Steven
Cuvelier
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 190
 
Born: December 3, 1957 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 18 BUF FL     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
1977 19 BUF FL     0 0 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 8 8 8 6 6 6
1978 20 BUF FL     0 1 1 1 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 7 7 7
1979 21 BUF FL     2 3 3 3 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 9 8
1980 22 BUF FL     6 4 5 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 0 0 6 6 6 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings     6 4 5 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 9 8
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 23 BUF FL $ 300,000 58 14 14 14 12 12 12 17 17 17
1982 24 BUF FL $ 300,000 52 19 19 19 14 14 14 16 16 16
1983 25 BUF FL $ 300,000 52 19 19 19 15 15 15 16 16 16
1984 26 BUF FL $ 300,000 52 19 19 19 15 15 15 16 16 16
1985 27 BUF FL $ 3,000,000 52 20 20 20 15 15 15 16 16 16
1986 28 BUF FL $ 3,000,000 47 20 20 20 15 15 15 15 15 15
1987 29 BUF FL $ 3,000,000 47 20 20 20 14 14 14 16 16 16
1988 30 BUF FL $ 2,750,000 47 19 19 19 13 13 13 14 14 14
1989 31 BUF FL $ 2,750,000 39 19 19 19 12 12 12 14 14 14
1990 32 BUF FL $ 2,750,000 39 19 19 19 12 12 12 14 14 14
1991 33 BUF FL $ 2,750,000 33 17 17 17 12 12 12 13 13 13
1992 34 BUF FL   25 17 17 17 12 12 12 13 13 13
1993 35 VAL JL $ 1,250,000 21 16 16 16 11 11 11 13 13 13
1994 36 LBC FL $ 750,000 15 16 16 16 10 10 10 13 13 13
OOTP6 Min Ratings   15 14 14 14 10 10 10 13 13 13
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000 58 20 20 20 15 15 15 17 17 17
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
1976 18 BUF FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1977 19 BUF FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 20 BUF FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 21 BUF FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 22 BUF FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  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 23 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1982 24 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1983 25 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1984 26 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1985 27 BUF FL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1986 28 BUF FL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1987 29 BUF FL $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1988 30 BUF FL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1989 31 BUF FL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1990 32 BUF FL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1991 33 BUF FL $ 2,750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1992 34 BUF FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1993 35 VAL JL $ 1,250,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
1994 36 LBC FL $ 750,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 5 5 5 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1976 18 A   9 11 .450 24 24 0 0 0 141.3 185 71 18 21 113 4.52 .311 .335 .449 .784  
1977 19 A   12 5 .706 25 25 1 1 0 162.7 166 49 14 18 164 2.71 .262 .283 .363 .646  
1978 20 AA   2 5 .286 10 10 0 0 0 54.7 83 39 10 4 62 6.42 .344 .355 .523 .878  
    A   7 5 .583 15 15 1 1 0 98.7 107 38 8 14 125 3.47 .276 .302 .385 .687  
1979 21 AA   3 6 .333 13 13 0 0 0 71.0 106 48 6 8 114 6.08 .343 .360 .417 .777  
    A   4 0 1.000 6 6 0 0 0 37.3 36 9 0 7 60 2.17 .252 .287 .280 .566  
1980 22 AAA   11 9 .550 23 23 0 0 0 133.0 179 55 12 19 187 3.72 .318 .340 .423 .763  
1981 23 BUF FL 5 4 .556 12 12 0 0 0 62.3 57 27 1 29 44 3.90 .238 .322 .326 .649 3.5
    AAA   9 2 .818 21 21 1 1 0 140.3 130 44 3 43 126 2.82 .240 .296 .315 .611  
1982 24 BUF FL 3 5 .375 40 24 0 0 1 146.0 130 37 6 40 89 2.28 .236 .287 .324 .611 11.9
1983 25 BUF FL 8 10 .444 37 26 0 0 1 157.0 129 55 11 42 135 3.15 .221 .270 .322 .592 10.4
