Mike Caruso MLB, Minor League, Independent Baseball Statistics

Batting Statistics

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
1996	Bellingham Giants	Nwst	A-	SFN	-	19	SS	73	312	48	91	13	1	2	24	24	10	16	23	2	3	6	2	2	112	339	16	75	.292	.324	.359	.683	.163	.067	.304	4.72	6.78	1.44	156.00
1997	San Jose Giants	Calif	A+	SFN	-	20	SS	108	441	76	147	24	11	2	50	11	16	38	19	6	4	3	3	3	199	492	37	110	.333	.391	.451	.842	.193	.118	.343	7.72	3.86	0.50	220.50
1997	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Caro	A+	CHA	-	20	SS	28	119	12	27	3	2	0	14	3	0	4	8	2	0	0	0	0	34	125	5	22	.227	.264	.286	.550	.118	.059	.243	3.20	6.40	2.00	0.00
1998	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	12,17	21	SS	133	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	22	6	14	38	7	8	3	0	8	204	555	28	132	.306	.331	.390	.721	.141	.084	.321	2.52	6.85	2.71	104.60
1999	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	17	22	SS	136	529	60	132	11	4	2	35	12	14	20	36	3	11	1	0	6	157	564	17	115	.250	.280	.297	.577	.081	.047	.264	3.55	6.38	1.80	264.50
2000	Charlotte Knights	IL	AAA	CHA	-	23	SS	88	309	38	76	11	5	0	26	5	7	22	23	3	8	2	0	7	97	344	16	60	.246	.301	.314	.615	.133	.068	.264	6.40	6.69	1.05	0.00
2001	Durham Bulls	IL	AAA	TBA	21	24	2B-SS	110	387	62	113	10	9	0	35	11	9	22	22	7	9	2	0	4	141	427	19	94	.292	.340	.364	.704	.134	.072	.308	5.15	5.15	1.00	0.00
2002	Chattanooga Lookouts	Sou	AA	CIN	-	25	2B-OF	3	14	4	5	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	16	1	4	.357	.400	.571	.971	.357	.214	.308	6.25	0.00	0.00	14.00
2002	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	KCA	2	25	SS	60	219	28	67	3	2	3	23	10	3	12	14	4	3	2	1	2	83	240	8	59	.306	.350	.379	.729	.160	.073	.314	5.00	5.83	1.17	73.00
2002	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	KCA	50	25	SS-2B	12	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	0	2	.100	.143	.100	.243	.050	.000	.111	4.76	9.52	2.00	0.00
2004	Long Island Ducks	Atl	Indy	-	12	27	SS	35	134	17	40	4	1	0	12	1	0	5	8	1	6	0	0	3	46	146	5	35	.299	.329	.343	.672	.090	.044	.317	3.42	5.48	1.60	0.00
2007	South Georgia Peanuts	SCL	Indy	-	-	30	SS	45	141	33	51	6	0	3	31	4	0	14	4	3	3	1	1	2	66	162	9	42	.362	.428	.468	.896	.234	.106	.356	8.64	2.47	0.29	47.00
2008	Joliet JackHammers	Northern	Indy	-	-	31	SS	25	100	18	27	1	0	0	10	4	2	9	9	6	2	2	1	2	28	119	1	26	.270	.359	.280	.639	.120	.010	.290	7.56	7.56	1.00	0.00
2008	Lancaster Barnstormers	Atl	Indy	-	-	31	SS	38	136	21	43	4	0	0	19	2	4	5	12	1	2	1	0	0	47	145	4	39	.316	.343	.346	.689	.051	.030	.344	3.45	8.28	2.40	0.00
2009	Newark Bears	Atl	Indy	-	-	32	SS	5	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	19	0	2	.111	.158	.111	.269	.056	.000	.118	5.26	5.26	1.00	0.00
1996	A-	Total	--	SFN	--	--	--	73	312	48	91	13	1	2	24	24	10	16	23	2	3	6	2	2	112	339	16	75	.292	.324	.359	.683	.163	.067	.304	4.72	6.78	1.44	156.00	Nwst	1996
