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Steve Stone
Steven Michael Stone (Stoney)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 14, 1947 in Euclid, OH
High School: Brush (Cleveland, OH)
School: Kent State University
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1971
Final Game: September 29, 1981
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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
1971 23 SFG NL 5 9 .357 4.15 24 19 1 2 2 0 110.2 110 56 51 9 55 4 63 3 1 2 485 83 1.491 8.9 0.7 4.5 5.1 1.15
1972 24 SFG NL 6 8 .429 2.98 27 16 2 4 1 0 123.2 97 48 41 11 49 2 85 2 1 2 506 118 1.181 7.1 0.8 3.6 6.2 1.73
1973 25 CHW AL 6 11 .353 4.24 36 22 7 3 0 1 176.1 163 87 83 11 82 0 138 7 0 2 759 95 1.389 8.3 0.6 4.2 7.0 1.68
1974 26 CHC NL 8 6 .571 4.14 38 23 3 1 0 0 169.2 185 92 78 19 64 4 90 4 0 1 753 92 1.468 9.8 1.0 3.4 4.8 1.41
1975 27 CHC NL 12 8 .600 3.95 33 32 1 6 1 0 214.1 198 103 94 24 80 3 139 5 2 2 911 98 1.297 8.3 1.0 3.4 5.8 1.74
1976 28 CHC NL 3 6 .333 4.08 17 15 0 1 1 0 75.0 70 36 34 6 21 1 33 3 0 0 312 94 1.213 8.4 0.7 2.5 4.0 1.57
1977 29 CHW AL 15 12 .556 4.51 31 31 0 8 0 0 207.1 228 115 104 25 80 3 124 5 1 10 917 91 1.486 9.9 1.1 3.5 5.4 1.55
1978 30 CHW AL 12 12 .500 4.37 30 30 0 6 1 0 212.0 196 110 103 19 84 1 118 3 0 2 898 88 1.321 8.3 0.8 3.6 5.0 1.40
1979 31 BAL AL 11 7 .611 3.77 32 32 0 3 0 0 186.0 173 91 78 31 73 1 96 1 0 3 781 106 1.323 8.4 1.5 3.5 4.6 1.32
1980 32 BAL AL 25 7 .781 3.23 37 37 0 9 1 0 250.2 224 103 90 22 101 3 149 6 0 7 1048 123 1.297 8.0 0.8 3.6 5.3 1.48 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1981 33 BAL AL 4 7 .364 4.60 15 12 1 0 0 0 62.2 63 39 32 7 27 0 30 1 0 0 270 79 1.436 9.0 1.0 3.9 4.3 1.11
11 Seasons 107 93 .535 3.97 320 269 15 43 7 1 1788.1 1707 880 788 184 716 22 1065 40 5 31 7640 98 1.355 8.6 0.9 3.6 5.4 1.49
162 Game Avg. 12 11 .535 3.97 37 31 2 5 1 0 206 197 102 91 21 83 3 123 5 1 4 882 98 1.355 8.6 0.9 3.6 5.4 1.49
CHC (3 yrs) 23 20 .535 4.04 88 70 4 8 2 0 459.0 453 231 206 49 165 8 262 12 2 3 1976 95 1.346 8.9 1.0 3.2 5.1 1.59
BAL (3 yrs) 40 21 .656 3.60 84 81 1 12 1 0 499.1 460 233 200 60 201 4 275 8 0 10 2099 109 1.324 8.3 1.1 3.6 5.0 1.37
CHW (3 yrs) 33 35 .485 4.38 97 83 7 17 1 1 595.2 587 312 290 55 246 4 380 15 1 14 2574 91 1.398 8.9 0.8 3.7 5.7 1.54
SFG (2 yrs) 11 17 .393 3.53 51 35 3 6 3 0 234.1 207 104 92 20 104 6 148 5 2 4 991 99 1.327 8.0 0.8 4.0 5.7 1.42
AL (6 yrs) 73 56 .566 4.03 181 164 8 29 2 1 1095.0 1047 545 490 115 447 8 655 23 1 24 4673 99 1.364 8.6 0.9 3.7 5.4 1.47
NL (5 yrs) 34 37 .479 3.87 139 105 7 14 5 0 693.1 660 335 298 69 269 14 410 17 4 7 2967 96 1.340 8.6 0.9 3.5 5.3 1.52

