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Steve Avery
Steven Thomas Avery

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 190 lb.

Debut June 13, 1990
  vs. CIN 2.3 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 8 ER, L
Final Game July 20, 2003
Born April 14, 1970 in Trenton, MI

Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1990 20 ATL NL   3  11  21  20   1   1   1  0   99.0  121   79   62   7   45   75   2   5   466   2   1  5.64  4.02   71 1.677
 1991 21 ATL NL  18   8  35  35   3   1   0  0  210.3  189   89   79  21   65  137   3   4   868   0   1  3.38  3.91  116 1.208 CYA-6
 1992 22 ATL NL  11  11  35  35   2   2   0  0  233.7  216   95   83  14   71  129   0   7   969   3   3  3.20  3.68  115 1.228
 1993 23 ATL NL  18   6  35  35   3   1   0  0  223.3  216   81   73  14   43  125   0   3   891   5   1  2.94  4.05  138 1.160 AS
 1994 24 ATL NL   8   3  24  24   1   0   0  0  151.7  127   71   68  15   55  122   4   5   628   4   2  4.04  4.22  105 1.200
 1995 25 ATL NL   7  13  29  29   3   1   0  0  173.3  165   92   90  22   52  141   6   3   724   4   0  4.67  4.27   91 1.252
 1996 26 ATL NL   7  10  24  23   1   0   0  0  131.0  146   70   65  10   40   86   4   5   567   8   0  4.47  4.39   98 1.420
 1997 27 BOS AL   6   7  22  18   0   0   1  0   96.7  127   76   69  15   49   51   2   4   453   0   0  6.42  4.66   73 1.821
 1998 28 BOS AL  10   7  34  23   0   0   4  0  123.7  128   74   69  14   64   57   4   7   546   0   0  5.02  4.70   94 1.553
 1999 29 CIN NL   6   7  19  19   0   0   0  0   96.0   75   62   55  11   78   51   1   4   426   0   1  5.16  4.70   91 1.594
 2003 33 DET AL   2   0  19   0   0   0   5  0   16.0   19   11   10   5    7    6   0   0    71   1   0  5.63  4.30   77 1.625
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 11 Yr WL% .536  96  83 297 261  14   6  11  0 1554.7 1529  800  723 148  569  980  26  47  6609  27   9  4.19  4.18  100 1.349
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  36  31   1   0   1  0  189.3  186   97   88  18   69  119   3   5   805   3   1  4.19  4.18  100 1.349
 Career High     18  13  35  35   3   2   5  0  233.7  216   95   90  22   78  141   6   7   969   8   3  2.94  4.70  138 1.160

