Mike Epstein
Baltimore Orioles 1966–1967; Washington Senators 1967–1970; Oakland Athletics 1971; Washington Senators 1971; Oakland Athletics 1972; California Angels 1973; Texas Rangers 1973; California Angels 1974
Percentile snapshot
1972 season — qualified batters
of 112 qualified 1972 batters (min 480 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .182 | .250 | .364 | .614 | 75.4 | 76.0 | .279 | 0.0 |
| 1967 | 105 | 345 | 297 | 32 | 67 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 41 | 79 | 1 | 4 | .226 | .330 | .367 | .697 | 110.8 | 108.6 | .324 | 0.8 |
| 1968 | 123 | 448 | 385 | 40 | 90 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 33 | 48 | 91 | 1 | 1 | .234 | .338 | .366 | .704 | 121.0 | 115.9 | .332 | 1.5 |
| 1969 | 131 | 500 | 403 | 73 | 112 | 18 | 1 | 30 | 85 | 85 | 99 | 2 | 5 | .278 | .414 | .551 | .965 | 174.0 | 173.5 | .432 | 5.1 |
| 1970 | 140 | 518 | 430 | 55 | 110 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 56 | 73 | 117 | 2 | 3 | .256 | .371 | .444 | .815 | 130.8 | 128.6 | .371 | 2.6 |
| 1971 | 128 | 503 | 414 | 49 | 98 | 14 | 1 | 19 | 60 | 74 | 102 | 1 | 3 | .237 | .367 | .413 | .780 | 130.6 | 125.1 | .365 | 2.4 |
| 1972 | 138 | 537 | 455 | 63 | 123 | 18 | 2 | 26 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 0 | 1 | .270 | .376 | .490 | .866 | 168.7 | 165.0 | .397 | 4.8 |
| 1973 | 118 | 457 | 397 | 39 | 83 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 38 | 48 | 73 | 0 | 0 | .209 | .304 | .315 | .619 | 82.2 | 79.9 | .295 | -0.3 |
| 1974 | 18 | 73 | 62 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .161 | .288 | .387 | .675 | 101.2 | 97.9 | .318 | 0.1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969-05-16 | TEX @ CWS Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 1967-07-13 | DET @ TEX Gameday | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 1970-07-26 | TEX @ LAA Gameday | 4 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 1972-09-08 | ATH @ TEX Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 1970-06-19 | TEX @ BAL Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
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.