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1979 31 BAL AL WS L PIT 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 12 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00
1 WS 0 0 9.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 4 2 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 12 3.000 18.0 0.0 9.0 9.0 1.00

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
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 3 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
1980 32 BAL AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
11 Seasons 159 253 219 9 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 92 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 24 2 1 22 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 258 223 9 22 2 0 0 7 0 0 11 94 .100 .147 .110 .257 -28 24 2 1 22 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
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
BAL (3 yrs) 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 3 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
AL (6 yrs) 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Postseason Batting

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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 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1971 SFG NL 23 P 24 19 110.2 34 12 21 1 2 .971 2.68 1.38 .953 1.90 0.78
1972 SFG NL 24 P 27 16 123.2 30 6 21 3 0 .900 1.96 1.00 .953 1.78 0.73
1973 CHW AL 25 P 36 22 176.1 39 13 24 2 2 .949 1.89 1.03 .951 1.86 0.86
1974 CHC NL 26 P 38 23 169.2 48 15 30 3 0 .938 2.39 1.18 .944 1.88 0.71
1975 CHC NL 27 P 33 32 214.1 51 21 27 3 1 .941 2.02 1.45 .947 1.86 0.72
1976 CHC NL 28 P 17 15 75.0 10 3 6 1 1 .900 1.08 0.53 .950 1.88 0.72
1977 CHW AL 29 P 31 31 207.1 41 5 34 2 2 .951 1.69 1.26 .949 1.95 0.84
1978 CHW AL 30 P 30 30 212.0 44 12 28 4 1 .909 1.70 1.33 .957 1.90 0.85
1979 BAL AL 31 P 32 32 186.0 49 21 27 1 3 .980 2.32 1.50 .947 1.92 0.81
1980 BAL AL 32 P 37 37 250.2 42 14 26 2 1 .952 1.44 1.08 .957 1.85 0.77 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1981 BAL AL 33 P 15 12 62.2 13 3 10 0 0 1.000 1.87 0.87 .962 1.98 0.81
11 Seasons P 320 269 1788.1 401 125 254 22 13 .945 1.91 1.18 .951 1.88 0.78
11 Seasons TOT 320 269 1788.1 401 125 254 22 13 .945 1.91 1.18 .896 1.88 0.78

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 (812th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1980 AL (1, 71%)
1 Cy Young
0.71 Career Shares (70th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1980 AL  3.231 (7th)

Wins s c a p y
1980 AL  25 (1st)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1980 AL  .781 (1st)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1979 AL  8.371 (7th)
1980 AL  8.043 (7th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL  7.044 (4th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1980 AL  250.7 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1980 AL  149 (7th)

Games Started s c a p y
1980 AL  37 (2nd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1974 NL  19 (9th)
1975 NL  24 (3rd)
1977 AL  25 (7th)
1979 AL  31 (4th)
Career  184 (242nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  101 (2nd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL  .561 (8th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  104 (10th)
1978 AL  103 (7th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 AL  10 (9th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1973 AL  7 (8th)
1980 AL  6 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1980 AL  1048 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1980 AL  123 (10th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 23 (966), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 25 (501), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1091), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

June 7, 1968: Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 16th round of the 1968 amateur draft, but did not sign.

February 1, 1969: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 4th round of the 1969 amateur draft (January Secondary).

November 29, 1972: Traded by the San Francisco Giants with Ken Henderson to the Chicago White Sox for Tom Bradley.

December 11, 1973: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with a player to be named later, Ken Frailing and Steve Swisher to the Chicago Cubs for Ron Santo. The Chicago White Sox sent Jim Kremmel (December 18, 1973) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.

November 1, 1976: Granted Free Agency.

November 24, 1976: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

November 2, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

November 29, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

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