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Mike
Esposito		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: August 27, 1981 in N/a
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2004 22 SF NL   69 30 24 27 45 45 45 51 40 46
2005 23 DET AL   74 41 35 38 66 66 66 67 57 62
2006 24 ARI NL   74 43 38 41 70 70 70 65 54 60
2007 25 ARI NL $ 100,000 74 45 39 42 70 70 70 59 48 54
2008 26 ARI NL $ 100,000 79 47 40 44 64 64 64 60 49 55
2009 27 ARI NL $ 100,000 79 47 40 44 65 65 65 60 49 55
2010 28 ARI NL $ 207,143 79 47 40 44 66 66 66 51 40 46
2011 29 ARI NL $ 264,286 79 46 38 42 64 64 64 49 38 44
2012 30 ARI NL   79 46 39 43 65 65 65 43 32 38
OOTP6 Min Ratings   69 30 24 27 45 45 45 43 32 38
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 264,286 79 47 40 44 70 70 70 67 57 62
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
2004 22 SF NL     1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
2005 23 DET AL     1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
2006 24 ARI NL     1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
2007 25 ARI NL $ 100,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
2008 26 ARI NL $ 100,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
2009 27 ARI NL $ 100,000   1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
2010 28 ARI NL $ 207,143   1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
2011 29 ARI NL $ 264,286   1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
2012 30 ARI NL     1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 264,286   1 1 1 6 6 6 34 34 34 13 13 13 27 27 27
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Cy Young Award or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2004 22 AAA   0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.3 4 4 1 0 1 27.07 .500 .500 .875 1.375  
    AA   7 7 .500 19 19 0 0 0 126.7 131 44 8 33 113 3.13 .266 .312 .381 .693  
2005 23 AAA   2 6 .250 15 15 0 0 0 92.7 110 56 18 37 71 5.44 .289 .353 .468 .821  
    AA   4 2 .667 10 9 0 0 0 63.0 58 17 7 20 63 2.43 .239 .297 .379 .675  
2006 24 AAA   8 11 .421 26 26 1 1 0 170.0 209 95 28 35 146 5.03 .302 .336 .490 .826  
2007 25 ARI NL 7 13 .350 29 24 1 1 0 164.7 169 71 13 47 96 3.88 .269 .321 .409 .729 11.1
    AAA   1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 16 4 2 1 16 2.40 .271 .283 .441 .724  
2008 26 ARI NL 6 18 .250 36 36 1 0 0 216.0 240 107 29 54 131 4.46 .282 .324 .441 .765 9.7
2009 27 ARI NL 9 19 .321 36 36 0 0 0 209.0 244 138 30 89 106 5.94 .295 .364 .453 .817 3.5
2010 28 ARI NL 9 19 .321 35 35 1 1 0 208.0 258 118 35 63 140 5.11 .304 .352 .494 .847 7.9
2011 29 ARI NL 13 13 .500 35 35 6 1 0 232.3 263 112 31 84 133 4.34 .286 .350 .455 .805 14.4
2012 30 ARI NL 1 3 .250 5 5 0 0 0 26.0 34 25 4 13 19 8.65 .312 .390 .495 .886 0.0
    AAA   8 5 .615 24 24 0 0 0 158.3 180 70 20 49 126 3.98 .288 .340 .442 .783  
6 Years Sim 45 85 .346 176 171 9 3 0 1056.0 1208 571 142 350 625 4.87 .289 .345 .454 .799 46.7
5 Years AAA 19 22 .463 68 67 1 1 0 437.3 519 229 69 122 360 4.71 .294 .340 .469 .809  
2 Years AA 11 9 .550 29 28 0 0 0 189.7 189 61 15 53 176 2.89 .257 .307 .380 .687  
7 Years Minors 30 31 .492 97 95 1 1 0 627.0 708 290 84 175 536 4.16 .283 .330 .443 .773  
Season Average 7 14 .333 29 28 1 0 0 176.0 201 95 23 58 104 4.87 .289 .345 .454 .799  
Career Highs 13 19 .500 36 36 6 1 0 232.3 263 138 35 89 140 8.65 .312 .390 .495 .886  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   582 265 62 171 291   .291 .347 .443 .790
vs LH   626 306 80 179 334   .286 .340 .464 .804
Home 18 44 .290 87 85 3 1 0 528.3 584 292 70 185 322 4.97 .280 .338 .441 .779
Away 27 41 .397 89 86 6 2 0 527.6 624 279 72 165 303 4.76 .297 .349 .467 .815
Mar/Apr 5 14 .263 25 25 2 0 0 149.7 168 91 19 51 72 5.47 .283 .340 .449 .789
May 10 17 .370 34 34 2 0 0 205.0 244 119 30 62 129 5.22 .298 .348 .480 .828
June 9 15 .375 32 32 1 1 0 204.3 231 106 29 73 119 4.67 .283 .342 .459 .801
July 6 8 .429 23 23 2 2 0 141.0 153 65 14 55 83 4.15 .280 .346 .395 .740
August 5 16 .238 31 26 2 0 0 160.3 195 89 22 41 98 5.00 .306 .348 .460 .808
Sep/Oct 10 15 .400 31 31 0 0 0 195.7 217 101 28 68 124 4.65 .279 .337 .461 .798
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2007 25 ARI NL 29 46 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 19 .087 .160 .152 .312 0.7 0.0
