Mike
Kessling
 
Nickname: Piggy
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 205
 
Born: January 20, 2009 in Alpharetta, GA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2034    2036   
In-Game Gold Glove 2036   
All-Star Selections 2033   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2027 18 KNX SL    
2028 19 GRG SL    
2029 20 GRG SL    
2030 21 WSH SL    
2031 22 WSH SL    
2032 23 GRG SL    
2033 24 GRG SL $ 300,000  
2034 25 GRG SL $ 300,000  
2035 26 GRG SL $ 300,000  
2036 27 GRG SL $ 3,828,571  
2037 28 GRG SL $ 3,828,571  
2038 29 GRG SL $ 3,828,571  
2039 30 PHI HL $ 4,000,000  
2040 31 PHI HL $ 4,000,000  
2041 32 SD HL $ 4,000,000  
2042 33 SD HL $ 4,000,000  
2043 34 GRG SL $ 1,000,000  
2044 35 GRG SL $ 1,000,000  
2045 36 GRG SL $ 1,000,000  
2046 37 GRG SL $ 500,000  
2047 38 GRG SL $ 500,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings    
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000  
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2027 18 KNX SL    
2028 19 GRG SL    
2029 20 GRG SL    
2030 21 WSH SL    
2031 22 WSH SL    
2032 23 GRG SL    
2033 24 GRG SL $ 300,000  
2034 25 GRG SL $ 300,000  
2035 26 GRG SL $ 300,000  
2036 27 GRG SL $ 3,828,571  
2037 28 GRG SL $ 3,828,571  
2038 29 GRG SL $ 3,828,571  
2039 30 PHI HL $ 4,000,000  
2040 31 PHI HL $ 4,000,000  
2041 32 SD HL $ 4,000,000  
2042 33 SD HL $ 4,000,000  
2043 34 GRG SL $ 1,000,000  
2044 35 GRG SL $ 1,000,000  
2045 36 GRG SL $ 1,000,000  
2046 37 GRG SL $ 500,000  
2047 38 GRG SL $ 500,000  
OOTP6 Min Ratings    
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,000,000  
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Pitcher of the Year or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2041 32 PHI HL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1
2045 36 GRG SL 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.4
2046 37 GRG SL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.1
3 Years Sim 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .286 .286 .286 .571 0.5
Season Average 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.6 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .286 .286 .286 .571  
Career Highs 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1 0 0 0 0   .250 .250 .250 .500
vs LH   1 0 0 0 0   .333 .333 .333 .667
Home 1 0 1.000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
Away 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
Mar/Apr 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
May 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .500 .500 .500 1.000
July 1 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Hitter of the Year 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
2027 18 A   131 436 55 119 10 1 26 74 10 2 39 72 .273 .333 .479 .812 70.7  
2028 19 A   135 457 66 112 13 2 26 77 7 4 55 82 .245 .326 .453 .779 69.9  
2029 20 AA   45 183 25 56 9 0 6 25 1 2 17 31 .306 .365 .454 .819 28.7  
    A   93 358 56 111 19 1 17 56 4 4 37 67 .310 .375 .511 .886 64.5  
2030 21 AAA   64 231 34 74 8 0 17 53 5 2 15 49 .320 .362 .576 .938 45.0  
    AA   71 275 43 75 13 2 12 36 8 1 29 57 .273 .342 .465 .808 44.5  
2031 22 AAA   129 516 98 155 25 0 38 111 4 5 40 113 .300 .351 .570 .920 96.8  
2032 23 AAA   128 521 103 170 23 4 35 106 9 5 75 123 .326 .411 .587 .998 116.9  
2033 24 GRG SL 151 531 84 153 19 1 30 95 0 0 59 144 .288 .361 .497 .859 91.4 18.7
2034 25 GRG SL 145 526 75 126 15 0 31 91 0 0 64 140 .240 .325 .445 .770 77.5 10.0
2035 26 GRG SL 146 536 87 154 15 3 34 95 1 1 63 140 .287 .362 .517 .878 95.2 17.3
