Steve Searcy
William Steven Searcy
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 4, 1964 in Knoxville, TN
School: University of Tennessee
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 29, 1988
Final Game: June 1, 1992
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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
1988 24 DET AL 0 2 .000 5.62 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 6 5 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 37 69 1.500 9.0 3.4 4.5 5.6 1.25
1989 25 DET AL 1 1 .500 6.04 8 2 3 0 0 0 22.1 27 16 15 3 12 1 11 0 0 0 100 64 1.746 10.9 1.2 4.8 4.4 0.92
1990 26 DET AL 2 7 .222 4.66 16 12 2 1 0 0 75.1 76 44 39 9 51 3 66 0 0 3 341 86 1.686 9.1 1.1 6.1 7.9 1.29
1991 27 TOT MLB 3 3 .500 6.59 34 5 8 0 0 0 71.0 81 56 52 10 44 1 53 0 1 5 335 60 1.761 10.3 1.3 5.6 6.7 1.20
1991 27 DET AL 1 2 .333 8.41 16 5 4 0 0 0 40.2 52 40 38 8 30 0 32 0 0 4 201 50 2.016 11.5 1.8 6.6 7.1 1.07
1991 27 PHI NL 2 1 .667 4.15 18 0 4 0 0 0 30.1 29 16 14 2 14 1 21 0 1 1 134 88 1.418 8.6 0.6 4.2 6.2 1.50
1992 28 PHI NL 0 0 6.10 10 0 3 0 0 0 10.1 13 9 7 0 8 0 5 0 0 0 50 58 2.032 11.3 0.0 7.0 4.4 0.63
5 Seasons 6 13 .316 5.68 70 21 16 1 0 0 187.0 205 131 118 25 119 5 140 0 1 8 863 69 1.733 9.9 1.2 5.7 6.7 1.18
162 Game Avg. 4 10 .316 5.68 52 16 12 1 0 0 140 153 98 88 19 89 4 105 0 1 6 645 69 1.733 9.9 1.2 5.7 6.7 1.18
DET (4 yrs) 4 12 .250 5.97 42 21 9 1 0 0 146.1 163 106 97 23 97 4 114 0 0 7 679 67 1.777 10.0 1.4 6.0 7.0 1.18
PHI (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 4.65 28 0 7 0 0 0 40.2 42 25 21 2 22 1 26 0 1 1 184 78 1.574 9.3 0.4 4.9 5.8 1.18
AL (4 yrs) 4 12 .250 5.97 42 21 9 1 0 0 146.1 163 106 97 23 97 4 114 0 0 7 679 67 1.777 10.0 1.4 6.0 7.0 1.18
NL (2 yrs) 2 1 .667 4.65 28 0 7 0 0 0 40.2 42 25 21 2 22 1 26 0 1 1 184 78 1.574 9.3 0.4 4.9 5.8 1.18

