Steve Luebber
Stephen Lee Luebber
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 9, 1949 in Clinton, MO
High School: Joplin (Joplin, MO)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1971
Final Game: September 29, 1981
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Standard Pitching

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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
1971 21 MIN AL 2 5 .286 5.03 18 12 2 0 0 1 68.0 73 42 38 7 37 3 35 4 0 1 308 70 1.618 9.7 0.9 4.9 4.6 0.95
1972 22 MIN AL 0 0 0.00 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 12 2.143 11.6 0.0 7.7 3.9 0.50
1976 26 MIN AL 4 5 .444 4.00 38 12 13 2 1 2 119.1 109 57 53 9 62 3 45 1 1 5 508 90 1.433 8.2 0.7 4.7 3.4 0.73
1979 29 TOR AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00
1981 31 BAL AL 0 0 7.56 7 0 3 0 0 0 16.2 26 14 14 3 4 1 12 1 0 1 77 48 1.800 14.0 1.6 2.2 6.5 3.00
5 Seasons 6 10 .375 4.62 66 24 19 2 1 3 206.1 213 114 106 19 106 8 93 6 1 7 908 77 1.546 9.3 0.8 4.6 4.1 0.88
162 Game Avg. 5 8 .375 4.62 50 18 14 2 1 2 156 161 86 80 14 80 6 70 5 1 5 686 77 1.546 9.3 0.8 4.6 4.1 0.88
MIN (3 yrs) 6 10 .375 4.32 58 24 16 2 1 3 189.2 185 99 91 16 101 7 81 5 1 6 828 83 1.508 8.8 0.8 4.8 3.8 0.80
BAL (1 yr) 0 0 7.56 7 0 3 0 0 0 16.2 26 14 14 3 4 1 12 1 0 1 77 48 1.800 14.0 1.6 2.2 6.5 3.00
TOR (1 yr) 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1971 21 MIN AL 18 308 263 42 73 10 2 7 4 1 37 35 .278 .373 .411 .783 .296 108 10 4 2 2 3
1972 22 MIN AL 2 12 9 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 .333 .417 .444 .861 .333 4 0 0 0 1 1
1976 26 MIN AL 38 508 440 57 109 13 6 9 11 5 62 45 .248 .341 .366 .707 .258 161 13 1 4 1 3
1979 29 TOR AL 1 3 2 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 0
1981 31 BAL AL 7 77 71 14 26 5 1 3 1 0 4 12 .366 .403 .592 .994 .404 42 3 1 0 1 1
5 Seasons 66 908 785 114 213 31 9 19 16 6 106 93 .271 .360 .406 .767 .286 319 26 6 6 5 8
162 Game Avg. 50 686 593 86 161 23 7 14 12 5 80 70 .271 .360 .406 .767 .286 241 20 5 5 4 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1971 21 MIN AL 18 12 1 5 6 0 0 4 8 .333 2 2 0 0 4 33% 42 64 20 13 2 3 5 4.9 4.4 4.8
1976 26 MIN AL 38 12 4 4 4 0 0 7 5 .583 1 2 2 1 5 42% 46 78 19 30 16 7 2 5.5 4.4 5.8
2 Seasons 56 24 5 9 10 0 0 11 13 .458 3 4 2 1 9 38% 44 78 19 43 18 10 7 5.2 4.4 5.3
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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
1971 21 MIN AL 18 6 2 1 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0% 10 1.093 2 2 2 1 1 4 1 5 3 1 3 1 5.3
1972 22 MIN AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0.461 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 0 3.5
1976 26 MIN AL 38 26 13 0 1 2 2 0 100% 2 0 17 8 47% 7 0.809 5 5 16 3 1 22 8 18 15 4 17 3 5.8
1979 29 TOR AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 7 0.452 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0.0
1981 31 BAL AL 7 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 7 50% 4 0.109 0 0 7 0 0 7 6 1 6 1 6 0 7.1
5 Seasons 66 42 19 1 1 3 3 0 100% 3 0 37 20 54% 0.840 7 9 26 4 2 36 18 24 25 8 27 4 5.7

