Steve Stemle

Stephen Joseph Stemle

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

Born: May 20, 1977 in Louisville, KY
High School: New Albany HS (New Albany, IN)
School: Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 5th round of the 1998 amateur draft.
Signed June 27, 1998. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 26, 2005
Team: Royals 2005-2006

Final Game: April 16, 2006
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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
1998	21	STL-min	A-	3	3	.500	1.83	9	9	0	0	0	44.1	37	17	9	1	14	0	47	1	1	4	184		1.150	7.5	0.2	2.8	9.5	3.36	NJR · NYPL
1999	22	STL-min	A	7	10	.412	5.47	28	28	0	0	0	148.0	177	104	90	11	67	0	113	6	0	12	688		1.649	10.8	0.7	4.1	6.9	1.69	PEO · MIDW
2000	23	STL-min	A+	9	10	.474	4.80	26	26	0	1	0	150.0	169	89	80	15	59	1	84	12	0	16	668		1.520	10.1	0.9	3.5	5.0	1.42	POT · CARL
2001	24	STL-min	AA	7	10	.412	4.77	26	25	0	0	0	134.0	159	76	71	12	43	2	75	10	0	4	603		1.507	10.7	0.8	2.9	5.0	1.74	NHV · EL
2002	25	STL-min	AAA,AA	12	6	.667	3.88	28	18	1	0	0	137.0	142	65	59	11	38	2	81	7	1	5	579		1.314	9.3	0.7	2.5	5.3	2.13	MEM,NHV · PCL,EL
2003	26	STL-min	AAA	6	11	.353	3.46	26	26	0	1	0	156.0	155	71	60	12	36	4	89	5	0	3	652		1.224	8.9	0.7	2.1	5.1	2.47	MEM · PCL
2004	27	STL-min	AAA,A+	8	3	.727	3.35	57	1	11	0	3	83.1	92	31	31	7	14	2	45	3	0	1	355		1.272	9.9	0.8	1.5	4.9	3.21	MEM,PLM · PCL,FLOR
2005	28	KCR-min	AAA	1	1	.500	0.45	14	0	5	0	3	20.0	13	3	1	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	74		0.800	5.8	0.0	1.4	5.4	4.00	OMA · PCL
2005	28	KCR	AL	0	0		5.06	6	0	1	0	0	10.2	10	6	6	0	4	0	9	0	0	0	43	90	1.313	8.4	0.0	3.4	7.6	2.25
2006	29	KCR	AL	0	1	.000	15.00	5	0	1	0	0	6.0	15	10	10	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	36	33	3.000	22.5	1.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	8.64	11	0	2	0	0	16.2	25	16	16	1	7	0	9	0	0	0	79	54	1.920	13.5	0.5	3.8	4.9	1.29
162 Game Avg.				0	6	.000	8.64	68	0	12	0	0	103	155	99	99	6	43	0	56	0	0	0	488	54	1.920	13.5	0.5	3.8	4.9	1.29

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	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
2005	28	KCR	AL	10.2	6	6	5.06	5.22	-0.62	-0.39	102.2	5.56	1	0.1	.4	-0.0	0.1	2	.508	.500	$
2006	29	KCR	AL	6.0	5	10	15.00	5.07	0.28	-0.38	101.3	4.47	-7	-0.6	.5	0.1	-0.4	-6	.377	.496	$330,000
2 Seasons				16.2	11	16	8.64	5.17	-0.29	-0.39	101.9	5.17	-7	-0.6	.4	0.1	-0.3	-4	.448	.498	$330,000

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
2005	28	KCR	AL	6	43	39	6	10	1	0	0	0	1	4	9	.256	.326	.282	.608	.333	11	2	0	0	0	0	0
2006	29	KCR	AL	5	36	33	10	15	5	1	1	1	0	3	0	.455	.500	.758	1.258	.438	25	1	0	0	0	0	1
2 Yrs				11	79	72	16	25	6	1	1	1	1	7	9	.347	.405	.500	.905	.387	36	3	0	0	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				68	488	445	99	155	37	6	6	6	6	43	56	.347	.405	.500	.905	.387	223	19	0	0	0	0	6
MLB Averages																.267	.333	.425	.759	.298

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
2005	28	KCR	AL	-0.4	-0.0	44	-0.1	0.2	-0.4	.52	0.2	-0.4	1.0	0.1	0.52	3.0	1	1	4
2006	29	KCR	AL	-6.1	-0.6	37	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.42	-0.5	-0.6	-8.1	-0.7	0.42	-6.6	1	0	4
2 Yrs				-6.5	-0.6	81	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	.48	-0.4	-0.9	-7.0	-0.6	0.48	-3.6	2	1	8

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
2005	28	KCR	AL	6	6	1	0	0	0		1	1	4	1	25%	5	.523	1	1	4	1	6	4	3	4	2	5	2	4.6	25
2006	29	KCR	AL	5	5	1	1	1	1	0%	1	0	4	2	50%	7	.423	1	0	4	1	4	2	3	2	1	2	1	3.6	24
2 Yrs				11	11	2	1	1	1	0%	2	1	8	3	38%		.477	2	1	8	2	10	6	6	6	3	7	3	4.2	25

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB	DPopp	DPs	DP%
2005	28	KCR	AL	43	53%	0.0%	20.9%	9.3%	2.3%	10%	2.33	2.67	70%	10%	0.0%	0%	11	2	18%
2006	29	KCR	AL	36	56%	2.8%	0.0%	8.3%	19.4%	47%	0.83	2.00	89%	27%	5.9%	6%	6	1	17%
2 Yrs				79	54%	1.3%	11.4%	8.9%	10.1%	32%	1.33	2.33	78%	19%	3.8%	4%	17	3	18%
MLB Averages					46%	2.8%	16.6%	8.3%	8.1%	34%	0.80	1.08	70%	19%	7.7%	10%			11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2005	28	KCR	AL	43	149	3.47	95	64%	34%	13%	22%	32%	66%	0%	42%	81%	63%	0%	0	0	26%	11	7	2	33%	2	0	0	0	0
2006	29	KCR	AL	36	121	3.36	78	64%	28%	8%	22%	42%	72%	0%	46%	89%	58%	6%	2	1	19%	7	4	1		0	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				79	270	3.42	173	64%	31%	10%	22%	36%	69%	0%	44%	85%	61%	3%	2	1	23%	18	11	3	33%	2	1	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.74		63%	27%	14%	27%	31%	73%	2%	46%	81%	59%	5%			22%				26%

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
2005	28	KCR	AL	43	10	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	50%	0	0	0	15	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2006	29	KCR	AL	36	15	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2	0	67%	1	0	0	16	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				79	25	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	7	4	0	57%	1	0	0	31	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MLB Averages																		53%							71%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	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	ERA+
2005	28	0	0		5.06	6	0	1	0	0	0	10.2	10	6	6	0	4	0	9	0	0	0	43	90	1.313	8.4	0.0	3.4	7.6	2.25	90
2006	29	0	1	.000	8.64	11	0	2	0	0	0	16.2	25	16	16	1	7	0	9	0	0	0	79	54	1.920	13.5	0.5	3.8	4.9	1.29	54

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
2005	28	1	.000	5.40	10.0	10	7	6	0	4	8	1.400	9.0	3.6	7.2	2.00	0.0	6
2006	29	0		13.50	6.0	14	10	9	1	3	0	2.833	21.0	4.5	0.0	0.00	1.5	5
2 Yrs		1	.000	8.44	16.0	24	17	15	1	7	8	1.938	13.5		4.5	1.14	0.6	11

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