Steve Shields
Stephen Mack Shields
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 30, 1958 in Gadsden, AL
High School: Hokes Bluff (Gadsden, AL)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 10th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 1, 1985
Final Game: June 19, 1989
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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
1985 26 ATL NL 1 2 .333 5.16 23 6 3 0 0 0 68.0 86 46 39 9 32 6 29 1 0 6 311 74 1.735 11.4 1.2 4.2 3.8 0.91
1986 27 TOT MLB 0 0 5.06 9 0 4 0 0 0 21.1 16 13 12 5 11 1 8 0 0 1 88 80 1.266 6.8 2.1 4.6 3.4 0.73
1986 27 ATL NL 0 0 7.11 6 0 2 0 0 0 12.2 13 10 10 4 7 0 6 0 0 0 55 56 1.579 9.2 2.8 5.0 4.3 0.86
1986 27 KCR AL 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 3 3 2 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 33 204 0.808 3.1 1.0 4.2 2.1 0.50
1987 28 SEA AL 2 0 1.000 6.60 20 0 10 0 0 3 30.0 43 25 22 7 12 1 22 0 0 3 144 72 1.833 12.9 2.1 3.6 6.6 1.83
1988 29 NYY AL 5 5 .500 4.37 39 0 13 0 0 0 82.1 96 44 40 8 30 4 55 2 1 3 362 91 1.530 10.5 0.9 3.3 6.0 1.83
1989 30 MIN AL 0 1 .000 7.79 11 0 2 0 0 0 17.1 28 18 15 3 6 1 12 0 0 2 86 53 1.962 14.5 1.6 3.1 6.2 2.00
5 Seasons 8 8 .500 5.26 102 6 32 0 0 3 219.0 269 146 128 32 91 13 126 3 1 15 991 77 1.644 11.1 1.3 3.7 5.2 1.38
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .500 5.26 64 4 20 0 0 2 138 169 92 81 20 57 8 79 2 1 9 624 77 1.644 11.1 1.3 3.7 5.2 1.38
ATL (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 5.47 29 6 5 0 0 0 80.2 99 56 49 13 39 6 35 1 0 6 366 70 1.711 11.0 1.5 4.4 3.9 0.90
MIN (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.79 11 0 2 0 0 0 17.1 28 18 15 3 6 1 12 0 0 2 86 53 1.962 14.5 1.6 3.1 6.2 2.00
KCR (1 yr) 0 0 2.08 3 0 2 0 0 0 8.2 3 3 2 1 4 1 2 0 0 1 33 204 0.808 3.1 1.0 4.2 2.1 0.50
NYY (1 yr) 5 5 .500 4.37 39 0 13 0 0 0 82.1 96 44 40 8 30 4 55 2 1 3 362 91 1.530 10.5 0.9 3.3 6.0 1.83
SEA (1 yr) 2 0 1.000 6.60 20 0 10 0 0 3 30.0 43 25 22 7 12 1 22 0 0 3 144 72 1.833 12.9 2.1 3.6 6.6 1.83
AL (4 yrs) 7 6 .538 5.14 73 0 27 0 0 3 138.1 170 90 79 19 52 7 91 2 1 9 625 81 1.605 11.1 1.2 3.4 5.9 1.75
NL (2 yrs) 1 2 .333 5.47 29 6 5 0 0 0 80.2 99 56 49 13 39 6 35 1 0 6 366 70 1.711 11.0 1.5 4.4 3.9 0.90

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
1985 26 ATL NL 23 311 269 46 86 9 0 9 15 2 32 29 .320 .390 .454 .844 .329 122 12 1 6 3 6
1986 27 ATL NL 6 55 48 10 13 3 1 4 0 0 7 6 .271 .364 .625 .989 .237 30 2 0 0 0 0
1986 27 KCR AL 3 33 27 3 3 0 0 1 2 0 4 2 .111 .212 .222 .434 .077 6 1 0 0 2 1
1986 27 TOT MLB 9 88 75 13 16 3 1 5 2 0 11 8 .213 .307 .480 .787 .172 36 3 0 0 2 1
1987 28 SEA AL 20 144 129 25 43 8 2 7 4 0 12 22 .333 .382 .589 .971 .350 76 3 0 0 3 1
1988 29 NYY AL 39 362 322 44 96 11 3 8 9 1 30 55 .298 .360 .425 .785 .337 137 16 2 6 2 4
1989 30 MIN AL 11 86 79 18 28 3 0 3 3 1 6 12 .354 .400 .506 .906 .391 40 2 0 1 0 1
5 Seasons 102 991 874 146 269 34 6 32 33 4 91 126 .308 .371 .470 .841 .326 411 36 3 13 10 13
162 Game Avg. 64 624 550 92 169 21 4 20 21 3 57 79 .308 .371 .470 .841 .326 259 23 2 8 6 8
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
1985 26 ATL NL 23 6 1 2 3 0 0 2 4 .333 0 1 0 0 3 50% 48 76 34 14 7 5 1 3.8 3.6 5.9
1 Season 23 6 1 2 3 0 0 2 4 .333 0 1 0 0 3 50% 48 76 34 14 7 5 1 3.8 3.6 5.9
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
1985 26 ATL NL 23 17 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 13 68% 3 0.763 2 4 10 0 2 15 10 7 10 3 12 3 5.7
1986 27 TOT MLB 9 9 4 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 6 3 50% 0.382 1 1 7 2 0 7 3 6 7 1 7 2 7.1
1986 27 ATL NL 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 0.238 0 1 5 1 0 5 2 4 4 1 4 2 6.3
1986 27 KCR AL 3 3 2 0 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 3 3 100% 6 0.621 1 0 2 1 0 2 1 2 3 0 3 0 8.7
1987 28 SEA AL 20 20 10 2 0 4 3 1 75% 6 2 27 13 48% 8 0.749 9 2 8 6 3 11 15 5 12 6 13 1 4.5
1988 29 NYY AL 39 39 13 5 5 2 0 2 0% 7 5 46 19 41% 7 1.049 18 7 12 15 5 19 24 15 29 4 30 7 6.3 33
1989 30 MIN AL 11 11 2 0 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 8 4 50% 6 0.843 1 4 6 4 2 5 5 6 5 3 7 0 4.7 29
5 Seasons 102 96 32 7 6 8 3 5 38% 16 8 106 52 49% 0.839 31 18 43 27 12 57 57 39 63 17 69 13 5.7 32

