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Steve Ontiveros

Steven Ontiveros

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 5, 1961 in Tularosa, NM
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 14, 1985
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Mariners/Phillies/RedSox 1985-2000

Final Game: October 1, 2000
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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
1985 24 OAK AL 1 3 .250 1.93 39 0 18 0 0 8 74.2 45 17 16 4 19 2 36 2 0 1 284 199 0.857 5.4 0.5 2.3 4.3 1.89
1986 25 OAK AL 2 2 .500 4.71 46 0 27 0 0 10 72.2 72 40 38 10 25 3 54 1 0 4 305 82 1.335 8.9 1.2 3.1 6.7 2.16
1987 26 OAK AL 10 8 .556 4.00 35 22 6 2 1 1 150.2 141 78 67 19 50 3 97 4 1 4 645 104 1.268 8.4 1.1 3.0 5.8 1.94
1988 27 OAK AL 3 4 .429 4.61 10 10 0 0 0 0 54.2 57 32 28 4 21 1 30 0 5 5 241 83 1.427 9.4 0.7 3.5 4.9 1.43
1989 28 PHI NL 2 1 .667 3.82 6 5 0 0 0 0 30.2 34 15 13 2 15 1 12 0 0 2 134 94 1.598 10.0 0.6 4.4 3.5 0.80
1990 29 PHI NL 0 0 2.70 5 0 1 0 0 0 10.0 9 3 3 1 3 0 6 0 0 0 43 146 1.200 8.1 0.9 2.7 5.4 2.00
1992 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1993 32 SEA AL 0 2 .000 1.00 14 0 8 0 0 0 18.0 18 3 2 0 6 2 13 0 0 1 72 446 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 6.5 2.17
1994 33 OAK AL 6 4 .600 2.65 27 13 5 2 0 0 115.1 93 39 34 7 26 1 56 6 0 5 463 167 1.032 7.3 0.5 2.0 4.4 2.15
1995 34 OAK AL 9 6 .600 4.37 22 22 0 2 1 0 129.2 144 75 63 12 38 0 77 4 0 5 558 99 1.404 10.0 0.8 2.6 5.3 2.03 AS
2000 39 BOS AL 1 1 .500 10.13 3 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 9 6 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 28 53 2.438 15.2 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25
10 Yrs 34 31 .523 3.67 207 73 65 6 2 19 661.2 622 308 270 60 207 13 382 17 6 29 2773 113 1.253 8.5 0.8 2.8 5.2 1.85
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .523 3.67 50 18 16 1 0 5 161 151 75 66 15 50 3 93 4 1 7 673 113 1.253 8.5 0.8 2.8 5.2 1.85
OAK (6 yrs) 31 27 .534 3.70 179 67 56 6 2 19 597.2 552 281 246 56 179 10 350 17 6 24 2496 112 1.223 8.3 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.96
PHI (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.54 11 5 1 0 0 0 40.2 43 18 16 3 18 1 18 0 0 2 177 104 1.500 9.5 0.7 4.0 4.0 1.00
BOS (1 yr) 1 1 .500 10.13 3 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 9 6 6 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 28 53 2.438 15.2 1.7 6.8 1.7 0.25
SEA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 1.00 14 0 8 0 0 0 18.0 18 3 2 0 6 2 13 0 0 1 72 446 1.333 9.0 0.0 3.0 6.5 2.17
AL (8 yrs) 32 30 .516 3.68 196 68 64 6 2 19 621.0 579 290 254 57 189 12 364 17 6 27 2596 113 1.237 8.4 0.8 2.7 5.3 1.93
NL (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 3.54 11 5 1 0 0 0 40.2 43 18 16 3 18 1 18 0 0 2 177 104 1.500 9.5 0.7 4.0 4.0 1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1985 24 OAK AL 74.2 39 0 17 2.05 4.49 -0.03 -0.35 92.1 3.85 15 1.6 1.4 0.2 2.4 23 .541 .510 $
1986 25 OAK AL 72.2 46 0 40 4.95 4.66 0.22 -0.36 92.2 3.76 -10 -1.0 1.7 -0.5 -0.8 -2 .479 .494 $88,000
1987 26 OAK AL 150.2 35 22 78 4.66 4.89 -0.12 0.08 93.2 4.74 1 0.1 1.4 -0.1 1.3 19 .504 .501 $131,500
1988 27 OAK AL 54.2 10 10 32 5.27 4.25 0.10 0.14 99.3 4.26 -6 -0.6 -0.0 -0.2 -1 .438 .496 $200,000
1989 28 PHI NL 30.2 6 5 15 4.40 4.03 -0.53 0.09 101.0 4.70 1 0.1 .7 -0.0 0.3 4 .519 .501 $180,000
1990 29 PHI NL 10.0 5 0 3 2.70 4.02 0.17 -0.31 101.3 3.59 1 0.1 .9 -0.0 0.1 2 .518 .501 $150,000
1993 32 SEA AL 18.0 14 0 3 1.50 5.10 0.28 -0.39 102.3 4.53 6 0.6 .9 -0.0 0.8 8 .546 .504 $115,000
1994 33 OAK AL 115.1 27 13 39 3.04 5.45 0.26 0.03 91.8 4.79 22 2.2 .8 -0.2 3.0 33 .580 .513 $175,000
1995 34 OAK AL 129.2 22 22 75 5.21 5.18 -0.27 0.20 91.1 5.14 -1 -0.1 -0.1 1.0 14 .497 .500 $965,000 AS
2000 39 BOS AL 5.1 3 1 6 10.13 5.40 0.32 -0.28 98.6 4.73 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .408 .498 $
10 Seasons 661.2 207 73 308 4.19 4.88 -0.02 -0.02 93.6 4.55 27 2.8 1.3 -0.8 7.7 98 .513 .502 $2,004,500
OAK (6 yrs) 597.2 179 67 281 4.23 4.92 -0.01 -0.01 92.8 4.56 22 2.2 1.4 -0.7 6.7 86 .512 .502 $1,559,500
PHI (2 yrs) 40.2 11 5 18 3.98 4.03 -0.36 -0.01 101.1 4.43 2 0.2 .8 -0.1 0.4 6 .519 .501 $330,000
BOS (1 yr) 5.1 3 1 6 10.13 5.40 0.32 -0.28 98.6 4.73 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .408 .498 $
SEA (1 yr) 18.0 14 0 3 1.50 5.10 0.28 -0.39 102.3 4.53 6 0.6 .9 -0.0 0.8 8 .546 .504 $115,000

