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Steve Rosenberg

Steven Allen Rosenberg

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: October 31, 1964 in Brooklyn, NY
School: University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 4, 1988
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Padres 1988-1991

Final Game: May 26, 1991
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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
1988 23 CHW AL 0 1 .000 4.30 33 0 18 0 0 1 46.0 53 22 22 5 19 0 28 0 0 1 203 93 1.565 10.4 1.0 3.7 5.5 1.47
1989 24 CHW AL 4 13 .235 4.94 38 21 2 2 0 0 142.0 148 92 78 14 58 1 77 1 2 7 617 77 1.451 9.4 0.9 3.7 4.9 1.33
1990 25 CHW AL 1 0 1.000 5.40 6 0 3 0 0 0 10.0 10 6 6 2 5 0 4 0 0 0 44 74 1.500 9.0 1.8 4.5 3.6 0.80
1991 26 SDP NL 1 1 .500 6.94 10 0 5 0 0 0 11.2 11 9 9 3 5 1 6 0 0 2 49 57 1.371 8.5 2.3 3.9 4.6 1.20
4 Yrs 6 15 .286 4.94 87 21 28 2 0 1 209.2 222 129 115 24 87 2 115 1 2 10 913 79 1.474 9.5 1.0 3.7 4.9 1.32
162 Game Avg. 4 9 .286 4.94 55 13 18 1 0 1 132 140 81 72 15 55 1 72 1 1 6 575 79 1.474 9.5 1.0 3.7 4.9 1.32
CHW (3 yrs) 5 14 .263 4.82 77 21 23 2 0 1 198.0 211 120 106 21 82 1 109 1 2 8 864 80 1.480 9.6 1.0 3.7 5.0 1.33
SDP (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.94 10 0 5 0 0 0 11.2 11 9 9 3 5 1 6 0 0 2 49 57 1.371 8.5 2.3 3.9 4.6 1.20
AL (3 yrs) 5 14 .263 4.82 77 21 23 2 0 1 198.0 211 120 106 21 82 1 109 1 2 8 864 80 1.480 9.6 1.0 3.7 5.0 1.33
NL (1 yr) 1 1 .500 6.94 10 0 5 0 0 0 11.2 11 9 9 3 5 1 6 0 0 2 49 57 1.371 8.5 2.3 3.9 4.6 1.20

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
1988 23 CHW AL 46.0 33 0 22 4.30 4.52 0.04 -0.36 99.8 4.11 -1 -0.1 .9 -0.1 0.2 4 .497 .499 $62,500
1989 24 CHW AL 142.0 38 21 92 5.83 4.33 -0.20 0.03 97.6 4.45 -22 -2.3 1.1 -0.2 -1.3 -7 .440 .486 $80,000
1990 25 CHW AL 10.0 6 0 6 5.40 4.34 0.46 -0.33 99.6 3.54 -2 -0.2 .6 0.0 -0.1 -1 .465 .499 $100,000
1991 26 SDP NL 11.2 10 0 9 6.94 4.05 0.40 -0.31 105.3 3.51 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .452 .497 $130,000
4 Seasons 209.2 87 21 129 5.54 4.35 -0.08 -0.09 98.6 4.28 -30 -3.1 1.0 -0.3 -1.6 -8 .465 .495 $372,500
CHW (3 yrs) 198.0 77 21 120 5.45 4.37 -0.11 -0.08 98.2 4.32 -25 -2.6 .9 -0.2 -1.2 -5 .466 .495 $242,500
SDP (1 yr) 11.2 10 0 9 6.94 4.05 0.40 -0.31 105.3 3.51 -5 -0.5 1.1 -0.0 -0.4 -3 .452 .497 $130,000

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
1988 23 CHW AL 33 203 178 22 53 9 1 5 4 4 19 28 .298 .360 .444 .804 .324 79 3 0 3 3 0 1
1989 24 CHW AL 38 617 541 92 148 35 6 14 11 4 58 77 .274 .340 .438 .778 .292 237 14 1 7 9 1 6
1990 25 CHW AL 6 44 39 6 10 0 1 2 0 0 5 4 .256 .341 .462 .802 .242 18 1 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 SDP NL 10 49 44 9 11 1 0 3 0 1 5 6 .250 .327 .477 .804 .229 21 1 0 0 0 1 1
4 Yrs 87 913 802 129 222 45 8 24 15 9 87 115 .277 .344 .443 .786 .293 355 19 1 10 12 2 8
162 Game Avg. 55 575 505 81 140 28 5 15 9 6 55 72 .277 .344 .443 .786 .293 224 12 1 6 8 1 5
MLB Averages .255 .321 .381 .702 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1988 23 CHW AL -0.5 -0.1 209 -0.5 1.7 -2.2 .56 -0.4 -0.5 -3.4 -0.3 0.56 -5.2 7 6 18
1989 24 CHW AL -20.3 -2.0 643 -1.4 9.8 -11.2 .96 -1.5 0.0 -17.5 -1.8 0.96 -15.0 6 4 5
1990 25 CHW AL -1.3 -0.1 44 0.0 0.2 -0.2 .23 0.0 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 0.23 -1.0 1 1 4
1991 26 SDP NL -3.3 -0.3 52 -0.2 1.0 -1.1 1.06 -0.2 -0.0 -4.7 -0.5 1.06 -1.0 4 0 6
4 Yrs -25.4 -2.5 948 -2.1 12.7 -14.7 .84 -2.0 -0.5 -28.6 -2.9 0.84 -22.2 18 11 33

