Steve Boros
Stephen Boros Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 3, 1936 in Flint, MI
High School: Northern (Flint, MI)
School: University of Michigan
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1957
Final Game: May 8, 1965
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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
1957 20 DET AL 24 42 41 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .146 .167 .171 .337 -8 7 2 0 0 0 0 /56
1958 21 DET AL 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /4
1961 24 DET AL 116 485 396 51 107 18 2 5 62 4 2 68 42 .270 .382 .364 .746 99 144 8 8 6 7 2 *5
1962 25 DET AL 116 417 356 46 81 14 1 16 47 3 1 53 62 .228 .331 .407 .738 96 145 7 3 3 2 3 5/4
1963 26 CHC NL 41 104 90 9 19 5 1 3 7 0 2 12 19 .211 .304 .389 .693 94 35 1 0 2 0 0 39
1964 27 CIN NL 117 423 370 31 95 12 3 2 31 4 1 47 43 .257 .342 .322 .664 86 119 12 2 2 2 14 *5
1965 28 CIN NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /5
7 Seasons 422 1473 1255 141 308 50 7 26 149 11 6 181 174 .245 .344 .359 .702 91 450 30 13 13 11 19
162 Game Avg. 162 565 482 54 118 19 3 10 57 4 2 69 67 .245 .344 .359 .702 91 173 12 5 5 4 7
DET (4 yrs) 262 946 795 101 194 33 3 21 111 7 3 122 112 .244 .349 .372 .721 92 296 17 11 9 9 5
CIN (2 yrs) 119 423 370 31 95 12 3 2 31 4 1 47 43 .257 .342 .322 .664 86 119 12 2 2 2 14
CHC (1 yr) 41 104 90 9 19 5 1 3 7 0 2 12 19 .211 .304 .389 .693 94 35 1 0 2 0 0
AL (4 yrs) 262 946 795 101 194 33 3 21 111 7 3 122 112 .244 .349 .372 .721 92 296 17 11 9 9 5
NL (3 yrs) 160 527 460 40 114 17 4 5 38 4 3 59 62 .248 .335 .335 .669 88 154 13 2 4 2 14

Advanced Batting

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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
1957 20 DET AL 42 37 1 0.7 102 .182 .146 .266 .167 .339 .171 .402 .337 .741 -8 .036 -6.3 -0.6 .216 .049 .024
1958 21 DET AL 2 2 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .270 .000 .340 .000 .410 .000 .749 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1961 24 DET AL 485 312 61 5.2 106 .287 .270 .267 .382 .343 .364 .416 .746 .759 99 .553 3.4 0.3 .742 .270 .093 4.4
1962 25 DET AL 417 288 50 4.7 105 .232 .228 .266 .331 .339 .407 .415 .738 .754 96 .511 -2.1 -0.2 .717 .334 .180 5.1
1963 26 CHC NL 104 76 11 3.9 94 .235 .211 .261 .304 .323 .389 .390 .693 .713 94 .499 -0.7 -0.1 .608 .289 .178 .0
1964 27 CIN NL 423 292 41 3.8 96 .284 .257 .267 .342 .325 .322 .396 .664 .721 86 .463 -5.2 -0.5 .594 .200 .065 2.7
7 Seasons 1473 1007 164 4.4 102 .265 .245 .266 .344 .335 .359 .408 .702 .743 91 .497 -11.5 -1.2 .660 .261 .113 15.5
162 Game Avg. 565 387 63 4.4 102 .265 .245 .266 .344 .335 .359 .408 .702 .743 91 .497 -11.5 -1.2 .660 .261 .113 6
DET (4 yrs) 946 639 112 4.7 106 .258 .244 .267 .349 .341 .372 .415 .721 .756 92 .510 -5.6 -0.6 .697 .287 .128 10.5
CIN (2 yrs) 423 292 41 3.8 96 .284 .257 .267 .342 .325 .322 .396 .664 .721 86 .462 -5.2 -0.5 .594 .200 .065 2.7
CHC (1 yr) 104 76 11 3.9 94 .235 .211 .261 .304 .323 .389 .390 .693 .713 94 .498 -0.7 -0.1 .608 .289 .178 .0
AL (4 yrs) 946 639 112 4.7 106 .258 .244 .267 .349 .341 .372 .415 .721 .756 92 .510 -5.6 -0.6 .697 .287 .128 10.5
NL (3 yrs) 527 368 52 3.8 96 .276 .248 .266 .335 .325 .335 .395 .669 .719 88 .469 -5.9 -0.6 .597 .217 .087 4.4