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1990 20 ATL NL  21   30    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   7  .133  .133  .133  -28    4   2   0   0   0   1
 1991 21 ATL NL  37   79    4   17   1  1   0    2   1  0   4  31  .215  .253  .253   40   20   5   0   0   0   1
 1992 22 ATL NL  35   76    8   13   2  1   0    4   0  1   3  22  .171  .203  .224   18   17   9   0   0   0   0
 1993 23 ATL NL  35   75    4   12   4  0   0    5   0  0   2  19  .160  .182  .213    5   16   8   0   0   0   1 AS
 1994 24 ATL NL  24   49    4    5   2  0   0    5   0  0   1  16  .102  .115  .143  -33    7   6   2   0   0   0
 1995 25 ATL NL  29   53    4   11   1  1   2    4   0  0   1  17  .208  .218  .377   52   20   8   1   0   0   0
 1996 26 ATL NL  24   46    5   11   4  1   2   11   0  0   1  12  .239  .245  .500   86   23   1   2   0   0   1
 1997 27 BOS AL   2    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1998 28 BOS AL   6    1    2    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1999 29 CIN NL  17   26    1    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  11  .077  .077  .077  -61    2   2   0   0   0   0
 2003 33 DET AL   2    1    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  450    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     232  437   35   76  14  4   4   32   1  1  12 135  .174  .194  .252   18  110  41   5   0   0   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        305   24   53  10  3   3   22   1  1   8  94  .174  .194  .252   18   77  29   3   0   0   3
 Career High     37   79    8   17   4  1   2   11   1  1   4  31                          23   9   2   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1990 20 ATL NL   32   29    0   0.0   102| .133  .270| .133  .337| .133  .406| .266  .743| -28  .000  -5.4  -0.6   0%
 1991 21 ATL NL   88   68    5   2.0    98| .215  .264| .253  .333| .253  .396| .506  .729|  40  .202  -6.9  -0.7 100%
 1992 22 ATL NL   88   73    4   1.5    98| .171  .267| .203  .334| .224  .393| .427  .726|  18  .133  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1993 23 ATL NL   85   72    3   1.1   104| .160  .272| .182  .338| .213  .415| .395  .752|   5  .069 -10.3  -1.0   0%
 1994 24 ATL NL   58   52    1   0.5   111| .102  .277| .115  .344| .143  .433| .258  .777| -33  .016  -9.8  -0.9   0%
 1995 25 ATL NL   63   51    5   2.6   109| .208  .274| .218  .344| .377  .427| .595  .771|  52  .247  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1996 26 ATL NL   50   39    5   3.4   112| .239  .277| .245  .347| .500  .433| .745  .780|  86  .349  -1.2  -0.1   0%
 1997 27 BOS AL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .273| .000  .343| .000  .433| .000  .776|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1998 28 BOS AL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .274| .000  .343| .000  .436| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1999 29 CIN NL   28   26    0   0.0   118| .077  .279| .077  .355| .077  .450| .154  .805| -61  .000  -6.6  -0.6   0%
 2003 33 DET AL    1    0    1         100|1.000  .259|1.000  .324|1.000  .415|2.000  .739| 450         0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons      495  412   24   1.6   105| .174  .271| .194  .340| .252  .415| .446  .754|  18  .124 -53.3  -5.2  50%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1990 20 ATL NL P 21 4 22 2 0 .929 .956 1.24 0.58 2.36 1.80 20 99.0 1991 21 ATL NL P 35 9 31 1 2 .976 .955 1.14 0.59 1.71 1.86 35 210.3 1992 22 ATL NL P 35 16 36 3 1 .945 .954 1.49 0.60 2.00 1.94 35 233.7 1993 23 ATL NL P 35 4 47 0 2 1.000 .953 1.46 0.54 2.06 1.84 35 223.3 AS 1994 24 ATL NL P 24 4 26 1 0 .968 .958 1.25 0.54 1.78 1.86 24 151.7 1995 25 ATL NL P 29 3 37 2 1 .952 .957 1.38 0.51 2.08 1.84 29 173.3 1996 26 ATL NL P 24 8 26 2 0 .944 .955 1.42 0.52 2.34 1.84 23 131.0 1997 27 BOS AL P 22 0 19 0 1 1.000 .955 0.86 0.49 1.77 1.71 18 96.7 1998 28 BOS AL P 34 7 39 1 5 .979 .958 1.35 0.50 3.35 1.78 23 123.7 1999 29 CIN NL P 19 4 16 1 0 .952 .952 1.05 0.48 1.88 1.72 19 96.0 2003 33 DET AL P 19 4 3 0 1 1.000 .959 0.37 0.49 3.94 1.74 0 16.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1990 20 ATL NL P 21 4 22 2 0 .929 .956 1.24 0.58 2.36 1.80 20 99.0 1991 21 ATL NL P 35 9 31 1 2 .976 .955 1.14 0.59 1.71 1.86 35 210.3 1992 22 ATL NL P 35 16 36 3 1 .945 .954 1.49 0.60 2.00 1.94 35 233.7 1993 23 ATL NL P 35 4 47 0 2 1.000 .953 1.46 0.54 2.06 1.84 35 223.3 1994 24 ATL NL P 24 4 26 1 0 .968 .958 1.25 0.54 1.78 1.86 24 151.7 1995 25 ATL NL P 29 3 37 2 1 .952 .957 1.38 0.51 2.08 1.84 29 173.3 1996 26 ATL NL P 24 8 26 2 0 .944 .955 1.42 0.52 2.34 1.84 23 131.0 1997 27 BOS AL P 22 0 19 0 1 1.000 .955 0.86 0.49 1.77 1.71 18 96.7 1998 28 BOS AL P 34 7 39 1 5 .979 .958 1.35 0.50 3.35 1.78 23 123.7 1999 29 CIN NL P 19 4 16 1 0 .952 .952 1.05 0.48 1.88 1.72 19 96.0 2003 33 DET AL P 19 4 3 0 1 1.000 .959 0.37 0.49 3.94 1.74 0 16.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 297 63 302 13 13 .966 .955 1.23 0.54 2.11 1.84 261 1554.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 297 63 302 13 13 .966 .955 1.23 0.54 2.11 1.84 261 1555
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1991   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   2   2   0.00  2  0  0  0  16.1   9   0   4  17 
        WS    ATL MIN     L   2   2   3.46  0  0  0  0  13    10   5   1   8 
 1992   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   3   2   9.00  1  1  0  0   8    13   8   2   3 
        WS    ATL TOR     L   2   2   3.75  0  1  0  0  12    11   5   3  11 
 1993   NLCS  ATL PHI     L   2   2   2.77  0  0  0  0  13     9   4   6  10 
 1995   NLDS  ATL COL     W   1   0  13.50  0  0  0  0   0.2   1   1   0   1 
        NLCS  ATL CIN     W   2   1   0.00  1  0  0  0   6     2   0   4   6 
        WS    ATL CLE     W   1   1   1.50  1  0  0  0   6     3   1   5   3 
 1996   NLCS  ATL STL     W   2   0   0.00  0  0  0  0   2     2   0   1   1 
        WS    ATL NYY     L   1   0  13.50  0  1  0  0   0.2   1   1   3   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     4-1  11   7   2.38  4  1  0  0  45.1  35  12  17  37 
  4 World Series        1-3   6   5   3.41  1  2  0  0  31.2  25  12  12  22 
 10 Postseason Ser      6-4  18  12   2.90  5  3  0  0  77.2  61  25  29  60 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1991   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   2   7   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   4  .143  .143  .143   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL MIN     L   2   3   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   2  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1992   NLCS  ATL PIT     W   3   2   0   0  0  0  0   1   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   1   0 
        WS    ATL TOR     L   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 1993   NLCS  ATL PHI     L   2   4   1   2  1  0  0   0   0   1  .500  .500  .750   0  0   0   0   0 
 1995   NLDS  ATL COL     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  ATL CIN     W   2   2   0   1  0  0  0   0   0   0  .500  .500  .500   0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL CLE     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
 1996   NLCS  ATL STL     W   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    ATL NYY     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  5 Lg Champ Series     4-1  11  15   1   4  1  0  0   1   0   6  .267  .250  .333   0  0   0   1   0 
  4 World Series        1-3   6   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   3  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
 10 Postseason Series   6-4  18  19   1   4  1  0  0   1   0   9  .211  .200  .263   0  0   0   1   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Pitching 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1993   ATL NL      0  0  0   1     1   3   0   1   1  0   0  0   0  0  1  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1993   ATL NL       Replaced by designated hitter.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1                                                                              
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1993 *

