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Steve Stone

Steven Michael Stone (Stoney)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 14, 1947 in Euclid, OH
High School: Brush HS (Cleveland, OH)
School: Kent State University (Kent, OH)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1971
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Orioles/Cubs/Giants 1971-1981

Final Game: September 29, 1981
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1971 23 SFG NL 24 42 34 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 19 .000 .128 .000 .128 -61 0 1 0 3 0 0 1
1972 24 SFG NL 27 41 34 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 .118 .143 .118 .261 -26 4 0 0 6 0 0 1
1973 25 CHW AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 26 CHC NL 42 65 58 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 20 .121 .150 .121 .271 -24 7 0 0 5 0 0 1
1975 27 CHC NL 34 83 72 3 8 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 29 .111 .158 .139 .297 -18 10 1 1 7 0 0 1
1976 28 CHC NL 17 22 21 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .143 .143 .143 .286 -21 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
1977 29 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 30 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 31 BAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 32 BAL AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1D AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1981 33 BAL AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 340 253 219 9 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 92 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 24 2 1 22 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 121 104 4 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 5 44 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 11 1 0 10 0 0
CHC (3 yrs) 93 170 151 6 18 2 0 0 5 0 0 5 58 .119 .153 .132 .285 -21 20 1 1 13 0 0
BAL (3 yrs) 96 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (2 yrs) 51 83 68 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 34 .059 .135 .059 .194 -43 4 1 0 9 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 196 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 144 253 219 9 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 92 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 24 2 1 22 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 23 SFG NL 24 42 -8 -0 0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .485 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 1
1972 24 SFG NL 27 41 -6 -0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1973 25 CHW AL 39 0 0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $22,500 1
1974 26 CHC NL 42 65 -10 -0 0 0 7 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1975 27 CHC NL 34 83 -13 0 0 0 9 -3 -0.4 2 -1 -0.4 .489 .498 -0.4 0.0 -1 $ 1
1976 28 CHC NL 17 22 -3 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1977 29 CHW AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $55,000 1
1978 30 CHW AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $110,000 1
1979 31 BAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $175,000 1
1980 32 BAL AL 49 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $175,000 1D AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1981 33 BAL AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $175,000 1
11 Seasons 340 253 -39 -1 1 0 26 -13 -1.4 7 -6 -1.3 .496 .499 -1.3 0.1 -6 $712,500
CHC (3 yrs) 93 170 -25 -0 1 0 18 -7 -0.7 5 -2 -0.7 .492 .499 -0.7 0.0 -2 $
BAL (3 yrs) 96 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $525,000
CHW (3 yrs) 100 0 0 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 -0 $187,500
SFG (2 yrs) 51 83 -14 -0 0 0 9 -5 -0.6 2 -3 -0.5 .489 .498 -0.5 0.0 -3 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1971 23 SFG NL 42 38 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .259 .128 .325 .000 .379 .128 .703 -61 .000 -7.3 -0.8 .143 .147 .000
1972 24 SFG NL 41 36 1 0.8 93 .211 .118 .259 .143 .327 .118 .382 .261 .710 -26 .043 -5.8 -0.6 .167 .029 .000
1974 26 CHC NL 65 56 1 0.5 97 .184 .121 .266 .150 .338 .121 .384 .271 .723 -24 .018 -10.0 -1.0 .176 .034 .000
1975 27 CHC NL 83 72 2 0.8 99 .186 .111 .270 .158 .342 .139 .390 .297 .732 -18 .039 -12.0 -1.2 .215 .069 .028
1976 28 CHC NL 22 19 0 0.0 98 .250 .143 .272 .143 .339 .143 .387 .286 .727 -21 .000 -3.5 -0.4 .167 .000 .000
11 Yrs 253 221 4 0.5 96 .173 .100 .266 .147 .336 .110 .385 .257 .721 -28 .019 -38.6 -4.1 .181 .059 .009
162 Game Avg. 121 105 2 0.5 96 .173 .100 .266 .147 .336 .110 .385 .257 .721 -28 .019 -38.6 -4.1 .181 .059 .009
CHC (3 yrs) 170 147 3 0.6 98 .194 .119 .269 .153 .340 .132 .387 .285 .727 -21 .023 -25.5 -2.7 .194 .046 .013
SFG (2 yrs) 83 74 1 0.4 92 .118 .059 .259 .135 .326 .059 .380 .194 .706 -43 .012 -13.0 -1.4 .154 .088 .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
1979 31 BAL AL WS PIT L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1980 BAL AL 32 as P 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 23 SFG NL 42 0.0% 45.2% 11.9% 0.0% 3.80 1.8 17.0 2.33 36%
1972 24 SFG NL 41 0.0% 36.6% 2.4% 0.0% 0% 15.00 2.3 6.00 46%
1974 26 CHC NL 65 0.0% 30.8% 3.1% 0.0% 0% 10.00 2.9 29.0 1.57 58%
1975 27 CHC NL 83 0.0% 34.9% 3.6% 2.4% 25% 9.67 2.5 24.0 1.93 52%
1976 28 CHC NL 22 0.0% 40.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 8.00 55%
11 Yrs 253 0.0% 36.4% 4.4% 0.8% 9% 8.36 2.4 31.3 2.33 50%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.2% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 1.54 6.7 46.8 8.8 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 23 SFG NL -7.3 -0.8 42 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 .94 -0.7 -0.1 -7.2 -0.8 0.96 -7.4 0
1972 24 SFG NL -5.8 -0.6 41 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 1.01 -0.7 0.0 -6.5 -0.7 0.91 -6.7 0
1973 25 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1974 26 CHC NL -10.0 -1.0 65 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 .79 -1.0 -0.0 -7.6 -0.8 0.85 -10.2 0
1975 27 CHC NL -12.0 -1.2 83 -1.3 0.3 -1.6 .91 -1.2 -0.2 -12.5 -1.3 0.97 -13.2 0
1976 28 CHC NL -3.5 -0.4 22 -0.4 0.1 -0.4 .85 -0.3 -0.1 -3.6 -0.4 0.87 -3.2 0
1977 29 CHW AL 0.0 0.0
1978 30 CHW AL 0.0 0.0
1979 31 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
1980 32 BAL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1981 33 BAL AL 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -38.6 -4.1 253 -3.8 1.0 -4.8 .89 -3.9 -0.4 -37.4 -3.9 0.92 -40.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 23 SFG NL 0 0 20% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
1972 24 SFG NL 0 0 40% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1974 26 CHC NL 1 0 22% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 4 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 0
1975 27 CHC NL 0 0 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20% 3 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1976 28 CHC NL 1 0 33% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 Yrs 2 0 27% 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 28% 9 8 1 4 3 1 5 1 3

