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Mike
Luthardt		  
Nickname: Ludey
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: April 24, 1956 in Schaumburg, IL
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Slick Fielder Award 1989   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1977 21 CHI JL   0 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 22 CHI JL   1 1 1 6 6 6 0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 23 CHI JL   2 2 2 6 6 6 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 1 1
1980 24 CHI JL   2 2 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   2 2 2 7 7 7 0 0 0 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 25 CHI JL     9 9 9 10 10 10 13 13 13 7 7 7 6 6 6
1982 26 CHI JL $ 300,000   13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 9 9 9 7 7 7
1983 27 CHI JL $ 300,000   15 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 12 9 9 9 8 8 8
1984 28 BIR FL $ 300,000   15 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 12 9 9 9 8 8 8
1985 29 BIR FL $ 300,000   15 15 15 15 15 15 12 12 12 9 9 9 9 9 9
1986 30 BIR FL $ 2,664,286   15 15 15 17 17 17 13 13 13 9 9 9 9 9 9
1987 31 BIR FL $ 2,664,286   14 14 14 15 15 15 11 11 11 9 9 9 8 8 8
1988 32 BIR FL $ 2,560,000   14 14 14 15 15 15 12 12 12 9 9 9 8 8 8
1989 33 BIR FL $ 2,560,000   13 13 13 15 15 15 12 12 12 9 9 9 8 8 8
1990 34 BIR FL $ 2,560,000   13 13 13 15 15 15 10 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7
1991 35 BAL JL $ 2,560,000   11 11 11 12 12 12 9 9 9 8 8 8 6 6 6
1992 36 MAD JL     10 10 10 11 11 11 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     9 9 9 10 10 10 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,664,286   15 15 15 17 17 17 13 13 13 9 9 9 9 9 9
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1977 21 A   129 463 49 112 15 0 10 57 5 4 17 108 .242 .269 .339 .608 40.4  
1978 22 A   128 454 48 104 26 0 18 72 7 3 40 115 .229 .291 .405 .697 54.9  
1979 23 AA   1 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .400 .600 0.3  
    A   131 525 67 142 40 0 17 64 7 4 43 119 .270 .326 .444 .770 73.6  
1980 24 A   137 499 60 155 27 0 21 74 9 14 58 105 .311 .382 .491 .873 87.0  
1981 25 AAA   55 181 28 46 11 0 4 17 3 1 23 63 .254 .338 .381 .719 24.3  
    AA   81 317 41 89 14 2 12 45 7 5 38 64 .281 .358 .451 .809 50.6  
1982 26 CHI JL 100 320 36 91 17 1 14 49 1 1 21 84 .284 .334 .475 .809 47.6 7.3
1983 27 CHI JL 146 433 48 108 16 1 16 67 7 2 27 119 .249 .301 .402 .703 52.5 6.1
1984 28 CHI JL 65 186 21 39 9 0 6 30 2 1 19 65 .210 .290 .355 .645 20.5 2.2
  BIR FL 74 170 20 45 7 0 4 24 1 1 10 47 .265 .311 .376 .688 19.4 2.7
  TOT   139 356 41 84 16 0 10 54 3 2 29 112 .236 .300 .365 .665 39.9 4.8
1985 29 BIR FL 149 410 60 120 14 2 18 75 4 1 36 100 .293 .360 .468 .828 67.1 13.1
1986 30 BIR FL 150 523 77 120 20 5 29 91 2 3 36 190 .229 .299 .453 .752 69.6 7.2
1987 31 BIR FL 142 490 80 121 23 1 27 73 2 1 53 166 .247 .333 .463 .797 74.7 8.7
1988 32 BIR FL 143 504 52 131 29 3 16 68 0 0 26 161 .260 .309 .425 .733 64.8 7.3
1989 33 BIR FL 140 502 66 133 31 3 19 82 0 0 38 142 .265 .327 .452 .779 70.7 9.5
1990 34 BIR FL 89 271 36 67 10 1 10 41 0 0 18 73 .247 .303 .402 .705 32.7 2.8
1991 35 BAL JL 87 276 27 59 11 0 5 37 4 1 11 78 .214 .247 .308 .555 19.8 0.0
1992 36 AAA   74 124 19 27 5 0 8 29 2 0 14 37 .218 .297 .452 .749 17.9  
10 Years Sim 1285 4085 523 1034 187 17 164 637 23 11 295 1225 .253 .314 .428 .742 539.3 66.7
2 Years AAA 129 305 47 73 16 0 12 46 5 1 37 100 .239 .328 .410 .737 42.2  
2 Years AA 82 322 41 90 15 2 12 46 7 5 38 66 .280 .362 .450 .812 51.0  
4 Years A 525 1941 224 513 108 0 66 267 28 25 158 447 .264 .327 .422 .749 256.0  
8 Years Minors 736 2568 312 676 139 2 90 359 40 31 233 613 .263 .332 .424 .756 349.1  
162 Game Average 514 65 130 23 2 20 80 2 1 37 154 .253 .314 .428 .742 68.0  
Career Highs 150 523 80 133 31 5 29 91 7 3 53 190 .293 .360 .475 .828 74.7  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2661 328 679 123 10 110 419 15 5 182 801 .255 .312 .433 .745 348.1
