What years did Mike Boddicker play?

Mike Boddicker played in Major League Baseball from 1980 to 1993.

Was Mike Boddicker a pitcher?

Yes. Mike Boddicker pitched in the major leagues, recording 134 wins and 1330 strikeouts.

What was Mike Boddicker's career ERA?

Mike Boddicker finished with a 3.80 career ERA, going 134-116 with 1,330 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Mike Boddicker have?

Mike Boddicker recorded 1,330 career strikeouts.

Is Mike Boddicker in the Hall of Fame?

No. Mike Boddicker has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

What teams did Mike Boddicker play for?

Mike Boddicker played for the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox, the Kansas City Royals, and the Milwaukee Brewers.

Mike Boddicker

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1980-1993)

Mike Boddicker was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1980 to 1993 for 4 teams, including the Baltimore Orioles, a span of 14 seasons. Across 342 career appearances, he went 134-116 with a 3.80 ERA and 1,330 strikeouts. Mike Boddicker was an All-Star, an ALCS MVP, and a Gold Glove. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 4450.9.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 134–116

ERA 3.80

WHIP 1.32

SO 1,330

Pitcher PIV 4450.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 172 lb
Born: 8/23/1957 in Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
MLB Debut: 1980-10-04
Last Game: 1993-06-13
Awards: All-Star · ALCS MVP · Gold Glove

Full name: Michael James Boddicker

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Career Pitching Statistics

Mike Boddicker — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
134	116	342	309	63	16	3	2123.2	2,082	897	188	721	1,330	3.80	4450.9

Career ERA 3.80 vs. league average 3.89 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Mike Boddicker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1980	BAL	AL	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	7.1	6	5	5	4	6.14	—	0.0
1981	BAL	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5.2	6	3	2	2	4.76	—	0.0
1982	BAL	AL	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	25.2	25	10	12	20	3.51	3.86 (+9%)	186.6
1983	BAL	AL	16	8	27	26	10	5	0	179.0	141	55	52	120	2.77	3.87 (+29%)	2980.9
1984	BAL	AL	20	11	34	34	16	4	0	261.1	218	81	81	128	2.79	3.81 (+27%)	-712.1
1985	BAL	AL	12	17	32	32	9	2	0	203.1	227	92	89	135	4.07	3.89 (-5%)	1689.4
1986	BAL	AL	14	12	33	33	7	0	0	218.1	214	114	74	175	4.70	3.97 (-18%)	-816.9
1987	BAL	AL	10	12	33	33	7	2	0	226.0	212	105	78	152	4.18	4.29 (+3%)	-163.0
1988	BAL	AL	6	12	21	21	4	0	0	147.0	149	63	51	100	3.86	3.73 (-3%)	-654.9
1988	BOS	AL	7	3	15	14	1	1	0	89.0	85	26	26	56	2.63	3.73 (+30%)	1829.2
1989	BOS	AL	15	11	34	34	3	2	0	211.2	217	94	71	145	4.00	3.71 (-8%)	14.3
1990	BOS	AL	17	8	34	34	4	0	0	228.0	225	85	69	143	3.36	3.86 (+13%)	2122.1
1991	KCA	AL	12	12	30	29	1	0	0	180.2	188	82	59	79	4.08	3.91 (-4%)	-907.6
1992	KCA	AL	1	4	29	8	0	0	3	86.2	92	48	37	47	4.98	3.75 (-33%)	-565.0
1993	ML4	AL	3	5	10	10	1	0	0	54.0	77	34	15	24	5.67	4.19 (-35%)	-552.0
Career · 15 seasons			134	116	342	309	63	16	3	2,123.2	2,082	897	721	1,330	3.80	—	4,451

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Mike Boddicker — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
346	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Season-by-Season Batting

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Mike Boddicker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	R	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1980	BAL	AL	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	BAL	AL	2	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	BAL	AL	7	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	BAL	AL	27	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	BAL	AL	35	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	BAL	AL	34	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	BAL	AL	33	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	BAL	AL	34	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	BAL	AL	21	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	BOS	AL	15	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	BOS	AL	34	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	BOS	AL	34	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	KCA	AL	30	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	KCA	AL	29	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	ML4	AL	10	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 15 seasons			346	2	—	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Mike Boddicker — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Mike Boddicker — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	RBI	SO	AVG
1990	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0	0	.000
1988	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0	0	.000
1983	ALCS	BAL	1	0	0	0	.000
1983	WS	BAL	1	3	1	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Mike Boddicker — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	2	4	4	0	28.2	22	8	7	29	2.51

Playoff Pitching by Year

Mike Boddicker — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1990	ALCS	BOS	0	1	1	1	8.0	6	2	3	7	2.25
1988	ALCS	BOS	0	1	1	1	2.2	8	6	1	2	20.25
1983	ALCS	BAL	1	0	1	1	9.0	5	0	3	14	0.00
1983	WS	BAL	1	0	1	1	9.0	3	0	0	6	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Batting — Home / Away

