Steve McCatty
Steven Earl McCatty
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 20, 1954 in Detroit, MI
Signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 17, 1977
Final Game: September 25, 1985
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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
1977 23 OAK AL 0 0 5.02 4 2 1 0 0 0 14.1 16 9 8 1 7 0 9 1 0 1 66 79 1.605 10.0 0.6 4.4 5.7 1.29
1978 24 OAK AL 0 0 4.50 9 0 5 0 0 0 20.0 26 14 10 1 9 1 10 0 0 1 98 81 1.750 11.7 0.5 4.1 4.5 1.11
1979 25 OAK AL 11 12 .478 4.22 31 23 4 8 0 0 185.2 207 106 87 17 80 8 87 10 0 2 841 96 1.546 10.0 0.8 3.9 4.2 1.09
1980 26 OAK AL 14 14 .500 3.86 33 31 2 11 1 0 221.2 202 104 95 27 99 2 114 8 0 5 960 97 1.358 8.2 1.1 4.0 4.6 1.15
1981 27 OAK AL 14 7 .667 2.33 22 22 0 16 4 0 185.2 140 50 48 12 61 1 91 2 0 0 741 150 1.083 6.8 0.6 3.0 4.4 1.49 CYA-2,MVP-13
1982 28 OAK AL 6 3 .667 3.99 21 20 0 2 0 0 128.2 124 62 57 16 70 0 66 4 0 5 570 97 1.508 8.7 1.1 4.9 4.6 0.94
1983 29 OAK AL 6 9 .400 3.99 38 24 11 3 2 5 167.0 156 79 74 16 82 4 65 1 0 5 725 96 1.425 8.4 0.9 4.4 3.5 0.79
1984 30 OAK AL 8 14 .364 4.76 33 30 1 4 0 0 179.2 206 101 95 24 71 0 63 1 0 5 793 78 1.542 10.3 1.2 3.6 3.2 0.89
1985 31 OAK AL 4 4 .500 5.57 30 9 8 1 0 0 85.2 95 56 53 10 41 4 36 4 0 1 383 69 1.588 10.0 1.1 4.3 3.8 0.88
9 Seasons 63 63 .500 3.99 221 161 32 45 7 5 1188.1 1172 581 527 124 520 20 541 31 0 25 5177 95 1.424 8.9 0.9 3.9 4.1 1.04
162 Game Avg. 11 11 .500 3.99 39 29 6 8 1 1 212 209 103 94 22 93 4 96 6 0 4 922 95 1.424 8.9 0.9 3.9 4.1 1.04

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1981 27 OAK AL ALDS W KCR 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 37 1.111 6.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 0.75
1981 27 OAK AL ALCS L NYY 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 5 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 19 2.400 16.2 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00
1 Season (2 Series) 1 1 .500 4.38 2 2 0 1 0 0 12.1 12 6 6 0 6 0 5 1 0 0 56 1.459 8.8 0.0 4.4 3.6 0.83
1 ALDS 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 6 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 37 1.111 6.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 0.75
1 ALCS 0 1 .000 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 6 5 5 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 19 2.400 16.2 0.0 5.4 5.4 1.00

