Mike Christopher

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-5, 205lb (196cm, 92kg)

Born: November 3, 1963 in Petersburg, VA us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 7th round of the 1985 MLB June Amateur Draft from East Carolina University (Greenville, NC).

High School: Dinwiddie HS (Dinwiddie, VA)

School: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)

Debut: September 10, 1991 (Age 27-311d, 16,064th in major league history)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: May 11, 1996 (Age 32-190d)
vs. TEX 2.2 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Michael Wayne Christopher

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.8

ERA

4.90

125.0

WHIP

1.528

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1985	21	NYY-min	A-	8	1	.889	1.46	15	9	3	2	2	0	80.1	58	21	13	2	22	0	84	3	0	3				0.996	6.5	0.2	2.5	9.4	3.82	ONE NYPL
1986	22	NYY-min	A,AA	10	8	.556	3.53	26	25	0	5	1	0	163.1	167	85	64	8	48	1	90	4	1	4				1.316	9.2	0.4	2.6	5.0	1.88	FTL,ALC FLOR,EL
1987	23	NYY-min	A	13	8	.619	2.44	24	24	0	9	4	0	169.1	183	63	46	5	28	1	81	0	0	4				1.246	9.7	0.3	1.5	4.3	2.89	FTL FLOR
1988	24	NYY-min	AA	13	7	.650	3.83	24	24	0	5	1	0	152.2	166	75	65	7	44	3	67	6	4	2				1.376	9.8	0.4	2.6	3.9	1.52	ALC EL
1989	25	NYY-min	AAA,AA	11	7	.611	3.84	21	19	0	4	0	0	126.2	143	62	54	7	28	3	75	4	0	1				1.350	10.2	0.5	2.0	5.3	2.68	CLB,ALC IL,EL
1990	26	LAD-min	AAA	6	1	.857	1.97	54	0	25	0	0	8	68.2	62	20	15	3	23	3	47	2	0	0				1.238	8.1	0.4	3.0	6.2	2.04	ABQ PCL
1991	27	LAD-min	AAA	7	2	.778	2.44	63	0	34	0	0	16	77.1	73	25	21	2	30	5	67	3	1	7	334			1.332	8.5	0.2	3.5	7.8	2.23	ABQ PCL
1991	27	LAD	NL	0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	15		4.11	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67
1992	28	CLE-min	AAA	4	4	.500	2.91	49	0	45	0	0	26	58.2	59	21	19	2	13	6	39	0	0	3	240			1.227	9.1	0.3	2.0	6.0	3.00	CSP PCL
1992	28	CLE	AL	0	0		3.00	10	0	4	0	0	0	18.0	17	8	6	2	10	1	13	0	0	2	79	133	4.45	1.500	8.5	1.0	5.0	6.5	1.30
1993	29	CLE-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.22	50	0	46	0	0	22	50.1	51	21	18	2	6	4	36	0	0	2	204			1.132	9.1	0.4	1.1	6.4	6.00	CHR IL
1993	29	CLE	AL	0	0		3.86	9	0	3	0	0	0	11.2	14	6	5	3	2	1	8	0	0	0	51	116	5.47	1.371	10.8	2.3	1.5	6.2	4.00

1994	30	DET-min	AAA	3	6	.333	3.52	63	0	48	0	0	11	71.2	76	33	28	10	18	7	60	0	0	4	309			1.312	9.5	1.3	2.3	7.5	3.33	TOL IL
1995	31	DET-min	AAA	2	4	.333	2.23	36	0	35	0	0	21	36.1	38	14	9	1	8	4	32	1	0	1	160			1.266	9.4	0.2	2.0	7.9	4.00	TOL IL
1995	31	DET	AL	4	0	1.000	3.82	36	0	11	0	0	1	61.1	71	28	26	8	14	2	34	2	0	5	262	127	4.47	1.386	10.4	1.2	2.1	5.0	2.43
1996	32	DET-min	AAA	4	1	.800	3.92	39	0	38	0	0	22	39.0	50	21	17	5	5	1	40	0	0	5	168			1.410	11.5	1.2	1.2	9.2	8.00	TOL IL
1996	32	DET	AL	1	1	.500	9.30	13	0	3	0	0	0	30.0	47	36	31	12	11	2	19	0	0	1	149	55	8.21	1.933	14.1	3.6	3.3	5.7	1.73
5 Yrs				5	1	.833	4.90	71	0	23	0	0	1	125.0	151	78	68	25	40	6	76	2	0	8	556	97	5.45	1.528	10.9	1.8	2.9	5.5	1.90
162 Game Avg.				5	1	.833	4.90	68	0	22	0	0	1	120	145	75	65	24	38	6	73	2	0	8	533	97	5.45	1.528	10.9	1.8	2.9	5.5	1.90

CLE (2 yrs)				0	0		3.34	19	0	7	0	0	0	29.2	31	14	11	5	12	2	21	0	0	2	130	125	4.85	1.449	9.4	1.5	3.6	6.4	1.75
DET (2 yrs)				5	1	.833	5.62	49	0	14	0	0	1	91.1	118	64	57	20	25	4	53	2	0	6	411	88	5.70	1.566	11.6	2.0	2.5	5.2	2.12
LAD (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	15		4.11	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67

AL (4 yrs)				5	1	.833	5.06	68	0	21	0	0	1	121.0	149	78	68	25	37	6	74	2	0	8	541	94	5.49	1.537	11.1	1.9	2.8	5.5	2.00
NL (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	3	0	2	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	15		4.11	1.250	4.5	0.0	6.8	4.5	0.67

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