Steve Mura
Stephen Andrew Mura
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 190 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
Final Game: October 6, 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
1978 23 SDP NL 0 2 .000 11.74 5 2 2 0 0 0 7.2 15 10 10 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 40 28 2.609 17.6 1.2 5.9 5.9 1.00
1979 24 SDP NL 4 4 .500 3.08 38 5 12 0 0 2 73.0 57 30 25 6 37 2 59 1 1 1 309 114 1.288 7.0 0.7 4.6 7.3 1.59
1980 25 SDP NL 8 7 .533 3.68 37 23 5 3 1 2 168.2 149 74 69 9 86 4 109 3 1 3 719 93 1.393 8.0 0.5 4.6 5.8 1.27
1981 26 SDP NL 5 14 .263 4.28 23 22 1 2 0 0 138.2 156 72 66 10 50 2 70 0 0 4 613 77 1.486 10.1 0.6 3.2 4.5 1.40
1982 27 STL NL 12 11 .522 4.05 35 30 2 7 1 0 184.1 196 89 83 16 80 4 84 0 1 9 795 90 1.497 9.6 0.8 3.9 4.1 1.05
1983 28 CHW AL 0 0 4.38 6 0 3 0 0 0 12.1 13 11 6 1 6 0 4 0 0 5 57 96 1.541 9.5 0.7 4.4 2.9 0.67
1985 30 OAK AL 1 1 .500 4.12 23 1 10 0 0 1 48.0 41 25 22 3 25 4 29 0 0 0 209 93 1.375 7.7 0.6 4.7 5.4 1.16
7 Seasons 30 39 .435 4.00 167 83 35 12 2 5 632.2 627 311 281 46 289 16 360 4 3 23 2742 88 1.448 8.9 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.25
162 Game Avg. 8 11 .435 4.00 45 23 10 3 1 1 172 171 85 76 13 79 4 98 1 1 6 746 88 1.448 8.9 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.25
SDP (4 yrs) 17 27 .386 3.94 103 52 20 5 1 4 388.0 377 186 170 26 178 8 243 4 2 9 1681 86 1.430 8.7 0.6 4.1 5.6 1.37
STL (1 yr) 12 11 .522 4.05 35 30 2 7 1 0 184.1 196 89 83 16 80 4 84 0 1 9 795 90 1.497 9.6 0.8 3.9 4.1 1.05
OAK (1 yr) 1 1 .500 4.12 23 1 10 0 0 1 48.0 41 25 22 3 25 4 29 0 0 0 209 93 1.375 7.7 0.6 4.7 5.4 1.16
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 4.38 6 0 3 0 0 0 12.1 13 11 6 1 6 0 4 0 0 5 57 96 1.541 9.5 0.7 4.4 2.9 0.67
NL (5 yrs) 29 38 .433 3.98 138 82 22 12 2 4 572.1 573 275 253 42 258 12 327 4 3 18 2476 87 1.452 9.0 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.27
AL (2 yrs) 1 1 .500 4.18 29 1 13 0 0 1 60.1 54 36 28 4 31 4 33 0 0 5 266 93 1.409 8.1 0.6 4.6 4.9 1.06