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
1977 23 OAK AL 4 66 58 9 16 2 0 1 1 2 7 9 .276 .364 .362 .726 .313 21 0 1 0 0 0
1978 24 OAK AL 9 97 84 14 26 4 0 1 4 0 9 10 .310 .361 .393 .754 .325 33 0 0 0 4 1
1979 25 OAK AL 31 841 728 106 207 24 6 17 24 20 80 87 .284 .359 .404 .763 .300 294 9 10 14 9 8
1980 26 OAK AL 33 960 843 104 202 26 4 27 28 7 99 114 .240 .323 .376 .699 .246 317 9 8 2 8 2
1981 27 OAK AL 22 741 664 50 140 14 4 12 7 11 61 91 .211 .277 .298 .575 .226 198 6 2 8 6 1
1982 28 OAK AL 21 570 486 62 124 17 6 16 15 7 70 66 .255 .351 .414 .765 .265 201 10 4 6 4 0
1983 29 OAK AL 38 725 632 79 156 26 6 16 13 7 82 65 .247 .331 .383 .714 .251 242 8 1 4 6 4
1984 30 OAK AL 33 793 712 101 206 33 4 24 13 7 71 63 .289 .353 .448 .801 .290 319 15 1 6 3 0
1985 31 OAK AL 30 383 332 56 95 13 4 10 10 4 41 36 .286 .368 .440 .808 .294 146 11 4 3 3 4
9 Seasons 221 5176 4539 581 1172 159 34 124 115 65 520 541 .258 .336 .390 .726 .268 1771 68 31 43 43 20
162 Game Avg. 39 921 808 103 209 28 6 22 20 12 93 96 .258 .336 .390 .726 .268 315 12 6 8 8 4
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
1977 23 OAK AL 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 44 48 39 7 1 1 1 4.2 3.6 4.7
1979 25 OAK AL 31 23 9 11 3 2 4 10 13 .435 2 3 8 0 12 52% 46 74 9 32 14 1 4 4.0 3.9 7.4
1980 26 OAK AL 33 31 14 13 4 2 5 15 16 .484 4 0 11 1 18 58% 53 96 15 30 14 5 15 5.0 5.6 7.1
1981 27 OAK AL 22 22 14 7 1 1 4 14 8 .636 1 1 16 4 17 77% 64 88 33 11 3 4 9 4.3 4.3 8.4
1982 28 OAK AL 21 20 6 3 11 1 1 12 8 .600 4 3 2 0 11 55% 49 61 29 15 8 3 12 5.8 5.4 6.3
1983 29 OAK AL 38 24 6 9 9 2 2 9 15 .375 3 3 3 2 8 33% 49 81 21 27 7 2 6 3.8 4.3 6.1
1984 30 OAK AL 33 30 7 13 10 2 3 15 15 .500 5 4 4 0 12 40% 45 70 19 27 9 2 11 4.9 4.2 5.9
1985 31 OAK AL 30 9 3 3 3 2 1 6 3 .667 1 2 1 0 3 33% 40 57 14 21 8 3 6 6.1 5.7 5.1
8 Seasons 212 161 59 59 43 12 20 82 79 .509 20 17 45 7 81 50% 50 96 9 170 64 21 64 4.7 4.7 6.7
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
1977 23 OAK AL 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0.768 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 2 0 7.5
1978 24 OAK AL 9 9 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 8 67% 2 0.350 2 1 6 2 0 7 6 3 6 1 6 1 6.7
1979 25 OAK AL 31 8 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 6 46% 6 1.062 2 4 2 1 1 6 8 0 5 2 5 0 6.0
1980 26 OAK AL 33 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 2 67% 9 0.986 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 2.0
1982 28 OAK AL 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.024 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1983 29 OAK AL 38 14 11 0 0 6 5 1 83% 8 2 15 5 33% 8 1.020 8 2 4 9 1 4 10 4 8 4 9 1 4.4
1984 30 OAK AL 33 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 100% 8 0.988 2 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 2.3
1985 31 OAK AL 30 21 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 28 15 54% 4 0.886 4 5 12 2 2 17 18 3 12 4 14 2 5.7
8 Seasons 199 60 32 4 4 7 5 2 71% 12 3 75 39 52% 0.985 20 12 28 17 5 38 47 13 36 14 39 4 5.4