2036 27 GRG SL 146 527 83 138 15 1 28 89 2 1 57 153 .262 .336 .454 .789 78.9 14.4
2037 28 GRG SL 102 291 29 63 11 0 13 53 1 0 32 70 .216 .294 .388 .683 34.9 4.1
2038 29 GRG SL 125 379 60 103 11 0 24 69 1 0 45 87 .272 .349 .491 .840 65.2 11.8
2039 30 WSH SL 93 300 46 88 18 0 15 62 1 1 29 67 .293 .363 .503 .866 52.4 8.6
  PHI HL 60 212 29 52 7 0 11 31 0 0 30 50 .245 .346 .434 .779 33.1 4.7
  TOT   153 512 75 140 25 0 26 93 1 1 59 117 .273 .356 .475 .830 85.5 13.3
2040 31 PHI HL 147 541 91 139 25 0 29 120 8 4 68 130 .257 .339 .464 .803 85.7 12.4
2041 32 PHI HL 89 287 37 58 4 0 12 41 2 2 36 71 .202 .298 .341 .639 32.8 2.9
  SD HL 53 179 25 47 10 2 9 35 2 1 24 45 .263 .354 .492 .846 31.4 5.8
  TOT   142 466 62 105 14 2 21 76 4 3 60 116 .225 .320 .399 .719 64.2 8.7
2042 33 SD HL 137 342 41 105 14 0 15 63 0 1 28 66 .307 .364 .480 .844 55.3 9.4
2043 34 GRG SL 32 110 17 33 2 0 8 23 0 0 7 24 .300 .347 .536 .884 19.7 3.4
2044 35 GRG SL 106 210 28 49 5 1 8 36 2 1 24 59 .233 .321 .381 .702 26.6 3.0
2045 36 GRG SL 68 102 9 27 3 0 2 14 0 0 8 19 .265 .318 .353 .671 11.9 1.4
2046 37 GRG SL 47 103 13 30 0 0 4 15 1 0 5 20 .291 .318 .408 .726 14.7 1.7
2047 38 GRG SL 54 103 14 26 2 0 5 15 0 0 9 31 .252 .313 .417 .730 14.0 1.4
15 Years Sim 1701 5279 768 1391 176 8 278 947 21 12 588 1316 .263 .340 .458 .798 820.7 131.0
3 Years AAA 321 1268 235 399 56 4 90 270 18 12 130 285 .315 .377 .578 .955 258.8  
2 Years AA 116 458 68 131 22 2 18 61 9 3 46 88 .286 .353 .461 .814 73.2  
3 Years A 359 1251 177 342 42 4 69 207 21 10 131 221 .273 .345 .479 .823 205.1  
8 Years Minors 796 2977 480 872 120 10 177 538 48 25 307 594 .293 .360 .518 .878 537.1  
162 Game Average 502 73 132 16 0 26 90 2 1 56 125 .263 .340 .458 .798 78.2  
Career Highs 153 541 91 154 25 3 34 120 8 4 68 153 .307 .364 .536 .884 95.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3775 559 1013 120 6 210 676 20 9 442 954 .268 .347 .470 .817 619.4
vs LH   1504 209 378 56 2 68 271 1 3 146 362 .251 .321 .427 .747 207.1
Home 835 2539 364 705 95 3 137 462 10 8 293 615 .278 .356 .479 .835 426.6
Away 866 2740 404 686 81 5 141 485 11 4 295 701 .250 .325 .438 .763 399.9
RISP   1441 0 408 57 1 78 667 0 0 238 354 .283 .381 .486 .867 272.2
Pinch Hitting   342 42 88 14 0 14 68 3 0 22 88 .257 .306 .421 .727 43.9
Close/Late   717 97 196 26 0 34 125 0 0 111 204 .273 .371 .452 .822 123.4
Mar/Apr 247 828 104 224 29 0 37 141 3 1 58 187 .271 .321 .440 .761 115.1
May 315 1008 156 289 36 1 67 221 4 2 101 240 .287 .353 .524 .876 181.3
June 296 882 124 203 29 1 40 133 4 0 96 230 .230 .307 .401 .708 114.2
July 251 775 106 190 23 2 34 127 5 2 100 185 .245 .339 .412 .750 111.2
August 293 882 132 235 28 3 54 163 3 5 108 247 .266 .349 .489 .838 149.6
Sep/Oct 299 904 146 250 31 1 46 162 2 2 125 227 .277 .365 .466 .830 155.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won In-Game Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2033 24 GRG SL C 143 136 1256.0 1102 92 11 1 .991 8.56 215 69 .321 9 7.4
2034 25 GRG SL C 142 141 1269.7 1112 71 15 2 .987 8.39 193 54 .280 6 7.0
2035 26 GRG SL C 145 140 1272.0 1115 100 13 2 .989 8.60 204 73 .358 8 9.0
2036 27 GRG SL C 145 139 1257.7 1101 89 16 1 .987 8.52 198 78 .394 8 8.0
2037 28 GRG SL C 95 67 661.3 558 41 5 0 .992 8.15 99 34 .343 6 3.7
2038 29 GRG SL C 115 98 901.7 742 72 4 1 .995 8.13 137 53 .387 6 6.9
2039 30 WSH SL C 83 81 696.1 627 38 5 0 .993 8.60 73 21 .288 9 3.5
  PHI HL C 54 52 509.6 459 28 3 0 .994 8.60 54 15 .278 6 2.9
  TOT   C 137 133 1205.7 1086 66 8 0 .993 8.60 127 36 .283 15 6.3
2040 31 PHI HL C 140 136 1229.0 1054 88 9 1 .992 8.36 156 56 .359 4 8.4
2041 32 PHI HL C 82 77 676.4 578 31 9 0 .985 8.10 80 20 .250 4 1.9
