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Steve Springer

Steven Michael Springer

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 11, 1961 in Long Beach, CA
School: University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 20th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 1990
Teams (by GP): Mets/Indians 1990-1992

Final Game: August 25, 1992
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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
1982	21	NYM-min	A-	67	283	244	49	60	11	0	11	38	9	3	34	56	.246	.345	.426	.771		104		3	2	0	1		LFA · NYPL
1983	22	NYM-min	A	130	533	488	99	165	24	9	12	88	22	4	35	50	.338	.380	.498	.878		243		2	1	7	2		CLM · SALL
1984	23	NYM-min	AA	103	388	362	41	99	21	3	5	40	6	4	24	50	.273	.322	.390	.712		141		2	0	0	3		JAC · TL
1985	24	NYM-min	AAA	126	525	479	59	125	20	4	7	56	9	5	34	72	.261	.308	.363	.672		174		1	6	5	2		TID · IL
1986	25	NYM-min	AAA	117	476	440	52	120	19	6	4	46	10	5	30	74	.273	.321	.370	.691		163		1	5	0	0		TID · IL
1987	26	NYM-min	AAA	132	520	467	65	131	23	4	7	54	6	3	41	78	.281	.339	.392	.731		183		3	4	5	6		TID · IL
1988	27	NYM-CHW-min	AAA	124	480	442	57	116	19	1	4	34	5	2	33	83	.262	.313	.337	.650		149		0	4	1	1		TID,VAN · IL,PCL
1989	28	CHW-min	AAA	137	561	520	61	144	21	3	8	56	8	8	26	83	.277	.312	.375	.687		195		3	7	5	1		VAN · PCL
1990	29	SDP-CLE-min	AAA	95	359	324	46	88	26	5	8	52	6	4	24	67	.272	.313	.457	.770		148		0	1	10	1		LVG,CSP · PCL
1990	29	CLE	AL	4	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.167	.154	.167	.321	-10	2	0	0	0	1	0	/5D

1991	30	SEA-min	AAA	109	445	412	62	106	25	2	17	70	8	2	28	76	.257	.303	.451	.755		186	14	0	3	2	5		CGY · PCL
1992	31	NYM-min	AAA	117	452	427	57	124	16	0	16	70	9	4	22	85	.290	.323	.440	.763		188	12	0	0	3	1		TID · IL
1992	31	NYM	NL	4	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	182	3	0	0	0	0	0	/45
1993	32	NYM-min	AAA	131	523	484	52	129	22	4	13	69	5	6	31	85	.267	.313	.409	.722		198	13	3	2	3	8		NFK · IL
1994	33	DET-min	AAA	135	550	511	73	134	23	4	13	77	19	15	35	79	.262	.308	.399	.707		204	9	0	1	3	2		TOL · IL
1995	34	DET-SDP-min	AAA	60	198	189	21	46	10	1	3	20	2	2	6	35	.243	.263	.354	.617		67	8	0	0	3	2		TOL,LVG · IL,PCL
2 Yrs				8	18	17	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.235	.222	.294	.516	45	5	0	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	365	344	20	81	20	0	0	20	0	0	0	142	.235	.222	.294	.516	45	101	0	0	0	20	0

NYM (1 yr)				4	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	182	3	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				4	13	12	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.167	.154	.167	.321	-10	2	0	0	0	1	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
1990	29	CLE	AL	4	13	-2	-0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.460	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/5D

1992	31	NYM	NL	4	5	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.509	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/45
2 Seasons				8	18	-2	-0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.484	.500	-0.2	0.1	-2	$

NYM (1 yr)				4	5	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.509	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CLE (1 yr)				4	13	-2	-0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.460	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$

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
1990	29	CLE	AL	13	11	0	0.0	94	.286	.167	.258	.154	.326	.167	.386	.321	.712	-10	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.200	.000	.000

1992	31	NYM	NL	5	3	1	9.0	91	.500	.400	.258	.400	.323	.600	.380	1.000	.703	182	.806	0.5	0.1	1.000	.200	.200
2 Yrs				18	14	1	1.9	93	.364	.235	.258	.222	.325	.294	.384	.516	.709	45	.184	-1.2	-0.1	.385	.059	.059
162 Game Avg.				365	284	20	1.9	93	.364	.235	.258	.222	.325	.294	.384	.516	.709	45	.184	-1.2	-0.1	.385	.059	.059

NYM (1 yr)				5	3	1	9.0	91	.500	.400	.258	.400	.323	.600	.380	1.000	.703	182	.806	0.5	0.1	1.000	.200	.200
CLE (1 yr)				13	11	0	0.0	94	.286	.167	.258	.154	.326	.167	.386	.321	.712	-10	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.200	.000	.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
1990	29	CLE	AL	13	0.0%	46.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0		12.0	0.00	0.00	54%	43%	0.0%	0%

1992	31	NYM	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	50%		5.0			1.00	1.00	80%	25%	0.0%	0%
2 Yrs				18	0.0%	38.9%	0.0%	5.6%	25%		2.4		17.0	0.22	0.17	61%	36%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.73	6.0	44.0	8.5	0.79	1.05	73%	21%	5.9%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1990	29	CLE	AL	-1.8	-0.2	13	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	1.10	-0.2	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.02	-2.3		1

1992	31	NYM	NL	0.5	0.1	5	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.55	0.0	-0.1	0.5	0.1	0.83	0.4	2.28	2
2 Yrs				-1.2	-0.1	18	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.23	-0.2	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	0.97	-1.8	1.52	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1990	29	CLE	AL	0	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1992	31	NYM	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				0	0	25%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1990	29	CLE	AL	13	38%	2	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	4	2	50%	8	1	13%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0

1992	31	NYM	NL	5	100%	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				18	56%	4	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	4	2	50%	10	1	10%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			73%			10%			36%			14%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1990	29	CLE	AL	13	46	3.54	34	74%	15%	32%	32%	21%	85%	0%	63%	62%	69%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

1992	31	NYM	NL	5	17	3.40	13	76%	0%	23%	46%	31%	100%	0%	76%	77%	40%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				18	63	3.50	47	75%	11%	30%	36%	23%	89%	0%	67%	67%	61%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SF
1990	29	4	13	12	1	2	0	1	6	.167	.154	.167	.321	-10	2	1
1991	30	4	13	12	1	2	0	1	6	.167	.154	.167	.321	-10	2	1
1992	31	8	18	17	1	4	1	1	7	.235	.222	.294	.516	45	5	1

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	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1990	29	4	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1992	31	4	5	5	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	1	4
2 Yrs		8	18	17	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.118	.111	.176	.288	1	8
162 Game Avg.		162	365	344	0	41	20	0	0	0	0	0	142	.118	.111	.176	.288	20	8

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