Steve Comer
Steven Michael Comer
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: January 13, 1954 in Minneapolis, MN
High School: Minnetonka (Minnetonka, MN)
School: University of Minnesota
Signed by the Texas Rangers as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1978
Final Game: September 15, 1984
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Standard Pitching

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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
1978 24 TEX AL 11 5 .688 2.30 30 11 14 3 2 1 117.1 107 36 30 5 37 3 65 1 0 2 479 164 1.227 8.2 0.4 2.8 5.0 1.76
1979 25 TEX AL 17 12 .586 3.68 36 36 0 6 1 0 242.1 230 114 99 24 84 4 86 8 0 7 1021 113 1.296 8.5 0.9 3.1 3.2 1.02
1980 26 TEX AL 2 4 .333 7.99 12 11 0 0 0 0 41.2 65 41 37 5 22 0 9 2 0 0 205 49 2.088 14.0 1.1 4.8 1.9 0.41
1981 27 TEX AL 8 2 .800 2.56 36 1 22 0 0 6 77.1 70 25 22 1 31 8 22 1 0 2 330 134 1.306 8.1 0.1 3.6 2.6 0.71
1982 28 TEX AL 1 6 .143 5.10 37 3 22 1 0 6 97.0 133 64 55 11 36 9 23 2 0 3 441 76 1.742 12.3 1.0 3.3 2.1 0.64
1983 29 PHI NL 1 0 1.000 5.19 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 11 6 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 38 69 1.615 11.4 0.0 3.1 1.0 0.33
1984 30 CLE AL 4 8 .333 5.68 22 20 0 1 0 0 117.1 146 80 74 11 39 2 39 4 0 2 530 73 1.577 11.2 0.8 3.0 3.0 1.00
7 Seasons 44 37 .543 4.13 176 83 58 11 3 13 701.2 762 366 322 57 252 26 245 18 0 16 3044 95 1.445 9.8 0.7 3.2 3.1 0.97
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .543 4.13 46 22 15 3 1 3 184 200 96 85 15 66 7 64 5 0 4 799 95 1.445 9.8 0.7 3.2 3.1 0.97
TEX (5 yrs) 39 29 .574 3.80 151 62 58 10 3 13 575.2 605 280 243 46 210 24 205 14 0 14 2476 103 1.416 9.5 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.98
PHI (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.19 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 11 6 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 38 69 1.615 11.4 0.0 3.1 1.0 0.33
CLE (1 yr) 4 8 .333 5.68 22 20 0 1 0 0 117.1 146 80 74 11 39 2 39 4 0 2 530 73 1.577 11.2 0.8 3.0 3.0 1.00
AL (6 yrs) 43 37 .538 4.12 173 82 58 11 3 13 693.0 751 360 317 57 249 26 244 18 0 16 3006 96 1.443 9.8 0.7 3.2 3.2 0.98
NL (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.19 3 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 11 6 5 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 38 69 1.615 11.4 0.0 3.1 1.0 0.33

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1978 24 TEX AL 30 479 430 36 107 19 4 5 3 7 37 65 .249 .309 .347 .655 .282 149 9 1 9 2 3
1979 25 TEX AL 36 1021 914 114 230 50 8 24 9 6 84 86 .252 .319 .403 .722 .255 368 20 8 12 3 4
1980 26 TEX AL 12 205 177 41 65 9 2 5 1 3 22 9 .367 .441 .525 .966 .366 93 7 2 3 1 0
1981 27 TEX AL 36 330 290 25 70 8 3 1 1 2 31 22 .241 .313 .300 .613 .255 87 10 1 4 4 8
1982 28 TEX AL 37 441 389 64 133 23 2 11 7 4 36 23 .342 .395 .496 .891 .338 193 15 2 8 6 9
1983 29 PHI NL 3 38 35 6 11 2 0 0 2 1 3 1 .314 .368 .371 .740 .324 13 1 0 0 0 0
1984 30 CLE AL 22 530 473 80 146 33 5 11 6 4 39 39 .309 .360 .469 .829 .313 222 11 4 5 9 2
7 Seasons 176 3044 2708 366 762 144 24 57 29 27 252 245 .281 .344 .415 .759 .290 1125 73 18 41 25 26
162 Game Avg. 46 799 711 96 200 38 6 15 8 7 66 64 .281 .344 .415 .759 .290 295 19 5 11 7 7
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 24 TEX AL 30 11 6 3 2 0 1 7 4 .636 1 0 3 2 9 82% 55 82 18 10 3 3 4 5.8 4.6 6.8
1979 25 TEX AL 36 36 17 12 7 1 3 19 17 .528 2 1 6 1 24 67% 51 80 18 42 12 11 6 4.4 4.5 6.7
1980 26 TEX AL 12 11 2 4 5 2 0 6 5 .545 0 4 0 0 0 0% 35 57 23 13 4 0 6 6.8 5.0 3.7
1981 27 TEX AL 36 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 41 41 41 17 4 1 0 0.0 0.0 5.0
1982 28 TEX AL 37 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 .333 0 0 1 0 1 33% 44 64 27 15 6 0 1 3.2 3.5 7.9
1983 29 PHI NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 1 100% 42 42 42 0 0 0 1 9.0 3.6 6.0
1984 30 CLE AL 22 20 4 8 8 0 3 7 13 .350 2 5 1 0 9 45% 42 68 17 25 11 4 9 3.9 3.3 5.6
7 Seasons 176 83 31 30 22 3 7 41 42 .494 5 11 11 3 44 53% 47 82 17 122 40 19 27 4.7 4.2 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 24 TEX AL 30 19 14 5 2 3 1 2 33% 3 0 19 7 37% 7 1.152 7 4 6 6 4 9 10 9 13 2 14 3 6.7
1980 26 TEX AL 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 5 1.029 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2.0
1981 27 TEX AL 36 35 22 8 1 9 6 3 67% 10 1 45 16 36% 6 1.369 15 14 6 12 6 17 25 10 22 7 25 4 6.2
1982 28 TEX AL 37 34 22 0 4 8 6 2 75% 10 1 52 22 42% 6 1.068 14 6 13 11 4 19 28 6 24 8 25 4 6.5
1983 29 PHI NL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.900 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 1 4.0
1984 30 CLE AL 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0.968 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 9.5
6 Seasons 140 93 58 13 7 20 13 7 65% 23 2 118 47 40% 1.104 36 25 29 29 14 50 65 28 62 18 67 12 6.4

