Full name is Michael Cole Mussina...he and his wife, Jana (married 11/1/97), have a daughter, Kyra (12/25/89), and two sons, Brycen (9/3/98) and Peyton (1/9/03)...was signed by Orioles scout Ed Sprague...earned a degree in economics from Stanford University in December '90...finished in only 3 1/2 years...signed a national letter of intent to attend Stanford, but O's picked him in the 11th round of the June '87 draft anyway...he did not sign...Purchases game tickets for local youth charity organizations; he calls his group the "Mooseketeers"...since 1997, he has worked with the College Bound Foundation and Lycoming County (PA) Chapter for the American Red Cross...in '98, Mike read a PSA for Junior achievement...was the Orioles/Baltimore Sun Summer Reading spokesperson and supported the Baltimore County "Reading Makes Cents" program...over the last four seasons with the Yankees, has purchased over $7,000 worth of Modell's sporting equipment to be donated to New York and Pennsylvania area youth organizations...was a finalist for the 2006 Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award...received the 2007 Thurman Munson Award for his accomplishments on the field and his philanthropic work within the community...the 27th Annual gala, held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York, benefits the Association for the Help of Retarded Children.

Was 11-10 with a 5.15 ERA in 27 starts (28G)...the Yankees were 13-14 in games he started...opponents batted .311 (188-for-605, 14HR); LH .315 (96-for-305, 6HR), RH .307 (92-for-300, 8HR)...his 2,000.0 IP over the last 10 seasons (1998-2007) are eighth-most in the Majors during that span...his 145 wins over the same 10-year span rank sixth...Has 250 career victories for sole possession of 43rd place on baseball's all-time list (Hall of Famer Bob Gibson is next with 251)...the 250 wins rank fifth among active Major League pitchers and are the second-highest total among active American League pitchers, behind only Roger Clemens (316)...is the winningest pitcher in Major League history without a 20-win season...Dennis Martinez ranks second with 245 wins...Extended his American League record to 16 consecutive seasons (since 1992) with 10 or more wins...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, Mussina became the seventh pitcher to record 10 or more wins in 16 or more consecutive seasons, joining Greg Maddux (20 yrs, 1988-2007), Cy Young (19, 1891-1909), Steve Carlton (18, 1967-84), Don Sutton (17, 1966-82), Warren Spahn (17, 1947-63) and Nolan Ryan (16, 1971-86)...Owns 2,663 career strikeouts, ranking 22nd on the baseball's all-time list...passed two Hall-of-Fame pitchers this season: Warren Spahn (2,583) on 5/22 vs. Boston for sole possession of 23rd place and Bob Feller (2,581) on 5/16 at the Chicago White Sox, for sole possession of 24th place...ranks seventh on the all-time American League list (Frank Tanana is sixth with 2,669)...has the seventh-most strikeouts among active Major League pitchers and second-most among active American League pitchers (Roger Clemens-4,167)...His 3,362.1IP are eighth-most among active Major Leaguers....at 250-144, is one of only six active pitchers whose career records are 100 or more games over .500...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is joined by teammate Roger Clemens (354-184), Randy Johnson (284-150), Greg Maddux (347-214), Pedro Martinez (209-93) and Tom Glavine (303-199)...Has made 502 career starts, tied for 42nd place on baseball's all-time list with Hoss Radbourn...made his 500th career start in 9/18 win vs. Baltimore, becoming the 44th pitcher all time to reach the plateau and just the 11th pitcher to start 500 games in the American League...Mussina's .635 career winning percentage (250-144) is eighth-best all-time among Major League pitchers with 500 or more career starts, third among active pitchers, behind Roger Clemens (.658) and Randy Johnson (.654)...in seven seasons with the Yankees, is 103-63 with a 3.95 ERA in 214GS (1352.2 IP, 1351H, 594ER, 287BB, 1128K), the franchise's all-time list (min: 100 decisions)...Has made 214 starts as a Yankee after making 288 starts for the Baltimore Orioles...according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he is one of 10 pitchers in MLB history to record at least 200 starts with two different teams and one of only four pitchers in history to boast a .600+ winning