Mike Wuertz

Michael James Wuertz MLB 2004-2011 | 1998-2011

Control
50

K-Rating
68

Efficiency
55

vsPower
48

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Positions P-643 Born Dec 15, 1978 (33) Place Austin,Minnesota Ht/Wt 6-3 / 200 Bats/Throws: Right / Right High School Austin (Austin,MN) College None listed
Drafted Chicago Cubs: 1997-11-334 (June-Reg)MLB Debut: April 5,2004 box

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Pitching Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Strikeout Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Rk	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	Bk	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	BB/SO	GB/FB	QS	HB	AB	Bavg	TBF	Pit/B	Bal	Str	Sw	Record	TR
1998	Williamsport	NYPL	A-		chc	19	11	7	5	3.44	14	14	1	0	0	0	86.1	79	36	33	4	19	59	1	2	1.14	8.24	0.42	1.98	6.15	0.32	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	39-36	4
1999	Lansing	Midw	A		chc	20	11	11	12	4.80	28	28	1	0	0	0	161.1	191	104	86	11	44	127	11	0	1.46	10.66	0.61	2.45	7.08	0.35	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	73-67	2
2000	Daytona	FSL	A+	-	chc	21	5	12	7	3.78	28	28	3	2	0	0	171.1	166	79	72	15	64	142	7	1	1.34	8.72	0.79	3.36	7.46	0.45	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-63
2001	West Tennessee	Sou	AA	35	chc	22	8	4	9	3.99	27	27	1	1	0	0	160.0	160	80	71	20	58	135	10	0	1.36	9.00	1.12	3.26	7.59	0.43	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	59-80	5
2002	Iowa	PCL	AAA	34	chc	23	18	9	5	5.55	28	27	0	0	1	0	154.0	185	109	95	24	69	131	11	0	1.65	10.81	1.40	4.03	7.66	0.53	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-73	3
2003	Iowa	PCL	AAA	30	chc	24	99	3	9	4.57	43	16	0	0	4	1	124.0	140	70	63	16	35	92	2	0	1.41	10.16	1.16	2.54	6.68	0.38	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	70-72	3
2004	Iowa	PCL	AAA	17	chc	25	24	1	1	2.42	37	0	0	0	35	19	44.2	30	13	12	4	15	59	0	0	1.01	6.05	0.81	3.02	11.89	0.25	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-64	1
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	43	chc	25	-	1	0	4.34	31	0	0	0	11	1	29.0	22	14	14	4	17	30	2	1	1.34	6.83	1.24	5.28	9.31	0.57	0.51	0	0	0	--	0	--	40.3	59.7	10.9	89-73	3
2005	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	43	chc	26	73	6	2	3.81	75	0	0	0	12	0	75.2	60	36	32	6	40	89	7	0	1.32	7.14	0.71	4.76	10.59	0.45	0.75	0	0	0	--	0	--	40.3	59.7	16.7	79-83	4
2006	Iowa	PCL	AAA	-	chc	27	61	6	0	1.73	30	0	0	0	24	10	41.2	30	10	8	2	9	67	3	0	0.94	6.48	0.43	1.94	14.47	0.13	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-68	1
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	43	chc	27	-	3	1	2.66	41	0	0	0	4	0	40.2	35	14	12	5	16	42	1	0	1.25	7.75	1.11	3.54	9.30	0.38	1.23	0	0	0	--	0	--	37.0	63.0	17.6	66-96	6
2007	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	43	chc	28	-	2	3	3.48	73	0	0	0	19	0	72.1	64	30	28	8	35	79	6	0	1.37	7.96	1.00	4.36	9.83	0.44	0.87	0	0	0	--	0	--	37.6	62.4	16.4	85-77	1
2008	Iowa	PCL	AAA	30	chc	29	-	0	1	3.60	17	0	0	0	14	4	20.0	13	8	8	2	14	29	4	0	1.35	5.85	0.90	6.30	13.05	0.48	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	83-59	1
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	43	chc	29	-	1	1	3.63	45	0	0	0	13	0	44.2	44	23	18	4	20	30	2	0	1.43	8.87	0.81	4.03	6.04	0.67	0.85	0	0	0	--	0	--	38.8	61.2	12.3	97-64	1
2009	Oakland	AL	MLB	48	oak	30	55	6	1	2.63	74	0	0	0	9	4	78.2	52	25	23	6	23	102	6	0	0.95	5.95	0.69	2.63	11.67	0.23	0.88	0	0	0	--	0	--	37.9	62.1	18.1	75-87	4
2010	Stockton	Calif	A+	-	oak	31	-	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	9.00	0.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	74-66	2
	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	48	oak	31	-	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	1.50	7.71	0.00	5.79	5.79	1.00	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-65	1
	Oakland	AL	MLB	48	oak	31	-	2	3	4.31	48	0	0	0	14	6	39.2	35	21	19	6	21	40	6	0	1.41	7.94	1.36	4.76	9.08	0.53	0.77	0	0	0	--	0	--	40.5	59.5	15.2	81-81	2
2011	Stockton	Calif	A+	-	oak	32	-	0	0	12.00	3	2	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	4	4	1	1	7	1	0	2.33	18.00	3.00	3.00	21.00	0.14	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	75-65	2
	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	-	oak	32	-	0	0	9.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	3	3	0	2	5	0	0	1.67	9.00	0.00	6.00	15.00	0.40	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	88-56	1
	Oakland	AL	MLB	48	oak	32	-	0	0	6.68	39	0	0	0	7	0	33.2	37	25	25	5	26	32	0	0	1.87	9.89	1.34	6.95	8.55	0.81	0.87	0	0	0	--	0	--	44.1	55.9	12.7	74-88	3
MLB Totals (8 years)								21	11	3.71	426	0	0	0	89	11	414	349	188	171	44	198	444	30	1	1.32	7.58	0.96	4.30	9.64	0.45	0.84	0	0	0	--	0	--	39.3	60.7	15.6	.499	--
Minor League Totals (11 years)								53	49	4.19	264	148	6	3	78	34	977	1010	516	455	99	333	859	50	3	1.37	9.30	0.91	3.07	7.91	0.39	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.530	--
AAA Totals (7 years)								19	16	4.34	162	47	0	0	78	34	392	405	213	189	48	147	386	20	0	1.41	9.30	1.10	3.38	8.86	0.38	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.544	--
AA Totals (1 year)								4	9	3.99	27	27	1	1	0	0	160	160	80	71	20	58	135	10	0	1.36	9.00	1.13	3.26	7.59	0.43	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.424	--
A+ Totals (3 years)								12	7	3.86	33	32	3	2	0	0	177	175	83	76	16	65	152	8	1	1.35	8.88	0.81	3.30	7.71	0.43	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.537	--
A Totals (1 year)								11	12	4.80	28	28	1	0	0	0	161	191	104	86	11	44	127	11	0	1.46	10.66	0.61	2.45	7.08	0.35	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.521	--
A- Totals (1 year)								7	5	3.44	14	14	1	0	0	0	86	79	36	33	4	19	59	1	2	1.14	8.24	0.42	1.98	6.15	0.32	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	.520	--