1997	A+	Total	--	CHA,SFN	--	--	--	136	560	88	174	27	13	2	64	14	16	42	27	8	4	3	3	3	233	617	42	132	.311	.365	.416	.781	.177	.105	.322	6.81	4.38	0.64	280.00	Caro	1997
1998	MLB	Total	--	CHA	--	--	--	133	523	81	160	17	6	5	55	22	6	14	38	7	8	3	0	8	204	555	28	132	.306	.331	.390	.721	.141	.084	.321	2.52	6.85	2.71	104.60	AL	1998
1999	MLB	Total	--	CHA	--	--	--	136	529	60	132	11	4	2	35	12	14	20	36	3	11	1	0	6	157	564	17	115	.250	.280	.297	.577	.081	.047	.264	3.55	6.38	1.80	264.50	AL	1999
2000	AAA	Total	--	CHA	--	--	--	88	309	38	76	11	5	0	26	5	7	22	23	3	8	2	0	7	97	344	16	60	.246	.301	.314	.615	.133	.068	.264	6.40	6.69	1.05		IL	2000
2001	AAA	Total	--	TBA	--	--	--	110	387	62	113	10	9	0	35	11	9	22	22	7	9	2	0	4	141	427	19	94	.292	.340	.364	.704	.134	.072	.308	5.15	5.15	1.00		IL	2001
2002	AA,AAA	Total	--	CIN,KCA	--	--	--	63	233	32	72	3	2	4	27	11	3	13	14	4	4	2	1	2	91	256	9	63	.309	.353	.391	.744	.172	.082	.313	5.08	5.47	1.08	58.25	Sou	2002
2002	MLB	Total	--	KCA	--	--	--	12	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	0	2	.100	.143	.100	.243	.050	.000	.111	4.76	9.52	2.00		AL	2002
2004	Indy	Total	--		--	--	--	35	134	17	40	4	1	0	12	1	0	5	8	1	6	0	0	3	46	146	5	35	.299	.329	.343	.672	.090	.045	.317	3.42	5.48	1.60		Atl	2004
2007	Indy	Total	--		--	--	--	45	141	33	51	6	0	3	31	4	0	14	4	3	3	1	1	2	66	162	9	42	.362	.428	.468	.896	.234	.106	.356	8.64	2.47	0.29	47.00	SCL	2007
2008	Indy	Total	--		--	--	--	63	236	39	70	5	0	0	29	6	6	14	21	7	4	3	1	2	75	264	5	65	.297	.350	.318	.668	.081	.021	.321	5.30	7.95	1.50		Atl	2008
2009	Indy	Total	--		--	--	--	5	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	19	0	2	.111	.158	.111	.269	.056	.000	.118	5.26	5.26	1.00		Atl	2009
Tot:	MLB (3 yrs)		MLB					281	1072	144	294	28	10	7	90	34	20	35	76	10	19	4	0	14	363	1140	45	249	.274	.302	.339	.641	.110	.064	.289	3.07	6.67	2.17	153.14
Tot:	AL (3 yrs)		AL					281	1072	144	294	28	10	7	90	34	20	35	76	10	19	4	0	14	363	1140	45	249	.274	.302	.339	.641	.110	.064	.289	3.07	6.67	2.17	153.14
Tot:	Minors (5 yrs)		Minors					470	1801	268	526	64	30	8	176	65	45	115	109	24	28	15	6	18	674	1983	102	424	.292	.340	.374	.714	.157	.082	.305	5.80	5.50	0.95	225.13
Tot:	AAA (3 yrs)		AAA					258	915	128	256	24	16	3	84	26	19	56	59	14	20	6	1	13	321	1011	43	213	.280	.329	.351	.680	.140	.071	.295	5.54	5.84	1.05	305.00
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA					3	14	4	5	0	0	1	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	16	1	4	.357	.400	.571	.971	.357	.214	.308	6.25	0.00	0.00	14.00
Tot:	A+ (1 yrs)		A+					136	560	88	174	27	13	2	64	14	16	42	27	8	4	3	3	3	233	617	42	132	.311	.365	.416	.781	.177	.105	.322	6.81	4.38	0.64	280.00
Tot:	A- (1 yrs)		A-					73	312	48	91	13	1	2	24	24	10	16	23	2	3	6	2	2	112	339	16	75	.292	.324	.359	.683	.163	.067	.304	4.72	6.78	1.44	156.00
Tot:	Indy (4 yrs)		Indy					148	529	91	163	15	1	3	72	11	6	34	34	11	13	4	2	8	189	591	19	144	.308	.360	.357	.717	.123	.049	.323	5.75	5.75	1.00	176.33

