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Michael
Sturgeon		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 210
 
Born: July 16, 1954 in Usa
 
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
1973 18 BIR FL   0 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 3
1974 19 BIR FL   0 1 0 5 6 6 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 4
1975 20 BIR FL   1 1 1 7 7 7 0 0 0 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 4 4
1976 21 MAN FL   2 3 2 8 8 8 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 4
1977 22 MAN FL   2 3 3 8 8 8 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 4 4
1978 23 MAN FL   4 5 4 8 8 8 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 4 5
1979 24 MAN FL $ 300,000 5 6 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 6
1980 25 MAN FL $ 300,000 6 6 6 8 9 8 0 0 0 3 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 8 9 8 0 0 0 3 4 4 4 4 4 8 7 7
                                             
  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 26 DM FL $ 300,000   16 16 15 11 11 11 14 15 15 8 9 9 20 18 19
1982 27 DM FL $ 492,857   16 16 15 11 11 11 13 14 14 8 9 9 20 19 19
1983 28 GRE JL $ 492,857   16 16 15 13 14 14 13 14 14 7 8 8 20 19 19
1984 29 BIR FL $ 1,378,571   16 16 15 13 14 14 11 12 12 6 7 7 20 18 19
1985 30 BIR FL $ 1,080,000   15 15 14 13 14 14 11 12 12 6 7 7 19 17 17
1986 31 BIR FL $ 1,080,000   13 13 13 13 14 14 10 12 11 6 7 7 17 15 16
1987 32 BIR FL $ 1,080,000   13 13 13 13 13 13 9 10 10 6 7 7 16 14 14
1988 33 CAL JL $ 400,000   9 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 6 6 7 7 9 7 8
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   9 9 9 8 9 9 6 7 6 6 7 7 9 7 8
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,378,571   16 16 15 13 14 14 14 15 15 8 9 9 20 19 19
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
1973 18 A   108 204 18 49 18 0 3 31 0 1 20 44 .240 .308 .373 .681 22.9  
1974 19 A   135 451 51 109 20 0 7 52 5 7 42 70 .242 .306 .333 .639 45.6  
1975 20 A   136 476 59 135 34 0 11 48 4 3 43 90 .284 .343 .424 .767 67.0  
1976 21 AA   40 148 14 36 17 0 0 15 1 1 14 20 .243 .309 .358 .667 15.6  
    A   91 343 66 107 32 0 18 64 4 2 44 59 .312 .390 .563 .953 69.8  
1977 22 AAA   137 528 74 142 55 0 11 77 6 6 36 92 .269 .316 .436 .751 67.8  
1978 23 AAA   119 465 49 133 36 0 7 62 11 4 43 79 .286 .346 .409 .755 64.4  
    AA   19 73 14 26 6 0 5 17 0 0 7 11 .356 .413 .644 1.056 16.9  
1979 24 MAN FL 88 290 32 68 21 3 6 37 6 2 16 53 .234 .286 .390 .675 32.0 5.2
    AAA   58 215 31 78 26 0 6 44 4 2 31 32 .363 .443 .567 1.011 47.8  
1980 25 MAN FL 150 530 73 155 40 7 11 90 12 4 40 73 .292 .363 .457 .820 82.7 16.4
1981 26 MAN FL 78 288 35 71 26 0 4 27 10 2 22 21 .247 .318 .378 .696 35.8 5.5
  DM FL 76 240 28 64 15 2 3 38 9 2 15 15 .267 .330 .383 .713 30.9 4.5
  TOT   154 528 63 135 41 2 7 65 19 4 37 36 .256 .323 .381 .704 66.7 10.0
1982 27 DM FL 146 453 66 127 28 3 9 65 13 6 34 17 .280 .343 .415 .758 62.7 11.2
1983 28 GRE JL 148 497 61 140 29 1 17 64 14 7 30 26 .282 .338 .447 .785 75.9 14.0
1984 29 GRE JL 49 149 19 31 2 0 3 15 2 1 6 9 .208 .256 .282 .538 12.2 0.0
  BIR FL 46 114 21 34 9 0 4 14 2 0 11 3 .298 .371 .482 .854 21.0 4.4
  TOT   95 263 40 65 11 0 7 29 4 1 17 12 .247 .307 .369 .676 33.2 4.4
1985 30 BIR FL 129 217 21 53 10 1 4 24 5 1 13 14 .244 .304 .355 .659 24.8 3.1
1986 31 BIR FL 7 8 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1.3 0.1
    AAA   95 373 92 148 20 4 43 107 7 2 51 34 .397 .469 .818 1.287 117.3  
1987 32 BIR FL 12 23 5 8 0 0 2 5 0 0 3 2 .348 .407 .609 1.016 5.9 1.1
    AAA   134 514 130 197 20 2 53 129 5 3 75 59 .383 .462 .739 1.201 148.8  
1988 33 CAL JL 27 36 4 9 2 0 1 5 0 0 1 11 .250 .282 .389 .671 4.0 0.5
10 Years Sim 956 2845 365 764 182 17 64 386 73 25 191 245 .269 .330 .412 .742 389.1 66.0
5 Years AAA 543 2095 376 698 157 6 120 419 33 17 236 296 .333 .414 .586 1.000 446.2  
2 Years AA 59 221 28 62 23 0 5 32 1 1 21 31 .281 .355 .452 .807 32.5  
4 Years A 470 1474 194 400 104 0 39 195 13 13 149 263 .271 .349 .421 .770 205.3  
11 Years Minors 1072 3790 598 1160 284 6 164 646 47 31 406 590 .306 .385 .514 .899 684.0  
162 Game Average 482 61 129 30 2 10 65 12 4 32 41 .269 .330 .412 .742 65.9  
Career Highs 154 530 73 155 41 7 17 90 19 7 40 73 .500 .500 .609 1.016 82.7  
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   2049 265 564 132 13 50 280 59 22 142 184 .275 .338 .426 .763 274.4
vs LH   796 100 200 50 4 14 106 14 3 49 61 .251 .311 .377 .688 87.3
