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Terry Steinbach

Terry Lee Steinbach

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 2, 1962 in New Ulm, MN
High School: New Ulm (New Ulm, MN)
School: University of Minnesota
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 9th round of the 1983 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1983. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1986
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Twins 1986-1999
Agents: Charlie Sutton [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1999
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:21AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #562. Bill Doran… #563. Frank Schulte… #564. Joe Rudi… #565. TERRY STEINBACH… #566. Max Bishop… #567. Lance Johnson… #568. Robby Thompson… 

Standard Batting

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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
1986 24 OAK AL 6 16 15 3 5 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 0 .333 .375 .733 1.108 204 11 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1987 25 OAK AL 122 438 391 66 111 16 3 16 56 1 2 32 66 .284 .349 .463 .812 120 181 10 9 3 3 2 25/3
1988 26 OAK AL 104 398 351 42 93 19 1 9 51 3 0 33 47 .265 .334 .402 .736 109 141 13 6 3 5 2 2/53 AS
1989 27 OAK AL 130 491 454 37 124 13 1 7 42 1 2 30 66 .273 .319 .352 .671 92 160 14 2 2 3 2 23/5 AS
1990 28 OAK AL 114 410 379 32 95 15 2 9 57 0 1 19 66 .251 .291 .372 .663 88 141 11 4 5 3 1 2/3
1991 29 OAK AL 129 494 456 50 125 31 1 6 67 2 2 22 70 .274 .312 .386 .698 98 176 15 7 0 9 4 *2/3
1992 30 OAK AL 128 487 438 48 122 20 1 12 53 2 3 45 58 .279 .345 .411 .756 118 180 20 1 0 3 3 *2/3
1993 31 OAK AL 104 418 389 47 111 19 1 10 43 3 3 25 65 .285 .333 .416 .749 106 162 13 3 0 1 1 23 AS
1994 32 OAK AL 103 402 369 51 105 21 2 11 57 2 1 26 62 .285 .327 .442 .768 105 163 10 0 1 6 4 *2/3
1995 33 OAK AL 114 439 406 43 113 26 1 15 65 1 3 25 74 .278 .322 .458 .780 109 186 15 3 1 4 4 *2/3
1996 34 OAK AL 145 571 514 79 140 25 1 35 100 0 1 49 115 .272 .342 .529 .871 116 272 16 6 0 2 5 *2/3 MVP-21
1997 35 MIN AL 122 487 447 60 111 27 1 12 54 6 1 35 106 .248 .302 .394 .696 80 176 14 1 0 4 2 *2/3
1998 36 MIN AL 124 465 422 45 102 25 2 14 54 0 1 38 89 .242 .310 .410 .720 85 173 16 4 0 1 0 *2
1999 37 MIN AL 101 380 338 35 96 16 4 4 42 2 2 38 54 .284 .358 .391 .748 89 132 10 2 0 2 1 2
14 Seasons 1546 5896 5369 638 1453 273 21 162 745 23 22 418 938 .271 .326 .420 .746 102 2254 177 48 15 46 31
162 Game Avg. 162 618 563 67 152 29 2 17 78 2 2 44 98 .271 .326 .420 .746 102 236 19 5 2 5 3
OAK (11 yrs) 1199 4564 4162 498 1144 205 14 132 595 15 18 307 689 .275 .328 .426 .754 107 1773 137 41 15 39 28
MIN (3 yrs) 347 1332 1207 140 309 68 7 30 150 8 4 111 249 .256 .321 .399 .719 84 481 40 7 0 7 3

