Steve Rain

Steven Nicholas Rain

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 250 lb.

Born: June 2, 1975 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Walnut HS (Walnut, CA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 11th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed July 5, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1999
Team: Cubs 1999-2000

Final Game: September 29, 2000
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Sponsor this page for $10 and help Baseball-Reference.com provide this service. Your message will replace this ad.

Standard Pitching

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
1993	18	CHC-min	Rk	1	3	.250	3.89	10	6	3	0	0	0	37.0	37	20	16	0	17	0	29	2	1	5	162		1.459	9.0	0.0	4.1	7.1	1.71	CBF · GULF
1994	19	CHC-min	Rk	3	3	.500	2.65	14	10	1	1	1	0	68.0	55	26	20	2	19	0	55	2	4	4	272		1.088	7.3	0.3	2.5	7.3	2.89	HUN · APPY
1995	20	CHC-min	A	5	2	.714	1.21	53	0	51	0	0	23	59.1	38	12	8	0	23	3	66	2	0	8	234		1.028	5.8	0.0	3.5	10.0	2.87	RFD · MIDW
1996	21	CHC-min	AA,AAA	3	1	.750	2.78	61	0	55	0	0	20	64.2	49	24	20	7	20	4	71	3	1	3	266		1.067	6.8	1.0	2.8	9.9	3.55	ORL,IWA · SOUL,AA
1997	22	CHC-min	AAA,AA	8	3	.727	5.19	54	0	29	0	0	5	59.0	67	37	34	10	42	4	61	1	1	4	286		1.847	10.2	1.5	6.4	9.3	1.45	IWA,ORL · AA,SOUL
1998	23	CHC-min	AAA	4	6	.400	6.68	29	14	4	1	0	0	103.2	118	82	77	14	64	0	83	7	0	16	487		1.756	10.2	1.2	5.6	7.2	1.30	IWA · PCL
1999	24	CHC-min	AA,AAA	3	2	.600	1.66	48	0	46	0	0	26	54.1	39	11	10	4	20	3	64	1	1	5	226		1.086	6.5	0.7	3.3	10.6	3.20	WTN,IWA · SOUL,PCL
1999	24	CHC	NL	0	1	.000	9.20	16	0	5	0	0	0	14.2	28	17	15	1	7	0	12	1	0	1	79	50	2.386	17.2	0.6	4.3	7.4	1.71
2000	25	CHC-min	AAA	0	2	.000	3.45	28	0	21	0	0	6	31.1	31	14	12	4	6	1	34	0	0	2	132		1.181	8.9	1.1	1.7	9.8	5.67	IWA · PCL
2000	25	CHC	NL	3	4	.429	4.35	37	0	6	0	0	0	49.2	46	25	24	10	27	0	54	1	0	4	214	105	1.470	8.3	1.8	4.9	9.8	2.00
2001	26	MIL-CHC-min	AAA	2	2	.500	8.16	34	0	17	0	0	2	43.0	45	46	39	7	40	2	43	7	0	7	220		1.977	9.4	1.5	8.4	9.0	1.08	INA,IWA · IL,PCL
2 Yrs				3	5	.375	5.46	53	0	11	0	0	0	64.1	74	42	39	11	34	0	66	2	0	5	293	84	1.679	10.4	1.5	4.8	9.2	1.94
162 Game Avg.				4	6	.375	5.46	68	0	14	0	0	0	82	95	54	50	14	44	0	85	3	0	6	376	84	1.679	10.4	1.5	4.8	9.2	1.94

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1999	24	CHC	NL	14.2	16	17	10.43	5.11	-0.16	-0.39	96.5	4.71	-9	-0.9	.7	0.1	-0.7	-8	.446	.495	$
2000	25	CHC	NL	49.2	37	25	4.53	5.04	0.03	-0.38	99.3	4.59	0	0.0	1.1	-0.1	0.3	6	.500	.500	$
2 Seasons				64.1	53	42	5.88	5.05	-0.01	-0.38	98.7	4.62	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.4	-2	.484	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1999	24	CHC	NL	16	79	67	17	28	4	0	1	0	0	7	12	.418	.474	.522	.996	.491	35	0	1	3	1	0	1
2000	25	CHC	NL	37	214	184	25	46	7	0	10	1	2	27	54	.250	.347	.451	.799	.298	83	4	1	1	1	0	0
2 Yrs				53	293	251	42	74	11	0	11	1	2	34	66	.295	.381	.470	.851	.358	118	4	2	4	2	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	376	322	54	95	14	0	14	1	3	44	85	.295	.381	.470	.851	.358	151	5	3	5	3	0	1
MLB Averages																.271	.345	.436	.780	.301

