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Stephen
Shier		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 195
 
Born: February 21, 1956 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1980    1981    1986    1988    1990   
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
1975 19 VAL JL   3 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 2 3 3
1976 20 VAL JL   3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 2 3 3
1977 21 VAL JL $ 300,000 5 6 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 4 4 3 3 3
1978 22 VAL JL $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 5 4 2 2 2 5 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1979 23 VAL JL $ 300,000 5 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 5 5 4 4 4
1980 24 VAL JL $ 1,542,857 5 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 10 11 10 5 5 5 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 3 3 3 2 3 3
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 1,542,857 5 6 6 4 5 4 2 2 2 10 11 10 5 5 5 4 4 4
                                             
  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 25 VAL JL $ 4,150,000   15 15 14 19 20 20 9 10 10 11 12 12 10 10 10
1982 26 VAL JL $ 4,150,000   16 16 15 19 20 20 10 11 11 11 13 12 11 11 11
1983 27 VAL JL $ 2,500,000   16 16 15 20 20 20 10 11 11 12 13 13 12 12 12
1984 28 AUS FL $ 2,500,000   16 16 15 20 20 20 10 11 11 12 13 13 11 12 11
1985 29 AUS FL $ 2,500,000   17 17 16 20 20 20 11 12 11 13 14 14 13 13 13
1986 30 AUS FL $ 4,000,000   17 17 16 20 20 20 10 11 11 13 14 14 12 13 13
1987 31 AUS FL $ 4,000,000   17 17 16 20 20 20 10 10 10 13 15 14 12 12 12
1988 32 AUS FL $ 4,000,000   16 16 15 20 20 20 10 10 10 14 15 15 11 12 11
1989 33 LV FL $ 4,000,000   16 16 15 18 19 19 9 10 10 14 15 15 11 11 11
1990 34 NO FL $ 7,000,000   16 16 15 17 18 18 9 10 10 14 15 15 11 12 11
1991 35 DM FL $ 7,000,000   16 16 15 17 18 18 9 10 10 13 15 14 11 11 11
1992 36 HAK FL $ 7,000,000   16 16 15 17 18 18 10 10 10 13 14 14 11 12 11
1993 37 HAK FL $ 1,600,000   16 16 15 17 18 18 10 10 10 13 14 14 11 11 11
1994 38 HAK FL $ 1,600,000   11 11 10 6 8 8 6 7 6 8 9 9 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 1,600,000   11 11 10 6 8 8 6 7 6 8 9 9 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000   17 17 16 20 20 20 11 12 11 14 15 15 13 13 13
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
1975 19 AAA   37 148 20 48 6 1 9 27 0 2 8 34 .324 .359 .561 .920 26.8  
    AA   100 390 41 107 7 2 11 44 10 7 39 83 .274 .340 .387 .728 52.1  
1976 20 AAA   136 548 84 168 27 3 18 85 5 7 41 115 .307 .355 .465 .820 84.6  
1977 21 VAL JL 85 262 30 60 8 1 6 29 0 1 12 71 .229 .271 .336 .607 23.2 2.4
    AAA   73 297 48 90 16 0 9 47 6 5 30 69 .303 .367 .448 .815 46.8  
1978 22 VAL JL 128 376 42 82 16 1 9 32 1 1 25 99 .218 .268 .338 .606 34.0 2.1
1979 23 VAL JL 158 573 68 164 21 4 15 81 1 0 46 139 .286 .344 .415 .759 79.3 15.7
1980 24 VAL JL 154 539 91 177 17 4 28 104 0 3 47 129 .328 .387 .531 .917 102.4 22.8
1981 25 VAL JL 135 507 73 138 16 1 28 81 1 1 51 135 .272 .343 .473 .816 83.0 12.8
1982 26 VAL JL 132 437 67 103 15 3 25 70 2 2 48 124 .236 .314 .455 .769 63.0 8.2
1983 27 VAL JL 148 508 73 136 18 2 32 106 1 0 57 121 .268 .343 .500 .843 87.5 16.6
1984 28 VAL JL 102 382 57 104 23 2 14 65 0 0 43 99 .272 .351 .453 .804 57.9 10.8
  AUS FL 51 189 33 51 15 1 11 34 0 0 12 45 .270 .320 .534 .855 29.6 5.6
  TOT   153 571 90 155 38 3 25 99 0 0 55 144 .271 .341 .480 .821 87.5 16.3
1985 29 AUS FL 153 539 76 142 25 0 31 83 0 0 39 118 .263 .317 .482 .799 81.1 12.6