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
1986 24 OAK AL 16 2 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ /2
1987 25 OAK AL 438 13 0 2 -1 3 6 14 37 3.7 34 3.4 0.3 $62,500 25/3
1988 26 OAK AL 398 5 0 2 -1 2 4 12 23 2.4 22 2.3 0.1 $125,000 2/53 AS
1989 27 OAK AL 491 -3 -1 2 -2 -11 5 16 6 0.5 17 1.8 -1.3 $350,000 23/5 AS
1990 28 OAK AL 412 -7 -3 -1 0 -1 3 14 5 0.4 6 0.6 -0.2 $750,000 2/3
1991 29 OAK AL 494 3 -2 1 -2 -3 6 17 20 2.0 23 2.4 -0.4 $1,050,000 *2/3
1992 30 OAK AL 488 12 -1 0 -3 6 7 17 38 3.9 32 3.3 0.6 $2,050,000 *2/3
1993 31 OAK AL 420 2 -1 1 -1 3 4 15 23 2.3 20 2.0 0.3 $2,815,000 23 AS
1994 32 OAK AL 403 3 2 -1 -1 11 5 14 33 3.3 22 2.2 1.1 $2,800,000 *2/3
1995 33 OAK AL 440 4 -4 -1 -1 7 7 15 27 2.7 20 2.0 0.7 $4,200,000 *2/3
1996 34 OAK AL 571 10 -2 0 -1 0 8 20 35 3.4 35 3.3 0.1 $4,200,000 *2/3 MVP-21
1997 35 MIN AL 489 -13 -1 0 -2 -3 7 17 5 0.5 8 0.8 -0.3 $2,850,000 *2/3
1998 36 MIN AL 465 -8 -2 -2 -2 5 7 16 14 1.5 9 0.9 0.6 $2,850,000 *2
1999 37 MIN AL 380 -5 0 1 -1 -4 6 13 10 1.1 14 1.4 -0.3 $1,000,000 2
14 Seasons 5905 18 -15 4 -18 15 75 201 278 27.9 265 26.7 1.2 $25,102,500
OAK (11 yrs) 4571 44 -12 5 -13 16 55 155 249 24.8 234 23.6 1.2 $18,402,500
MIN (3 yrs) 1334 -26 -3 -1 -5 -2 20 46 29 3.1 31 3.1 0.0 $6,700,000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1988 26 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 2 6 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .250 .500 .250 .750 1 0 0 0 0 0
1988 26 OAK AL WS LAD L 3 11 11 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .364 .364 .455 .818 5 0 0 0 0 0
1989 27 OAK AL ALCS TOR W 4 16 15 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .200 .250 .200 .450 3 0 0 0 0 0
1989 27 OAK AL WS SFG W 4 18 16 3 4 0 1 1 7 0 0 2 1 .250 .333 .563 .896 9 0 0 0 0 0
1990 28 OAK AL ALCS BOS W 3 12 11 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 .455 .500 .455 .955 5 1 0 0 0 0
1990 28 OAK AL WS CIN L 3 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .125 .125 .125 .250 1 0 0 0 0 0
1992 30 OAK AL ALCS TOR L 6 26 24 1 7 0 0 1 5 0 0 2 7 .292 .346 .417 .763 10 1 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons (7 Series) 25 97 89 6 25 1 1 2 14 0 1 8 18 .281 .340 .382 .722 34 2 0 0 0 0
4 ALCS 15 60 54 3 16 0 0 1 7 0 1 6 14 .296 .367 .352 .719 19 2 0 0 0 0
3 WS 10 37 35 3 9 1 1 1 7 0 0 2 4 .257 .297 .429 .726 15 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
1986 OAK AL 24 C 5 26 21 4 1 1 .962 -1 5.00 .989 6.56 0 6 4 40%
1987 OAK AL 25 C 107 690 640 40 10 6 .986 4 6.36 .988 6.67 14 63 38 38%
1987 OAK AL 25 3B 10 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 -1 0.50 .952 2.74
1987 OAK AL 25 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.50
1987 OAK AL 25 DH 7 7
1988 OAK AL 26 C 84 541 484 48 9 5 .983 3 6.33 .989 6.16 6 48 37 44% AS
1988 OAK AL 26 3B 9 12 3 9 0 1 1.000 -0 1.33 .954 2.69 AS
