Steve Hovley
Stephen Eugene Hovley
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 188 lb.

Born: December 18, 1944 in Ventura, CA
School: Stanford University
Drafted by the California Angels in the 35th round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 26, 1969
Final Game: September 28, 1973
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Standard Batting

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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
1969 24 SEP AL 91 364 329 41 91 14 3 3 20 10 4 30 34 .277 .338 .365 .703 100 120 2 1 3 1 3 98/7
1970 25 TOT AL 112 258 235 25 57 10 0 0 17 8 1 22 22 .243 .310 .285 .595 67 67 6 1 0 0 2 98/7
1970 25 MIL AL 40 153 135 17 38 9 0 0 16 5 1 17 11 .281 .366 .348 .714 99 47 4 1 0 0 1 9/8
1970 25 OAK AL 72 105 100 8 19 1 0 0 1 3 0 5 11 .190 .229 .200 .429 21 20 2 0 0 0 1 8/79
1971 26 OAK AL 24 36 27 3 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 7 9 .111 .306 .185 .491 44 5 0 1 0 1 0 /798
1972 27 KCR AL 105 226 196 24 53 5 1 3 24 3 3 24 29 .270 .351 .352 .703 111 69 2 1 4 1 2 98/7
1973 28 KCR AL 104 268 232 29 59 8 1 2 24 6 4 33 34 .254 .346 .323 .669 86 75 3 0 2 1 2 98D/7
5 Seasons 436 1152 1019 122 263 39 5 8 88 29 12 116 128 .258 .335 .330 .665 89 336 13 4 9 4 9
162 Game Avg. 162 428 379 45 98 14 2 3 33 11 4 43 48 .258 .335 .330 .665 89 125 5 1 3 1 3
KCR (2 yrs) 209 494 428 53 112 13 2 5 48 9 7 57 63 .262 .348 .336 .685 97 144 5 1 6 2 4
OAK (2 yrs) 96 141 127 11 22 3 0 0 4 5 0 12 20 .173 .248 .197 .445 27 25 2 1 0 1 1
MIL (2 yrs) 131 517 464 58 129 23 3 3 36 15 5 47 45 .278 .346 .360 .706 99 167 6 2 3 1 4

