Rick Steirer

Ricky Francis Steirer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 27, 1956 in Baltimore, MD
Drafted by the California Angels in the 5th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 5, 1982
Team: Angels 1982-1984

Final Game: September 24, 1984
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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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1977	20	ANA-min	A	6	5	.545	3.65	15	14		5	1	0	101.0	116	50	41	4	26	3	70	1	0	4			1.406	10.3	0.4	2.3	6.2	2.69	QDS · MIDW
1978	21	ANA-min	A	6	7	.462	4.72	27	13		4	0	3	122.0	149	74	64	4	52	8	62	5	2	5			1.648	11.0	0.3	3.8	4.6	1.19	SLS · CALL
1979	22	ANA-min	A	11	13	.458	3.87	29	28					193.0	210	106	83	15	66								1.430	9.8	0.7	3.1			SLS · CALL
1980	23	ANA-min	AA	5	11	.313	5.96	29	23		2	0	1	148.0	208	121	98	12	58	0	87	7	0	8			1.797	12.6	0.7	3.5	5.3	1.50	ELP · TL
1981	24	ANA-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.58	28	7	9	1	1	0	116.0	133	73	59	5	37	2	65	6	0	4			1.466	10.3	0.4	2.9	5.0	1.76	SLC · PCL
1982	25	ANA-min	AAA	6	6	.500	3.51	30	5	20	3	0	10	92.1	92	41	36	3	30	4	66	4	0	0			1.321	9.0	0.3	2.9	6.4	2.20	SPO · PCL
1982	25	CAL	AL	1	0	1.000	3.76	10	1	2	0	0	0	26.1	25	14	11	2	11	0	14	1	0	0	117	109	1.367	8.5	0.7	3.8	4.8	1.27
1983	26	ANA-min	AAA	7	7	.500	3.84	28	7	11	2	1	1	86.2	85	50	37	10	33	2	58	7	0	1			1.362	8.8	1.0	3.4	6.0	1.76	EDM · PCL
1983	26	CAL	AL	3	2	.600	4.82	19	5	7	0	0	0	61.2	77	40	33	3	18	4	25	3	0	1	282	84	1.541	11.2	0.4	2.6	3.6	1.39
1984	27	ANA-min	AAA	12	4	.750	3.71	22	22	0	2	1	0	133.1	154	70	55	12	35	0	61	7	0	3			1.418	10.4	0.8	2.4	4.1	1.74	EDM · PCL
1984	27	CAL	AL	0	1	.000	16.88	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	5	5	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	14	27	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1985	28	BAL-min	A,AA	11	4	.733	2.68	18	17	0	3	0	0	110.2	114	41	33	7	29	0	74	7	1	3			1.292	9.3	0.6	2.4	6.0	2.55	HGR,CHR · CARL,SOUL
1986	29	BAL-min	AA	0	3	.000	7.59	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.1	33	26	18	6	16	0	11	1	0	3			2.297	13.9	2.5	6.8	4.6	0.69	CHR · SOUL
3 Yrs				4	3	.571	4.86	30	7	9	0	0	0	90.2	108	59	49	5	31	5	41	4	0	1	413	84	1.533	10.7	0.5	3.1	4.1	1.32
162 Game Avg.				7	6	.571	4.86	55	13	17	0	0	0	167	198	108	90	9	57	9	75	7	0	2	759	84	1.533	10.7	0.5	3.1	4.1	1.32

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
1982	25	CAL	AL	26.1	10	1	14	4.78	4.44	0.32	-0.23	98.7	3.83	-3	-0.3	.7	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.473	.498	$
1983	26	CAL	AL	61.2	19	5	40	5.84	4.47	-0.31	-0.10	100.1	4.69	-8	-0.8	1.4	-0.2	-0.4	-1	.458	.495	$
1984	27	CAL	AL	2.2	1	1	5	16.88	4.21	0.02	0.14	100.0	4.33	-4	-0.3		-0.0	-0.3	-3	.223	.498	$
3 Seasons				90.2	30	7	59	5.86	4.45	-0.12	-0.13	99.7	4.43	-14	-1.3	1.1	-0.2	-0.8	-5	.455	.497	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1982	25	CAL	AL	10	117	103	14	25	5	0	2	2	1	11	14	.243	.322	.350	.671	.264	36	1	1	2	0	0	2
1983	26	CAL	AL	19	282	255	40	77	8	3	3	4	1	18	25	.302	.351	.392	.743	.322	100	3	3	3	3	4	6
1984	27	CAL	AL	1	14	12	5	6	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	.500	.571	.667	1.238	.600	8	2	0	0	0	1	0
3 Yrs				30	413	370	59	108	15	3	5	7	2	31	41	.292	.350	.389	.740	.315	144	6	4	5	3	5	8
162 Game Avg.				55	759	680	108	198	28	6	9	13	4	57	75	.292	.350	.389	.740	.315	265	11	7	9	6	9	15
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.388	.712	.285

