Mike Ivie | Baseball Prospectus

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
11	2962	.269	.324	.421	.277	9.2

Birth Date	8-8-1952
Height	6' 3"
Weight	205 lbs

Bats	R
Throws	R

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YEAR	TEAM	AGE	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	BB	SO	HBP	SF	SH	RBI	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1971	SDN	18	6	19	17	0	8	0	0	0	8	1	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	.471	.526	.471	.333	1.4	-0.1	0.2
1974	SDN	21	12	36	34	1	3	0	0	1	6	2	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	.088	.139	.176	.149	-3.5	-0.6	-0.5
1975	SDN	22	111	411	377	36	94	16	2	8	138	20	63	4	5	5	46	4	4	.249	.291	.366	.244	3.5	1.9	0.6
1976	SDN	23	140	446	405	51	118	19	5	7	168	30	41	5	4	2	70	6	6	.291	.345	.415	.292	16.8	0.7	2.0
1977	SDN	24	134	535	489	66	133	29	2	9	193	39	57	2	4	1	66	3	2	.272	.326	.395	.273	15.6	-0.1	1.6
1978	SFN	25	117	352	318	34	98	14	3	11	151	27	45	2	3	2	55	3	0	.308	.363	.475	.322	22.5	-0.3	2.4
1979	SFN	26	133	454	402	58	115	18	3	27	220	47	80	1	4	0	89	5	1	.286	.359	.547	.315	30.4	-1.4	3.0
1980	SFN	27	79	306	286	21	69	16	1	4	99	19	40	0	1	0	25	1	2	.241	.288	.346	.238	-2.7	-1.6	-0.5
1981	HOU	28	19	45	42	2	10	3	0	0	13	2	11	0	1	0	6	0	1	.238	.267	.310	.211	-1.7	0.8	-0.1
1981	SFN	28	7	18	17	1	5	2	0	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	.294	.278	.412	.267	-0.1	0.9	0.1
1982	DET	29	80	288	259	35	60	12	1	14	116	24	51	2	3	0	38	0	0	.232	.299	.448	.271	5.4	0.0	0.6
1982	HOU	29	7	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.321	0.6	0.0	0.1
1983	DET	30	12	45	42	4	9	4	0	0	13	2	4	0	1	0	7	0	0	.214	.244	.310	.206	-1.7	-0.8	-0.3
Career			857	2962	2694	309	724	133	17	81	1134	214	402	17	27	10	411	22	16	.269	.324	.421	.277	86.5	-0.7	9.2

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'opp' stats - quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.

YEAR	Team	Lg	G	PA	TAv	oppAVG	oppOBP	oppSLG	oppTAv	BABIP	BPF	BRAA	repLVL	POS_ADJ	FRAA	BRR	BVORP	BWARP	VORP	WARP
1971	SDN	MLB	6	19	.333	.259	.324	.364	.000	.500	92	1.1	0.4	0.3	-0.1	-0.1	1.4	0.2	1.4	0.2
1974	SDN	MLB	12	36	.149	.240	.307	.351	.000	.080	95	-3.9	0.9	-0.6	-0.6	-0.3	-3.5	-0.5	-3.5	-0.5
1975	SDN	MLB	111	411	.244	.256	.317	.367	.000	.277	95	-6.4	10.8	-2.2	1.9	-2.4	3.5	0.6	3.5	0.6
1976	SDN	MLB	140	446	.292	.250	.310	.352	.000	.307	96	13.4	11.2	-6.9	0.7	-0.0	16.8	2.0	16.8	2.0
1977	SDN	MLB	134	535	.273	.261	.321	.392	.000	.290	95	7	14.9	-7.2	-0.1	2.1	15.6	1.6	15.6	1.6
1978	SFN	MLB	117	352	.322	.253	.312	.372	.000	.328	95	21	9.2	-4.4	-0.3	-3.1	22.5	2.4	22.5	2.4
1979	SFN	MLB	133	454	.315	.256	.312	.376	.000	.294	96	25.9	12.7	-6.4	-1.4	1.0	30.4	3.0	30.4	3.0
1980	SFN	MLB	79	306	.238	.260	.313	.377	.000	.267	98	-6.8	8.2	-5.2	-1.6	-0.6	-2.7	-0.5	-2.7	-0.5
1981	HOU	MLB	19	45	.211	.239	.302	.339	.000	.312	100	-2	1.1	-0.6	0.8	-0.3	-1.7	-0.1	-1.7	-0.1
1981	SFN	MLB	7	18	.267	.235	.295	.321	.000	.294	98	0.1	0.5	-0.2	0.9	-0.0	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.1
1982	DET	MLB	80	288	.271	.263	.323	.400	.000	.234	97	3.2	7.8	-5	0.0	-0.6	5.4	0.6	5.4	0.6
1982	HOU	MLB	7	7	.321	.247	.296	.346	.000	.333	95	0.4	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.6	0.1
1983	DET	MLB	12	45	.206	.260	.308	.393	.000	.231	98	-2.5	1.2	-0.8	-0.8	0.4	-1.7	-0.3	-1.7	-0.3
Career		MLB		2962	.277	.256	.315	.375	.254	.287	96	50.5	79.1	-39.2	-0.7	-3.9	86.5	9.2	86.5	9.2

