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Steve Kiefer
Steven George Kiefer

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 3, 1984
  vs. CHW 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game August 22, 1989
Born October 18, 1960 in Chicago, IL

Brother of Mark Kiefer

Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 23 OAK AL  23   40    7    7   1  2   0    2   2  1   2  10  .175  .209  .300   44   12   2   1   0   0   0
 1985 24 OAK AL  40   66    8   13   1  1   1   10   0  0   1  18  .197  .203  .288   38   19   2   2   0   0   1
 1986 25 MIL AL   2    6    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   4  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1987 26 MIL AL  28   99   17   20   4  0   5   17   0  0   7  28  .202  .257  .394   68   39   1   2   0   1   3
 1988 27 MIL AL   7   10    2    3   1  0   1    1   0  0   2   3  .300  .462  .700  220    7   0   0   0   1   0
 1989 28 NYY AL   5    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .125  .125  .125  -29    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      105  229   34   44   7  3   7   30   2  1  12  68  .192  .234  .341   55   78   5   5   0   2   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        353   52   68  11  5  11   46   3  2  19 105  .192  .234  .341   55  120   8   8   0   3   6
 Career High     40   99   17   20   4  2   5   17   2  1   7  28                          39   2   2   0   1   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 23 OAK AL   45   37    3   2.2    91| .175  .255| .209  .317| .300  .385| .509  .702|  44  .207  -3.1  -0.3  66%
 1985 24 OAK AL   71   58    4   1.8    92| .197  .252| .203  .316| .288  .391| .491  .707|  38  .158  -5.6  -0.6   0%
 1986 25 MIL AL    6    6    0   0.0   103| .000  .265| .000  .333| .000  .413| .000  .747|-100  .000  -1.7  -0.2   0%
 1987 26 MIL AL  110   85   10   3.1   108| .202  .269| .257  .337| .394  .431| .651  .769|  68  .301  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1988 27 MIL AL   13    7    4  15.3    95| .300  .260| .462  .326| .700  .392|1.162  .718| 220  .907   1.8   0.2   0%
 1989 28 NYY AL    8    7    0   0.0    92| .125  .260| .125  .324| .125  .382| .250  .706| -29  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       253  200   21   2.8    99| .192  .261| .234  .327| .341  .408| .575  .734|  55  .278 -15.0  -1.5  66%

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 23 OAK AL SS 17 14 33 5 5 .904 .961 2.76 3.93 4.03 4.76 12 105.0 DH 3 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.20 3.38 2.70 0 8.0 1985 24 OAK AL 3B 34 15 37 7 5 .881 .952 1.53 2.38 2.49 2.85 19 188.0 DH 2 1986 25 MIL AL SS 2 7 8 0 2 1.000 .968 7.50 3.95 8.44 4.56 2 16.0 1987 26 MIL AL 3B 26 15 42 2 3 .966 .952 2.19 2.31 2.34 2.77 23 219.0 2B 4 1 8 0 1 1.000 .978 2.25 4.47 4.85 5.12 1 16.7 1988 27 MIL AL 2B 4 4 7 0 2 1.000 .982 2.75 4.40 7.07 5.14 2 14.0 3B 4 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.25 2.35 0.69 2.70 1 13.0 1989 28 NYY AL 3B 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 2.34 1.00 2.75 2 18.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1987 26 MIL AL 2B 4 1 8 0 1 1.000 .978 2.25 4.47 4.85 5.12 1 16.7 1988 27 MIL AL 2B 4 4 7 0 2 1.000 .982 2.75 4.40 7.07 5.14 2 14.0 1984 23 OAK AL 3B 2 1 2 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.20 3.38 2.70 0 8.0 1985 24 OAK AL 3B 34 15 37 7 5 .881 .952 1.53 2.38 2.49 2.85 19 188.0 1987 26 MIL AL 3B 26 15 42 2 3 .966 .952 2.19 2.31 2.34 2.77 23 219.0 1988 27 MIL AL 3B 4 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000 0.25 2.35 0.69 2.70 1 13.0 1989 28 NYY AL 3B 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 .952 0.40 2.34 1.00 2.75 2 18.0 1984 23 OAK AL DH 3 1985 24 OAK AL DH 2 1984 23 OAK AL SS 17 14 33 5 5 .904 .961 2.76 3.93 4.03 4.76 12 105.0 1986 25 MIL AL SS 2 7 8 0 2 1.000 .968 7.50 3.95 8.44 4.56 2 16.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 71 32 83 10 8 .920 .952 1.62 2.35 2.32 2.80 45 446.0 SS* 19 21 41 5 7 .925 .963 3.26 3.93 4.61 4.73 14 121.0 2B* 8 5 15 0 3 1.000 .980 2.50 4.44 5.86 5.13 3 30.7 DH 5 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 98 58 139 15 18 .929 .958 2.01 2.82 2.96 3.31 62 598
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

January 13, 1981: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft.

March 30, 1986: Traded by the Oakland Athletics with Mike Fulmer (minors), Pete Kendrick (minors), and Charlie O'Brien to the Milwaukee Brewers for Moose Haas.

October 15, 1988: Granted Free Agency.

November 26, 1988: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

October 4, 1989: Released by the New York Yankees.

November 17, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1989New York Yankees$95,000
Career (may be incomplete)$95,000

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