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1982	25	CAL	AL	0.2	0.0	120	-0.1	1.0	-1.2	.50	-0.1	-0.1	-3.4	-0.3	0.50	-1.1	1	3	4
1983	26	CAL	AL	-6.8	-0.7	288	-1.0	3.5	-4.5	.85	-0.5	-0.7	-3.9	-0.4	0.85	-3.4	6	2	6
1984	27	CAL	AL	-3.4	-0.3	15	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.13	-0.3	-0.0	-3.8	-0.3	1.13	-3.0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				-10.0	-0.9	423	-1.5	4.7	-6.2	.76	-0.9	-1.0	-11.2	-1.0	0.76	-7.5	7	5	10

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1982	25	CAL	AL	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	63.0	63	63	10	4	0	1	7.0	9.0	6.0
1983	26	CAL	AL	19	5	1	1	3	0	1	3	2	.600	1	1	0	0	3	60%	45.6	61	33	21	14	1	2	5.1	4.2	6.4
1984	27	CAL	AL	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	26.0	26	26	1	0	0	1	4.0	3.0	2.7
3 Yrs				30	7	2	2	3	0	1	4	3	.571	1	1	0	0	4	57%	45	63	26	32	18	1	4	5.2	4.9	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	97	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1982	25	CAL	AL	10	9	2	0	0	1	1	0%	1	0	10	4	40%	3	.500	1	3	4	1	0	8	6	3	7	1	8	6.8
1983	26	CAL	AL	19	14	7	2	1	0	0		2	2	21	7	33%	7	.845	6	2	6	3	3	8	10	4	8	3	9	6.4
2 Yrs				29	23	9	2	1	1	1	0%	3	2	31	11	35%		.744	7	5	10	4	3	16	16	7	15	4	17	6.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1982	25	CAL	AL	117	67%	1.7%	12.0%	9.4%	6.0%	28%	0.94	74%	14	1	7%
1983	26	CAL	AL	282	58%	1.1%	8.9%	6.4%	5.0%	18%	1.66	82%	63	3	5%
1984	27	CAL	AL	14	43%	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	14.3%	33%	2.00	71%	4	2	50%
3 Yrs				413	60%	1.2%	9.9%	7.5%	5.6%	21%	1.41	79%	81	6	7%
MLB Averages					42%	2.1%	13.6%	8.3%	6.6%	28%	1.07	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1982	25	CAL	AL	117	25			2	0	2	1	1	1	1	4	4	0	100%	2	0	0	41	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	26	CAL	AL	282	77			3	0	11	1	2	2	1	20	7	2	35%	6	1	0	118	4	1	80%	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1984	27	CAL	AL	14	6			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				413	108			5	0	13	2	3	3	2	24	11	2	46%	8	1	0	169	7	2	78%	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1982	25	1	0	1.000	3.76	10	1	2	26.1	25	14	11	2	11	0	14	1	0	117	109	1.367	8.5	0.7	3.8	4.8	1.27	109
1983	26	4	2	.667	4.50	29	6	9	88.0	102	54	44	5	29	4	39	4	1	399	90	1.489	10.4	0.5	3.0	4.0	1.34	90
1984	27	4	3	.571	4.86	30	7	9	90.2	108	59	49	5	31	5	41	4	1	413	84	1.533	10.7	0.5	3.1	4.1	1.32	84

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1982	25	1	1	.500	3.67	27.0	25	12	11	2	11	14	1	1.333	8.3	3.7	4.7	1.27	0.7	10
1983	26	2	4	.333	5.25	60.0	80	39	35	3	19	24	3	1.650	12.0	2.9	3.6	1.26	0.5	19
1984	27	0	0		27.00	2.0	6	7	6	0	2	2	0	4.000	27.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	0.0	1
3 Yrs		3	5	.375	5.26	89.0	111	58	52	5	32	40	4	1.607	11.2		4.0	1.25	0.5	30

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