Steve Parris
Steven Michael Parris
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 17, 1967 in Joliet, IL
High School: West (Joliet, IL)
School: University of St. Francis
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th round of the 1989 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1989. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1995
Final Game: June 17, 2003
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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
1995 27 PIT NL 6 6 .500 5.38 15 15 0 1 1 0 82.0 89 49 49 12 33 1 61 7 0 4 360 80 1.488 9.8 1.3 3.6 6.7 1.85
1996 28 PIT NL 0 3 .000 7.18 8 4 3 0 0 0 26.1 35 22 21 4 11 0 27 1 0 2 123 61 1.747 12.0 1.4 3.8 9.2 2.45
1998 30 CIN NL 6 5 .545 3.73 18 16 0 1 1 0 99.0 89 44 41 9 32 3 77 4 1 1 421 116 1.222 8.1 0.8 2.9 7.0 2.41
1999 31 CIN NL 11 4 .733 3.50 22 21 0 2 1 0 128.2 124 59 50 16 52 4 86 6 0 3 545 134 1.368 8.7 1.1 3.6 6.0 1.65
2000 32 CIN NL 12 17 .414 4.81 33 33 0 0 0 0 192.2 227 109 103 30 71 5 117 4 1 9 861 98 1.547 10.6 1.4 3.3 5.5 1.65
2001 33 TOR AL 4 6 .400 4.60 19 19 0 1 0 0 105.2 126 60 54 18 41 4 49 2 0 3 471 100 1.580 10.7 1.5 3.5 4.2 1.20
2002 34 TOR AL 5 5 .500 5.97 14 14 0 0 0 0 75.1 96 50 50 13 35 5 48 3 0 3 348 78 1.739 11.5 1.6 4.2 5.7 1.37
2003 35 TBD AL 0 3 .000 6.18 10 7 1 0 0 0 43.2 60 32 30 12 13 0 14 0 0 2 200 71 1.672 12.4 2.5 2.7 2.9 1.08
8 Seasons 44 49 .473 4.75 139 129 4 5 3 0 753.1 846 425 398 114 288 22 479 27 2 27 3329 96 1.505 10.1 1.4 3.4 5.7 1.66
162 Game Avg. 11 12 .473 4.75 35 33 1 1 1 0 191 215 108 101 29 73 6 122 7 1 7 845 96 1.505 10.1 1.4 3.4 5.7 1.66
CIN (3 yrs) 29 26 .527 4.15 73 70 0 3 2 0 420.1 440 212 194 55 155 12 280 14 2 13 1827 111 1.416 9.4 1.2 3.3 6.0 1.81
PIT (2 yrs) 6 9 .400 5.82 23 19 3 1 1 0 108.1 124 71 70 16 44 1 88 8 0 6 483 74 1.551 10.3 1.3 3.7 7.3 2.00
TOR (2 yrs) 9 11 .450 5.17 33 33 0 1 0 0 181.0 222 110 104 31 76 9 97 5 0 6 819 89 1.646 11.0 1.5 3.8 4.8 1.28
TBD (1 yr) 0 3 .000 6.18 10 7 1 0 0 0 43.2 60 32 30 12 13 0 14 0 0 2 200 71 1.672 12.4 2.5 2.7 2.9 1.08
NL (5 yrs) 35 35 .500 4.49 96 89 3 4 3 0 528.2 564 283 264 71 199 13 368 22 2 19 2310 102 1.443 9.6 1.2 3.4 6.3 1.85
AL (3 yrs) 9 14 .391 5.37 43 40 1 1 0 0 224.2 282 142 134 43 89 9 111 5 0 8 1019 85 1.651 11.3 1.7 3.6 4.4 1.25

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
1995 27 PIT NL 15 360 315 49 89 13 3 12 7 8 33 61 .283 .361 .457 .818 .316 144 5 7 3 2 1
1996 28 PIT NL 8 123 109 22 35 6 1 4 3 0 11 27 .321 .385 .505 .890 .392 55 2 1 1 1 0
1998 30 CIN NL 18 421 377 44 89 18 2 9 7 3 32 77 .236 .302 .366 .668 .274 138 3 4 7 1 3
