Mike Vail

Michael Lewis Vail
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 185 lbs.
Born: November 10, 1951 in San Francisco, CA
Drafted: 4th round 1971 by the St. Louis Cardinals
Acquired: traded from the Cardinals with Jack Heidemann for Ted Martinez, December 1974
Departed: claimed on waivers by the Cleveland Indians, March 1978

 

His long hitting streak as a rookie had the Mets hoping for great things from Mike, but they were disappointed eventually (although he went on to hit a combined .314 in the next three years following his trade away from New York). Here he is on his 1977 Topps card.

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BATTING RECORD

YEAR CLUB     G   AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB SB CS  SO BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
1975 *METS*  38  162  17  49  8  1  3  17  68  0  0  37  9   0   0  0 .339 .420 .302
1976 *METS*  53  143   8  31  5  1  0   9  38  0  1  19  6   0   0  3 .243 .266 .217
1977 *METS* 108  279  29  73 12  1  8  35 111  0  7  58 19   2   0  3 .310 .398 .262
1978 2teams  88  214  17  68  8  3  4  35  94  1  2  33  4   0   1  3 .326 .439 .318
1979 Chi NL  87  179  28  60  8  2  7  35  93  0  2  27 14   0   0  2 .379 .520 .335
1980 Chi NL 114  312  30  93 17  2  6  47 132  2  5  77 14   1   1  0 .330 .423 .298
1981 Cin NL  31   31   1   5  0  0  0   3   5  0  0   9  0   0   0  0 .161 .161 .161
1982 Cin NL  78  189   9  48 10  1  4  29  72  0  0  33  6   0   0  2 .274 .381 .254
1983 2teams  52   79   6  19  3  0  2   7  28  0  0  17  8   2   0  0 .326 .354 .241
1984 L A NL  16   16   1   1  0  0  0   2   1  0  0   7  1   0   0  0 .118 .063 .063
METS TOTALS 199  584  54 153 25  3 11  61 217  0  8 114 34   2   0  6 .302 .372 .262
OTHER CLUBS 466 1020  92 294 46  8 23 158 425  3  9 203 47   3   2  7 .319 .417 .288
CAREER TOTS 665 1604 146 447 71 11 34 219 642  3 17 317 81   5   2 13 .313 .400 .279

 

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB     G   AB   R   H 2B 3B HR RBI  TB SB CS  SO BB HBP SAC SF  OBP  SLG  AVG
1978 Cle AL  14   34   2   8  2  1  0   2  12  1  1   9  1   0   1  1 .250 .353 .235
1978 Chi NL  74  180  15  60  6  2  4  33  82  0  1  24  3   0   0  2 .341 .456 .333
1983 S F NL  18   26   1   4  1  0  0   3   5  0  0   7  0   1   0  0 .185 .192 .154
1983 Mon NL  34   53   5  15  2  0  2   4  23  0  0  10  8   1   0  0 .387 .434 .283

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This is a list of the Mike Vail cards that I already have in my collection. If you have any cards that are not listed here, and you are willing to donate or trade them, contact me at Rounding Third.

1976 SSPC #534
1976 Topps #655

1977 Topps #246

1978 Topps #69

1979 Topps #663

1980 Topps #343

1981 Donruss #554a (1980 highlight begins "After")
1981 Donruss #554b (1980 highlight begins "Traded")
1981 Fleer #311
1981 Topps #471

1982 Coca-Cola Reds #22
1982 Fleer #84
1982 Topps #194

1983 Donruss #597
1983 Fleer #605
1983 Topps #554

1984 Fleer #290
1984 Nestlé #766
1984 O-Pee-Chee #143
1984 Topps #766
1984 Topps Traded #124T
1984 Topps Traded Tiffany #124T

1991 WIZ Mets #417

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