Steve Avery
Steven Thomas Avery
All-Star Player
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 14, 1970 in Trenton, MI
High School: Kennedy (Taylor, MI)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 30, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 13, 1990
Final Game: July 20, 2003
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1990 ATL NL 20 P 21 20 99.0 28 4 22 2 0 .929 2.36 1.24 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 ATL NL 21 P 35 35 210.1 41 9 31 1 2 .976 1.71 1.14 .954 1.86 0.59 CYA-6
1992 ATL NL 22 P 35 35 233.2 55 16 36 3 1 .945 2.00 1.49 .955 1.94 0.60
1993 ATL NL 23 P 35 35 223.1 51 4 47 0 2 1.000 2.06 1.46 .951 1.84 0.54 AS
1994 ATL NL 24 P 24 24 151.2 31 4 26 1 0 .968 1.78 1.25 .958 1.86 0.54
1995 ATL NL 25 P 29 29 173.1 42 3 37 2 1 .952 2.08 1.38 .957 1.84 0.51
1996 ATL NL 26 P 24 23 131.0 36 8 26 2 0 .944 2.34 1.42 .956 1.84 0.52
1997 BOS AL 27 P 22 18 96.2 19 0 19 0 1 1.000 1.77 0.86 .953 1.71 0.49
1998 BOS AL 28 P 34 23 123.2 47 7 39 1 5 .979 3.35 1.35 .957 1.78 0.50
1999 CIN NL 29 P 19 19 96.0 21 4 16 1 0 .952 1.88 1.05 .952 1.72 0.48
2003 DET AL 33 P 19 0 16.0 7 4 3 0 1 1.000 3.94 0.37 .957 1.74 0.49
11 Seasons P 297 261 1554.2 378 63 302 13 13 .966 2.11 1.23 .955 1.84 0.54
11 Seasons TOT 297 261 1554.2 378 63 302 13 13 .966 2.11 1.23 .921 1.84 0.54

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1990 ATL NL 20 21 20 21 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 ATL NL 21 37 35 37 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1992 ATL NL 22 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 ATL NL 23 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 ATL NL 24 24 24 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 ATL NL 25 29 29 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 ATL NL 26 24 23 24 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 BOS AL 27 24 0 2 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
1998 BOS AL 28 39 1 6 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
1999 CIN NL 29 19 17 17 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 DET AL 33 19 0 2 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Seasons 306 219 232 297 297 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1990 ATL NL 20 497 76% 30% 22 86% 1 4 0 4 22 18 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 11 82%
1991 ATL NL 21 910 77% 34% 28 96% 0 9 0 7 31 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 6 100%
1992 ATL NL 22 1029 81% 33% 34 94% 0 16 2 10 36 26 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 7 86%
1993 ATL NL 23 943 82% 35% 35 91% 0 4 2 1 46 26 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 5 100%
1994 ATL NL 24 655 72% 32% 26 85% 1 4 0 3 25 20 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1995 ATL NL 25 770 74% 31% 28 86% 0 3 0 3 37 22 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1996 ATL NL 26 586 78% 33% 25 92% 0 8 1 7 27 16 2 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1997 BOS AL 27 464 78% 31% 18 94% 1 0 0 0 19 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1998 BOS AL 28 569 78% 35% 37 95% 3 7 2 3 40 27 3 1 0 0 1 0 5 3 4 1 10 90%
1999 CIN NL 29 452 71% 28% 14 93% 0 4 1 3 16 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 100%
2003 DET AL 33 72 82% 42% 4 100% 0 4 2 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 100%
11 Seasons 6947 77% 32% 271 92% 6 63 10 43 302 204 14 13 1 3 9 6 13 8 10 3 57 88%
MLB Averages 75% 31% 90% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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