Ratio Batting*

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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
1957 20 DET AL 42 0.0% 19.1% 2.4% 2.4% 17% 8.00 5.1 20.5 1.33 79%
1958 21 DET AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1961 24 DET AL 485 1.0% 8.7% 14.0% 5.2% 23% 0.62 9.4 79.2 6.4 0.66 73%
1962 25 DET AL 417 3.8% 14.9% 12.7% 7.4% 38% 1.17 5.7 22.3 7.6 0.90 67%
1963 26 CHC NL 104 2.9% 18.3% 11.5% 8.7% 47% 1.58 4.7 30.0 12.9 1.12 65%
1964 27 CIN NL 423 0.5% 10.2% 11.1% 4.0% 18% 0.91 8.6 185.0 11.9 1.39 77%
7 Seasons 1473 1.8% 11.8% 12.3% 5.6% 27% 0.96 7.2 48.3 8.4 0.95 72%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 20 DET AL 1 0 57% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1958 21 DET AL 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 24 DET AL 5 0 26% 201 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 39% 30 23 7 3 3 0 21 7 14
1962 25 DET AL 6 0 25% 105 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 6 63% 20 6 12 3 1 2 7 2 5
1963 26 CHC NL 0 0 21% 39 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 43% 3 1 2 2 2 0 2 1 1
1964 27 CIN NL 7 1 20% 159 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 50% 13 7 5 1 0 1 10 3 6
7 Seasons 19 1 24% 530 11 6 65% 11 6 0 0 0 0 2 0 14 24 49% 68 38 27 9 6 3 42 13 28
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1957 20 DET AL 42 17% 6 4 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2 20% 4 0 0% 25 2 8% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1958 21 DET AL 2 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1961 24 DET AL 485 23% 107 0 0 0 0 5 0 21 2 3 3 2 0 6 6 100% 124 8 6% 60 25 42% 393 60 15% 38 22 58% 20 7 35% 0
1962 25 DET AL 416 31% 81 8 0 0 0 2.12 16 1 14 8 8 6 10 0 4 3 75% 76 7 9% 30 7 23% 285 33 12% 24 7 29% 21 4 19% 0
1963 26 CHC NL 104 63% 19 17 2 0 1 1.72 3 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 2 2 100% 19 1 5% 11 3 27% 57 4 7% 5 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1964 27 CIN NL 424 33% 95 1 0 0 0 3.44 2 0 10 1 1 1 1 0 6 2 33% 79 12 15% 36 12 33% 288 31 11% 32 10 31% 26 9 35% 0
7 Seasons 1473 31% 308 30 2 0 1 1.66 26 1 48 13 13 10 16 0 18 13 72% 308 30 10% 142 47 33% 1051 130 12% 100 39 39% 72 21 29% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1957 20 24 42 41 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .146 .167 .171 .337 -8 7 2 0 0 0 0
1958 21 30 44 43 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .140 .159 .163 .322 -13 7 2 0 0 0 0
1959 22 30 44 43 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .140 .159 .163 .322 -13 7 2 0 0 0 0
1960 23 30 44 43 4 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 8 .140 .159 .163 .322 -13 7 2 0 0 0 0
1961 24 146 529 439 55 113 19 2 5 64 4 2 69 50 .257 .363 .344 .707 89 151 10 8 6 7 2
1962 25 262 946 795 101 194 33 3 21 111 7 3 122 112 .244 .349 .372 .721 92 296 17 11 9 9 5
1963 26 303 1050 885 110 213 38 4 24 118 7 5 134 131 .241 .345 .374 .719 92 331 18 11 11 9 5
1964 27 420 1473 1255 141 308 50 7 26 149 11 6 181 174 .245 .344 .359 .702 91 450 30 13 13 11 19
1965 28 422 1473 1255 141 308 50 7 26 149 11 6 181 174 .245 .344 .359 .702 91 450 30 13 13 11 19

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1957 20 25 44 43 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 1 8 .140 .159 .163 .322 1 24
1958 21 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 6
1961 24 116 486 400 48 111 19 2 5 59 4 71 42 .278 .391 .373 .763 58 116
1962 25 116 417 358 45 83 14 1 16 46 3 54 62 .232 .336 .411 .746 49 116
1963 26 41 104 91 10 20 5 1 3 8 0 13 19 .220 .317 .396 .713 12 41
1964 27 117 428 375 33 100 13 3 2 33 4 49 43 .267 .353 .333 .686 44 117
6 Seasons 421 1481 1269 141 320 52 7 26 148 11 188 174 .252 .352 .366 .717 164 420
162 Game Avg. 162 570 488 54 123 20 3 10 57 4 72 67 .252 .352 .366 .717 63 420

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 AL--8--5th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL--7--10th

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL--14--4th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2322), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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