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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 SDP NL 26 OF 28 6 1 102.2 25 23 1 1 0 .960 0 1 2.10 0.86 .981 2.19 2.18
1987 SDP NL 26 LF 17 2 1 53.1 15 14 1 0 0 1.000 2 34 2.53 0.88 .981 2.04 2.03
1987 SDP NL 26 RF 7 0 0 21.1 5 4 0 1 0 .800 -0 -17 1.69 0.57 .976 1.98 1.99
1987 SDP NL 26 CF 6 4 0 28.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -47 0.96 0.50 .983 2.54 2.52
1988 TEX AL 27 OF 17 5 4 58.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -27 1.71 0.65 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 TEX AL 27 LF 9 2 2 26.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 0 14 2.42 0.78 .977 2.25 2.24
1988 TEX AL 27 1B 7 3 2 32.0 33 30 3 0 1 1.000 -1 -49 9.28 4.71 .992 9.56 9.49
1988 TEX AL 27 DH 7 2
1988 TEX AL 27 RF 7 3 2 31.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -58 1.16 0.57 .975 2.24 2.21
1988 TEX AL 27 CF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.90
1989 SFG NL 28 1B 3 0 0 14.0 16 14 2 0 0 1.000 0 34 10.29 5.33 .992 9.77 9.77
1989 SFG NL 28 OF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .980 2.70 2.30
1989 SFG NL 28 RF 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.00 .980 1.80 2.10
3 Seasons OF 46 11 5 161.2 37 35 1 1 0 .973 -1 -9 2.00 0.78 .980 2.29 2.28
2 Seasons LF 26 4 3 79.1 22 21 1 0 0 1.000 2 27 2.50 0.85 .980 2.11 2.10
3 Seasons RF 15 3 2 53.1 10 9 0 1 0 .900 -2 -41 1.52 0.60 .976 2.13 2.10
2 Seasons 1B 10 3 2 46.0 49 44 5 0 1 1.000 -1 -23 9.59 4.90 .992 9.63 9.57
2 Seasons CF 7 4 0 29.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -50 0.93 0.43 .983 2.54 2.57
3 Seasons TOT 56 14 7 207.2 86 79 6 1 1 .988 -2 -12 3.68 1.52 .987 3.92 3.58
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1987 SDP NL 26 LF 2 34 0 1 -0 1
1987 SDP NL 26 RF -0 -17 -0 0 -1 0
1987 SDP NL 26 CF -1 -47 -1 -1 -0 0
1988 TEX AL 27 LF 0 14 0 0 -0 0
1988 TEX AL 27 1B -1 -49 -1 -1 -0 0
1988 TEX AL 27 RF -2 -58 -0 0 -1 -1
1988 TEX AL 27 CF -0 -120 -0 0 -0
1989 SFG NL 28 1B 0 34 0 0 0 0
1989 SFG NL 28 RF 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons LF 2 27 1 1 -0 1
3 Seasons RF -2 -41 -1 1 -2 -1
2 Seasons 1B -1 -23 -1 -0 -0 0
2 Seasons CF -1 -50 -1 -1 -0 0
3 Seasons TOT -2 -12 -2 1 -3 0 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 SDP NL 26 62 6 62 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 6 7 30 0 38 6
1988 TEX AL 27 36 10 36 23 0 0 6 0 0 0 9 1 7 17 7 9 7
1989 SFG NL 28 13 0 13 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 1
3 Seasons 111 16 111 55 0 0 9 0 0 0 26 7 15 48 7 56 14
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 SDP NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 2 0 9 7 77.8% 2 0 0.0% 1 245 53% 82% 36% 24 58%
1988 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 113 35% 73% 41% 18 39%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 4 3 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 3 3 0 14 10 71.4% 4 0 0.0% 1 358 47% 79% 37% 42 50%
MLB Averages 60.6% 2.5% 58% 80% 38% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 SDP NL 26 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 99 61% 78% 27% 6 67%
1988 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 134 52% 83% 40% 10 40%
1989 SFG NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 7 43% 43% 29% 1 100%
3 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 240 55% 80% 34% 17 53%
MLB Averages 42.2% 2.5% 58% 80% 38% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1988 TEX AL 27 147 61% 80% 37% 6 83% 0 30 2 29 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0%
1989 SFG NL 28 63 57% 76% 41% 3 100% 0 14 0 14 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 210 60% 79% 39% 9 89% 0 44 2 43 0 2 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0%
MLB Averages 58% 80% 32% 94% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 SDP NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 122 54% 80% 28% 11 27%
1988 TEX AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 60% 40% 0
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 127 54% 79% 28% 11 27%
MLB Averages 42.2% 1.8% 58% 80% 38% 55%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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