Batting Statistics

Data Products Career Cumulative Career Home Run Log About the Stats

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Unif	Org	Age	Pos	Rk	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GS	GS%	TB	PA	outs	RC	RC/G	babip	SA	ISO	bb/k	HR%	XBH%	BB%	SO%	G/F	P/PA	Pit	Str	Bal	Swg	Record	TR	Year	Team
2001	West Tennessee	Sou	AA	35	chc	22	p	-	27	35	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	0	0	6	0	1	.114	.162	.143	305	-	-	5	43	38	-2	-1.1	.200	.086	.029	0.13	0.0	25.0	4.7	34.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	59-80	5	2001	West Tennessee
2002	Iowa	PCL	AAA	34	chc	23	p	78	28	22	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	0	0	7	0	0	.045	.087	.045	132	-	-	1	30	28	-3	-2.4	.125	.045	.000	0.07	0.0	0.0	3.3	46.7	--	--	--	--	--	--	71-73	3	2002	Iowa
2003	Iowa	PCL	AAA	30	chc	24	p	-	43	16	0	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	0	0	3	1	0	.187	.222	.250	472	-	-	4	21	17	1	0.9	.300	.125	.062	0.14	0.0	33.3	4.8	33.3	--	--	--	--	--	--	70-72	3	2003	Iowa
2004	Iowa	PCL	AAA	17	chc	25	p	-	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	79-64	1	2004	Iowa
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	43	chc	25	p	-	30	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	5.0	5	60.0	40.0	0.0	89-73	3		Chi Cubs
2005	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	43	chc	26	p	-	75	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	1	0	2	2	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.00	4.0	8	75.0	25.0	0.0	79-83	4	2005	Chi Cubs
2006	Iowa	PCL	AAA	-	chc	27		-	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	--	--	--	--	--	76-68	1	2006	Iowa
	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	43	chc	27	p	-	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	-	.000	--	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	--	1.0	1	100.0	0.0	0.0	66-96	6		Chi Cubs
2007	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	43	chc	28	p	-	71	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	2	2	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	--	3.5	7	57.1	42.9	14.3	85-77	1	2007	Chi Cubs
2008	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	43	chc	29	p	-	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	-	-	0	1	1	--	--	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	--	2.0	2	100.0	0.0	0.0	97-64	1	2008	Chi Cubs
MLB Totals (5 years)									217	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0	7	7	-	-	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.0	0.0	0.0	71.4	2.00	3.29	--	69.6	30.4	4.3	.514	--	--	--
Minor League Totals (5 years)									155	75	3	8	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	37	0	0	16	1	1	.107	.150	.133	283	--	--	10	96	85	-4	-1.3	.205	.080	.027	0.11	0.0	25.0	4.2	38.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.499	--	--	--
AAA Totals (4 years)									128	40	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	22	0	0	10	1	0	.100	.140	.125	265	--	--	5	53	47	-2	-1.4	.211	.075	.025	0.09	0.0	25.0	3.8	41.5	--	--	--	--	--	--	.517	--	--	--
AA Totals (1 year)									27	35	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	15	0	0	6	0	1	.114	.162	.143	305	--	--	5	43	38	-2	-1.1	.200	.086	.029	0.13	0.0	25.0	4.7	34.9	--	--	--	--	--	--	.424	--	--	--

