Mike Armstrong

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 193lb (190cm, 87kg)

Born: March 7, 1954 in Glen Cove, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 9th round of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from North Shore HS (Glen Head, NY) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1st round (24th) of the 1974 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase from University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL).

High School: North Shore HS (Glen Head, NY)

School: University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)

Debut: August 12, 1980 (Age 26-158d, 14,342nd in major league history)
vs. CIN 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: July 5, 1987 (Age 33-120d)
vs. CHW 1.1 IP, 5 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 5 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Full Name: Michael Dennis Armstrong

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.3

ERA

4.10

197

338.0

221

WHIP

1.346

Summary of 42 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 4 walk-off, 3 tying, 8 go ahead

4 Tms
KCR	20
NYY	14
SDP	4
CLE	4

Platoon
vs RHB	23
vs LHB	19

Home/Road
Away	23
Home	19

Outs
1	18
2	13
0	11

15 Opps
MIN	7
TEX	7
BAL	6
OAK	4
CHW	4
LAD	2
CAL	2
DET	2
MIL	2
ATL	1
BOS	1
CLE	1
NYY	1
HOU	1
TOR	1

36 Batters
Kent Hrbek	3
Buddy Bell	3
Mickey Hatcher	2
Dwayne Murphy	2
Carlton Fisk	1
Jim Morrison	1
Lou Whitaker	1
Gary Gaetti	1
Terry Crowley	1
Kirby Puckett	1
Terry Puhl	1
Ken Singleton	1
Chris Chambliss	1
Oddibe McDowell	1
Alan Bannister	1
Doug DeCinces	1
Jim Sundberg	1
Al Bumbry	1
Ben Oglivie	1
Ron Cey	1
Ernie Whitt	1
Rick Dempsey	1
Jim Rice	1
Harold Baines	1
Mike Davis	1
Cal Ripken Jr.	1
Dave Winfield	1
Eddie Murray	1
Chet Lemon	1
Brian Giles	1
José Canseco	1
Donnie Scott	1
Dick Schofield	1
George Wright	1
Tom Brunansky	1
Ron Kittle	1

14 Parks
Yankee Stad (NYC)	7
KauffmanStad (KAN)	7
ClevelandStd (CLE)	5
Metrodome (MIN)	5
Arlington St (ARL)	4
RingCentral Col (OAK)	3
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	1

Where Hit
7	16
9	9
8	1
78	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	34
2·HR gms	4

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	23
1--	6
12-	3
123	3
-2-	3
1-3	2
--3	1
-23	1

73 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	23
1 on	10
2 on	6
3 on	3
Any on	19

Inning
1	1
2	1
4	2
5	4
6	3
7	7
8	12
9	9
Extra	3

1-3	2
4-6	9
7-end	31

RelScore
+4..	15
+3	5
+2	3
+1	1
Tied	7
-1	4
-2	1
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	24
Tied	7
Behind	11

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
CF	9
3B	7
1B	5
C	4
RF	4
LF	4
DH	3
PH	2
2B	2
SS	2

