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Steve Ontiveros

Steven Robert Ontiveros

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 26, 1951 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 6th round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1973
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants 1973-1980
Agents: Alan Meersand [*]
Final Game: June 21, 1980
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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
1973 21 SFG NL 24 37 33 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 7 .242 .324 .333 .658 80 11 0 0 0 0 0 /39
1974 22 SFG NL 120 403 343 45 91 15 1 4 33 0 0 57 41 .265 .375 .350 .725 100 120 12 3 0 0 4 53/97
1975 23 SFG NL 108 388 325 21 94 16 0 3 31 2 0 55 44 .289 .391 .366 .757 108 119 9 2 2 4 4 5/937
1976 24 SFG NL 59 82 74 8 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 6 11 .176 .244 .216 .460 31 16 2 1 0 1 0 /53789
1977 25 CHC NL 156 636 546 54 163 32 3 10 68 3 3 81 69 .299 .390 .423 .813 109 231 15 3 2 4 4 *5
1978 26 CHC NL 82 316 276 34 67 14 4 1 22 0 2 34 33 .243 .321 .333 .654 76 92 4 0 1 5 3 5/3
1979 27 CHC NL 152 590 519 58 148 28 2 4 57 0 1 58 68 .285 .362 .370 .732 93 192 19 7 1 5 7 *5/3
1980 28 CHC NL 31 91 77 7 16 3 0 1 3 0 0 14 17 .208 .330 .286 .615 69 22 1 0 0 0 1 5
8 Yrs 732 2543 2193 230 600 111 10 24 224 5 6 309 290 .274 .365 .366 .731 96 803 62 16 6 19 23
162 Game Avg. 162 563 485 51 133 25 2 5 50 1 1 68 64 .274 .365 .366 .731 96 178 14 4 1 4 5
SFG (4 yrs) 311 910 775 77 206 34 1 8 74 2 0 122 103 .266 .368 .343 .711 97 266 23 6 2 5 8
CHC (4 yrs) 421 1633 1418 153 394 77 9 16 150 3 6 187 187 .278 .363 .379 .742 95 537 39 10 4 14 15

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1973 21 SFG NL 24 37 -0 -1 0 2 -0 0 0.1 1 2 0.2 .502 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ /39
1974 22 SFG NL 120 403 3 -0 -1 -7 0 -5 -0.5 12 7 0.7 .496 .497 1.4 -0.7 14 $ 53/97
1975 23 SFG NL 108 388 5 -3 -1 -3 1 -0 0.0 11 11 1.1 .500 .500 1.4 -0.1 14 $ 5/937
1976 24 SFG NL 59 82 -7 1 -0 -2 -0 -9 -1.0 2 -7 -0.8 .482 .494 -0.6 -0.2 -5 $ /53789
1977 25 CHC NL 156 636 9 -3 -1 -4 3 5 0.5 18 24 2.3 .503 .503 2.7 -0.0 27 $20,000 *5
1978 26 CHC NL 82 316 -6 -2 0 3 2 -4 -0.3 9 6 0.6 .495 .497 0.2 0.6 3 $ 5/3
1979 27 CHC NL 152 590 -2 -2 -2 -10 2 -13 -1.4 17 4 0.3 .490 .491 1.3 -0.8 14 $ *5/3
1980 28 CHC NL 31 91 -3 0 0 -5 0 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .475 .495 0.0 -0.5 1 $ 5
8 Seasons 732 2543 -1 -10 -4 -25 7 -32 -3.4 74 42 3.9 .495 .497 6.4 -1.6 67 $20,000
SFG (4 yrs) 311 910 1 -3 -1 -10 1 -13 -1.5 26 13 1.2 .495 .498 2.2 -0.9 23 $
CHC (4 yrs) 421 1633 -2 -7 -2 -15 7 -19 -1.9 48 29 2.7 .495 .497 4.2 -0.7 44 $20,000

