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Steve Mura

Stephen Andrew Mura

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 188 lb.

Born: February 12, 1955 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Redemptorist (New Orleans, LA)
School: Tulane University
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1978
Teams (by GP): Padres/Cardinals/Athletics/WhiteSox 1978-1985

Final Game: October 6, 1985
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Standard Batting

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
1978 23 SDP NL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1979 24 SDP NL 38 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
1980 25 SDP NL 39 54 51 3 7 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 21 .137 .185 .176 .362 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 26 SDP NL 24 48 44 2 6 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 .136 .174 .159 .333 -2 7 1 0 2 0 0 1
1982 27 STL NL 35 65 53 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .057 .091 .057 .148 -58 3 1 1 10 0 0 1
1983 28 CHW AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1985 30 OAK AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Seasons 170 181 159 9 16 3 0 0 15 0 0 6 43 .101 .139 .119 .258 -26 19 2 1 15 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 172 152 9 15 3 0 0 14 0 0 6 41 .101 .139 .119 .258 -26 18 2 1 14 0 0
SDP (4 yrs) 106 116 106 6 13 3 0 0 12 0 0 5 33 .123 .162 .151 .313 -9 16 1 0 5 0 0
STL (1 yr) 35 65 53 3 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 10 .057 .091 .057 .148 -58 3 1 1 10 0 0
OAK (1 yr) 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 141 181 159 9 16 3 0 0 15 0 0 6 43 .101 .139 .119 .258 -26 19 2 1 15 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1978 23 SDP NL 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /1
1979 24 SDP NL 13 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 -2 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 1
1980 25 SDP NL 54 -7 0 0 0 0 5 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1981 26 SDP NL 48 -6 0 0 0 0 4 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1982 27 STL NL 65 -12 0 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $ 1
5 Seasons 181 -28 0 1 0 0 15 5 -7 -1.0 -7 -0.7 -0.3 $
SDP (4 yrs) 116 -16 0 1 0 0 10 3 -2 -0.3 -2 -0.2 -0.1 $
STL (1 yr) 65 -12 0 0 0 0 5 2 -5 -0.7 -5 -0.5 -0.2 $

Advanced Batting

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
1978 23 SDP NL 1 1 0 0.0 87 .000 .000 .251 .000 .318 .000 .370 .000 .688 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1979 24 SDP NL 13 13 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .260 .000 .325 .000 .387 .000 .712 -100 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .000 .000 .000
1980 25 SDP NL 54 44 2 1.2 90 .233 .137 .260 .185 .321 .176 .377 .362 .698 5 .094 -6.4 -0.7 .273 .098 .039
1981 26 SDP NL 48 41 1 0.7 86 .162 .136 .254 .174 .318 .159 .364 .333 .683 -2 .034 -5.8 -0.6 .231 .068 .023
1982 27 STL NL 65 61 1 0.4 95 .070 .057 .267 .091 .330 .057 .388 .148 .718 -58 .016 -11.4 -1.2 .098 .019 .000
7 Seasons 181 160 4 0.7 91 .138 .101 .261 .139 .323 .119 .378 .258 .701 -26 .034 -26.5 -2.8 .179 .057 .019
162 Game Avg. 172 152 4 0.7 91 .138 .101 .261 .139 .323 .119 .378 .258 .701 -26 .034 -26.5 -2.8 .179 .057 .019
SDP (4 yrs) 116 99 3 0.8 89 .178 .123 .257 .162 .320 .151 .373 .313 .693 -9 .048 -15.1 -1.6 .223 .075 .028
STL (1 yr) 65 61 1 0.4 95 .070 .057 .267 .091 .330 .057 .388 .148 .718 -58 .016 -11.4 -1.2 .098 .019 .000

