What years did Mike Krukow play?

Mike Krukow played in Major League Baseball from 1976 to 1989.

Was Mike Krukow a pitcher?

Yes. Mike Krukow pitched in the major leagues, recording 124 wins and 1478 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Mike Krukow hit?

Mike Krukow hit 5 career home runs with 139 hits.

Mike Krukow

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1976-1989)

W–L 124–117

ERA 3.90

WHIP 1.35

SO 1,478

Pitcher PIV 12856.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'5" / 205 lb
Born: 1/21/1952 in Long Beach, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1976-09-06
Last Game: 1989-06-04
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Michael Edward Krukow

📊 Compare This Player 📈 View Career Timeline

Career Pitching Statistics

W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
124	117	369	355	41	10	1	2190.7	2,188	949	196	767	1,478	3.90	12856.4

Career ERA 3.90 vs. league average 3.85 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1976	CHN	NL	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4.3	6	4	2	1	8.31	—	0.0
1977	CHN	NL	8	14	34	33	1	1	0	172.0	195	84	61	106	4.40	4.00 (-10%)	745.5
1978	CHN	NL	9	3	27	20	3	1	0	138.3	125	60	53	81	3.90	3.69 (-6%)	-63.5
1979	CHN	NL	9	9	28	28	0	0	0	164.7	172	77	81	119	4.21	4.00 (-5%)	674.7
1980	CHN	NL	10	15	34	34	3	0	0	205.0	200	100	80	130	4.39	3.84 (-14%)	1311.5
1981	CHN	NL	9	9	25	25	2	1	0	144.3	146	59	55	101	3.68	3.58 (-3%)	770.2
1982	PHI	NL	13	11	33	33	7	2	0	208.0	211	72	82	138	3.12	3.86 (+19%)	4052.4
1983	SFN	NL	11	11	31	31	2	1	0	184.3	189	81	76	136	3.95	3.87 (-2%)	517.9
1984	SFN	NL	11	12	35	33	3	1	1	199.3	234	101	78	141	4.56	3.81 (-20%)	-1128.4
1985	SFN	NL	8	11	28	28	6	1	0	194.7	176	73	49	150	3.38	3.89 (+13%)	3442.1
1986	SFN	NL	20	9	34	34	10	2	0	245.0	204	83	55	178	3.05	3.97 (+23%)	4237.4
1987	SFN	NL	5	6	30	28	3	0	0	163.0	182	87	46	104	4.80	4.29 (-12%)	-403.4
1988	SFN	NL	7	4	20	20	1	0	0	124.7	111	49	31	75	3.54	3.73 (+5%)	-168.5
1989	SFN	NL	4	3	8	8	0	0	0	43.0	37	19	18	18	3.98	3.71 (-7%)	-1131.5
Career · 14 seasons			124	117	369	355	41	10	1	2,190.2	2,188	949	767	1,478	3.90	—	12,856

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
371	722	44	139	22	0	5	54	3	17	194	.193	.214	.244	.457	-3,501

Career AVG .193 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 25.8% below league average.

Career OBP .214 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 34.1% below league average.

Career SLG .244 vs. league average .387 across their career seasons — 37.0% below league average.

Career OPS .457 vs. league average .712 across their career seasons — 35.7% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1976	CHN	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1977	CHN	NL	34	55	4	11	1	0	2	0	1	14	.200	.264 (-24%)	.329 (-35%)	.401 (-46%)	.730 (-41%)	-357.8
1978	CHN	NL	27	45	4	11	5	0	3	0	2	13	.244	—	—	—	—	0.0
1979	CHN	NL	28	51	4	16	2	1	8	0	0	8	.314	.265 (+18%)	.329 (-1%)	.397 (+4%)	.727 (+2%)	-3.4
1980	CHN	NL	34	65	5	16	0	1	6	0	2	12	.246	.264 (-7%)	.326 (-18%)	.387 (-25%)	.714 (-21%)	-215.5
1981	CHN	NL	25	50	5	9	2	0	3	0	0	13	.180	.255 (-30%)	.320 (-44%)	.368 (-40%)	.688 (-42%)	-326.3
1982	PHI	NL	33	72	3	13	1	0	2	0	0	19	.181	.261 (-31%)	.324 (-44%)	.388 (-50%)	.712 (-47%)	-534.7
1983	SFN	NL	31	63	3	16	2	1	8	1	2	15	.254	.260 (-3%)	.324 (-17%)	.389 (-14%)	.714 (-16%)	-179.7
1984	SFN	NL	36	72	5	10	1	0	2	0	1	19	.139	.259 (-47%)	.322 (-54%)	.384 (-60%)	.707 (-57%)	-655.9
1985	SFN	NL	28	55	2	12	4	1	3	1	1	15	.218	.257 (-15%)	.323 (-20%)	.390 (-12%)	.714 (-15%)	-141.5
1986	SFN	NL	35	82	7	12	1	0	8	1	4	25	.146	.257 (-43%)	.325 (-43%)	.395 (-60%)	.720 (-52%)	-675.1
1987	SFN	NL	30	54	1	9	2	0	7	0	2	27	.167	.262 (-37%)	.331 (-41%)	.415 (-51%)	.746 (-46%)	-411.5
1988	SFN	NL	20	41	1	3	1	1	2	0	2	8	.073	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	SFN	NL	8	16	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			371	722	44	139	22	5	54	3	17	194	.193	—	—	—	—	-3,501