Starting Pitching*

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
1989 24 CHW AL 38 21 3 11 7 0 2 6 15 .286 3 3 2 0 9 43% 43.6 68 15 41 22 2 11 3.4 3.3 5.1 82 9 6 4 1 127
1 Yr 38 21 3 11 7 0 2 6 15 .286 3 3 2 0 9 43% 44 68 15 41 22 2 11 3.4 3.3 5.1 82 9 6 4 1 127
MLB Averages .500 54% 51 103 -4 4.2 4.2 6.2 94

Reliever Pitching*

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
1988 23 CHW AL 33 33 18 0 1 1 1 0 100% 3 2 29 8 28% 6 .565 7 6 18 4 5 24 20 13 19 13 19 7 4.2 24
1989 24 CHW AL 38 17 2 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 20 8 40% 6 .956 6 4 5 4 2 11 11 6 11 1 11 3 6.1 32
1990 25 CHW AL 6 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 3 50% 8 .235 1 1 4 1 0 5 2 4 3 1 3 1 5.0 27
1991 26 SDP NL 10 10 5 1 1 1 0 1 0% 3 2 7 3 43% 7 1.059 4 0 6 3 1 6 4 6 4 3 4 2 3.5 20
4 Yrs 87 66 28 3 4 2 1 1 50% 8 5 62 22 35% .840 18 11 33 12 8 46 37 29 37 18 37 13 4.7 26

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%
1988 23 CHW AL 203 34% 2.5% 13.8% 9.4% 7.4% 28% 0.48 0.66 73% 24% 8.5% 42% 51 3 6%
1989 24 CHW AL 617 19% 2.3% 12.5% 9.4% 8.9% 37% 0.48 0.69 74% 23% 5.5% 19% 100 14 14%
1990 25 CHW AL 44 27% 4.6% 9.1% 11.4% 6.8% 30% 0.84 1.17 75% 14% 14.3% 26% 11 1 9%
1991 26 SDP NL 49 29% 6.1% 12.2% 10.2% 8.2% 36% 0.73 1.33 71% 24% 18.8% 27% 9 1 11%
4 Yrs 913 23% 2.6% 12.6% 9.5% 8.4% 35% 0.51 0.73 74% 23% 7.0% 24% 171 19 11%
MLB Averages 40% 2.0% 14.9% 8.5% 6.6% 29% 0.80 1.05 73% 20% 6.5% 24% 11%

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
1988 23 CHW AL 200 764 3.82 467 61% 23% 14% 30% 33% 77% 0% 47% 81% 54% 9% 17 12 15% 30 17 1 25% 3 5 3 0 0
1989 24 CHW AL 595 2172 3.65 1302 60% 22% 14% 29% 35% 78% 0% 47% 82% 55% 6% 35 19 17% 103 40 5 28% 7 15 22 0 1
1990 25 CHW AL 44 164 3.73 94 57% 24% 13% 26% 37% 76% 0% 43% 83% 55% 7% 3 2 14% 6 2 0 25% 0 1 0 0 0
1991 26 SDP NL 49 197 4.02 117 59% 20% 14% 34% 32% 80% 5% 48% 83% 39% 6% 3 0 20% 10 3 0 17% 2 2 0 0 0
4 Yrs 888 3297 3.71 1980 60% 22% 14% 29% 35% 78% 1% 47% 82% 54% 7% 58 33 17% 149 62 6 27% 12 23 25 0 1
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 56% 6% 18% 26%

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
1988 23 CHW AL 203 53 10 1 5 0 8 4 1 4 1 13 10 1 77% 1 1 0 96 4 4 50% 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 0
1989 24 CHW AL 617 148 16 3 14 0 8 13 1 7 7 36 18 4 50% 6 7 0 222 11 4 73% 8 3 3 0 0 1 2 2 20 0
1990 25 CHW AL 44 10 1 0 2 1 5 0 2 1 1 5 5 0 100% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 26 SDP NL 49 11 3 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 2 0 200% 1 2 0 18 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
4 Yrs 913 222 30 4 24 1 21 19 5 12 12 55 35 5 64% 8 10 0 346 15 9 63% 12 6 3 2 0 1 2 2 27 0
MLB Averages 54% 68%

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+
1988 23 0 1 .000 4.30 33 0 18 0 0 1 46.0 53 22 22 5 19 0 28 0 0 1 203 93 1.565 10.4 1.0 3.7 5.5 1.47 93
1989 24 4 14 .222 4.79 71 21 20 2 0 1 188.0 201 114 100 19 77 1 105 1 2 8 820 81 1.479 9.6 0.9 3.7 5.0 1.36 81
1990 25 5 14 .263 4.82 77 21 23 2 0 1 198.0 211 120 106 21 82 1 109 1 2 8 864 80 1.480 9.6 1.0 3.7 5.0 1.33 80
1991 26 6 15 .286 4.94 87 21 28 2 0 1 209.2 222 129 115 24 87 2 115 1 2 10 913 79 1.474 9.5 1.0 3.7 4.9 1.32 79

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1988 23 2 2 .500 5.02 43.0 55 27 24 5 20 26 0 1.744 11.5 4.2 5.4 1.30 1.0 33
1989 24 4 10 .286 5.93 132.0 157 97 87 15 62 72 1 1.659 10.7 4.2 4.9 1.16 1.0 38
1990 25 0 1 .000 7.00 9.0 11 8 7 2 6 4 0 1.889 11.0 6.0 4.0 0.67 2.0 6
1991 26 0 1 .000 8.18 11.0 12 11 10 3 5 5 0 1.545 9.8 4.1 4.1 1.00 2.5 10
4 Yrs 6 14 .300 5.91 195.0 235 143 128 25 93 107 1 1.682 10.8 4.9 1.15 1.2 87

* 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

Losses s c a p y
1989 AL  13 (10th)

                                         

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