Bill Steen

William John Steen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 11, 1887 in Pittsburgh, PA
School: Washington and Jefferson College (Washington, PA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1912
Teams (by GP): Naps/Tigers/Indians 1912-1915

Final Game: August 22, 1915
Died: March 13, 1979 in Signal Hill, CA
Cremated
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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
1907	19	NCA	C	17	16	.515		36																								NCA · OHPA
1908	20	TOL	A	12	10	.545		26						190.0	151	80			80							1.216	7.2		3.8			TOL · AA
1909	21	BMG	B	18	15	.545		36						276.0	203	92			93							1.072	6.6		3.0			BMG · IIIL
1910	22	POR	A	27	17	.614	1.78	54	41					414.2	304	115	82		108							0.994	6.6		2.3			POR · PCL
1911	23	POR	A	30	15	.667	2.36	49	41					366.2	317	135	96		117							1.184	7.8		2.9			POR · PCL
1912	24	CLE	AL	9	8	.529	3.77	26	16	4	6	1	0	143.1	163	75	60	3	45	61	1	0	3	593	92	1.451	10.2	0.2	2.8	3.8	1.36
1913	25	CLE	AL	4	5	.444	2.45	22	13	5	7	2	2	128.1	113	52	35	3	49	57	4	0	2	525	123	1.262	7.9	0.2	3.4	4.0	1.16
1914	26	CLE	AL	9	14	.391	2.60	30	22	5	13	1	0	200.2	201	74	58	0	68	97	4	2	4	810	111	1.341	9.0	*0.0*	3.0	4.4	1.43
1915	27	SFR	AA	10	5	.667	1.54	19						122.1	102	37	21		20							0.997	7.5		1.5			SFR · PCL
1915	27	TOT	AL	6	5	.545	3.54	30	14	7	5	0	4	124.2	134	65	49	1	37	50	3	0	4	525	86	1.372	9.7	0.1	2.7	3.6	1.35
1915	27	CLE	AL	1	4	.200	4.96	10	7	1	2	0	0	45.1	51	30	25	1	15	22	2	0	1	193	62	1.456	10.1	0.2	3.0	4.4	1.47
1915	27	DET	AL	5	1	.833	2.72	20	7	6	3	0	4	79.1	83	35	24	0	22	28	1	0	3	332	112	1.324	9.4	0.0	2.5	3.2	1.27
1916	28	SFR	AA	19	19	.500	2.96	53						276.1	249	120	91		78							1.183	8.1		2.5			SFR · PCL
1917	29	SFR	AA	8	7	.533	2.51	17						97.0	86	34	27		30							1.196	8.0		2.8			SFR · PCL
1919	31	OLD	AA	0	2	.000	3.38	3	2					21.1	30	10	8		7							1.734	12.7		3.0			OLD · PCL
4 Yrs				28	32	.467	3.05	108	65	21	31	4	6	597.0	611	266	202	7	199	265	12	2	13	2453	101	1.357	9.2	0.1	3.0	4.0	1.33
162 Game Avg.				11	13	.467	3.05	42	26	8	12	2	2	235	240	105	79	3	78	104	5	1	5	964	101	1.357	9.2	0.1	3.0	4.0	1.33

CLE (4 yrs)				23	31	.426	3.09	88	58	15	28	4	2	517.2	528	231	178	7	177	237	11	2	10	2121	100	1.362	9.2	0.1	3.1	4.1	1.34
DET (1 yr)				5	1	.833	2.72	20	7	6	3	0	4	79.1	83	35	24	0	22	28	1	0	3	332	112	1.324	9.4	0.0	2.5	3.2	1.27

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
1912	24	CLE	AL	143.1	26	16	75	4.71	4.45	-0.02	0.00	103.0	4.60	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.2	1.1	14	.497	.500	$
1913	25	CLE	AL	128.1	22	13	52	3.65	3.91	0.11	0.00	103.0	3.91	5	0.6	1.0	-0.1	1.6	16	.525	.503	$
1914	26	CLE	AL	200.2	30	22	74	3.32	3.68	-0.24	0.00	105.0	4.12	20	2.6	1.0	-0.1	4.2	36	.585	.516	$
1915	27	CLE	AL	45.1	10	7	30	5.96	4.03	-0.10	0.00	104.0	4.30	-8	-0.9	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-4	.414	.495	$
1915	27	DET	AL	79.1	20	7	35	3.97	3.82	0.07	0.00	103.0	3.86	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.6	7	.496	.500	$
4 Seasons				597.0	108	65	266	4.01	3.96	-0.06	0.00	103.7	4.17	15	2.1	1.0	-0.5	7.0	69	.520	.503	$

CLE (4 yrs)				517.2	88	58	231	4.02	3.98	-0.08	0.00	103.9	4.22	16	2.2	1.0	-0.5	6.4	62	.525	.503	$
DET (1 yr)				79.1	20	7	35	3.97	3.82	0.07	0.00	103.0	3.86	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.6	7	.496	.500	$

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+
1912	24	9	8	.529	3.77	26	16	4	6	1	0	143.1	163	75	60	3	45	61	1	0	3	593	92	1.451	10.2	0.2	2.8	3.8	1.36	92
1913	25	13	13	.500	3.15	48	29	9	13	3	2	271.2	276	127	95	6	94	118	5	0	5	1118	103	1.362	9.1	0.2	3.1	3.9	1.26	103
1914	26	22	27	.449	2.92	78	51	14	26	4	2	472.1	477	201	153	6	162	215	9	2	9	1928	106	1.353	9.1	0.1	3.1	4.1	1.33	106
1915	27	28	32	.467	3.05	108	65	21	31	4	6	597.0	611	266	202	7	199	265	12	2	13	2453	101	1.357	9.2	0.1	3.0	4.0	1.33	101

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
1912	24	7	8	.467	4.00	135.0	167	67	60	3	46	58	1	1.578	11.1	3.1	3.9	1.26	0.2	26
1913	25	8	5	.615	2.93	123.0	125	44	40	3	54	55	4	1.455	9.1	4.0	4.0	1.02	0.2	22
1914	26	11	8	.579	3.51	177.0	222	77	69	0	75	85	4	1.678	11.3	3.8	4.3	1.13	0.0	30
1915	27	6	7	.462	4.13	120.0	146	61	55	1	40	48	3	1.550	11.0	3.0	3.6	1.20	0.1	30
4 Yrs		32	28	.533	3.63	555.0	660	249	224	7	215	246	12	1.577	10.7		4.0	1.14	0.1	108

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1914 AL 4.2 (8th)	Saves s c a p y 1915 AL 4 (2nd)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1914 AL 0.000 (1st)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1914 AL 4.2 (8th)

Saves s c a p y
1915 AL 4 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1914 AL 0.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1951), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 9 (928), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Pitchers

Compare Stats to Similars

Roger Nelson (984)
Frank Lange (977)
Happy Finneran (973)
Ed Poole (972)
Bruce Howard (971)
Jack Rowan (970)
Norwood Gibson (969)
Marty O'Toole (969)
Hi Bithorn (967)
Rube Manning (966)

Most Similar by Ages

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Sandy Vance (995) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Dick Rudolph (991) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Happy Finneran (988) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Jack Rowan (978) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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