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Mike Caldwell

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: January 22, 1949 in Tarboro, NC us

Draft: Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 12th round of the 1971 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC).

School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)

Debut: September 4, 1971 (Age 22-225d, 13,170th in major league history)
vs. ATL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 25, 1984 (Age 35-247d)
vs. DET 3.1 IP, 4 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1972 season

Agents: Jerry Kapstein

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: Ralph Michael Caldwell

Nicknames: Mr. Warmth

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.4

137

130

ERA

3.81

475

307

2408.2

939

WHIP

1.319

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 15	SDP		ATL	W,6-5	GF	10	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
2	5 (3)	Apr 19	SDP		SFG	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	1	1	0	2	1	P
3	10 (4)	Apr 25	SDP		NYM	L,1-2	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
4	16 (5)	Apr 30 (2)	SDP		PHI	L,1-3		12	2.2	2	1	0	3	0	P
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	18 (1)	May 3	SDP		MON	W,3-2		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
6	20 (1)	May 6	SDP	@	NYM	W,6-2	GF	6	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
7	21	May 7	SDP	@	NYM	L,6-8		7	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
8	23 (1)	May 11	SDP	@	PHI	L,5-6		15	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	P
9	27 (3)	May 15	SDP		LAD	L,1-2		8	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
10	28	May 16	SDP		LAD	L,0-2	GF	4	1.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
11	37 (8)	May 24	SDP		HOU	L,2-4	GF	6	2.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
12	39 (1)	May 27	SDP	@	CIN	L,4-9	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
13	42 (2)	May 31	SDP	@	ATL	L,4-5		6	1.1	0	1	0	1	0	P
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	44 (1)	Jun 3	SDP		CHC	L,3-8		3	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	P
15	45	Jun 4	SDP		CHC	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
16	46	Jun 7 (1)	SDP		PIT	L,5-12		10	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	P
17	50 (3)	Jun 10	SDP		STL	L,2-5	GS	30	6.1	0	2	0	2	0	P
18	53 (2)	Jun 14	SDP	@	CHC	L,9-12		4	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
19	58 (4)	Jun 20	SDP	@	STL	L,4-5		10	2.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
20	61 (2)	Jun 24	SDP		SFG	L,4-7		5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
21	62	Jun 25	SDP		SFG	L,5-6	GF	20	6.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
22	67 (4)	Jun 29	SDP		ATL	W,8-6	GS	32	7.1	0	3	0	3	0	P
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	72 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	SDP	@	NYM	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
24	76 (3)	Jul 8	SDP	@	PHI	W,8-5	GS	30	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
25	80 (3)	Jul 12	SDP	@	MON	W,6-5	GS	23	4.2	0	0	0	0	0	P
26	86 (5)	Jul 21	SDP		MON	W,5-4	GS	28	6.2	0	3	0	3	0	P
27	92 (5)	Jul 29	SDP	@	CIN	W,4-3	GS	15	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
28	93	Jul 30 (1)	SDP	@	HOU	W,10-7	GF	24	7.0	0	1	0	1	1	P
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
29	100 (6)	Aug 4	SDP	@	LAD	W,2-0	CG	30	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	P
30	106 (5)	Aug 11	SDP		LAD	L,1-2	CG	42	10.0	0	5	0	5	1	P
31	109 (2)	Aug 15	SDP		STL	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
32	113 (3)	Aug 20 (1)	SDP		PIT	L,3-9	GS	17	3.0	0	1	0	1	0	P
33	118 (4)	Aug 25 (1)	SDP	@	STL	L,4-7	GS	15	2.0	0	0	1	1	0	P
34	122 (3)	Aug 28	SDP	@	PIT	L,3-5	GS	25	5.2	1	2	0	3	0	P
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
35	126 (3)	Sep 2	SDP	@	CHC	L,0-8	GS	37	7.2	0	1	0	1	0	P
36	131 (4)	Sep 7 (1)	SDP		CIN	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	P
37	134 (2)	Sep 10 (2)	SDP		ATL	L,1-4		2	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	P
38	135	Sep 13	SDP	@	HOU	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	0	4	0	4	0	P
39	139 (3)	Sep 17	SDP	@	CIN	W,10-7	GS	37	7.1	0	1	1	2	0	P
40	143 (3)	Sep 22	SDP	@	ATL	L,0-2	GS	26	6.2	0	2	0	2	0	P
41	147 (3)	Sep 26	SDP	@	LAD	L,3-7	GS	8	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
42	152 (4)	Oct 3	SDP	@	SFG	L,4-7	GS	18	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	P
							42gm		163.2	9	47	2	58	3