OBP: .478
SLG: .524
OPS: 1.002
now let's break down his DH numbers.
when Michael was the DH in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 169 plate appearances and 150 at bats in 41 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
53 hits
21 extra base hits
32 singles
13 doubles
2 triples
6 home runs
22 RBI
29 runs
17 walks
1 intentional walk
2 stolen bases
2 caught stealing
1 reached on error
0 sac bunts
3 GIDP
16 strikeouts
88 total bases
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians as the DH: .353 (53-150) (41 games)
OBP: .420
SLG: .587
OPS: 1.007
**note: in two games in Michael's career, both during the 2011 season, he came in to pinch run for the DH. and while he did not have any at bats as the DH in those games, they are still both considered as two appearances as a designated hitter. i just wanted to include that in here because there are some disparities on certain stats websites that say he was a DH in 41 games vs. 39. that's why. if you count the PR appearances it's 41 and that's what i decided to go with here.
now let's break down his PH for DH numbers.
when Michael came in to PH for the DH in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he had a total of 2 plate appearances and 2 at bats in 2 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
0 hits
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians as the PH for DH: .000 (0-2) (2 games)
OBP: .000
SLG: .000
OPS: .000
**note: when Michael came into a game to PH for the DH, his appearance in that game counted in both his PH stats AND overall DH stats.
consequently, if you were to add up Michael's #s like this: OF #s + PH #s + DH #s, the sum is NOT going to equal his total career numbers. using that formula, you will be two at bats over his actual total, yet still have the correct overall BA due to rounding. i would often add up Michael's #s that way in the past to double check that my work was correct. but once he was a PH for the DH (one time in 2015 and one time in 2017), that was no longer an option. i just wanted to include that tidbit of knowledge in here in case someone tried to calculate his totals themselves using the OF, PH, and DH sets of numbers. instead, the best way to ensure accurate numbers is by adding up Michael's BOPs because that total will always equal his career totals.
now let's break down his PR numbers.
when Michael came in to PR in his 10-Year Career with the Cleveland Indians, he did so in a total of 3 games. breaking down the numbers are as follows:
1 run
0 stolen bases
0 caught stealing
Career batting average with the Cleveland Indians as a PR: N/A (3 games)
OBP: N/A
SLG: N/A
OPS: N/A
the numbers don't always tell the whole story because factors outside of Michael's control, such as who bats ahead or behind him, account for his stats, or lack thereof, as well. and we all know that, when healthy, he can hit anywhere in the order.
but based on these BOPs and the results, what is your preference for where Michael should bat? or, considering he's going to be playing now for the Houston Astros, where do you think he best fits in the top of that lineup? should manager AJ Hinch put Michael in the spot he hits best in, or should he base his decision on what players will bat ahead of and behind him? (i personally always loved Michael batting within the top 3.) leave all your thoughts in a comment below!ğŸ’💻
previous blog:
Brantley's Career Game-by-Game Numbers & Notes as an Indian
what's coming up next:
Brantley's Career Situational #s & Statistics as an Indian
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