Jim Steels

James Earl Steels

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 30, 1961 in Jackson, MS
High School: Santa Maria HS (Santa Maria, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 8th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1987
Teams (by GP): Padres/Rangers/Giants 1987-1989

Final Game: May 19, 1989
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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
1980	19	SDP-min	A	73	310	285	42	86	8	4	3	27	13	5	19	36	.302	.343	.389	.733		111		1	1	4			REN · CALL
1981	20	SDP-min	AA	127	522	485	58	138	28	5	3	59	11	9	22	65	.285	.317	.381	.699		185		4	5	6	1		AMA · TL
1982	21	SDP-min	AA,AAA	138	621	567	94	167	26	14	10	83	20	8	37	91	.295	.345	.443	.787		251		9	3	5	4		AMA,HAW · TL,PCL
1983	22	SDP-min	AA,AAA	111	453	408	74	107	22	5	11	75	24	5	32	54	.262	.314	.422	.736		172		2	4	7	1		BMT,LVG · TL,PCL
1984	23	SDP-min	AA	127	530	474	90	161	26	10	12	81	35	17	48	45	.340	.400	.513	.913		243		1	5	2	3		BMT · TL
1985	24	SDP-min	AAA	111	424	394	39	103	19	4	5	46	13	6	23	59	.261	.305	.368	.673		145		3	1	3	5		LVG · PCL
1986	25	SDP-min	AAA	126	534	482	87	148	28	9	8	64	35	11	43	48	.307	.363	.452	.815		218		2	2	5	5		LVG · PCL
1987	26	SDP-min	AAA	15	62	53	12	17	3	1	0	5	3	1	8	7	.321	.419	.415	.834		22		1	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
1987	26	SDP	NL	62	81	68	9	13	1	1	0	6	3	2	11	14	.191	.300	.235	.535	47	16	2	0	1	1	0	7/98
1988	27	TEX-min	AAA	37	159	144	21	45	7	2	0	11	5	6	10	31	.313	.371	.389	.760		56		4	0	1	0		OKC · AA
1988	27	TEX	AL	36	54	53	4	10	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	15	.189	.185	.208	.393	9	11	0	0	0	1	0	/73D98
1989	28	SFG-WSN-min	AAA	105	434	377	71	105	21	4	8	48	23	12	42	51	.279	.353	.419	.773		158		5	4	6	4		PHX,INA · PCL,AA
1989	28	SFG	NL	13	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.083	.214	.083	.298	-10	1	0	0	0	0	1	/39
1990	29	WSN-PIT-min	AAA	72	280	248	37	66	15	2	4	22	10	5	26	41	.266	.345	.391	.736		97		4	2		2		INA,BFL,MXD · AA,MEX
1991	30	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1992	31	MNY	AAA																										MNY · MEX
1993	32	MNY	AAA																										MNY · MEX
1994	33	MNY	AAA																										MNY · MEX
3 Yrs				111	149	133	13	24	2	1	0	11	5	2	13	33	.180	.250	.211	.461	28	28	2	0	1	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	217	194	19	35	3	1	0	16	7	3	19	48	.180	.250	.211	.461	28	41	3	0	1	3	1

SFG (1 yr)				13	14	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.083	.214	.083	.298	-10	1	0	0	0	0	1
TEX (1 yr)				36	54	53	4	10	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	15	.189	.185	.208	.393	9	11	0	0	0	1	0
SDP (1 yr)				62	81	68	9	13	1	1	0	6	3	2	11	14	.191	.300	.235	.535	47	16	2	0	1	1	0

NL (2 yrs)				75	95	80	9	14	1	1	0	6	3	2	13	18	.175	.287	.213	.500	39	17	2	0	1	1	1
AL (1 yr)				36	54	53	4	10	1	0	0	5	2	0	0	15	.189	.185	.208	.393	9	11	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
1987	26	SDP	NL	62	81	-4	-0	0	0	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.3	.491	.497	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	7/98
1988	27	TEX	AL	36	54	-7	-0	0	-3	-2	-11	-1.2	2	-9	-1.0	.467	.493	-0.7	-0.4	-7	$	/73D98
1989	28	SFG	NL	13	14	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/39
3 Seasons				111	149	-13	-0	1	-2	-3	-18	-1.9	5	-14	-1.5	.482	.496	-1.2	-0.4	-11	$

SFG (1 yr)				13	14	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.485	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$
TEX (1 yr)				36	54	-7	-0	0	-3	-2	-11	-1.2	2	-9	-1.0	.467	.493	-0.7	-0.4	-7	$
SDP (1 yr)				62	81	-4	-0	0	0	-1	-5	-0.6	2	-3	-0.3	.491	.497	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$