Mike Boddicker — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	177	0	1	0	0	0	—
Away	169	0	1	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Mike Boddicker — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	174	1110.1	1076	446	359	693	3.62
Away	168	1013.1	1006	451	362	637	4.01

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Mike Boddicker — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1993-06-13	MIL	NYY	L	2.1	5	5	5	1	0	1
1993-06-08	MIL	SEA	—	4.2	2	0	0	1	3	0
1993-06-03	MIL	KCR	L	4.2	8	6	6	0	1	1
1993-05-29	MIL	KCR	—	5.0	10	5	5	3	3	1
1993-05-24	MIL	TOR	L	8.0	10	4	4	2	6	2
1993-05-19	MIL	DET	L	4.2	13	7	7	3	3	0
1993-05-14	MIL	CLE	W	5.0	8	2	2	2	2	1
1993-05-09	MIL	BOS	W	7.2	4	0	0	1	0	0
1993-05-04	MIL	CHW	W	6.0	5	1	1	2	3	0
1993-04-29	MIL	CHW	L	6.0	12	5	4	0	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mike Boddicker — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	342	309	245	366	32	37

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mike Boddicker — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1980	BAL	P	1	1	0	0	1	0
1981	BAL	P	2	0	1	0	1	0
1982	BAL	P	7	0	5	3	1	0
1983	BAL	P	27	26	24	32	3	4
1984	BAL	P	34	34	49	49	7	6
1985	BAL	P	32	32	26	46	2	6
1986	BAL	P	33	33	28	36	3	4
1987	BAL	P	33	33	18	46	2	5
1988	BAL	P	21	21	12	15	2	0
1988	BOS	P	15	14	10	18	0	1
1989	BOS	P	34	34	14	36	3	2
1990	BOS	P	34	34	29	27	2	6
1991	KCA	P	30	29	12	36	2	1
1992	KCA	P	29	8	12	13	1	1
1993	ML4	P	10	10	5	9	2	1

Career Games by Position

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Mike Boddicker Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	342
Designated Hitter	4

Awards & Honors

Mike Boddicker — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1990	Gold Glove	P
1984	Pitcher of the Month	May
1984	Player of the Week	Week of 1984-05-04
1984	Player of the Week	Week of 1984-08-17
1984	TSN All-Star	RHP
1983	ALCS MVP
1983	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Mike Boddicker — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1993	KCA	AL	$2,916,667
1992	KCA	AL	$3,116,667
1991	KCA	AL	$3,166,667
1990	BOS	AL	$675,000
1989	BOS	AL	$1,375,000
1988	BAL	AL	$850,000
1987	BAL	AL	$825,000
1986	BAL	AL	$837,500
1985	BAL	AL	$625,000
Total Career Earnings			$14,387,501

College History

Mike Boddicker — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Iowa	Iowa City	IA	1976, 1977

Award Voting History

Mike Boddicker — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1984	Cy Young Award	AL	4th	41.0	140	3
1984	Most Valuable Player	AL	25th	2.0	392	0
1983	Rookie of the Year	AL	3rd	70.0	140	5

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Mike Boddicker: the record in brief

Between the debut on October 4, 1980 and the final game on June 13, 1993, Mike Boddicker built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the Baltimore Orioles (1980 to 1988), the Boston Red Sox (1988 through 1990), the Kansas City Royals (1991 through 1992), and the Milwaukee Brewers (1993). Listed as a pitcher, Boddicker threw and hit right-handed. Height and weight on file: 172 pounds on a 5-foot-11 frame. Boddicker was born on August 23, 1957, in Cedar Rapids, IA, USA. Boddicker's full given name, per the bio, is Michael James Boddicker.

Boddicker pitched in 342 games, starting 309, and finished with a 134-116 record and 3.80 ERA. Also on Boddicker's record: 1,330 strikeouts, 63 complete games, and 16 shutouts. Boddicker's 3.80 ERA was close to the 3.89 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 20, in 1984. The strikeout high was 175 in 1986. 1983 was Boddicker's sharpest full season, a 2.77 ERA against the league's 3.87. Pitcher PIV, the site's era-adjusted run-prevention measure, totals 4,450.9 for Boddicker's career.

The awards table lists the Gold Glove in 1990 and the ALCS MVP in 1983. Boddicker's All-Star record, per the bio, is All-Star. Boddicker finished 3rd in the 1983 Rookie of the Year voting, the best showing in the voting table.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mike Boddicker

What years did Mike Boddicker play?: Mike Boddicker played in Major League Baseball from 1980 to 1993.
Was Mike Boddicker a pitcher?: Yes. Mike Boddicker pitched in the major leagues, recording 134 wins and 1330 strikeouts.
What was Mike Boddicker's career ERA?: Mike Boddicker finished with a 3.80 career ERA, going 134-116 with 1,330 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Mike Boddicker have?: Mike Boddicker recorded 1,330 career strikeouts.
Is Mike Boddicker in the Hall of Fame?: No. Mike Boddicker has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
What teams did Mike Boddicker play for?: Mike Boddicker played for the Baltimore Orioles, the Boston Red Sox, the Kansas City Royals, and the Milwaukee Brewers.