Mike Hargrove | Baseball Prospectus

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Career Summary

Years	PA	AVG	OBP	SLG	TAv	WARP
12	6693	.290	.396	.391	.291	32.1

Birth Date	10-26-1949
Height	6' 0"
Weight	195 lbs

Bats	L
Throws	L

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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
1974	TEX	24	131	477	415	57	134	18	6	4	176	49	42	4	5	4	66	0	0	.323	.395	.424	.304	26.9	3.6	3.3
1975	TEX	25	145	609	519	82	157	22	2	11	216	79	66	4	5	2	62	4	3	.303	.395	.416	.299	32.4	4.6	4.0
1976	TEX	26	151	654	541	80	155	30	1	7	208	97	64	6	6	4	58	2	3	.287	.397	.384	.300	35.7	1.9	4.2
1977	TEX	27	153	648	525	98	160	28	4	18	250	103	59	6	6	8	69	2	5	.305	.420	.476	.315	46.3	1.6	4.9
1978	TEX	28	146	616	494	63	124	24	1	7	171	107	47	7	6	2	40	2	5	.251	.388	.346	.280	14.1	-1.5	1.4
1979	CLE	29	100	413	338	60	110	21	4	10	169	63	40	5	5	2	56	2	3	.325	.433	.500	.326	28.0	1.3	3.0
1979	SDN	29	52	151	125	15	24	5	0	0	29	25	15	0	1	0	8	0	2	.192	.325	.232	.222	-3.7	0.3	-0.4
1980	CLE	30	160	720	589	86	179	22	2	11	238	111	36	8	10	2	85	4	2	.304	.415	.404	.301	36.2	-7.9	3.0
1981	CLE	31	94	398	322	43	102	21	0	2	129	60	16	5	7	4	49	5	4	.317	.424	.401	.311	25.5	2.5	3.1
1982	CLE	32	160	705	591	67	160	26	1	4	200	101	58	3	6	4	65	2	2	.271	.377	.338	.267	8.7	-5.0	0.4
1983	CLE	33	134	566	469	57	134	21	4	3	172	78	40	5	7	7	57	0	6	.286	.388	.367	.286	25.3	0.7	2.8
1984	CLE	34	133	410	352	44	94	14	2	2	118	53	38	0	2	3	44	0	2	.267	.361	.335	.256	3.2	2.8	0.6
1985	CLE	35	107	326	284	31	81	14	1	1	100	39	29	0	1	2	27	1	0	.285	.370	.352	.264	9.7	5.6	1.6
Career			1666	6693	5564	783	1614	266	28	80	2176	965	550	53	67	44	686	24	37	.290	.396	.391	.291	288.4	10.6	32.1

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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
1974	TEX	MLB	131	477	.304	.253	.314	.360	.000	.348	101	20.5	12.3	-7.5	3.6	0.9	26.9	3.3	26.9	3.3
1975	TEX	MLB	145	609	.299	.252	.317	.369	.000	.327	100	23.2	16.0	-5.9	4.6	1.5	32.4	4.0	32.4	4.0
1976	TEX	MLB	151	654	.300	.256	.313	.360	.000	.311	100	24.6	16.5	-10.5	1.9	4.5	35.7	4.2	35.7	4.2
1977	TEX	MLB	153	648	.315	.262	.321	.399	.000	.313	99	36.8	18.1	-11.6	1.6	0.8	46.3	4.9	46.3	4.9
1978	TEX	MLB	146	616	.280	.257	.316	.380	.000	.262	98	11.7	16.0	-10.2	-1.5	-3.5	14.1	1.4	14.1	1.4
1979	CLE	MLB	100	413	.326	.264	.322	.398	.000	.341	100	28.2	11.6	-4.2	1.3	-7.1	28.0	3.0	28.0	3.0
1979	SDN	MLB	52	151	.222	.260	.318	.384	.000	.216	94	-6	4.2	-2.4	0.3	-1.0	-3.7	-0.4	-3.7	-0.4
1980	CLE	MLB	160	720	.301	.266	.323	.394	.000	.304	103	29.5	19.4	-12.4	-7.9	1.3	36.2	3.0	36.2	3.0
1981	CLE	MLB	94	398	.311	.256	.311	.373	.000	.322	100	19.1	10.1	-6.4	2.5	2.5	25.5	3.1	25.5	3.1
1982	CLE	MLB	160	705	.267	.262	.321	.399	.000	.292	100	4.8	19.0	-12.2	-5.0	-6.7	8.7	0.4	8.7	0.4
1983	CLE	MLB	134	566	.286	.262	.319	.400	.000	.303	102	14.8	15.4	-9.8	0.7	-2.6	25.3	2.8	25.3	2.8
1984	CLE	MLB	133	410	.256	.260	.319	.392	.000	.293	101	-1.7	11.0	-6.7	2.8	-1.9	3.2	0.6	3.2	0.6
1985	CLE	MLB	107	326	.264	.253	.314	.389	.000	.314	98	1.2	8.9	-5.3	5.6	0.4	9.7	1.6	9.7	1.6
Career		MLB		6693	.291	.259	.318	.385	.259	.307	100	206.7	178.5	-105.1	10.6	-10.9	288.4	32.1	288.4	32.1

