Steve Bieser

Steven Ray Bieser

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 4, 1967 in Perryville, MO
High School: St. Genevieve HS (St. Genevieve, MO)
School: Southeast Missouri State University (Cape Girardeau, MO)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 32nd round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 1, 1997
Teams (by GP): Mets/Pirates 1997-1998

Final Game: July 28, 1998
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Standard Batting

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
1989	21	PHI-min	A-	25	93	75	13	18	3	1	1	13	2	1	12	20	.240	.352	.347	.698		26	1	2	2	2	0		BAT · NYPL
1990	22	PHI-min	A-	54	191	160	36	37	11	1	0	12	13	2	26	28	.231	.339	.313	.651		50		1	2	2	1		BAT · NYPL
1991	23	PHI-min	A	60	209	168	25	41	6	0	0	13	17	4	31	35	.244	.366	.280	.646		47	4	3	4	3	0		SPB · SALL
1992	24	PHI-min	A+,AA	106	412	342	53	96	11	9	0	18	16	11	45	53	.281	.385	.365	.750		125	5	13	12	0	3		CLW,REA · FLOR,EL
1993	25	PHI-min	AA,AAA	79	275	253	24	74	10	3	1	23	12	5	17	38	.292	.344	.368	.712		93	2	3	2	0	1		REA,SWB · EL,IL
1994	26	PHI-min	AAA	93	256	228	42	61	13	1	0	15	12	8	17	40	.268	.329	.333	.663		76	2	5	4	2	1		SWB · IL
1995	27	PHI-min	AAA	95	285	245	37	66	12	6	1	33	14	5	22	56	.269	.351	.380	.731		93	5	10	6	2	1		SWB · IL
1996	28	WSN-min	AAA	123	448	382	63	123	24	4	1	32	27	7	35	55	.322	.386	.414	.799		158	6	6	23	2	4		OTT · IL
1997	29	NYM-min	AAA	41	138	122	6	20	5	0	0	4	4	3	9	20	.164	.250	.205	.455		25	1	5	2	0	0		NFK · IL
1997	29	NYM	NL	47	81	69	16	17	3	0	0	4	2	3	7	20	.246	.346	.290	.636	71	20	0	4	0	1	1	8/729
1998	30	PIT-min	AAA	82	259	206	30	53	11	4	1	24	13	2	33	30	.257	.376	.364	.741		75	4	10	4	6	1		NVL · PCL
1998	30	PIT	NL	13	13	11	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.273	.385	.364	.748	97	4	1	0	0	0	0	/7
1999	31	STL-PIT-min	AAA,AA	104	394	341	52	90	19	4	8	42	11	4	39	66	.264	.352	.413	.766		141	4	8	5	1	0		NVL,MEM,ATO · PCL,EL
2000	32	STL-min	AAA	94	309	262	41	67	11	3	0	14	10	3	35	29	.256	.357	.321	.678		84	2	7	4	1	2		MEM · PCL
2001	33	STL-min	AAA	7	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.200	.000	.200		0	1	1	0	0	0		MEM · PCL
2 Yrs				60	94	80	18	20	4	0	0	5	2	3	9	22	.250	.351	.300	.651	75	24	1	4	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	254	216	49	54	11	0	0	14	5	8	24	59	.250	.351	.300	.651	75	65	3	11	0	3	3

NYM (1 yr)				47	81	69	16	17	3	0	0	4	2	3	7	20	.246	.346	.290	.636	71	20	0	4	0	1	1
PIT (1 yr)				13	13	11	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.273	.385	.364	.748	97	4	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1997	29	NYM	NL	47	81	-2	-0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	2	-0	0.0	.494	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$150,000	8/729
1998	30	PIT	NL	13	13	0	-0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/7
2 Seasons				60	94	-2	-1	0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$150,000

