Mike Stanton, baseball player, 1989-2007

Mike Stanton

Born: 6/2/1967 in Houston, TX, USA

MLB Debut: 1989-08-24 | Final Game: 2007-09-30

Bats: L | Throws: L | Height: 6'1" | Weight: 190 lbs

Full name: William Michael Stanton

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Biography

Mike Stanton, born in 1967, was a professional baseball pitcher whose career spanned from 1989 until his retirement on September 30, 2007. Known for his powerful left arm and effective pitching style, Stanton made a significant impact in Major League Baseball during an era characterized by offensive prowess and evolving pitching strategies. He compiled a career record of 68 wins and 63 losses, showcasing his ability to perform consistently on the mound. With an earned run average (ERA) of 3.92, Stanton demonstrated his skill in limiting opposing teams' scoring opportunities. Throughout his career, Stanton accumulated a total of 895 strikeouts, reflecting his capacity to overpower batters with a mix of speed and precision. He also recorded 84 saves, contributing notably to his teams' bullpens and displaying his versatility as a reliever. His performance earned him a selection to the All-Star Game, highlighting his status among the elite pitchers of his time. Stanton's career unfolded during a dynamic period in baseball history, and he is remembered as a reliable pitcher who played a key role in the success of the teams he represented.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
68 63 1178 1 0 0 84 1114.0 1086 485 93 420 895 3.92 0

Career ERA 3.92 vs. league average 4.33 across their career seasons — 9.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1989 ATL NL 0 1 20 0 0 0 7 24.0 17 4 8 27 1.50 3.71 (+60%) 1325.0
1990 ATL NL 0 3 7 0 0 0 2 7.0 16 14 4 7 18.00 — 0.0
1991 ATL NL 5 5 74 0 0 0 7 78.0 62 25 21 54 2.88 3.91 (+26%) 1176.8
1992 ATL NL 5 4 65 0 0 0 8 63.7 59 29 20 44 4.10 3.75 (-9%) 133.4
1993 ATL NL 4 6 63 0 0 0 27 52.0 51 27 29 43 4.67 4.19 (-12%) 240.5
1994 ATL NL 3 1 49 0 0 0 3 45.7 41 18 26 35 3.55 4.51 (+21%) 505.9
1995 ATL NL 1 1 26 0 0 0 1 19.3 31 12 6 13 5.59 4.45 (-25%) -199.3
1995 BOS AL 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 21.0 17 7 8 10 3.00 4.45 (+33%) -369.0
1996 BOS AL 4 3 59 0 0 0 1 56.3 58 24 23 46 3.83 4.61 (+17%) -326.7
1996 TEX AL 0 1 22 0 0 0 0 22.3 20 8 4 14 3.22 4.61 (+30%) 556.2
1997 NYY AL 6 1 64 0 0 0 3 66.7 50 19 34 70 2.56 4.39 (+42%) -
1998 NYY AL 4 1 67 0 0 0 6 79.0 71 48 26 69 5.47 4.43 (-23%) -
1999 NYY AL 2 2 73 1 0 0 0 62.3 71 30 18 59 4.33 4.71 (+8%) -
2000 NYY AL 2 3 69 0 0 0 0 68.0 68 31 24 75 4.10 4.77 (+14%) -
2001 NYY AL 9 4 76 0 0 0 0 80.3 80 23 29 78 2.58 4.42 (+42%) -
2002 NYY AL 7 1 79 0 0 0 6 78.0 73 26 28 44 3.00 4.28 (+30%) -
2003 NYN NL 2 7 50 0 0 0 5 45.3 37 23 19 34 4.57 4.40 (-4%) -276.9
2004 NYN NL 2 6 83 0 0 0 0 77.0 70 27 33 58 3.16 4.46 (+29%) 1066.3
2005 NYY AL 1 2 28 0 0 0 0 14.0 17 11 6 12 7.07 4.29 (-65%) -
2005 WAS NL 2 1 30 0 0 0 0 27.7 31 11 9 14 3.58 4.29 (+17%) 255.5
2005 BOS AL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 1 0.00 — 0.0
2006 WAS NL 3 5 56 0 0 0 0 44.3 47 22 21 30 4.47 4.53 (+1%) 1064.2
2006 SFG NL 4 2 26 0 0 0 8 23.3 23 8 6 18 3.09 4.53 (+32%) -
2007 CIN NL 1 3 69 0 0 0 0 57.7 75 38 18 40 5.93 4.47 (-33%) 104.5

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
1178 24 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 3 0.333 0.360 0.375 0.735 0.0

Career AVG .333 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — +25.9% above league average.

Career OBP .360 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — +7.9% above league average.

Career SLG .375 vs. league average .415 across their career seasons — 9.7% below league average.