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1999	24	CHC	NL	-8.0	-0.7	83	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	.41	-0.6	-0.6	-11.3	-1.0	0.41	-7.4	4	1	10
2000	25	CHC	NL	1.9	0.2	219	-0.1	3.5	-3.6	.94	-0.6	0.5	6.2	0.6	0.94	-3.9	12	7	17
2 Yrs				-6.1	-0.6	302	-0.6	3.8	-4.4	.80	-1.2	0.5	-5.1	-0.5	0.80	-11.2	16	8	27

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1999	24	CHC	NL	16	16	5	0	1	0	0		0	0	16	9	56%	8	.413	4	1	10	0	2	14	7	9	4	5	4	6	2.8	19
2000	25	CHC	NL	37	37	6	3	4	3	3	0%	11	8	25	9	36%	8	.940	12	7	17	14	4	19	12	25	16	11	16	5	4.0	23
2 Yrs				53	53	11	3	5	3	3	0%	11	8	41	18	44%		.798	16	8	27	14	6	33	19	34	20	16	20	11	3.6	22

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1999	24	CHC	NL	79	62%	1.3%	15.2%	8.9%	6.3%	18%	0.47	0.55	70%	31%	2.8%	5%	26	0	0%
2000	25	CHC	NL	214	61%	4.7%	25.2%	12.6%	7.9%	37%	0.64	0.77	57%	26%	16.1%	16%	45	4	9%
2 Yrs				293	61%	3.8%	22.5%	11.6%	7.5%	30%	0.58	0.71	60%	27%	11.2%	13%	71	4	6%
MLB Averages					47%	3.0%	16.4%	9.5%	8.1%	34%	0.76	1.06	69%	23%	8.5%	13%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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
1999	24	CHC	NL	80	296	3.70	184	62%	27%	17%	24%	32%	73%	0%	46%	77%	63%	4%	3	1	18%	14	9	2	33%	2	2	-1	0	0
2000	25	CHC	NL	215	860	4.00	524	61%	26%	18%	31%	25%	74%	0%	45%	75%	53%	5%	11	6	23%	49	30	0	19%	10	5	-1	0	0
2 Yrs				295	1156	3.92	708	61%	26%	18%	29%	27%	74%	0%	45%	76%	56%	5%	14	7	21%	63	39	2	21%	12	7	-2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	1%	45%	80%	56%	6%			19%				27%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1999	24	CHC	NL	79	28	4	0	1	0	8	0	1	1	0	8	7	1	88%	1	1	2	41	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2000	25	CHC	NL	214	46	6	0	10	0	11	7	3	6	4	18	8	2	44%	0	4	0	79	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2 Yrs				293	74	10	0	11	0	19	7	4	7	4	26	15	3	58%	1	5	2	120	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0
MLB Averages																		55%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1999	24	0	1	.000	9.20	16	0	5	0	0	0	14.2	28	17	15	1	7	0	12	1	0	1	79	50	2.386	17.2	0.6	4.3	7.4	1.71	50
2000	25	3	5	.375	5.46	53	0	11	0	0	0	64.1	74	42	39	11	34	0	66	2	0	5	293	84	1.679	10.4	1.5	4.8	9.2	1.94	84

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: / / / 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	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
1999	24	0	1	.000	8.40	15.0	27	16	14	1	7	12	1	2.267	16.2	4.2	7.2	1.71	0.6	16
2000	25	2	3	.400	4.13	48.0	44	24	22	10	26	52	1	1.458	8.3	4.9	9.8	2.00	1.9	37
2 Yrs		2	4	.333	5.14	63.0	71	40	36	11	33	64	2	1.651	10.1		9.1	1.94	1.6	53

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Steve Rain

Viewed 4,117 times through May 30, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Steven Nicholas Steve Rain

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.