1988 OAK AL 26 1B 8 49 48 1 0 4 1.000 -0 6.13 .992 9.49 AS
1988 OAK AL 26 OF 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 1.00 .980 2.40 AS
1988 OAK AL 26 DH 8 8 AS
1988 OAK AL 26 LF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -93 1.00 1.00 .980 2.30 2.20 AS
1989 OAK AL 27 C 103 581 529 43 9 6 .985 -2 5.55 .989 6.17 9 38 26 41% AS
1989 OAK AL 27 OF 14 27 26 0 1 0 .963 -7 1.86 .980 2.39 AS
1989 OAK AL 27 1B 10 59 55 3 1 7 .983 -2 5.80 .993 9.69 AS
1989 OAK AL 27 3B 3 3 2 1 0 1 1.000 -0 1.00 .943 2.70 AS
1989 OAK AL 27 RF 8 7 5 55.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -92 2.62 2.00 .979 2.32 2.30 AS
1989 OAK AL 27 LF 6 6 3 48.1 11 10 0 1 0 .909 -3 -67 1.86 1.67 .977 2.16 2.13 AS
1989 OAK AL 27 DH 4 4 AS
1990 OAK AL 28 C 83 432 396 31 5 1 .988 -1 5.14 .991 6.35 6 43 20 32%
1990 OAK AL 28 1B 3 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.67 .992 9.53
1990 OAK AL 28 DH 21 21
1991 OAK AL 29 C 117 655 594 48 13 7 .980 -2 5.49 .990 6.48 6 76 35 32%
1991 OAK AL 29 1B 9 52 45 5 2 4 .962 -1 5.56 .992 9.74
1991 OAK AL 29 DH 1 1
1992 OAK AL 30 C 124 659 580 69 10 6 .985 6 5.23 .989 6.18 7 68 53 44%
1992 OAK AL 30 1B 5 21 18 3 0 4 1.000 0 4.20 .993 9.64
1992 OAK AL 30 DH 2 2
1993 OAK AL 31 C 86 465 422 38 5 9 .989 3 5.35 .991 6.50 4 62 34 35% AS
1993 OAK AL 31 1B 15 113 102 9 2 9 .982 0 7.40 .993 9.48 AS
1993 OAK AL 31 DH 5 5 AS
1994 OAK AL 32 C 93 628 569 58 1 5 .998 10 6.74 .991 6.74 4 49 38 44%
1994 OAK AL 32 1B 6 29 28 1 0 5 1.000 1 4.83 .992 9.48
1994 OAK AL 32 DH 6 6
1995 OAK AL 33 C 111 743 681 57 5 8 .993 8 6.65 .990 6.67 3 60 39 39%
1995 OAK AL 33 1B 2 6 5 0 1 3 .833 -1 2.50 .993 9.50
1996 OAK AL 34 C 137 784 731 46 7 7 .991 0 5.67 .990 6.87 6 83 34 29% MVP-21
1996 OAK AL 34 1B 1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 1.00 .990 9.20 MVP-21
1996 OAK AL 34 DH 4 4 MVP-21
1997 MIN AL 35 C 116 710 654 51 5 4 .993 -2 6.08 .991 7.09 9 59 29 33%
1997 MIN AL 35 1B 2 4 3 0 1 0 .750 -1 1.50 .992 9.25
1997 MIN AL 35 DH 1 1
1998 MIN AL 36 C 119 724 665 52 7 3 .990 5 6.03 .990 7.05 4 63 34 35%
1998 MIN AL 36 DH 2 2
1999 MIN AL 37 C 96 574 539 30 5 5 .991 -4 5.93 .991 6.87 5 47 15 24%
14 Seasons C 1381 8212 7505 615 92 73 .989 27 5.88 .990 6.62 83 765 436 36%
11 Seasons 1B 62 340 311 22 7 36 .979 -3 5.37 .993 9.56
3 Seasons 3B 22 20 6 14 0 2 1.000 -2 0.91 .952 2.71
2 Seasons OF 15 28 27 0 1 0 .964 -8 1.80 .980 2.39
1 Season RF 8 7 5 55.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -92 2.62 2.00 .979 2.32 2.30
2 Seasons LF 7 7 4 57.1 12 11 0 1 0 .917 -3 -71 1.73 1.57 .978 2.18 2.14
14 Seasons TOT 1480 8600 7849 651 100 111 .988 15 5.74 .990 6.64 83 765 436 36%
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% PO Awards
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-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

