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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 OAK AL 23 SS 17 12 105.0 52 14 33 5 5 .904 -0.9 -10.3 -0.9 -0.9 0.0 0 4.03 2.76 .963 4.76 3.93
1984 OAK AL 23 DH 3
1984 OAK AL 23 3B 2 0 8.0 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 -0.2 -30.0 -0.2 -0.2 0.0 0 3.38 1.50 .933 2.70 2.20
1985 OAK AL 24 3B 34 19 188.0 59 15 37 7 5 .881 -3.5 -22.3 -3.5 -4.7 1.2 0 2.49 1.53 .956 2.85 2.38
1985 OAK AL 24 DH 2
1986 MIL AL 25 SS 2 2 16.0 15 7 8 0 2 1.000 0.4 30.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0 8.44 7.50 .967 4.56 3.95
1987 MIL AL 26 3B 26 23 219.0 59 15 42 2 3 .966 -4.8 -26.3 -4.8 -1.6 -3.2 0 2.34 2.19 .951 2.77 2.31
1987 MIL AL 26 2B 4 1 16.2 9 1 8 0 1 1.000 0.2 14.4 0.2 -0.3 0.5 0 4.86 2.25 .978 5.13 4.47
1988 MIL AL 27 2B 4 2 14.0 11 4 7 0 2 1.000 0.5 42.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 7.07 2.75 .982 5.14 4.40
1988 MIL AL 27 3B 4 1 13.0 2 0 1 1 0 .500 -0.8 -73.8 -0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0 0.69 0.25 1.000 2.70 2.35
1989 NYY AL 28 3B 5 2 18.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -2.4 -160.0 -2.4 -2.2 -0.2 0 1.00 0.40 .950 2.75 2.34
5 Seasons 3B 71 45 446.0 125 32 83 10 8 .920 -11.7 -31.5 -11.7 -8.9 -2.8 0 2.32 1.62 .954 2.80 2.35
2 Seasons SS 19 14 121.0 67 21 41 5 7 .925 -0.5 -5.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0 4.61 3.26 .964 4.73 3.93
2 Seasons 2B 8 3 30.2 20 5 15 0 3 1.000 0.7 27.4 0.7 0.2 0.5 0 5.87 2.50 .980 5.14 4.44
2 Seasons DH 5
6 Seasons TOT 98 62 597.2 212 58 139 15 18 .929 -11.5 -23.1 -11.5 -9.2 -2.3 0 2.97 2.01 .889 3.31 2.82

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 OAK AL 23 23 12 23 18 0 0 0 0 2 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
1985 OAK AL 24 40 19 40 34 0 0 0 0 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7
1986 MIL AL 25 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 MIL AL 26 28 24 28 28 0 0 0 4 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1988 MIL AL 27 7 3 7 7 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
1989 NYY AL 28 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 105 62 105 94 0 0 0 8 71 19 0 0 0 0 0 6 13
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 OAK AL 23 45 51% 87% 24% 3 100% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 OAK AL 24 831 64% 78% 24% 51 92% 1 15 9 4 3 35 29 4 0 0 7 0 5 2 4 5 3 0 4 1 1 0 0
1987 MIL AL 26 999 57% 80% 23% 58 91% 0 16 12 2 2 42 35 3 1 2 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 50%
1988 MIL AL 27 54 52% 87% 30% 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 NYY AL 28 89 67% 80% 36% 6 50% 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50%
5 Seasons 2018 60% 79% 24% 120 89% 1 33 23 6 5 82 69 7 1 2 10 0 6 4 6 8 4 0 6 1 1 0 4 50%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 28% 90% 72%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1984 OAK AL 23 468 59% 77% 25% 46 89% 0 12 8 3 1 35 25 10 0 0 5 0 5 0 4 5 2 0 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0
1986 MIL AL 25 73 45% 77% 21% 8 100% 1 7 2 1 4 7 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
2 Seasons 541 57% 77% 25% 54 91% 1 19 10 4 5 42 28 13 0 0 5 0 5 0 4 7 3 0 2 0 1 6 3 3 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 28% 92%

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

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Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1987 MIL AL 26 71 54% 82% 27% 7 100% 0 1 0 1 0 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1988 MIL AL 27 62 60% 79% 34% 6 100% 0 4 0 3 0 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
2 Seasons 133 56% 80% 30% 13 100% 0 5 0 4 0 15 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 28% 95%

* 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.

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