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Mike Sadek

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 165lb (175cm, 74kg)

Born: May 30, 1946 in Minneapolis, MN us

Died: January 20, 2021 in San Andreas, CA

Buried: Cherokee Memorial Park, Lodi, CA

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 12th round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN) and the Minnesota Twins in the 5th round of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN).

High School: Richfield HS (Richfield, MN)

Schools: St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN), University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)

Debut: April 13, 1973 (Age 26-318d, 13,339th in major league history)
vs. CIN 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: June 10, 1981 (Age 35-011d)
vs. CHC 3 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1975 season

Full Name: Michael George Sadek

Nicknames: Sheik

Pronunciation: \SAY-deck\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.1

813

184

.226

RBI

OBP

.317

SLG

.292

OPS

.609

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-17 / in Starts: 18-14
Longest Hitting Streak	6 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	21 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 0 bases loaded PA and 0 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	9
Actual Runners on Base	70 (27-32-11)
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (35-24-12)

Most Driven In
L Herndon	4
J LeMaster	2
Self	2
J Clark	1
R Metzger	0

Most Driven In By
B Madlock	5
D Evans	3
Self	2
T Whitfield	2
W McCovey	1
J Clark	1
R Andrews	1
B Knepper	0

1978 Batting Game Log

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1978 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	198	7 (6)	Apr 14	SFG	@	SDP	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.46	-0.185	2.26	-0.17%	-0.84	C
2	199	14 (6)	Apr 23	SFG		CIN	L,1-2	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	6						PR
3	200	16 (1)	Apr 26	SFG	@	ATL	L,1-6	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	.89	0.066	1.11	0.05%	0.55	C
4	201	17	Apr 27	SFG	@	ATL	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.364	.417	.364	.780	8	1.04	-0.071	1.28	-0.05%	-0.39	C
5	202	18	Apr 28	SFG	@	PIT	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.267	.579	8	1.77	-0.190	2.01	-0.13%	-1.10	C
6	203	19	Apr 29	SFG	@	PIT	L,2-6	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.278	.594	8	.49	-0.027	.62	-0.02%	0.01	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	204	24 (4)	May 6	SFG	@	CHC	W,2-1	7-GF(12)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.286	.250	.536	7	2.56	-0.051	3.73	-0.04%	-0.10	PR C
8	205	26 (1)	May 9	SFG		PIT	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.261	.292	.261	.553	8	.41	-0.009	.69	-0.01%	-0.27	C
9	206	30 (3)	May 13	SFG		STL	W,7-6	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.286	.259	.545	8	.47	-0.015	.89	-0.02%	-0.20	C
10	207	32 (1)	May 14 (2)	SFG		STL	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.281	.258	.539	8	2.28	0.159	4.42	0.19%	0.30	C
11	208	35 (2)	May 19	SFG	@	LAD	W,10-7	CG	5	5	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.278	.297	.278	.575	8	1.35	0.312	3.87	0.54%	2.29	C
12	209	38 (2)	May 23	SFG		HOU	W,3-2	9-GF	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.278	.297	.278	.575	7		0.000		0.00%	0.00	PR
13	210	39	May 24	SFG		HOU	W,2-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.293	.275	.568	7	.76	-0.029	1.84	-0.04%	-0.28	C
14	211	43 (3)	May 28	SFG		LAD	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.289	.295	.584	8	.83	-0.029	2.40	-0.05%	0.03	C
15	212	44	May 29	SFG	@	HOU	W,8-1	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.280	.271	.551	8	.63	0.013	1.59	0.02%	-0.75	C
16	213	45	May 30	SFG	@	HOU	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.259	.250	.509	8	1.14	-0.146	2.79	-0.22%	-1.10	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
17	214	47 (1)	Jun 2	SFG	@	MON	W,6-5	CG(10)	5	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.305	.273	.578	8	.91	0.105	2.11	0.15%	0.87	C
18	215	50 (2)	Jun 5	SFG	@	PHI	L,3-4	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.305	.273	.578	7						PR
19	216	51	Jun 6	SFG	@	PHI	L,6-7	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.317	.263	.581	8	.57	0.000	1.33	0.00%	-0.13	C
20	217	52	Jun 7	SFG	@	PHI	L,4-5	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.262	.328	.295	.623	8	.77	0.069	1.78	0.10%	0.67	C
21	218	55 (2)	Jun 11	SFG	@	NYM	W,7-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.338	.297	.635	8	.39	0.055	.89	0.08%	0.63	C
22	219	59 (3)	Jun 15	SFG		PHI	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.333	.294	.627	8	.12	-0.009	.30	-0.01%	-0.59	C
23	220	63 (3)	Jun 18 (2)	SFG		NYM	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.278	.342	.306	.647	8	1.37	0.089	3.29	0.13%	-0.06	C
24	221	64	Jun 20	SFG		CIN	L,3-6	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.329	.293	.623	8	1.63	-0.115	6.66	-0.28%	-0.93	C
25	222	69 (4)	Jun 25 (1)	SFG		ATL	W,9-3	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.337	.333	.671	8	.17	0.016	.44	0.02%	1.09	C
26	223	70	Jun 25 (2)	SFG		ATL	L,4-8	8-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.266	.333	.329	.662	7	2.18	-0.053	5.44	-0.08%	-0.21	PR C
27	224	72 (1)	Jun 27	SFG	@	SDP	W,9-1	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.266	.333	.329	.662	4						C
28	225	74 (1)	Jun 28 (2)	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.319	.313	.632	8	1.00	-0.093	2.67	-0.15%	-0.84	C
29	226	75	Jun 30 (1)	SFG	@	ATL	L,9-10	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.312	.306	.618	8	1.62	-0.086	4.26	-0.14%	-0.76	C
30	227	76	Jun 30 (2)	SFG	@	ATL	L,5-10	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.305	.299	.604	8	1.50	-0.073	4.00	-0.12%	-0.71	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
31	228	80 (3)	Jul 4	SFG		SDP	L,5-7	GS-7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.306	.300	.606	8	1.59	-0.062	4.58	-0.11%	-0.33	C
32	229	82 (1)	Jul 6	SFG		SDP	W,5-4	7-GF	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.313	.300	.613	6	.92	0.005	2.80	0.01%	0.23	PR C
33	230	91 (8)	Jul 16 (2)	SFG	@	STL	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.320	.319	.640	8	.59	0.204	1.68	0.35%	1.63	C
34	231	92	Jul 17	SFG	@	STL	W,9-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.255	.320	.319	.640	8						C
35	232	93	Jul 18	SFG	@	CHC	L,6-7	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.321	.351	.671	8	1.12	0.013	3.22	0.02%	0.45	C
36	233	95 (1)	Jul 19 (2)	SFG	@	CHC	L,5-7	GS-4	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.333	.357	.690	8	.31	0.021	.92	0.04%	0.47	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
37	234	148 (52)	Sep 15	SFG		CIN	L,1-6	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.327	.350	.677	8	.37	-0.018	.03	0.00%	-0.29	C
38	235	149	Sep 16	SFG		CIN	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.319	.340	.658	8	.74	-0.054	.01	0.00%	-0.50	C
39	236	150	Sep 17	SFG		CIN	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.245	.310	.330	.641	8	1.18	-0.134	.02	0.00%	-1.24	C
40	237	151	Sep 19	SFG	@	SDP	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.303	.321	.624	8	.86	-0.066	.00	0.00%	-0.62	C
							23-17		120	109	15	26	3	0	2	9	10	2	11	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	.239	.303	.321	.624		1.01	-0.388	2.11	0.04%	-3.01

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