Steve Decker

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-3, 205lb (190cm, 92kg)

Born: October 25, 1965 in Rock Island, IL us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 21st round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, ID).

High School: Rock Island HS (Rock Island, IL)

Schools: Triton College (River Grove, IL), University of Houston (Houston, TX), Lewis-Clark State College (Lewiston, ID)

Debut: September 18, 1990 (Age 24-328d, 15,883rd in major league history)
vs. CIN 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1999 (Age 33-341d)
vs. TEX 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

Full Name: Steven Michael Decker

Nicknames: Deck

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.3

688

152

.221

RBI

OBP

.299

SLG

.314

OPS

.613

OPS+

Summary of 13 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 1 tying, 4 go ahead

3 Tms
SFG	9
FLA	3
COL	1

Platoon
vs RHP	7
vs LHP	6

Home/Road
Home	8
Away	5

Outs
0	5
2	5
1	3

7 Opps
CHC	3
LAD	2
SDP	2
SFG	2
HOU	2
PHI	1
ATL	1

13 Pitchers
Mike Pérez	1
Allen Watson	1
Terry Mulholland	1
Curt Schilling	1
Andy Benes	1
Mike Morgan	1
Kevin Foster	1
Jim Deshaies	1
Jim Bullinger	1
Mitch Williams	1
Tom Glavine	1
Bruce Hurst	1
Ramón Martínez	1

7 Parks
3Com Park (SFO)	5
SunLife Stad (MIA)	2
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Dodger Stad (LOS)	1
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	1

Where Hit
7	7
78	6

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	6
6	2
4	2
1	1
2	1
Unk	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	13

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	8
1--	3
12-	1
-2-	1

19 RBI
RISP	2
0 on	8
1 on	4
2 on	1
Any on	5

Inning
2	3
3	1
4	4
5	1
6	1
9	3

1-3	4
4-6	6
7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	1
+1	2
Tied	3
-1	1
-2	3
-3	1
-4..	2

Ahead	3
Tied	3
Behind	7

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	4
2-0	2
3-2	1
1-2	1
Unk	1
0-0	1
2-1	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	12
1B	1

OrderPos
7th	10
6th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	3
Medium Lev	5
Low Lev	5

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1990-09-19	SFG	@	ATL	Tom Glavine	behind 0-2	t 4	2	---		1	6	2	0.104	32%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
2	2	2	1	1990-09-21	SFG	@	LAD	Mike Morgan	behind 1-5	t 2	2	---	3,(1-1) FBX	1	7	2	0.058	17%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
3	3	3	1	1990-09-25	SFG		SDP	Andy Benes	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	7	2	0.137	69%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
4	4	1	1	1991-04-10	SFG	@	SDP	Bruce Hurst	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	2	0.085	24%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); S. Decker Scores
5	5	2	1	1991-04-16	SFG		LAD	Ramón Martínez	ahead 3-2	b 3	2	12-	3,(2-0) BBX	3	7	2	0.225	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); W. Clark Scores; K. Bass Scores; S. Decker Scores
6	6	3	1	1991-04-20	SFG		HOU	Jim Deshaies	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	2,(0-1) C1X	2	7	2	0.176	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); K. Bass Scores; S. Decker Scores
7	7	4	1	1991-04-21	SFG		HOU	Curt Schilling	tied 0-0	b 9	2	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	7	2	0.469	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Decker Scores
8	8	5	1	1991-05-13	SFG		PHI	Mitch Williams	behind 0-2	b 9	2	---	4,(1-2) BCSX	1	6	2	0.029	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); S. Decker Scores
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	1995-07-25	FLA		SFG	Terry Mulholland	ahead 6-1	b 6	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.014	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
10	10	2	1	1995-08-22	FLA	@	CHC	Jim Bullinger	ahead 2-1	t 2	0	1--	3,(1-1) CBX	2	7	2	0.144	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); A. Dawson Scores
11	11	3	1	1995-08-31	FLA		CHC	Mike Pérez	behind 1-12	b 9	0	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	8	3	0.000	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1996-04-19	SFG	@	CHC	Kevin Foster	behind 2-4	t 4	1	1--	6,(3-2) BBBCF>X	2	7	2	0.194	47%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Hall Scores
13	13	2	1	1996-09-29	COL		SFG	Allen Watson	behind 2-3	b 4	1	-2-	6,(2-2) BB.C2FFX	2	7	2	0.179	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); D. Bichette Scores