1986 30 AUS FL 155 569 98 143 26 7 39 121 3 0 71 145 .251 .343 .527 .870 104.3 14.0
1987 31 AUS FL 154 579 98 158 28 1 38 107 1 0 61 145 .273 .352 .522 .873 102.4 14.4
1988 32 AUS FL 155 565 98 150 32 6 42 115 3 0 56 117 .265 .331 .566 .898 100.8 18.7
1989 33 AUS FL 74 279 40 78 11 0 15 39 0 1 31 67 .280 .351 .480 .832 47.7 6.8
  LV FL 78 268 56 85 13 1 19 56 0 0 33 68 .317 .390 .586 .976 58.2 12.1
  TOT   152 547 96 163 24 1 34 95 0 1 64 135 .298 .370 .532 .902 105.9 18.9
1990 34 NO FL 157 571 104 160 22 6 39 120 0 0 71 114 .280 .358 .545 .903 109.8 20.5
1991 35 HAK FL 101 379 50 103 16 4 16 69 1 1 34 91 .272 .333 .462 .795 57.5 7.4
  DM FL 56 171 26 32 6 0 4 21 0 0 19 41 .187 .273 .292 .566 14.9 0.0
  TOT   157 550 76 135 22 4 20 90 1 1 53 132 .245 .314 .409 .723 72.4 7.4
1992 36 DM FL 13 45 11 17 1 1 3 13 0 0 2 12 .378 .404 .644 1.049 10.1 2.0
  HAK FL 101 141 21 29 7 0 3 18 0 0 17 34 .206 .296 .319 .615 15.0 0.8
  TOT   114 186 32 46 8 1 6 31 0 0 19 46 .247 .321 .398 .718 25.1 2.8
1993 37 HAK FL 133 349 58 97 12 3 21 68 1 0 25 76 .278 .338 .510 .848 58.5 9.6
1994 38 HAK FL 57 78 10 20 4 1 3 8 0 0 4 14 .256 .293 .449 .741 9.9 1.2
    A   30 69 16 26 3 1 2 14 0 2 16 15 .377 .494 .536 1.030 16.8  
18 Years Sim 2480 8306 1280 2229 352 49 441 1440 15 10 804 2004 .268 .337 .482 .819 1330.2 216.9
3 Years AAA 246 993 152 306 49 4 36 159 11 14 79 218 .308 .359 .474 .834 158.2  
1 Years AA 100 390 41 107 7 2 11 44 10 7 39 83 .274 .346 .387 .734 52.1  
1 Years A 30 69 16 26 3 1 2 14 0 2 16 15 .377 .494 .536 1.030 16.8  
5 Years Minors 376 1452 209 439 59 7 49 217 21 23 134 316 .302 .363 .454 .817 227.1  
162 Game Average 542 83 145 22 3 28 94 0 0 52 130 .268 .337 .482 .819 86.9  
Career Highs 158 579 104 177 38 7 42 121 3 3 71 145 .328 .387 .566 .917 109.8  
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   5909 958 1661 260 31 341 1100 14 8 617 1382 .281 .351 .509 .860 1026.9
vs LH   2397 322 568 92 18 100 340 1 2 187 622 .237 .300 .416 .715 295.5
Home 1230 4030 632 1072 178 20 207 689 8 4 375 976 .266 .333 .474 .807 624.2
Away 1250 4276 648 1157 174 29 234 751 7 6 429 1028 .271 .340 .489 .829 698.2
RISP   2214 0 612 80 15 134 979 0 0 299 568 .276 .358 .508 .866 405.5
Pinch Hitting   362 49 96 14 1 16 66 1 0 29 83 .265 .321 .442 .763 51.2
Close/Late   1063 124 295 41 3 54 193 0 0 105 266 .278 .348 .474 .822 170.9
Mar/Apr 381 1318 212 361 67 11 77 248 1 1 114 338 .274 .334 .517 .850 220.3
May 431 1427 220 424 58 6 83 245 2 2 154 329 .297 .369 .521 .890 261.8
June 405 1356 205 355 49 8 71 221 5 0 127 309 .262 .328 .467 .795 207.3
July 418 1433 204 354 53 6 63 228 1 2 123 370 .247 .311 .424 .736 188.9
August 442 1468 221 374 63 8 76 242 4 4 152 344 .255 .331 .464 .795 222.7
Sep/Oct 403 1304 218 361 62 10 71 256 2 1 134 314 .277 .348 .503 .851 221.4
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1977 21 VAL JL 1B 48 44 344.0 353 25 2 29 .995 9.89 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 20 20 172.3 50 1 0 0 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 13 13 108.7 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
1978 22 VAL JL RF 59 59 519.0 111 3 3 1 .974 1.98 0 0 .000 0 1.6
    LF 22 20 181.0 51 0 0 0 1.000 2.54 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 9 8 74.0 22 0 0 0 1.000 2.68 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 1 10.0 11 1 0 1 1.000 10.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1979 23 VAL JL RF 139 139 1236.7 220 8 2 0 .991 1.66 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    LF 9 5 52.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 7.0 9 0 0 1 1.000 11.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1980 24 VAL JL RF 76 76 669.3 124 2 0 0 1.000 1.69 0 0 .000 0 4.1