2008 26 ARI NL 36 70 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 23 .086 .099 .143 .241 -2.0 0.0
2009 27 ARI NL 36 62 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 21 .048 .078 .081 .159 -2.6 0.0
2010 28 ARI NL 35 69 5 4 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 28 .058 .097 .130 .228 -1.6 0.0
2011 29 ARI NL 35 81 6 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 27 .074 .107 .099 .206 -3.1 0.0
2012 30 ARI NL 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
6 Years Sim 176 336 17 23 10 0 2 9 1 0 13 123 .068 .103 .116 .219 -9.4 0.0
162 Game Average 309 15 21 9 0 1 8 0 0 11 113 .068 .103 .116 .219 -8.6  
Career Highs 36 81 6 6 4 0 1 4 1 0 4 28 .087 .160 .152 .312 0.7  
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   247 10 15 8 0 1 5 0 0 8 93 .061 .090 .105 .195 -9.4
vs LH   89 7 8 2 0 1 4 1 0 5 30 .090 .138 .146 .284 -0.5
Home 87 150 7 10 4 0 1 3 1 0 5 56 .067 .097 .113 .210 -4.7
Away 89 186 10 13 6 0 1 6 0 0 8 67 .070 .108 .118 .227 -5.1
RISP   66 0 4 3 0 0 6 0 0 1 21 .061 .075 .106 .181 -3.0
Close/Late   15 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .067 .067 .133 .200 -0.6
Mar/Apr 25 44 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 .068 .146 .091 .237 -0.9
May 34 67 5 7 4 0 0 2 1 0 1 23 .104 .118 .164 .282 -0.9
June 32 66 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 23 .076 .116 .091 .207 -2.1
July 22 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 15 .000 .047 .000 .047 -3.3
August 31 50 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 15 .060 .078 .140 .218 -1.5
Sep/Oct 31 68 3 5 3 0 1 3 0 0 2 32 .074 .100 .162 .262 -1.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2007 25 ARI NL P 29 24 164.7 14 40 0 3 1.000 2.95    
2008 26 ARI NL P 36 36 216.0 13 35 2 2 .960 2.00    
2009 27 ARI NL P 36 36 209.0 14 38 2 4 .963 2.24    
2010 28 ARI NL P 35 35 208.0 7 33 3 0 .930 1.73    
2011 29 ARI NL P 35 35 232.3 14 39 1 5 .981 2.05    
2012 30 ARI NL P 5 5 26.0 3 8 0 0 1.000 3.81    
Career Totals   176 171 1056.0 65 193 8 14 .970 2.20    
Career Highs   36 36 232.3 14 40 3 5 1.000 3.81    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
2008-1-18
2009-1-19
2010-2-19
 Games Started
2008-7-36
2009-2-36
2011-6-35
 Complete Games
2011-1-6
 Shutouts
2007-2-1
2011-6-1
 Innings Pitched
2011-8-232.3
 Hits Allowed
2008-2-240
2009-2-244
2010-4-258
2011-6-263
Homeruns Allowed
2008-4-29
2009-8-30
2010-3-35
2011-3-31
 Walks Allowed
2009-4-89
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 21)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 118)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Brad Sullivan (958)
  2. Mario Silva (950)
  3. J.A. Happ (950)
  4. Danny Fasching (945)
  5. John Solt (943)
  6. Zacarias Oliveros (941)
  7. Sean West (940)
  8. Willie Mariscal (940)
  9. Dewon Brazelton (940)
  10. Colt Griffin (939)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Bryan Littrell (997)
  2. Rett Johnson (992)
  3. David Gurrola (992)
  4. Greg Miller (990)
  5. Ralph Shingleton (989)
  6. Angel Guzman (989)
  7. Cory Stewart (988)
  8. Matt Cain (986)
  9. Fausto Carmona (985)
  10. Ricardo Hernandez (983)
History
Injured on 5/25/2004 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Traded from San Francisco to Detroit on 5/1/2005 (Going to DET: P Kris Honel, P James Houser, P Mike Esposito, 1B Ryan Shealy, 1B Kevin Witt. Going to SF: DH Richie Sexson)
Injured on 6/14/2005 with a Sore Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 7/16/2005 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/28/2007, off Joe Kennedy (MON)
Injured on 7/4/2007 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 3 weeks
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/2007, off Hong-Chih Kuo (HOU)
2/3/2010: Gets a new one-year contract worth $207,143 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/13/2010 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks
2/3/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $264,286 through salary arbitration
2/3/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $321,429 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/24/2012 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Released by Arizona on 10/29/2012
 
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