vs LH   1424 195 355 64 7 54 218 8 6 113 424 .249 .317 .418 .735 181.4
Home 641 1992 262 526 103 7 83 331 12 8 146 596 .264 .326 .448 .774 276.0
Away 644 2093 261 508 84 10 81 306 11 3 149 629 .243 .303 .409 .711 253.5
RISP   1091 0 310 55 8 44 453 0 0 93 331 .284 .348 .470 .818 169.4
Pinch Hitting   224 29 54 8 2 8 24 1 1 11 70 .241 .298 .402 .699 24.6
Close/Late   576 86 144 26 2 22 75 0 0 50 165 .250 .324 .417 .741 75.0
Mar/Apr 212 718 95 172 32 4 33 107 5 4 53 236 .240 .302 .433 .735 91.4
May 230 719 99 184 32 2 25 113 6 3 60 197 .256 .327 .410 .737 92.8
June 210 629 67 154 28 3 18 95 0 0 38 195 .245 .299 .385 .683 69.0
July 191 579 81 154 26 5 27 99 6 1 39 161 .266 .331 .468 .799 84.0
August 223 696 98 186 43 2 34 123 5 2 53 219 .267 .323 .481 .804 104.8
Sep/Oct 219 744 83 184 26 1 27 100 1 1 52 217 .247 .305 .394 .699 87.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1982 26 CHI JL C 90 80 726.3 546 51 10 0 .984 7.40 95 34 .358 2 4.6
1983 27 CHI JL C 120 105 978.7 722 64 9 1 .989 7.23 136 41 .301 0 5.5
1984 28 CHI JL C 38 36 369.1 271 28 3 0 .990 7.29 58 22 .379 0 3.1
    1B 1 0 8.5 11 1 0 1 1.000 12.71 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 1 8.5 0 4 0 0 1.000 4.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 0 0 0.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  BIR FL C 44 41 321.6 236 25 3 0 .989 7.30 51 19 .373 0 2.2
    3B 1 1 7.5 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.60 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 1 7.5 9 0 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 82 77 690.7 507 53 6 0 .989 7.30 109 41 .376 0 5.3
      3B 2 2 16.0 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.94   0.2
      1B 2 1 16.0 20 1 0 2 1.000 11.81   0.0
      LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1985 29 BIR FL C 106 96 867.0 597 47 11 2 .983 6.69 108 28 .259 0 4.4
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1986 30 BIR FL C 137 129 1169.0 911 79 11 3 .989 7.62 141 50 .355 0 6.0
1987 31 BIR FL C 138 131 1184.7 977 72 9 1 .991 7.97 129 39 .302 6 6.5
1988 32 BIR FL C 138 130 1160.3 830 63 6 3 .993 6.93 118 30 .254 2 4.5
1989 33 BIR FL C 135 133 1188.7 822 88 12 2 .987 6.89 136 55 .404 2 9.4
1990 34 BIR FL C 67 66 596.7 426 46 2 2 .996 7.12 89 28 .315 0 4.6
1991 35 BAL JL C 78 74 650.0 486 49 7 1 .987 7.41 119 32 .269 0 3.0
  C 1091 1021 9212.0 6824 612 83 15 .989 7.26 1180 378 .320 12 53.7
  3B 2 2 16.0 0 7 0 0 1.000 3.94 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  1B 2 1 16.0 20 1 0 2 1.000 11.81 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1097 1024 9246.0 6846 620 83 17 .989 7.27 1180 378 .320 12 53.9
Career Highs   138 133 1188.7 977 88 12 3 .996 7.97 141 55 .404 6  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1986 30 BIR FL 17 70 10 18 5 0 4 10 0 1 1 26 .257 .274 .500 .774
1987 31 BIR FL 11 40 7 9 2 0 1 4 0 0 3 15 .225 .295 .350 .645
1989 33 BIR FL 4 12 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .333 .308 .417 .724
1990 34 BIR FL 5 8 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 .250 .333 .625 .958
Career Post-Season Batting 37 130 21 33 8 0 6 16 0 1 5 46 .254 .288 .454 .742
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1986-1-190
1987-3-166
1988-2-161
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Bryn Stuhntkowski (970)
  2. Willie McShane (952)
  3. Stan Binks (940)
  4. Bill Schroeder (921)
  5. Jack Parkman (919)
  6. Tom Rasmussen (913)
  7. Al Janski (911)
  8. Harry Drusak (908)
  9. Blast McBearett (899)
  10. Robin Larker (899)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Louisville in 1977
Traded from Louisville to Chicago on 7/21/1977 (Going to LOU: P L. Diaz. Going to CHI: C M. Luthardt, P R. Lee, P I. Randolph)
Injured on 6/21/1978 with a Pulled Groin Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/26/1979 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
 
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