Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1975
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1975
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 665
- AB
- 1,604
- R
- 146
- H
- 447
- HR
- 34
- RBI
- 219
- SB
- 3
- AVG
- .279
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NYM | 38 | 162 | 17 | 49 | 3 | 17 | 0 | .302 |
| 1976 | NYM | 53 | 143 | 8 | 31 | 0 | 9 | 0 | .217 |
| 1977 | NYM | 108 | 279 | 29 | 73 | 8 | 35 | 0 | .262 |
| 1978 |  CLE/CHC | 88 | 214 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 35 | 1 | .318 |
| 1979 | CHC | 87 | 179 | 28 | 60 | 7 | 35 | 0 | .335 |
| 1980 | CHC | 114 | 312 | 30 | 93 | 6 | 47 | 2 | .298 |
| 1981 | CIN | 31 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .161 |
| 1982 | CIN | 78 | 189 | 9 | 48 | 4 | 29 | 0 | .254 |
| 1983 |  WSH/SF | 52 | 79 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .241 |
| 1984 | LAD | 16 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .063 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 1,705
- TB
- 642
- XBH
- 116
- HBP
- 5
- IBB
- 5
- GIDP
- 0
- P/PA
- 0.00
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NYM | 171 | 68 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1976 | NYM | 152 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | NYM | 303 | 111 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | CLE/CHC | 222 | 94 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | CHC | 195 | 93 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | CHC | 328 | 132 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | CIN | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CIN | 197 | 72 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | WSH/SF | 89 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | LAD | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 1.6
- RC
- 201.1
- RC/27
- 4.60
- ISOP
- .122
- SECA
- .163
- BB/K
- 0.26
- AB/HR
- 47.2
- GO/FO
- 0.00
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | NYM | 1.3 | 23.3 | 5.6 | .117 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 54 | 0 |
| 1976 | NYM | -1.1 | 8.7 | 2 | .049 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1977 | NYM | 0.1 | 33.4 | 4.2 | .136 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 34.9 | 0 |
| 1978 | CLE/CHC | -0.1 | 30.3 | 5.4 | .121 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 53.5 | 0 |
| 1979 | CHC | 1.0 | 34.3 | 7.5 | .184 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 25.6 | 0 |
| 1980 | CHC | 0.8 | 42.4 | 5.1 | .125 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 52 | 0 |
| 1981 | CIN | -0.4 | -0.1 | -0.1 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | CIN | -0.1 | 20.2 | 3.8 | .127 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 47.3 | 0 |
| 1983 | WSH/SF | 0.4 | 9.9 | 4.4 | .114 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 39.5 | 0 |
| 1984 | LAD | -0.3 | -0.7 | -1.3 | .000 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Mike Vail's career stats?
Mike Vail played 10 seasons for the Mets, the Cubs, the Reds and the Dodgers. He was a career .279 hitter with 447 hits, 34 home runs and 219 RBI. His best season was 1979: a .335 batting average, 7 home runs and 35 RBI.
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