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1969 24 SEP AL 364 248 43 4.7 92 .300 .277 .251 .338 .327 .365 .378 .703 .705 100 .547 -0.1 0.0 .643 .198 .088 4.6
1970 25 TOT AL 258 185 23 3.3 97 .268 .243 .257 .310 .331 .285 .391 .595 .722 67 .386 -10.3 -1.0 .524 .166 .043 .0
1970 25 MIL AL 153 102 18 4.8 98 .306 .281 .258 .366 .332 .348 .394 .714 .726 99 .544 0.6 0.1 .676 .222 .067 .0
1970 25 OAK AL 105 83 5 1.6 95 .213 .190 .254 .229 .328 .200 .388 .429 .716 21 .144 -10.9 -1.1 .337 .090 .010 .0
1971 26 OAK AL 36 25 3 3.2 91 .158 .111 .253 .306 .324 .185 .375 .491 .700 44 .400 -1.5 -0.2 .625 .407 .074 .0
1972 27 KCR AL 226 153 26 4.6 82 .303 .270 .245 .351 .314 .352 .354 .703 .668 111 .604 3.3 0.4 .635 .204 .082 3.0
1973 28 KCR AL 268 183 28 4.1 98 .289 .254 .266 .346 .336 .323 .391 .669 .727 86 .475 -3.7 -0.4 .611 .220 .069 3.0
5 Seasons 1152 794 123 4.2 93 .287 .258 .255 .335 .327 .330 .380 .665 .707 89 .503 -12.3 -1.2 .606 .202 .072 12.5
162 Game Avg. 428 295 46 4.2 93 .287 .258 .255 .335 .327 .330 .380 .665 .707 89 .503 -12.3 -1.2 .606 .202 .072 5
KCR (2 yrs) 494 336 54 4.3 91 .296 .262 .257 .348 .326 .336 .374 .685 .700 97 .533 -0.5 0.0 .622 .213 .075 6.4
OAK (2 yrs) 141 108 8 2.0 94 .204 .173 .254 .248 .327 .197 .385 .445 .713 27 .201 -12.4 -1.3 .402 .157 .024 .0
MIL (2 yrs) 517 350 61 4.7 94 .302 .278 .253 .346 .329 .360 .383 .706 .711 99 .546 0.5 0.1 .653 .205 .082 5.0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1969 24 SEP AL 364 0.8% 9.3% 8.2% 5.5% 22% 1.13 9.7 109.7 16.5 1.60 80%
1970 25 TOT AL 258 0.0% 8.5% 8.5% 3.9% 18% 1.00 10.7 13.8 1.32 83%
1970 25 MIL AL 153 0.0% 7.2% 11.1% 5.9% 24% 0.65 12.3 8.4 1.51 81%
1970 25 OAK AL 105 0.0% 10.5% 4.8% 1.0% 5% 2.20 9.1 100.0 1.12 85%
1971 26 OAK AL 36 0.0% 25.0% 19.4% 5.6% 67% 1.29 3.0 9.0 1.29 53%
1972 27 KCR AL 226 1.3% 12.8% 10.6% 4.0% 17% 1.21 6.8 65.3 8.2 1.64 73%
1973 28 KCR AL 268 0.8% 12.7% 12.3% 4.1% 19% 1.03 6.8 116.0 9.7 1.12 74%
5 Seasons 1152 0.7% 11.1% 10.1% 4.5% 20% 1.10 8.0 127.4 11.6 1.40 77%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1969 24 SEP AL 7 0 32% 156 10 4 71% 10 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 6 47% 25 15 8 3 2 0 17 3 13
1970 25 TOT AL 3 0 31% 128 8 1 89% 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 9 42% 17 13 4 4 2 2 12 3 8
1970 25 MIL AL 2 0 30% 77 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 44% 13 10 3 3 1 2 9 2 6
1970 25 OAK AL 1 0 33% 51 3 0 100% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 38% 4 3 1 1 1 0 3 1 2
1971 26 OAK AL 0 0 27% 19 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60% 3 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1
1972 27 KCR AL 1 0 28% 123 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 6 54% 13 6 6 2 2 0 9 2 7
1973 28 KCR AL 1 0 30% 128 6 4 60% 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 58% 18 10 8 3 2 1 10 1 9
5 Seasons 12 0 30% 554 29 12 71% 29 13 0 0 0 0 3 0 23 26 50% 76 46 27 13 8 4 49 9 38
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1969 24 SEP AL 363 71% 91 7 0 0 0 1.52 3 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 7 3 43% 65 2 3% 32 9 28% 184 18 10% 13 4 31% 18 8 44% 1
1970 25 TOT AL 258 78% 57 28 7 0 0 1.39 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 57 6 11% 26 8 31% 159 18 11% 11 4 36% 15 5 33% 0
1970 25 MIL AL 153 75% 38 5 1 0 0 1.58 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 4 9% 19 6 32% 110 17 15% 8 3 38% 10 2 20% 0
1970 25 OAK AL 105 83% 19 23 6 0 0 1.35 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 14 2 14% 7 2 29% 49 1 2% 3 1 33% 5 3 60% 0
1971 26 OAK AL 36 92% 3 10 2 0 3 1.93 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 5 3 60% 21 3 14% 3 3 100% 1 0 0% 0
1972 27 KCR AL 226 81% 53 37 9 0 6 1.66 3 0 4 2 1 1 2 0 4 4 100% 33 2 6% 22 9 41% 118 21 18% 11 4 36% 16 7 44% 0
1973 28 KCR AL 268 90% 59 14 2 0 1 1.90 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 5 2 40% 42 3 7% 20 8 40% 150 22 15% 11 6 55% 18 5 28% 0
5 Seasons 1151 80% 263 96 20 0 10 1.64 8 0 22 7 1 3 5 0 18 9 50% 205 13 6% 105 37 35% 632 82 13% 49 21 43% 68 25 37% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1969 24 91 364 329 41 91 14 3 3 20 10 4 30 34 .277 .338 .365 .703 100 120 2 1 3 1 3
1970 25 203 622 564 66 148 24 3 3 37 18 5 52 56 .262 .326 .332 .658 86 187 8 2 3 1 5
1971 26 227 658 591 69 151 26 3 3 40 20 5 59 65 .255 .325 .325 .650 84 192 8 3 3 2 5
1972 27 332 884 787 93 204 31 4 6 64 23 8 83 94 .259 .332 .332 .663 90 261 10 4 7 3 7
1973 28 436 1152 1019 122 263 39 5 8 88 29 12 116 128 .258 .335 .330 .665 89 336 13 4 9 4 9

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1969 24 91 374 339 46 101 16 3 3 22 11 33 34 .298 .361 .389 .750 48 91
1970 25 112 265 240 26 62 11 0 0 18 9 24 22 .258 .328 .304 .632 24 112
1971 26 24 44 29 3 5 3 0 0 3 3 12 9 .172 .432 .276 .708 3 24
1972 27 110 248 216 32 67 6 1 4 32 4 30 30 .310 .395 .403 .798 34 105
1973 28 104 272 236 30 63 9 1 2 25 6 35 34 .267 .360 .339 .699 29 104
5 Seasons 441 1203 1060 137 298 45 5 9 100 33 134 129 .281 .363 .358 .722 138 436
162 Game Avg. 162 442 389 50 109 17 2 3 37 12 49 47 .281 .363 .358 .722 51 436

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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