1984 26 BUF FL 7 4 .636 37 18 0 0 0 126.7 123 54 14 23 102 3.84 .253 .287 .402 .690 8.1
1985 27 BUF FL 14 5 .737 100 0 0 0 7 110.0 94 42 10 39 95 3.44 .229 .295 .356 .651 14.3
1986 28 BUF FL 9 2 .818 98 0 0 0 1 112.7 91 46 11 42 89 3.67 .220 .291 .361 .652 11.4
1987 29 BUF FL 8 3 .727 85 0 0 0 0 103.3 91 40 11 35 100 3.48 .235 .297 .381 .679 11.0
1988 30 BUF FL 5 2 .714 79 0 0 0 11 86.0 77 38 9 30 67 3.98 .236 .297 .399 .696 9.5
1989 31 BUF FL 4 4 .500 64 0 0 0 5 73.3 66 22 7 28 68 2.70 .236 .304 .364 .668 8.9
1990 32 BUF FL 8 8 .500 73 1 0 0 5 87.7 99 55 14 34 84 5.65 .281 .344 .494 .838 3.4
1991 33 BUF FL 7 1 .875 55 0 0 0 0 60.7 60 31 8 22 54 4.60 .258 .322 .433 .755 4.3
1992 34 BUF FL 3 0 1.000 44 0 0 0 2 47.7 63 37 11 21 46 6.99 .325 .387 .598 .985 0.0
1993 35 LV FL 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 1 19.3 31 15 1 7 13 6.98 .378 .422 .585 1.008 0.0
    AAA   2 0 1.000 22 0 0 0 1 33.3 41 33 7 12 33 8.91 .301 .358 .537 .895  
    AA   0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 1 8.0 4 0 0 2 9 0.00 .154 .214 .192 .407  
1994 36 LBC FL 1 0 1.000 10 0 0 0 0 13.3 14 4 1 3 16 2.70 .259 .298 .426 .724 1.6
    AAA   3 8 .273 74 0 0 0 2 75.3 90 56 11 41 81 6.69 .297 .381 .452 .833  
14 Years Sim 83 48 .634 756 81 0 0 34 1206.0 1125 503 115 395 1002 3.75 .245 .304 .387 .691 98.4
4 Years AAA 25 19 .568 140 44 1 1 3 382.0 440 188 33 115 427 4.43 .285 .335 .401 .735  
3 Years AA 5 11 .313 31 23 0 0 1 133.7 193 87 16 14 185 5.86 .335 .351 .451 .802  
4 Years A 32 21 .604 70 70 2 2 0 440.0 494 167 40 60 462 3.42 .281 .305 .390 .695  
11 Years Minors 62 51 .549 241 137 3 3 4 955.6 1127 442 89 189 1074 4.16 .291 .324 .404 .727  
Season Average 5 3 .625 54 5 0 0 2 86.1 80 35 8 28 71 3.75 .245 .304 .387 .691  
Career Highs 14 10 1.000 100 26 0 0 11 157.0 130 55 14 42 135 6.99 .378 .422 .598 1.008  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   560 212 49 173 471   .249 .303 .386 .689
vs LH   565 291 66 222 531   .241 .306 .388 .694
Home 45 27 .625 384 39 0 0 18 605.3 557 246 53 192 465 3.66 .242 .300 .377 .677
Away 38 21 .644 372 42 0 0 17 600.6 568 257 62 203 537 3.85 .248 .309 .397 .707
Mar/Apr 13 9 .591 129 15 0 0 3 201.6 195 83 20 65 152 3.70 .255 .313 .386 .699
May 17 12 .586 147 13 0 0 8 211.6 218 108 23 75 191 4.59 .265 .326 .418 .744
June 13 6 .684 116 14 0 0 8 179.6 157 63 17 64 139 3.16 .234 .300 .369 .669
July 13 7 .650 120 20 0 0 7 239.6 209 82 17 77 213 3.08 .231 .291 .359 .650
August 13 9 .591 134 10 0 0 6 198.6 170 92 23 64 171 4.17 .228 .289 .380 .669
Sep/Oct 14 5 .737 110 9 0 0 3 174.6 176 75 15 50 136 3.87 .258 .309 .413 .722
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
1981 23 BUF FL 12 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .053 .100 .053 .153 -1.1 0.0
1982 24 BUF FL 40 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 .000 .025 .000 .025 -2.6 0.0
1983 25 BUF FL 37 50 3 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 0 20 .080 .080 .180 .260 -0.9 0.0
1984 26 BUF FL 37 40 3 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 2 22 .125 .167 .175 .342 0.0 0.0
1985 27 BUF FL 100 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1986 28 BUF FL 98 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1987 29 BUF FL 85 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1988 30 BUF FL 79 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8 0.0
1989 31 BUF FL 64 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
1990 32 BUF FL 73 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1991 33 BUF FL 55 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1992 34 BUF FL 45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1994 36 LBC FL 10 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5 0.2
13 Years Sim 735 178 7 11 5 0 1 7 0 0 4 76 .062 .082 .107 .189 -7.1 0.2
162 Game Average 39 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .062 .082 .107 .189 -1.6  
Career Highs 100 50 3 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 22 .333 .333 .667 1.000 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   125 3 8 3 0 1 3 0 0 3 55 .064 .085 .112 .197 -4.6
