Steve
Amich
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 245
 
Born: March 25, 1950 in Dominican Republic
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Landis Memorial Seriess Won 1980   
All-Star Selections 1979    1981    1983   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 23 VAN JL $ 447,500 4 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1974 24 VAN JL $ 447,500 4 4 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1975 25 VAN JL $ 447,500 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1976 26 VAN JL $ 900,000 4 4 4 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1977 27 VAN JL $ 900,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1978 28 VAN JL $ 900,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1979 29 VAN JL $ 900,000 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
1980 30 LOU JL $ 7,800,100 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 447,500 4 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 7,800,100 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 31 LOU JL $ 7,800,100   13 13 13 9 9 9 12 12 12 11 11 11 13 14 14
1982 32 LOU JL $ 7,800,100   14 14 14 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 14 14 14
1983 33 GRE JL $ 7,800,100   14 14 14 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 9 10 14 14 14
1984 34 GRE JL $ 4,250,000   14 14 14 9 9 9 10 10 10 9 8 8 14 14 14
1985 35 GRE JL $ 4,250,000   12 12 12 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 13 13 13
1986 36 GRE JL $ 4,250,000   12 12 12 7 7 7 9 9 9 6 5 6 12 12 12
1987 37 GRE JL     9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 10 10 10
OOTP6 Min Ratings     9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7 6 5 6 10 10 10
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,800,100   14 14 14 9 9 9 12 12 12 11 11 11 14 14 14
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 23 VAN JL 62 159 20 33 9 3 3 18 0 2 13 22 .208 .269 .358 .627 15.2 1.1
1974 24 VAN JL 118 343 24 68 11 4 5 27 5 1 27 54 .198 .259 .297 .557 27.1 0.6
1975 25 VAN JL 90 178 23 46 10 1 5 25 0 0 12 25 .258 .301 .410 .711 22.1 3.4
1976 26 VAN JL 130 315 35 74 17 3 5 43 2 0 23 50 .235 .284 .356 .640 31.2 4.2
1977 27 VAN JL 115 301 37 76 14 0 8 39 3 0 40 56 .252 .337 .379 .716 38.9 6.5
1978 28 VAN JL 123 322 29 80 19 1 4 43 2 1 37 53 .248 .332 .351 .682 37.6 5.2
1979 29 VAN JL 135 504 80 168 33 4 13 63 7 1 41 53 .333 .385 .492 .878 87.6 18.5
1980 30 LOU JL 147 541 72 146 29 2 11 82 9 3 44 74 .270 .329 .392 .721 68.3 9.1
1981 31 LOU JL 146 527 84 153 44 4 13 88 13 3 47 92 .290 .347 .463 .810 82.9 13.7
1982 32 LOU JL 127 387 64 118 23 4 14 68 3 0 30 67 .305 .362 .494 .855 67.7 14.3
1983 33 GRE JL 142 515 56 148 32 2 6 61 15 3 36 88 .287 .333 .392 .726 69.0 11.6
1984 34 GRE JL 138 436 49 113 11 4 8 42 7 2 27 84 .259 .303 .358 .661 49.4 5.2
1985 35 GRE JL 13 22 4 6 2 0 1 3 3 0 3 6 .273 .360 .500 .860 4.5 0.9
    AAA   124 373 69 133 17 2 19 64 18 10 50 60 .357 .433 .566 .998 83.2  
1986 36 GRE JL 14 34 3 6 1 1 1 6 1 0 1 10 .176 .200 .353 .553 2.7 0.0
    AAA   136 513 80 158 21 4 23 81 20 10 57 84 .308 .377 .499 .876 93.1  
1987 37 GRE JL 19 39 8 8 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 13 .205 .326 .205 .531 3.7 0.0
15 Years Sim 1519 4623 588 1243 255 33 97 610 71 16 387 747 .269 .327 .401 .728 607.7 94.4
2 Years AAA 260 886 149 291 38 6 42 145 38 20 107 144 .328 .406 .527 .933 176.3  
162 Game Average 493 62 132 27 3 10 65 7 1 41 79 .269 .327 .401 .728 64.8  
Career Highs 147 541 84 168 44 4 14 88 15 3 47 92 .333 .385 .500 .878 87.6  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3057 372 798 163 20 60 397 52 14 247 500 .261 .319 .386 .705 374.1
vs LH   1566 216 445 92 13 37 213 19 2 140 247 .284 .343 .430 .773 227.3
Home 777 2310 276 621 140 16 37 274 27 5 201 365 .269 .328 .391 .719 294.2
Away 742 2313 312 622 115 17 60 336 44 11 186 382 .269 .326 .411 .737 307.2
RISP   1193 0 324 68 5 20 471 0 0 112 189 .272 .325 .387 .713 153.1
