Steve Fireovid
Stephen John Fireovid
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 6, 1957 in Bryan, OH
School: Miami University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1981
Final Game: April 14, 1992
    About biographical information

Standard Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1981 24 SDP NL 0 1 .000 2.73 5 4 0 0 0 0 26.1 30 8 8 2 7 0 11 0 1 0 110 120 1.405 10.3 0.7 2.4 3.8 1.57
1983 26 SDP NL 0 0 1.80 3 0 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 20 196 1.200 7.2 0.0 3.6 1.8 0.50
1984 27 PHI NL 0 0 1.59 6 0 5 0 0 0 5.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 228 0.706 6.4 0.0 0.0 4.8
1985 28 CHW AL 0 0 5.14 4 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 17 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 38 84 2.714 21.9 0.0 2.6 2.6 1.00
1986 29 SEA AL 2 0 1.000 4.29 10 1 2 0 0 0 21.0 28 11 10 1 4 0 10 1 0 1 89 99 1.524 12.0 0.4 1.7 4.3 2.50
1992 35 TEX AL 1 0 1.000 4.05 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 10 5 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 31 95 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
6 Seasons 3 1 .750 3.39 31 5 10 0 0 0 71.2 93 31 27 3 19 2 27 1 1 2 308 111 1.563 11.7 0.4 2.4 3.4 1.42
162 Game Avg. 6 2 .750 3.39 59 9 19 0 0 0 135 176 59 51 6 36 4 51 2 2 4 582 111 1.563 11.7 0.4 2.4 3.4 1.42
SDP (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 2.59 8 4 1 0 0 0 31.1 34 10 9 2 9 0 12 0 1 1 130 128 1.372 9.8 0.6 2.6 3.4 1.33
PHI (1 yr) 0 0 1.59 6 0 5 0 0 0 5.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 228 0.706 6.4 0.0 0.0 4.8
TEX (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 4.05 3 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 10 5 3 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 31 95 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
SEA (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 4.29 10 1 2 0 0 0 21.0 28 11 10 1 4 0 10 1 0 1 89 99 1.524 12.0 0.4 1.7 4.3 2.50
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 5.14 4 0 2 0 0 0 7.0 17 4 4 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 38 84 2.714 21.9 0.0 2.6 2.6 1.00
AL (3 yrs) 3 0 1.000 4.41 17 1 4 0 0 0 34.2 55 20 17 1 10 2 12 1 0 1 158 94 1.875 14.3 0.3 2.6 3.1 1.20
NL (3 yrs) 0 1 .000 2.43 14 4 6 0 0 0 37.0 38 11 10 2 9 0 15 0 1 1 150 138 1.270 9.2 0.5 2.2 3.6 1.67

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1981 24 SDP NL 5 109 101 8 30 8 1 2 2 1 7 11 .297 .339 .455 .795 .315 46 4 0 0 1 0
1983 26 SDP NL 3 20 17 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 .235 .316 .294 .610 .250 5 0 0 1 0 0
1984 27 PHI NL 6 20 20 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .350 .550 .235 7 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 CHW AL 4 38 36 4 17 3 0 0 0 0 2 2 .472 .500 .556 1.056 .500 20 1 0 0 0 0
1986 29 SEA AL 10 89 84 11 28 7 1 1 0 3 4 10 .333 .371 .476 .847 .370 40 4 1 0 0 0
1992 35 TEX AL 3 31 27 5 10 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 .370 .452 .481 .933 .370 13 2 0 0 0 2
6 Seasons 31 307 285 31 93 21 4 3 3 6 19 27 .326 .369 .460 .829 .352 131 11 1 1 1 2
162 Game Avg. 59 580 538 59 176 40 8 6 6 11 36 51 .326 .369 .460 .829 .352 247 21 2 2 2 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1981 24 SDP NL 5 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 2 .500 1 0 0 0 2 50% 52 58 47 5 0 0 3 2.9 2.7 6.1
1986 29 SEA AL 10 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 57 57 57 7 1 0 1 1.8 2.3 3.0
2 Seasons 15 5 0 1 4 0 1 2 3 .400 1 0 0 0 2 40% 53 58 47 12 1 0 4 2.7 2.7 5.5
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1981 24 SDP NL 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.056 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1983 26 SDP NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0.337 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 5.0
1984 27 PHI NL 6 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 9 0.147 0 1 5 1 0 5 2 4 1 1 1 1 2.8
1985 28 CHW AL 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 7 100% 3 0.313 0 1 3 0 0 4 4 0 3 1 3 0 5.3
1986 29 SEA AL 10 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 6 0.570 0 4 5 1 0 8 4 5 5 2 5 1 6.0
1992 35 TEX AL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33% 4 0.344 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 6.7 34
6 Seasons 31 26 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 12 57% 0.647 0 6 20 2 0 24 13 13 15 4 15 2 5.1 34