NYM (1 yr)				47	81	-2	-0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	2	-0	0.0	.494	.498	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$150,000
PIT (1 yr)				13	13	0	-0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1997	29	NYM	NL	81	56	7	3.4	106	.340	.246	.267	.346	.338	.290	.419	.636	.757	71	.335	-2.3	-0.2	.545	.130	.043	.0
1998	30	PIT	NL	13	9	1	3.0	109	.333	.273	.271	.385	.342	.364	.428	.748	.770	97	.290	0.1	0.0	.667	.273	.091
2 Yrs				94	65	8	3.3	106	.339	.250	.267	.351	.339	.300	.420	.651	.759	75	.329	-2.2	-0.2	.563	.150	.050	.0
162 Game Avg.				254	176	22	3.3	106	.339	.250	.267	.351	.339	.300	.420	.651	.759	75	.329	-2.2	-0.2	.563	.150	.050

NYM (1 yr)				81	56	7	3.3	106	.340	.246	.267	.346	.338	.290	.419	.636	.757	71	.335	-2.3	-0.2	.545	.130	.043	.0
PIT (1 yr)				13	9	1	3.0	109	.333	.273	.271	.385	.342	.364	.428	.748	.770	97	.291	0.1	0.0	.667	.273	.091

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1997	29	NYM	NL	81	0.0%	24.7%	8.6%	3.7%	18%	2.86	3.5		17.3	0.81	0.78	62%	20%	0.0%	19%
1998	30	PIT	NL	13	0.0%	15.4%	15.4%	7.7%	33%	1.00	5.5		11.0	1.25	6.00	69%	22%	0.0%	0%
2 Yrs				94	0.0%	23.4%	9.6%	4.3%	20%	2.44	3.6		16.0	0.87	1.05	63%	20%	0.0%	17%
MLB Averages					2.7%	17.0%	8.8%	7.8%	33%	1.93	5.2	33.2	7.6	0.82	1.10	70%	21%	8.1%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1997	29	NYM	NL	-2.3	-0.2	90	-0.1	1.2	-1.3	.97	-0.3	0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.93	-1.8	0.75	22
1998	30	PIT	NL	0.1	0.0	13	-0.2	0.2	-0.3	1.02	0.0	-0.2	0.3	0.0	0.87	-0.2	0.84	10
2 Yrs				-2.2	-0.2	103	-0.3	1.4	-1.6	.97	-0.3	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.92	-2.0	0.78	32

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1997	29	NYM	NL	1	57%	54	2	3	40%	1	3	1	1	0	10	28%	11	7	4	1	1	6	5	1
1998	30	PIT	NL	0	40%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				1	55%	61	2	3	40%	1	3	1	1	1	10	30%	13	8	5	1	1	6	5	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1997	29	NYM	NL	81	98%	17	3	0	22	3	0	0	0.75	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	5	2	40%	36	4	11%	5	2	40%	2	0	0%	0
1998	30	PIT	NL	13	100%	3	1	0	10	3	0	1	0.84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				94	98%	20	4	0	32	6	0	1	0.78	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	6	2	33%	43	5	12%	6	3	50%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			72%			10%			34%			15%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	29	NYM	NL	74	295	3.99	183	62%	34%	13%	27%	26%	66%	4%	41%	80%	16%	7%	5	1	14%	10	4	9%	7	4	33%	7	0	0
1998	30	PIT	NL	13	48	3.69	30	63%	30%	10%	30%	30%	70%	0%	44%	86%	46%	8%	1	0	15%	2	0	8%	1	1	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				87	343	3.94	213	62%	33%	13%	28%	26%	67%	3%	41%	81%	21%	7%	6	1	14%	12	4	9%	8	5	29%	7	0	0
MLB Averages						3.71		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	79%	30%	5%			16%			9%			29%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1997	29	47	81	69	16	17	3	0	0	4	2	3	7	20	.246	.346	.290	.636	71	20	0	4	0	1	1
1998	30	60	94	80	18	20	4	0	0	5	2	3	9	22	.250	.351	.300	.651	75	24	1	4	0	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1997	29	47	80	68	15	16	3	4	2	7	20	.235	.338	.279	.617	6	47
1998	30	13	11	10	1	2	1	1	0	1	2	.200	.273	.300	.573	1	13
2 Yrs		60	91	78	16	18	4	5	2	8	22	.231	.330	.282	.612	7	60
162 Game Avg.		162	246	211	43	49	11	14	5	22	59	.231	.330	.282	.612	19	60

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