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1971 23 SFG NL 42 31% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 7 1 14% 10 4 40% 30 2 7% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1972 24 SFG NL 41 12% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 9 0 0% 13 1 8% 22 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1974 26 CHC NL 65 31% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 9 0 0% 8 2 25% 25 2 8% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 27 CHC NL 83 24% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 88% 17 1 6% 18 4 22% 58 3 5% 4 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1976 28 CHC NL 22 55% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 12 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
11 Yrs 253 28% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 28 22 79% 44 2 5% 52 13 25% 147 7 5% 8 1 13% 9 4 44% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 34% 14% 49% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 23 24 42 34 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 19 .000 .128 .000 .128 -61 0 1 0 3 0 0
1972 24 51 83 68 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 34 .059 .135 .059 .194 -43 4 1 0 9 0 0
1973 25 90 83 68 3 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 34 .059 .135 .059 .194 -43 4 1 0 9 0 0
1974 26 132 148 126 5 11 0 0 0 4 0 0 8 54 .087 .142 .087 .229 -34 11 1 0 14 0 0
1975 27 166 231 198 8 19 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 83 .096 .148 .106 .254 -28 21 2 1 21 0 0
1976 28 183 253 219 9 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 92 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 24 2 1 22 0 0
1977 29 214 253 219 9 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 92 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 24 2 1 22 0 0
1978 30 244 253 219 9 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 92 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 24 2 1 22 0 0
1979 31 276 253 219 9 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 92 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 24 2 1 22 0 0
1980 32 325 253 219 9 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 92 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 24 2 1 22 0 0
1981 33 340 253 219 9 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 92 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 24 2 1 22 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 23 24 42 34 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 19 .000 .128 .000 .128 0 24
1972 24 28 45 37 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 .162 .205 .162 .367 1 27
1974 26 42 65 58 2 7 0 0 0 2 0 2 20 .121 .150 .121 .271 1 42
1975 27 34 84 73 4 9 2 0 0 4 0 3 29 .123 .169 .151 .320 2 34
1976 28 17 22 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
5 Yrs 145 258 223 11 22 2 0 0 8 0 12 93 .099 .148 .108 .256 4 144
162 Game Avg. 162 288 249 12 25 2 0 0 9 0 13 104 .099 .148 .108 .256 4 144

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1987 BBWAA ()

All-Star Games
1980 (P)

Awards (yr lg award)
1980 AL Cy Young
1980 AL TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 AL (9, 14%)
0.14 Career Shares (826th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 AL (1, 71%)
1 Cy Young
0.71 Career Shares (74th)

                                          

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