Jason Michaels
Philadelphia Phillies 2001–2005; Cleveland Indians 2006–2008; Pittsburgh Pirates 2008; Houston Astros 2009–2011
Percentile snapshot
2006 season — qualified batters
of 162 qualified 2006 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | -24.0 | -12.2 | .149 | -0.1 |
| 2002 | 81 | 121 | 105 | 16 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 33 | 1 | 1 | .267 | .347 | .476 | .823 | 118.2 | 118.8 | .361 | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 76 | 125 | 109 | 20 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 0 | .330 | .416 | .569 | .985 | 156.8 | 151.9 | .428 | 1.1 |
| 2004 | 115 | 346 | 299 | 44 | 82 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 40 | 42 | 80 | 2 | 2 | .274 | .364 | .415 | .779 | 105.2 | 101.1 | .350 | 1.2 |
| 2005 | 105 | 343 | 289 | 54 | 88 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 44 | 45 | 3 | 3 | .304 | .399 | .415 | .814 | 118.7 | 111.9 | .370 | 1.9 |
| 2006 | 123 | 548 | 494 | 77 | 132 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 55 | 43 | 101 | 9 | 5 | .267 | .326 | .391 | .717 | 86.6 | 85.7 | .319 | 0.4 |
| 2007 | 105 | 295 | 267 | 43 | 72 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 20 | 50 | 3 | 4 | .270 | .324 | .397 | .721 | 88.4 | 88.9 | .322 | 0.1 |
| 2008 | 123 | 321 | 286 | 28 | 64 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 53 | 27 | 65 | 2 | 1 | .224 | .292 | .360 | .652 | 71.2 | 71.9 | .294 | -0.5 |
| 2009 | 102 | 152 | 135 | 17 | 32 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 38 | 1 | 2 | .237 | .322 | .430 | .752 | 101.3 | 99.2 | .338 | 0.4 |
| 2010 | 106 | 203 | 186 | 23 | 47 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 0 | .253 | .310 | .468 | .778 | 107.0 | 108.1 | .340 | 0.6 |
| 2011 | 89 | 169 | 156 | 10 | 31 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 31 | 1 | 0 | .199 | .256 | .295 | .551 | 47.5 | 52.5 | .251 | -0.7 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-07 | MIL @ HOU Gameday | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2004-09-03 | NYM @ PHI Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 2004-09-10 | PHI @ NYM Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 2004-06-17 | DET @ PHI Gameday | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| 2007-04-05 | CLE @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.