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Steve Ontiveros
Steven Robert Ontiveros

Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 26, 1951 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: Bakersfield (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
Final Game: June 21, 1980
About biographical information

Steve Ontiveros
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Minors
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Standard Batting

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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
1973	21	SFG	NL	24	37	33	3	8	0	0	1	5	0	0	4	7	.242	.324	.333	.658	79	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	30	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	75	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 Seasons				732	2543	2193	230	600	111	10	24	224	5	6	309	290	.274	.365	.366	.731	95	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	95	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

Advanced Batting

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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	101	.280	.242	.268	.324	.338	.333	.399	.658	.737	79	.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	94	.203	.176	.266	.244	.333	.216	.379	.460	.712	30	.164	-6.8	-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	10.6	1.0	.786	.273	.125	4.6
1978	26	CHC	NL	316	221	31	3.8	104	.267	.243	.275	.321	.345	.333	.405	.654	.750	75	.452	-9.0	-0.9	.577	.207	.091	.0
1979	27	CHC	NL	590	397	69	4.7	108	.319	.285	.280	.362	.347	.370	.416	.732	.763	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 Seasons				2543	1686	304	4.9	105	.303	.274	.276	.365	.345	.366	.408	.731	.753	95	.547	-2.6	-0.4	.679	.233	.093	8.3
162 Game Avg.				563	373	67	4.9	105	.303	.274	.276	.365	.345	.366	.408	.731	.753	95	.547	-2.6	-0.4	.679	.233	.093	2

SFG (4 yrs)				910	599	104	4.7	99	.296	.266	.269	.368	.340	.343	.388	.711	.729	97	.542	1.7	0.1	.669	.237	.077	3.2
CHC (4 yrs)				1633	1087	200	5.0	108	.308	.278	.280	.363	.348	.379	.418	.742	.766	95	.550	-4.3	-0.5	.684	.231	.101	5.1

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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 Seasons				2543	0.9%	11.4%	12.2%	5.7%	24%	0.94	7.6	91.4	9.8	1.28	75%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
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%	152	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 Seasons				35	0	23%	1059	5	6	45%	5	3	0	1	0	2	6	0	22	50	33%	141	108	30	42	27	12	83	35	45
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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	0.97	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		9	0	0%	1	1	100%	24	4	17%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1974	22	SFG	NL	403	100%	91			23	4	0	1	1.90	4	0	5	4	0	3	1	0	1	0	0%	69	12	17%	26	7	27%	247	31	13%	13	7	54%	25	15	60%	0
1975	23	SFG	NL	388	100%	94			11	2	0	0	1.10	3	0	13	3	0	1	2	0	3	2	67%	72	9	13%	40	18	45%	273	30	11%	29	14	48%	36	17	47%	0
1976	24	SFG	NL	82	100%	13			44	8	0	1	1.43	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	2	22%	9	4	44%	62	5	8%	8	5	63%	9	1	11%	0
1977	25	CHC	NL	636	100%	163			3	0	0	0	1.71	10	0	15	8	2	5	5	0	2	2	100%	135	15	11%	56	18	32%	441	62	14%	28	17	61%	34	15	44%	0
1978	26	CHC	NL	316	100%	67			4	2	0	1	2.48	1	0	7	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	57	4	7%	28	11	39%	196	23	12%	19	8	42%	24	7	29%	0
1979	27	CHC	NL	590	100%	148			9	3	0	2	1.48	4	0	14	3	1	1	3	0	1	1	100%	114	19	17%	45	16	36%	364	54	15%	33	18	55%	25	12	48%	0
1980	28	CHC	NL	91	100%	16			6	0	0	0	1.08	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		11	1	9%	6	1	17%	49	2	4%	4	1	25%	4	2	50%	0
8 Seasons				2543	100%	600			117	24	1	7	1.45	24	0	58	21	3	11	13	0	8	6	75%	476	62	13%	211	76	36%	1656	211	13%	136	71	52%	158	70	44%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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	79	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	96	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	95	803	62	16	6	19	23

Neutralized Batting

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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	5	0	4	7	.265	.342	.353	.695	4	24
1974	22	120	408	346	46	94	15	1	4	33	0	59	41	.272	.382	.355	.738	47	120
1975	23	108	397	332	22	101	17	0	3	32	2	59	44	.304	.408	.383	.791	52	108
1976	24	59	82	74	8	13	3	0	0	5	0	6	11	.176	.244	.216	.460	4	59
1977	25	156	624	539	49	156	31	3	10	62	3	78	69	.289	.380	.414	.794	84	156
1978	26	82	317	277	34	68	14	4	1	22	0	35	33	.245	.325	.336	.661	31	82
1979	27	152	585	516	56	145	27	2	4	55	0	57	68	.281	.357	.364	.722	66	152
1980	28	31	93	78	7	17	3	0	1	3	0	15	17	.218	.344	.295	.639	8	31
8 Seasons		732	2544	2196	225	603	110	10	24	217	5	313	290	.275	.366	.367	.733	296	732
162 Game Avg.		162	563	486	50	133	24	2	5	48	1	69	64	.275	.366	.367	.733	66	732

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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

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Gray Ink Batting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144

Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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Gray Ink	Batting - 3 (1907), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1980), Average HOFer ≈ 50