Mike Cuellar
1959–1977 · bats L / throws L · ALS, Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Cincinnati Reds, Houston Astros, NLS, St. Louis Cardinals
454G
.115AVG
.128OBP
.171SLG
More career statistics
76H
7HR
33RBI
0SB
185–130W–L
2,808.0IP
1,632K
3.14ERA
379GS
11SV
7Rare feats
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Why official totals and the game-record sums differ
The sources can disagree on historical scorer decisions, appearances, and which games belong to a major-league record. The career summary uses the official total; the source game rows retain their recorded values.
| Statistic | MLB official | Recorded game sum |
|---|---|---|
| Batting · Games | 454 | 456 |
| Batting · Runs | 37 | 36 |
| Pitching · Batters faced | 11,505 | 11,506 |
| Pitching · p ipouts | 8,424 | 8,423 |
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 454 | 716 | 661 | 37 | 76 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 9 | 304 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 113 | .115 | .128 | .171 | .299 |
Career pitching
| IP | G | GS | CG | W | L | SV | H | R | ER | HR | BB | K | HBP | WP | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,808.0 | 453 | 379 | 172 | 185 | 130 | 11 | 2,538 | 1,130 | 979 | 222 | 822 | 1,632 | 0 | 0 | 3.14 | 1.197 |
Streaks
5longest hitting streak · 1969-09-05 to 1969-09-24
5longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Complete Game, Fifteen K | 1966-06-25 | 1 in 1,054 games | box score ↗ |
| 60 | 11 scoreless innings | 1967-09-27 | 1 in 3,313 pitcher-games | box score ↗ |
| 51 | Three Wild Pitches | 1975-09-06 | 1 in 273 games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 229 | 346 | 30 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 148 | .094 | .104 | .126 |
| Away | 227 | 370 | 46 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 156 | .134 | .132 | .213 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 47 | 68 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 33 | .062 | .074 | .109 |
| May | 68 | 104 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 51 | .104 | .106 | .177 |
| June | 82 | 132 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 53 | .124 | .121 | .207 |
| July | 86 | 131 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 56 | .105 | .122 | .161 |
| August | 93 | 149 | 16 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 56 | .116 | .121 | .145 |
| September | 75 | 128 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 55 | .149 | .141 | .202 |
| October | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| cleveland-guardians | 33 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | .132 | .122 | .132 |
| detroit-tigers | 32 | 51 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 26 | .152 | .137 | .261 |
| new-york-yankees | 32 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21 | .039 | .056 | .059 |
| boston-red-sox | 26 | 44 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | .237 | .227 | .289 |
| minnesota-twins | 26 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25 | .053 | .051 | .053 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 26 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | .080 | .111 | .080 |
| los-angeles-dodgers | 25 | 38 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .108 | .105 | .135 |
| athletics | 24 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | .061 | .054 | .152 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 |  Cincinnati Reds | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 4 | 5 |
| 1964 |  St. Louis Cardinals | 32 | 18 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 71 | 56 |
| 1965 |  Houston Astros | 25 | 12 | – | – | – | – | .000 | 56 | 46 |
| 1966 | Houston Astros | 38 | 71 | 8 | 1 | 1 | – | .113 | 227 | 175 |
| 1967 | Houston Astros | 38 | 93 | 13 | – | 5 | – | .140 | 246 | 203 |
| 1968 | Houston Astros | 28 | 57 | 11 | 1 | 3 | – | .193 | 170 | 133 |
| 1969 |  Baltimore Orioles | 39 | 103 | 12 | – | 5 | – | .117 | 290 | 182 |
| 1970 | Baltimore Orioles | 41 | 112 | 10 | 2 | 7 | – | .089 | 297 | 190 |
| 1971 | Baltimore Orioles | 38 | 107 | 11 | 1 | 5 | – | .103 | 292 | 124 |
| 1972 | Baltimore Orioles | 35 | 87 | 11 | 2 | 7 | – | .126 | 248 | 132 |
| 1973 | Baltimore Orioles | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 267 | 140 |
| 1974 | Baltimore Orioles | 38 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 269 | 106 |
| 1975 | Baltimore Orioles | 36 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 256 | 105 |
| 1976 | Baltimore Orioles | 26 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 107 | 32 |
| 1977 |  California Angels | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 3 |