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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
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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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1990 20 ATL NL 3 11 .214 5.64 21 20 1 1 1 0 99.0 121 79 62 7 45 2 75 2 1 5 466 71 1.677 11.0 0.6 4.1 6.8 1.67
1991 21 ATL NL 18 8 .692 3.38 35 35 0 3 1 0 210.1 189 89 79 21 65 0 137 3 1 4 868 116 1.208 8.1 0.9 2.8 5.9 2.11 CYA-6
1992 22 ATL NL 11 11 .500 3.20 35 35 0 2 2 0 233.2 216 95 83 14 71 3 129 0 3 7 969 115 1.228 8.3 0.5 2.7 5.0 1.82
1993 23 ATL NL 18 6 .750 2.94 35 35 0 3 1 0 223.1 216 81 73 14 43 5 125 0 1 3 891 138 1.160 8.7 0.6 1.7 5.0 2.91 AS
1994 24 ATL NL 8 3 .727 4.04 24 24 0 1 0 0 151.2 127 71 68 15 55 4 122 4 2 5 628 105 1.200 7.5 0.9 3.3 7.2 2.22
1995 25 ATL NL 7 13 .350 4.67 29 29 0 3 1 0 173.1 165 92 90 22 52 4 141 6 0 3 724 91 1.252 8.6 1.1 2.7 7.3 2.71
1996 26 ATL NL 7 10 .412 4.47 24 23 0 1 0 0 131.0 146 70 65 10 40 8 86 4 0 5 567 98 1.420 10.0 0.7 2.7 5.9 2.15
1997 27 BOS AL 6 7 .462 6.42 22 18 1 0 0 0 96.2 127 76 69 15 49 0 51 2 0 4 453 73 1.821 11.8 1.4 4.6 4.7 1.04
1998 28 BOS AL 10 7 .588 5.02 34 23 4 0 0 0 123.2 128 74 69 14 64 0 57 4 0 7 546 94 1.553 9.3 1.0 4.7 4.1 0.89
1999 29 CIN NL 6 7 .462 5.16 19 19 0 0 0 0 96.0 75 62 55 11 78 0 51 1 1 4 426 91 1.594 7.0 1.0 7.3 4.8 0.65
2003 33 DET AL 2 0 1.000 5.62 19 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 19 11 10 5 7 1 6 0 0 0 71 77 1.625 10.7 2.8 3.9 3.4 0.86
11 Seasons 96 83 .536 4.19 297 261 11 14 6 0 1554.2 1529 800 723 148 569 27 980 26 9 47 6609 100 1.349 8.9 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.72
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .536 4.19 36 32 1 2 1 0 189 186 97 88 18 69 3 119 3 1 6 805 100 1.349 8.9 0.9 3.3 5.7 1.72
ATL (7 yrs) 72 62 .537 3.83 203 201 1 14 6 0 1222.1 1180 577 520 103 371 26 815 19 8 32 5113 106 1.269 8.7 0.8 2.7 6.0 2.20
BOS (2 yrs) 16 14 .533 5.64 56 41 5 0 0 0 220.1 255 150 138 29 113 0 108 6 0 11 999 83 1.670 10.4 1.2 4.6 4.4 0.96
CIN (1 yr) 6 7 .462 5.16 19 19 0 0 0 0 96.0 75 62 55 11 78 0 51 1 1 4 426 91 1.594 7.0 1.0 7.3 4.8 0.65
DET (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 5.62 19 0 5 0 0 0 16.0 19 11 10 5 7 1 6 0 0 0 71 77 1.625 10.7 2.8 3.9 3.4 0.86
NL (8 yrs) 78 69 .531 3.93 222 220 1 14 6 0 1318.1 1255 639 575 114 449 26 866 20 9 36 5539 104 1.293 8.6 0.8 3.1 5.9 1.93
AL (3 yrs) 18 14 .563 5.64 75 41 10 0 0 0 236.1 274 161 148 34 120 1 114 6 0 11 1070 83 1.667 10.4 1.3 4.6 4.3 0.95