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
1988 24 DET AL 2 37 33 6 8 1 0 3 0 0 4 5 .242 .324 .545 .870 .200 18 0 0 0 0 0
1989 25 DET AL 8 100 88 16 27 5 0 3 0 2 12 11 .307 .390 .466 .856 .324 41 6 0 0 0 1
1990 26 DET AL 16 341 282 44 76 13 1 9 9 5 51 66 .270 .375 .418 .793 .315 118 9 0 2 6 3
1991 27 TOT MLB 34 335 281 56 81 14 3 10 7 1 44 53 .288 .379 .466 .845 .318 131 6 0 5 5 1
1991 27 DET AL 16 201 166 40 52 7 1 8 2 1 30 32 .313 .412 .512 .924 .341 85 5 0 2 3 0
1991 27 PHI NL 18 134 115 16 29 7 2 2 5 0 14 21 .252 .328 .400 .728 .287 46 1 0 3 2 1
1992 28 PHI NL 10 50 40 9 13 2 1 0 0 1 8 5 .325 .429 .425 .854 .361 17 1 0 1 1 0
5 Seasons 70 863 724 131 205 35 5 25 16 9 119 140 .283 .379 .449 .828 .315 325 22 0 8 12 5
162 Game Avg. 52 645 541 98 153 26 4 19 12 7 89 105 .283 .379 .449 .828 .315 243 16 0 6 9 4
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
1988 24 DET AL 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 47 59 34 3 0 0 1 2.5 1.1 4.0 66 1 0 1 0 110
1989 25 DET AL 8 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1.000 1 0 0 0 1 50% 51 56 46 8 2 0 2 8.5 10.5 6.0 91 0 2 0 0 92
1990 26 DET AL 16 12 2 7 3 1 1 4 8 .333 0 1 1 0 4 33% 48 67 24 12 3 0 3 2.5 2.3 5.4 95 2 4 5 1 143
1991 27 TOT MLB 34 5 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 .600 0 2 0 0 1 20% 59 26 23 10 0 3 4.5 3.6 3.8 70 3 1 1 0 118
1991 27 DET AL 16 5 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 .600 0 2 0 0 1 20% 40 59 26 15 7 0 3 4.5 3.6 3.8 70 3 1 1 0 118
4 Seasons 42 21 4 10 7 2 3 9 12 .429 1 3 1 0 7 33% 46 67 24 38 12 0 9 3.5 3.4 4.9 86 6 7 7 1 143
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
1989 25 DET AL 8 6 3 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 1 25% 6 0.771 1 1 3 1 0 5 2 4 3 2 3 0 5.2 32
1990 26 DET AL 16 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2 50% 1 1.073 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 3 0 3 1 8.0 44
1991 27 TOT MLB 34 29 8 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 17 6 35% 0.797 7 8 14 4 4 21 12 17 18 8 19 3 5.4 31
1991 27 DET AL 16 11 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 7 3 43% 6 0.778 3 1 7 2 1 8 5 6 8 3 8 2 5.9 35
1991 27 PHI NL 18 18 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 3 30% 8 0.826 4 7 7 2 3 13 7 11 10 5 11 1 5.1 28
1992 28 PHI NL 10 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 8 0.446 1 0 9 1 0 9 4 6 3 3 3 1 3.1 16
4 Seasons 68 49 16 2 3 1 0 1 0% 4 3 33 11 33% 0.887 10 11 26 8 4 37 20 29 27 13 28 5 5.1 29

