MLB / Players

Mike Golden

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at5 ft 7 in · 166 lb

BornSeptember 11, 1851 · Shirley, MA, USA

MLB debutMay 4, 1875

Final gameSeptember 14, 1878

Seasons2 (1875–1878)

Chicago White Stockings 1875; Keokuk Westerns 1875; Milwaukee Grays 1878

Percentile snapshot

1878 season — qualified batters

14.6

217

12.5

214

14.6

2.1

10.4

60.4

RBI

29.2

18.8

8.3

.206

10.4

OBP

.217

10.4

SLG

.262

18.8

OPS

.478

14.6

wRC+

67.7

12.5

OPS+

56.4

14.6

wOBA

.222

12.5

sWAR

-1.7

of 49 qualified 1878 batters (min 189 PA) · 2 stats not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

1878 season — qualified pitchers

45.5

SHO

217

54.5

45.5

27.3

45.5

161.0

45.5

ERA

4.14

9.1

WHIP

1.553

9.1

K/9

2.91

45.5

FIP

2.59

18.2

FIP-

112.2

18.2

ERA+

55.7

9.1

sWAR

-1.7

of 12 qualified 1878 pitchers (min 61 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR

1.3

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
1875	52	203	201	22	46	3	0	0	15	2	13	3	2	.229	.236	.244	.480	79.9	66.3	.220	3.0
1878	55	217	214	16	44	6	3	0	20	3	35	0	0	.206	.217	.262	.478	67.7	56.4	.222	-1.7

Pitching

Season	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	H	ER	BB	SO	HR	IP	ERA	WHIP	K/9	FIP	FIP-	ERA+	sWAR
1875	27	27	7	19	0	25	1	240	48	20	34	0	232.0	1.86	1.121	1.32	2.20	99.1	119.5	3.0
1878	22	18	3	13	0	15	0	217	74	33	52	1	161.0	4.14	1.553	2.91	2.59	112.2	55.7	-1.7

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

107

420

415

RBI

.2169

OBP

.2262

SLG

.2530

OPS

.4792

Pitching

G (P)

SHO

393

SO (P)

BB allowed

ERA

2.794

WHIP

1.2977

K/9

1.97

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.