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
1973 21 SFG NL 37 25 4 4.3 100 .280 .242 .267 .324 .337 .333 .397 .658 .734 80 .503 -1.0 -0.1 .600 .212 .091 .0
1974 22 SFG NL 403 264 46 4.7 99 .292 .265 .268 .375 .341 .350 .387 .725 .728 100 .545 2.4 0.2 .682 .251 .085 .0
1975 23 SFG NL 388 246 50 5.5 99 .323 .289 .270 .391 .342 .366 .390 .757 .732 108 .607 7.1 0.7 .742 .252 .077 2.4
1976 24 SFG NL 82 64 4 1.7 93 .203 .176 .265 .244 .332 .216 .378 .460 .709 31 .164 -6.7 -0.7 .365 .122 .041
1977 25 CHC NL 636 407 92 6.1 112 .325 .299 .282 .390 .351 .423 .430 .813 .781 109 .624 10.7 1.0 .786 .273 .125 4.6
1978 26 CHC NL 316 221 31 3.8 104 .267 .243 .274 .321 .344 .333 .404 .654 .747 76 .452 -8.7 -0.9 .577 .207 .091 .0
1979 27 CHC NL 590 397 69 4.7 108 .319 .285 .280 .362 .347 .370 .416 .732 .764 93 .527 -3.0 -0.3 .655 .195 .085 .0
1980 28 CHC NL 91 62 8 3.5 101 .254 .208 .275 .330 .338 .286 .399 .615 .737 69 .412 -2.9 -0.3 .581 .260 .078 .0
8 Yrs 2543 1686 304 4.9 105 .303 .274 .276 .365 .345 .366 .407 .731 .752 96 .547 -2.1 -0.3 .679 .233 .093 8.3
162 Game Avg. 563 373 67 4.9 105 .303 .274 .276 .365 .345 .366 .407 .731 .752 96 .547 -2.1 -0.3 .679 .233 .093 2
SFG (4 yrs) 910 599 104 4.7 99 .296 .266 .269 .368 .340 .343 .388 .711 .728 97 .542 1.8 0.2 .669 .237 .077 3.2
CHC (4 yrs) 1633 1087 200 5.0 108 .308 .278 .279 .363 .348 .379 .418 .742 .766 95 .550 -3.9 -0.5 .684 .231 .101 5.1

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
1973 21 SFG NL 37 2.7% 18.9% 10.8% 2.7% 13% 1.75 4.7 33.0 6.6 3.25 68%
1974 22 SFG NL 403 1.0% 10.2% 14.1% 5.0% 22% 0.72 8.4 85.8 10.4 1.56 74%
1975 23 SFG NL 388 0.8% 11.3% 14.2% 4.9% 20% 0.80 7.4 108.3 10.5 1.40 73%
1976 24 SFG NL 82 0.0% 13.4% 7.3% 3.7% 23% 1.83 6.7 14.8 1.41 78%
1977 25 CHC NL 636 1.6% 10.9% 12.7% 7.1% 28% 0.85 7.9 54.6 8.0 1.23 74%
1978 26 CHC NL 316 0.3% 10.4% 10.8% 6.0% 28% 0.97 8.4 276.0 12.5 0.83 78%
1979 27 CHC NL 590 0.7% 11.5% 9.8% 5.8% 23% 1.17 7.6 129.8 9.1 1.41 77%
1980 28 CHC NL 91 1.1% 18.7% 15.4% 4.4% 25% 1.21 4.5 77.0 25.7 0.76 65%
8 Yrs 2543 0.9% 11.4% 12.2% 5.7% 24% 0.94 7.6 91.4 9.8 1.28 75%
MLB Averages 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.51 6.9 46.2 8.6 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
1973 21 SFG NL -1.0 -0.1 38 0.0 0.7 -0.7 1.00 -0.1 0.1 1.4 0.1 1.00 -0.2 0.90 17
1974 22 SFG NL 2.4 0.2 411 0.4 7.5 -7.1 1.06 0.5 -0.1 4.1 0.4 0.95 6.3 1.84 23
1975 23 SFG NL 7.1 0.7 394 -0.5 6.2 -6.7 1.05 0.5 -1.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.01 4.5 1.01 11
1976 24 SFG NL -6.8 -0.7 83 -1.3 1.1 -2.4 1.32 -0.5 -0.5 -9.3 -1.0 1.03 -6.3 1.37 44
1977 25 CHC NL 10.7 1.0 647 1.9 13.0 -11.1 1.11 1.3 0.4 16.6 1.6 0.97 15.6 1.69 3
1978 26 CHC NL -9.0 -0.9 320 -0.6 5.2 -5.7 1.07 -0.2 -0.3 -5.9 -0.6 0.96 -1.9 2.45 4
1979 27 CHC NL -3.0 -0.3 603 0.6 10.4 -9.9 1.03 0.4 0.2 9.6 0.9 0.94 6.3 1.46 9
1980 28 CHC NL -2.9 -0.3 91 -0.3 1.2 -1.5 .95 -0.1 -0.2 -4.8 -0.5 0.91 -1.9 1.03 6
8 Yrs -2.5 -0.4 2587 0.3 45.4 -45.1 1.07 1.9 -1.7 10.7 0.9 0.97 22.4 1.39 117

