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Mickey
Tettleton		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 212
 
Born: September 16, 1960 in Usa, OK, OKLAHOMA CITY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1988   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1985 24 CIN NL 15 41 5 10 2 0 0 4 0 0 8 13 .244 .367 .293 .660 5.3 1.3
1986 25 CIN NL 145 350 46 87 14 2 3 39 1 2 72 72 .249 .373 .326 .699 46.9 10.0
1987 26 CIN NL 152 506 83 152 29 2 17 81 2 0 82 102 .300 .396 .466 .862 90.7 25.3
1988 27 CIN NL 148 464 68 115 25 1 14 54 0 0 79 145 .248 .355 .397 .751 66.6 13.0
1989 28 CIN NL 134 398 56 97 16 0 16 67 0 0 52 144 .244 .330 .405 .735 54.9 10.5
1990 29 CIN NL 139 433 46 101 26 1 15 64 0 0 68 153 .233 .337 .402 .739 59.9 9.7
1991 30 CIN NL 88 281 41 70 19 0 13 39 0 0 43 108 .249 .349 .456 .804 44.0 8.5
  BOS AL 49 175 22 36 5 2 5 19 0 0 24 76 .206 .302 .343 .644 18.5 2.1
  TOT   137 456 63 106 24 2 18 58 0 0 67 184 .232 .331 .412 .743 62.5 10.6
1992 31 BOS AL 81 231 34 54 8 2 11 33 0 0 27 89 .234 .314 .429 .743 31.0 4.5
1993 32 BOS AL 74 245 31 56 9 2 9 42 0 0 30 89 .229 .312 .392 .703 28.7 3.6
1994 33 BOS AL 41 124 23 28 7 1 2 16 0 0 22 40 .226 .340 .347 .687 15.7 2.1
1995 34 BOS AL 54 146 21 33 5 0 4 23 0 0 27 44 .226 .343 .342 .685 17.6 1.6
11 Years Sim 1120 3394 476 839 165 13 109 481 3 2 534 1075 .247 .348 .400 .748 479.8 92.0
162 Game Average 490 68 121 23 1 15 69 0 0 77 155 .247 .348 .400 .748 69.4  
Career Highs 152 506 83 152 29 2 18 81 2 2 82 184 .300 .396 .466 .862 90.7  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1985 24 CIN NL C 13 12 99.0 65 8 1 0 .986 6.64 10 6 .600 1 0.7
1986 25 CIN NL C 97 90 755.0 511 48 6 0 .989 6.66 64 22 .344 4 5.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 26 CIN NL C 148 131 1214.3 810 61 2 1 .998 6.46 103 29 .282 4 8.9
1988 27 CIN NL C 139 115 1087.3 900 69 6 5 .994 8.02 126 32 .254 2 6.0
1989 28 CIN NL C 120 95 927.7 723 53 2 1 .997 7.53 106 27 .255 4 5.5
1990 29 CIN NL C 124 115 1056.7 809 53 5 4 .994 7.34 117 26 .222 3 5.0
1991 30 CIN NL C 86 84 714.3 508 40 6 2 .989 6.90 88 24 .273 1 2.5
  BOS AL C 48 47 440.4 314 24 4 2 .988 6.91 54 15 .278 1 2.1
  TOT   C 134 131 1154.7 822 64 10 4 .989 6.91 142 39 .275 2 4.6
1992 31 BOS AL C 75 61 562.3 435 18 5 5 .989 7.25 37 7 .189 2 2.9
1993 32 BOS AL C 64 61 547.3 503 19 1 0 .998 8.58 43 12 .279 5 1.3
    1B 1 0 8.0 11 1 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1994 33 BOS AL C 35 33 275.0 229 11 0 0 1.000 7.85 12 3 .250 2 0.6
    1B 1 0 5.0 2 1 0 0 1.000 5.40 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1995 34 BOS AL C 41 37 322.7 323 13 5 0 .985 9.37 35 7 .200 2 0.6
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 990 881 8002.0 6130 417 43 20 .993 7.36 795 210 .264 31 41.0
  1B 2 0 13.0 13 2 0 0 1.000 10.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 3 0 6.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   997 881 8026.0 6143 419 44 20 .993 7.36 795 210 .264 31 41.1
Career Highs   148 131 1214.3 900 69 10 5 1.000 9.29 142 39 .600 5  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1986 25 CIN NL 2 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .444 .778
1989 28 CIN NL 12 49 4 13 6 0 2 10 0 0 3 16 .265 .308 .510 .818
1993 32 BOS AL 2 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 16 67 5 16 7 0 2 10 0 0 3 22 .239 .271 .433 .704
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
On-Base Pct
1987-5-.396
 OPS
1987-5-.862
 Walks
1987-6-82
1988-7-79
 Strikeouts
1988-5-145
1990-10-153
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 33    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 44)
 
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  1. Ed Sprague (948)
  2. Todd Zeile (946)
  3. Chad Kreuter (946)
  4. Mike Macfarlane (945)
  5. Jim Essian (933)
  6. Earl Williams (930)
  7. Joe Oliver (925)
  8. Damian Miller (925)
  9. Thurman Munson (921)
  10. Mike Scioscia (913)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1984
Released by Baltimore on 1/31/1984
Signed as a free agent by Boston on 3/2/1984 to a minor league deal
Traded from Boston to Chicago (A) on 3/2/1984 (Going to CHW: C M. Tettleton. Going to BOS: C T. Player)
Traded from Chicago (A) to Cincinnati on 4/1/1985 (Going to CIN: C M. Tettleton, SS J. Baez. Going to CHW: 2B P. Molitor, RF W. Wilson)
Had first career hit on 9/16/1985, off Mike Moore (MON)
Hit first career homerun on 7/14/1986, off Bob Knepper (SFG)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/16/1987, hitting .480 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1988 Allstar game
Traded from Cincinnati to Boston on 7/31/1991 (Going to CIN: C Rich Gedman. Going to BOS: C Mickey Tettleton)
Injured on 5/16/1993 with a Bruised Heel, out for one week
7/31/1993: Signed a contract extension with Boston, $1,700,000 per year, for 3 years
Drove in 6 runs against New York (A) on 9/9/1993
Injured on 5/16/1996 with a Dislocated Shoulder, out for 7-8 weeks
 
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