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Buzz Stephen

Louis Roberts Stephen

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 13, 1944 in Porterville, CA
School: California State University, Fresno
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1968
Team: Twins 1968

Final Game: September 25, 1968
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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…

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…

Standard Pitching

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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
1966	21	MIN-min	A-	10	3	.769	1.82	14	14					109.0	54	33	22	1	62								1.064	4.5	0.1	5.1			SCL · NORL
1967	22	LAD-min	A	4	3	.571	3.98	8	7					43.0	33	23	19	3	31		31						1.488	6.9	0.6	6.5	6.5	1.00	SNB · CALL
1968	23	MIN-min	AA	11	9	.550	3.96	23	23					141.0	122	75	62	8	74		115						1.390	7.8	0.5	4.7	7.3	1.55	CHR · SOUL
1968	23	MIN	AL	1	1	.500	4.76	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	11	7	6	0	7	0	4	1	0	1	49	68	1.588	8.7	0.0	5.6	3.2	0.57
1969	24	BAL-min	AAA	1	3	.250	5.12	20	11		1	0	0	58.0	66	45	33	5	39	0	28	1	1	11			1.810	10.2	0.8	6.1	4.3	0.72	ROC,VAN · IL,PCL
1970	25	BAL-MIL-min	AA,AAA	5	7	.417	5.57	25	11		0	0	0	76.0	82	59	47	9	44	1	2	0	0	0			1.658	9.7	1.1	5.2	0.2	0.05	JCK,DFW,ROC,POR · SOUL,TL,IL,PCL
1 Season				1	1	.500	4.76	2	2	0	0	0	0	11.1	11	7	6	0	7	0	4	1	0	1	49	68	1.588	8.7	0.0	5.6	3.2	0.57
162 Game Avg.				17	17	.500	4.76	34	34	0	0	0	0	192	187	119	102	0	119	0	68	17	0	17	833	68	1.588	8.7	0.0	5.6	3.2	0.57

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
1968	23	MIN	AL	11.1	2	7	5	0	.9	-2	-0.2	$
1 Season				11.1	2	7	5	0	.9	-2	-0.2	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1966	21	MIN-min	A-	14	42	42		8	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.381		8						SCL · NORL
1967	22	LAD-min	A	8	15	15	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	.067	.067	.067	.133		1						SNB · CALL
1968	23	MIN-min	AA	23	47	47	8	8	1	1	3	1	0	0	22	.170	.170	.234	.404		11						CHR · SOUL
1968	23	MIN	AL	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1969	24	BAL-min	AAA	22	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0		VAN,ROC · PCL,IL
1970	25	MIL-BAL-min	AA,AAA	25	21	21	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.238	.238	.476		5		0	0	0		JCK,DFW,POR,ROC · SOUL,TL,PCL,IL
1 Season				2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	324	243	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	81	0	0

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
1968	23	MIN	AL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$5,400	/1
1 Season				4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$5,400

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS%
1968	MIN	AL	23	P	2	2	11.1	4	1	2	1	.750	2.38	1.50	.958	1.91	1.90	5	0%
	1 Season			P	2	2	11.1	4	1	2	1	.750	2.38	1.50	.958	1.91	1.90	5	0%
	1 Season			TOT	2	2	11.1	4	1	2	1	.750	2.38	1.50	.958	1.91	1.90	5	0%

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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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.
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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.
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Transactions

June 8, 1965: Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 25th round of the 1965 amateur draft, but did not sign.
January 29, 1966: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 2nd round of the 1966 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign.
June 7, 1966: Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1966 amateur draft (June Secondary).
October 15, 1968: Drafted by the Seattle Pilots from the Minnesota Twins as the 9th pick in the 1968 expansion draft.
June 15, 1970: Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Dick Baney to the Baltimore Orioles for Dave May.

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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
1968	23	Minnesota Twins	$5,400	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$5,400

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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