Hall of Fame
2005 BBWAA ( 0.2%)

All-Star Games
1988 (C)
1989 (C)
1993 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1988 ML AS MVP

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1996 AL (21, 0%)
0.00 Career Shares (1713th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1994 AL  1.1 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1987 AL  9 (4th)
1991 AL  7 (7th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1991 AL  9 (3rd)
1994 AL  6 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1992 AL  20 (4th)
Career  177 (155th)

Def. Games as C s c a p y
1992 AL  124 (4th)
1994 AL  93 (4th)
1996 AL  137 (2nd)
1997 AL  116 (5th)
1998 AL  119 (3rd)
Career  1,381 (42nd)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1987 AL  640 (5th)
1994 AL  569 (5th)
1995 AL  681 (3rd)
1996 AL  731 (5th)
Career  7,505 (33rd)

Assists as C s c a p y
1988 AL  48 (3rd)
1992 AL  69 (3rd)
1994 AL  58 (2nd)
1995 AL  57 (2nd)
1996 AL  46 (4th)
1997 AL  51 (5th)
1998 AL  52 (3rd)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1987 AL  10 (3rd)
1988 AL  9 (3rd)
1989 AL  9 (4th)
1991 AL  13 (1st)
1992 AL  10 (3rd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1987 AL  14 (4th)
1997 AL  9 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1991 AL  76 (5th)
1996 AL  83 (4th)
Career  765 (68th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1987 AL  38 (3rd)
1988 AL  37 (3rd)
1992 AL  53 (2nd)
1994 AL  38 (2nd)
1995 AL  39 (1st)
1996 AL  34 (4th)
Career  436 (86th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1988 AL  43.5 (2nd)
1989 AL  40.6 (5th)
1994 AL  43.7 (2nd)
1995 AL  39.4 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1992 AL  6 (4th)
1994 AL  10 (1st)
1995 AL  8 (2nd)
1998 AL  5 (4th)
Career  27 (47th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1987 AL  7.21 (4th)
1988 AL  7.09 (5th)
1994 AL  7.48 (4th)
1995 AL  7.25 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1987 AL  6.36 (3rd)
1988 AL  6.33 (3rd)
1994 AL  6.74 (3rd)
1995 AL  6.65 (2nd)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1994 AL  .998 (1st)
1995 AL  .993 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 47 (413), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 25 (482), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. A.J. Pierzynski (907)
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  1. Joe Ferguson (959)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Charlie Bennett (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bruce Edwards (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Hal Smith (957)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Hal Smith (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Hal Smith (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Ed Taubensee (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Bengie Molina (924)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bengie Molina (932)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Ramon Hernandez (933)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Sherm Lollar (923)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Sherm Lollar (919)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

  • June 3, 1980: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not sign.
  • June 6, 1983: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 9th round of the 1983 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1983.
  • October 26, 1992: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 14, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.
  • November 17, 1996: Granted Free Agency.
  • December 5, 1996: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
  • October 29, 1998: Granted Free Agency.
  • January 4, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.
  • November 4, 1999: Granted Free Agency.
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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198725Oakland Athletics$62,5001987 USA Today survey
198826Oakland Athletics$125,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198927Oakland Athletics$350,000*
199028Oakland Athletics$750,000USA Today
199129Oakland Athletics$1,050,000USA Today survey
199230Oakland Athletics$2,050,0004/2/92 USA Today
199331Oakland Athletics$2,815,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $700,000 signing bonus, $15K earned
199432Oakland Athletics$2,800,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $700,000 signing bonus
199533Oakland Athletics$4,200,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $700,000 signing bonus
199634Oakland Athletics$4,200,0001996 Joint Exhibit 1Incl $700,000 signing bonus
199735Minnesota Twins$2,850,0001997 AP survey
199836Minnesota Twins$2,850,0004/3/98 USA Today
199937Minnesota Twins$1,000,0004/6/99 USA TodayIncludes $200,000 earned bonus
Career to date (may be incomplete)$25,102,500
Disputed Salaries
*1989 - $280,000 - 11/1/89 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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