    LF 64 59 526.0 107 0 2 0 .982 1.83 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
1981 25 VAL JL LF 94 94 826.7 127 3 1 2 .992 1.42 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 36 36 312.0 61 0 1 0 .984 1.76 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 3.0 1 2 0 1 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1982 26 VAL JL LF 128 115 1020.7 198 8 0 0 1.000 1.82 0 0 .000 0 1.2
1983 27 VAL JL 1B 83 79 714.3 774 60 4 74 .995 10.51 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    LF 60 47 440.3 89 2 1 1 .989 1.86 0 0 .000 0 1.3
1984 28 VAL JL 1B 97 93 840.3 859 63 10 74 .989 9.88 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    LF 1 0 3.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  AUS FL 1B 49 46 396.7 406 30 5 35 .989 9.89 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 1 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   1B 146 139 1237.0 1265 93 15 109 .989 9.88   2.0
      LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1985 29 AUS FL 1B 134 126 1111.0 1176 87 12 74 .991 10.23 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 10 1 27.7 7 0 0 0 1.000 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1986 30 AUS FL 1B 134 132 1173.3 1145 87 10 85 .992 9.45 0 0 .000 0 2.2
    LF 18 13 129.0 29 1 0 0 1.000 2.09 0 0 .000 0 0.5
1987 31 AUS FL 1B 134 130 1146.0 1169 95 18 99 .986 9.93 0 0 .000 0 2.0
    LF 15 11 105.7 26 0 0 0 1.000 2.21 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    RF 2 2 18.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50 0 0 .000 0  
1988 32 AUS FL 1B 84 81 700.3 722 42 7 53 .991 9.82 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    LF 67 64 577.0 112 2 1 0 .991 1.78 0 0 .000 0 1.6
1989 33 AUS FL 1B 36 35 330.1 344 22 2 28 .995 9.98 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 38 36 328.0 65 1 1 0 .985 1.81 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  LV FL 1B 37 37 318.6 333 22 2 27 .994 10.03 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    LF 40 38 316.6 63 1 0 0 1.000 1.82 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  TOT   1B 73 72 648.7 677 44 4 55 .994 10.00   1.0
      LF 78 74 644.6 128 2 1 0 .992 1.82   1.5
1990 34 NO FL 1B 150 147 1308.7 1318 97 11 111 .992 9.73 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    LF 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1991 35 HAK FL 1B 68 66 620.6 672 51 2 59 .997 10.49 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    LF 28 23 228.5 57 1 1 0 .983 2.28 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  DM FL 1B 38 36 286.7 310 23 1 27 .997 10.45 0 0 .000 0 1.1
    LF 15 13 105.5 27 0 1 0 .964 2.30 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   1B 106 102 907.3 982 74 3 86 .997 10.48   1.7
      LF 43 36 334.0 84 1 2 0 .977 2.29   0.8
1992 36 DM FL LF 5 1 38.2 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 2 1 26.0 26 1 0 1 1.000 9.35 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  HAK FL LF 39 11 131.5 28 0 1 0 .966 1.92 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    1B 16 10 89.7 88 3 1 5 .989 9.13 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  TOT   LF 44 12 169.7 36 0 1 0 .973 1.91   0.4
      1B 18 11 115.7 114 4 1 6 .992 9.18   0.2