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1971 21 MIN AL 308 46% 2.3% 11.4% 12.0% 6.2% 26% 1.04 72% 78 10 13%
1972 22 MIN AL 12 33% 0.0% 8.3% 16.7% 8.3% 33% 0.50 75% 1 0 0%
1976 26 MIN AL 508 34% 1.8% 8.9% 12.2% 5.5% 26% 0.74 76% 111 13 12%
1979 29 TOR AL 3 33% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 100% 67% 1 0 0%
1981 31 BAL AL 77 49% 3.9% 15.6% 5.2% 11.7% 35% 1.18 74% 15 3 20%
5 Seasons 908 39% 2.1% 10.2% 11.7% 6.5% 28% 0.85 75% 206 26 13%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1971 21 MIN AL 308 73 7 1 8 2 5 4 3 18 7 1 39% 3 1 1 119 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1972 22 MIN AL 12 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1976 26 MIN AL 508 109 9 0 13 6 3 4 5 29 15 2 52% 4 5 0 179 11 5 69% 9 3 2 1 0 1 7 1 9 0
1979 29 TOR AL 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 100% 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1981 31 BAL AL 77 26 3 0 6 1 2 0 3 3 1 1 33% 0 1 1 30 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
5 Seasons 908 213 19 1 28 9 10 8 11 54 26 4 48% 7 7 3 334 16 6 73% 14 4 2 1 0 1 7 1 26 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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+
1971 21 2 5 .286 5.03 18 12 2 0 0 1 68.0 73 42 38 7 37 3 35 4 0 1 308 70 1.618 9.7 0.9 4.9 4.6 0.95 70
1972 22 2 5 .286 4.86 20 12 3 0 0 1 70.1 76 42 38 7 39 4 36 4 0 1 320 73 1.635 9.7 0.9 5.0 4.6 0.92 73
1973 23 2 5 .286 4.86 20 12 3 0 0 1 70.1 76 42 38 7 39 4 36 4 0 1 320 73 1.635 9.7 0.9 5.0 4.6 0.92 73
1974 24 2 5 .286 4.86 20 12 3 0 0 1 70.1 76 42 38 7 39 4 36 4 0 1 320 73 1.635 9.7 0.9 5.0 4.6 0.92 73
1975 25 2 5 .286 4.86 20 12 3 0 0 1 70.1 76 42 38 7 39 4 36 4 0 1 320 73 1.635 9.7 0.9 5.0 4.6 0.92 73
1976 26 6 10 .375 4.32 58 24 16 2 1 3 189.2 185 99 91 16 101 7 81 5 1 6 828 83 1.508 8.8 0.8 4.8 3.8 0.80 83
1977 27 6 10 .375 4.32 58 24 16 2 1 3 189.2 185 99 91 16 101 7 81 5 1 6 828 83 1.508 8.8 0.8 4.8 3.8 0.80 83
1978 28 6 10 .375 4.32 58 24 16 2 1 3 189.2 185 99 91 16 101 7 81 5 1 6 828 83 1.508 8.8 0.8 4.8 3.8 0.80 83
1979 29 6 10 .375 4.37 59 24 16 2 1 3 189.2 187 100 92 16 102 7 81 5 1 6 831 82 1.524 8.9 0.8 4.8 3.8 0.79 82
1980 30 6 10 .375 4.37 59 24 16 2 1 3 189.2 187 100 92 16 102 7 81 5 1 6 831 82 1.524 8.9 0.8 4.8 3.8 0.79 82
1981 31 6 10 .375 4.62 66 24 19 2 1 3 206.1 213 114 106 19 106 8 93 6 1 7 908 77 1.546 9.3 0.8 4.6 4.1 0.88 77

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1971 21 2 4 .333 6.14 63.0 78 48 43 7 40 32 4 1.873 11.1 5.7 4.6 0.80 1.0 18
1972 22 0 0 0.00 2.0 4 0 0 0 3 1 0 3.500 18.0 13.5 4.5 0.33 0.0 2
1976 26 5 7 .417 5.04 109.0 117 68 61 10 67 41 1 1.688 9.7 5.5 3.4 0.61 0.8 38
1981 31 0 2 .000 10.23 22.0 42 28 25 5 6 16 2 2.182 17.2 2.5 6.5 2.67 2.0 7
4 Seasons 7 13 .350 5.92 196.0 241 144 129 22 116 90 7 1.821 11.1 4.1 0.78 1.0 65

* 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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