    P 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  SD HL C 49 46 424.3 363 20 6 0 .985 8.12 50 13 .260 2 2.3
    P 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  TOT   C 131 123 1100.7 941 51 15 0 .985 8.11 130 33 .254 6 4.2
      P 1 0 .3 0 0 0 0 .000 .00    
2042 33 SD HL C 110 69 706.0 589 41 6 0 .991 8.03 74 28 .378 1 2.9
2043 34 GRG SL C 26 26 234.3 189 21 1 0 .995 8.07 28 12 .429 3 2.2
2044 35 GRG SL C 43 42 368.0 304 27 7 0 .979 8.10 58 19 .328 1 2.2
    SS 1 0 2.3 2 0 0 1 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2045 36 GRG SL C 20 16 146.0 118 8 1 0 .992 7.77 12 7 .583 0 0.6
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2046 37 GRG SL C 33 24 235.7 199 17 1 0 .995 8.25 41 12 .293 2 1.5
    P 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2047 38 GRG SL C 20 19 166.0 142 15 3 0 .981 8.51 25 12 .480 1 1.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1445 1309 12009.7 10352 799 115 8 .990 8.36 1697 576 .339 76 71.3
  SS 1 0 2.3 2 0 0 1 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 2.0 1 1 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 3 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1450 1309 12015.7 10355 800 115 10 .990 8.36 1697 576 .339 76 71.3
Career Highs   145 141 1272.0 1115 100 16 2 .995 8.60 215 78 .583 15  
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
2033 24 GRG SL 4 14 2 3 1 0 1 5 0 0 2 4 .214 .313 .500 .813
2034 25 GRG SL 17 69 7 18 3 2 2 8 0 0 3 23 .261 .301 .449 .751
2035 26 GRG SL 3 12 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .500 .538 .583 1.122
2036 27 GRG SL 14 43 4 14 4 0 1 5 0 0 8 11 .326 .423 .488 .911
2038 29 GRG SL 6 19 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 5 .263 .286 .474 .759
2040 31 PHI HL 5 17 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 .176 .300 .235 .535
2044 35 GRG SL 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286
Career Post-Season Batting 56 181 23 50 11 2 5 21 0 0 18 54 .276 .342 .442 .784
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.
Homeruns
2035-6-34
2040-6-29
RBIs
2040-2-120
Strikeouts
2033-7-144
2034-8-140
2036-5-153
2040-10-130
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 12    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 135)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 38    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 63)
 
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History
Drafted in 43rd round, 1012nd overall pick, by Savannah in 2023
Traded from Savannah to Cleveland on 7/31/2023 (Going to CLE: RF A. Orellana, P J. Poole, P .. .SAV Rd. 3, SS R. Williams, P C. Holloway. Going to SAV: SS A. Reagan, P S. Collazo)
Had first career hit on 8/11/2023, off Dante Shah (DEN)
Hit first career homerun on 8/11/2023, off Jack Signorelli (DEN)
Drafted in 6th round, 123rd overall pick, by Knoxville in 2027
Traded from Washington to Georgia on 1/31/2032 (Going to GRG: P Craig Rocheleau, C Mike Kessling. Going to WSH: P Robert Updike, P Ruperto Delossantos)
Injured on 7/24/2032 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/6/2033, off Bernal Canales (MEM)
Was selected to the 2033 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 8/16/2033, hitting .429 with 4 HR, 8 RBI
Won World Championship with Georgia in 2034
1/31/2036: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,828,571 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/2/2036 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for one week
Won World Championship with Georgia in 2036
Won In-Game Gold Glove at Catcher in 2036