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1978 24 TEX AL 479 51% 1.0% 13.6% 7.7% 5.9% 26% 1.54 76% 79 9 11%
1979 25 TEX AL 1021 47% 2.4% 8.4% 8.2% 8.0% 36% 1.29 79% 173 20 12%
1980 26 TEX AL 205 65% 2.4% 4.4% 10.7% 7.8% 25% 1.24 80% 58 7 12%
1981 27 TEX AL 330 51% 0.3% 6.7% 9.4% 3.6% 17% 1.67 82% 84 10 12%
1982 28 TEX AL 441 42% 2.5% 5.2% 8.2% 8.2% 27% 1.30 82% 94 15 16%
1983 29 PHI NL 38 79% 0.0% 2.6% 7.9% 5.3% 18% 2.29 89% 10 1 10%
1984 30 CLE AL 530 53% 2.1% 7.4% 7.4% 9.3% 34% 0.99 82% 110 11 10%
7 Seasons 3044 50% 1.9% 8.1% 8.3% 7.4% 30% 1.31 80% 608 73 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1978 24 TEX AL 479 107 5 0 13 2 3 4 1 21 9 3 43% 6 2 0 167 3 7 30% 2 6 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 0
1979 25 TEX AL 1021 230 24 0 9 13 11 14 10 34 21 4 62% 15 7 1 363 9 6 60% 9 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 10 0
1980 26 TEX AL 205 65 5 1 3 2 3 4 1 13 9 1 69% 4 0 0 97 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 27 TEX AL 330 70 1 1 20 0 1 0 1 30 14 3 47% 6 2 0 141 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1982 28 TEX AL 441 133 11 1 22 4 7 4 7 41 27 1 66% 4 3 0 192 7 4 64% 7 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 11 0
1983 29 PHI NL 38 11 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 16 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 30 CLE AL 530 146 11 0 9 8 3 6 5 36 24 3 67% 8 2 0 216 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
7 Seasons 3044 762 57 3 77 29 28 32 25 177 106 15 60% 44 16 1 1192 29 27 52% 28 25 1 1 0 1 9 0 44 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1978 24 11 5 .688 2.30 30 11 14 3 2 1 117.1 107 36 30 5 37 3 65 1 0 2 479 164 1.227 8.2 0.4 2.8 5.0 1.76 164
1979 25 28 17 .622 3.23 66 47 14 9 3 1 359.2 337 150 129 29 121 7 151 9 0 9 1500 125 1.273 8.4 0.7 3.0 3.8 1.25 125
1980 26 30 21 .588 3.72 78 58 14 9 3 1 401.1 402 191 166 34 143 7 160 11 0 9 1705 108 1.358 9.0 0.8 3.2 3.6 1.12 108
1981 27 38 23 .623 3.53 114 59 36 9 3 7 478.2 472 216 188 35 174 15 182 12 0 11 2035 111 1.350 8.9 0.7 3.3 3.4 1.05 111
1982 28 39 29 .574 3.80 151 62 58 10 3 13 575.2 605 280 243 46 210 24 205 14 0 14 2476 103 1.416 9.5 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.98 103
1983 29 40 29 .580 3.82 154 63 58 10 3 13 584.1 616 286 248 46 213 24 206 14 0 14 2514 102 1.419 9.5 0.7 3.3 3.2 0.97 102
1984 30 44 37 .543 4.13 176 83 58 11 3 13 701.2 762 366 322 57 252 26 245 18 0 16 3044 95 1.445 9.8 0.7 3.2 3.1 0.97 95

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1978 24 8 4 .667 2.81 109.0 112 38 34 5 39 60 1 1.385 9.2 3.2 5.0 1.54 0.4 30
1979 25 13 12 .520 3.94 233.0 235 113 102 25 86 83 8 1.378 9.1 3.3 3.2 0.97 1.0 36
1980 26 1 3 .250 9.47 38.0 67 44 40 5 23 8 2 2.368 15.9 5.4 1.9 0.35 1.2 12
1981 27 7 5 .583 3.27 110.0 116 44 40 2 51 31 2 1.518 9.5 4.2 2.5 0.61 0.2 36
1982 28 3 6 .333 6.31 87.0 139 68 61 11 38 21 2 2.034 14.4 3.9 2.2 0.55 1.1 37
1983 29 0 0 6.75 8.0 12 7 6 0 3 1 0 1.875 13.5 3.4 1.1 0.33 0.0 3
1984 30 4 8 .333 6.05 113.0 148 84 76 11 40 38 4 1.664 11.8 3.2 3.0 0.95 0.9 22
7 Seasons 36 38 .486 4.63 698.0 829 398 359 59 280 242 19 1.589 10.7 3.1 0.86 0.8 176

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1979 AL--17--5th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1979 AL--242.3--10th

Games Started s c a p y
1979 AL--36--4th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1979 AL--84--10th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 AL--8--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1979 AL--1021--10th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 8 (1567), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1632), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1352), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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