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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 & Jefferson College (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 9:46AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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
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 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
4 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1912 24 CLE AL 143.1 16 75 82 0 1.0 7 0.9 $
1913 25 CLE AL 128.1 13 52 64 1 1.0 12 1.5 $
1914 26 CLE AL 200.2 22 74 94 -4 1.0 20 3.2 $
1915 27 CLE AL 45.1 7 30 23 0 1.0 -7 -0.6 $
1915 27 DET AL 79.1 7 35 40 0 1.0 5 0.6 $
4 Seasons 597.0 65 266 303 -3 1.0 37 5.6 $
CLE (4 yrs) 517.2 58 231 263 -3 1.0 32 5.0 $
DET (1 yr) 79.1 7 35 40 0 1.0 5 0.6 $

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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
1912 24 CLE AL 26 52 48 5 13 0 1 0 1 4 0 3 15 .271 .314 .313 .626 77 15 0 1 1
1913 25 CLE AL 22 47 41 2 7 2 0 0 10 1 2 12 .171 .209 .220 .429 24 9 0 4 1
1914 26 CLE AL 30 76 70 4 14 2 0 0 5 0 1 2 26 .200 .233 .229 .461 36 16 1 3 1
1915 27 TOT AL 30 46 44 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 12 .182 .200 .205 .405 19 9 0 1 1
1915 27 CLE AL 10 16 16 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 .188 .188 .250 .438 30 4 0 0 1
1915 27 DET AL 20 30 28 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .179 .207 .179 .385 13 5 0 1 1
4 Seasons 108 221 203 14 42 5 1 0 19 5 1 8 65 .207 .241 .241 .482 40 49 1 9
162 Game Avg. 162 332 305 21 63 8 2 0 29 8 12 98 .207 .241 .241 .482 40 74 2 14
CLE (4 yrs) 88 191 175 12 37 5 1 0 17 5 1 7 59 .211 .246 .251 .497 44 44 1 8
DET (1 yr) 20 30 28 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .179 .207 .179 .385 13 5 0 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1912 24 CLE AL 52 -2 0 0 0 0 3 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1913 25 CLE AL 47 -4 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1914 26 CLE AL 76 -6 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 -0.1 1 0.1 -0.2 $ 1
1915 27 CLE AL 16 -2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 -0.1 0 0.0 -0.1 $ 1
1915 27 DET AL 30 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
4 Seasons 221 -17 0 0 0 0 11 9 3 -0.1 3 0.3 -0.4 $
CLE (4 yrs) 191 -14 0 0 0 0 10 8 4 0.0 4 0.4 -0.4 $
DET (1 yr) 30 -3 0 0 0 0 1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1912 CLE AL 24 P 26 143.1 43 7 34 2 0 .953 2.57 1.58 .940 2.96 2.90
1913 CLE AL 25 P 22 128.1 46 3 38 5 0 .891 2.88 1.86 .938 3.01 2.98
1914 CLE AL 26 P 30 200.2 76 11 57 8 2 .895 3.05 2.27 .936 2.96 2.93
1915 TOT AL 27 P 30 124.2 65 8 54 3 0 .954 4.48 2.07 .937 3.01 3.00
1915 CLE AL 27 P 10 45.1 27 4 22 1 0 .963 5.16 2.60 .937 3.02 3.00
1915 DET AL 27 P 20 79.1 38 4 32 2 0 .947 4.08 1.80 .937 3.01 3.00
4 Seasons P 108 597.0 230 29 183 18 2 .922 3.20 1.96 .937 2.98 2.95
4 Seasons TOT 108 597.0 230 29 183 18 2 .922 3.20 1.96 .937 2.98 2.95
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1914 AL  3.2 (10th)

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)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1914 AL  8 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as P† s c a p y
1915 AL  4.48 (2nd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 3 (2106), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1948), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (927), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Frank Lange (977)
  3. Happy Finneran (973)
  4. Ed Poole (972)
  5. Bruce Howard (971)
  6. Jack Rowan (970)
  7. Norwood Gibson (969)
  8. Marty O'Toole (969)
  9. Hi Bithorn (967)
  10. Rube Manning (966)
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  1. Sandy Vance (995)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dick Rudolph (991)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Happy Finneran (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Jack Rowan (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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