1993 37 HAK FL 1B 54 37 357.0 395 21 3 34 .993 10.49 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 41 39 351.0 78 2 3 0 .964 2.05 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    C 1 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1994 38 HAK FL 1B 14 6 75.0 82 3 1 5 .988 10.20 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 2 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 1183 1107 9858.4 10193 735 91 823 .992 9.98 0 0 .000 0 17.2
  LF 712 604 5509.9 1110 21 12 3 .990 1.85 0 0 .000 0 11.6
  RF 312 312 2755.0 517 13 6 1 .989 1.73 0 0 .000 0 8.7
  CF 32 29 258.3 74 1 0 0 1.000 2.61 0 0 .000 0 0.9
  C 2 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   2242 2052 18384.6 11896 770 109 827 .991 6.20 0 0 .000 0 38.4
Career Highs   152 147 1310.7 1319 97 18 111 1.000 10.04 0 0 .000 0  
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
1979 23 VAL JL 5 19 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 8 .105 .150 .105 .255
1980 24 VAL JL 10 40 3 6 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 8 .150 .171 .325 .496
1983 27 VAL JL 5 18 6 6 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 5 .333 .455 .500 .955
1984 28 AUS FL 9 34 5 4 2 0 1 1 0 0 3 9 .118 .250 .265 .515
1985 29 AUS FL 2 8 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .375 .375 .500 .875
1989 33 LV FL 16 60 10 12 0 0 4 8 0 0 7 18 .200 .284 .400 .684
1991 35 DM FL 3 8 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .375 .375 .500 .875
1993 37 HAK FL 11 44 8 15 2 0 2 6 0 0 3 11 .341 .383 .523 .906
Career Post-Season Batting 61 231 33 51 7 0 10 29 0 0 18 63 .221 .289 .381 .669
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
1980-5-.328
 On-Base Pct
1980-6-.387
 Slugging Pct
1980-3-.531
1983-9-.500
1988-5-.566
1989-9-.532
1990-7-.545
 OPS
1980-2-.917
1988-7-.898
1989-7-.902
1990-10-.903
 XR
1980-4-102.4
1988-10-100.8
1989-8-105.9
1990-8-109.8
CAR-15-1330.2
 Games
1979-1-158
1990-5-157
1991-5-157
CAR-4-2480
At-Bats
CAR-12-8306
 Runs
1988-10-98
1990-8-104
CAR-16-1280
 Hits
1980-9-177
CAR-19-2229
 Total Bases
1980-10-286
1986-10-300
1988-4-320
1990-10-311
CAR-15-4002
 Singles
CAR-29-1387
 Homeruns
1980-4-28
1983-6-32
1985-6-31
1986-10-39
1987-9-38
1988-2-42
1989-4-34
1990-2-39
CAR-6-441
RBIs
1980-5-104
1983-8-106
1986-6-121
1988-3-115
1990-2-120
CAR-8-1440
 Walks
1990-6-71
CAR-31-804
 Strikeouts
1979-9-139
1980-8-129
1986-8-145
CAR-5-2004
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 85    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 46)
 
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  6. Bombo Vadabonceour (806)
  7. Jon McNecirty (793)
  8. Billy Wilson (780)
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History
Drafted in 23rd round, 547th overall pick, by Buffalo in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/2/1973, off Bill Bombay (MAN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1973, off Jeff Waier (MAN)
Traded from Buffalo to Omaha on 7/21/1973 (Going to OMA: 3B T. Renius. Going to BUF: RF J. Barrios)
Drafted in 1st round, 6th overall pick, by Valencia in 1975
Had first career hit (double) on 6/21/1977, off Roy Hobbs, Jr. (HON)
Hit first career homerun on 7/3/1977, off Ron Vivero (CAL)
Was selected to the 1980 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Louisville on 9/4/1980
Won Player of the Week award on 9/10/1980, hitting .571 with 4 HR, 15 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1980, hitting .406 with 8 HR, 28 RBI
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against Chicago on 7/16/1981
Drove in 8 runs against Greenville on 8/22/1981
 
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