Fielding Statistics

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year	team	league	level	age	pos	g	gs	inn	po	a	e	dp	tc	tsc	sb	cs	sb%	fpct	rfg	rfi	rf9i	tm share	pl share	tm rank
1996	Bellingham Giants	Nwst	A-	19	SS	71	-	-	106	230	38	43	374	336	0	0		.898	4.7	0.00	0.00	94.7	97.3	1
1996	Bellingham Giants	Nwst	A-	19	3B	1	-	-	1	1	2	0	4	2	0	0		.500	2.0	0.00	0.00	1.3	1.4	5
1997	San Jose Giants	Calif	A+	20	SS	106	-	-	168	300	33	51	501	468	0	0		.934	4.4	0.00	0.00	75.7	98.1	1
1997	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Caro	A+	20	SS	26	-	-	44	67	7	12	118	111	0	0		.941	4.3	0.00	0.00	18.6	92.9	2
1998	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	21	SS	131	129	1121.1	216	378	35	91	629	594	0	0		.944	4.5	0.53	4.77	80.9	98.5	1
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Yearly Summary

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year	team	league	level	mlb-class	age	w	l	rank	rpi	gp	manager	salary	service time	playoffs	awards
1996	Bellingham Giants	Nwst	A-	SFN	19	39	36	2	-	73	Shane Turner, Ozzie Virgil	-	-	dnq	NWST-AS
1997	San Jose Giants	Calif	A+	SFN	20	60	80	5	-	108	Frank Cacciatore	-	-	dnq	Calif-AS
1997	Winston-Salem Warthogs	Caro	A+	CHA	20	63	77	4	-	28	Mark Haley, Mike Heath	-	-	dnq
1998	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	21	80	82	2	-	133	Jerry Manuel	170,000		dnq
1999	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	22	75	86	2	-	136	Jerry Manuel	275,000		dnq
2000	Charlotte Knights	IL	AAA	CHA	23	78	65	2	-	88	Nick Leyva	-	-	dnq
2001	Durham Bulls	IL	AAA	TBA	24	74	70	2	-	110	Billy Evers	-	-	dnq
2002	Chattanooga Lookouts	Sou	AA	CIN	25	60	80	5	-	3	Phillip Wellman	-	-	dnq
2002	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	KCA	25	76	68	2	-	60	Bucky Dent	-	-	dnq
2002	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	KCA	25	62	100	4	-	12	Tony Pena, Tony Muser, John Mizerock	200,000		dnq
2004	Long Island Ducks	Atl	Indy		27	65	61	0	-	35	Don McCormack	-	-	League Champions
2007	South Georgia Peanuts	SCL	Indy		30	59	28	1	-	45	Wally Backman, Larry Olenberger	-	-	League Champions
2008	Joliet JackHammers	Northern	Indy		31	43	53	5	-	25	Wally Backman	-	-	dnq
2008	Lancaster Barnstormers	Atl	Indy		31	64	76	4	-	38	Von Hayes	-	-	dnq
2009	Newark Bears	Atl	Indy		32	74	66	2	-	5	Tim Raines	-	-	Lost in Semi-Finals
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date	transaction description	team	minor team	40-man	status
2002-10-15	Granted free agency			No	Hist
2002-04-28	Claimed on waivers from Reds by Royals	Kansas City Royals		No	Hist
2001-12-21	Signed to Minor League contract	Cincinnati Reds		No	Hist
2001-10-15	Granted free agency			No	Hist
2001-02-13	Signed to Minor League contract	Tampa Bay Devil Rays		No	Hist
2000-12-21	Granted free agency			No	Hist
2000-12-14	Claimed on waivers from White Sox by Mariners	Seattle Mariners		No	Hist
1997-07-31	Traded from San Francisco Giants with Lorenzo Barcelo, Keith Foulke, Bob Howry, Brian Manning and Ken Vining to Chicago White Sox for Wilson Alvarez, Danny Darwin and Roberto Hernandez	Chicago White Sox		No	Hist
1996-06-17	Signed out of draft (Florida HS)	San Francisco Giants		No	Hist
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year	team	age	salary	tm rank	lg rank	avg salary	lg minimum	service time	contract
1996	San Francisco Giants		327,500						Signing Bonus
1998	Chicago White Sox	21	170,000	-	-	1,398,831	170,000
1999	Chicago White Sox	22	275,000	10	578	1,611,166	200,000
2002	Kansas City Royals	25	200,000	-	-	2,295,649	200,000
4 season(s)			$972,500	Career Earnings

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[Career Highlights]

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[1996] Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in Round #2 (#42) out of Stoneman Douglas (Parkland,FL) ... Played for Bellingham Giants (A-) ... Northwest League All-Star Team ... Led Nwst in Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, Strikeouts Percentage ... Finished top 10 in Nwst in Games Played, Plate Appearances, At Bats, Hits, Sacrifice Flies

[1997] Played for San Jose Giants (A+) ... Played for Winston-Salem Warthogs (A+) ... California League All-Star Team ... Led Calif in Strikeouts Percentage, Strikeout-Walk Ratio ... Finished top 10 in Calif in Batting Average, Hits, Triples, Caught Stealings

[1998] Played for Chicago White Sox (MLB) ... Finished 3rd in AL-ROY voting with 34 points ... Led AL in Strikeouts Percentage ... Topps All-Star Rookie

[1999] Played for Chicago White Sox (MLB) ... Led AL in Caught Stealings, Strikeouts Percentage ... Finished top 10 in AL in Sacrifice Hits

[2000] Played for Charlotte Knights (AAA) ... Finished top 10 in IL in Sacrifice Hits, Strikeouts Percentage

[2001] Played for Durham Bulls (AAA) ... Led IL in Strikeouts Percentage ... Finished top 10 in IL in Triples, Strikeout-Walk Ratio

[2002] Played for Chattanooga Lookouts (AA) ... Played for Omaha Royals (AAA) ... Played for Kansas City Royals (MLB)

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Stat Capsule	ab	r	h	hr	rbi	sb	avg	ops
MLB Career	1072	144	294	7	90	34	.274	.641

Mike Caruso

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