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
1978 23 SDP NL 5 40 34 10 15 2 1 1 2 1 5 5 .441 .500 .647 1.147 .483 22 2 0 0 1 0
1979 24 SDP NL 38 309 263 30 57 9 2 6 11 3 37 59 .217 .314 .335 .648 .255 88 5 1 6 2 2
1980 25 SDP NL 37 719 605 74 149 25 2 9 27 11 86 109 .246 .338 .339 .677 .282 205 20 3 15 10 4
1981 26 SDP NL 23 610 545 72 156 21 5 10 25 5 50 70 .286 .346 .398 .744 .313 217 10 0 14 1 2
1982 27 STL NL 35 795 704 89 196 35 5 16 30 9 80 84 .278 .348 .411 .759 .294 289 23 0 2 9 4
1983 28 CHW AL 6 57 50 11 13 2 0 1 1 1 6 4 .260 .333 .360 .693 .261 18 2 0 0 1 0
1985 30 OAK AL 23 209 182 25 41 8 2 3 3 0 25 29 .225 .317 .341 .658 .252 62 3 0 1 1 4
7 Seasons 167 2739 2383 311 627 102 17 46 99 30 289 360 .263 .341 .378 .719 .290 901 65 4 38 25 16
162 Game Avg. 45 745 648 85 171 28 5 13 27 8 79 98 .263 .341 .378 .719 .290 245 18 1 10 7 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
1978 23 SDP NL 5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 27 29 25 1 1 1 1 2.0 1.8 2.7
1979 24 SDP NL 38 5 1 2 2 0 1 1 4 .200 1 1 0 0 2 40% 48 68 26 14 5 2 2 3.3 2.2 5.1
1980 25 SDP NL 37 23 8 7 8 2 5 10 12 .455 2 5 3 1 16 70% 54 82 24 26 10 0 11 4.1 4.3 6.4
1981 26 SDP NL 23 22 5 13 4 3 8 6 16 .273 1 1 2 0 13 59% 48 77 22 11 4 0 5 3.2 3.5 6.2
1982 27 STL NL 35 30 12 11 7 4 2 15 15 .500 3 3 7 1 13 43% 48 78 25 23 5 4 7 5.0 5.5 5.8
1985 30 OAK AL 23 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0% 50 50 50 15 8 1 0 3.0 4.5 5.3
6 Seasons 161 83 26 35 22 9 16 32 50 .390 8 10 12 2 44 53% 49 82 22 90 33 8 26 4.1 4.4 6.0
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
1978 23 SDP NL 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 7 0.723 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 2.3
1979 24 SDP NL 38 33 12 3 2 5 2 3 40% 6 0 21 6 29% 8 1.046 12 6 14 6 6 21 11 22 17 9 17 5 4.3
1980 25 SDP NL 37 14 5 0 0 3 2 1 67% 3 0 6 1 17% 7 0.967 4 6 4 3 1 10 5 9 10 2 10 1 4.7
1981 26 SDP NL 23 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.060 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1982 27 STL NL 35 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.902 1 1 3 0 1 4 0 5 3 0 4 0 5.4
1983 28 CHW AL 6 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 4 0.263 0 2 4 0 0 6 4 2 4 0 4 0 6.2
1985 30 OAK AL 23 22 10 1 1 1 1 0 100% 2 1 17 7 41% 8 0.591 3 3 16 4 2 16 8 14 13 3 14 1 5.8
7 Seasons 167 84 35 4 4 9 5 4 56% 11 1 52 16 31% 0.931 21 18 44 13 11 60 29 55 48 15 50 7 4.9

