MLB / Players

Mike Caruso

HandednessBats Left · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 172 lb

BornMay 27, 1977 · Queens, NY, USA

MLB debutMarch 31, 1998

Final gameAugust 9, 2002

Seasons3 (1998–2002)

Chicago White Sox 1998–1999; Kansas City Royals 2002

Percentile snapshot

1999 season — qualified batters

136

21.7

564

26.1

529

4.5

132

14.6

54.8

1.3

RBI

1.3

2.5

99.4

56.7

2.5

.250

4.5

OBP

.280

SLG

.297

OPS

.577

wRC+

45.6

OPS+

48.0

wOBA

.262

sWAR

-1.3

0.6

of 158 qualified 1999 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

0.2

50.7

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
1998	133	555	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	14	38	22	6	.306	.331	.390	.721	89.1	89.4	.320	1.7
1999	136	564	529	60	132	11	4	2	35	20	36	12	14	.250	.280	.297	.577	45.6	48.0	.262	-1.3
2002	12	21	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	.100	.143	.100	.243	-50.9	-36.6	.120	-0.3

Career totals

281

1,140

1,072

144

294

RBI

.2743

OBP

.3024

SLG

.3386

OPS

.6410

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	HR	RBI	TB
1998-05-31	CWS @ DET Gameday	5	1	4	0	1	2	7
1998-07-15	TOR @ CWS Gameday	4	1	2	1	1	2	6
1998-06-19	MIN @ CWS Gameday	5	1	4	1	0	0	5
1998-06-06	CWS @ CHC Gameday	5	0	3	2	0	2	5
1999-07-28	NYY @ CWS Gameday	5	2	3	2	0	2	5

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.