Fielding Statistics

Data Products

Year	Team	Lg	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	P %	C %	1B %	2B %	3B %	SS %	LF %	CF %	RF %	OF %	PO	A	E
1998	Williamsport	NYPL	A-	chc	19	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.937	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	11	1
1999	Lansing	Midw	A	chc	20	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	10	16	2
2000	Daytona	FSL	A+	chc	21	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.970	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	15	17	1
2001	West Tennessee	Sou	AA	chc	22	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	5	20	5
2002	Iowa	PCL	AAA	chc	23	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	6	18	0
2003	Iowa	PCL	AAA	chc	24	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.895	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	6	11	2
2004	Iowa	PCL	AAA	chc	25	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	3	0
2004	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	25	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	4	0
2005	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	26	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	7	0
2006	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	27	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.833	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	3	1
2007	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	28	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	2	9	0
2008	Chi Cubs	NL	MLB	chc	29	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.917	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	5	6	1
2009	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	30	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	7	0
2010	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	31	48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	4	5	0
2010	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	oak	31	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	1	0
2010	Stockton	Calif	A+	oak	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
2011	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	oak	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
2011	Oakland	AL	MLB	oak	32	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	1	2	0
2011	Stockton	Calif	A+	oak	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	0	0	0
MLB Totals						426	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.969	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	20	43	2
Minor League Totals						217	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.929	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	48	97	11

Transactions

1997-08-18 - signed 2008-01-21 - Signed by Cubs (1-year) 2009-02-02 - Traded by Cubs to Athletics for Richie Robnett and Justin Sellers. 2011-10-25 - Released by Athletics

Awards

No awards in database

Contracts

2005-2005 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $0.322m
2006-2006 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $0.327m (3/3/2006)
2007-2007 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $0.415m (3/5/2007)
2008-2008 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $0.86m (1/20/2008) -- Avoided arbitration
2009-2009 - Signed by CHC to 1-year contract worth $1.1m (1/20/2009) -- Avoided arbitration
2010-2011 - Signed by OAK to 2-year contract worth $5.25m (1/29/2010) -- Club option for 2012

Disabled List

2010-04-04 - Disabled (Right Shoulder Tendinitis); 2010-05-03 - Activated; 2011-04-06 - Disabled (Strained left hamstring); 2011-04-25 - Activated; 2011-07-30 - Disabled (Right thumb tendinitis); 2011-09-02 - Activated;

Salaries

$300,000

$322,000

$327,000

$415,000

$860,000

$1,100,000

$2,200,000

$2,800,000

Salary data is available for Major Leaguers since 1985. Players not on opening day roster, for the most part, are assumed to have earned the minimum salary for that year. MLB rank in parentheses.

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Other Batting Statistics

Year	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	GDP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2010	Oakland Athletics	MLB-ST	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2011	Oakland Athletics	MLB-ST	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0

Other Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	League	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9
2010	Oakland Athletics	MLB-ST	0	1	4.50	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	1	0	1	1	2.00	13.50	0.00	4.50	4.50
2011	Oakland Athletics	MLB-ST	0	0	7.50	6	0	0	0	0	6	9	9	5	1	4	6	2.17	13.50	1.50	6.00	9.00

Leaderboard History (Top Tens)

Hover over year/rank to see Stat value and Team/League.

Stat Category	Freq	MLB	Minor	College
ERA	1x		2001-7
WHIP	2x		1998-5 2001-8
H9	3x		1998-10 2000-10 2001-8
HR9	2x		1998-8 1999-10
BB9	3x		1998-6 1999-2 2001-10
SO9	3x		2000-9 2001-4 2002-2
BBSO	3x		1998-8 1999-2 2001-6
WPCT	3x		1998-9 2000-6 2002-4
W	2x		1999-8 2000-3
L	1x		1999-5
G	1x	2009-5
GS	3x		1999-5 2000-3 2001-5
CG	2x		1998-2 2000-7
SHO	1x		2000-4
GF	1x		2004-5
SV	1x		2004-3
IP	4x		1998-6 1999-6 2000-3 2001-7
H	4x		1999-1 2000-5 2001-7 2002-8
R	3x		1999-2 2001-9 2002-2
ER	4x		1999-3 2000-8 2001-7 2002-6
HR	3x		2000-2 2001-2 2002-5
BB	2x		2001-8 2002-5
SO	3x		2000-5 2001-5 2002-6
WP	2x		2001-6 2002-10

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