Home 474 1364 195 384 93 3 29 192 40 11 92 119 .282 .342 .418 .760 182.2
Away 482 1481 170 380 89 14 35 194 33 14 99 126 .257 .320 .406 .726 179.5
RISP   738 0 194 40 6 15 297 0 0 53 57 .263 .320 .394 .714 88.9
Pinch Hitting   187 20 57 9 3 2 26 2 0 12 14 .305 .354 .417 .771 25.9
Close/Late   351 32 104 19 3 7 46 0 0 19 34 .296 .356 .427 .784 47.1
Mar/Apr 156 450 53 124 37 2 6 64 10 3 26 37 .276 .331 .407 .737 55.2
May 165 481 68 122 29 2 12 61 10 8 32 44 .254 .322 .397 .719 55.4
June 149 455 65 126 31 2 14 62 13 4 23 42 .277 .334 .446 .780 61.4
July 172 515 65 138 29 4 11 70 15 3 43 43 .268 .339 .404 .743 68.0
August 155 503 58 126 30 3 13 76 12 3 34 39 .250 .308 .400 .708 60.0
Sep/Oct 159 441 56 128 26 4 8 53 13 4 33 40 .290 .351 .422 .773 61.6
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
1979 24 MAN FL 2B 78 76 640.0 146 232 9 48 .977 5.32   1.9
    3B 4 1 13.7 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.66   0.0
    SS 2 0 9.0 2 4 1 2 .857 6.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 4.0 6 1 0 1 1.000 15.75   0.0
1980 25 MAN FL 2B 138 137 1193.7 233 355 10 83 .983 4.43   2.6
1981 26 MAN FL 2B 39 36 361.4 83 125 4 31 .981 5.18   1.1
    3B 37 36 312.3 20 77 4 5 .960 2.80   1.6
    1B 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  DM FL 2B 38 36 297.8 69 103 3 26 .983 5.20   1.7
    3B 36 35 257.4 17 64 3 4 .964 2.83   0.4
    1B 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   2B 77 72 659.2 152 228 7 57 .982 5.19   2.7
      3B 73 71 569.7 37 141 7 9 .962 2.81   1.9
      1B 1 0 .3 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1982 27 DM FL 3B 129 124 1022.0 74 228 7 14 .977 2.66   3.6
    2B 5 2 23.0 6 6 0 1 1.000 4.70   0.1
    1B 2 0 4.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 18.00   0.0
    CF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1983 28 GRE JL 2B 124 113 1014.7 232 359 13 70 .978 5.24   4.3
    1B 6 5 44.0 50 4 0 6 1.000 11.05   0.1
    3B 3 2 18.0 2 7 1 1 .900 4.50   0.1
1984 29 GRE JL 2B 17 15 148.7 32 53 3 11 .966 5.14   0.6
    3B 17 12 121.1 6 33 2 2 .951 2.90   0.2
    1B 5 3 35.3 38 2 0 6 1.000 10.20   0.0
  BIR FL 2B 16 15 119.7 25 42 2 9 .971 5.04   0.5
    3B 15 11 97.5 5 26 1 2 .969 2.86   0.3
    1B 5 3 28.4 30 2 0 5 1.000 10.14   0.0
  TOT   2B 33 30 268.4 57 95 5 20 .968 5.10   1.1
      3B 32 23 218.6 11 59 3 4 .959 2.88   0.6
      1B 10 6 63.7 68 4 0 11 1.000 10.17   0.1
1985 30 BIR FL 1B 37 28 245.0 296 20 3 24 .991 11.61   0.2
    3B 16 9 92.7 9 16 0 2 1.000 2.43   0.2
    2B 12 5 60.0 17 29 2 12 .958 6.90   0.6
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 31 BIR FL 3B 1 0 6.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
    2B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1987 32 BIR FL 1B 6 4 43.0 48 3 1 4 .981 10.67   0.1
1988 33 CAL JL 3B 7 2 25.0 0 3 0 1 1.000 1.08   0.0
    2B 2 2 18.0 1 4 1 0 .833 2.50   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
  2B 470 437 3879.9 844 1309 47 291 .979 4.99   13.4
  3B 265 232 1965.6 133 456 18 31 .970 2.70   6.5
  1B 64 43 406.0 479 32 4 46 .992 11.33   0.5
  SS 2 0 9.0 2 4 1 2 .857 6.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   803 712 6263.9 1458 1801 70 370 .979 4.68   20.3
Career Highs   151 143 1229.2 322 370 14 83 1.000 10.67    
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
1981 26 DM FL 12 37 7 11 5 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 .297 .357 .432 .790
1986 31 BIR FL 6 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .400 .500 1.000 1.500
1987 32 BIR FL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 19 43 9 13 5 0 1 3 2 0 2 3 .302 .367 .488 .856
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.
Doubles
1980-9-40
1981-10-41
 RBIs
1980-10-90
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 42nd round, 999th overall pick, by Birmingham in 1973
Injured on 5/18/1973 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Injured on 6/4/1976 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 5/14/1979 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 6/13/1979, off Glen Dueñas (NO)
Hit first career homerun on 6/22/1979, off Roy Hobbs, Jr. (MON)
Injured on 4/14/1980 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Traded from Manhattan to Des Moines on 7/2/1981 (Going to MAN: P David Lillis, 1B Rod Carew. Going to DM: 2B Michael Sturgeon, P Randy Masters)
 
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