Statistics For All Levels

Year	Team	Lg	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	ISO	TAv	VORP	FRAA	WARP
1971	SDN	MLB	19	0	8	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	.471	.526	.471	.000	.333	1.4	-0.1	0.2
1974	SDN	MLB	36	1	3	0	0	1	3	2	8	0	0	.088	.139	.176	.088	.149	-3.5	-0.6	-0.5
1975	SDN	MLB	411	36	94	16	2	8	46	20	63	4	4	.249	.291	.366	.117	.244	3.5	1.9	0.6
1976	SDN	MLB	446	51	118	19	5	7	70	30	41	6	6	.291	.345	.415	.123	.292	16.8	0.7	2.0
1977	SDN	MLB	535	66	133	29	2	9	66	39	57	3	2	.272	.326	.395	.123	.273	15.6	-0.1	1.6
1978	SFN	MLB	352	34	98	14	3	11	55	27	45	3	0	.308	.363	.475	.167	.322	22.5	-0.3	2.4
1979	SFN	MLB	454	58	115	18	3	27	89	47	80	5	1	.286	.359	.547	.261	.315	30.4	-1.4	3.0
1980	SFN	MLB	306	21	69	16	1	4	25	19	40	1	2	.241	.288	.346	.105	.238	-2.7	-1.6	-0.5
1981	HOU	MLB	45	2	10	3	0	0	6	2	11	0	1	.238	.267	.310	.071	.211	-1.7	0.8	-0.1
1981	SFN	MLB	18	1	5	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	.294	.278	.412	.118	.267	-0.1	0.9	0.1
1982	DET	MLB	288	35	60	12	1	14	38	24	51	0	0	.232	.299	.448	.216	.271	5.4	0.0	0.6
1982	HOU	MLB	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.000	.321	0.6	0.0	0.1
1983	DET	MLB	45	4	9	4	0	0	7	2	4	0	0	.214	.244	.310	.095	.206	-1.7	-0.8	-0.3

Injury History beta

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation

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	Title	Author	Date
	Ten Prospects on the Bubble, Part Two: National League	Bradley Ankrom	2012-03-07
	The BP Broadside: The Most Disappointing Prospects of All Time, Part 1	Steven Goldman	2011-02-28
	Another Look: Chuck Tanner and the 1979 Pirates	Bob Hertzel	2010-10-26
	Ahead in the Count: Production and the Draft	Matt Swartz	2010-06-07
	One-Hoppers: Ken Griffey Jr. Bows Out	Jay Jaffe	2010-06-02
	Transaction Analysis: Catching Heck	Christina Kahrl	2008-12-08
	Prospectus Hit and Run: The Life and Times of Buzzie Bavasi, Part Two	Jay Jaffe	2008-05-14
	Prospectus Roundtable: Top 50 Prospects - Catchers	Baseball Prospectus	2005-02-01
	You Could Look It Up: Draft Edition	Steven Goldman	2004-06-09

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2008-05-09 14:00:00	If Mauer never hits another homerun, but continues to hit 346 with OB & defense, where does he rank amoung the catchers? (Allison from Frank Black's basement)	Well above the Ausmuses, and a few ticks above the Bards. Except that he won't be able to catch for as long as either, at which point we have to start talking about Mauer and Mike Ivie in a conversation about all-time backstop disappointments. (Christina Kahrl)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2008-09-29 10:30:00	Tigers/White Sox Play-In Game	Mike Ivie... now that's a blast from the past. Er, considering his bat, maybe that should be a bloop from the past. To bring a more recent Padres player (and former Tiger) into the discussion, his ability to play catcher could make Brandon Inge a nifty Robert Fick type... a game a week behind the dish, and then fill in at third and a corner as needed. (Dave Pease)
2008-09-29 10:30:00	Tigers/White Sox Play-In Game	Wendy (Madrid) notes, "Christina... You know that alot of people don't know what you're talking about when you mention obscure references, right? Please, let's pretend that we're talking to a bunch of sports fans and not some Harvard literary club." Maybe something more like a movie club; Idiocracy was an almost straight-to-video Mike Judge movie/Luke Wilson vehicle. I wouldn't recommend it, and I can't say what that might mean for whether or not Harvard types liked it. As far as Inge, I think it's something like the Mike Ivie situation a couple of decades ago: Inge doesn't want to catch, and while every person who values his knees might sympathize, Inge is a pretty marginal regular anywhere else. Hit like he did this year, and he's even below-average for a catcher. Add in that Guillen moving to left blocks Joyce, and it's a lose-lose proposition on offense. (Christina Kahrl)