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

G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1987	NLCS	SFN	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	1	1	0	9.0	9	2	1	3	2.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1987	NLCS	SFN	1	0	1	1	0	9.0	9	2	1	3	2.00

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (740 games) →

Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	189	353	24	65	3	22	.184
Away	182	369	20	74	2	32	.201

Pitching — Home / Away

Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	188	1147.1	1110	478	374	783	3.75
Away	181	1043.1	1078	472	393	695	4.07

Last 10 Games — Batting

Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	BB	SO
1989-06-04	SFG	ATL	L	2	0	0	0
1989-05-30	SFG	NYN	W	2	0	0	1
1989-05-25	SFG	WSN	L	2	0	0	2
1989-05-20	SFG	NYN	W	2	0	0	1
1989-05-14	SFG	WSN	L	1	0	0	0
1989-05-09	SFG	CHC	W	3	1	0	0
1989-05-04	SFG	PIT	W	2	0	0	0
1989-04-29	SFG	PIT	W	2	0	0	2
1988-08-28	SFG	NYN	W	1	0	1	1
1988-08-23	SFG	WSN	L	1	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1989-06-04	SFG	ATL	L	4.2	8	5	5	2	1	1
1989-05-30	SFG	NYN	W	5.1	6	3	3	2	2	0
1989-05-25	SFG	WSN	L	8.0	3	2	2	5	0	1
1989-05-20	SFG	NYN	W	5.2	4	0	0	1	4	0
1989-05-14	SFG	WSN	L	2.1	5	4	4	3	2	0
1989-05-09	SFG	CHC	W	7.0	3	2	1	0	3	0
1989-05-04	SFG	PIT	W	5.0	6	2	2	3	3	2
1989-04-29	SFG	PIT	—	5.0	2	2	2	2	3	1
1988-08-28	SFG	NYN	—	3.1	6	3	2	0	2	0
1988-08-23	SFG	WSN	—	6.0	5	1	1	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	369	355	146	284	23	27

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1976	CHN	P	2	0	0	0	0	0
1977	CHN	P	34	33	15	26	3	3
1978	CHN	P	27	20	9	19	0	1
1979	CHN	P	28	28	11	12	0	3
1980	CHN	P	34	34	10	19	5	3
1981	CHN	P	25	25	13	21	2	2
1982	PHI	P	33	33	19	35	1	1
1983	SFN	P	31	31	13	18	5	1
1984	SFN	P	35	33	12	20	1	3
1985	SFN	P	28	28	6	27	1	3
1986	SFN	P	34	34	17	33	4	1
1987	SFN	P	30	28	9	30	1	5
1988	SFN	P	20	20	8	18	0	0
1989	SFN	P	8	8	4	6	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Position	Games
Pitcher	369

Awards & Honors

Year	Award	Notes
1986	Pitcher of the Month	September
1986	Player of the Week	Week of 1986-09-05

Salary History

Year	Team	League	Salary
1989	SFN	NL	$875,000
1988	SFN	NL	$900,000
1987	SFN	NL	$648,000
1986	SFN	NL	$745,000
1985	SFN	NL	$630,000
Total Career Earnings			$3,798,000

College History

School Name	City	State	Years Attended
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo	San Luis Obispo	CA	1971, 1972, 1973

Award Voting History

Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1986	Cy Young Award	NL	3rd	15.0	120	0
1986	Most Valuable Player	NL	15th	8.0	336	0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Mike Krukow (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mike Krukow

What years did Mike Krukow play?: Mike Krukow played in Major League Baseball from 1976 to 1989.
Was Mike Krukow a pitcher?: Yes. Mike Krukow pitched in the major leagues, recording 124 wins and 1478 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Mike Krukow hit?: Mike Krukow hit 5 career home runs with 139 hits.