What years did Mike Moore play?

Mike Moore played in Major League Baseball from 1982 to 1995.

Was Mike Moore a pitcher?

Yes. Mike Moore pitched in the major leagues, recording 161 wins and 1667 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Mike Moore hit?

Mike Moore hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Mike Moore play for?

Mike Moore played for 3 teams: the Seattle Mariners (1982–1988), the Oakland Athletics (1989–1992), and the Detroit Tigers (1993–1995).

Did Mike Moore win a Cy Young Award?

No. Mike Moore did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Mike Moore win?

Mike Moore was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Mike Moore's career stats?

In 450 games, Mike Moore went 161-176 with a 4.39 ERA, 1,667 strikeouts, 2,831.2 innings pitched, and 2 saves.

What was Mike Moore's salary?

Mike Moore's last recorded salary was $3,333,333, in 1995. His highest recorded salary was $3,500,000, in 1992, and his lowest was $228,000, in 1985. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1995.

What position did Mike Moore play?

Mike Moore played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Mike Moore and how much did he weigh?

Mike Moore was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 205 pounds.

What was Mike Moore's career ERA?

Mike Moore finished with a 4.39 career ERA, going 161-176 with 1,667 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Mike Moore have?

Mike Moore recorded 1,667 career strikeouts.

Is Mike Moore in the Hall of Fame?

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

Mike Moore

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1982-1995)

Mike Moore was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1982 to 1995 for the Seattle Mariners, the Athletics, and the Detroit Tigers, a span of 14 seasons. Across 450 career appearances, he went 161-176 with a 4.39 ERA and 1,667 strikeouts. Mike Moore was an All-Star.

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 23, 2026

W–L 161–176

ERA 4.39

WHIP 1.42

SO 1,667

Pitcher PIV -20927.9

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 205 lb
Born: 11/26/1959 in Carnegie, OK, USA
MLB Debut: 1982-04-11
Last Game: 1995-08-31
Awards: All-Star

Full name: Michael Wayne Moore

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Career Pitching Statistics

Mike Moore — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
161	176	450	440	79	16	2	2831.2	2,858	1,381	291	1,156	1,667	4.39	-20927.9

Career ERA 4.39 vs. league average 3.98 across their career seasons — 10.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Mike Moore Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1982	SEA	AL	7	14	28	27	1	1	0	144.1	159	86	79	73	5.36	3.86 (-39%)	-5113.6
1983	SEA	AL	6	8	22	21	3	2	0	128.0	130	67	60	108	4.71	3.87 (-22%)	1026.8
1984	SEA	AL	7	17	34	33	6	0	0	212.0	236	117	85	158	4.97	3.81 (-30%)	1541.2
1985	SEA	AL	17	10	35	34	14	2	0	247.0	230	95	70	155	3.46	3.89 (+11%)	4010.5
1986	SEA	AL	11	13	38	37	11	1	1	266.0	279	127	94	146	4.30	3.97 (-8%)	-1760.2
1987	SEA	AL	9	19	33	33	12	0	0	231.0	268	121	84	115	4.71	4.29 (-10%)	-1760.2
1988	SEA	AL	9	15	37	32	9	3	1	228.2	196	96	63	182	3.78	3.73 (-1%)	1952.3
1989	OAK	AL	19	11	35	35	6	3	0	241.2	193	70	83	172	2.61	3.71 (+30%)	3568.4
1990	OAK	AL	13	15	33	33	3	0	0	199.1	204	103	84	73	4.65	3.86 (-20%)	-2177.6
1991	OAK	AL	17	8	33	33	3	1	0	210.0	176	69	105	153	2.96	3.91 (+24%)	1425.4
1992	OAK	AL	17	12	36	36	2	0	0	223.0	229	102	103	117	4.12	3.75 (-10%)	-3610.1
1993	DET	AL	13	9	36	36	4	3	0	213.2	227	124	89	89	5.22	4.19 (-25%)	-7402.9
1994	DET	AL	11	10	25	25	4	0	0	154.1	152	93	89	62	5.42	4.51 (-20%)	-7248.1
1995	DET	AL	5	15	25	25	1	0	0	132.2	179	111	68	64	7.53	4.45 (-69%)	-5379.8
Career · 14 seasons			161	176	450	440	79	16	2	2,831.2	2,858	1,381	1,156	1,667	4.39	—	-20,928

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 Moore — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
451	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .393 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .719 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Mike Moore Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1982	SEA	AL	28	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	SEA	AL	22	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	SEA	AL	34	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	SEA	AL	35	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	SEA	AL	38	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	SEA	AL	33	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	SEA	AL	37	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	OAK	AL	35	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	OAK	AL	33	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	OAK	AL	34	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	OAK	AL	36	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	DET	AL	36	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	DET	AL	25	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	DET	AL	25	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			451	1	.000	—	—	—	—	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 Moore — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
7	3	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.333

Playoff Batting by Year

Mike Moore — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	AVG
1992	ALCS	OAK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	ALCS	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	WS	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	ALCS	OAK	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1989	WS	OAK	2	3	1	1	1	2	1	.333

Playoff Career Pitching

Mike Moore — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	3	7	7	0	38.1	35	14	11	26	3.29

Playoff Pitching by Year

Mike Moore — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1992	ALCS	OAK	0	2	2	2	9.2	11	8	5	7	7.45
1990	ALCS	OAK	1	0	1	1	6.0	4	1	1	5	1.50
1990	WS	OAK	0	1	1	1	2.2	8	2	0	1	6.75
1989	ALCS	OAK	1	0	1	1	7.0	3	0	2	3	0.00
1989	WS	OAK	2	0	2	2	13.0	9	3	3	10	2.08