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%
1978 23 SDP NL 40 38% 2.5% 12.5% 12.5% 10.0% 27% 1.43 73% 7 2 29%
1979 24 SDP NL 309 38% 1.9% 19.1% 12.0% 5.5% 30% 1.16 65% 51 5 10%
1980 25 SDP NL 719 42% 1.3% 15.2% 12.0% 5.0% 24% 0.93 69% 129 20 16%
1981 26 SDP NL 610 46% 1.6% 11.5% 8.2% 5.9% 23% 1.21 76% 91 10 11%
1982 27 STL NL 795 45% 2.0% 10.6% 10.1% 7.0% 29% 1.21 77% 130 23 18%
1983 28 CHW AL 57 49% 1.8% 7.0% 10.5% 5.3% 23% 0.94 81% 15 2 13%
1985 30 OAK AL 209 46% 1.4% 13.9% 12.0% 6.2% 32% 0.88 72% 39 3 8%
7 Seasons 2739 44% 1.7% 13.1% 10.6% 6.0% 26% 1.10 73% 462 65 14%
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
1978 23 SDP NL 40 15 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 50% 0 1 0 21 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0
1979 24 SDP NL 309 57 6 0 10 5 1 4 2 16 6 3 38% 4 1 1 116 11 3 79% 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1980 25 SDP NL 719 149 9 0 17 5 4 1 8 41 27 6 66% 10 3 0 270 27 11 71% 26 10 1 0 0 1 1 1 19 0
1981 26 SDP NL 610 156 10 0 8 5 5 5 5 29 13 4 45% 8 4 1 230 25 5 83% 25 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0
1982 27 STL NL 795 196 16 1 17 8 8 9 7 46 21 5 46% 5 9 2 280 30 9 77% 29 8 1 0 0 1 4 1 25 0
1983 28 CHW AL 57 13 1 0 4 1 0 1 0 9 7 0 78% 5 5 0 24 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1985 30 OAK AL 209 41 3 0 12 2 1 1 2 15 8 2 53% 4 0 1 66 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
7 Seasons 2739 627 46 1 69 27 19 22 24 158 83 21 53% 36 23 5 1007 99 30 77% 97 28 2 0 0 2 11 3 68 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+
1978 23 0 2 .000 11.74 5 2 2 0 0 0 7.2 15 10 10 1 5 0 5 0 0 1 40 28 2.609 17.6 1.2 5.9 5.9 1.00 28
1979 24 4 6 .400 3.90 43 7 14 0 0 2 80.2 72 40 35 7 42 2 64 1 1 2 349 90 1.413 8.0 0.8 4.7 7.1 1.52 90
1980 25 12 13 .480 3.75 80 30 19 3 1 4 249.1 221 114 104 16 128 6 173 4 2 5 1068 92 1.400 8.0 0.6 4.6 6.2 1.35 92
1981 26 17 27 .386 3.94 103 52 20 5 1 4 388.0 377 186 170 26 178 8 243 4 2 9 1681 86 1.430 8.7 0.6 4.1 5.6 1.37 86
1982 27 29 38 .433 3.98 138 82 22 12 2 4 572.1 573 275 253 42 258 12 327 4 3 18 2476 87 1.452 9.0 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.27 87
1983 28 29 38 .433 3.99 144 82 25 12 2 4 584.2 586 286 259 43 264 12 331 4 3 23 2533 87 1.454 9.0 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.25 87
1984 29 29 38 .433 3.99 144 82 25 12 2 4 584.2 586 286 259 43 264 12 331 4 3 23 2533 87 1.454 9.0 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.25 87
1985 30 30 39 .435 4.00 167 83 35 12 2 5 632.2 627 311 281 46 289 16 360 4 3 23 2742 88 1.448 8.9 0.7 4.1 5.1 1.25 88

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
1978 23 0 0 18.00 6.0 16 13 12 1 5 4 0 3.500 24.0 7.5 6.0 0.80 1.5 5
1979 24 4 3 .571 3.60 70.0 60 31 28 6 39 57 1 1.414 7.7 5.0 7.3 1.46 0.8 38
1980 25 7 10 .412 4.65 155.0 159 89 80 10 92 100 3 1.619 9.2 5.3 5.8 1.09 0.6 37
1981 26 7 14 .333 5.54 195.0 260 133 120 17 83 98 0 1.759 12.0 3.8 4.5 1.18 0.8 23
1982 27 8 10 .444 4.63 171.0 201 98 88 16 82 78 0 1.655 10.6 4.3 4.1 0.95 0.8 35
1983 28 0 1 .000 4.15 13.0 13 7 6 1 6 4 0 1.462 9.0 4.2 2.8 0.67 0.7 6
1985 30 2 3 .400 4.70 46.0 44 27 24 3 27 28 0 1.543 8.6 5.3 5.5 1.04 0.6 23
7 Seasons 28 41 .406 4.91 656.0 753 398 358 54 334 369 4 1.657 10.3 5.1 1.10 0.7 167

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL--5.816--7th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 NL--86--4th

Hits s c a p y
1981 NL--156--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1980 NL--.480--10th

Losses s c a p y
1981 NL--14--1st

Earned Runs s c a p y
1981 NL--66--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1982 NL--9--9th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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