1999 31 CIN NL 22 545 477 59 124 27 2 16 8 3 52 86 .260 .338 .426 .764 .286 203 15 6 7 3 4
2000 32 CIN NL 33 860 772 109 227 57 7 30 12 3 71 117 .294 .355 .503 .858 .314 388 18 4 10 3 5
2001 33 TOR AL 19 471 422 60 126 27 3 18 4 4 41 49 .299 .362 .505 .867 .303 213 14 2 4 2 4
2002 34 TOR AL 14 348 306 50 96 17 2 13 2 1 35 48 .314 .387 .510 .897 .336 156 10 3 2 2 5
2003 35 TBD AL 10 200 183 32 60 15 1 12 2 0 13 14 .328 .369 .617 .986 .302 113 2 0 2 2 0
8 Seasons 139 3328 2961 425 846 180 21 114 45 22 288 479 .286 .353 .476 .829 .307 1410 69 27 36 16 22
162 Game Avg. 35 844 751 108 215 46 5 29 11 6 73 122 .286 .353 .476 .829 .307 358 18 7 9 4 6
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
1995 27 PIT NL 15 15 6 6 3 1 2 6 9 .400 0 1 1 1 8 53% 47 76 17 7 3 3 5 4.2 4.3 5.5 91 3 8 3 1 124
1996 28 PIT NL 8 4 0 3 1 0 2 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 2 50% 45 50 35 7 3 0 1 5.0 3.9 5.5 96 1 1 2 0 119
1998 30 CIN NL 18 16 6 5 5 1 2 9 7 .563 1 3 1 1 9 56% 53 84 23 12 0 1 8 4.7 3.8 5.9 95 2 8 5 1 121
1999 31 CIN NL 22 21 10 4 7 2 1 14 7 .667 2 5 2 1 11 52% 52 82 33 14 5 0 9 4.7 4.8 6.0 98 3 8 8 2 131
2000 32 CIN NL 33 33 12 17 4 1 3 15 18 .455 0 3 0 0 16 48% 46 66 22 19 7 0 17 4.4 4.0 5.8 100 2 16 12 3 133
2001 33 TOR AL 19 19 4 6 9 1 2 7 12 .368 4 4 1 0 9 47% 45 72 11 22 6 0 10 4.4 4.2 5.6 93 3 9 7 0 114
2002 34 TOR AL 14 14 5 5 4 2 0 5 9 .357 3 1 0 0 3 21% 42 71 8 11 5 0 5 5.5 7.8 5.4 93 2 7 5 0 114
2003 35 TBD AL 10 7 0 3 4 0 0 1 6 .143 2 1 0 0 2 29% 41 58 23 0 0 0 3 3.7 4.5 5.1 89 3 1 3 0 112
8 Seasons 139 129 43 49 37 8 12 58 71 .450 12 18 5 3 60 47% 47 84 8 92 29 4 58 4.5 4.6 5.7 95 19 58 45 7 133
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
1996 28 PIT NL 8 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 0.861 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 3.3 26
1998 30 CIN NL 18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1.003 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 6.0 27
1999 31 CIN NL 22 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1.029 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 10.0 52
2003 35 TBD AL 10 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0.833 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 7.7 42
4 Seasons 58 10 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 0.974 0 2 7 0 1 9 3 7 7 1 7 1 5.8 33

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%
1995 27 PIT NL 360 45% 3.3% 16.9% 9.2% 7.8% 32% 0.87 1.02 68% 17% 10.4% 15% 64 5 8%
