Mike Cubbage

Full Name: Michael Lee Cubbage	Primary Position: 3B,1B
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/180	First Game: April 7, 1974
Birthdate: July 21, 1950	Final Game: October 3, 1981
Birthplace: Charlottesville, Virginia	MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Left/Right

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Mike Cubbage (Michael Lee Cubbage) was born on July 21, 1950 in Charlottesville, Virginia. He made his Major League debut on April 7, 1974 for the Texas Rangers. In 1975, his rookie year, he hit .224 with 4 home runs and 21 RBI. Cubbage played for the Texas Rangers, Minnesota Twins and New York Mets over the course of his 8 year career.

He was a three-sport star at Lane High School in his native Charlottesville, and many people in that football-oriented city expected him to become a football player. But he preferred baseball, and was drafted by the nearby Washington Senators. They had moved to Texas by the time he started in his first MLB game on April 7, 1974. He played for the Rangers, wearing uniform #4, until 1976 when he was traded to the Minnesota Twins (ironically, another former Washington Senators team!). The Twins assigned him uniform #26, and he played for them until 1960. He was then traded to the New York Mets, for whom he completed his MLB playing career in 1961 wearing #3.

Although Cubbage had been primarily a shortstop in high school, this was the only infield position he did not play in MLB, playing mostly second and third base, with a few games at first and a few as designated hitter.

Most people believe that Mike Cubbage's best season was 1977, when he knocked in 55 runs.

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Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1974	TEX	A	9	15	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1975	TEX	A	58	143	12	32	4	21	.224	.305	.350	6	0	18	14	0	4	0	2	2
1976	TEX	A	14	32	2	7	0	0	.219	.359	.219	0	0	7	7	0	0	0	0	1
1976	MIN	A	104	342	40	89	3	49	.260	.344	.371	19	5	42	37	3	3	1	3	10
1976	TOT	A	118	374	42	96	3	49	.257	.346	.358	19	5	49	44	3	3	1	3	11
1977	MIN	A	129	417	60	110	9	55	.264	.321	.391	16	5	37	49	0	6	1	6	4
1978	MIN	A	125	394	40	111	7	57	.282	.348	.401	12	7	40	44	1	7	3	3	7
1979	MIN	A	94	243	26	67	2	23	.276	.371	.350	10	1	39	26	0	5	1	2	2
1980	MIN	A	103	285	29	70	8	42	.246	.301	.361	9	0	23	37	1	6	0	4	4
1981	NY	N	67	80	9	17	1	4	.213	.289	.325	2	2	9	15	0	0	0	1	2
Total	NL		67	80	9	17	1	4	.213	.289	.325	2	2	9	15	0	0	0	1	2
Total	AL		636	1871	209	486	33	247	.260	.332	.370	72	18	206	218	5	31	6	20	30
Total			703	1951	218	503	34	251	.258	.330	.369	74	20	215	233	5	31	6	21	32

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Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1974	TEX	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1974	TEX	A	3B	3	1	10	1	3	0	0	1.000
1974	TEX	A	2B	2	1	12	6	6	1	4	.923
1975	TEX	A	DH	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1975	TEX	A	2B	37	32	291.2	67	111	7	24	.962
1975	TEX	A	3B	3	2	18	1	4	1	1	.833
1976	TEX	A	3B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	TEX	A	DH	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	TEX	A	2B	5	4	35	8	9	0	3	1.000
1976	MIN	A	2B	2	0	3	1	0	1	0	.500
1976	MIN	A	3B	99	91	835.1	71	209	18	22	.940
1976	MIN	A	DH	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	TOT	A	DH	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1976	TOT	A	2B	7	4	38	9	9	1	3	.947
1976	TOT	A	3B	100	91	836.1	71	209	18	22	.940
1977	MIN	A	3B	126	110	978.2	90	266	18	29	.952
1977	MIN	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1978	MIN	A	3B	115	100	874	65	233	9	24	.971
1978	MIN	A	2B	5	0	11	4	4	0	1	1.000
1979	MIN	A	DH	22	15	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1979	MIN	A	1B	1	0	3	4	0	0	0	1.000
1979	MIN	A	3B	63	55	420	34	94	10	9	.928
1979	MIN	A	2B	1	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	MIN	A	1B	73	59	494.1	512	44	2	56	.996
1980	MIN	A	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1980	MIN	A	3B	31	22	208.1	29	54	2	6	.976
1980	MIN	A	2B	1	0	8	4	2	0	2	1.000
1981	NY	N	3B	12	11	82.1	5	21	1	0	.963
Total			DH	35	24	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			2B	53	37	362	90	132	9	34	.961
Total			3B	453	392	3427.2	296	884	59	91	.952
Total			1B	74	59	497.1	516	44	2	56	.996

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Selected by Washington Senators in the 6th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 7, 1968).
Selected by Washington Senators in the 2nd round of the secondary phase of free-agent draft (June 8, 1971).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Bill Singer, Roy Smalley, Jim Gideon and $250000 to Minnesota Twins in exchange for Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson (June 1, 1976).
Granted free agency (October 23, 1980).
Signed by New York Mets (December 19, 1980).
Released by New York Mets (April 5, 1982).

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