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
1974	TEX	MLB	477	57	134	18	6	4	66	49	42	0	0	.323	.395	.424	.101	.304	26.9	3.6	3.3
1975	TEX	MLB	609	82	157	22	2	11	62	79	66	4	3	.303	.395	.416	.114	.299	32.4	4.6	4.0
1976	TEX	MLB	654	80	155	30	1	7	58	97	64	2	3	.287	.397	.384	.098	.300	35.7	1.9	4.2
1977	TEX	MLB	648	98	160	28	4	18	69	103	59	2	5	.305	.420	.476	.171	.315	46.3	1.6	4.9
1978	TEX	MLB	616	63	124	24	1	7	40	107	47	2	5	.251	.388	.346	.095	.280	14.1	-1.5	1.4
1979	CLE	MLB	413	60	110	21	4	10	56	63	40	2	3	.325	.433	.500	.175	.326	28.0	1.3	3.0
1979	SDN	MLB	151	15	24	5	0	0	8	25	15	0	2	.192	.325	.232	.040	.222	-3.7	0.3	-0.4
1980	CLE	MLB	720	86	179	22	2	11	85	111	36	4	2	.304	.415	.404	.100	.301	36.2	-7.9	3.0
1981	CLE	MLB	398	43	102	21	0	2	49	60	16	5	4	.317	.424	.401	.084	.311	25.5	2.5	3.1
1982	CLE	MLB	705	67	160	26	1	4	65	101	58	2	2	.271	.377	.338	.068	.267	8.7	-5.0	0.4
1983	CLE	MLB	566	57	134	21	4	3	57	78	40	0	6	.286	.388	.367	.081	.286	25.3	0.7	2.8
1984	CLE	MLB	410	44	94	14	2	2	44	53	38	0	2	.267	.361	.335	.068	.256	3.2	2.8	0.6
1985	CLE	MLB	326	31	81	14	1	1	27	39	29	1	0	.285	.370	.352	.067	.264	9.7	5.6	1.6

Injury History beta

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

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
		3 yr (05-07)

Details
resigned 7/1/07 hired 10/04, replacing Bob Melvin (fired 10/04 hired 11/02, 2 year/$ M (03-04)+05 club option) replaced LPiniella (3 year/$6.5-7M, 01-03)

