Steve Shea
Steven Francis Shea
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 5, 1942 in Worcester, MA
High School: Bedford (Bedford, MA)
School: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1968
Final Game: May 31, 1969
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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
1968 25 HOU NL 4 4 .500 3.38 30 0 21 0 0 6 34.2 27 14 13 0 11 0 15 3 0 2 139 88 1.096 7.0 0.0 2.9 3.9 1.36
1969 26 MON NL 0 0 2.87 10 0 3 0 0 0 15.2 18 8 5 2 8 2 11 0 0 0 71 128 1.660 10.3 1.1 4.6 6.3 1.38
2 Seasons 4 4 .500 3.22 40 0 24 0 0 6 50.1 45 22 18 2 19 2 26 3 0 2 210 99 1.272 8.0 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.37
162 Game Avg. 7 7 .500 3.22 68 0 41 0 0 10 86 77 37 31 3 32 3 44 5 0 3 357 99 1.272 8.0 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.37
MON (1 yr) 0 0 2.87 10 0 3 0 0 0 15.2 18 8 5 2 8 2 11 0 0 0 71 128 1.660 10.3 1.1 4.6 6.3 1.38
HOU (1 yr) 4 4 .500 3.38 30 0 21 0 0 6 34.2 27 14 13 0 11 0 15 3 0 2 139 88 1.096 7.0 0.0 2.9 3.9 1.36

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
1968 25 HOU NL 30 139 118 14 27 2 0 0 2 0 11 15 .229 .306 .246 .552 .257 29 3 3 5 2 0
1969 26 MON NL 10 71 60 8 18 2 0 2 0 0 8 11 .300 .371 .433 .805 .327 26 2 0 1 2 2
2 Seasons 40 210 178 22 45 4 0 2 2 0 19 26 .253 .328 .309 .637 .279 55 5 3 6 4 2
162 Game Avg. 68 357 303 37 77 7 0 3 3 0 32 44 .253 .328 .309 .637 .279 94 9 5 10 7 3
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
1968 25 HOU NL 30 30 21 4 4 9 6 3 67% 10 0 24 3 13% 8 2.043 14 3 8 11 4 10 13 12 10 9 9 9 3.5
1969 26 MON NL 10 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 1 0.289 0 2 8 0 0 10 6 4 6 2 6 0 4.7
2 Seasons 40 40 24 4 4 9 6 3 67% 10 0 32 5 16% 1.370 14 5 16 11 4 20 19 16 16 11 15 9 3.8

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%
1968 25 HOU NL 139 29% 0.0% 10.8% 7.9% 1.4% 7% 1.96 76% 21 3 14%
1969 26 MON NL 71 31% 2.8% 15.5% 11.3% 5.6% 22% 0.89 69% 28 2 7%
2 Seasons 210 30% 1.0% 12.4% 9.1% 2.9% 13% 1.49 73% 49 5 10%
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
1968 25 HOU NL 114 27 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 25% 2 2 0 45 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 25
1969 26 MON NL 71 18 2 0 5 2 0 0 2 10 3 3 30% 2 0 0 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2 Seasons 185 45 2 0 9 2 0 0 2 14 4 3 29% 4 2 0 86 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 25
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+
1968 25 4 4 .500 3.38 30 0 21 0 0 6 34.2 27 14 13 0 11 0 15 3 0 2 139 88 1.096 7.0 0.0 2.9 3.9 1.36 88
1969 26 4 4 .500 3.22 40 0 24 0 0 6 50.1 45 22 18 2 19 2 26 3 0 2 210 99 1.272 8.0 0.4 3.4 4.6 1.37 99

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1968 25 1 2 .333 4.94 31.0 30 19 17 0 12 13 3 1.355 8.7 3.5 3.8 1.08 0.0 30
1969 26 1 0 1.000 3.00 15.0 19 6 5 2 8 11 0 1.800 11.4 4.8 6.6 1.38 1.2 10
2 Seasons 2 2 .500 4.30 46.0 49 25 22 2 20 24 3 1.500 9.6 4.7 1.20 0.4 40

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