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Steve Comer

Steven Michael Comer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 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
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Indians/Phillies 1978-1984

Final Game: September 15, 1984
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:01AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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 2 479 165 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 2 330 135 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 73 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 96 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 96 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 73 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) AL 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) 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 73 1.615 11.4 0.0 3.1 1.0 0.33

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1978 24 TEX AL 117.1 11 36 60 1 1.1 24 2.8 $
1979 25 TEX AL 242.1 36 114 138 10 1.1 24 2.6 $
1980 26 TEX AL 41.2 11 41 28 -3 1.0 -13 -1.4 $
1981 27 TEX AL 77.1 1 25 36 3 1.3 11 0.9 $
1982 28 TEX AL 97.0 3 64 58 -2 1.0 -6 -1.1 $
1983 29 PHI NL 8.2 1 6 5 0 .8 -1 -0.1 $
1984 30 CLE AL 117.1 20 80 70 -1 1.0 -10 -1.0 $
7 Seasons 701.2 83 366 395 8 1.1 29 2.7 $
TEX (5 yrs) 575.2 62 280 320 9 1.1 40 3.8 $
PHI (1 yr) 8.2 1 6 5 0 .8 -1 -0.1 $
CLE (1 yr) 117.1 20 80 70 -1 1.0 -10 -1.0 $

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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
1978 24 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 25 TEX AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 26 TEX AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 27 TEX AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 28 TEX AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 29 PHI NL 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1984 30 CLE AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 176 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
TEX (5 yrs) 151 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 173 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (1 yr) 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1983 29 PHI NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1 Season 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
1978 TEX AL 24 P 30 11 3 117.1 29 8 20 1 0 .966 2.15 0.93 .954 1.90 1.88 3 7 70% 2
1979 TEX AL 25 P 36 36 6 242.1 61 19 38 4 0 .934 2.12 1.58 .949 1.92 1.89 9 6 40% 1
1980 TEX AL 26 P 12 11 0 41.2 12 6 5 1 1 .917 2.38 0.92 .957 1.86 1.85 1 3 75% 0
1981 TEX AL 27 P 36 1 0 77.1 24 5 18 1 2 .958 2.68 0.64 .963 1.98 1.98 1 2 67% 0
1982 TEX AL 28 P 37 3 1 97.0 19 3 15 1 1 .947 1.67 0.49 .958 1.80 1.80 7 4 36% 0
1983 PHI NL 29 P 3 1 0 8.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.08 0.67 .950 1.97 1.90 2 1 33% 0
1984 CLE AL 30 P 22 20 1 117.1 28 7 20 1 1 .964 2.07 1.23 .958 1.79 1.78 6 4 40% 1
7 Seasons P 176 83 11 701.2 175 50 116 9 5 .949 2.13 0.94 .955 1.88 1.87 29 27 48% 4
7 Seasons TOT 176 83 11 701.2 175 50 116 9 5 .949 2.13 0.94 .955 1.88 1.87 29 27 48% 4
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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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)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1978 AL  .688 (8th)

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  1,021 (10th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1407), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1694), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 5 (1383), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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