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1991 21 ATL NL NLCS W PIT 2 0 1.000 0.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 16.1 9 0 0 0 4 0 17 0 0 0 58 0.796 5.0 0.0 2.2 9.4 4.25
1991 21 ATL NL WS L MIN 0 0 3.46 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 10 6 5 1 1 0 8 0 0 0 51 0.846 6.9 0.7 0.7 5.5 8.00
1992 22 ATL NL NLCS W PIT 1 1 .500 9.00 3 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 13 8 8 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 38 1.875 14.6 0.0 2.3 3.4 1.50
1992 22 ATL NL WS L TOR 0 1 .000 3.75 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.0 11 5 5 3 3 0 11 0 0 0 48 1.167 8.3 2.3 2.3 8.3 3.67
1993 23 ATL NL NLCS L PHI 0 0 2.77 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.0 9 5 4 1 6 3 10 0 0 2 54 1.154 6.2 0.7 4.2 6.9 1.67
1995 25 ATL NL NLDS W COL 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
1995 25 ATL NL NLCS W CIN 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 22 1.000 3.0 0.0 6.0 9.0 1.50
1995 25 ATL NL WS W CLE 1 0 1.000 1.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 3 1 1 1 5 1 3 0 1 0 25 1.333 4.5 1.5 7.5 4.5 0.60
1996 26 ATL NL NLCS W STL 0 0 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 4.5 1.00
1996 26 ATL NL WS L NYY 0 1 .000 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 6 6.000 13.5 0.0 40.5 0.0 0.00
5 Seasons (10 Series) 5 3 .625 2.90 18 12 2 0 0 0 77.2 61 28 25 6 29 5 60 0 1 3 312 1.159 7.1 0.7 3.4 7.0 2.07
1 NLDS 0 0 13.50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1.500 13.5 0.0 0.0 13.5
5 NLCS 4 1 .800 2.38 11 7 2 0 0 0 45.1 35 13 12 1 17 3 37 0 0 3 179 1.147 6.9 0.2 3.4 7.3 2.18
4 WS 1 2 .333 3.41 6 5 0 0 0 0 31.2 25 14 12 5 12 2 22 0 1 0 130 1.168 7.1 1.4 3.4 6.3 1.83

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1990 20 ATL NL 21 32 30 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .133 .133 .133 .267 -28 4 1 0 2 0 0 1
1991 21 ATL NL 37 88 79 4 17 1 1 0 2 1 0 4 31 .215 .253 .253 .506 40 20 1 0 5 0 0 1 CYA-6
1992 22 ATL NL 35 88 76 8 13 2 1 0 4 0 1 3 22 .171 .203 .224 .426 18 17 0 0 9 0 0 1
1993 23 ATL NL 35 85 75 4 12 4 0 0 5 0 0 2 19 .160 .182 .213 .395 5 16 1 0 8 0 0 1 AS
1994 24 ATL NL 24 58 49 4 5 2 0 0 5 0 0 1 16 .102 .115 .143 .258 -33 7 0 0 6 2 0 1
1995 25 ATL NL 29 63 53 4 11 1 1 2 4 0 0 1 17 .208 .218 .377 .596 52 20 0 0 8 1 0 1
1996 26 ATL NL 24 50 46 5 11 4 1 2 11 0 0 1 12 .239 .245 .500 .745 86 23 1 0 1 2 0 1
1997 27 BOS AL 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 28 BOS AL 6 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1999 29 CIN NL 17 28 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .077 .077 .077 .154 -61 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
2003 33 DET AL 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 450 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Seasons 232 495 437 35 76 14 4 4 32 1 1 12 135 .174 .194 .252 .446 18 110 4 0 41 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 346 305 24 53 10 3 3 22 1 1 8 94 .174 .194 .252 .446 18 77 3 0 29 3 0
ATL (7 yrs) 205 464 408 30 73 14 4 4 31 1 1 12 124 .179 .200 .262 .462 23 107 4 0 39 5 0
BOS (2 yrs) 8 2 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 17 28 26 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .077 .077 .077 .154 -61 2 0 0 2 0 0
DET (1 yr) 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 450 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 222 492 434 31 75 14 4 4 32 1 1 12 135 .173 .193 .251 .444 17 109 4 0 41 5 0
AL (3 yrs) 10 3 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 77 1 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1991 21 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 .286 1 0 0 0 0 0
1991 21 ATL NL WS MIN L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 22 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 1 0
1992 22 ATL NL WS TOR L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 23 ATL NL NLCS PHI L 2 4 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 3 0 0 0 0 0
1995 25 ATL NL NLDS COL W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 25 ATL NL NLCS CIN W 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1996 26 ATL NL NLCS STL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 26 ATL NL WS NYY L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons (9 Series) 15 20 19 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 .211 .200 .263 .463 5 0 0 0 1 0
1 NLDS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 NLCS 11 16 15 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .267 .250 .333 .583 5 0 0 0 1 0
3 WS 3 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1993 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1991-NL-NLCS MVP

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1991-NL--6--1%
0.01 Career Shares (260th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1993 NL--2.942--5th

Wins s c a p y
1991 NL--18--3rd
1993 NL--18--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1991 NL--.692--4th
1993 NL--.750--5th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1993 NL--1.160--7th
1994 NL--1.200--8th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 NL--7.536--5th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL--1.733--4th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL--7.321--9th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1992 NL--233.7--5th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1994 NL--122--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1991 NL--35--5th
1992 NL--35--1st
1993 NL--35--4th
1994 NL--24--7th

Complete Games s c a p y
1995 NL--3--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1991 NL--21--6th
1995 NL--22--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1992 NL--71--10th
1994 NL--55--9th

Hits s c a p y
1992 NL--216--7th
1993 NL--216--10th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1993 NL--2.907--8th
1995 NL--2.712--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1993 NL--.564--7th

Losses s c a p y
1995 NL--13--5th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1995 NL--90--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1992 NL--969--4th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1993 NL--138--5th

Youngest s c a p y
1990 NL--born 1970-04-14--1st
1991 NL--born 1970-04-14--3rd
1992 NL--born 1970-04-14--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 38 (655), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 31 (418), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1092), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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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.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
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.

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