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%
1985 26 ATL NL 311 54% 2.9% 9.3% 10.3% 5.8% 21% 1.69 75% 65 12 18%
1986 27 TOT MLB 88 51% 5.7% 9.1% 12.5% 10.2% 56% 1.85 73% 18 3 17%
1986 27 ATL NL 55 44% 7.3% 10.9% 12.7% 14.6% 62% 2.30 69% 14 2 14%
1986 27 KCR AL 33 64% 3.0% 6.1% 12.1% 3.0% 33% 1.40 79% 4 1 25%
1987 28 SEA AL 144 47% 4.9% 15.3% 8.3% 11.8% 40% 0.84 72% 28 3 11%
1988 29 NYY AL 362 43% 2.2% 15.2% 8.3% 6.1% 23% 1.16 1.62 72% 17% 10.8% 38% 73 16 22%
1989 30 MIN AL 86 44% 3.5% 14.0% 7.0% 7.0% 21% 1.71 3.88 74% 21% 14.3% 13% 19 2 11%
5 Seasons 991 48% 3.2% 12.7% 9.2% 7.3% 27% 1.25 1.61 73% 17% 11.6% 34% 203 36 18%
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 29 NYY AL 361 1277 3.54 800 63% 27% 14% 24% 34% 73% 3% 46% 80% 58% 5% 18 5 21% 77 38 7 25% 6 9 1 0 0
1989 30 MIN AL 86 318 3.70 194 61% 23% 18% 24% 35% 77% 3% 47% 77% 53% 1% 1 0 14% 12 5 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 447 1595 3.57 994 62% 26% 15% 24% 34% 74% 3% 46% 80% 57% 4% 19 5 20% 89 43 7 25% 7 9 1 0 0
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
1985 26 ATL NL 311 86 9 1 10 4 5 7 2 31 17 2 55% 6 6 1 119 15 2 88% 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1986 27 TOT MLB 88 16 5 0 4 3 2 4 1 8 4 0 50% 1 1 0 26 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1986 27 ATL NL 55 13 4 0 1 3 1 4 0 4 1 0 25% 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 27 KCR AL 33 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 4 3 0 75% 1 1 0 6 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1987 28 SEA AL 144 43 7 0 7 3 4 4 3 13 9 0 69% 3 3 0 61 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1988 29 NYY AL 362 96 15 2 8 0 9 4 4 3 5 26 15 1 58% 5 3 0 140 9 1 90% 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1989 30 MIN AL 86 28 7 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 0 10 9 0 90% 3 2 0 36 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
5 Seasons 991 269 22 4 32 2 32 15 17 21 11 88 54 3 61% 18 15 1 382 33 4 89% 28 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 38 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+
1985 26 1 2 .333 5.16 23 6 3 0 0 0 68.0 86 46 39 9 32 6 29 1 0 6 311 74 1.735 11.4 1.2 4.2 3.8 0.91 74
1986 27 1 2 .333 5.14 32 6 7 0 0 0 89.1 102 59 51 14 43 7 37 1 0 7 399 75 1.623 10.3 1.4 4.3 3.7 0.86 75
1987 28 3 2 .600 5.51 52 6 17 0 0 3 119.1 145 84 73 21 55 8 59 1 0 10 543 74 1.676 10.9 1.6 4.1 4.4 1.07 74
1988 29 8 7 .533 5.04 91 6 30 0 0 3 201.2 241 128 113 29 85 12 114 3 1 13 905 80 1.617 10.8 1.3 3.8 5.1 1.34 80
1989 30 8 8 .500 5.26 102 6 32 0 0 3 219.0 269 146 128 32 91 13 126 3 1 15 991 77 1.644 11.1 1.3 3.7 5.2 1.38 77

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
1985 26 2 5 .286 5.62 64.0 87 44 40 9 32 27 1 1.859 12.2 4.5 3.8 0.84 1.3 23
1986 27 1 1 .500 5.85 20.0 17 14 13 5 12 8 0 1.450 7.7 5.4 3.6 0.67 2.3 9
1987 28 1 2 .333 5.81 31.0 41 22 20 7 11 23 0 1.677 11.9 3.2 6.7 2.09 2.0 20
1988 29 3 5 .375 5.03 77.0 99 48 43 8 31 51 2 1.688 11.6 3.6 6.0 1.65 0.9 39
1989 30 0 1 .000 7.94 17.0 29 17 15 3 6 12 0 2.059 15.4 3.2 6.4 2.00 1.6 11
5 Seasons 7 14 .333 5.64 209.0 273 145 131 32 92 121 3 1.746 11.8 5.2 1.32 1.4 102

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