Bob Steele

Robert Wesley Steele

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 29, 1894 in Cassburn, Ontario, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1916
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cardinals/Giants 1916-1919

Final Game: April 24, 1919
Died: January 27, 1962 in Ocala, FL
Buried: Burlington Cemetery, Burlington, WI
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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	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	21	4	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	17	15	1	19	23	0	0	2	173	85	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	71	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	96	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	89	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	103	1.015	7.6	0.1	1.5	3.3	2.18
1919	25	INA	AA	6	9	.400	3.53	27						181.0	185	86	71		63							1.370	9.2		3.1			INA · AA
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	56	1.667	9.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
4 Yrs				16	38	.296	3.05	91	57	22	28	4	3	487.2	450	219	165	10	144	217	13	3	13	2033	91	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	224	207	101	76	5	66	100	6	1	6	934	91	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	99	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	96	73	2	70	103	7	2	6	956	100	1.190	8.0	0.1	2.8	4.1	1.47
STL (2 yrs)				6	18	.250	3.36	41	27	7	8	1	0	190.0	189	91	71	7	61	90	3	1	4	792	79	1.316	9.0	0.3	2.9	4.3	1.48

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
1916	22	STL	NL	148.0	29	21	74	4.50	3.50	-0.23	0.00	100.0	3.73	-13	-1.6	1.0	-0.1	-0.6	-3	.446	.490	$
1917	23	STL	NL	42.0	12	6	17	3.64	3.54	0.24	0.00	100.0	3.30	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	0.1	1	.483	.499	$
1917	23	PIT	NL	179.2	27	19	71	3.56	3.61	-0.17	0.00	105.0	3.97	8	1.0	1.0	-0.1	2.2	21	.538	.506	$
1918	24	PIT	NL	49.0	10	4	25	4.59	3.61	0.25	0.00	107.9	3.62	-5	-0.6	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-2	.439	.496	$
1918	24	NYG	NL	65.0	12	7	29	4.02	3.73	0.21	0.00	95.9	3.38	-5	-0.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.1	-1	.455	.497	$
1919	25	NYG	NL	3.0	1	0	3	9.00	3.37	0.40	0.00	120.0	3.57	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.320	.499	$
4 Seasons				486.2	91	57	219	4.05	3.58	-0.06	0.00	102.2	3.72	-18	-2.1	1.0	-0.3	1.1	15	.477	.498	$

NYG (2 yrs)				68.0	13	7	32	4.24	3.71	0.22	0.00	97.0	3.39	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.1	-0.3	-2	.445	.498	$
PIT (2 yrs)				228.2	37	23	96	3.78	3.61	-0.08	0.00	105.6	3.90	3	0.4	1.0	-0.1	1.9	19	.511	.501	$
STL (2 yrs)				190.0	41	27	91	4.31	3.51	-0.13	0.00	100.0	3.63	-15	-1.8	1.0	-0.1	-0.5	-1	.457	.495	$

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	24	TOT	NL	479	0.6%	9.4%	5.9%	1.3%	6%	78%
1918	24	PIT	NL	209	1.0%	10.1%	8.1%	1.9%	9%	73%
1918	24	NYG	NL	270	0.4%	8.9%	4.1%	0.7%	4%	81%
1919	25	NYG	NL	15	0.0%	0.0%	13.3%			80%
2 Yrs				494	0.6%	9.1%	6.1%	1.2%	6%	78%
MLB Averages					0.4%	8.0%	7.3%	2.7%	12%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	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	21	4	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	46	15	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	57	21	28	4	3	484.2	447	216	163	10	142	217	13	3	13	2018	91	1.215	8.3	0.2	2.6	4.0	1.53	91
1919	25	16	38	.296	3.05	91	57	22	28	4	3	487.2	450	219	165	10	144	217	13	3	13	2033	91	1.218	8.3	0.2	2.7	4.0	1.51	91

Neutralized Pitching

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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	4.90	136.0	183	82	74	7	49	61	4	1.706	12.1	3.2	4.0	1.24	0.5	29
1917	23	13	11	.542	3.67	216.0	218	98	88	1	82	102	6	1.389	9.1	3.4	4.3	1.24	0.0	39
1918	24	8	7	.533	3.64	141.0	141	63	57	4	39	55	7	1.277	9.0	2.5	3.5	1.41	0.3	22
1919	25	0	0		12.00	3.0	4	4	4	0	3	0	0	2.333	12.0	9.0	0.0	0.00	0.0	1
4 Yrs		27	27	.500	4.05	496.0	546	247	223	12	173	218	17	1.450	9.9		4.0	1.26	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 0.041 (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 Ink	Pitching - 5 (1889), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Similar Pitchers

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Alex Jones (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Erv Kantlehner (973) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Bill Bailey (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Frank Allen (984) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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