Steve Shea

Steven Francis Shea

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: December 5, 1942 in Worcester, MA
High School: Bedford HS (Bedford, MA)
School: University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 14, 1968
Teams (by GP): Astros/Expos 1968-1969

Final Game: May 31, 1969
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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
1962	19	CHC-min	D	1	7	.125	5.31	32	6		1	0		100.0	124	85	59	10	44	0	79	6	1	6			1.680	11.2	0.9	4.0	7.1	1.80	NWC,PKA · WCAR,FLOR
1963	20	CHC-min	A	0	1	.000	6.83	26	2					58.0	79	53	44	7	33								1.931	12.3	1.1	5.1			SCL · NORL
1964	21	CHC-min	A	0	3	.000	3.27	5	1					11.0	9	5	4	0	2								1.000	7.4	0.0	1.6			SCL · NORL
1966	23	HOU-min	A	12	5	.706	1.78	46	1					106.0	71	28	21	1	43								1.075	6.0	0.1	3.7			COC · FLOR
1967	24	HOU-min	AA	5	7	.417	2.56	48	0					88.0	76	30	25	4	22		77						1.114	7.8	0.4	2.2	7.9	3.50	AMA · TL
1968	25	HOU-min	AAA	8	5	.615	2.74	18	18		6	0		125.0	119	47	38	7	49	3	94	1	2	3			1.344	8.6	0.5	3.5	6.8	1.92	OKC · PCL
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	89	1.096	7.0	0.0	2.9	3.9	1.36
1969	26	VAN	AAA	2	5	.286	3.68	33	0		0	0	2	71.0	70	33	29	3	34	6	39	2	0	4			1.465	8.9	0.4	4.3	4.9	1.15	VAN · PCL
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	131	1.660	10.3	1.1	4.6	6.3	1.38
1970	27	WSN-min	AAA	3	3	.500	4.40	49	3		0	0	3	88.0	101	51	43	12	48	2	47	2	1	3			1.693	10.3	1.2	4.9	4.8	0.98	BUF · IL
1971	28	WSN-min	AAA	3	6	.333	5.74	53	3		1	0	4	105.0	115	76	67	16	70	9	60	2	2	12			1.762	9.9	1.4	6.0	5.1	0.86	WPG · IL
2 Yrs				4	4	.500	3.22	40	0	24	0	0	6	50.1	45	22	18	2	19	2	26	3	0	2	210	101	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	101	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	131	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	89	1.096	7.0	0.0	2.9	3.9	1.36

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
1968	25	HOU	NL	34.2	30	0	14	3.63	3.54	-0.66	-0.16	100.9	4.08	1	0.2	2.0	0.0	0.5	5	.505	.501	$
1969	26	MON	NL	15.2	10	0	8	4.60	4.24	-0.34	-0.18	101.9	4.48	-0	-0.0	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.496	.500	$
2 Seasons				50.1	40	0	22	3.93	3.76	-0.56	-0.16	101.2	4.20	1	0.1	1.6	0.0	0.6	6	.503	.500	$

MON (1 yr)				15.2	10	0	8	4.60	4.24	-0.34	-0.18	101.9	4.48	-0	-0.0	.4	-0.0	0.1	1	.496	.500	$
HOU (1 yr)				34.2	30	0	14	3.63	3.54	-0.66	-0.16	100.9	4.08	1	0.2	2.0	0.0	0.5	5	.505	.501	$

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
1968	25	HOU	NL	30	125	118	14	27	4	0	0	2	0	11	15	.229	.306	.263	.569	.257	31	3	3	5	2	0	2
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
2 Yrs				40	196	178	22	45	6	0	2	2	0	19	26	.253	.328	.320	.649	.279	57	5	3	6	4	2	4
162 Game Avg.				68	333	303	37	77	10	0	3	3	0	32	44	.253	.328	.320	.649	.279	97	9	5	10	7	3	7
MLB Averages																.243	.310	.356	.666	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1968	25	HOU	NL	-1.1	-0.1	133	-0.6	3.7	-4.3	1.83	0.1	-0.4	2.2	0.3	1.79	0.9	15	4	8
1969	26	MON	NL	0.5	0.1	72	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.26	-0.3	-0.2	0.6	0.1	0.26	-4.9	0	2	8
2 Yrs				-0.5	-0.1	205	-0.7	4.0	-4.7	1.28	-0.2	-0.3	2.8	0.3	1.25	-3.9	15	6	16

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1968	25	HOU	NL	30	30	21	4	4	9	6	3	67%	11	1	29	5	17%	8	1.832	15	4	8	12	4	11	15	12	10	9	11	9	3.5
1969	26	MON	NL	10	10	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	2	25%	1	.259	0	2	8	0	0	10	6	4	6	2	6	0	4.7
2 Yrs				40	40	24	4	4	9	6	3	67%	11	1	37	7	19%		1.262	15	6	16	12	4	21	21	16	16	11	17	9	3.8

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1968	25	HOU	NL	139	69%	0.0%	12.0%	8.8%	3.2%	15%	1.78	84%	24	3	13%
1969	26	MON	NL	71	69%	2.8%	15.5%	11.3%	5.6%	22%	0.89	69%	28	2	7%
2 Yrs				210	69%	1.0%	13.3%	9.7%	4.1%	18%	1.42	79%	52	5	10%
MLB Averages					48%	1.9%	15.7%	8.5%	5.8%	26%	1.11	73%			10%

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
1968	25	HOU	NL	125	27			0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	3	0	50%	2	2	0	51	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	14
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 Yrs				196	45			2	0	10	2	0	0	2	16	6	3	38%	4	2	0	92	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	14
MLB Averages																		48%							62%

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+
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	89	1.096	7.0	0.0	2.9	3.9	1.36	89
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	101	1.272	8.0	0.4	3.4	4.6	1.37	101

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	5.10	30.0	31	19	17	0	13	13	3	1.467	9.3	3.9	3.9	1.00	0.0	30
1969	26	1	0	1.000	3.00	15.0	19	6	5	2	8	10	0	1.800	11.4	4.8	6.0	1.25	1.2	10
2 Yrs		2	2	.500	4.40	45.0	50	25	22	2	21	23	3	1.578	10.0		4.6	1.10	0.4	40

* 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.

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