Pinch Hitting   315 36 97 21 2 8 59 0 0 31 51 .308 .371 .463 .834 51.3
Close/Late   642 69 163 35 3 11 91 0 0 61 116 .254 .320 .369 .689 75.9
Mar/Apr 252 761 94 197 42 3 15 92 12 2 62 115 .259 .315 .381 .696 91.9
May 250 739 92 222 40 7 18 104 10 4 64 141 .300 .361 .447 .807 113.1
June 226 676 93 194 40 8 11 91 11 2 58 98 .287 .347 .419 .765 95.2
July 250 776 97 199 27 5 24 110 8 6 69 117 .256 .318 .397 .715 98.3
August 266 836 105 208 54 5 15 103 13 1 72 148 .249 .309 .379 .689 98.9
Sep/Oct 275 835 107 223 52 5 14 110 17 1 62 128 .267 .317 .392 .708 103.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1973 23 VAN JL C 41 36 341.7 242 17 2 1 .992 6.82 42 11 .262 1 2.3
1974 24 VAN JL C 96 94 800.7 494 35 11 2 .980 5.95 87 15 .172 1 2.6
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
1975 25 VAN JL C 40 38 317.3 204 19 4 0 .982 6.32 45 13 .289 2 0.6
1976 26 VAN JL C 74 67 614.3 402 38 8 2 .982 6.45 58 23 .397 2 2.3
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1977 27 VAN JL C 84 56 565.7 422 28 3 0 .993 7.16 47 11 .234 1 3.5
    1B 17 17 139.0 127 19 0 11 1.000 9.45 0 0 .000 0 0.4
1978 28 VAN JL C 106 75 727.3 546 38 4 0 .993 7.23 77 17 .221 7 2.1
1979 29 VAN JL C 130 121 1081.3 818 58 2 0 .998 7.29 108 32 .296 4 6.5
1980 30 LOU JL C 141 133 1209.7 984 60 10 5 .991 7.77 142 32 .225 5 6.0
1981 31 LOU JL C 143 133 1224.3 879 78 6 3 .994 7.03 175 57 .326 5 7.7
1982 32 LOU JL C 100 98 831.3 657 43 4 1 .994 7.58 116 28 .241 3 3.4
    SS 2 0 4.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1983 33 GRE JL C 133 130 1170.3 828 87 20 2 .979 7.04 208 64 .308 5 5.4
1984 34 GRE JL C 115 105 944.0 691 67 14 2 .982 7.23 193 50 .259 2 4.4
1985 35 GRE JL C 8 5 45.0 37 7 0 0 1.000 8.80 14 6 .429 1 0.4
1986 36 GRE JL 1B 11 8 70.0 63 7 2 11 .972 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 1 9.7 8 2 0 0 1.000 9.32 5 2 .400 0 0.1
1987 37 GRE JL C 8 8 75.0 54 3 3 0 .950 6.84 12 2 .167 0 0.4
    1B 5 1 15.0 20 3 0 2 1.000 13.80 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1220 1100 9957.6 7266 580 91 18 .989 7.09 1329 363 .273 39 47.6
  1B 34 26 225.0 211 29 2 24 .992 9.60 0 0 .000 0 0.5
  LF 2 0 4.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.93 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 2 0 4.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1261 1126 10196.3 7481 611 93 42 .989 7.14 1329 363 .273 39 48.1
Career Highs   143 133 1224.3 984 87 20 11 1.000 9.04 208 64 .429 7  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 27 VAN JL 3 11 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 .364 .417 .636 1.053
1978 28 VAN JL 1 6 2 4 1 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 .667 .750 .833 1.583
1980 30 LOU JL 18 72 9 20 4 1 3 15 1 0 6 10 .278 .350 .486 .836
Career Post-Season Batting 22 89 12 28 5 1 4 20 3 0 9 11 .315 .390 .528 .918
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1979-4-.333
On-Base Pct
1979-6-.385
Slugging Pct
1979-7-.492
OPS
1979-3-.878
Doubles
1981-3-44
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 30    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  1. Billy Brubaker (950)
  2. Harry Drusak (934)
  3. Michael Reyes (930)
  4. Bill Schroeder (929)
  5. Thurman Munson (920)
  6. Gus Sinski (914)
  7. Aron Mayorga (912)
  8. Rey Ditch (908)
  9. Jeff Gould (907)
  10. Del Heaven (903)
History
Drafted in 24th round, 560th overall pick, by Vancouver in 1973
Had first career hit (homerun) on 4/7/1973, off Brad Theide (HON)
Drove in 6 runs against Charlotte on 7/16/1977
Injured on 5/26/1979 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for one week
Was selected to the 1979 Allstar game
Signed as a free agent by Louisville on 2/7/1980 to a 4-year deal worth $7,800,100 per year
Won Landis Memorial Series with Louisville in 1980
Won Player of the Week award on 5/28/1981, hitting .579 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Drove in 9 runs against Vancouver on 6/14/1981
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game