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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

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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
1916 22 STL NL 29 51 51 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 .196 .196 .196 .392 21 10 0 0 1
1917 23 TOT NL 45 90 89 8 22 2 1 0 5 1 0 14 .247 .247 .292 .539 64 26 0 1 1
1917 23 STL NL 12 13 13 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .385 .385 .462 .846 162 6 0 0 1
1917 23 PIT NL 33 77 76 6 17 1 1 0 5 1 0 14 .224 .224 .263 .487 47 20 0 1 1
1918 24 TOT NL 22 40 37 4 8 0 2 0 2 3 3 5 .216 .275 .324 .599 82 12 0 0 1
1918 24 PIT NL 10 17 16 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 .125 .176 .250 .426 28 4 0 0 1
1918 24 NYG NL 12 23 21 3 6 0 1 0 2 2 2 2 .286 .348 .381 .729 124 8 0 0 1
1919 25 NYG NL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
4 Seasons 97 182 178 12 40 2 3 0 7 4 3 31 .225 .238 .270 .507 55 48 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 304 297 20 67 3 5 0 12 7 5 52 .225 .238 .270 .507 55 80 0 2
NYG (2 yrs) 13 24 22 3 6 0 1 0 2 2 2 3 .273 .333 .364 .697 114 8 0 0
PIT (2 yrs) 43 94 92 7 19 1 2 0 5 2 1 17 .207 .215 .261 .476 44 24 0 1
STL (2 yrs) 41 64 64 2 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 .234 .234 .250 .484 50 16 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1916 STL NL 22 P 29 32 3 26 3 0 .906 1.00 .962 1.63
1917 TOT NL 23 P 39 64 5 52 7 3 .891 1.46 .964 1.78
1917 STL NL 23 P 12 11 1 9 1 0 .909 0.83 .964 1.78
1917 PIT NL 23 P 27 53 4 43 6 3 .887 1.74 .964 1.78
1918 TOT NL 24 P 22 25 2 21 2 0 .920 1.05 .964 2.03
1918 PIT NL 24 P 10 13 1 12 0 0 1.000 1.30 .962 2.03
1918 NYG NL 24 P 12 12 1 9 2 0 .833 0.83 .967 2.03
1919 NYG NL 25 P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.90
4 Seasons P 91 121 10 99 12 3 .901 1.20 .964 1.80
4 Seasons TOT 91 121 10 99 12 3 .901 1.20 .864 1.80

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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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 14, 1917: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Doug Baird.

July 20, 1918: Purchased by the New York Giants from the Pittsburgh Pirates. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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