Mike Birkbeck

Michael Lawrence Birkbeck
Born: March 10, 1961
Orrville, OH US
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190
Draft: Round 11 (1982 June Amateur Draft, Chicago Cubs)
Draft: Round 4 (1983 June Amateur Draft, Milwaukee Brewers)
School: Akron
Career: 1983-1996
Major League Statistics
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Mike Birkbeck compiled a career record of 88 wins and 67 losses and a 3.38 ERA in his 241-game pitching career with the Paintsville Brewers, Beloit Brewers, El Paso Diablos, Vancouver Canadians, Denver Zephyrs, Canton-Akron Indians, Colorado Springs Sky Sox, Tidewater Tides, Richmond Braves, Yokohama BayStars and Norfolk Tides. He began playing during the 1983 season and last took the field during the 1996 campaign.

Beloit Brewers	Paintsville Brewers	El Paso Diablos	Vancouver Canadians	Denver Zephyrs	Canton-Akron Indians
Colorado Springs Sky Sox	Tidewater Tides	Richmond Braves	Norfolk Tides	Yokohama BayStars

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1983	A	MIDW	Beloit Brewers	2	4	.333	3.43	7	7	0	0	0	0	42.0	35	22	16	2	17	1	38	2	0	3
1983	R	APPY	Paintsville Brewers	3	1	.750	1.88	7	5	0	0	0	0	28.7	17	12	6	1	17	1	38	2	0	3
1984	A	MIDW	Beloit Brewers	14	3	.824	2.18	26	25	1	6	2	0	177.7	134	57	43	5	64	3	164	1	1	13
1985	AA	TL	El Paso Diablos	9	9	.500	3.43	24	24	0	4	0	0	155.0	154	67	59	9	64	4	103	1	1	11
1986	AAA	PCL	Vancouver Canadians	12	6	.667	4.62	23	23	0	2	0	0	134.3	160	82	69	9	39	4	81	2	0	6
1987	AAA	AA2	Denver Zephyrs	0	1	.000	9.64	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.7	9	11	5	0	3	0	1	0	1	0
1987	A	MIDW	Beloit Brewers	0	0		2.08	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.3	4	4	1	0	1	0	7	0	0	0
1988	AAA	AA2	Denver Zephyrs	4	1	.800	2.01	5	5	0	4	0	0	44.7	30	10	10	1	10	0	30	0	2	1
1989	AAA	AA2	Denver Zephyrs	2	2	.500	3.04	5	5	0	0	0	0	23.7	26	9	8	2	10	1	9	0	1	2
1990	AAA	AA2	Denver Zephyrs	3	8	.273	5.33	21	20	0	0	0	0	96.3	102	73	57	6	36	0	69	2	2	7
1991	AA	EL	Canton-Akron Indians	2	3	.400	3.89	21	2	14	0	0	5	39.3	39	17	17	1	18	3	40	0	2	2	170
1991	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	0	0		0.00	3	1	2	0	0	0	7.0	4	1	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	26
1992	AAA	IL	Tidewater Tides	4	10	.286	4.08	21	19	0	3	0	0	117.0	108	61	53	9	31	0	101	2	3	9	481
1993	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	13	8	.619	3.11	27	26	0	1	0	0	159.3	143	67	55	10	41	0	136	9	1	11	654
1994	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	13	6	.684	2.73	28	28	0	1	0	0	164.7	145	58	50	8	46	0	143	2	2	5	658
1995	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	5	3	.625	2.36	9	9	0	0	0	0	53.3	52	20	14	2	13	0	39	1	0	1	215
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	2	0	1.000	2.82	8	6	0	1	1	0	38.3	37	12	12	2	8	0	24	1	0	0	153
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	0	2	.000	11.81	4	4	0	0	0	0	10.7	19	14	14	1	5	0	3	0	0	1	54
Totals				88	67	.568	3.38	241	211	17	22	3	5	1301.0	1218	597	489	68	426	17	1029	25	16	75	2411

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH
1990	AAA	AA2	Denver Zephyrs	26	16	11	2	2	0	1	2	3	1	.182	.400	.455	.855	5		1	1
1992	AAA	IL	Tidewater Tides	21	13	10	0	3	0	0	1	1	3	.300	.364	.300	.664	3		0	2
1993	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	27	18	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	7	.125	.125	.125	.250	2		0	2
1994	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	28	25	21	0	4	0	0	3	0	1	.190	.227	.190	.418	4	1	1	3
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	8	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0	0
1995	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	9	10	9	2	2	1	0	0	1	3	.222	.300	.333	.633	3	0	0	0
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0
Totals				123	98	83	5	13	1	1	6	5	22	.157	.222	.205	.427	17	2	2	8

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1983	A	MIDW	Beloit Brewers	P	7	4	6	1	0	.909	1.429
1983	R	APPY	Paintsville Brewers	P	7	3	10	0	1	1.000	1.857
1984	A	MIDW	Beloit Brewers	P	26	16	37	2	2	.964	2.038
1985	AA	TL	El Paso Diablos	P	24	17	25	1	1	.977	1.750
1986	AAA	PCL	Vancouver Canadians	P	23	11	20	2	0	.939	1.348
1987	AAA	AA2	Denver Zephyrs	P	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
1987	A	MIDW	Beloit Brewers	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
1988	AAA	AA2	Denver Zephyrs	P	5	9	9	0	1	1.000	3.600
1989	AAA	AA2	Denver Zephyrs	P	5	2	5	0	1	1.000	1.400
1990	AAA	AA2	Denver Zephyrs	P	21	10	16	2	3	.929	1.238
1991	AAA	PCL	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	P	3	0	2	0	1	1.000	.667
1991	AA	EL	Canton-Akron Indians	P	21	4	7	0	1	1.000	.524
1992	AAA	IL	Tidewater Tides	P	21	12	24	1	0	.973	1.714
1993	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	P	27	17	34	0	4	1.000	1.889
1994	AAA	IL	Richmond Braves	P	28	11	21	2	3	.941	1.143
1995	AAA	IL	Norfolk Tides	P	9	7	13	0	2	1.000	2.222
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	P	8						.000
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	P	4						.000
Totals					241	125	229	11	20	.970	1.469

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation
1983	A	Midwest League	Beloit Brewers	ML4
1983	R	Appalachian League	Paintsville Brewers	ML4
1984	A	Midwest League	Beloit Brewers	ML4
1985	AA	Texas League	El Paso Diablos	ML4
1986	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Vancouver Canadians	ML4
1987	A	Midwest League	Beloit Brewers	ML4
1987	AAA	American Association 2	Denver Zephyrs	ML4
1988	AAA	American Association 2	Denver Zephyrs	ML4
1989	AAA	American Association 2	Denver Zephyrs	ML4
1990	AAA	American Association 2	Denver Zephyrs	ML4
1991	AA	Eastern League	Canton-Akron Indians	CLE
1991	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	CLE
1992	AAA	International League	Tidewater Tides	NYN
1993	AAA	International League	Richmond Braves	ATL
1994	AAA	International League	Richmond Braves	ATL
1995	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
1995	AAA	International League	Norfolk Tides	NYN
1996	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars

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