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Steve
King		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 230
 
Born: December 16, 1954 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
1977 22 CHI JL     0 2 2 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
1978 23 CHI JL     0 3 3 3 2 1 1 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1979 24 CHI JL     1 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 7 7 7
1980 25 CHI JL $ 300,000   5 6 6 6 3 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 2 2 2 1 1 1 5 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 5 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000   5 6 6 6 3 2 2 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 7 7 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 CHI JL $ 300,000 80 14 14 14 5 5 5 18 18 18
1982 27 CHI JL $ 300,000 80 14 14 14 5 5 5 18 18 18
1983 28 CHI JL $ 300,000 80 14 14 14 5 5 5 18 18 18
1984 29 CHI JL $ 300,000 80 14 14 14 5 5 5 19 19 19
1985 30 CHI JL $ 350,000 80 13 13 13 5 5 5 19 19 19
1986 31 CHI JL $ 882,143 80 13 14 14 5 5 5 18 18 18
1987 32 CHI JL   80 13 14 14 4 4 4 18 18 18
1988 33 BIR FL $ 300,000 80 13 13 13 3 3 3 18 18 18
1989 34 WAS JL $ 1,300,000 80 12 13 13 3 3 3 17 17 17
OOTP6 Min Ratings   80 12 13 13 3 3 3 17 17 17
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,300,000 80 14 14 14 5 5 5 19 19 19
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
1977 22 CHI JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1978 23 CHI JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1979 24 CHI JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
1980 25 CHI JL $ 300,000 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 $ 300,000 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 26 CHI JL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
1982 27 CHI JL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
1983 28 CHI JL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
1984 29 CHI JL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
1985 30 CHI JL $ 350,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
1986 31 CHI JL $ 882,143   2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
1987 32 CHI JL     2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
1988 33 BIR FL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
1989 34 WAS JL $ 1,300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 3 3
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
1977 22 A   0 1 .000 17 0 0 0 1 25.3 23 11 1 13 23 3.91 .250 .343 .370 .712  
1978 23 AA   1 1 .500 6 6 0 0 0 43.7 43 14 1 13 56 2.89 .256 .309 .351 .661  
    A   7 4 .636 21 17 0 0 0 126.7 123 51 7 38 147 3.62 .254 .308 .373 .681  
1979 24 AA   9 10 .474 19 19 2 1 0 122.0 114 60 4 65 141 4.43 .246 .339 .371 .711  
1980 25 CHI JL 8 7 .533 16 16 0 0 0 84.7 87 50 8 43 46 5.32 .265 .349 .451 .800 3.1
    AAA   3 2 .600 9 9 0 0 0 63.0 62 24 3 23 82 3.43 .256 .321 .405 .726  
1981 26 CHI JL 0 2 .000 38 1 0 0 0 45.3 44 31 7 41 30 6.15 .250 .388 .455 .843 0.0
1982 27 CHI JL 6 2 .750 51 0 0 0 0 55.7 54 25 3 38 35 4.04 .252 .362 .364 .727 4.1
1983 28 AAA   4 5 .444 43 0 0 0 3 65.0 43 23 6 38 60 3.18 .189 .305 .307 .612  
1984 29 CHI JL 3 1 .750 39 0 0 0 1 49.0 38 23 3 43 31 4.22 .217 .368 .337 .705 2.7
    AAA   0 2 .000 18 0 0 0 0 20.0 23 15 3 14 18 6.75 .299 .407 .442 .848  
1985 30 CHI JL 7 4 .636 36 9 0 0 1 86.7 79 33 3 58 45 3.43 .252 .365 .331 .697 8.1
1986 31 CHI JL 7 10 .412 28 28 0 0 0 165.3 165 96 10 113 116 5.23 .259 .368 .381 .749 6.5
1987 32 CHI JL 1 3 .250 19 2 0 0 0 34.3 45 30 7 36 20 7.86 .333 .458 .570 1.028 0.0
1988 33 BIR FL 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 5.0 6 2 0 3 5 3.60 .286 .375 .381 .756 0.3
    AAA   1 4 .200 23 6 0 0 7 58.3 57 28 5 31 52 4.32 .256 .346 .368 .714  
1989 34 WAS JL 5 5 .500 60 4 0 0 13 99.7 91 53 10 81 55 4.79 .255 .383 .398 .781 5.7
9 Years Sim 37 34 .521 291 60 0 0 15 625.6 609 343 51 456 383 4.93 .258 .374 .398 .772 30.6
4 Years AAA 8 13 .381 93 15 0 0 10 206.3 185 90 17 106 212 3.93 .240 .332 .369 .701  
2 Years AA 10 11 .476 25 25 2 1 0 165.7 157 74 5 78 197 4.02 .249 .331 .366 .698  
2 Years A 7 5 .583 38 17 0 0 1 152.0 146 62 8 51 170 3.67 .253 .314 .373 .686  
8 Years Minors 25 29 .463 156 57 2 1 11 524.0 488 226 30 235 579 3.88 .247 .327 .369 .696  
Season Average 4 3 .571 32 6 0 0 1 69.5 67 38 5 50 42 4.93 .258 .374 .398 .772  
Career Highs 8 10 .750 60 28 0 0 13 165.3 165 96 10 113 116 7.86 .333 .458 .570 1.028  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   258 158 21 221 171   .246 .378 .376 .754