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%
1988 24 DET AL 37 70% 8.1% 13.5% 10.8% 10.8% 50% 1.15 1.71 68% 7% 27.3% 15% 6 0 0%
1989 25 DET AL 100 79% 3.0% 11.0% 12.0% 8.0% 30% 1.62 2.86 74% 22% 11.1% 7% 26 6 23%
1990 26 DET AL 341 84% 2.6% 19.4% 15.0% 6.7% 30% 1.00 1.50 62% 22% 8.8% 7% 66 9 14%
1991 27 TOT MLB 335 75% 3.0% 15.8% 13.1% 8.1% 33% 1.08 1.74 67% 21% 10.8% 16% 77 6 8%
1991 27 DET AL 201 76% 4.0% 15.9% 14.9% 8.0% 31% 1.01 1.70 64% 24% 14.8% 19% 52 5 10%
1991 27 PHI NL 134 74% 1.5% 15.7% 10.5% 8.2% 38% 1.18 1.80 70% 17% 5.1% 11% 25 1 4%
1992 28 PHI NL 50 70% 0.0% 10.0% 16.0% 6.0% 23% 0.94 0.92 72% 24% 0.0% 11% 11 1 9%
5 Seasons 863 78% 2.9% 16.2% 13.8% 7.5% 32% 1.10 1.68 66% 21% 10.0% 11% 186 22 12%
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
1988 24 DET AL 37 132 3.57 74 56% 30% 18% 16% 36% 70% 0% 39% 75% 59% 5% 2 1 11% 4 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0
1989 25 DET AL 100 374 3.74 211 56% 26% 12% 26% 36% 74% 2% 42% 84% 47% 5% 5 4 10% 10 3 0 18% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 26 DET AL 341 1316 3.86 753 57% 24% 20% 25% 30% 75% 2% 43% 72% 52% 9% 31 15 14% 48 20 2 8% 6 14 0 2 8
1991 27 TOT MLB 335 1240 3.70 699 56% 25% 18% 23% 34% 75% 1% 42% 76% 49% 9% 29 15 15% 50 15 3 17% 6 13 0 0 0
1991 27 DET AL 201 741 3.69 411 55% 23% 18% 25% 34% 77% 0% 43% 77% 49% 8% 16 7 16% 33 11 3 16% 3 9 0 0 0
1991 27 PHI NL 134 499 3.72 288 58% 27% 18% 21% 34% 73% 2% 42% 75% 48% 10% 13 8 13% 17 4 0 19% 3 4 0 0 0
1992 28 PHI NL 50 164 3.28 90 55% 27% 13% 19% 41% 73% 0% 40% 82% 52% 18% 9 6 12% 6 4 0 40% 2 3 0 0 0
5 Seasons 863 3226 3.74 1827 57% 25% 18% 24% 33% 75% 1% 42% 76% 50% 9% 76 41 14% 118 43 5 13% 15 31 0 2 8
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
1988 24 DET AL 37 8 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 25 DET AL 100 27 4 1 3 0 3 3 0 2 1 5 1 0 20% 2 0 0 44 0 2 0% 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 26 DET AL 341 76 9 2 9 1 15 8 1 5 4 19 10 4 53% 4 3 3 125 9 5 64% 7 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
1991 27 TOT MLB 335 81 20 0 10 0 7 8 2 4 6 18 13 3 72% 2 5 0 143 7 1 88% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 0
1991 27 DET AL 201 52 14 0 8 0 5 7 1 3 5 12 7 2 58% 2 4 0 87 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1991 27 PHI NL 134 29 6 0 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 6 1 100% 0 1 0 56 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1992 28 PHI NL 50 13 4 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 50% 0 0 0 21 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Seasons 863 205 37 4 25 1 32 22 3 12 13 46 26 8 57% 9 8 3 345 16 9 64% 14 5 2 4 0 0 0 0 26 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+
1988 24 0 2 .000 5.62 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 6 5 3 4 0 5 0 0 0 37 69 1.500 9.0 3.4 4.5 5.6 1.25 69
1989 25 1 3 .250 5.93 10 4 3 0 0 0 30.1 35 22 20 6 16 1 16 0 0 0 137 65 1.681 10.4 1.8 4.7 4.7 1.00 65
1990 26 3 10 .231 5.03 26 16 5 1 0 0 105.2 111 66 59 15 67 4 82 0 0 3 478 79 1.685 9.5 1.3 5.7 7.0 1.22 79
1991 27 6 13 .316 5.65 60 21 13 1 0 0 176.2 192 122 111 25 111 5 135 0 1 8 813 70 1.715 9.8 1.3 5.7 6.9 1.22 70
1992 28 6 13 .316 5.68 70 21 16 1 0 0 187.0 205 131 118 25 119 5 140 0 1 8 863 69 1.733 9.9 1.2 5.7 6.7 1.18 69

Neutralized Pitching

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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 24 0 0 6.75 8.0 9 7 6 3 4 5 0 1.625 10.1 4.5 5.6 1.25 3.4 2
1989 25 0 2 .000 7.65 20.0 28 19 17 3 12 10 0 2.000 12.6 5.4 4.5 0.83 1.4 8
1990 26 2 5 .286 5.40 70.0 79 47 42 9 53 61 0 1.886 10.2 6.8 7.8 1.15 1.2 16
1991 27 2 5 .286 7.15 68.0 84 60 54 10 46 51 0 1.912 11.1 6.1 6.8 1.11 1.3 34
1992 28 0 1 .000 8.00 9.0 14 9 8 0 9 4 0 2.556 14.0 9.0 4.0 0.44 0.0 10
5 Seasons 4 13 .235 6.53 175.0 214 142 127 25 124 131 0 1.931 11.0 6.7 1.06 1.3 70

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