Steve Fireovid

Stephen John Fireovid

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: June 6, 1957 in Bryan, OH
School: Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH)
Drafted
by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1981
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Padres/Phillies/WhiteSox/Rangers 1981-1992
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: April 14, 1992
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Standard Pitching

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 0 110 122 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 20 213 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 20 246 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 88 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 89 100 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 31 100 2.100 13.5 0.0 5.4 0.0 0.00
6 Yrs 3 1 .750 3.39 31 5 10 0 0 0 71.2 93 31 27 3 19 2 27 1 1 2 308 115 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 4 582 115 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 1 130 132 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 20 246 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 31 100 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 89 100 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 88 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 97 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 1 150 144 1.270 9.2 0.5 2.2 3.6 1.67

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1981 24 SDP NL 26.1 5 4 8 2.73 3.77 -0.20 0.10 92.9 3.79 3 0.3 .1 -0.0 0.5 5 .566 .502 $
1983 26 SDP NL 5.0 3 0 2 3.60 4.22 0.18 -0.33 91.0 3.38 -0 -0.0 .2 -0.0 0.0 0 .495 .500 $
1984 27 PHI NL 5.2 6 0 1 1.59 3.96 -0.09 -0.31 99.4 3.72 1 0.1 .2 -0.1 0.1 2 .524 .501 $
1985 28 CHW AL 7.0 4 0 4 5.14 5.08 0.01 -0.40 101.0 4.73 -0 -0.0 .5 -0.0 0.0 0 .492 .500 $
1986 29 SEA AL 21.0 10 1 11 4.71 4.41 -0.60 -0.27 100.9 4.78 0 0.0 .6 -0.0 0.2 2 .501 .500 $64,000
1992 35 TEX AL 6.2 3 0 5 6.75 4.00 -0.37 -0.31 98.7 4.01 -2 -0.2 .2 0.1 -0.1 -1 .432 .499 $120,000
6 Seasons 71.2 31 5 31 3.89 4.15 -0.28 -0.16 97.0 4.16 2 0.2 .4 -0.1 0.7 8 .508 .500 $184,000
SDP (2 yrs) 31.1 8 4 10 2.87 3.84 -0.14 0.04 92.6 3.72 3 0.3 .2 -0.0 0.5 5 .539 .501 $
PHI (1 yr) 5.2 6 0 1 1.59 3.96 -0.09 -0.31 99.4 3.72 1 0.1 .2 -0.1 0.1 2 .524 .501 $
TEX (1 yr) 6.2 3 0 5 6.75 4.00 -0.37 -0.31 98.7 4.01 -2 -0.2 .2 0.1 -0.1 -1 .432 .499 $120,000
SEA (1 yr) 21.0 10 1 11 4.71 4.41 -0.60 -0.27 100.9 4.78 0 0.0 .6 -0.0 0.2 2 .501 .500 $64,000
CHW (1 yr) 7.0 4 0 4 5.14 5.08 0.01 -0.40 101.0 4.73 -0 -0.0 .5 -0.0 0.0 0 .492 .500 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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 ROE
1981 24 SDP NL 5 110 101 8 30 8 1 2 2 1 7 11 .297 .339 .455 .795 .315 46 4 0 0 1 0 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 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 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 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 2
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 1
6 Yrs 31 308 285 31 93 21 4 3 3 6 19 27 .326 .369 .460 .829 .352 131 11 1 1 1 2 3
162 Game Avg. 59 582 538 59 176 40 8 6 6 11 36 51 .326 .369 .460 .829 .352 247 21 2 2 2 4 6
MLB Averages .258 .323 .387 .710 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1981 24 SDP NL 2.3 0.3 115 0.0 2.0 -2.0 1.06 -0.2 0.2 2.0 0.2 1.06 -1.1 0 0 1
1983 26 SDP NL 0.8 0.1 22 -0.1 0.1 -0.1 .28 -0.0 -0.2 -0.5 -0.1 0.28 -0.7 0 0 2
1984 27 PHI NL 1.5 0.2 20 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .11 0.1 0.3 2.3 0.2 0.11 1.5 0 0 5
1985 28 CHW AL -0.3 -0.0 39 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .29 -0.4 -0.6 -4.7 -0.4 0.29 -3.6 0 1 3
1986 29 SEA AL 0.1 0.0 93 0.0 1.0 -0.9 .56 -0.0 0.1 -2.6 -0.2 0.56 -1.0 0 4 4
1992 35 TEX AL -0.8 -0.1 33 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .29 -0.3 -0.2 -2.9 -0.3 0.29 -3.1 0 0 3
6 Yrs 3.6 0.4 322 -0.4 3.4 -3.8 .63 -0.9 0.3 -6.4 -0.5 0.63 -8.1 0 5 18

