Mike Caldwell
San Diego Padres 1971–1973; San Francisco Giants 1974–1976; Cincinnati Reds 1977; Milwaukee Brewers 1977–1984
Percentile snapshot
1983 season — qualified pitchers
of 88 qualified 1983 pitchers (min 162 IP)
Career, era-adjusted
ERA+ measured against qualified careers (1,000+ IP), 1,334 of them; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 822.8 | 753.8 | 1.330 | 0.4 |
| 1972 | 42 | 55 | 50 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | .140 | .137 | .140 | .277 | -36.3 | -18.7 | .128 | -0.1 |
| 1973 | 56 | 39 | 35 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .167 | .143 | .310 | -18.7 | -10.8 | .150 | 0.9 |
| 1974 | 31 | 72 | 63 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .169 | .143 | .312 | -26.3 | -13.5 | .154 | 3.5 |
| 1975 | 38 | 51 | 44 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .159 | .159 | .227 | .386 | -12.9 | 4.7 | .177 | -0.4 |
| 1976 | 50 | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .158 | .158 | .211 | .368 | -13.4 | 2.9 | .170 | -0.6 |
| 1977 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .600 | 1.000 | 1.600 | 321.7 | 319.4 | .669 | 0.8 |
| 1978 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7.9 |
| 1979 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.7 |
| 1980 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9 |
| 1981 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.7 |
| 1982 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2.4 |
| 1983 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.4 |
| 1984 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0.1 |
Pitching
| Season | G | GS | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | H | ER | BB | SO | HR | IP | ERA | WHIP | K/9 | FIP | FIP- | ERA+ | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 6.7 | 0.00 | 1.050 | 6.75 | 2.39 | 72.5 | — | 0.4 |
| 1972 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 183 | 73 | 49 | 102 | 10 | 163.7 | 4.01 | 1.418 | 5.61 | 3.05 | 92.8 | 81.8 | -0.1 |
| 1973 | 55 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 146 | 62 | 53 | 86 | 8 | 149.0 | 3.74 | 1.336 | 5.19 | 3.20 | 91.9 | 93.0 | 0.9 |
| 1974 | 31 | 27 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 176 | 62 | 63 | 83 | 17 | 189.3 | 2.95 | 1.262 | 3.95 | 3.94 | 104.2 | 128.2 | 3.5 |
| 1975 | 38 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 194 | 87 | 48 | 57 | 16 | 163.3 | 4.79 | 1.482 | 3.14 | 4.17 | 110.5 | 78.6 | -0.4 |
| 1976 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 145 | 58 | 20 | 55 | 5 | 107.3 | 4.86 | 1.537 | 4.61 | 2.84 | 79.1 | 73.9 | -0.6 |
| 1977 | 35 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 126 | 59 | 44 | 49 | 7 | 119.0 | 4.46 | 1.429 | 3.71 | 3.84 | 94.9 | 90.7 | 0.8 |
| 1978 | 37 | 34 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 258 | 77 | 54 | 131 | 14 | 293.3 | 2.36 | 1.064 | 4.02 | 2.90 | 76.9 | 159.8 | 7.9 |
| 1979 | 30 | 30 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 252 | 86 | 39 | 89 | 18 | 235.0 | 3.29 | 1.238 | 3.41 | 3.55 | 84.6 | 127.5 | 4.7 |
| 1980 | 34 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 248 | 101 | 56 | 74 | 29 | 225.3 | 4.03 | 1.349 | 2.96 | 4.55 | 115.7 | 97.4 | 1.9 |
| 1981 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 151 | 63 | 38 | 41 | 18 | 144.3 | 3.93 | 1.309 | 2.56 | 4.40 | 125.9 | 89.0 | 0.7 |
| 1982 | 35 | 34 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 269 | 112 | 58 | 75 | 30 | 258.0 | 3.91 | 1.267 | 2.62 | 4.29 | 111.0 | 99.0 | 2.4 |
| 1983 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 269 | 115 | 51 | 58 | 35 | 228.3 | 4.53 | 1.401 | 2.29 | 4.99 | 130.6 | 84.3 | 0.4 |
| 1984 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 160 | 65 | 21 | 34 | 11 | 126.0 | 4.64 | 1.437 | 2.43 | 3.87 | 100.0 | 83.3 | 0.1 |
sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.
Career totals
Batting
Pitching
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975-05-19 | PIT @ SF Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1975-09-19 | SD @ SF Gameday | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1974-08-04 | ATL @ SF Gameday | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1972-08-15 | STL @ SD Gameday | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1973-05-06 | PIT @ SD Gameday | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Pitching
| Date | Game | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978-09-19 | MIL @ NYY Gameday | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1979-07-08 | DET @ MIL Gameday | 9.0 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 1972-09-07 | CIN @ SD Gameday | 9.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| 1974-04-25 | WSH @ SF Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979-04-10 | BOS @ MIL Gameday | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
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.