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	PwrSpd
1987	26	SDP	NL	81	61	5	2.2	102	.236	.191	.264	.300	.333	.235	.412	.535	.745	47	.196	-4.9	-0.5	.475	.221	.044	.0
1988	27	TEX	AL	54	44	2	1.2	96	.256	.189	.262	.185	.327	.208	.394	.393	.721	9	.087	-6.6	-0.7	.302	.057	.019	.0
1989	28	SFG	NL	14	11	0	0.0	88	.125	.083	.250	.214	.317	.083	.373	.298	.690	-10	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.273	.167	.000
3 Yrs				149	116	7	1.6	99	.235	.180	.262	.250	.329	.211	.401	.461	.731	28	.131	-13.1	-1.3	.389	.150	.030	.0
162 Game Avg.				217	169	10	1.6	99	.235	.180	.262	.250	.329	.211	.401	.461	.731	28	.131	-13.1	-1.3	.389	.150	.030

SFG (1 yr)				14	11	0	0.0	88	.125	.083	.250	.214	.317	.083	.373	.298	.690	-10	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.273	.167	.000
TEX (1 yr)				54	44	2	1.2	96	.256	.189	.262	.185	.327	.208	.394	.393	.721	9	.087	-6.6	-0.7	.302	.057	.019	.0
SDP (1 yr)				81	61	5	2.2	102	.236	.191	.264	.300	.333	.235	.412	.535	.745	47	.197	-4.9	-0.5	.475	.221	.044	.0

NL (2 yrs)				95	72	5	1.9	100	.222	.175	.262	.287	.331	.213	.406	.500	.737	39	.158	-6.6	-0.6	.443	.213	.038	.0
AL (1 yr)				54	44	2	1.2	96	.256	.189	.262	.185	.327	.208	.394	.393	.721	9	.087	-6.6	-0.7	.302	.057	.019	.0

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
1987	26	SDP	NL	81	0.0%	17.3%	13.6%	2.5%	15%	1.27	4.9		11.3		0.76	68%
1988	27	TEX	AL	54	0.0%	27.8%	0.0%	1.9%	10%		3.5		10.6	0.73	0.71	72%	15%	0.0%	59%
1989	28	SFG	NL	14	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.0			0.14	0.17	57%	25%	0.0%	43%
3 Yrs				149	0.0%	22.2%	8.7%	2.0%	13%	2.54	4.0		12.1	0.59	0.67	68%	17%	0.0%	55%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.5%	6.8%	30%	1.76	6.0	40.1	8.4	0.81	1.06	73%	20%	6.8%	29%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1987	26	SDP	NL	-4.9	-0.5	87	0.0	1.6	-1.6	1.24	-0.4	0.4	-2.3	-0.2	0.95	-4.7	1.54	31
1988	27	TEX	AL	-6.6	-0.7	57	-0.4	0.7	-1.1	1.07	-0.6	0.2	-6.3	-0.6	0.99	-7.5	2.07	9
1989	28	SFG	NL	-1.7	-0.2	14	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	.94	-0.2	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.96	-1.8	1.44	7
3 Yrs				-13.1	-1.3	158	-0.6	2.4	-3.0	1.15	-1.2	0.7	-10.3	-1.0	0.96	-13.9	1.62	47

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1987	26	SDP	NL	1	38%	37	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	1	1	43%	3	3	0	4	1	3
1988	27	TEX	AL	0	40%	27	2	0	100%	1	0	1	1	0	1	40%	2	2	0	3	1	2
1989	28	SFG	NL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	35%	67	5	2	71%	3	2	2	1	1	3	43%	7	6	1	7	2	5

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
1987	26	SDP	NL	81	91%	13			31	8	0	3	1.54	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	14	2	14%	6	3	50%	50	7	14%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
1988	27	TEX	AL	54	93%	10	3	1	9	2	0	1	2.07	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	6	1	17%	40	5	13%	6	3	50%	2	0	0%	0
1989	28	SFG	NL	14	79%	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	1.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				149	91%	24	3	1	47	10	0	4	1.62	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	28	2	7%	13	4	31%	99	12	12%	10	5	50%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			51%			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
1988	27	TEX	AL	49	161	3.29	116	72%	13%	28%	28%	31%	87%	0%	63%	68%	51%	0%	0	0	6%	3	2	6%	3	3	15%	5	0	0
1989	28	SFG	NL	14	54	3.86	32	59%	19%	31%	25%	25%	81%	18%	48%	62%	21%	14%	2	0	14%	2	0	7%	1	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				63	215	3.41	148	69%	14%	28%	28%	30%	86%	6%	59%	67%	44%	3%	2	0	8%	5	2	6%	4	3	12%	5	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			15%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1987	26	62	81	68	9	13	1	1	6	3	2	11	14	.191	.300	.235	.535	47	16	2	1	1	0
1988	27	98	135	121	13	23	2	1	11	5	2	11	29	.190	.254	.223	.477	32	27	2	1	2	0
1989	28	111	149	133	13	24	2	1	11	5	2	13	33	.180	.250	.211	.461	28	28	2	1	2	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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1987	26	62	81	68	9	13	1	1	6	3	11	14	.191	.300	.235	.535	5	62
1988	27	36	54	53	4	10	1	0	5	2	0	15	.189	.185	.208	.393	2	36
1989	28	13	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	13
3 Yrs		111	149	133	13	23	2	1	11	5	13	33	.173	.243	.203	.446	7	111
162 Game Avg.		162	217	194	19	34	3	1	16	7	19	48	.173	.243	.203	.446	10	111

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