Feb 02 2011 07:58 AM
Patrick Theodore Joseph Misch 
Pos: SP, RP; BR-TL (very rare)
Born: August 18, 1981 in Northbrook, Illinois. (He'll be age 29 in 2011.) On that day, the soon-to-strike Mets lost to Montreal, 5-3, despite Lee Mazzilli showing signs of turning around his crap start with two doubles, and Mike Jorgenson pinch-homering in the ninth.
Acquired: Selected off waivers from the Giants June 5, 2009.
2010 Stats:
| Tm | Lg | W | L | W-L% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ERA+ | WHIP | H/9 | HR/9 | BB/9 | SO/9 | SO/BB |
| Buffalo | IL (AAA) | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.23 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 150.67 | 150 | 61 | 54 | 11 | 24 | 0 | 99 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 619 | 1.155 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 5.9 | 4.13 | |
| NYM | NL | 0 | 4 | .000 | 3.82 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.67 | 43 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159 | 103 | 1.248 | 10.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.75 |
| Total | All | 11 | 8 | .579 | 3.35 | 35 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 188.34 | 193 | 81 | 70 | 15 | 28 | 1 | 122 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 778 | 1.173 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 4.36 |
Wife: Teresa. I can't find a photo, but her dad is a golf pro, which is probably like hitting the jackpot for a baseball player.
Random Made-Up Nickname: I dunno. "The Shuttler," maybe.
Namesakes: I couldn't find any, but while looking, I found a shot of this guy:
Best Day in 2010: On October 1, Pat kicked copious amounts of National ass, giving up only four baserunners while fanning ten, pitchign one-run ball. You know Jerry must've attempted three or four bunts and spent time in between innings dreaming of bunts to come, but the victory that day went to Hisanori Takahashi when Josh Thole hit a walkoff homer (the third Mets catcher to do so in 2010) in the bottom of the tenth. That'll keep Pat out of the Hall of Fame. Pity.
Jerry pitched him again two-days later in that extra-inning puke show that ended the season.
Last Word: The Mets have signed a fistful of better alternatives to compete for the roll of lefthanded specialist. (Pat doesn't tend to put up great anti-lefty splits.) So he's going for the long-man/swing-man role, and is out of options. Looks like he's got to hold off Boof Bonser and maybe Oliver Perez. He may look disposable at first glance, but that strikeout/walk ratio is nothing to sneeze at.
What do you expect of Pat Misch in 2011?