Steve Kiefer
Steven George Kiefer
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 18, 1960 in Chicago, IL
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 1st round (16th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1984
Final Game: August 22, 1989
Relatives: Brother of Mark Kiefer
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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
1984 23 OAK AL 23 45 40 7 7 1 2 0 2 2 1 2 10 .175 .209 .300 .509 44 12 0 0 2 1 0 6/D5
1985 24 OAK AL 40 71 66 8 13 1 1 1 10 0 0 1 18 .197 .203 .288 .491 38 19 1 0 2 2 0 5/D
1986 25 MIL AL 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /6
1987 26 MIL AL 28 110 99 17 20 4 0 5 17 0 0 7 28 .202 .257 .394 .651 68 39 3 1 1 2 0 5/4
1988 27 MIL AL 7 13 10 2 3 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .300 .462 .700 1.162 220 7 0 1 0 0 0 /45
1989 28 NYY AL 5 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -29 1 0 0 0 0 0 /5
6 Seasons 105 253 229 34 44 7 3 7 30 2 1 12 68 .192 .234 .341 .574 55 78 4 2 5 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 390 353 52 68 11 5 11 46 3 2 19 105 .192 .234 .341 .574 55 120 6 3 8 8 0
MIL (3 yrs) 37 129 115 19 23 5 0 6 18 0 0 9 35 .200 .266 .400 .666 73 46 3 2 1 2 0
OAK (2 yrs) 63 116 106 15 20 2 3 1 12 2 1 3 28 .189 .205 .292 .498 40 31 1 0 4 3 0
NYY (1 yr) 5 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .125 .125 .125 .250 -29 1 0 0 0 0 0

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
1984 23 OAK AL 45 37 3 2.2 91 .226 .175 .255 .209 .317 .300 .385 .509 .702 44 .207 -3.1 -0.3 .441 .200 .125 .0
1985 24 OAK AL 71 58 4 1.8 92 .245 .197 .252 .203 .316 .288 .391 .491 .707 38 .158 -5.6 -0.6 .370 .106 .091 .0
1986 25 MIL AL 6 6 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .265 .000 .333 .000 .413 .000 .747 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1987 26 MIL AL 110 85 10 3.1 108 .221 .202 .269 .257 .337 .394 .431 .651 .769 68 .301 -5.0 -0.5 .573 .263 .192 .0
1988 27 MIL AL 13 7 4 15.3 95 .333 .300 .260 .462 .326 .700 .392 1.162 .718 220 .907 1.8 0.2 1.429 .600 .400 .0
1989 28 NYY AL 8 7 0 0.0 92 .333 .125 .260 .125 .324 .125 .382 .250 .706 -29 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .143 .000 .000
6 Seasons 253 200 21 2.8 99 .233 .192 .261 .234 .327 .341 .408 .574 .734 55 .278 -15.0 -1.5 .489 .205 .148 3.1
162 Game Avg. 390 309 32 2.8 99 .233 .192 .261 .234 .327 .341 .408 .574 .734 55 .278 -15.0 -1.5 .489 .205 .148 5
MIL (3 yrs) 129 98 14 3.8 107 .224 .200 .268 .266 .336 .400 .427 .666 .763 73 .387 -4.9 -0.5 .600 .278 .200 .0
OAK (2 yrs) 116 95 7 2.0 92 .238 .189 .253 .205 .316 .292 .389 .498 .705 40 .177 -8.7 -0.9 .398 .142 .104 1.3
NYY (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 92 .333 .125 .260 .125 .324 .125 .382 .250 .706 -29 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .143 .000 .000