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
1973 21 SFG NL 1 0 18% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 33% 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
1974 22 SFG NL 6 0 28% 171 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 9 36% 24 19 5 7 4 3 14 6 8
1975 23 SFG NL 4 0 12% 153 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 28% 23 17 4 5 4 1 11 4 6
1976 24 SFG NL 0 0 40% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 40% 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 2 0
1977 25 CHC NL 6 0 19% 281 3 3 50% 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 12 31% 33 24 9 8 7 0 20 9 10
1978 26 CHC NL 8 0 33% 134 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 26% 17 14 2 4 2 2 10 6 4
1979 27 CHC NL 9 0 26% 267 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 16 36% 36 29 7 14 7 5 22 7 14
1980 28 CHC NL 1 0 21% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 5 4 1 1 1 0 4 1 3
8 Yrs 35 0 23% 1060 5 6 45% 5 3 0 1 0 2 6 0 22 50 33% 141 108 30 42 27 12 83 35 45

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
1973 21 SFG NL 37 100% 8 17 5 1 2 0.90 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 0 0% 1 1 100% 24 4 17% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1974 22 SFG NL 403 100% 91 23 4 0 1 1.84 4 0 5 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 0% 69 12 17% 26 7 27% 247 31 13% 13 7 54% 13 8 62% 0
1975 23 SFG NL 388 100% 94 11 2 0 0 1.01 3 0 13 3 0 1 2 0 3 2 67% 72 9 13% 40 18 45% 273 30 11% 29 14 48% 14 12 86% 0
1976 24 SFG NL 82 100% 13 44 8 0 1 1.37 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 9 4 44% 62 5 8% 8 5 63% 3 1 33% 0
1977 25 CHC NL 636 100% 163 3 0 0 0 1.69 10 0 15 8 2 5 5 0 2 2 100% 135 15 11% 56 18 32% 441 62 14% 28 17 61% 26 14 54% 0
1978 26 CHC NL 316 100% 67 4 2 0 1 2.45 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 57 4 7% 28 11 39% 196 23 12% 19 8 42% 9 6 67% 0
1979 27 CHC NL 590 100% 148 9 3 0 2 1.46 4 0 14 3 1 1 3 0 1 1 100% 114 19 17% 45 16 36% 364 54 15% 33 18 55% 16 10 63% 0
1980 28 CHC NL 91 100% 16 6 0 0 0 1.03 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 9% 6 1 17% 49 2 4% 4 1 25% 3 2 67% 0
8 Yrs 2543 100% 600 117 24 1 7 1.39 24 0 58 21 3 11 13 0 8 6 75% 476 62 13% 211 76 36% 1656 211 13% 136 71 52% 84 53 63% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

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
1973 21 24 37 33 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 0 4 7 .242 .324 .333 .658 80 11 0 0 0 0 0
1974 22 144 440 376 48 99 15 1 5 38 0 0 61 48 .263 .370 .348 .719 98 131 12 3 0 0 4
1975 23 252 828 701 69 193 31 1 8 69 2 0 116 92 .275 .380 .357 .737 103 250 21 5 2 4 8
1976 24 311 910 775 77 206 34 1 8 74 2 0 122 103 .266 .368 .343 .711 97 266 23 6 2 5 8
1977 25 467 1546 1321 131 369 66 4 18 142 5 3 203 172 .279 .377 .376 .753 102 497 38 9 4 9 12
1978 26 549 1862 1597 165 436 80 8 19 164 5 5 237 205 .273 .367 .369 .736 98 589 42 9 5 14 15
1979 27 701 2452 2116 223 584 108 10 23 221 5 6 295 273 .276 .366 .369 .735 97 781 61 16 6 19 22
1980 28 732 2543 2193 230 600 111 10 24 224 5 6 309 290 .274 .365 .366 .731 96 803 62 16 6 19 23

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
1973 21 24 38 34 3 9 0 0 1 6 0 4 7 .265 .342 .353 .695 4 24
1974 22 120 405 344 46 92 15 1 4 33 0 58 41 .267 .378 .352 .730 45 120
1975 23 108 391 327 22 96 16 0 3 32 2 56 44 .294 .396 .370 .766 48 108
1976 24 59 82 74 8 13 3 0 0 5 0 6 11 .176 .244 .216 .460 4 59
1977 25 156 621 536 49 153 30 3 9 61 3 76 69 .285 .375 .403 .778 81 156
1978 26 82 316 276 34 67 14 4 1 22 0 34 33 .243 .321 .333 .654 30 82
1979 27 152 583 514 55 143 27 2 4 54 0 56 68 .278 .354 .362 .716 65 152
1980 28 31 91 77 7 16 3 0 1 3 0 14 17 .208 .330 .286 .615 7 31
8 Yrs 732 2527 2182 224 589 108 10 23 216 5 304 290 .270 .361 .360 .721 284 732
162 Game Avg. 162 559 483 50 130 24 2 5 48 1 67 64 .270 .361 .360 .721 63 732

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

On-Base% s c a p y
1977 NL  .390 (8th)

Games Played s c a p y
1977 NL  156 (10th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1977 NL  81 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1977 NL  247 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1979 NL  7 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1979 NL  19 (6th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 3 (2071), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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