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Mike Moore — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	226	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	225	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Mike Moore — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	226	1444.2	1417	647	578	858	4.03
Away	224	1387.0	1441	734	578	809	4.76

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Mike Moore — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1995-08-31	DET	CHW	L	1.2	5	8	6	3	0	0
1995-08-26	DET	CLE	L	7.0	8	6	6	5	2	0
1995-08-21	DET	CHW	L	6.2	6	4	4	6	5	0
1995-08-16	DET	TOR	—	7.0	7	4	3	1	7	1
1995-08-11	DET	MIL	L	5.0	7	5	5	4	3	1
1995-08-01	DET	BOS	L	3.2	5	7	7	3	3	2
1995-07-27	DET	OAK	L	2.1	7	6	6	1	1	1
1995-07-20	DET	OAK	L	5.0	9	5	5	1	0	3
1995-07-16	DET	LAA	L	1.1	9	6	6	0	1	2
1995-07-08	DET	KCR	L	8.0	10	4	4	0	6	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Mike Moore — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	450	440	278	444	33	34

Season-by-Season Fielding

Mike Moore — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1982	SEA	P	28	27	13	27	5	2
1983	SEA	P	22	21	7	24	1	0
1984	SEA	P	34	33	18	41	7	0
1985	SEA	P	35	34	21	43	2	1
1986	SEA	P	38	37	23	33	4	1
1987	SEA	P	33	33	22	34	2	4
1988	SEA	P	37	32	19	29	1	3
1989	OAK	P	35	35	25	37	2	5
1990	OAK	P	33	33	22	31	1	1
1991	OAK	P	33	33	28	30	2	3
1992	OAK	P	36	36	17	22	3	5
1993	DET	P	36	36	27	43	2	3
1994	DET	P	25	25	22	30	0	3
1995	DET	P	25	25	14	20	1	3

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Mike Moore Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	450
Designated Hitter	1

Awards & Honors

Mike Moore — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1989	Pitcher of the Month	July
1989	Player of the Week	Week of 1989-06-09
1988	Player of the Week	Week of 1988-09-16

Salary History

Mike Moore's recorded salaries total $19,220,950 over 11 seasons, 1985 to 1995. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Moore's career ran from 1982 to 1995. His seasons before 1985 are not included.

Mike Moore — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1995	DET	AL	$3,333,333
1994	DET	AL	$3,333,334
1993	DET	AL	$3,333,333
1992	OAK	AL	$3,500,000
1991	OAK	AL	$1,591,667
1990	OAK	AL	$1,191,667
1989	OAK	AL	$1,291,666
1988	SEA	AL	$481,950
1987	SEA	AL	$536,000
1986	SEA	AL	$400,000
1985	SEA	AL	$228,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$19,220,950

College History

Mike Moore — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Oral Roberts University	Tulsa	OK	1979, 1980, 1981

Award Voting History

Mike Moore — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1989	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	10.0	140
1989	Most Valuable Player	AL	20th	6.0	392
1985	Cy Young Award	AL	10th	1.0	140

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Career Spans

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Mike Moore: the record in brief

April 11, 1982 and August 31, 1995 bracket Mike Moore's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Moore played for the Seattle Mariners (1982 to 1988), the Oakland Athletics (1989 through 1992), and the Detroit Tigers (1993 to 1995). Moore played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on November 26, 1959, in Carnegie, OK, USA and a listed size of 6'4" and 205 pounds. The bio lists the given name Michael Wayne.

Moore went 161-176 with a 4.39 ERA in 450 games, 440 of them starts. Also on Moore's record: 1,667 strikeouts, 79 complete games, and 16 shutouts. The league ERA over Moore's seasons was 3.98, so the 4.39 figure ran 10.4% worse than average. Moore won 19 games in 1989, the most of any season listed. Moore struck out 182 batters in 1988, a career high. In 1989, one of the busiest seasons, Moore posted a 2.61 ERA; the league figure that year was 3.71.

Frequently Asked Questions about Mike Moore

What years did Mike Moore play?: Mike Moore played in Major League Baseball from 1982 to 1995.
Was Mike Moore a pitcher?: Yes. Mike Moore pitched in the major leagues, recording 161 wins and 1667 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Mike Moore hit?: Mike Moore hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Mike Moore play for?: Mike Moore played for 3 teams: the Seattle Mariners (1982–1988), the Oakland Athletics (1989–1992), and the Detroit Tigers (1993–1995).
Did Mike Moore win a Cy Young Award?: No. Mike Moore did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Mike Moore win?: Mike Moore was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Mike Moore's career stats?: In 450 games, Mike Moore went 161-176 with a 4.39 ERA, 1,667 strikeouts, 2,831.2 innings pitched, and 2 saves.
How much did Mike Moore earn in his career?: Mike Moore's recorded salaries total $19,220,950 over 11 seasons, 1985 to 1995. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Moore's career ran from 1982 to 1995. His seasons before 1985 are not included.
What was Mike Moore's salary?: Mike Moore's last recorded salary was $3,333,333, in 1995. His highest recorded salary was $3,500,000, in 1992, and his lowest was $228,000, in 1985. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1995.
What position did Mike Moore play?: Mike Moore played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Mike Moore and how much did he weigh?: Mike Moore was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 205 pounds.
What was Mike Moore's career ERA?: Mike Moore finished with a 4.39 career ERA, going 161-176 with 1,667 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Mike Moore have?: Mike Moore recorded 1,667 career strikeouts.
Is Mike Moore in the Hall of Fame?: No. Mike Moore has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.