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Title	Author	Date
Western Front: Zeroes and Ones	Geoff Young	2013-01-15
Rumor Roundup: Tuesday, November 20	Daniel Rathman	2012-11-20
The Lineup Card: Nine Awards that Should Be Given Out	Baseball Prospectus	2012-09-26
BP Unfiltered: Saved by the Rule	Geoff Young	2012-08-09
The Lineup Card: 10 Incidents of Cheating	Baseball Prospectus	2012-06-27
Western Front: Better Than Doug Mientkiewicz	Geoff Young	2012-03-13
Prospectus Hit and Run: Big Shoes to Fill	Jay Jaffe	2012-02-24
The Lineup Card: Commissioner for a Day	Baseball Prospectus	2011-09-14
The BP Wayback Machine: Un-Stars	James Click	2011-06-30
Purpose Pitches: Farrell, Mattingly, and Roenicke	Christina Kahrl	2011-02-10
Purpose Pitches: A Dozen New Skippers	Christina Kahrl	2011-02-09
The Week In Quotes: October 11-17	Alex Carnevale	2010-10-18
On the Beat: Coming Full Circle	John Perrotto	2010-10-06
One-Hoppers: Getting Wakked	Ben Lindbergh	2010-08-10
Prospectus Hit List: Changes Gonna Come	Jay Jaffe	2010-07-30
Transaction Action: Disorderly Conduct	Christina Kahrl	2010-06-30
Prospectus Hit List: Nobody's Perfect	Jay Jaffe	2010-06-04
Player Profile: Nomar Garciaparra	Marc Normandin	2010-03-19
Prospectus Q&A: Johnny Goryl	David Laurila	2010-02-05
Baseball Therapy: Profiling a Manager, Part 3	Russell A. Carleton	2010-02-01
Prospectus Hit and Run: Hall of Fame Cases at Third and Short	Jay Jaffe	2009-12-23
Prospectus Q&A: Toby Harrah, Part One	David Laurila	2009-05-19
The Week In Quotes: May 4-10	Alex Carnevale	2009-05-11
Prospectus Today: Seamhead Analysis	Joe Sheehan	2008-12-11
Prospectus Q&A: Butch Wynegar	David Laurila	2008-09-21
Transaction Analysis: Camp-Opening Roundup	Christina Kahrl	2008-02-17
The 2007 Internet Baseball Awards: Results and Wrap-Up	Greg Spira	2007-11-01
Prospectus Today: Narrow Margins	Joe Sheehan	2007-10-15
Every Given Sunday: Tribe Success, and Its Duplication	John Perrotto	2007-09-30
Every Given Sunday: Changing of the Guards	John Perrotto	2007-09-23
In the Interim: Pete Mackanin's Second Chance	John Perrotto	2007-09-05
Prospectus Hit List: Friday the 13th Edition	Jay Jaffe	2007-07-13
Every Given Sunday: Heating Up on Demand	John Perrotto	2007-07-08
The Week In Quotes: June 25-July 1	Alex Carnevale	2007-07-02
Wait 'Til Next Year: Midseason Acquisitions	Bryan Smith	2007-06-19
Transaction Analysis: April 29-May 6, 2007	Christina Kahrl	2007-05-07
The Week In Quotes: May 1-6	Alex Carnevale	2007-05-07
Schrodinger's Bat: Hummingbirds and Sloths	Dan Fox	2007-05-03
The Week In Quotes: April 23-30	Alex Carnevale	2007-04-30
Prospectus Matchups: The Race to the Middle	Jim Baker	2007-04-27
Transaction of the Day: AL West Special	Christina Kahrl	2007-04-24
The Week In Quotes: April 16-23	Alex Carnevale	2007-04-23
Transaction Analysis: April 19-21, 2007	Christina Kahrl	2007-04-22
Transaction Analysis: Opening Day to April 14, 2007	Christina Kahrl	2007-04-15
Who Will Rid Me of This Pestilent McCovey?: Pinch Running in the Last 50 Years	Brandon Isleib	2007-04-10
Transaction of the Day: Roster Reviews of the Wests	Christina Kahrl	2007-04-03
Schrodinger's Bat: The Price of Contentment	Dan Fox	2007-03-29
The Week In Quotes: March 19-26	Alex Carnevale	2007-03-26
Schrodinger's Bat: Double Steals And More	Dan Fox	2007-03-22
The Week In Quotes: February 20-26	Alex Carnevale	2007-02-26
Prospectus Matchups: The Column Reversers	Jim Baker	2007-02-09
Transaction Analysis: AL West Catchup and Recent AL Moves	Christina Kahrl	2007-02-07
Transaction Analysis: November 22-29, 2006	Christina Kahrl	2006-11-30
The Week In Quotes: November 7-13	Alex Carnevale	2006-11-13
Future Shock: Where Did the Mets Come From?	Kevin Goldstein	2006-10-17
Prospectus Matchups: College Boys	Jim Baker	2006-01-04
Prospectus Matchups: I Remember	Jim Baker	2005-11-04
Transaction Analysis: July 26-27	Christina Kahrl	2005-07-28
Prospectus Today: Stroll Through the Stats: NL Edition	Joe Sheehan	2004-05-04
You Could Look It Up: 1984 Part IV: Stop Making Sense	Steven Goldman	2004-02-20
Breaking Balls: Sneaky Like a Fox	Derek Zumsteg	2003-10-21
Transaction Analysis: September 26-October 12	Christina Kahrl	2003-10-15
Prospectus Feature: The Eddie Award	Jeff Bower	2003-02-28
Transaction Analysis: February 10-18, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-02-21
Under The Knife: The Dangers of Heatstroke	Will Carroll	2003-02-20
Transaction Analysis: January 24-February 9, 2003	Christina Kahrl	2003-02-13
Internet Baseball Awards: Managers of the Year	Greg Spira	2002-10-16
Playoff Prospectus: San Francisco Giants vs. Atlanta Braves	Christina Kahrl	2002-10-02
The Week In Quotes: September 9-15	Derek Zumsteg	2002-09-16
Transaction Analysis: June 25-July 14, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-07-19
Transaction Analysis: May 20-22, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-05-24
Transaction Analysis: May 16-19, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-05-22
The Week In Quotes: May 13-19, 2002	Derek Zumsteg	2002-05-20
Transaction Analysis: April 16-17, 2002	Christina Kahrl	2002-04-19
The Week In Quotes: April 8-14, 2002	Derek Zumsteg	2002-04-15

BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2008-01-25 13:30:00	Which teams do you see running more in 2008 based on managerial, coaching, or philosophical changes to game management? (DB from New York)	It's interesting that it doesn't seem as if many teams other than the Angels and Mariners (in the Mike Hargrove era anyway) talk about a baserunning philosophy. But given the fact that in the end it means something on the order of a swing of 3 wins from top to bottom, perhaps teams inheretly do give it the appropriate emphasis. That said, success on the bases seems to be driven entirely by personnel and not coaching. The Angels typically do well (and they may be an excpetion) but they also have had personnel (Chone Figgins and Orlando Cabrera are two notable examples) that could contribute. A fellow SABR member, Neal Williams, and I did a study on the effect of third base coaches that was published as two articles on the Baseball Analysts site and will come out in a few weeks in The Baseball Research Journal volume 36. There, using a subset of EqHAR, we could detect no statistically significant skill for third base coaches from year to year. That is likely the case becase the skill of the personnel swamp the little bit of help or non-help they get from their coaches (even "Waving Wendell" Kim in the long run). It could also be the case that most coaches are at the same skill level and the metric, coupled with the influence mentioned above, is too course-grained to capture it. Thanks for the question. (Dan Fox)

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