Ratio Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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%
1981 24 SDP NL 110 45% 1.8% 10.1% 6.4% 10.1% 37% 1.17 82% 13 4 31%
1983 26 SDP NL 20 60% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 5.0% 25% 1.80 80% 5 0 0%
1984 27 PHI NL 20 30% 0.0% 15.0% 0.0% 10.0% 50% 3.67 85% 3 0 0%
1985 28 CHW AL 38 55% 0.0% 5.3% 5.3% 7.9% 18% 2.00 89% 10 1 10%
1986 29 SEA AL 89 53% 1.1% 11.2% 4.5% 10.1% 32% 1.45 82% 12 4 33%
1992 35 TEX AL 31 42% 0.0% 0.0% 12.9% 6.5% 20% 1.25 2.00 87% 37% 0.0% 8% 8 2 25%
6 Seasons 308 48% 1.0% 8.8% 6.2% 9.1% 30% 1.25 1.54 83% 37% 0.0% 8% 51 11 22%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1992 35 TEX AL 31 102 3.29 54 53% 24% 7% 19% 50% 76% 17% 40% 90% 35% 10% 3 0 13% 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
1 Season 31 102 3.29 54 53% 24% 7% 19% 50% 76% 17% 40% 90% 35% 10% 3 0 13% 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear)
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
1981 24 SDP NL 110 30 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 32 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1983 26 SDP NL 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 1 0 13 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1984 27 PHI NL 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 28 CHW AL 38 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 1 71% 0 0 1 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1986 29 SEA AL 89 28 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 50% 2 1 0 29 0 3 0% 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0
1992 35 TEX AL 31 10 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 16 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 308 93 4 0 3 0 4 1 2 2 1 18 11 3 61% 3 2 1 119 3 6 33% 3 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

Glossary · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK
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+
1981 24 0 1 .000 2.73 5 4 0 0 0 0 26.1 30 8 8 2 7 0 11 0 1 0 110 120 1.405 10.3 0.7 2.4 3.8 1.57 120
1982 25 0 1 .000 2.73 5 4 0 0 0 0 26.1 30 8 8 2 7 0 11 0 1 0 110 120 1.405 10.3 0.7 2.4 3.8 1.57 120
1983 26 0 1 .000 2.59 8 4 1 0 0 0 31.1 34 10 9 2 9 0 12 0 1 1 130 128 1.372 9.8 0.6 2.6 3.4 1.33 128
1984 27 0 1 .000 2.43 14 4 6 0 0 0 37.0 38 11 10 2 9 0 15 0 1 1 150 138 1.270 9.2 0.5 2.2 3.6 1.67 138
1985 28 0 1 .000 2.86 18 4 8 0 0 0 44.0 55 15 14 2 11 0 17 0 1 1 188 123 1.500 11.3 0.4 2.3 3.5 1.55 123
1986 29 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 113 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 113
1987 30 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 113 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 113
1988 31 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 113 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 113
1989 32 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 113 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 113
1990 33 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 113 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 113
1991 34 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 113 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 113
1992 35 3 1 .750 3.39 31 5 10 0 0 0 71.2 93 31 27 3 19 2 27 1 1 2 308 111 1.563 11.7 0.4 2.4 3.4 1.42 111

Neutralized Pitching

SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Click rows to sum (Clear) ·

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1981 24 2 1 .667 3.50 36.0 49 16 14 3 11 15 0 1.667 12.3 2.8 3.8 1.36 0.8 5
1983 26 0 0 1.80 5.0 3 1 1 0 2 1 0 1.000 5.4 3.6 1.8 0.50 0.0 3
1984 27 0 0 1.29 7.0 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 5.1 0.0 6
1985 28 0 0 6.00 6.0 17 4 4 0 2 2 0 3.167 25.5 3.0 3.0 1.00 0.0 4
1986 29 1 1 .500 4.74 19.0 27 11 10 1 4 9 1 1.632 12.8 1.9 4.3 2.25 0.5 10
1992 35 0 0 4.50 6.0 10 3 3 0 4 0 0 2.333 15.0 6.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 3
6 Seasons 3 2 .600 3.76 79.0 106 36 33 4 23 31 1 1.633 12.1 3.5 1.35 0.5 31

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Steve Fireovid    

Viewed 12,265 times through November 16, 2009.
Name and misspellings: Stephen John Steve Fireovid

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.