Starting Pitching*

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% 52.0 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% 57.0 57 57 7 1 0 1 1.8 2.3 3.0
2 Yrs 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 .500 52% 51 103 -14 4.3 4.3 6.2 95

Reliever Pitching*

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 1.060 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 .278 0 0 2 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 .112 0 0 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 .294 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 .561 0 4 4 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 .293 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 3 0 6.7 35
6 Yrs 31 26 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 12 57% .632 0 5 18 2 0 24 13 13 15 4 15 2 5.1 35

Ratio Pitching*

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 55% 1.8% 10.0% 6.4% 10.0% 37% 1.17 81% 13 4 31%
1983 26 SDP NL 20 40% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 5.0% 25% 1.80 80% 5 0 0%
1984 27 PHI NL 20 70% 0.0% 15.0% 0.0% 10.0% 50% 3.67 85% 3 0 0%
1985 28 CHW AL 38 45% 0.0% 5.3% 5.3% 7.9% 18% 2.00 89% 10 1 10%
1986 29 SEA AL 89 47% 1.1% 11.2% 4.5% 10.1% 32% 1.45 82% 12 4 33%
1992 35 TEX AL 31 58% 0.0% 0.0% 12.9% 6.5% 20% 1.25 2.00 87% 37% 0.0% 8% 8 2 25%
6 Yrs 308 52% 1.0% 8.8% 6.2% 9.1% 30% 1.25 1.54 83% 37% 0.0% 8% 51 11 22%
MLB Averages 41% 2.1% 14.4% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 0.80 1.07 73% 20% 6.2% 22% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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 33 106 3.21 56 53% 27% 7% 18% 48% 73% 16% 39% 90% 39% 9% 3 0 12% 4 2 0 0 1 -2 0 0
1 Yr 33 106 3.21 56 53% 27% 7% 18% 48% 73% 16% 39% 90% 39% 9% 3 0 12% 4 2 0 0 1 -2 0 0
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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 Yrs 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 54% 68%

Cumulative Pitching

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 0 110 122 1.405 10.3 0.7 2.4 3.8 1.57 122
1982 25 0 1 .000 2.73 5 4 0 0 0 0 26.1 30 8 8 2 7 0 11 0 1 0 110 122 1.405 10.3 0.7 2.4 3.8 1.57 122
1983 26 0 1 .000 2.59 8 4 1 0 0 0 31.1 34 10 9 2 9 0 12 0 1 1 130 132 1.372 9.8 0.6 2.6 3.4 1.33 132
1984 27 0 1 .000 2.43 14 4 6 0 0 0 37.0 38 11 10 2 9 0 15 0 1 1 150 144 1.270 9.2 0.5 2.2 3.6 1.67 144
1985 28 0 1 .000 2.86 18 4 8 0 0 0 44.0 55 15 14 2 11 0 17 0 1 1 188 128 1.500 11.3 0.4 2.3 3.5 1.55 128
1986 29 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 116 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 116
1987 30 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 116 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 116
1988 31 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 116 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 116
1989 32 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 116 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 116
1990 33 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 116 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 116
1991 34 2 1 .667 3.32 28 5 10 0 0 0 65.0 83 26 24 3 15 0 27 1 1 2 277 116 1.508 11.5 0.4 2.1 3.7 1.80 116
1992 35 3 1 .750 3.39 31 5 10 0 0 0 71.2 93 31 27 3 19 2 27 1 1 2 308 115 1.563 11.7 0.4 2.4 3.4 1.42 115

Neutralized Pitching

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 2.25 4.0 5 1 1 0 2 1 0 1.750 11.3 4.5 2.3 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 28 11 10 1 4 9 1 1.684 13.3 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 Yrs 3 2 .600 3.81 78.0 109 36 33 4 23 31 1 1.692 12.6 3.6 1.35 0.5 31

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