Mike Vail
Born: November 10, 1951, San Francisco, CAHeight: 6'1" Weight: 180 Bats: Right Throws: Right
College: De Anza College
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Batting Statistics Hide partial season data Year Team Lg Age G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI SH SF SB CS UW IW HP SO DP BA SLG OBP 1975 New York NL 23 38 162 17 49 68 8 1 3 17 0 0 0 0 8 1 0 37 3 .302 .420 .339 1976 New York NL 24 53 143 8 31 38 5 1 0 9 0 3 0 1 6 0 0 19 4 .217 .266 .243 1977 New York NL 25 108 279 29 73 111 12 1 8 35 0 3 0 7 19 0 2 58 9 .262 .398 .310 1978 Cleveland AL 26 14 34 2 8 12 2 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 9 0 .235 .353 .250 1978 Chicago NL 26 74 180 15 60 82 6 2 4 33 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 24 6 .333 .456 .341 1979 Chicago NL 27 87 179 28 60 93 8 2 7 35 0 2 0 2 13 1 0 27 4 .335 .520 .379 1980 Chicago NL 28 114 312 30 93 132 17 2 6 47 1 0 2 5 13 1 1 77 8 .298 .423 .330 1981 Cincinnati NL 29 31 31 1 5 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 .161 .161 .161 1982 Cincinnati NL 30 78 189 9 48 72 10 1 4 29 0 2 0 0 5 1 0 33 7 .254 .381 .274 1983 San Francisco NL 31 18 26 1 4 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 .154 .192 .185 1983 Montreal NL 31 34 53 5 15 23 2 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 10 1 .283 .434 .387 1984 Los Angeles NL 32 16 16 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 .063 .063 .118 TOTALS 665 1604 146 447 642 71 11 34 219 2 13 3 17 76 5 5 317 43 .279 .400 .313
| Batter data: G: Games played; AB: At bats; R: Runs scored; H: Hits; TB: Total bases; 2B: Doubles; 3B: Triples; HR: Home runs; RBI: Runs batted in; SH: Sacrifice hits; SF: Sacrifice flies; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught stealing; UW: Unintentional walks; IW: Intentional walks; HP: Hit by pitch; SO: Strikeouts; DP: Double plays grounded into; BA: Batting average; SLG: Slugging percentage; OBP: On base percentage |
Defensive Statistics Year Team Lg POS INN GS DR+ DR- G PO A E DP FP RF9 SB CS PB PkO 1975 New York NL LF 326.1 35 0 0 35 85 9 3 1 .969 2.59 1975 New York NL CF 8.0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 1976 New York NL RF 269.2 32 1 8 33 57 1 4 0 .935 1.94 1976 New York NL LF 14.0 2 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 1977 New York NL RF 587.0 67 15 16 82 159 5 4 2 .976 2.51 1977 New York NL LF 7.0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 .500 2.57 1978 Cleveland AL RF 36.0 5 2 3 7 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.75 1978 Cleveland AL LF 17.0 2 0 0 2 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.71 1978 Chicago NL RF 273.1 32 7 12 39 43 1 1 0 .978 1.45 1978 Chicago NL LF 26.2 2 5 0 7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 1978 Chicago NL 3B 0.1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1979 Chicago NL RF 286.2 35 3 15 38 55 3 2 0 .967 1.82 1979 Chicago NL 3B 2.2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.37 1979 Chicago NL LF 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1980 Chicago NL RF 452.0 51 10 15 61 97 6 5 1 .954 2.05 1980 Chicago NL LF 128.2 13 6 4 19 33 1 0 0 1.000 2.38 1981 Cincinnati NL RF 11.0 0 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 1982 Cincinnati NL LF 331.0 43 7 22 50 75 6 1 0 .988 2.20 1982 Cincinnati NL RF 13.0 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.69 1983 San Francisco NL 1B 19.1 3 1 2 4 24 0 0 0 1.000 11.17 1983 San Francisco NL LF 8.0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1983 Montreal NL RF 80.0 10 2 6 12 18 4 1 0 .957 2.48 1983 Montreal NL LF 17.0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.53 1983 Montreal NL 3B 2.1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 1983 Montreal NL 1B 7.0 1 0 1 1 6 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 1984 Los Angeles NL LF 4.0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
| Fielding data: INN: Innings played; GS: Games started; DR+: Games as defensive replacement; DR-: Games replaced on defense; G: Games played; PO: Putouts; A: Assists; E: Errors; DP: Double plays; FP: Fielding percentage; RF9: Plays made per 9 innings; SB: Stolen bases; CS: Caught Stealing; PB: Passed balls |
Transactions
- Selected by Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 4, 1970).
- Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (January 13, 1971).
- Traded by St. Louis Cardinals with Jack Heidemann to New York Mets in exchange for Ted Martinez (December 11, 1974).
- Placed on disabled list by New York Mets (April 1, 1976)
- Activated by New York Mets (June 15, 1976)
- Claimed on waivers by Cleveland Indians from New York Mets (March 26, 1978).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Joe Wallis (June 15, 1978).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Hector Cruz (December 12, 1980).
- Granted free agency (November 13, 1981).
- Signed by Cincinnati Reds (November 27, 1981).
- Traded by Cincinnati Reds to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Rich Gale (January 5, 1983).
- Traded by San Francisco Giants to Montreal Expos in exchange for Wallace Johnson (May 25, 1983).
- Released by Montreal Expos (March 26, 1984).
- Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (June 10, 1984).
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