Ratio Batting*

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
1978 23 SDP NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1979 24 SDP NL 13 0.0% 38.5% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 38%
1980 25 SDP NL 54 0.0% 38.9% 5.6% 3.7% 29% 7.00 2.4 6.4 2.43 56%
1981 26 SDP NL 48 0.0% 14.6% 4.2% 2.1% 17% 3.50 6.3 11.0 4.50 77%
1982 27 STL NL 65 0.0% 15.4% 1.5% 0.0% 0% 10.00 5.3 17.7 2.00 66%
7 Seasons 181 0.0% 23.8% 3.3% 1.7% 19% 7.17 3.7 10.6 2.90 64%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.1% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.56 6.8 44.3 8.5 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1978 23 SDP NL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.05 0.0 -0.0 0.4 0.0 0.86 0.4 0
1979 24 SDP NL -2.7 -0.3 13 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .75 -0.3 0.1 -2.8 -0.3 1.05 -3.0 0
1980 25 SDP NL -6.4 -0.7 56 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 .68 -0.4 0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.92 -4.3 0
1981 26 SDP NL -5.8 -0.6 49 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 1.02 -0.5 -0.0 -4.2 -0.5 1.01 -4.7 0
1982 27 STL NL -11.4 -1.2 66 -0.7 0.3 -1.0 .74 -1.0 0.1 -9.3 -1.0 1.02 -10.2 0
1983 28 CHW AL 0.0
1985 30 OAK AL 0.0
7 Seasons -26.5 -2.8 185 -1.6 1.4 -3.0 .80 -2.2 0.2 -17.2 -1.8 0.99 -21.8 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
1978 23 SDP NL 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 24 SDP NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1980 25 SDP NL 0 0 30% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1981 26 SDP NL 1 0 25% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 25% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1982 27 STL NL 1 0 60% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0
7 Seasons 3 0 39% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 29% 9 7 2 1 0 1 4 3 1

Situational Hitting*

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
1978 23 SDP NL 1 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 0 0
1979 24 SDP NL 13 46% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 5 0 0% 5 3 60% 11 0 0% 0 0 3 2 67% 0
1980 25 SDP NL 54 30% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 31 8 26% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1981 26 SDP NL 48 29% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 8 1 13% 12 1 8% 32 4 13% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1982 27 STL NL 65 38% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 10 91% 12 1 8% 13 5 38% 45 3 7% 3 2 67% 1 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 181 34% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 18 15 83% 28 2 7% 36 9 25% 119 15 13% 6 3 50% 8 2 25% 0
MLB Averages 57% 82% 11% 35% 15% 52% 55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1978 23 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 24 43 14 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0
1980 25 82 68 62 4 7 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 26 .113 .154 .145 .299 -14 9 0 0 3 0 0
1981 26 106 116 106 6 13 3 0 0 12 0 0 5 33 .123 .162 .151 .313 -9 16 1 0 5 0 0
1982 27 141 181 159 9 16 3 0 0 15 0 0 6 43 .101 .139 .119 .258 -26 19 2 1 15 0 0
1983 28 147 181 159 9 16 3 0 0 15 0 0 6 43 .101 .139 .119 .258 -26 19 2 1 15 0 0
1984 29 147 181 159 9 16 3 0 0 15 0 0 6 43 .101 .139 .119 .258 -26 19 2 1 15 0 0
1985 30 170 181 159 9 16 3 0 0 15 0 0 6 43 .101 .139 .119 .258 -26 19 2 1 15 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
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
1978 23 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1979 24 38 10 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 38
1980 25 39 55 52 4 8 2 0 0 10 0 3 21 .154 .200 .192 .392 2 39
1981 26 36 69 66 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 3 11 .121 .159 .136 .296 2 24
1982 27 35 55 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 .000 .036 .000 .036 0 35
5 Seasons 153 190 182 7 16 3 0 0 15 0 7 47 .088 .126 .104 .231 4 141
162 Game Avg. 162 201 193 7 17 3 0 0 16 0 7 50 .088 .126 .104 .231 4 141

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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