vs LH   53 4 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 21 .057 .074 .094 .168 -2.5
Home 293 80 4 3 1 0 1 5 0 0 1 37 .038 .049 .088 .136 -4.4
Away 359 98 3 8 4 0 0 2 0 0 3 39 .082 .109 .122 .231 -2.7
RISP   50 0 2 1 0 1 6 0 0 2 24 .040 .075 .120 .195 -1.8
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 92 35 4 6 1 0 1 4 0 0 0 16 .171 .171 .286 .457 1.4
May 59 29 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.8
June 48 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 -2.7
July 70 38 1 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 16 .053 .100 .105 .205 -1.3
August 54 22 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .045 .045 .091 .136 -1.3
Sep/Oct 53 26 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .077 .143 .115 .258 -0.4
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    
1981 23 BUF FL P 12 12 62.3 4 3 0 0 1.000 1.01    
1982 24 BUF FL P 40 24 146.0 15 16 0 0 1.000 1.91    
1983 25 BUF FL P 37 26 157.0 9 17 2 1 .929 1.49    
1984 26 BUF FL P 37 18 126.7 4 16 0 2 1.000 1.42    
1985 27 BUF FL P 100 0 110.0 7 6 0 1 1.000 1.06    
1986 28 BUF FL P 98 0 112.7 4 11 0 0 1.000 1.20    
1987 29 BUF FL P 85 0 103.3 5 11 0 0 1.000 1.39    
1988 30 BUF FL P 79 0 86.0 4 11 0 1 1.000 1.57    
1989 31 BUF FL P 64 0 73.3 1 10 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1990 32 BUF FL P 73 1 87.7 7 3 0 0 1.000 1.03    
1991 33 BUF FL P 55 0 60.7 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.48    
1992 34 BUF FL P 44 0 47.7 5 3 0 2 1.000 1.51    
1993 35 LV FL P 22 0 19.3 1 2 2 0 .600 1.40    
1994 36 LBC FL P 10 0 13.3 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.35    
Career Totals   756 81 1206.0 69 118 4 7 .979 1.40    
Career Highs   100 26 157.0 15 17 2 2 1.000 1.91    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1981 23 BUF FL 0 1 .000 4 1 0 0 0 5.0 8 8 0 8 2 14.40 .364 .533 .545 1.079
1982 24 BUF FL 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 6 0 1 6 4.91 .304 .319 .326 .645
1983 25 BUF FL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 0 3.7 1 0 0 1 2 0.00 .091 .167 .182 .348
1984 26 BUF FL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 0 0 2 5 0.00 .222 .364 .333 .697
1985 27 BUF FL 1 2 .333 7 0 0 0 0 7.7 11 5 1 0 9 5.87 .333 .333 .545 .879
1986 28 BUF FL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .333 .333 .333 .667
1987 29 BUF FL 0 1 .000 2 1 0 0 0 4.3 8 8 2 4 1 16.63 .381 .480 .762 1.242
1988 30 BUF FL 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 3 1 1 0 0.00 1.000 1.000 2.500 3.500
1989 31 BUF FL 0 1 .000 5 0 0 0 0 3.7 8 4 0 2 5 9.84 .421 .476 .632 1.108
1990 32 BUF FL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 6.3 5 2 1 1 7 2.84 .217 .250 .391 .641
1991 33 BUF FL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 1 1.0 1 2 0 2 0 18.00 .250 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 6 .333 43 2 0 0 1 46.3 61 38 5 22 37 7.39 .316 .386 .492 .878
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
1981 23 BUF FL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1989 31 BUF FL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Wins
1985-9-14
Winning Pct
1985-2-.737
CAR-15-.634
Games Pitched
1985-3-100
1986-4-98
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
Similar Pitchers     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Peter Sanborn (925)
  2. Marty Powers (923)
  3. Damian Bedgood (895)
  4. Jethro Wilbury (891)
  5. Ricardo Barrera (891)
  6. John Fessler (889)
  7. Ebby Calvin Laloosh (887)
  8. Michael Hick (887)
  9. Jack May (886)
  10. Louis Mattison (882)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 17th overall pick, by Phoenix in 1976
Traded from Phoenix to Buffalo on 6/21/1976 (Going to PHX: P H. Duggeler, 3B T. Trudeau, CF R. Simmes. Going to BUF: P S. Cuvelier, P E. Sachs, SS M. Sandoval)
Earned first career win on 7/24/1981
Had first career hit on 9/20/1981, off Cesar Tostado (MAN)