MLB / Players

Mike Prendergast

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 9 in · 165 lb
BornDecember 15, 1888 · Arlington, IL, USA
MLB debutApril 17, 1914
Final gameJune 9, 1919
Seasons6 (1914–1919)

Chicago Chi-Feds 1914; Chicago Whales 1915; Chicago Cubs 1916–1917; Philadelphia Phillies 1918–1919

Percentile snapshot

1918 season — qualified pitchers

G
33
75.3
GS
30
84.9
W
13
74.2
L
14
12.9
SV
1
52.7
CG
20
86
SHO
0
0
H
257
5.4
ER
81
5.4
BB
46
52.7
SO
41
38.7
HR
6
3.2
IP
252.3
87.1
ERA
2.89
45.2
WHIP
1.201
65.6
K/9
1.46
0
FIP
2.84
47.3
FIP-
95.7
59.1
ERA+
102.8
51.6
sWAR
1.8
52.7

of 94 qualified 1918 pitchers (min 125 IP)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
9.3
86.1

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

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
19143045371400003900.108.195.108.303-11.4-12.6.1672.5
191542878016000123500.075.108.075.183-59.1-45.7.0963.4
191635484617000111700.152.170.152.322-16.9-1.1.1572.0
19173529281720001400.250.276.321.59771.877.7.2830.5
191833898517000421900.082.103.082.186-67.7-45.2.0941.8
19195331110000000.333.333.6671.000186.9184.1.452-0.8

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
19143019590711313640716136.02.381.2574.703.1999.5134.52.5
19154230141201632207067956253.72.481.1313.372.8995.4122.13.4
191635106112421273923565152.02.31.9873.322.4793.7114.22.0
191735836110112372143699.33.351.3393.902.94102.685.30.5
19183330131412002578146416252.32.891.2011.462.8495.7102.81.8
191950010002014105015.08.402.0003.003.98125.237.8-0.8

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

G
180
PA
301
AB
279
R
6
H
32
2B
3
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
6
BB
9
SO
84
SB
0
BA
.1147
OBP
.1483
SLG
.1254
OPS
.2737

Pitching

G (P)
180
GS
97
W
41
L
53
SV
4
CG
48
SHO
6
IP
908
SO (P)
311
BB allowed
207
ERA
2.745
WHIP
1.1824
K/9
3.08

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

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1917-05-03CIN @ CHC Gameday403100204
1916-08-13CHC @ CIN Gameday402000002
1918-07-16PHI @ CHC Gameday412000002
1917-07-31ATL @ CHC Gameday201100002
1919-06-09PHI @ STL Gameday111100002

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1916-06-27PIT @ CHC Gameday9.0300180
1916-07-04CHC @ PIT Gameday8.0711150
1916-05-12ATL @ CHC Gameday5.2642251
1918-06-14STL @ PHI Gameday10.0811140
1918-06-20ATL @ PHI Gameday10.01262340

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.