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 Awards
1985 24 OAK AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 25 OAK AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 26 OAK AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 27 OAK AL 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/D
1989 28 PHI NL 6 13 12 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .083 .154 .167 .321 -8 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1990 29 PHI NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1992 Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1993 32 SEA AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 33 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 34 OAK AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
2000 39 BOS AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
10 Yrs 211 13 12 3 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .083 .154 .167 .321 -8 2 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 10 9 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .083 .154 .167 .321 -8 2 0 0 0 0 0
OAK (6 yrs) 183 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PHI (2 yrs) 11 13 12 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .083 .154 .167 .321 -8 2 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SEA (1 yr) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (8 yrs) 200 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 11 13 12 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 .083 .154 .167 .321 -8 2 0 0 0 0 0

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
1985 24 OAK AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1986 25 OAK AL 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $88,000 1
1987 26 OAK AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $131,500 1
1988 27 OAK AL 13 0 0 -0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $200,000 1/D
1989 28 PHI NL 6 13 -2 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $180,000 /1
1990 29 PHI NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $150,000 /1
1993 32 SEA AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $115,000 1
1994 33 OAK AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $175,000 1
1995 34 OAK AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $965,000 1 AS
2000 39 BOS AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
10 Seasons 211 13 -2 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $2,004,500
OAK (6 yrs) 183 0 0 -0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $1,559,500
PHI (2 yrs) 11 13 -2 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $330,000
BOS (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
SEA (1 yr) 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $115,000

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1985 OAK AL 24 P 39 0 0 74.2 22 7 14 1 1 .955 2.53 0.54 .953 1.86 1.84 2 1 33% 33% 1
1986 OAK AL 25 P 46 0 0 72.2 12 2 10 0 1 1.000 1.49 0.26 .957 1.83 1.81 6 2 25% 34% 0
1987 OAK AL 26 P 35 22 2 150.2 44 14 29 1 0 .977 2.57 1.23 .955 1.84 1.82 12 3 20% 31% 1
1988 OAK AL 27 P 10 10 0 54.2 18 6 12 0 0 1.000 2.96 1.80 .961 1.78 1.77 2 0 0% 32% 0
1988 OAK AL 27 DH 1 0
1989 PHI NL 28 P 6 5 0 30.2 13 4 9 0 2 1.000 3.82 2.17 .947 1.88 1.87 5 1 17% 32% 0
1990 PHI NL 29 P 5 0 0 10.0 5 2 3 0 0 1.000 4.50 1.00 .956 1.80 1.80 0 0 0
1993 SEA AL 32 P 14 0 0 18.0 3 0 2 1 2 .667 1.00 0.14 .953 1.80 1.78 1 0 0% 36% 0
1994 OAK AL 33 P 27 13 2 115.1 37 15 22 0 2 1.000 2.89 1.37 .956 1.72 1.71 5 2 29% 31% 0
1995 OAK AL 34 P 22 22 2 129.2 43 17 26 0 4 1.000 2.98 1.95 .960 1.79 1.77 5 5 50% 31% 1 AS
2000 BOS AL 39 P 3 1 0 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.69 1.60 2 0 0% 30% 0
10 Seasons P 207 73 6 661.2 197 67 127 3 12 .985 2.64 0.94 .956 1.80 1.79 40 14 26% 32% 3
10 Seasons TOT 207 73 6 661.2 197 67 127 3 12 .985 2.64 0.94 .956 1.80 1.79 40 14 26% 32% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1995 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1994 AL pitching_title

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1994 AL  2.65 (1st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1994 AL  1.032 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 AL  7.257 (4th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 AL  2.029 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1995 AL  1 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1994 AL  0.546 (2nd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1994 AL  6 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1994 AL  167 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1994 AL  24 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1994 AL  2.3 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1985 AL  26.14 (10th)
1994 AL  25.14 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1985 AL  3.1 (10th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1994 AL  2.6 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1985 AL  2.8 (9th)
1994 AL  2.5 (10th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1994 AL  1.000 (1st)

Oldest s c a p y
2000 AL  born 1961-03-05 (6th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 4 (467), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 9 (1544), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1320), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Relief Pitcher (273rd), 7.7 career WAR/8.9 7yr-peak WAR/8.3 JAWS
Average HOF RP (out of 5) = 37.9 career WAR/26.7 7yr-peak WAR/32.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198625Oakland Athletics$88,0001986 USA Today survey
198726Oakland Athletics$131,5001987 USA Today survey
198827Oakland Athletics$200,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198928Philadelphia Phillies$180,000*
199029Philadelphia Phillies$150,000*
199130Philadelphia Phillies$180,000USA Today surveyMissed entire season with injury
199332Seattle Mariners$115,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1
199433Oakland Athletics$175,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $55,000 earned bonus
199534Oakland Athletics$965,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Includes $65,000 earned bonus
199635California Angels$225,0001997 Joint Exhibit 1Missed entire season with injury
199736Anaheim Angels$154,0001997 AP survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,563,500
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $146,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
*1990 - $180,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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