1996 28 PIT NL 123 42% 3.3% 22.0% 8.9% 8.9% 31% 0.95 1.48 64% 18% 11.8% 19% 29 2 7%
1998 30 CIN NL 421 48% 2.1% 18.3% 7.6% 6.9% 33% 0.94 1.09 69% 21% 7.0% 16% 70 3 4%
1999 31 CIN NL 545 43% 2.9% 15.8% 9.5% 8.3% 36% 0.71 0.94 69% 22% 8.1% 13% 111 15 14%
2000 32 CIN NL 861 49% 3.5% 13.6% 8.3% 10.9% 41% 0.69 1.03 73% 26% 9.5% 14% 142 18 13%
2001 33 TOR AL 471 55% 3.8% 10.4% 8.7% 10.2% 38% 0.64 0.92 76% 27% 9.6% 14% 90 14 16%
2002 34 TOR AL 348 55% 3.7% 13.8% 10.1% 9.2% 33% 0.57 0.81 71% 26% 9.9% 15% 83 10 12%
2003 35 TBD AL 200 52% 6.0% 7.0% 6.5% 14.0% 47% 0.57 0.80 80% 15% 12.0% 7% 34 2 6%
8 Seasons 3329 49% 3.4% 14.4% 8.7% 9.5% 37% 0.72 0.97 72% 23% 9.4% 14% 623 69 11%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1995 27 PIT NL 360 1359 3.78 832 61% 27% 15% 28% 31% 73% 0% 45% 80% 55% 5% 18 8 19% 68 38 0 41% 10 9 0 1 0
1996 28 PIT NL 123 488 3.97 286 59% 30% 12% 28% 29% 69% 0% 41% 82% 52% 3% 4 1 14% 17 9 0 44% 8 3 0 0 1
1998 30 CIN NL 421 1576 3.74 975 62% 25% 15% 28% 32% 75% 2% 46% 80% 57% 6% 24 13 19% 81 43 6 23% 15 8 0 0 0
1999 31 CIN NL 545 2100 3.85 1265 60% 29% 13% 26% 32% 71% 1% 42% 81% 54% 7% 37 20 16% 88 57 1 29% 14 13 0 0 0
2000 32 CIN NL 861 3308 3.84 2026 61% 25% 13% 29% 33% 75% 1% 46% 83% 56% 5% 41 27 21% 185 98 9 21% 23 10 0 0 0
2001 33 TOR AL 471 1773 3.76 1096 62% 27% 10% 29% 35% 73% 2% 45% 86% 62% 6% 29 21 19% 89 41 4 16% 3 4 0 0 0
2002 34 TOR AL 348 1298 3.73 807 62% 30% 10% 27% 32% 70% 4% 43% 85% 62% 5% 17 8 24% 82 45 5 29% 13 4 0 0 0
2003 35 TBD AL 200 746 3.73 472 63% 29% 6% 28% 37% 71% 0% 45% 91% 60% 4% 8 6 23% 45 25 4 29% 1 2 0 0 0
8 Seasons 3329 12648 3.80 7759 61% 27% 12% 28% 33% 73% 2% 45% 83% 57% 5% 178 104 20% 655 356 29 27% 87 53 0 1 1
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
1995 27 PIT NL 360 89 9 2 12 0 6 7 5 6 6 15 10 3 67% 3 4 0 128 7 8 47% 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1996 28 PIT NL 123 35 3 0 4 0 4 4 0 1 3 8 3 2 38% 1 2 0 47 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1998 30 CIN NL 421 89 18 2 9 1 6 7 2 4 5 15 6 3 40% 7 1 2 158 7 3 70% 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1999 31 CIN NL 545 124 11 2 16 0 8 10 6 12 4 26 13 5 50% 8 3 0 212 8 3 73% 8 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
2000 32 CIN NL 861 227 27 3 30 0 13 13 17 14 16 54 25 8 46% 10 9 2 325 12 3 80% 10 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 19 0
2001 33 TOR AL 471 126 6 1 18 1 10 4 14 7 11 25 13 2 52% 5 3 0 158 4 4 50% 4 3 0 1 0 0 2 1 6 0
2002 34 TOR AL 348 96 11 2 13 0 8 7 6 2 11 20 12 2 60% 0 3 1 150 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2003 35 TBD AL 200 60 6 1 12 0 4 7 5 8 4 11 5 2 45% 0 2 1 79 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