percentage with both of those teams: .620 (103-63) with the Yankees and .645 (147-81) with the Orioles...the other three are Cy Young (.638 for the Cleveland Spiders and .632 for the Red Sox), Grover Alexander (.676 for the Phillies and .607 for the Cubs), and Randy Johnson (.637 for the Mariners and .673 for the Diamondbacks)...Won his 100th game as a Yankee on 8/11 at Cleveland...became the ninth pitcher in Major League history to win 100 games with two different teams (also 147 wins with Baltimore)...joined Lefty Grove (195-A's Red Sox-105) as the only two pitchers to win 100 games with two American League clubs...Is 59-31 at Yankee Stadium over the past seven seasons with the Yankees (since 2001)...only Roy Oswalt (62 for Houston) has more wins in home games over that same seven-year span...with 61 career wins at Yankee Stadium, is the winningest right-hander since the stadium was remodeled in 1976...only Ron Guidry (99) and Andy Pettitte (89) have more wins...Is one of only three current pitchers to make at least 27 starts in each of the last 13 seasons (also San Diego's Greg Maddux and the Mets' Tom Glavine)...left in the third inning of his second start of the season on 4/11 at Minnesota with a left hamstring strain...recorded a no-decision in a 5-1 Twins victory (2.0IP, 3H, 0R, 1BB, 0K)....was placed on the 15-day disabled list from 4/15 (retroactive to 4/12) through the first game of the Yankees' doubleheader with Texas on 5/3 (missed 15 team games)...Allowed 7ER in 6.2IP in 5/22 loss vs. Boston...were the most runs allowed since 8/24/05 vs. Toronto (8R, 8ER), a span of 40 starts...allowed two home runs for the second consecutive game for the first time since 5/29/05 vs. Boston (three) and on 6/3/05 at Minnesota (two)....made his 52nd lifetime start against the Red Sox on 6/2 at Boston, receiving a no-decision (5.0IP, 5ER)...passed Jim Kaat for third place in all-time starts vs. Boston, trailing only Jim Palmer (57) and Jim Perry (54)...Recorded his 20th career Interleague victory on 6/13 vs. Arizona, the most among all Major League pitchers since Interleague play began in 1997...Philadelphia's Freddy Garcia, San Diego's Greg Maddux and the Mets' Aaron Sele are tied for second with 19...Allowed five stolen bases on 6/24 at San Francisco, matching his single-game career high, previously set on 4/5/98 (with Baltimore) vs. Detroit...surrendered his first unearned run since 9/24/06 at Tampa Bay (a span of 69.2IP/13GS)...with five strikeouts, passed Chuck Finley (2,610) for 22nd place on baseball's all-time strikeout list...started his 200th game as a Yankee on 6/29 vs. Oakland and recorded his 243rd career win, tying Juan Marichal for 49th place on baseball's all-time wins list...Won a season-high four straight decisions (over four starts) from 7/25-8/11 with a 2.84 ERA over the stretch (25.1IP, 8ER)....had his win streak snapped on 8/16 vs. Detroit...his first-inning walk of Magglio Ordonez snapped a season-high 22.1-inning streak without allowing a base on balls...also surrendered a first-inning grand slam to Carlos Guillen, his first allowed since 5/29/95 (w/ Baltimore) vs. California (Tim Salmon)...Tied the shortest outing of his Yankee career on 8/21 at the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim exiting after 1.2IP (also threw 1.2IP on 9/27/05 at Baltimore)...matched season highs, allowing 7R (also on 8/16 vs. Detroit and 5/22 vs. Boston) and 7ER (also on 5/22 vs. Boston)...entering this season, had not allowed seven or more runs in a game since 8/24/05 vs. Toronto (8R, 8ER)...Made the first regular season relief appearance of his career on 9/3 vs. Seattle (3.2IP, 7H, 2ER, 1K), snapping a streak of 498 consecutive career regular season starts...established a Major League record, surpassing John Smoltz, who had started 361 games from the start of his career before making his first career relief appearance (credit: Elias)...Made his 500th career start on 9/18 vs. Baltimore, recording the win in a 12-0 Yankees victory...was the first time he threw 7.0 or more shutout innings in a start since 6/14/05 vs. Pittsburgh when he threw a five-hit shutout (9.0IP)...was his second straight scoreless outing, his first consecutive scoreless starts since 8/12-17/03 (at KC and at Baltimore)...his 13.2-inning scoreless stretch over three starts from 9/12-23 was his longest such streak since tossing 18.0 consecutive scoreless innings in September 2004.