vs LH   351 185 30 235 212   .268 .380 .416 .795
Home 23 19 .548 167 34 0 0 5 361.6 335 193 29 256 220 4.80 .249 .369 .385 .754
Away 14 15 .483 124 26 0 0 10 264.0 274 150 22 200 163 5.11 .272 .392 .415 .807
Mar/Apr 7 7 .500 49 6 0 0 1 90.0 90 44 10 64 65 4.40 .262 .378 .394 .772
May 9 3 .750 64 8 0 0 2 118.3 99 50 11 83 69 3.80 .231 .355 .382 .738
June 9 3 .750 57 10 0 0 1 120.6 126 75 8 90 77 5.60 .273 .391 .413 .805
July 6 5 .545 46 8 0 0 4 89.6 76 48 7 74 57 4.82 .232 .373 .384 .757
August 3 7 .300 40 10 0 0 5 85.0 93 50 5 52 46 5.30 .282 .380 .406 .786
Sep/Oct 3 9 .250 35 18 0 0 2 122.0 125 76 10 93 69 5.61 .269 .391 .405 .797
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
1980 25 CHI JL 16 25 2 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 13 .240 .240 .320 .560 1.7 0.0
1981 26 CHI JL 38 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6 0.0
1982 27 CHI JL 51 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
1984 29 CHI JL 39 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
1985 30 CHI JL 36 17 2 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .235 .235 .353 .588 1.4 0.2
1986 31 CHI JL 28 49 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 25 .082 .118 .122 .240 -1.0 0.0
1987 32 CHI JL 19 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
1989 34 WAS JL 60 14 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 .000 .063 .000 .063 -0.5 0.0
8 Years Sim 287 123 7 14 6 0 0 7 0 0 3 60 .114 .134 .163 .296 -0.1 0.2
162 Game Average 69 3 7 3 0 0 3 0 0 1 33 .114 .134 .163 .296 0.0  
Career Highs 60 49 3 6 2 0 0 4 0 0 2 25 .240 .240 .353 .588 1.7  
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   83 5 9 1 0 0 6 0 0 1 39 .108 .118 .120 .238 -2.0
vs LH   40 2 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 2 21 .125 .167 .250 .417 0.9
Home 143 66 5 8 5 0 0 4 0 0 3 29 .121 .159 .197 .356 0.6
Away 122 57 2 6 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 31 .105 .103 .123 .226 -1.7
RISP   15 0 4 2 0 0 7 0 0 1 7 .267 .294 .400 .694 1.7
Close/Late   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6
Mar/Apr 37 13 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .077 .133 .154 .287 -0.1
May 53 20 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .100 .100 .150 .250 -0.5
June 38 28 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .107 .107 .107 .214 -0.9
July 15 14 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .286 .429 0.3
August 27 19 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 13 .105 .105 .105 .211 -0.6
Sep/Oct 31 29 2 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 18 .138 .194 .207 .400 0.7
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    
1980 25 CHI JL P 16 16 84.7 7 9 0 0 1.000 1.70    
1981 26 CHI JL P 38 1 45.3 3 5 1 2 .889 1.59    
1982 27 CHI JL P 51 0 55.7 6 6 0 1 1.000 1.94    
1984 29 CHI JL P 39 0 49.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 0.73    
1985 30 CHI JL P 36 9 86.7 6 4 0 0 1.000 1.04    
1986 31 CHI JL P 28 28 165.3 8 19 2 0 .931 1.47    
1987 32 CHI JL P 19 2 34.3 0 5 0 0 1.000 1.31    
1988 33 BIR FL P 4 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1989 34 WAS JL P 60 4 99.7 5 14 0 0 1.000 1.72    
Career Totals   291 60 625.6 38 63 3 3 .971 1.45    
Career Highs   60 28 165.3 8 19 2 2 1.000 1.94    
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Walks Allowed
1986-5-113
1989-8-81
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
 
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  1. Dick Spivey (952)
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  3. Aubrey Lewis (946)
  4. Joe Matson (944)
  5. Denny McLain (941)
  6. Allan Reddings (938)
  7. Hunter Clark (938)
  8. Eduardo Pereira (937)
  9. Wayne Barney (937)
  10. Roger Wilson (935)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 51st overall pick, by Chicago in 1977
Injured on 4/9/1979 with a Ruptured Elbow Ligament, out for 4 weeks
Had first career hit on 6/4/1980, off Wayne Simpson (VAN)
Earned first career win on 6/4/1980
1/31/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $882,143 through salary arbitration
1/31/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $882,143 through salary arbitration
Released by Chicago on 6/11/1987
Signed as a free agent by Valencia on 2/8/1988 to a 2-year deal worth $750,000 per year
Released by Valencia on 3/2/1988
Signed as a free agent by Birmingham on 5/11/1988 to a minor league deal
Injured on 8/7/1988 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 2/18/1989 to a 1-year deal worth $1,300,000 per year
 
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