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

Born: October 25, 1965 in Rock Island, IL
Schools: University of Houston, Lewis-Clark State College
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 21st round of the 1988 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1990
Final Game: October 1, 1999
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1990 SFG NL 24 C 15 14 124.0 87 75 11 1 2 .989 1.0 9.7 1 6.24 5.73 .987 6.65 5.44 1 3 12 7 37%
1991 SFG NL 25 C 78 65 578.1 433 385 41 7 5 .984 -1.0 -2.1 -1 6.63 5.46 .988 6.78 5.59 7 26 49 28 36%
1992 SFG NL 26 C 15 14 118.2 98 94 4 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.43 6.53 .991 6.67 5.68 1 6 2 2 50%
1993 FLA NL 27 C 5 4 33.1 31 28 2 1 0 .968 0.0 0.0 0 8.10 6.00 .990 6.72 5.76 0 0 4 1 20%
1995 FLA NL 29 C 46 38 346.0 325 296 24 5 3 .985 1.0 3.5 1 8.32 6.96 .989 7.40 6.34 3 10 26 12 32%
1995 FLA NL 29 1B 2 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 13.50 1.50 1.000 9.90 8.35
1996 TOT NL 30 C 40 33 300.2 252 234 18 0 4 1.000 1.0 4.0 1 7.54 6.30 .989 7.50 6.33 5 7 26 11 30%
1996 SFG NL 30 C 30 26 234.0 195 183 12 0 4 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 7.50 6.50 .989 7.50 6.33 5 7 23 9 28%
1996 SFG NL 30 1B 3 3 21.1 21 18 3 0 1 1.000 -1.2 -67.5 -1.2 -1.3 0.1 0 8.86 7.00 .990 9.62 8.33
1996 SFG NL 30 3B 2 1 7.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 5.14 2.00 .950 2.70 2.20
1996 COL NL 30 C 10 7 66.2 57 51 6 0 0 1.000 1.0 18.0 1 7.70 5.70 .989 7.51 6.33 0 0 3 2 40%
1999 ANA AL 33 C 17 15 122.0 78 73 4 1 0 .987 0.0 0.0 0 5.68 4.53 .991 6.98 6.11 5 2 9 4 31%
1999 ANA AL 33 1B 6 4 31.0 34 30 4 0 2 1.000 0.7 27.1 0.7 0.3 0.4 0 9.87 5.67 .991 9.49 8.33
1999 ANA AL 33 DH 3
7 Seasons C 216 183 1623.0 1304 1185 104 15 15 .988 2.0 1.5 2 7.15 5.97 .989 7.04 5.93 22 54 128 65 34%
3 Seasons 1B 11 7 54.1 58 51 7 0 3 1.000 -0.5 -11.0 -0.5 -1.0 0.5 0 9.61 5.27 .991 9.56 8.34
1 Season DH 3
1 Season 3B 2 1 7.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -17.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 5.14 2.00 .950 2.70 2.20
7 Seasons TOT 229 191 1684.1 1366 1238 113 15 18 .989 1.4 1.0 -0.6 -1.1 0.5 0 2 7.22 5.90 .978 7.11 6.01 22 54 128 65 34%

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1990 SFG NL 24 15 14 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 SFG NL 25 79 65 79 78 0 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1992 SFG NL 26 15 14 15 15 0 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 FLA NL 27 8 4 8 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1995 FLA NL 29 51 38 51 47 0 46 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1996 SFG NL 30 57 30 57 35 0 30 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1996 COL NL 30 10 7 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ANA AL 33 28 21 28 23 0 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0
7 Seasons 263 193 263 228 0 216 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 40 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1990 SFG NL 24 571 5.08 5.44 2 100% 0 0 76 2 0 2 72 9 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
1991 SFG NL 25 2569 3.77 4.11 30 90% 0 0 385 19 4 11 351 41 5 1 0 8 7 0 1 6 1 5 1 0 1 7 71%
1992 SFG NL 26 523 3.87 4.10 5 80% 0 0 94 2 1 0 91 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 100%
1993 FLA NL 27 150 3.51 3.51 1 100% 0 0 28 1 0 0 27 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1995 FLA NL 29 1556 3.93 4.71 18 94% 0 0 295 10 1 4 280 25 6 0 1 8 5 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 1 4 100%
1996 SFG NL 30 1076 4.46 5.54 8 100% 0 0 183 6 3 2 172 12 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0
1996 COL NL 30 309 5.40 5.67 4 100% 0 0 52 2 0 1 49 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1999 ANA AL 33 552 4.50 5.24 2 100% 0 0 74 2 0 1 71 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 7306 4.13 4.68 70 93% 0 0 1187 44 9 21 1113 101 17 1 1 28 15 0 2 13 1 15 1 1 3 15 87%
MLB Averages 4.28 4.71 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1990 SFG NL 24 1 3 211 12 7 5 37% 11 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 7 1.21 1.25
1991 SFG NL 25 7 26 943 49 28 23 36% 44 24 5 1 0 3 0 0 97 32 1.61 1.21
1992 SFG NL 26 1 6 194 2 2 0 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 2 1.24 0.94
1993 FLA NL 27 0 0 50 4 1 1 20% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 2.02 1.37
1995 FLA NL 29 3 10 591 26 12 9 32% 23 10 3 2 0 0 0 0 56 13 1.16 1.61
1996 SFG NL 30 5 7 400 23 9 7 28% 18 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 43 9 1.60 1.00
1996 COL NL 30 0 0 128 3 2 2 40% 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1.69 0.58
1999 ANA AL 33 5 2 204 9 4 1 31% 7 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 22 5 1.38 1.64
7 Seasons 22 54 2721 128 65 48 34% 111 54 16 6 1 5 0 0 258 71 1.47 1.26
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.25

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1995 FLA NL 29 6 83% 100% 33% 1 100% 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SFG NL 30 96 59% 67% 31% 3 100% 0 18 0 18 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1999 ANA AL 33 147 52% 73% 31% 8 100% 0 30 3 26 1 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 249 55% 71% 31% 12 100% 0 51 4 46 1 3 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1996 SFG NL 30 29 52% 86% 31% 2 100% 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 29 52% 86% 31% 2 100% 0 2 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 85% 65%

* 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.

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