Awards
1991-NLCS MVP

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1991-NL-6-0.01
Car-256-0.01 shares

ERA
1993 NL-2.94-5

Wins
1991 NL-18-3
1993 NL-18-5

Won-Loss %
1991 NL-.692-6
1993 NL-.750-5
1994 NL-.727-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1993 NL-1.160-7
1994 NL-1.200-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1994 NL-7.54-5

Bases on Balls/9IP
1993 NL-1.73-4

Strikeouts/9IP
1995 NL-7.32-9

Innings
1992 NL-233.7-5

Strikeouts
1994 NL-122-9

Games Started
1991 NL-35-5
1992 NL-35-1
1993 NL-35-4
1994 NL-24-7

Comp. Games
1995 NL-3-9

Home Runs Allow.
1991 NL-21-6
1995 NL-22-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1992 NL-71-10
1994 NL-55-9

Hits Allowed
1992 NL-216-7
1993 NL-216-10

SO to Walk
1993 NL-2.91-8
1995 NL-2.71-9

Losses
1995 NL-13-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1995 NL-90-8

Batters Faced
1992 NL-969-4

Adjusted ERA+
1993 NL-138-5

Youngest Player
1990 NL-20-1
1991 NL-21-3
1992 NL-22-9

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (828) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 38 (628) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1068) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 31.0 (410) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 1, 1988: Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1988 amateur draft. Player signed June 30, 1988.

October 31, 1996: Granted Free Agency.

January 22, 1997: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 28, 1998: Granted Free Agency.

December 21, 1998: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.

October 29, 1999: Granted Free Agency.

February 22, 2000: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

October 18, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

January 26, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.

March 30, 2001: Released by the Atlanta Braves.

January 23, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1991Atlanta Braves$110,000
1992Atlanta Braves$355,000
1993Atlanta Braves$560,000
1994Atlanta Braves$2,800,000
1995Atlanta Braves$4,000,000
1996Atlanta Braves$4,200,000
1997Boston Red Sox$4,850,000
1998Boston Red Sox$3,900,000
1999Cincinnati Reds$750,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,525,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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