Steve Shields

Stephen Mack Shields

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: November 30, 1958 in Gadsden, AL
High School: Hokes Bluff HS (Gadsden, AL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1985
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Braves/Mariners/Twins/Royals 1985-1989

Final Game: June 19, 1989
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1977	18	BOS-min	A-	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			ELM · NYPL
1978	19	BOS-min	A	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			WHV · FLOR
1979	20	BOS-min	A	24																									WSM · CARL
1980	21	BOS-min	AA	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			BRI · EL
1981	22	BOS-min	AA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		BRI · EL
1982	23	BOS-min	AA	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		BRI · EL
1983	24	BOS-min	AAA	36	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		PAW · IL
1984	25	ATL-min	AAA	39	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
1985	26	ATL-min	AAA	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
1985	26	ATL	NL	23	19	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.111	.158	.111	.269	-25	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	27	ATL-min	AAA	21	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		RMD · IL
1986	27	TOT	MLB	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1986	27	ATL	NL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1986	27	KCR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1987	28	SEA-min	AAA	16	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		CGY · PCL
1987	28	SEA	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	29	NYY-min	AAA	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1988	29	NYY	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	30	MIN-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1989	30	MIN	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
5 Yrs				102	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	2	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	32	30	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	3	0	0	0	0	0

ATL (2 yrs)				29	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	2	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
KCR (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				29	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	2	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1985	26	ATL	NL	23	19	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1986	27	ATL	NL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1986	27	KCR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1987	28	SEA	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1988	29	NYY	AL	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$110,000	1
1989	30	MIN	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$125,000	1
5 Seasons				102	20	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-0	$235,000

ATL (2 yrs)				29	20	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
MIN (1 yr)				11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$125,000
KCR (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
NYY (1 yr)				39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$110,000
SEA (1 yr)				20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1985	26	ATL	NL	19	16	0	0.0	99	.167	.111	.266	.158	.334	.111	.396	.269	.730	-25	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.188	.056	.000
1986	27	TOT	MLB	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.267	.000	.338	.000	.403	.000	.741	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1986	27	ATL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	102		.000	.267	.000	.338	.000	.403	.000	.741	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				20	17	0	0.0	99	.167	.105	.266	.150	.335	.105	.396	.255	.731	-29	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.176	.053	.000
162 Game Avg.				32	27	0	0.0	99	.167	.105	.266	.150	.335	.105	.396	.255	.731	-29	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.176	.053	.000

NL (2 yrs)				20	17	0	0.0	99	.167	.105	.266	.150	.335	.105	.396	.255	.731	-29	.000	-3.4	-0.4	.176	.053	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1985	26	ATL	NL	19	0.0%	31.6%	5.3%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.0				4.50	63%
1986	27	TOT	MLB	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
1986	27	ATL	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
5 Yrs				20	0.0%	35.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.7				4.50	60%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.9%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.73	6.0	39.5	8.4	0.81	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1985	26	ATL	NL	-3.1	-0.3	19	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.76	-0.3	0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.82	-3.4	0
1986	27	TOT	MLB	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.21	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0
1986	27	ATL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.21	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0
1986	27	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0
1987	28	SEA	AL	0.0	0.0
1988	29	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1989	30	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0
5 Yrs				-3.4	-0.4	20	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.73	-0.4	0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.82	-3.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1985	26	ATL	NL	0%	2
1986	27	TOT	MLB		0
1986	27	ATL	NL		0
5 Yrs				0%	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1985	26	ATL	NL	19	37%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1986	27	TOT	MLB	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1986	27	ATL	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				20	35%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			74%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1985	26	23	19	18	2	1	6	.111	.158	.111	.269	-25	2
1986	27	32	20	19	2	1	7	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	2
1987	28	52	20	19	2	1	7	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	2
1988	29	91	20	19	2	1	7	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	2
1989	30	102	20	19	2	1	7	.105	.150	.105	.255	-29	2

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1985	26	23	19	18	1	6	.000	.053	.000	.053	23
1986	27	9	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	9
2 Yrs		32	20	19	1	7	.000	.050	.000	.050	32
162 Game Avg.		162	101	96	5	35	.000	.050	.000	.050	32

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