Bob Steele
Robert Wesley Steele
Bats: Both , Throws: Left
Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 29, 1894 in Cassburn, ON, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1916
Final Game: April 24, 1919
Died: January 27, 1962 in Ocala, FL
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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
1916 22 STL NL 5 15 .250 3.41 29 22 5 7 1 0 148.0 156 74 56 6 42 67 3 1 2 619 77 1.338 9.5 0.4 2.6 4.1 1.60
1917 23 TOT NL 6 14 .300 2.84 39 25 11 14 1 1 221.2 191 88 70 1 72 105 5 2 8 920 99 1.186 7.8 0.0 2.9 4.3 1.46
1917 23 STL NL 1 3 .250 3.21 12 6 3 1 0 0 42.0 33 18 15 1 19 23 0 0 2 173 83 1.238 7.1 0.2 4.1 4.9 1.21
1917 23 PIT NL 5 11 .313 2.76 27 19 8 13 1 1 179.2 158 70 55 0 53 82 5 2 6 747 103 1.174 7.9 0.0 2.7 4.1 1.55
1918 24 TOT NL 5 8 .385 2.90 22 11 6 7 2 2 115.0 100 54 37 3 28 45 5 0 3 479 94 1.113 7.8 0.2 2.2 3.5 1.61
1918 24 PIT NL 2 3 .400 3.31 10 4 3 2 1 1 49.0 44 25 18 2 17 21 2 0 0 209 87 1.245 8.1 0.4 3.1 3.9 1.24
1918 24 NYG NL 3 5 .375 2.59 12 7 3 5 1 1 66.0 56 29 19 1 11 24 3 0 3 270 101 1.015 7.6 0.1 1.5 3.3 2.18
1919 25 NYG NL 0 1 .000 6.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 15 47 1.667 9.0 0.0 6.0 0.0 0.00
4 Seasons 16 38 .296 3.05 91 58 23 28 4 3 487.2 450 219 165 10 144 217 13 3 13 2033 90 1.218 8.3 0.2 2.7 4.0 1.51
162 Game Avg. 7 17 .296 3.05 42 26 10 13 2 1 223 205 100 75 5 66 99 6 1 6 928 90 1.218 8.3 0.2 2.7 4.0 1.51
NYG (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 2.74 13 7 4 5 1 1 69.0 59 32 21 1 13 24 3 0 3 285 96 1.043 7.7 0.1 1.7 3.1 1.85
PIT (2 yrs) 7 14 .333 2.87 37 23 11 15 2 2 228.2 202 95 73 2 70 103 7 2 6 956 99 1.190 8.0 0.1 2.8 4.1 1.47
STL (2 yrs) 6 18 .250 3.36 41 28 8 8 1 0 190.0 189 92 71 7 61 90 3 1 4 792 79 1.316 9.0 0.3 2.9 4.3 1.48

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+
1916 22 5 15 .250 3.41 29 22 5 7 1 0 148.0 156 74 56 6 42 67 3 1 2 619 77 1.338 9.5 0.4 2.6 4.1 1.60 77
1917 23 11 29 .275 3.07 68 47 16 21 2 1 369.2 347 162 126 7 114 172 8 3 10 1539 89 1.247 8.4 0.2 2.8 4.2 1.51 89
1918 24 16 37 .302 3.03 90 58 22 28 4 3 484.2 447 216 163 10 142 217 13 3 13 2018 90 1.215 8.3 0.2 2.6 4.0 1.53 90
1919 25 16 38 .296 3.05 91 58 23 28 4 3 487.2 450 219 165 10 144 217 13 3 13 2033 90 1.218 8.3 0.2 2.7 4.0 1.51 90

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
1916 22 6 9 .400 4.86 137.0 180 82 74 7 48 62 3 1.664 11.8 3.2 4.1 1.29 0.5 29
1917 23 13 11 .542 3.65 217.0 217 98 88 1 82 103 6 1.378 9.0 3.4 4.3 1.26 0.0 39
1918 24 8 7 .533 3.70 141.0 142 64 58 4 40 55 7 1.291 9.1 2.6 3.5 1.38 0.3 22
1919 25 0 0 12.00 3.0 5 4 4 0 3 0 0 2.667 15.0 9.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
4 Seasons 27 27 .500 4.05 498.0 544 248 224 12 173 220 16 1.440 9.8 4.0 1.27 0.2 91

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 NL--7.755--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 NL--4.263--7th

Saves s c a p y
1918 NL--2--5th

Home Runs s c a p y
1916 NL--6--8th
1918 NL--3--10th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1917 NL--72--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1917 NL--.041--6th

Losses s c a p y
1916 NL--15--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1917 NL--8--3rd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (1834), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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