Michael
Malkowski
 
Nickname: The Carp
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 1, 1966 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  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
1987 21 OMA JL     11 11 12 6 6 6 14 13 13 4 4 4 8 7 7
1988 22 OMA JL     12 12 12 8 8 8 15 14 14 5 5 5 8 7 7
1989 23 OMA JL $ 300,000   12 12 13 15 15 15 14 14 14 6 6 6 9 7 8
1990 24 OMA JL $ 300,000   12 12 13 17 17 17 14 14 14 6 6 6 10 8 9
1991 25 OMA JL $ 300,000   12 12 12 16 16 16 15 14 14 6 6 6 10 8 9
1992 26 OMA JL $ 300,000   13 13 13 16 16 16 15 15 15 6 6 6 10 9 9
1993 27 OMA JL $ 914,286   14 14 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 7 7 7 10 8 9
1994 28 OMA JL $ 2,785,714   15 15 15 16 16 16 15 14 14 7 7 7 10 9 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings     11 11 12 6 6 6 14 13 13 4 4 4 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,785,714   15 15 15 17 17 17 16 15 15 7 7 7 10 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
1987 21 AAA   64 250 37 71 9 3 8 44 11 4 19 76 .284 .335 .440 .775 36.6  
    AA   74 305 56 108 20 6 8 43 18 9 24 56 .354 .401 .538 .939 58.8  
1988 22 AAA   76 315 45 103 20 3 10 59 18 5 24 77 .327 .375 .505 .879 56.4  
1989 23 OMA JL 79 233 37 67 15 4 7 29 12 5 11 56 .288 .317 .476 .793 33.7 5.6
    AAA   67 280 62 107 24 6 17 63 10 5 28 58 .382 .438 .693 1.131 71.1  
1990 24 OMA JL 134 362 55 90 21 5 18 56 12 6 22 92 .249 .297 .483 .780 51.6 6.9
1991 25 OMA JL 129 272 35 63 13 6 8 34 10 5 17 88 .232 .278 .412 .690 31.1 3.5
1992 26 OMA JL 69 102 27 29 3 1 8 19 9 1 7 21 .284 .330 .569 .899 19.4 3.9
1993 27 OMA JL 144 494 83 141 31 9 19 75 23 12 36 119 .285 .338 .500 .838 77.2 11.4
1994 28 OMA JL 152 599 96 175 39 9 21 92 31 10 34 169 .292 .331 .492 .824 93.7 14.5
6 Years Sim 707 2062 333 565 122 34 81 305 97 39 127 545 .274 .318 .484 .802 306.8 45.8
3 Years AAA 207 845 144 281 53 12 35 166 39 14 71 211 .333 .387 .548 .935 164.1  
1 Years AA 74 305 56 108 20 6 8 43 18 9 24 56 .354 .407 .538 .945 58.8  
4 Years Minors 281 1150 200 389 73 18 43 209 57 23 95 267 .338 .392 .545 .937 222.8  
162 Game Average 472 76 129 27 7 18 69 22 8 29 124 .274 .318 .484 .802 70.3  
Career Highs 152 599 96 175 39 9 21 92 31 12 36 169 .292 .338 .569 .899 93.7  
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   1286 208 344 77 22 47 188 64 21 72 367 .267 .308 .471 .779 183.8
vs LH   776 125 221 45 12 34 117 33 18 55 178 .285 .335 .505 .840 124.4
Home 356 1023 173 274 51 19 45 168 47 22 69 276 .268 .316 .487 .803 153.8
Away 351 1039 160 291 71 15 36 137 50 17 58 269 .280 .320 .481 .801 154.5
RISP   492 0 151 33 8 23 212 0 0 43 115 .307 .357 .547 .904 90.6
Pinch Hitting   155 23 41 11 2 8 25 5 0 9 54 .265 .309 .516 .825 24.5
Close/Late   251 52 66 15 3 10 40 0 0 23 64 .263 .321 .466 .787 37.4
Mar/Apr 79 187 30 44 7 3 6 29 15 2 9 60 .235 .284 .401 .685 22.2
May 108 301 45 79 13 6 14 46 17 6 18 88 .262 .303 .485 .788 44.7
June 112 337 60 100 23 9 12 58 15 5 21 80 .297 .338 .525 .863 56.7
July 134 434 61 115 28 4 12 53 16 13 39 90 .265 .327 .431 .758 58.5
August 137 388 66 108 26 6 20 62 16 7 22 115 .278 .320 .531 .851 63.0
Sep/Oct 137 415 71 119 25 6 17 57 18 6 18 112 .287 .317 .499 .816 63.2
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   DWS
1989 23 OMA JL CF 51 48 432.0 147 3 4 1 .974 3.13   1.2
    RF 4 4 36.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
    LF 4 3 27.0 4 0 1 0 .800 1.33    
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1990 24 OMA JL RF 39 38 333.7 83 3 1 0 .989 2.32   1.3
    LF 33 33 266.7 55 0 3 0 .948 1.86    
    CF 20 11 113.7 37 3 2 0 .952 3.17    
1991 25 OMA JL RF 42 42 350.3 80 3 2 1 .976 2.13   1.0
    CF 12 9 81.0 28 0 0 0 1.000 3.11    
    LF 8 7 64.0 17 0 1 0 .944 2.39    
    SS 2 1 10.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.70   0.0
1992 26 OMA JL CF 11 11 89.0 30 1 0 0 1.000 3.13   0.4
    LF 10 4 44.0 12 0 1 0 .923 2.45    
    RF 9 3 31.0 10 0 1 0 .909 2.90    
1993 27 OMA JL CF 66 60 526.7 152 6 8 3 .952 2.70   2.4
    RF 63 58 521.3 134 4 3 1 .979 2.38    
    LF 3 2 17.0 2 0 1 0 .667 1.06    
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1994 28 OMA JL RF 98 98 855.0 196 2 6 1 .971 2.08   3.7
    CF 53 51 447.0 134 5 4 1 .972 2.80    
    LF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 255 243 2127.3 515 12 13 3 .976 2.23   6.0
  CF 213 190 1689.3 528 18 18 5 .968 2.91   4.0
  LF 59 49 422.7 90 0 7 0 .928 1.92    
  SS 3 1 11.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 2.45   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   532 483 4253.3 1134 32 38 9 .968 2.47   10.0
Career Highs   152 149 1306.0 330 10 12 4 .978 3.01    
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
1989 23 OMA JL 10 10 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .300 .300 .300 .600
1992 26 OMA JL 6 4 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750
Career Post-Season Batting 16 14 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 .286 .286 .357 .643
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.
Stolen Bases
1994-9-31
Strikeouts
1994-3-169
       
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 23    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Pedro Baez (957)
  2. Clyde Porter (947)
  3. Leon Durham (945)
  4. Sixto Lezcano (941)
  5. Sadaharu Oh, Jr. (940)
  6. Bobby Bonilla (938)
  7. Roosevelt Johnson (937)
  8. Brian Melillo (935)
  9. Pat Messlin (934)
  10. Jessie Knickerbocker (932)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 30th overall pick, by Omaha in 1987
Injured on 6/23/1987 with a Bruised Neck, out for 5 days
Injured on 4/8/1988 with a Broken Hand, out for 10 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/21/1989, off Bill Swaggerty (CAL)
Hit first career homerun on 6/22/1989, off Lee Bench (CAL)
1/31/1993: Gets a new one-year contract worth $914,286 through salary arbitration
1/31/1994: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,785,714 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1994, hitting .365 with 5 HR, 26 RBI