Career OPS 0.735 vs. league average 0.749 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1989 ATL NL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1990 ATL NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1991 ATL NL 74 6 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0.500 — — — — 0.0
1992 ATL NL 65 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500 — — — — 0.0
1993 ATL NL 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1994 ATL NL 49 3 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.667 — — — — 0.0
1995 ATL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1995 BOS AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1996 BOS AL 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1996 TEX AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 NYY AL 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1998 NYY AL 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1999 NYY AL 73 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2000 NYY AL 69 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 — — — — 0.0
2001 NYY AL 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 NYY AL 79 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2003 NYN NL 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2004 NYN NL 83 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.500 — — — — 0.0
2005 NYY AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 WAS NL 30 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2005 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 WAS NL 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2006 SFG NL 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2007 CIN NL 69 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
53 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2002 ALDS1 NYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 ALCS NYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 ALDS2 NYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 WS NYA 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 ALDS1 NYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 WS NYA 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 ALCS NYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 WS NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1998 ALCS NYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1998 WS NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 ALDS1 NYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 ALDS2 TEX 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1995 ALDS1 BOS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1993 NLCS ATL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1992 NLCS ATL 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1.000
1992 WS ATL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 NLCS ATL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1991 WS ATL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
5 2 53 0 1 55.7 43 13 21 47 2.10

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2002 ALDS1 NYA 0 1 3 0 0 2.7 6 3 1 1 10.12
2001 ALCS NYA 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 1 3 2 0 27.00
2001 ALDS2 NYA 1 0 3 0 0 4.7 3 0 0 1 0.00
2001 WS NYA 0 0 5 0 0 5.7 3 2 1 3 3.18
2000 ALDS1 NYA 1 0 3 0 0 4.3 5 1 1 3 2.08
2000 WS NYA 2 0 4 0 0 4.3 0 0 0 7 0.00
1999 ALCS NYA 0 0 3 0 0 0.3 1 0 1 0 0.00
1999 WS NYA 0 0 1 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 1 0.00
1998 ALCS NYA 0 0 3 0 0 3.7 2 0 1 4 0.00
1998 WS NYA 0 0 1 0 0 0.7 3 2 0 1 27.00
1997 ALDS1 NYA 0 0 3 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 3 0.00
1996 ALDS2 TEX 0 1 3 0 0 3.3 2 1 3 3 2.70
1995 ALDS1 BOS 0 0 1 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 4 0.00
1993 NLCS ATL 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 1 0 1 0 0.00
1992 NLCS ATL 0 0 5 0 0 4.3 2 0 2 5 0.00
1992 WS ATL 0 0 4 0 1 5.0 3 0 2 1 0.00
1991 NLCS ATL 0 0 3 0 0 3.7 4 1 3 3 2.45
1991 WS ATL 1 0 5 0 0 7.3 5 0 2 7 0.00

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 1178 1 51 159 18 9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1989 ATL P 20 0 1 2 1 0
1990 ATL P 7 0 0 2 0 0
1991 ATL P 74 0 6 16 0 0
1992 ATL P 65 0 3 10 0 2
1993 ATL P 63 0 1 9 1 1
1994 ATL P 49 0 2 10 0 1
1995 ATL P 26 0 0 6 2 0
1995 BOS P 22 0 1 3 2 0
1996 BOS P 59 0 2 7 0 0
1996 TEX P 22 0 0 0 0 0
1997 NYA P 64 0 3 6 0 0
1998 NYA P 67 0 7 6 1 0
1999 NYA P 73 1 2 6 1 0
2000 NYA P 69 0 3 11 0 0
2001 NYA P 76 0 6 10 2 1
2002 NYA P 79 0 4 9 2 1
2003 NYN P 50 0 2 8 3 0
2004 NYN P 83 0 4 14 0 0
2005 NYA P 28 0 0 3 0 0
2005 WAS P 30 0 2 9 0 1
2005 BOS P 1 0 0 1 0 0
2006 WAS P 56 0 0 4 0 1
2006 SFN P 26 0 0 3 1 0
2007 CIN P 69 0 2 4 2 1

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 1178

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2007 CIN NL $2,000,000
2006 WAS NL $1,000,000
2005 NYA AL $4,000,000
2004 NYN NL $3,000,000
2003 NYN NL $2,000,000
2002 NYA AL $2,500,000
2001 NYA AL $2,450,000
2000 NYA AL $2,400,000
1999 NYA AL $2,016,667
1998 NYA AL $1,916,667
1997 NYA AL $1,616,667
1996 BOS AL $1,750,000
1995 ATL NL $1,500,000
1994 ATL NL $1,400,000
1993 ATL NL $850,000
1992 ATL NL $265,000
1991 ATL NL $120,000
1990 ATL NL $118,000
Total Career Earnings $30,903,001

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Southwestern University Georgetown TX 1986
Alvin Community College Alvin TX 1987

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1991 Rookie of the Year NL 8th 1.0 120 0