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%
1977 23 OAK AL 66 59% 1.5% 13.6% 10.6% 4.6% 19% 1.13 73% 20 0 0%
1978 24 OAK AL 97 54% 1.0% 10.3% 9.3% 5.2% 19% 0.63 79% 17 0 0%
1979 25 OAK AL 841 49% 2.0% 10.3% 9.5% 5.6% 23% 0.78 75% 174 9 5%
1980 26 OAK AL 960 56% 2.8% 11.9% 10.3% 5.9% 28% 0.67 74% 157 9 6%
1981 27 OAK AL 741 52% 1.6% 12.3% 8.2% 4.1% 21% 0.64 77% 120 6 5%
1982 28 OAK AL 570 48% 2.8% 11.6% 12.3% 6.8% 32% 0.68 72% 109 10 9%
1983 29 OAK AL 725 56% 2.2% 9.0% 11.3% 6.6% 31% 0.53 77% 120 8 7%
1984 30 OAK AL 793 54% 3.0% 7.9% 9.0% 7.7% 30% 0.80 79% 146 15 10%
1985 31 OAK AL 383 45% 2.6% 9.4% 10.7% 7.1% 28% 0.83 75% 90 11 12%
9 Seasons 5176 52% 2.4% 10.5% 10.1% 6.1% 27% 0.69 76% 953 68 7%
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
1977 23 OAK AL 66 16 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 6 4 0 67% 2 1 0 27 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1978 24 OAK AL 97 26 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7 9 0 129% 2 1 0 49 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7 0
1979 25 OAK AL 841 207 17 0 22 8 9 11 6 61 26 8 43% 21 2 1 338 24 20 55% 22 19 2 0 0 1 2 0 16 0
1980 26 OAK AL 960 202 27 0 17 14 13 12 15 32 19 4 59% 10 5 2 351 28 7 80% 26 7 2 0 0 0 4 1 20 0
1981 27 OAK AL 741 140 12 0 3 8 4 9 3 27 13 3 48% 6 0 1 248 7 11 39% 7 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1982 28 OAK AL 570 124 16 1 8 9 7 11 5 27 11 4 41% 6 5 1 228 15 7 68% 13 6 2 1 0 0 2 1 15 0
1983 29 OAK AL 725 156 16 0 12 6 10 7 9 34 18 1 53% 5 5 0 278 13 7 65% 13 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 13 0
1984 30 OAK AL 793 206 24 0 9 9 15 12 12 34 22 0 65% 9 5 0 303 13 7 65% 13 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 10 0
1985 31 OAK AL 383 95 10 0 15 6 4 4 6 31 20 0 65% 4 1 0 157 10 4 71% 10 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
9 Seasons 5176 1172 124 1 91 60 64 66 58 259 142 20 55% 65 25 5 1979 115 65 64% 109 60 6 3 0 2 15 2 95 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+
1977 23 0 0 5.02 4 2 1 0 0 0 14.1 16 9 8 1 7 0 9 1 0 1 66 79 1.605 10.0 0.6 4.4 5.7 1.29 79
1978 24 0 0 4.72 13 2 6 0 0 0 34.1 42 23 18 2 16 1 19 1 0 2 164 80 1.689 11.0 0.5 4.2 5.0 1.19 80
1979 25 11 12 .478 4.30 44 25 10 8 0 0 220.0 249 129 105 19 96 9 106 11 0 4 1005 94 1.568 10.2 0.8 3.9 4.3 1.10 94
1980 26 25 26 .490 4.08 77 56 12 19 1 0 441.2 451 233 200 46 195 11 220 19 0 9 1965 95 1.463 9.2 0.9 4.0 4.5 1.13 95
1981 27 39 33 .542 3.56 99 78 12 35 5 0 627.1 591 283 248 58 256 12 311 21 0 9 2706 106 1.350 8.5 0.8 3.7 4.5 1.21 106
1982 28 45 36 .556 3.63 120 98 12 37 5 0 756.0 715 345 305 74 326 12 377 25 0 14 3276 104 1.377 8.5 0.9 3.9 4.5 1.16 104
1983 29 51 45 .531 3.70 158 122 23 40 7 5 923.0 871 424 379 90 408 16 442 26 0 19 4001 103 1.386 8.5 0.9 4.0 4.3 1.08 103
1984 30 59 59 .500 3.87 191 152 24 44 7 5 1102.2 1077 525 474 114 479 16 505 27 0 24 4794 98 1.411 8.8 0.9 3.9 4.1 1.05 98
1985 31 63 63 .500 3.99 221 161 32 45 7 5 1188.1 1172 581 527 124 520 20 541 31 0 25 5177 95 1.424 8.9 0.9 3.9 4.1 1.04 95

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
1977 23 0 1 .000 5.79 14.0 17 10 9 1 7 9 1 1.714 10.9 4.5 5.8 1.29 0.6 4
1978 24 1 1 .500 5.40 20.0 29 13 12 1 10 10 0 1.950 13.1 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.5 9
1979 25 8 11 .421 4.68 179.0 215 103 93 18 83 84 10 1.665 10.8 4.2 4.2 1.01 0.9 31
1980 26 10 13 .435 4.61 209.0 217 119 107 29 106 107 9 1.545 9.3 4.6 4.6 1.01 1.2 33
1981 27 18 11 .621 3.03 261.0 234 98 88 20 102 128 3 1.287 8.1 3.5 4.4 1.25 0.7 22
1982 28 5 8 .385 4.72 120.0 131 70 63 17 74 62 4 1.708 9.8 5.6 4.7 0.84 1.3 21
1983 29 7 10 .412 4.76 157.0 166 92 83 17 87 61 1 1.611 9.5 5.0 3.5 0.70 1.0 38
1984 30 6 12 .333 5.95 165.0 221 121 109 26 76 58 1 1.800 12.1 4.1 3.2 0.76 1.4 33
1985 31 2 6 .250 6.92 78.0 101 67 60 11 44 33 4 1.859 11.7 5.1 3.8 0.75 1.3 30
9 Seasons 57 73 .438 4.67 1203.0 1331 693 624 140 589 552 33 1.596 10.0 4.1 0.94 1.0 221

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 AL (13, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1981 AL (2, 60%)
0.60 Career Shares (84th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1981 AL  2.327 (3rd)

Wins s c a p y
1981 AL  14 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1981 AL  .667 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1981 AL  1.083 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 AL  8.201 (9th)
1981 AL  6.786 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1981 AL  185.7 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1981 AL  91 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1981 AL  16 (2nd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1981 AL  4 (1st)
1983 AL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1980 AL  27 (4th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  99 (3rd)
1981 AL  61 (6th)
1983 AL  82 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1984 AL  14 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 AL  10 (3rd)
1980 AL  8 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1981 AL  741 (6th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1981 AL  150 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (420), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 26 (882), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 4 (1351), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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