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
1984 23 OAK AL 45 0.0% 22.2% 4.4% 6.7% 43% 5.00 4.0 20.0 0.67 69%
1985 24 OAK AL 71 1.4% 25.4% 1.4% 4.2% 23% 18.00 3.7 66.0 6.6 0.85 69%
1986 25 MIL AL 6 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 1.00 33%
1987 26 MIL AL 110 4.6% 25.5% 6.4% 8.2% 45% 4.00 3.5 19.8 5.8 0.73 62%
1988 27 MIL AL 13 7.7% 23.1% 15.4% 15.4% 67% 1.50 3.3 10.0 10.0 0.75 1.00 46% 14% 50.0% 50%
1989 28 NYY AL 8 0.0% 62.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.6 0.50 0.00 38% 33% 0.0% 0%
6 Seasons 253 2.8% 26.9% 4.7% 6.7% 39% 5.67 3.4 32.7 7.6 0.67 0.74 63% 20% 25.0% 33%
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
1984 23 OAK AL 1 0 78% 17 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60% 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 0
1985 24 OAK AL 3 0 54% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 5 4 1 1 1 0 2 1 1
1986 25 MIL AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 26 MIL AL 1 0 52% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 73% 3 1 2 3 1 2 5 1 4
1988 27 MIL AL 0 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1989 28 NYY AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 5 0 53% 71 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 50% 13 7 6 4 2 2 9 4 5
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
1984 23 OAK AL 45 53% 7 1 1 0 0 1.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 0 0% 5 3 60% 18 2 11% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0
1985 24 OAK AL 71 39% 13 1 0 0 0 0.15 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 100% 14 1 7% 12 6 50% 50 12 24% 6 5 83% 7 4 57% 0
1986 25 MIL AL 6 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1987 26 MIL AL 110 42% 20 2 1 1 1 1.78 5 1 6 1 4 4 1 0 1 1 100% 29 3 10% 11 6 55% 76 12 16% 9 6 67% 3 1 33% 0
1988 27 MIL AL 13 69% 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.48 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 7 0 0% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
1989 28 NYY AL 8 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 253 46% 44 0 0 5 2 1 1 1.24 7 1 11 2 5 4 3 0 5 5 100% 55 4 7% 29 15 52% 157 26 17% 16 12 75% 14 6 43% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 27 MIL AL 13 59 4.54 31 53% 29% 19% 29% 23% 71% 0% 37% 73% 31% 0% 0 0 23% 3 3 8% 1 0 67% 0 0 0
1989 28 NYY AL 8 29 3.63 22 76% 23% 27% 36% 14% 77% 0% 59% 65% 63% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 20% 0 0 0
2 Seasons 21 88 4.19 53 60% 26% 23% 32% 19% 74% 0% 44% 69% 43% 0% 0 0 14% 3 3 5% 1 0 38% 0 0 0
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
1984 23 23 45 40 7 7 1 2 0 2 2 1 2 10 .175 .209 .300 .509 44 12 0 0 2 1 0
1985 24 63 116 106 15 20 2 3 1 12 2 1 3 28 .189 .205 .292 .498 40 31 1 0 4 3 0
1986 25 65 122 112 15 20 2 3 1 12 2 1 3 32 .179 .195 .277 .472 32 31 1 0 4 3 0
1987 26 93 232 211 32 40 6 3 6 29 2 1 10 60 .190 .225 .332 .556 50 70 4 1 5 5 0
1988 27 100 245 221 34 43 7 3 7 30 2 1 12 63 .195 .238 .348 .586 58 77 4 2 5 5 0
1989 28 105 253 229 34 44 7 3 7 30 2 1 12 68 .192 .234 .341 .574 55 78 4 2 5 5 0

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
1984 23 23 44 41 8 8 1 2 0 2 2 2 10 .195 .227 .317 .544 3 23
1985 24 40 69 66 8 13 1 1 1 10 0 1 18 .197 .203 .288 .491 4 40
1986 25 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1987 26 28 108 98 16 19 4 0 5 16 0 7 28 .194 .250 .388 .638 9 28
1988 27 7 15 11 2 4 1 0 1 1 0 3 3 .364 .533 .727 1.261 4 7
1989 28 5 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
6 Seasons 105 250 230 34 44 7 3 7 29 2 13 68 .191 .236 .339 .575 20 105
162 Game Avg. 162 386 355 52 68 11 5 11 45 3 20 105 .191 .236 .339 .575 31 105

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