8 Seasons 3329 846 91 13 114 2 59 59 55 54 60 174 87 27 50% 34 27 6 1257 45 22 67% 41 20 4 1 0 1 6 1 62 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+
1995 27 6 6 .500 5.38 15 15 0 1 1 0 82.0 89 49 49 12 33 1 61 7 0 4 360 80 1.488 9.8 1.3 3.6 6.7 1.85 80
1996 28 6 9 .400 5.82 23 19 3 1 1 0 108.1 124 71 70 16 44 1 88 8 0 6 483 74 1.551 10.3 1.3 3.7 7.3 2.00 74
1997 29 6 9 .400 5.82 23 19 3 1 1 0 108.1 124 71 70 16 44 1 88 8 0 6 483 74 1.551 10.3 1.3 3.7 7.3 2.00 74
1998 30 12 14 .462 4.82 41 35 3 2 2 0 207.1 213 115 111 25 76 4 165 12 1 7 904 90 1.394 9.2 1.1 3.3 7.2 2.17 90
1999 31 23 18 .561 4.31 63 56 3 4 3 0 336.0 337 174 161 41 128 8 251 18 1 10 1449 104 1.384 9.0 1.1 3.4 6.7 1.96 104
2000 32 35 35 .500 4.49 96 89 3 4 3 0 528.2 564 283 264 71 199 13 368 22 2 19 2310 102 1.443 9.6 1.2 3.4 6.3 1.85 102
2001 33 39 41 .488 4.51 115 108 3 5 3 0 634.1 690 343 318 89 240 17 417 24 2 22 2781 101 1.466 9.8 1.3 3.4 5.9 1.74 101
2002 34 44 46 .489 4.67 129 122 3 5 3 0 709.2 786 393 368 102 275 22 465 27 2 25 3129 98 1.495 10.0 1.3 3.5 5.9 1.69 98
2003 35 44 49 .473 4.75 139 129 4 5 3 0 753.1 846 425 398 114 288 22 479 27 2 27 3329 96 1.505 10.1 1.4 3.4 5.7 1.66 96

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1995 27 3 6 .333 5.22 88.0 97 57 51 13 36 65 8 1.511 9.9 3.7 6.6 1.81 1.3 15
1996 28 1 1 .500 6.58 26.0 33 21 19 4 10 27 1 1.654 11.4 3.5 9.3 2.70 1.4 8
1998 30 6 5 .545 3.55 99.0 88 43 39 9 32 77 4 1.212 8.0 2.9 7.0 2.41 0.8 18
1999 31 8 5 .615 3.10 125.0 115 48 43 15 48 84 6 1.304 8.3 3.5 6.0 1.75 1.1 22
2000 32 10 11 .476 4.17 192.0 213 99 89 28 67 117 4 1.458 10.0 3.1 5.5 1.75 1.3 33
2001 33 5 6 .455 4.50 102.0 123 57 51 18 40 47 2 1.598 10.9 3.5 4.1 1.18 1.6 19
2002 34 3 5 .375 5.88 72.0 94 52 47 13 34 46 3 1.778 11.8 4.3 5.8 1.35 1.6 14
2003 35 1 3 .250 6.43 42.0 61 33 30 12 13 13 0 1.762 13.1 2.8 2.8 1.00 2.6 10
8 Seasons 37 42 .468 4.45 746.0 824 410 369 112 280 476 28 1.480 9.9 5.7 1.70 1.4 139

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Started s c a p y
2000 NL--33--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1999 NL--1--8th

Hits s c a p y
2000 NL--227--7th

Losses s c a p y
2000 NL--17--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 2 (2165), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1623), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 1 (1927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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