OrderPos
6th	8
3rd	7
4th	7
1st	5
7th	4
2nd	4
8th	4
9th	2
5th	1

Leverage
High Lev	5
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	28

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1980-08-17 (1)	Terry Puhl	HOU	@	SDP	ahead 3-0	t 9	2	-2-	2	2	9	2%	99%		Home Run; J. Morgan Scores
2	2	2	1	1980-09-18	Ron Cey	LAD		SDP	ahead 5-3	b 8	0	---	1	5	5	3%	98%		Home Run (Deep LF)
3	3	3	2	1980-09-18	Mickey Hatcher	LAD		SDP	ahead 6-3	b 8	0	---	1	6	9	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1981	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1981-09-12	Chris Chambliss	ATL		SDP	tied 4-4	b 11	1	---	1	4	3	43%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1982-06-01	Jim Morrison	CHW	@	KCR	behind 2-4	t 7	0	---	1	8	5	12%	30%		Home Run (Deep LF)
6	6	2	1	1982-06-10	Kent Hrbek	MIN		KCR	behind 2-3	b 5	2	123	4	4	3	42%	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Gaetti Scores; T. Laudner Scores; T. Brunansky Scores
7	7	3	1	1982-08-08	Terry Crowley	BAL		KCR	tied 6-6	b 9	1	123	4	7	PH	17%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep RF); E. Murray Scores/unER; J. Lowenstein Scores; C. Ripken Scores
8	8	4	1	1982-08-23	Jim Sundberg	TEX		KCR	tied 1-1	b 8	1	---	1	7	2	30%	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
9	9	5	1	1982-09-01	Buddy Bell	TEX	@	KCR	ahead 6-2	t 5	1	---	1	3	5	4%	93%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	6	1	1982-09-05	Dave Winfield	NYY	@	KCR	ahead 15-7	t 9	1	1-3	3	4	7	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); L. Mazzilli Scores; J. Mumphrey Scores
11	11	7	1	1982-09-12	Mickey Hatcher	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 5-1	t 4	2	--3	2	6	DH	7%	95%		Home Run; G. Ward Scores
12	12	8	1	1982-09-19	Gary Gaetti	MIN		KCR	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	123	4	6	5	4%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Castino Scores; K. Hrbek Scores; G. Ward Scores
13	13	9	1	1982-09-30	Dwayne Murphy	OAK	@	KCR	behind 2-10	t 8	2	1--	2	2	8	0%	0%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Henderson Scores
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
14	14	1	1	1983-05-20	Ron Kittle	CHW	@	KCR	ahead 6-3	t 5	2	---	1	6	7	7%	89%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	2	1	1983-05-28	Eddie Murray	BAL	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 7	1	---	1	4	3	21%	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	3	1	1983-05-31	Buddy Bell	TEX		KCR	behind 3-6	b 8	2	-2-	2	3	5	13%	19%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Sample Scores
17	17	4	1	1983-06-02	Harold Baines	CHW		KCR	ahead 4-3	b 8	1	1--	2	3	8	10%	97%		Home Run; C. Fisk Scores
18	18	5	1	1983-07-14	Alan Bannister	CLE		KCR	tied 3-3	b 10	0	---	1	1	8	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
19	19	6	1	1983-07-20	Ernie Whitt	TOR		KCR	behind 4-11	b 7	2	12-	3	8	PH	3%	4%		Home Run; B. Bonnell Scores/unER; D. Collins Scores/unER; E. Whitt Scores/unER
20	20	7	1	1983-08-20	Ken Singleton	BAL		KCR	ahead 3-1	b 8	2	---	1	6	DH	4%	97%		Home Run (Deep LF)
21	21	8	1	1983-09-02	George Wright	TEX		KCR	ahead 4-0	b 7	1	12-	3	3	8	2%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); B. Bell Scores; W. Tolleson Scores
22	22	9	1	1983-09-03 (2)	Buddy Bell	TEX		KCR	ahead 6-1	b 8	0	1--	2	9	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Johnson Scores
23	23	10	1	1983-09-09	Kent Hrbek	MIN		KCR	tied 6-6	b 10	0	---	1	4	3	36%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
24	24	11	1	1983-10-01 (2)	Mike Davis	OAK		KCR	behind 2-3	b 8	2	---	1	7	9	34%	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
25	25	1	1	1984-06-16	Cal Ripken Jr.	BAL	@	NYY	behind 1-8	t 9	1	1--	2	3	6	0%	0%		Home Run; J. Shelby Scores
26	26	2	1	1984-07-06	Kent Hrbek	MIN		NYY	ahead 5-2	b 4	1	1-3	3	4	3	7%	97%		Home Run; M. Hatcher Scores; D. Engle Scores
27	27	3	1	1984-07-17	Donnie Scott	TEX	@	NYY	ahead 9-4	t 9	0	---	1	8	2	0%	100%		Home Run
28	28	4	1	1984-07-21	Tom Brunansky	MIN	@	NYY	ahead 4-2	t 8	0	---	1	6	9	6%	94%		Home Run
29	29	5	1	1984-09-09	Jim Rice	BOS		NYY	ahead 8-1	b 6	1	1--	2	3	7	1%	100%		Home Run; D. Evans Scores
30	30	6	1	1984-09-17	Al Bumbry	BAL	@	NYY	behind 6-7	t 6	0	---	1	1	8	17%	50%		Home Run
1985	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
31	31	1	1	1985-06-09	Ben Oglivie	MIL		NYY	ahead 6-1	b 7	1	1--	2	6	DH	1%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Simmons Scores
32	32	2	2	1985-06-09	Brian Giles	MIL		NYY	ahead 8-4	b 8	1	---	1	1	4	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
33	33	3	1	1985-07-11	Oddibe McDowell	TEX	@	NYY	behind 6-11	t 9	1	---	1	1	8	0%	1%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	4	1	1985-09-24	Lou Whitaker	DET	@	NYY	ahead 8-1	t 9	1	---	1	1	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1986-05-12	Kirby Puckett	MIN		NYY	behind 5-9	b 9	2	12-	3	2	8	3%	5%		Home Run (LF-CF); R. Smalley Scores; A. Woods Scores
36	36	2	1	1986-09-01	Dwayne Murphy	OAK		NYY	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	8	11%	53%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF
37	37	3	2	1986-09-01	José Canseco	OAK		NYY	tied 1-1	b 2	1	-2-	2	7	7	17%	74%		Home Run (Deep CF); M. Davis Scores
38	38	4	1	1986-09-17	Rick Dempsey	BAL	@	NYY	ahead 7-3	t 9	2	---	1	9	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
39	39	1	1	1987-06-03	Chet Lemon	DET	@	CLE	ahead 12-3	t 8	2	-23	3	8	8	0%	100%		Home Run; M. Nokes Scores; M. Heath Scores
40	40	2	1	1987-06-29	Dick Schofield	CAL	@	CLE	ahead 5-2	t 7	0	---	1	3	6	5%	94%		Home Run
41	41	3	2	1987-06-29	Doug DeCinces	CAL	@	CLE	ahead 6-2	t 7	0	---	1	4	5	3%	96%		Home Run
42	42	4	1	1987-07-05	Carlton Fisk	CHW	@	CLE	ahead 11-0	t 6	2	---	1	6	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)